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It looks good at NASA One.

Roger.

BCS Arm switch is on.

Okay, Victor.

Landing Rocket Arm switch is on. Here comes the throttle.

Circuit breakers in.

We have separation.

Inboard and outboards are on.

I'm comin' forward with the side stick.

Looks good.

Ah, Roger.

I've got a blowout in damper three.

Get your pitch to zero.

Pitch is out. I can't hold altitude!

Correction. Alpha Hold is off. Threat selector is emergency.

Flight Com. I can't hold it! She's breaking up! She's breaking...

Steve Austin. Astronaut.

A man barely alive.

Gentlemen, we can rebuild him.

We have the technology.

We have the capability to make the world's first bionic man.

Steve Austin will be that man.

Better than he was before.

Better, stronger, faster.

Just up ahead, you can see the earthquake fault line.

There it is.

That ridge that runs off in the distance, huh?

Right. That's where the two geologic plates meet.

It's one of the largest, longest fault lines in the world.

The San Madrian fault. That's really impressive.

And pretty powerful.

It's been responsible for most of the major earthquakes in California...

including San Francisco in 1906.

Our geologist friends, Ivan and Marlene Bekey...

have already planted 22 of their new earthquake sensors...

all along the San Madrian.

Are Marlene and Ivan there now?

Yeah, they're working along the Angelo.

That's a tributary fault line about 60 miles from their base camp.

It's really vast.

Does anybody live down there, Steve?

No. Except for Ivan and Marlene, it's completely uninhabited.

Well, this is the forest primeval.

Very poetic.

Say, lady...

how would you like to spend a second honeymoon right here.

There's nobody around for 40 miles.

Discipline, Dr. Bekey.

You're here as a geologist, not as a husband.

And you, Dr. Bekey, are a slave driver.

Ivan, wouldn't it be terrific if our new sensors...

really did help to predict earthquakes?

If they don't, we sure wasted a lot of time...

planting those other twenty-two along the San Madrian Fault.

They work... and you know it.

Hey why don't you give the base a call, huh?

Right.

Hello Base? Marlene. How do you read? Over?

Hold on, Marlene. Colonel Austin's right here.

I gotcha five by five. Good morning, Marlene.

Morning, Steve.

How you doing? Where are you?

We're at Station 3 on the Angelo Tributary Fault.

Ivan's planting the last sensor now.

That's great. Then we can move south to the next fault line.

Hey... by the way, when you got married...

did you figure you'd be spending this much time in the woods together?

That's why we got married.

That's a good move.

I'll set up the next data link and I'll stand by for your signals.

Marlene, I'm gonna be off the air a minute.

That telemetric antenna is binding again, I've gonna have to free it.

Roger. I copy.

You know, Tom, a report on these seismic sensors...

Say, how 'bout a cup of coffee, huh?

Right.

Here you go.

Come on, I'll introduce you to Steve.

Steve, I want you to meet Tom Raintree.

He's taken over as our contact for the geological service.

Tom grew up here on the Hoopla Indian Reservation.

One of the real Native Americans, huh?

Full blooded and proud of it.

Nice to meet you, Steve. Oh, it's a pleasure.

Tom, as I was telling you about this report...

because these new seismic sensors...

were originally designed for military surveillance...

since parts of their specifications are still classified...

Steve and I were asked to come here and maintain security.

That's not true, Tom. Oscar volunteered us...

so he can get out of his office and into the mountain air.

White man speak with forked tongue, eh?

Are you sure you hooked this thing up right?

You kidding? Sure I did. Why?

I don't know.

I'm getting a strange reading...

as if there was a high pressure volcanic vent.

In that mountain.

There's no history of volcanic activity over there.

What makes that sensor so special?

We're gonna start making history with them.

Even so.

The equipment's on the fritz.

Why don't you check the base readings?

Hello, Steve? You got that data link set up yet?

Roger. Ready to go.

Okay, we're gonna feed you some signals. Watch out for anything unusual.

Looks like you're sitting in a volcanic vent.

What? That can't be right.

That's what our equipment shows. Stand by.

Alright. Let me recalibrate the sensor.

But I could've sworn everything was alright.

Hello, Steve?

We're cycling the manual override on these chip circuits.

Let me know if you're picking up any...

What in the world...

Marlene? Marlene, do you read?

Steve, all their equipment has gone dead.

This is where they were.

Marlene? Ivan?

Tom? Search the area.

Right. Down the shoreline. You, up here.

No sign of a struggle.

And the equipment's still here.

But the sensor isn't.

What? Look.

We've gotta find that sensor, Steve. Not to mention your friends.

I don't understand what could...

Steve! Oscar!

Tom? Where are you?

Tom? TOM: Here! Over here!

Did you find him?

No, I found something else.

What is it? Mountain lion?

That's too big.

What do you think? A huge Grizzly, Tom?

No. No, not a cat. Not a Grizzly.

Well, what is it?

There's only one thing in the mountains that leaves a track like this.

A creature of legend that roams the timberline.

My people named him Sasquatch.

You call him Bigfoot.

That's been proven to be a hoax, hasn't it, Tom?

It's not a hoax.

It sounds a little bit ridiculous, Tom.

Stories of the Sasquatch go back generations among my people.

Stories that...

Well, those stories were just superstitions, weren't they?

Some are.

But too many incidents are unexplained.

Eerie.

When I was a boy on the reservation...

I once saw a man who had disappeared for many days here in the deep woods.

My grandfather found him.

There was a footprint like this one nearby.

My grandfather told me that the man had seen the Sasquatch.

I'll never forget how that man looked...

his eyes...

Remember how Marlene's voice sounded over the radio just before it went dead.

Well, uh...

whatever happened, we've gotta find them, gotta find them fast.

I want everybody to spread out, search the area.

And keep in close touch in case we...

Find them.

Alright.

What do we have here?

What kind of being jumps 30 feet straight up?

We must lure him on and find out more about him.

I think that's a marvelous idea.

He may also have some information about those sensors.

All right, let's give him some bait.

It's remarkable! Look at his speed.

It is unusual. To say the least.

Ivan? You alright?

Steve? Yeah?

How'd you get here?

I've been looking for you. All of us.

I don't... I don't understand.

You were just on the radio.

Marlene?

Marlene? Where is she, Steve?

I don't know.

Ss... Steve? Steve, where...

This is Goldman. We've established a campsite by the lake.

I want a helicopter crew right away. But, sir...

I understand your problem, Sergeant.

But I'd like you to also understand mine.

There's a woman missing in this area with a classified piece of hardware.

But, sir...

I need the night vision equipment to carry on the search...

and I need it now!

Yes, sir. We'll have it up to you as soon as it gets to the base camp.

Well, you do that. Goldman out.

Sounds like it's gonna be a while getting here.

That's right.

I'm going back over to where I found Ivan. I wanna check something out.

What?

I think I saw something over there.

Alright. Tom? What do you got there?

A plaster cast. I made it from the footprint.

Well, that's incredible.

What it is, is unbelievable.

How could a creature that size...

roam around these mountains all these years...

and not have anybody see it?

Some people have seen it. And they're...

What's the matter, Tom?

His eyes.

It's like the man my grandfather saw.

He has seen the Sasquatch.

Radio Goldman. Send the chopper for them.

Around the front.

Corporal Johnson! Get some men up here!

Sergeant, get some people over here!

This is Oscar Goldman calling base camp.

Base camp. Roger. Go ahead.

A helicopter picked us up at station 3 on the Angelo.

Be back at your location about, oh, 25 minutes.

We'll probably have most of this mess cleaned up before you arrive, sir.

What's going on back there?

Something hit us just before dawn, sir.

Something hit you?

What hit you?

I don't know how to describe it, sir.

Something tore through this camp.

Shot up our equipment, ripped apart our generator...

turned over a truck.

Turned over a truck? Was anybody hurt?

We've got a couple of injured. No one seriously.

Did anybody see anything?

Did anybody see anything?

Not clearly, sir, but a couple men said it was some sort of huge beast.

A beast?

What, again?

Still think Bigfoot's a hoax?

I don't know what to think.

I'll tell you what I think.

I think these tracks lead to Marlene Bekey.

Where else do they lead, Steve? Where else?

There's only one way to find out.

He has telephoto vision, too.

Yes. Did you see him spot that footprint from two hundred yards?

- A - regular jack of all trades, isn't he?

What about his construction? Nyosynthenic?

I don't know...

Either way, he's worth investigating.

I couldn't agree with you more. Let's test him.

Can you understand me?

Are you a man?

Well, it never hurts to ask.

The woman? Can you understand?

Easy now. Easy.

I don't wanna hurt you.

I like to think the feeling's mutual.

Okay. Have it your way.

Ooh! Very nice.

Oh, I'd say they were very evenly matched.

I don't know.

No, I'll still bet on the Sasquatch.

Oh. Only his right arm is of special construction.

So it would seem.

Let's see how he does with the wall of solid rock.

Marlene?

Marlene!

The fly is coming into the trap.

He's by far the most interesting man we've seen.

Goldman.

Oscar, it's Jaime.

Jaime! How are you? Where are you?

I'm at school.

Mom just left for the weekend and I'm finishing up here myself.

Your office told me that you and Steve were in the California mountains.

What're you doing? You fishing?

I wish we were fishing.

We're doing some security work on some Earthquake sensors. Some new ones.

Ah. Sounds interesting. Can I come up and see you?

Well, that may just not be convenient right now, Jaime.

But I'll tell you what. When we leave here we might stop by and say hello.

Oh, great. Um, can I say hello to Steve?

Well, he, um...

He isn't here just now, Jaime.

Where is he?

Well, the fact is, Jaime, I...

I don't know where he is.

What?

He disappeared somewhere on the mountains.

Oscar... Oscar, how do I get there?

Oh, that won't be necessary, Jaime.

I've got some good men scouting the area for him.

Besides, Steve knows how to take care of himself. You know that.

Well, I... Don't worry, Jaime.

Take care of yourself.

Bye. Bye.

Well, Tom, how's it going?

Well, we got most of the data links reconnected, but um...

But what?

Well, I'm not sure yet.

But if everything's working properly, we may have some new trouble brewing.

Trouble. That's all I need right now is more trouble. Let's have it.

Look here.

According to the sensors the Bekeys placed along the San Madrian Fault...

there's an enormously dangerous pressure buildup...

between the continental geologic plates all along the San Madrian.

All the way up and down the coast?

Yeah.

Well, what does it mean?

Well, it could mean that our equipment is malfunctioning.

Or... well, it's too early to tell.

I'll know more when we cross feed into...

the Geological Service computers in Sacramento.

What about Steve and Marlene? Anything?

Well, don't worry. If they're out there, we'll find them.

There out there, alright. But where?

Are we prepared for a total eunasic?

Yes. His conscious level is stable at 32.

First let's determine just exactly how much of him is actually nyosynthenic.

Agreed. I suppose you want a eunasic on his garments too.

Of course.

This is the area in which Colonel Austin was heading.

Now how many men have you got searching, Captain?

Well, 94 of mine.

What about air support?

Two forest service helicopters with our best men in them.

By nightfall, we'll have turned over every rock in this area. We'll find him.

Thank you. I appreciate all the help you're giving me.

Will you please keep me advised?

Right leg and right foot definitely nyosynthenic.

Or perhaps first generation bionic.

Mergeron?

No, nuclear. Also left leg and left foot.

Excuse me.

And right arm.

What about the eye?

Activate the spectralanalaser.

Definitely infrared.

Scan.

No sign of celical attachment, though.

Let's monitor his intramuscular caladentic response.

Get the iron bar.

Turn on the opticon scolometer.

Ready. Sequence begin.

40 Latts, 45, 50...

55, 60... 65... 67... 68.4 maximum.

It seems to be his limit.

However, I see no sign of weakening.

Very impressive. Mmm-hmm.

And now for the visual macrodamics.

Activate the zoom, now.

Twenty to one. Really quite advanced.

And no cellical attachment?

Well, have a look for yourself if you don't believe me.

I believe you.

He's really quite remarkable.

Let's do the neuroeunasic scan now.

Sequence begin.

He's an astronaut. He's walked on another planet.

I'm more interested in his bionics.

Sequence complete.

I wanna do a ventricular probe.

Drop his conscious level below 20.

Dropping.

Hello.

Hello.

Who are you?

I am Shalon.

Who are you?

What is this place? Oh, no, no.

Rest easy. No harm will come to you.

Is Marlene Bekey here?

Yes.

She's well. You needn't worry about her.

Who is that creature that attacked me?

We call him Sasquatch.

As the Indians did long ago.

He's our friend. Our protector.

He's bionic?

Nyosynthenic.

Similar to your construction in some basic regards.

Why was he sent to destroy our base?

Because the sensor your people planted detected our volcanic vent.

We drilled it in order to power this complex here.

Sasquatch bought us the time that we needed to study the sensor...

and create jamming device in order to prevent further detection in the future.

And then you sent him out to stop me?

Oh, no, to test you.

You're really very special, Colonel Austin.

Are there many more like you?

Yes. There's a whole army of us.

Now, Colonel, you and I both know that's not true, don't we?

I want you to rest now.

Then, I'll come back and study you more closely.

And then when you've answered all our questions...

we'll answer all of yours.

We'll tell you anything you want to know.

You will?

Of course.

Because you'll never be able to tell anyone.

How did you... What country are you from?

Not what country, what world.

I'll be back soon.

The Geological Service main computers confirm our findings.

The sensors predict a major quake along the San Madrian within 15 hours.

The whole fault? All the way down the cost?

All the way down.

San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego.

A holocaust.

The computer also came up with something else.

There may be a way to weaken or actually prevent that major quake.

Prevent it? TOM: Maybe.

The sensors show that if an earlier quake could be triggered...

along the smaller tributary fault...

it might relieve sufficient pressure from the San Madrian.

Perhaps an explosion.

Tom, what if we brought in an underground nuclear device...

that could trigger an earlier quake along the smaller fault?

I think that might work.

Alright. Get on it.

Call the pentagon. Use our top priority code: Snow White.

And one more thing...

What smaller fault do you wanna explode, Tom?

The Angelo.

The one that starts right here, and runs back into the mountains.

But Marlene Bekey is in those mountains.

And so is Colonel Austin. There could be a rockslide, there cou...

Mel? Anything?

No, Mr. Goldman. The search parties are still reporting no sign of them.

Oscar, there's not much time.

Do I have your authorization to order up that nuclear device?

Go ahead.

This is Geologic Survey Base, San Angelo.

Patch me through to the pentagon comlink.

Priority code: Snow White. Urgent.

Steve, where are you?