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- Moonbase office status report:

342 days after leaving earth orbit,

Dr. Helena Russell, recording.

We have just survived our second encounter

with a space warp.

Central computer states that we've been catapulted

six light years from our previous position.

We've had no casualties this time.

Our population remains stable at 297.

However, one of our life support systems

was severely damaged.

We have a survey eagle reconnoitering a nearby planet

in an attempt to locate titanium,

a rare metal needed to repair that life support system.

- Entering the atmosphere, now, Commander.

Thank you.

- Atmosphere breathable.

We're in close visual contact with the planet.

Fraser, any signs of life?

- No settlements, no life.

Nothing, Commander, except volcanoes.

- Fraser, scan for mineral compositions.

- Scanner active.

Standby to lock into main computer.

- Dr. Russell!

Titanium!

- Eagle One, return to base. - Right, Commander.

- Picard, pinpoint the location of the titanium deposits.

Magnify.

Fraser, there's a strange light coming off that planet.

Get me the position.

- It's on your flight path.

Get out of there.

What is that thing?

- An energy weapon of some kind.

- Security alert, call standby crews to position.

- Evasive action, Fraser, evasive action!

Can't shake it, Alpha, it's locked onto us.

- Come on, Fraser, come on!

Get off your tail!

We're trying!

We're trying!

Do something, someone, for God's sake, do something!

- Bill, Bill! - Help us, Alpha, help us!

For God's sake, help us, Alpha, help us!

- Medical crew, command center.

Laser battery, number one and two.

Combat Eagle Five in position.

Combat Eagle Six in position.

- There's got to be life on that planet.

- I've checked and double-checked, Commander.

There is no life sign on the surface.

- What about below the surface?

- That planet is an environmental hell.

No life, as we know it, could exist down there.

Commander Koenig.

- You know who I am, who are you?

- I am Mentor of the planet Psychon.

- Why did you attack our ship?

We came in peace.

- You send an armed ship to our planet

and talk of peace?

- That ship was a survey vessel searching for minerals.

We had no way of knowing your planet was inhabited.

- Yes, it's a familiar argument, Commander.

One that has caused the death

of millions of our people.

Other outsiders have used the same pretext

to attack us, in the past.

And we have suffered greatly.

- Easy, now, easy.

What's happening to my people?

- Come on, Annette. - God help us.

- Your pilots are safe, Commander.

But their Eagle is beyond repair.

He said they're safe.

Return my men, Mentor, and we'll go in peace.

- They're alive, Annette, Bill's alive!

That's what you want, isn't it?

- Yes, Commander, peace.

- You have my solemn pledge

that no hostile action will be taken by us.

- And I accept your pledge.

So, let us arrange the return of your pilots.

Send another Eagle and I'll instruct you where to land.

- No, I'm afraid that could cause further misunderstanding.

I suggest we rendezvous, but in space.

- It seems that you trust us as little as we trust you.

- In our past history, we've been betrayed, too.

- Let us meet in space, then, Commander.

You say that you need minerals.

Very well, send along a scientific officer

to discuss the technical requirements

and you shall have them.

- That's very generous of you, thank you.

- Incidentally, one of your pilots suffered minor injuries.

So, perhaps you could also send along a medical officer.

- It will be done.

- Good, I look forward to meeting you, Commander.

- Mentor.

, put Eagle Four on a pad,

ready for immediate liftoff.

- And Alan?

- Equip it with additional booster units.

- All right.

- Boosting units?

You're in a hurry to get out there, aren't you?

- I may be in a hurry to get back.

- What do you think of these Alphans, Maya?

- I like them, Father.

They're very attractive, aren't they?

Quite unlike any of the others.

- They obviously, come from a culture

that's similar to our own.

But not so advanced, of course.

- Would I make a good Alphan, Father?

- Stop it, Maya.

I teach you the priceless art of molecular transformation

and see how you use it, foolish games.

Oh, Father, you only taught me

because you knew I'd eventually master the art myself.

True, you are clever, Maya,

but one day we must find a better outlet for your gifts.

- I'd help in your work if you'd let me.

- Oh, no, no, no, there is a great deal

about the work that I do that you do not understand as yet.

- Oh Father... - Ah, ah, ah, ah, not yet.

- And these Alphans?

Will they help you to restore our planet?

- Yes, Maya, and now, my dear, run along.

Come on.

Prepare the Alphan pilots.

- Hey, where do you think you're going?

- Back to my station. - She needs to rest.

- You think you can handle it?

- Please, doctor, I feel much better, now.

- Well, maybe it is better to keep busy.

Now, don't overdo it, all right?

- I won't.

- Are you all right? - Yes, Commander.

- We'll bring him back. - Thank you.

- Good luck.

- They come, Maya.

They are men of honor.

- We're in position, John.

- Mentor, this is John Koenig.

We're at rendezvous point.

- My ship will join you shortly, Commander.

- There it is.

- I want a full scan on that ship.

- Mentor.

Signal when you're ready for linkup.

I repeat, signal when you're ready to dock.

Mentor. - John.

There are no life forms on that ship.

Fraser, Torens, they're not on it.

The ship is empty.

Picking up magnetic disturbance, Tony.

- We're losing altitude.

Mentor's ship is radiating magnetic energy.

He's using it like a magnet,

pulling you down to his planet.

- Full power.

- Full power, Commander.

We're still held in a vise.

Boosters, half thrust.

Boosters, 3/4 power.

- She won't take it.

She'll break up.

- Boosters, full power.

We're clear, Tony.

Returning to base.

John, that ship,

it's turning into a ball of light.

- No response.

- It's like a graveyard of spaceships.

- And we're right in the middle of it.

- Eagle Four to Moonbase Alpha, come in, Alpha.

Do you read me?

Eagle Four to Moonbase.

Oh, I can't raise them, Commander.

- Keep trying.

- Welcome to Psychon.

Don't be alarmed, Commander.

- I'm never alarmed when I deal with a man of integrity.

- I see that you are angry.

And I must admit you have cause.

But please, bear with me and you'll understand.

- I'll understand what you want me

to understand, after I see my people.

- My actions are in both our interests.

- He's lying!

Don't trust him, he's lying!

Commander, we're being held.

- Please, forgive the interruption.

Your pilot is in a fevered state.

- In that case, I want to examine him.

- You will, doctor, in good time.

Now, please, remain in your ship until we contact you.

Let's go.

Let's make for that cave.

- Keep on scanning, Sandra.

They're down there, somewhere.

- Look, I know they are down there,

but I cannot get a reading.

All we get is the planet's surface.

- Yeah, our beam is bouncing off

a scanner shield of some kind.

We're not gonna read anything they don't want us to read.

Is she gonna be all right?

- She will as long as she knows that he's alive.

- I'm worried she's gonna crack up.

- Be patient with her, Tony.

They've only been married two months.

- Yeah.

- Ah, Maya.

Observe.

- An increase in Psyche's power levels, how?

- One of the Alphan pilots has been in rapport

with her and this, this is the result.

- He agreed? - Oh, yes.

- And there are no harmful side effects?

- None.

- But that's wonderful, Father.

Will the rest of them help us, too?

- Yes, I'm sure they will.

They are intelligent people.

- Lew, titanium?

- Yes, it is. - Oh, a few more hunks

like this is all we need.

Diverse life forms.

- They must be from those spaceships we saw out there.

The way they move,

the way they look.

- They're all behaving the same way.

It must be some sort of brain damage.

- Now, we know what Mentor meant by welcome.

Torens!

- He doesn't know us.

- John. - I'm okay.

- John. - Are you okay?

It was a force field.

- That charge was only set to stun.

- Molecular transformation.

We've seen it in the spaceship

and the balls of light.

Here it is again.

- Surrender your weapons, Commander.

There is an energy screen around this image.

You cannot get through.

- Lew, how can we get past that energy screen?

- His image is only a communication circuit.

Laser energy might just be able to overload it.

- I warned you, Koenig, any force you use

will be turned against you.

- I think I can utilize it.

Lew, wait!

- Commander, to resist is foolish.

- Helena.

Very well.

- Did I startle you, Commander?

- Wasn't that the idea?

- Oh, forgive me, I meant no harm.

- You Psychons are full of fun games.

Who are you? - Maya.

Mentor's daughter. - Mentor's daughter?

And just as tricky. - Oh, I'm sorry.

I should've warned you about the force field.

- Of course.

Where's the rest of my party?

- Why are you so unfriendly?

- I've been lied to,

assaulted, seen my people brutalized, killed.

Shall I go on?

- Obviously, Commander, you have not fully recovered.

- Mentor betrayed us.

Viscously destroyed my... - My father would harm no one.

Come.

He wants to see you.

- Relax, Commander.

Your friends are inside.

Come in, Commander.

Not now, my dear, the Commander and I

have important business to discuss.

- But Father, the commander's very unhappy.

I want to be here when you explain.

Don't worry, Maya, he'll understand.

Psyche, Commander, a biological computer.

Create minds and bodies of those of our people.

They survived the disaster which overwhelmed us.

Nature ran wild.

- Mentor, where are my people?

- Study Psyche, first, Commander.

Our destinies are linked, you know.

- We'll determine our own destinies.

- You've seen this planet.

A volcanic furnace.

But through Psyche, I shall transform it,

change it back to the beautiful world it once was,

a world fit enough for our civilization to begin again.

- All right, Mentor, you have a beautiful dream.

I'll talk more about it after I see my people.

- Commander, Psyche.

Psyche needs energy to complete it's task,

energy that is only found in the minds

of intelligent life forms.

In other words, Commander, she

needs your Alphans.

- Those creatures in the pits,

Torens,

you fed their minds to that machine?

- There is no other energy source.

I also need them to dig the metal

for Psyche's physical being.

- You expect me to submit my people

to this obscenity?

We hope has given me a chance,

perhaps my only chance, to make my world live again.

Regretfully, you have no choice.

You must submit.

Oh, yes.

Psyche has the power of molecular transformation.

The power to transform matter

into any form or shape I choose.

Observe.

Your lunar landscape.

- Weapon section.

- We picked up a sudden energy charge

of enormous thrust in the research area.

Send out a unit to investigate.

- Yes, sir.

- Refuse what I ask and I shall reduce your moon to ashes.

- You're right, Mentor, we can't fight you.

- Thank you for your cooperation.

- No, you're not reading me.

Go ahead, destroy the moon.

- You want me to bring down violent death on your people?

- At least they'll die quickly.

- I have the power, Koenig, and the will to do it.

- Destroy the moon and you defeat yourself.

No moon, no Alphans.

- Do what I ask

and you and your friends will be spared.

A place will be found for you

on the new Psychon. - No.

- You wish to know about the rest of your party?

In a few moments their minds will be squeezed dry

and Psyche shall have them.

There is still time, Commander.

- Wait!

- Yes, Commander?

- You win.

- Tony, it is coming from the planet!

- Punch it up.

John!

We'd given you up.

Commander, what's happening?

- Tony, I've got good news.

We've made contact with our people down here.

Our sensors misinformed us about this planet.

There are huge subterranean areas which are habitable.

What's more, we've been given permission to settle here.

I want you to evacuate Moonbase Alpha as soon as possible.

- Evacuate?

- I want you to ship our people down here in phase relays.

- He's selling out. - It can't be.

- Are we in danger?

- No, Mentor's done something to him.

- Well, just like that?

No study, no research?

Just pack up and go down?

- Why are we doing it? - Are you disputing my order?

Why is he resisting? - We're not disputing it,

John, just.

- Well, it is unusual procedure.

- Directive Four.

It empowers the Commander to act in a situation like this.

You will do as ordered.

Evacuation procedure is all laid down.

Signal when you're ready to land the first wave.

Out.

- Thank you, Koenig.

Commander!

- Helena, it was the only way out.

- You should be grateful.

You have your lives.

- The price is too high.

- Our survival.

- John, what about the people on Alpha?

- What about them, Commander?

- Not unless you can end up like those creature

in the caves, but not me!

- Computer is refusing access to Directive Four.

I will need the security code.

- I know what Directive Four is.

- Well, at least somebody is happy.

What is Directive Four?

- It's a coded signal.

A clear instruction to destroy the place it originated from.

- Destroy the planet?

But they are still down there.

- It's mandatory.

- And you will carry it out?

- Return to your position.

- We've got to warn Alpha.

- There's no way out.

- You mean we just do nothing?

We're trapped in here.

- Robot Eagle ready to launch.

Estimated time of arrival at attack position 15:20.

- Attack position?

- Maximum destructive power.

- When that eagle hits Psychon,

there will be nothing left of the planet.

- What are you doing?

- Obeying orders.

- You can't; Bill's still down there!

- So is the commander and Dr. Russell,

and the rest of them.

- Are you going to destroy the planet?

- Directive Four cannot be countermanded.

- What is Directive Four?

- Can't we double-check?

I could try and raise the commander, get clarification.

- John Koenig wouldn't give that order

unless this space and all the people on it face destruction.

Launch robot eagle.

No, no, no, you can't!

- In 10 minutes it'll be all over.

- Commander, one of your transporter Eagles is on its way.

Again, I want to assure you

that you and your friends will not be harmed.

Maya, if you would, scan that Eagle.

No life forms!

It is a robot device, programmed to destroy Psychon.

- How primitive.

And how disgusting of the commander to

descend to such deception.

- Don't confront him yet, my dear.

Let him think that he has deceived us.

- I don't have your tolerance.

- Now, who is the betrayer, Commander?

Did you think that your childish trick

would go undetected?

We live in hope.

- Sending a robot Eagle to destroy this planet.

You're a self-sacrificing fool!

- I'm sorry I had to put you through the ringer...

- I know. - But I just couldn't take

the chance of telling you.

- First, I shall destroy your Eagle.

Then, your moon, Commander.

- Mentor, that way we both lose.

Let's negotiate. - Negotiate?

With a liar?

You disgust me.

We welcome you as friends and you plot to kill us.

- What do you expect us to do?

Stand by while Mentor destroys us?

- My father is an honorable man.

- Why do you think he wants us here?

- You know why!

Without help he can't transform this planet.

Other people helped us.

- Yes, yes, and what's happened to them?

- We attained happiness.

Rapport with Psyche benefits everyone.

- Maya, that machine destroys people's minds.

- Is there no vile thing you won't say against my father?

- Go down to the caves and see for yourself.

- Nobody's allowed down there, they're radioactive.

Who says so?

Mentor?

- There's nobody down there, I tell you.

- Maya, we've been there.

Go and see!

See what we've seen,

mindless hulks, destroyed by your father.

- That's not true!

- Go and see.

And then, come back here and let us out

so we can stop him!

- No. - Maya, please.

Go and see!

- You're lying. - Go and see!

- Go and see! - You're lying.

- Weapon section?

Our Eagle was intercepted.

We might be in for an attack.

Active eight defense shields. - Yes, sir.

Commander.

Koenig!

Alpha will be destroyed piece by piece!

And you are the one who caused it!

- You've got to make a deal with him.

- We're so feeble against him.

- We can't stop him unless we get out of here.

We've got to break that force field!

Maya.

Commander.

- What's happening? - They're cutting right

through our defense shields. - What was it?

- And energy bolt of enormous power.

- Launch Eagles for full attack.

- I will, but I don't think anything is going to help.

- No, neither do I.

- Maya, release the force field.

He's gonna destroy 300 more people

unless we stop him!

- Promise that Mentor will not be harmed.

- I want to stop him, not harm him.

Alan, get to the Eagle, prepare for liftoff.

Helena, you and Fraser, get Torens.

Let's go.

- Maya.

What are you doing?

No, Commander!

Releasing Psyche's energy will destroy the whole planet!

No!

Stop it, stop it!

Commander, this is madness!

Maya, you must stop him.

I was in the pits!

I saw what was down there.

I saw!

- Torens!

Get her away, Commander!

You said he wouldn't be harmed!

Get her away!

Mentor, come out!

Take Maya away!

Take her away, Commander, save yourselves.

- Come on, let's get out of here.

- Save Maya! - Come with us, Father!

Leave Psyche; Psyche made you do evil!

- No, understand, Maya, please!

I wanted to do good!

I wanted to restore our planet.

I didn't want to hurt anyone.

Hold on, Koenig, hold on to her!

- Maya, Maya!

Take her away, Koenig.

- You can't help him, we've got to get out of here, Maya.

Get her out, Commander!

- Come on.

- Hurry, come on, hurry, come on.

- Go, get Lew, Fraser.

- Raise Eagle Four.

Eagle Four from Alpha.

Eagle Four from Alpha.

- Yeah, go ahead, Alpha.

- Fraser? - Yeah?

- I've got something for you.

- We'll soon be back on Alpha.

In time, you'll forget.

It's just hard to stop thinking

about Picard and Torens.

I know.

- Maya, thank you for saving our lives.

And losing mine.

- Hey, you'll have a new life with us.

- Your science is so far ahead of ours.

There's a place for you on Alpha.

- Everywhere but on Psychon I'll be an alien.

- We're all aliens.

Can we get to know one another?