A Flight For Life
By Robert W. Gilmer
Summary[edit]
The Galactica's scanners detect Cylon probes that are designed to locate life forms, obviously hoping to discover Earth. Colonial Vipers launch to intercept the probes. One is captured. The rest are destroyed. Later on, Boomer disconvers a probe that avoided them, but it is just now entering the Earth's atmosphere. There is concern that if the people of Earth find the probe, they will have concrete proof of the existence of extraterrestrial life. Dillon and Troy fly to Earth hoping to find the probe.
Unfortunately, the U.S. military detects the probe's landing, and Col. Sydell decides to investigate. He, aling with Major Downey and Master Sgt. Canon, finds the probe in a field. Sydell picks up the probe and takes it back to his base. Troy and Dillon and Troy arrive soonafter, but it is too late.
On the Galactica, it is discoverd that the probes carry a micro-organism capable of killing any living thing it infects. If the probe isn't recovered soon, all life on Earth could die.
Troy and Dillon trail Sydell back to his air force base. They steal uniforms and sneak inside. At that moment, Jamie arrives to interview Sydell. Dillon and Troy tell her what is happening and she agrees to help. Jamie interviews Sydell and convinces him to show her the probe. Troy and Dillon follow and learn its location. After Jamie and Sydell leave, they steal it, setting off alarms in the process. The duo steal a motorcycle and crash through the gate. Racing to their Vipers, they fly back to the Galactica. Once they arrive, they learn from Dr. Zee that anyone who has touched the probe is a carrier of a deadly virus. After thirty-six hours, Sydell will become contagious. Fortunately, Dr. Zee has developed an antibiotic to cure the virus.
Troy and Dillon return to Earth and meet up with Jamie. She shows them some photographs of Master Sgt. Canon and Col. Downey, the two other men who also touched the probe. They split up and plan to secretly administer the antidote to the three men. They must be cured before 7:00pm or they will become contagious.
Troy follows Canon to an airfield where he is conducting parachute maneuvers. Troy suits up with the rest of the platoon and quickly finds himself in an airplane thousands of feet up. Just before he jumps from the plane, he injects Canon with the antidote.
Meanwhile, Dillon follows Downey to a health club and injects him with the antidote when he gets close enough to him. Elsewhere, Jamie has tailed Sydell to a restaurant. She discreetly puts the antidote in his water, but he knocks it over. Sydell returns to his hotel room to rest up for the meeting with the Chiefs of Staff. Seven o'clock arrives and Sydell is now a danger to everyone. Jamie meets Dilon and Troy at the restaurant and sheepishly tells them that she has failed. The trio head to the Galactica to consult with Adama and Dr. Zee. Their only option is to bring Sydell to the Galactica for treatment.
That night, the three of them break into Sydell's hotel room and take him to the Galactica. Dr. Zee is able to filter most of the bacteria out of Sydell's blood, and a blood transfusion from Jamie gives him the neutrophils he needs to completely eradicate it. Sydell awakens momentarily and can't believe he is in outer space! Two Galactican technicians sedate him before he can get his bearings. Dr. Zee's memory deletion unit erases Sydell's memories of his experience, and Troy, Dillon, and Jamie return him to Earth.[1]
Notes[edit]
- If this script had been produced, it would have been better than most of the produced episodes of Galactica 1980, but not by that much.
References[edit]
- ↑ Galactic Sci-Fi Television Series Revisited. Alpha Control Press, 1995.