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Since I'm to be escorted
to the conference by humans,

I would like to minimize
any obvious differences
in appearance between us:

They tend to pounce
on such things:

[ Sighs ]
My priorities seem to be
a bit out of order, don't they?

The decision whether or not
a disastrous war is to be declared:::

may well rest with me:

Here I am, concerned
about meeting a few humans:

That's very understandable,
Lord Duvoe:
Thank you, Rolla:

But they will be under
greater pressure than I:

I hope they realize
that if anything prevents me
from attending that conference,

the consequences for them
will be devastating:

- As indeed they should be, sir:
- I think I will forego the rest
of the decorations, Rolla:

They might seem
a bit pretentious:

And I believe
I will wear the cape:

A very wise choice, sir:

Have you ever
encountered humans, Rolla?

Yes, sir:
I saw three of them once,
at a distance:

They looked remarkably
like Zykarians to me:

Yes, they do,
but with a fundamental difference:
they are one entity:

I had that strongly impressed on me
when I was a cadet:

We were shown a holographic recording
of human reaction:::

to our simple act
of separating head and body:

They were repulsed by it:

- Then they know how we differ from them?
- No, I don't think so: Not anymore:

One can only speculate
on the truth of that, of course:

Our contacts with the outside worlds
have been limited for decades:

But it does seem
a reasonable suspicion::::

based on the fact
that the incident I described:::

was recorded
long before I came to be:

To my knowledge,
there are no humans
alive today:::

who are aware of
our duo-entity symbiosis:

Still, sir, you have every right
to be concerned:

Earthlings are very treacherous:
They've proven that time and again:

Not all, Rolla:

Not all:

There was one Earthling,

so captivating,
so warm and unaffected:

And I think
the most beautiful woman
that I have ever seen:

A woman?

We were young
and alone among strangers:

She was little more than a child:
I was deeply moved by her:

You, sir, a Zykarian noble,

affected by
an Earthling female?

Strange, I realize,
but true nevertheless:

Have you seen her since then, sir?

No,

but perhaps I shall, and soon:

I've been told
she's aboard the Searcher:

[ Man On Speaker ]
We're approaching the Earth ship
that carries your escort, Lord Duvoe:

Very well:

Well, Rolla,
do I pass inspection?

I've never seen you
look better, sir:

The Earthlings should be honored
by your presence:

Especially, sir,
I'm sure the lady will be pleased:

[ Man Narrating ]
In the year 1 987,

NASA launched the last
of America's deep space probes:

Aboard this compact starship,

a lone astronaut,
Captain William "Buck'"Rogers,

was to experience cosmic forces
beyond all comprehension:

In a freak mishap,
his life-support systems were frozen:::

by temperatures beyond imagination:

Ranger 3 was blown out
of its planned trajectory:::

into an orbit 1,000 times more vast,

an orbit which was to return
Buck Rogers to Earth:::

500 years later:

But, Admiral, please:
I would like to oblige you,
Doctor,

but this mission
is entirely too sensitive:

Oh, dear, oh, dear, oh, dear:
How do I make you understand?

You see, a visit to planet R-4
is a scientific opportunity:

It may never occur again:
I implore you, Admiral:

I'll give it some thought,
but now that's all
I can promise you, Doctor:

[ Grumbles ]
[ Sighs ]

I don't want this to sound
like a stupid question, but:::

does anyone know how you
address a Zykarian envoy?

Hmm:
You got me there, Admiral:

Wilma, what about you?

Um, what?

Is something on your mind?
You seem a little preoccupied today:

Am I? [ Clears Throat ]
I'm sorry:

Well, uh, Crichton?

What about you?
Anything on the Zykarians?

Zykarians are quite human
in appearance:::

and very secretive:

And-- And--

And? Go on:

Zykarians are quite human
in appearance:

[ Buck ]
You already said that, Crichton:

And they are very secretive:

You've said that too, skillet head:
What's the matter with you?

If you persist
in demanding information:::

which is not
in my memory banks,

I must simply repeat the answer
I have already given:

What else can I do?

Admiral, this is my fault,
I'm afraid: My fault:

I take full responsibility
for Crichton's failure:

I assure you: The minute we get back
from the peace conference,

I'll take care of this shortcoming
in his memory banks:

Very well, Goodfellow:
Just see that you're--

Get back? I wasn't aware
that we'd established you were going:

Oh, my: I hope you're not
going to change your mind:

You know, I've always admired
your extraordinary ability
to make decisions:::

and stand by them:

Yes:

Well, I have always found
that indecisiveness was a dangerous flaw
in an officer:

[ Man On Speakers ]
Admiral, sir, the Zykarian envoy
is ready to come aboard:

He's here: Stand by:

I think just a plain
''Mr: Ambassador'' will have to do:

Have you no shame,
Dr: Goodfellow?

Yes, confusing
our admiral like that:
Tsk, tsk, tsk:

I know it was naughty of me,
but planet R-4 is so out of the way,

I thought I might never
get another chance:

What have you got
on planet R-4, Crichton?

I'm glad you asked, Colonel:

Up to now, this whole thing
has been rather humiliating for me:

If you will observe
the master screen:

Hawk! I thought you'd
gone off on patrol:

I had intended to,
but the admiral's had
a sudden change of heart:

[ Chuckles ]
It appears that Dr: Goodfellow
is now going with you:

That's right:

I am to go along
and try to keep him
out of trouble:

[ Laughing ]
Well, you're just in time,
Hawk, my boy:

Crichton was about to brief us
on planet R-4:

I have been waiting
for some time:

Oh, do get on with it, Crichton:
You really can be irritating
at times:

Very well, Doctor:

You will note that
the only civilized place on the planet
is the city of Oasis:

It exists exclusively
as a neutral meeting place:::

to negotiate galactic disputes:

This is typical R-4 terrain:

Before Oasis,
the only use of this planet:::

was as a depository
for failed genetic experiments:::

going back thousands of years:

One could say R-4
is a kind of genetic garbage dump:::

of the Cygnus system:

I'd just as soon
one didn't say it:

Sounds absolutely fascinating:

Oh, I'd better go and pack,
get ready:

There'll surely be survivors:
Imagine the capacities
they might have developed:

Come along, Twiki:
Come along, come along:

Attention!

Ambassador Duvoe,
this is Captain Rogers,

commander of your escort team,

and team members Hawk
and Colonel Wilma Deering:

Ambassador:

I prayed that I would
find you here:

Did you know it would be I?

I wasn't sure,
but I hoped it would:

[ Duvoe ]
It's Colonel Deering now,
I believe:

Yes:

May I have my hand back,
Ambassador?

Forgive me:

Seeing you again
has overwhelmed me,
I'm afraid:

I believe the admiral
has already introduced
our team commander:

Mr: Ambassador:

And this is Hawk:

Well, shall we get underway?

After you, Mr: Ambassador:

Colonel Deering?

Quite a surprise,
Wilma knowing the ambassador:

Yes, wasn't it?

I have never before seen
so regal a personage:::

as the Zykarian ambassador:

Why, oh, why must we stumble along
with so little evidence:::

of the kind of breeding
and refinement:::

he so clearly represents?

It's uncanny:

I know you're older:
You should have changed:

But you haven't,
except to become
more beautiful:

- You've changed:
- Oh?

You're, uh, more imposing, I think:

Hmm:

The ambassador and I met
at a planetary conference
seven years ago:

Uh-huh:
I was a junior lieutenant attached
to the consul's office:

Lord Duvoe was kind enough
to make things:::

less difficult for me:

You were the one
who was kind,

even allowing me to escort you
to the grand ball:

I was the envy
of every delegate there:

What a lovely coincidence:

Do you realize,
considering the size
of the universe,

it's almost miraculous
that the two of you
would meet by chance:::

not once, but twice
in seven years?

I believe we thought about it:

And your miracle,
if I may say so,

seems to have generously included
a bit of good fortune for me:

What good fortune is that,
Doctor?

Well, you see, Mr: Ambassador,

I'm greatly interested
in unusual life-forms:

This trip affords me
a unique opportunity:::

to be close to, and observe,

who knows what strange
evolutionary convolutions:

Reference point ''A:''
Mark:

Oasis must be
just below the horizon:

That's some terrain, isn't it?

I doubt if horned toads
and sidewinders could
make it down there:

Buck, look:

- [ Siren Blaring ]
- The instruments show overload:

Looks like
Saint Elmo's fire,

but it doesn't act like it:

Controls don't respond:

[ Hawk ]
Buck, the ship's hull
is glowing:

Buck, what is it?
I don't know, but every circuit
we've got is jammed:

Are we in danger
of crashing, Captain?

Hopefully we can call it
a forced landing, Ambassador:

- Hawk, it's gonna take both of us
to hold her steady:
- Right:

Oh, my word:
I think we've flown
into a magnetic storm:

Clearly charged particles
of one kind or another:

Shifting of magnetic fields,
you know, can assert--

[ Buck ]
Doctor, check your safety belt:
That desert's coming up fast:!

- Try for that clear area:
- Right:

Crash positions!
We're gonna ditch!

- You all right?
- All good here:

- Anybody hurt back there?
- No, I don't think so:
Are you all right, my darling?

Yes, I'm all right:
What about you, Mr: Ambassador?

Fine, Doctor:
I guess we're all right:
A bit shaken up is all:

You two deserve a medal
for that landing:

Captain,

I would like an explanation
for this forced landing:

It is obvious,
Mr: Ambassador:

Certain unknown elements
are the cause of this situation:

Indeed,
but aren't allowances made
for such unknown equations:::

when one captains
a craft such as this?

No, no, no, no:
There's a misunderstanding there,
Mr: Ambassador:

I'm perhaps more familiar
with unpredictable radiation clouds
than you are:

I do assure you:
They do exist on this planet:

I was thinking
that the delegates at Oasis,
not to mention the crew of my own ship,

will be acutely concerned
about the delay:

Mr: Ambassador,
we have other priorities
to worry about right now:

Check the backups:

Nothing:

- The ship is dead:
- Call Oasis and notify them
of our situation at once:

Communications
are out as well:

The energy core is gone:
It's useless:

Surely you must have some recourse
for such exigencies:

Without energy, no:
Radiation in that cloud must have
wiped this entire ship out:

I can't believe--
Regardless
of what you believe,

all instrumentation and power
on this ship are dead:

[ Dr: Goodfellow ]
Oh, dear: What's happening?

The ship's listing:
Abandon ship!

[ Wilma ]
We must be on a ledge
of some kind:

[ Grunting ]

[ Wilma ]
Oh, no:

[ Dr: Goodfellow ]
Oh, my goodness:!
Look at that:!

If that ship disappears
entirely from sight, we--

- We've got additional problems:
- Trouble? In what way?

The sensors on board
the Searcher won't be able
to tell we've been grounded,

even if this radiation cloud
disperses:

Incompetence or treachery, Captain?
Take your choice:

It's you Earthlings
who will suffer:

Zykaria is poised to make war:::

if you fail to deliver me
to that conference in Oasis:

Treachery?

I meant that I'm not blind to the fact
that there are many Earthlings:::

who would like to see
the failure of our mission:

That's why I do not rule out sabotage
as the cause of our crash:

Ambassador, in my book,
it was just plain hard luck:

Now, why don't you put aside
your suspicions:::

and use the only option
we have open to us,
and that's to start walking:

Start walking across that wasteland?
What are you talking about?

Surely the Searcher
will send out a rescue ship:::

the moment they're aware
we've lost contact, won't they?

They can't:
Why not?

The only atmospheric craft
on board the Searcher
are its fighters:

And the first fighter
to enter Oasis airspace:::

during the course
of a peace conference:::

would be blasted
out of the sky:

Ha: Rather a strange way
to promote peace, I'd say:

But necessary, Doctor:

There are many warmongers
and hotheads:::

on both sides
of the conflict:

- Let's move it out:
- One moment, Captain:

How can you be so certain
that this is the best direction
to take to Oasis?

Because it was in range
before the radiation cloud hit us:
The city lies that way:

I suggest we do a bit of scouting about,
and from higher ground,

before we decide which route
is the best one to take:

Ambassador,
I'm the commander of this mission:::

and I don't intend
to waste precious time
debating direction,

sending out search parties
or anything else:

I will use my judgment to decide
which is the best route for us to take:

Indeed: Suppose I decide
to strike out on my own?

I'm afraid I can't let you do that:
You see, it's my job to get you
to that conference alive:

That's exactly what I'm going to do--
whatever it takes:

Now, shall we get started?

[ Muttering ]

Still no word
on the shuttlecraft:

[ Sighs ]

We know it flew
into a magnetic cloud
that blacked out all communications,

but no idea what happened
behind that cloud:

What I find strange, Admiral,
is their insistence that the ship itself
cannot be traced on their scanner:

What about our scanners?
Activated, Admiral:

But the Earth ship may have
had anti-scanning devices,

which gave us
a negative reading:

You are suggesting that the Earthlings
have abducted our ambassador:

I did not say that, sir:

I'm only suggesting
that the possibility
does exist:

What kind of mentality
would plot such an abduction?

Those wanting war
at any cost:

We both know they exist
on both sides:

Yes, yes, they do:

But a plot this dangerous?

It would have to mean
that everybody aboard the Searcher
was party to it:

Not at all:

If we had planned this, it would,
from the standpoint of everyone
aboard the mother vessel,

appear to be
a perfectly legitimate mission:

Only a handful of men
in the high command would know
that once the shuttle was launched,

it would be taken or destroyed:

You are a devious lot,
you intelligence people, Raka:

Thank God
I'm merely a soldier:

You are a splendid officer,
Admiral,

but as your intelligence advisor,

I suggest that you do not
lightly discount the possibility
of human treachery:

You have made your point:

Still no sign of them:
Nothing on the scanners,
nothing on audio:

Even if they crashed,
they should have been able
to get some kind of signal to us:

The available data,
which is minimal,

indicates a disturbance
characterized::::

by charged particles
of unknown origin,

possibly related to the presence
of a double star:::

in the same quadrant:

Buck?
What have you got?

Footprints:

Freshly made:

Oh, dear:
Then the creature may be
within range of our voices:

-[ Laughter ]
-[ Dr: Goodfellow ]
Good heavens, there's laughter:!

[ Laughter Continues ]
Definitely laughter:

We must try to induce the creature
to show itself:

Perhaps if we laugh back:
What do you think?

[ Laughing ]

- Sorry, Doctor:
- What?

We just don't have the time:
You're gonna have to curb your curiosity
until we get back to Oasis:

I don't suppose you'd consider
leaving me here to investigate:

You could come back
for me later:

No: Let's move out:

Well, it was just a thought:

Is the captain
always so peremptory?

[ Laughing ]
No, you don't know
Dr: Goodfellow:

Once his scientific interest
is aroused, it takes drastic measures
to get his attention:

Hardly seems to excuse
Captain Rogers's
dictatorial attitude:

Dictatorial?
No, you don't understand Buck:

He'd give his life
for any one of us:

You call him Buck:
Of course: He's a friend:

A close friend:

You, um--

You used to call me Aram:

[ Chuckles ]
Remember?

I haven't forgotten, Aram:

[ Wild Laughter ]

Good heavens:
Good heavens:
Did you hear that?

[ Laughter Continues ]

[ Echoing ]
I say, I say, won't you please
come forward?

We promise no harm
will befall you!

[ Male Voice ]
Beware Ezarhaaden:!

[ Laughter Resumes ]
It speaks: It speaks:
Wait, wait, wait: Wait, wait:

Don't go: I implore you!

- Ezarhaaden?
- Never heard of it:

Hard to beware of something
when we don't know what it is:

- Hawk, why don't you
take a look in those rocks?
- Right:

Captain:

Is it possible that the man
in command of the Searcher:::

has ulterior motives,
is planning all this?

Ambassador, you certainly
are a man of high suspicions:

My question is not without purpose:

Admiral Zite, in command
of the vessel which brought me here,

is a man of very high suspicions,
as you put it:

He also has a great many weapons
at his disposal:

I get the message:

If we don't get you to Oasis
by the deadline, there may not be
a Searcher for us to return to:

I thought it worth mentioning:

You see something?

The laughing one
is quite elusive:

Let's be on our way then:

Doctor, this way:
Yes? Yes, I know:
I know:

It's very kind of you,
but I can see,
thank you very much:

Oh: I can see, Hawk!

I don't know why you have to
treat me like a lunatic
all the time:

Now, Doctor, Doctor:
I do know something
about this business:

We mustn't complain:
No complaints:
I know you're doing your duty:

[ Male Voice ]
Beware Ezarhaaden:!

[ Laughter ]

[ Laughter Continues ]

All right:
Come on: Let's go:

[ Woman On Speaker ]
Admiral Asimov, Admiral Zite
requesting visual communication:

Have you reestablished communication
with your shuttlecraft?

Unfortunately, I have not:

I see:
We have a problem, Asimov:

I'd like to discuss it
face-to-face right away:
The air lock?

At your service, Admiral:

Fine: In two minutes:

Strange request--
conferring in an air lock:

Not strange at all:

He wants neutral territory:

At this point,
neither of us has enough trust
to board the other's ship:

Let's go:

Admiral?

I've just had an ugly thought:

Suppose we're walking
into an ambush:

Suppose they intend to kill
both of us in that air lock
and take over the Searcher:

- But to what purpose, sir?
- Well, I admit, it's an unlikely possibility:

But up to now, we have
been assuming that something
has happened to our shuttle,

some sort of natural disaster:

And we're passively
accepting responsibility
for its disappearance:

In fact, the Zykarians are thrusting
the responsibility upon us:

I-I'm sorry, sir:
I still don't follow you:

Just supposing, Devlin--

Suppose Ambassador Duvoe
is a pawn,

an expendable pawn:

Suppose they put him
aboard our shuttle
with the intention:::

of destroying it
before it reaches Oasis:

Now, if they did that,

intending to place the blame
for the ambassador's death on us,

which they appear
to be doing,

wouldn't that give them
the provocation for war,

if that's what
they really want?

Good Lord, sir:
Would they do something like that?
I don't know, Devlin:

But more terrible sacrifices
have been made in the past
to bring nations into conflict:

What do we do, sir?
Nothing:
You go back to the bridge:

Admiral--
There's nothing I can do
except walk into that air lock:::

and pray to God
my suspicions are wrong:

We are extremely concerned
for the safety of our ambassador,
Admiral:

Just what measures have you taken
to reestablish contact?

I assure you,
everything possible
has been done:

Everything?

Crichton, explain our findings
to Admiral Zite:

Admiral Zite, I have conducted
a meticulous analysis:::

of all available data concerning
the shuttle's disappearance:::

and made a precise extrapolation
from the results:

My conclusion:::

is that the frequency
and amplitude:::

of ambient energy
in that magnetic cloud:::

was sufficient to burn out
every electrical circuit in the shuttle,

including, of course,
all communication devices:

I appreciate your explanation
for the lack of communication,

but it does not explain
why sensors cannot locate:::

exactly where your shuttlecraft is
at this very moment:

Hmm: I'm afraid
I have no explanation:

Which opens up
the distinct possibility:::

of underhandedness
on the part of Earthlings:

Meaning?

Meaning I find this situation
intolerable,

and the longer it continues,
the more intolerable
I'm going to find it:

I suggest you locate
our Ambassador Duvoe:::

before I am obliged
to take punitive action:

[ Grunts ]

I'm all right: Thank you:
You used to like to take my arm
when we walked:

Seven years ago
when we parted,

did you know that,
uh, I was very much
in love with you?

Yes, I knew,

and I was madly and hopelessly
infatuated with you:

You were the most brilliant
and fascinating man I'd ever met:

Nothing else had meaning
for me then:

Not the service, not my career:

Only you:

I would willingly
have given up all the rest:

I couldn't let you do that:

You had to become
who you are:

Do you realize yours could be
the one voice in the galaxy
that could keep us from war?

Perhaps:

Someone has said,
''The seats of power
can be lonely places:''

I can't tell you
how happy I am:::

right at this moment:::
with you,

even here
in this godforsaken desert:

[ Giggling ]

We'll rest over there:

Buck:
More footprints:

Oh, these are different
from the others:

Take a look:

- [ Gasps ]
- Ah! Oh, there you are!

[ Grunting ]

Well, wh-- Ooh:
He's your friend, eh?

Now, then, don't let's have
any hostilities:

Just a minute with you:

Why don't we have a nice little chat,
just the three of us? Oh!

[ Dr: Goodfellow ]
Oh, my word:!

The doctor?
Who else?

Oh, dear, oh, dear:

[ Grunting ]
Oh, no, no, no: Don't go:
Don't go: Don't leave me alone:

Please, please, please:!
Don't go: Don't leave me alone:

[ Both Groaning ]

Oh, my word:!
Oh, dear, oh, dear:

Oh, what's happening here?
Just as we were beginning to--

[ Grunting ]

Oh, dear, oh, dear:

[ Hawk ]
We cannot see you, Doctor:
You must keep shouting:

[ Buck ]
Say something:!

Over here, dear boy:
Over here:

Dr: Goodfellow,
keep shouting!

I'm over here: I'm here:!
Doctor?

Doctor, keep shouting
so we can find you!

I'm here, in a pit of sorts:

All Gaul is divided into three parts:
Where are you, Doctor?

Amo, amas, amat:

Are you in there?
Yes, I am, indeed, my boy:

I'm in a trap of sorts:

[ Grunts ]
We'll have to pry it off:

We need a lever:
I'll look around:

Doctor, are you all right?

Not hurt at all, my dear girl:

A little surprised for a bit,
but I'm fine now:

[ Male Voice Cackling ]

I will try to look
for that laughing one again:

Dr: Goodfellow,
how'd this rock get here?

Some creatures
placed it there:

I tried to reason with them:
I explained I meant no harm:

But they seemed intent on violence,
or so it seemed:

[ Footsteps Approaching ]

They're so stupid, these humans:
Imagine getting caught by an Atavar:

I am Odee-x, the invincible!
Release me!

[ Laughing ]
Not until we have talked,
little one:

Let me down!

Here: This may help:

Let me down,
you overgrown chicken!
Let me down!

This is Odee-x,

the invincible:

Invincible? Doesn't seem
like much of a threat to me:

Hasty judgment, human:

[ Cackling ]

[ Dr: Goodfellow ]
He's the voice of the laughing one:
Nice trick:

No trick, Earth man:

Odee-x can be a powerful foe
if he wishes:

I will demonstrate:

Be my guest:

Rise: Rise, stone!

Rise! Rise!

Rise:

Oh, bravo:
[ Laughing ]

It's good to see the light again:

Steady: Steady:

Settle, rock: Settle:

I'm not finished:
Stand back!

[ Wilma ]
I don't believe it:

I always finish what I start:

I say,
what a marvelous sensation:

Well, Captain,
what do you think?

I've gotta hand it to you:
Pretty good:

Pretty good?

Pretty good would've never
kept me alive on this planet
of egregious misfits and scoundrels:

How long have you lived here,
little one?

I detest that term, ''little one:''
About 400 years:

You mean you've actually
been here for four centuries?

You question the word
of Odee-x?

No, don't misunderstand me:
Quite the contrary:

''Odee-x'' must stand
for Ocular Dynamics Experiment,

the first shipment
sent here from Saturn:

But how could the geneticists
have discarded such
a revolutionary development?

Questions, questions:
Twiddle-twaddle and hyperbole!

Are you not gonna thank me
for releasing you from
the pit of the Atavars?

Oh, yes, I forgot: I'm sorry: I thank you:
Thank you very much, in fact:

- Who are the Atavars?
- The Atavars are a rapacious lot:

- They are also
the masters of Ezarhaaden:
- Ezarhaaden?

Ezarhaaden is guardian
of the lair of the Atavar,

the vile rabble who live beneath the sand
in the bowels of the planet,

surfacing to plunder and kill:::

and then celebrate their evil
with odious, savage ritual:::

and place the heads
of their enemies on poles
and worship them:

But they can't catch me:
I'm too clever for them:

[ Giggling ]

Oh, I'm sorry:
It was an accident, birdman:

I seem to slip more often
as I grow older:
[ Chuckling ]

Odee-x, we can make
no demands on you,

but it would please us very much
if you could tell us:::

if we're taking
the shortest route to Oasis:

Of course it's the shortest route,
but you will never get there:

Why not?

Because the sands of the desert
become quick: That is why not:

A riddle:
Quicksand in the way?

Exactly:
There is only one traversable route
to Oasis from here:

You must pass through
the dreadful Cave of the Winds,
the home of the Atavar:

If the Atavars live there,
will they allow us to go through?

[ Chuckling ]
Probably not:

You will doubtless be caught
in the first trap you come to,
a trap you can't avoid:

Why can't we avoid it?

Because it isn't there,
that's why:

Pay heed now
that it may benefit you:

To reach the pawl that frees the lock,
conscious thought avails you not:

Look, Odee-x:
We're running out of time,
and we've got to get to Oasis:

So why don't you just tell us,
what is the route
to the Cave of the Winds?

You travel straight that way:

Maybe!

[ Chortling ]

Mad little creature:

Should we
take him seriously?

I think we're gonna
have to trust him:

So I'm for going
by way of that cave:

What about you,
Mr: Ambassador?

Seems to me, Captain,
that you were determined:::

that we were all to abide
by your decisions:

Have you suddenly lost
your taste for command?

We'll head for
Cave of the Winds:

We must be very careful here, Raka:

Do you understand?
I understand that
very well, sir:

You are in command
of this vessel:

My function here
is merely to advise you:

This Admiral Asimov--

One does want
to believe him:

Of course, but your decision
to call in a battle cruiser
was a very wise one:

Perhaps,
but if I were in Asimov's shoes,

I would be more than a little offended
by the arrival of a warship off my bow,

particularly if I were simply
an exploration vessel
with limited armament:::

and on a peaceful mission:

Supposedly searching
for the lost tribes of Earth:

Exactly:

One of the first things
you learn as a commander
is not to put a finger on a trigger:::

unless there is no alternative:

Damn it, Raka,
that cruiser is a trigger:

No, sir:

That cruiser is a gun:

Here is the trigger:

Sealed orders?
Why didn't you give me these
when you came aboard?

I was instructed
to give them to you
only if, in my opinion,

the circumstances called for it:

I believe that time has come:

My God: Do you know
what is in these orders?

Yes, sir:

If Ambassador Duvoe
does not reach the Oasis conference
at the appointed time,

you are to destroy the Searcher
and launch an immediate attack on Earth:

Nothing but total,
absolute silence:

I know they're all right, Admiral:
Buck always comes through:

I wish I could share
your certainty, Twiki,

but I'm afraid the longer we go
without hearing from them,

the worse it looks:

I realize you are already
under great stress, Admiral,

but I feel it my duty to remind you
that Admiral Zite demanded:::

that something be done:

What will you tell him?
What I've been telling him
all along-- the truth:

Admiral, look at this:

[ Devlin ]
It's a warship:

Zykarian battle cruiser,
to be exact:

I never suspected Zite
would go this far:

In my younger days,
I would have accepted this
as a challenge,

a chance to prove my mettle
as an officer:

But now--

now I see it
for what it really is:

Representatives of different cultures
once again blundering into tragedy:::

because they can't learn
to trust one another:

It is characteristic
of differing organic life-forms:::

to suspect each other's motives,
Admiral:

I doubt that anything
can be done to alter that fact:

You may be right, Crichton:
That doesn't mean I can't try:

Devlin, I'm inviting Admiral Zite
to dinner:

Perhaps a face-to-face encounter
over a good meal will reduce tensions:

- Very well, sir:
- Two things:

Quietly pass the word
that all members
are to remain:::

in battle readiness
until further orders:

Battle readiness?
You heard me, kettle belly:

And Devlin, I want you
to make the arrangement
for the dinner invitation:

See that our table is set
with the very finest
of everything we've got:

All V:I:P:
Yes, sir: I'm on my way:

V:I:P:?

Very Important Person, dimwit:

Ah, hmm?

I must get to Oasis,
and yet,

I don't want
this journey to end:

Being with you again
has opened doors inside of me:::

that I thought
had closed forever:

How terribly sweet of you
to say that, Aram,

but how sad to think that:::

you've been living
with a part of yourself
shut away:

Perhaps, but true nonetheless:

During the years
since I saw you last,

I seemed to have traveled
further and further away:::

from those romantic dreams
I had as a young man:

- What sort of dreams?
- Oh:

The ambitious, impractical dreams
that all young men have:

Young men are all alike,
you know:

They expect to have
brilliant, important careers,

to meet the woman of their dreams
and to live happily ever after:::

in the midst
of a warm and loving family:

Young men aren't the only ones
to have dreams like that, Aram:

- Young women have them too:
- Do they?

You're an officer on board
one of the most advanced
research vessels:::

in this galaxy, any galaxy:

A colonel:

Must be an extraordinarily
interesting career:

It is interesting:

And fulfilling?

I suppose it depends
on how you define ''fulfilling:''

Have you ever thought
of sharing your life with a man,

of having a home of your own
and a family to love
and love you back?

Yes, Aram:

I have thought about it:

It's just--

Yes?

I guess I'm not ready for it yet:

[ Chuckling ]
I suppose I still have
a few good years left:

Unlike an old man like me, huh?

Well, I've always thought of you
as a very::: distinguished figure,

but, uh, hardly old:

You, um--

You never married, Aram:
Why?

I don't know:

I suppose somewhere
in the back of my mind:::

was that wish,

that hope
that we would meet again:

I hoped so too:

I knew you'd be
a great man someday:

I, uh, tried to follow your career,
[ Chuckling ]

but not much word gets out
of the Zykarian quadrants:

We must begin to be
less insular:

Otherwise, we will always
mistrust each other:
Hmm:

- Wilma, Duvoe, watch out!
- [ Wilma Gasps ]

Oh, my dear:
What's happening?

[ Gagging ]

[ Grunting ]

[ Wilma, Duvoe Coughing ]

I can manage myself, Captain:

[ Grunts, Coughing ]

Heavens above:
Do you realize what that was?

A giant lichen:
What an amazing creature:

Please, please,
might I just take five minutes
to go and examine it, Captain?

Please, please:

[ Buck ]
I told you before, Doctor:
We don't have time:

Take cover!

They're gone:

Anyone hurt?

Where's the ambassador?

Oh, dear:
I hope the ambassador
wasn't hurt:

I'll take a look:

[ Coughing ]

[ Grunting ]

[ Buck ]
Ambassador Duvoe?

Hurry:

He's coming this way:

Why do you look at me
as if I were some sort of monster?

Zykarians might well:::

consider you strange:::

and an undesirable being
because you cannot remove your head:

I've got no argument with that:

Does Wilma know?

I think, Captain,

what transpires between
Colonel Deering and me--

[ Wilma ]
Buck? Ambassador:!

Where are you?
Are you all right?

Yes, Wilma! Over here:

Oh, there you are:

We thought you might
have been hurt:

Is anything wrong?

Is anything wrong, Captain?

Nothing that can't be remedied:

I'm sorry you and Buck
can't be friends:

Perhaps it isn't that important:

I think if you were together
for any length of time, you would
learn to respect each other:

Possibly:

Buck:

- Have you noticed?
- Yes, we're being followed:
You want to check it out?

- I will stay behind:
- All right: But be careful:
Don't take any chances:

Yes, I'll stay with him:
I'll keep him company:
I'll keep you company:

- No way, Doctor:
- What do you mean?

One of these days, Dr: Goodfellow,
your curiosity's gonna get
the better of you:

Don't you understand?
My curiosity's healthy:

Keeps me in fine fettle,
so to speak:

So to speak:
Yes, well, come on, Doctor:
Come on:

[ Grumbling ]
And this time,
I will stay out till I find him:

Why do you follow us,
small one?
I had nothing better to do:

Did you see who sent
the pikes down on us?

I saw:

You're getting sleepy,
birdman:

[ Yawns ]
Sleep, birdman: Sleep:

Sleep, birdman: Sleep:

The morrow brings
adventure anew:

Pleasant dreams!

[ Chuckling ]
Fascinating,
that lichen creature today:

Do you know-- Are you aware,
Ambassador, that a lichen
is actually two entities?

An amazingly successful
symbiotic relationship:::

between fungus,
which supplies water, of course,

and algae,
which supplies food:

What are you implying, Doctor?

Implying? Oh, I say,
was I becoming tedious?

I am sorry: I'm afraid
it's an occupational hazard:

I-- I tend to share
my enthusiasms, you know:
Please forgive me:

Of course:

I simply want to know
what's the matter, that's all:

Why won't you tell me
what happened between you
and Ambassador Duvoe today?

You know him well,
do you?

Does how well I know him
have something to do with it?

In a way, yeah, it does:

Oh? In what way?

- What do you really know about him?
- Is there something I should know?

Is it serious
between the two of you?

Either you tell me
what you're getting at, Buck,
or back off:

You're trespassing:

Is it his politics
or the fact that he's a Zykarian?

No:Just thinking about you, Wilma:
I don't want to see you get hurt:

You talk as if I need a guardian:

Your attitude towards that man--
because I might be fond of him:::

or because he cares about me?

- Maybe we oughta just forget it:
- Yes, I think we'd better:

With one final word from me:

I think Ambassador Aram Duvoe
is quite a man:

The roast is done
to a turn, Admiral,
and the sauce is superb:

It looks like we're ready:
I hope so:
Our guests are about due:

We all have got to stay
on our toes tonight:
A lot could depend on this dinner:

[ Man On Speaker ]
Admiral Asimov,your presence
is requested on the bridge:

Ensign, the Zykarians
are due to arrive at any minute:
This had better be important:

It is important, sir:
New arrivals:

Two more Zykarian cruisers
off our right flank:

That makes a total of three, sir,
all targeting us with photon cannons:

[ Woman On Speaker ]
Admiral Zite and party
are coming aboard:

[ Sighs ]
I mustn't keep our guests waiting:

I wish our chef
had the recipe for that sauce:

I think that can be arranged:

Now, there's an example
of, uh, cooperation at work:

We, uh, need more of that:

[ Admiral Zite ]
Perhaps:

In fact, our joint mission out here
was conceived in a spirit
of cooperation:

Shame we seem
to have lost it:

- Something on your mind, Admiral?
- Yes:

The presence of your cruisers:

I would like to remind you, sir,
that we are a search vessel,

not a ship of war:

We are no match
for one Zykarian cruiser,
let alone three:

The warships are merely
a precaution, Admiral:

You do have the ability
to summon aid:

Yes, but if I did that,

I might provoke the very conflict
your ambassador came here to avoid:

I point out to you, Admiral,
it was not I who began the provocation:

And I point out to you, Admiral,
that it is not your ambassador
who is missing:

May I be blunt?

I would appreciate it:

We have evaluated the situation
and have concluded:::

that you abducted Ambassador Duvoe
and are holding him hostage:

What?
Your shuttle disappeared
from all our scanners,

meaning:::

it had to go into
an underground landing pad,

all well planned in advance:

Why, that is
a ridiculous assumption:

If it had crashed, Admiral,

our sensor would have picked up
residual radiation from the wreckage:

We get none:

We believe
you intend to blackmail us
with our ambassador's life:::

at some critical moment:::

to keep us off-balance
and give your forces
a first-strike capability:

That is not only preposterous,
it is illogical:

We both know that war
is a world:::

with its own special logic,
Admiral,

and very grim logic it is:

Destroying a city
to save it from the enemy:::

makes perfect sense to a soldier,

and I:::

am::: a soldier:

Will you accept my guarantee,

on my honor as an officer,

that if anyone survived
the crash of that shuttle,

they're at this very moment
struggling to reach Oasis?

I will refrain from opening fire
until the conference begins:::

and my ambassador
is reported absent:

Oh, and:::

my compliments to the chef:

The dinner was excellent:

Good evening, gentlemen:

Well, birdman:
It looks like another beautiful day:

[ Giggling ]

[ Giggles ]

[ Giggling Continues ]

Wilma:

Something's disturbing you:

Do you, uh,
want to talk about it?

Will you tell me what happened
between you and Buck?

We had a difference:
Please, don't let it trouble you:

It's not unusual
for men of strong will
to abrade each other,

particularly when they each care
about the same woman:

Oh, Captain, Captain,
just a minute:

Do you think we might stop
for a moment to cool off?

Please, Captain:
You've got it, Doctor:

Thank you:
Let's take a break!

[Screaming Continues ]

Oh, I say:
No wonder she screamed:

Look at these severed heads:
I can tell you what they are:
Do you know what they are?

These severed heads must be
objects of worship to the Atavars
that little Odee-x told us about:

Which makes them every bit
as murderous as he said too:

Awful, awful: Oh!

Marvelous: Look: Those stones:
The patterns of those stones:
It's a shrine of some sort:

[ Buck ]
Doctor, we better get out ofhere:
Just let me touch them:

No, no: Come on:
Let's get out ofhere:

Oh, dear: Don't you want to
know more about it?

I'd love to:
Some other time:
Some other time:

Small one?

Nothing before
has tracked me as you do:

You give me no rest:
Why do you not join the others?

I want to talk to you:

Stay back!

[ Chuckling ]

I have watched you:

You had a lot of problems
obliterating the footprints:

Your power has gone:

Why do you follow us?

Perhaps it amuses me:
You could help us:

I have already helped you:

Besides, you're on the trail:

You will find
the Cave of the Winds:

Once you leave the caves,
you will see the spires of Oasis:

You could lead us
through the cave,
past the Atavars:

No, I've interfered enough
in your fate:

The desert
may bleach your bones:

Winds may rip you
to shreds:

Atavars may seek
your noble head:::

to crown a pole:

Too bad:
None of my business:

But the Atavars are your enemy,
are they not?

When loneliness
is measured by centuries,

even an enemy for company
is better than none at all:

We need your help:

If you will not come willingly,
I will carry you:

[ Laughing ]

You're too late!

Energy, birdman:

Storms of radiation!

They destroyed your ship,
but they fill me with power and glory:

Big storms and little ones
dance constantly across my planet:

I know where to find them:
[ Laughing ]

You can't touch me now,
and after I'm through here,
I'll be even stronger,

and you can't
touch me then either:

So good-bye, birdman:

[ Laughing ]
You win:

Good-bye:

Small one:

Good luck:

It is you who needs luck:

There are many dangers
in the Cave of the Winds:

Of them all,
Ezarhaaden is the deadliest:

To best Ezarhaaden
and seal his fate,

give him the point
of your argument straight:

You talk in riddles again:
What do you mean?

It means you'll have something
to think about while you
catch up to your friends:

Good-bye!

Captain:

Captain Rogers:

I want to--
I want to thank you:

[ Buck ]
Thank me for what, Mr: Ambassador?

- It was decent of you not to tell Wilma:
- I'm not gonna tell her:

But I think you should:
I understand:

Of course she has
a right to know,

but considering the way
you humans view our symbiosis,

it will not be easy
for either of us:

I prefer to tell her
when we are alone,

prepare her,
if that is at all possible:

- Can you understand that, Captain?
- Sure:

There you are:
Where were you all last night?
What happened?

It was the small one, Odee-x,
who had been following us:

Where is he?
I could not persuade him
to come:

But we are on the trail
to the Cave of the Winds:

Beyond the cave,
we shall see Oasis:

He has given us
another warning:::

and another riddle:

Ah, the first riddle:
Now, how did it go?

''To reach the pawl
that frees the lock--''

''Conscious thought
avails you not:''

[ Chuckling ]
There we go:
This one makes as little sense:

''To best Ezarhaaden
and seal his fate,

give him the point
of your argument::: straight:''

Well, let's move out:

[ Duvoe ]
How much farther can it be?

You don't suppose that Odee-x
sent us in the wrong direction
after all, do you?

[ Wilma ]
I've been wondering
the same thing, Buck:

[ Buck ]
There it is: The cave up ahead:

[ Buck ]
Well, here goes:

Let's hope our little friend
hasn't cooked up some more mischief
for us in here:

Well, at least
the cave's lit:

Cave of the Winds:
It's not bad:

Not up till now, no:

[ Wind Howling ]

I think I spoke too soon:

It's coming
from other tunnels:

I wonder what would happen
if that terrible wind
came into this tunnel:

Good heavens:
Something like that, perhaps:
Look at that:

Someone's bones
are embedded in the rock:

By the force of the wind:

[ Duvoe ]
It doesn't seem possible:

Let's go:

[ Howling Continues ]

There's one of them:
That must be the entrance
to the home of the Atavars:

Dr: Goodfellow,
will you get out of here?
What?

Do it: Get out of here:
Oh: Thank you very much:

What's happened?

There's no sound
coming from the tunnels:

It's as if we walked
into a tomb:
Very strange:

Most unnatural:

[ Quiet Thud ]

[ Thudding ]

The pike goes right through it:

Let me check over here:

It will not move:

It's solid all around:

Let's try digging down
a few feet:

It doesn't look good,
Captain:

Perhaps we should go back
and try another tunnel:

You're right, Mr: Ambassador:

It's another invisible wall:

Trapped between them:
Yes, that's why there's been
no sound from the tunnels:

[ Buck ]
Why is it this pike will go through,
but we can't?

It's an exquisite trap, Buck:
Really most ingenious:

Whoo: I say, doesn't it seem
rather close in here?

As a matter of fact,
it does:
Oh!

The torch-- it's dying:

We're running out of air:

Doctor, do you have any idea
how these force fields
are generated?

No, no, no idea:
I haven't the remotest idea:

I've never encountered
anything like it before:

Of course, it is possible
that it isn't going on:
May be not physical:

- It's just existing in our minds:
- You mean we could be imagining this?

If this is my imagination,
then it doesn't really exist:

And that torch isn't going out:

How can we overcome that
which does not exist?

Doctor, the logical extension
of your hypothesis:::

is that we are caught
in a trap that isn't there:

Now, if you persist
in this absurd position--

The trap that isn't there:

Odee-x said
we couldn't avoid the trap
because it isn't there:

You're quite right:
Now, you're quite right:
You clever girl:

Now, what's the rest
of that riddle?

''To reach the pawl
that frees the lock,

conscious thought
avails us not:''

''Conscious thought
avails us not:''

A pawl:

Pawl:

A pawl?

There's a lever:

Maybe that's our pawl:

It's too far:
''Conscious thought
avails us not:''

That's just gibberish,
isn't it, Doctor?
Not necessarily, my dear:

Not necessarily:
The operative words
are ''conscious'' and ''not:''

Doesn't that lead us
to unconscious thought?

Of course: Obviously:
Oh, my, yes:

Now, let me see:

- Colonel Deering, I think it must be you:
- Be me what, Doctor?

You will be
our unconscious thinker:

Now, do what I tell you:

Fix your eyes on that torch:
Yes, don't take your eyes
off it, child:

Just relax:
Watch the torch:

Now,your eyelids will get heavy:
They're getting heavy, are they?

Yes: Now they'll get
heavier and heavier:

Now, let them close:
That's a good girl:

Very good, child:
You're going into a deep, deep,
blissful state of unconsciousness:

I want you to open your eyes
in a minute: Not yet:

Open your eyes,
but you'll remain sound asleep:
Do you understand?

I understand:

Open your eyes:

Now, I want you to go over
to that lever:

See it over there?
Yes, you can see it:
Yes, I see it:

Good, good: Fine:
Go over to that lever
and pull it down:

[ Hawk ]
There's the wind again:
[ Buck ] You did it, Doctor:

[ Dr: Goodfellow ]
Fresh air:!

Now, thank you, thank you:

Now, at the count of three,
Colonel,

you'll wake up
and feel absolutely fine:

One, two, three:

[ Sighs ]
[ Chuckles ]

We're out of the trap:

[ Duvoe ]
That was brilliant, Doctor:

By mind trance, he deprived you
of conscious thought:

Oh, you're a genius, Doctor:

Well, I must say
I agree with you:
Thank you, thank you:

Come on: Let's move out:
We've lost a lot of time:

Genius indeed:
I gave her the answer:

I must make my riddles
more obscure:

[ Boiling ]

[ Wilma ]
Oh: Snakes:

[ Dr: Goodfellow ]
Yes, and a very poisonous species,
my dear girl:

Looks like the bridge
is the only way over:

Oh, no!
Here it comes again!

Stay low and hang on:

[ Wilma ]
It's like a hurricane:!

All right:

Stay here:

I'm gonna try and cross it:

[ Hawk ]
Careful, Buck:

[ Wilma ]
Are you sure it can support you?
I'm not sure of anything at this point:

[ Duvoe ]
Try not to move too quickly,
Captain:

I'll keep that in mind:

[ Dr: Goodfellow ]
Steady, dear boy: Steady:

[ Wood Creaking ]

[ Hawk ]
Easy, Buck: Easy!

-[ Wilma ] Buck?
-[ Hawk ] Hang on, Buck: Hang on:

[ Wilma ]
Buck, try to hold on:
We'll steady the bridge:

Oh, my goodness!
It's coming up again, Captain:

I can hear it:

[ Dr: Goodfellow ]
Hang on, dear boy:
It can't last for long:

-[ Hawk ] Pull, Ambassador: Pull:!
-[ Wilma ] Buck, I can hardly hold it:!

-[ Wilma ] Hold on, please:!
-[ Buck ] I'm trying to:
The wind's too strong:

[ Wilma ]
Hold on:!

[ Hawk ]
You must! Try, Buck, try!

[ Wilma ]
Oh, thank God:

[ Deep Male Voice ]
Beware Ezarhaaden:!

-[ Dr: Goodfellow ]
Oh, my word:!
- It's a sword!

He needs help:

Buck:!

I am Ezarhaaden,
sword of death,

guardian of the place
of the Atavars:

The cavern there
is dark and deep:

Who falls within
forever sleeps:

[ Dr: Goodfellow ]
We're with you, my boy: Don't despair:
Give him a good fight:

[ Wilma ]
Oh, no: Buck!

Ezarhaaden:!

- You, Odee-x:!
- Yes, you demon!

You ogre:!
You dismal coprolite:!

You crapulous misanthrope:!
Oh,you missed:

You hideous--
[ Grunts ]

[ Ezarhaaden ]
The noisy one has met his fate:

Come, Earth man, now:::

and feel the weight
of Ezarhaaden's blade ofhate:

The riddle--
When we have to
get past Ezarhaaden:

''To best Ezarhaaden
and seal his fate,

give him the point
of your argument straight:''
Point of your argument?

Try for the heart, Captain!

Buck, go for the heart:

No heart, no head, no body:

Point:
The point of the argument:

Buck, it's the point of that pike:
Use the point!

[ Laughing ]

Now, Earth man--

Now you, too, will find
the cavern dark and deep:::

and end in its depths
forever asleep:

[ Ezarhaaden Laughing ]

Fiend!

You, Odee-x,
now prepare to die:

[ Laughing ]

Another point
to win the argument:
Another point:

[ Grunts ]

[ Groans, Thudding ]
[ Wilma ]
You got him:!

[ Duvoe ]
Well done, Captain:!

Are you all right?
Go away! Aah:

Then tell me
if you're all right:
I'm all right:

[ Grunts ]
You ungrateful little--

All right, Hawk:
Brace this bridge:

I'll have to repair it
so you can get across:

Never thought I'd be sorry
to see the Zykarians pull away:

I do not comprehend
how the move, in and of itself,

is particularly significant:

Well, it's significant
enough for me:

They've moved off to give their cruisers
a clear field of fire:

Any change in deployment?
No, sir:

The three cruisers
are still standing by,
in firing position:

- Distance?
- Eighth of a quad:

Eighth of a quad:

Tell Lieutenant Devlin
to meet me in the engine room:

Yes, sir:

Lieutenant Devlin
to the engine room:

I think you know
what's on my mind, Devlin:
Yes, sir:

You disapprove?
No, sir:

A very long time ago,
when I was a lieutenant
like yourself,

I commanded
a squadron of seven ships
off the tip of a quadrant:

We had this accident,
if you will:

A laser punctured our cruiser:

Holed the engine room:

We, uh--
We had to abandon ship:

From a quadrant and a half away,
we saw what happened:

The loss of seven
of our vessels:

An entire quadrant vaporized:

You lost all those ships, sir?

Strange how we look back,

keep something in our minds,
hoping we'll never have to use it:

And yet,

Devlin, we are going
to rig the Searcher:::

to become a booby trap:

[ Wood Creaking ]

Odee-x, why didn't you use
your powers to defeat Ezarhaaden?

Why didn't I indeed?
Could you see Ezarhaaden?

No:
Nor could I:

Since my power is in my eyes,
my eyes were useless against him:

He was my nemesis:
That's why I needed a champion:

As you can see, I'm very good
at picking champions:

What I'd like to know is
why you didn't tell me straight out
what I was in for:

Why that riddle?
You almost got me killed:

But that would be taking
unfair advantage of Ezarhaaden,

not to mention my riddles
going to waste:

We must not dull the appetite
for a zestful life, Captain:

- You are really something:
- Thank you:

Now there's one
important thing left to do:

I've waited 400 years
to do that:!

[ Chortling ]

Small one,
you must co--

You will come with us:
You must have help:

Fiddle-faddle
and folderol:

Do you think in the hundreds of years
I've been here, this is my first wound?

Tut! Rest and quiet
for a few minutes--

or a few years--
I'll be good as new:

At least I shall live,
which is more than I
can say for you:

What are you talking about,
Odee?

When death is sure,
no way out,

an angry god
puts death to rout:

More riddles:

I swear, if you weren't hurt,
I'd throw you in there
after that sword:

Just because you championed my cause
does not entitle you to take liberties:

Odee-x, excuse me:

Does this new riddle
pertain to, uh--

No more: Go!
If I'm ever to mend,
I must do it right now:

- Go!
- Not without you, my little friend:

Touch me now,
you'll lose a lot more:

Have it your way:

Are you sure
you're going to be all right?

Thank you:
Whee! Whee!
You're so pretty!

To save your lives,
remember me:::

and most of all,
my riddle three:

All right: Let's go:

Oh, power that sweeps
Oasis dread,

my strength is gone,
my magic fled:

I hurt, I weep,
I need my bed:

Please help me soothe
this aching head:

- This is the relay detonator
to our photon core?
- Yes, sir:

The moment
you order it activated,

the Searcher will become
the equivalent of a star exploding,

incinerating everything
within the quadrant:

The deadline
is only hours away:

Yes, sir: The warship awaits
your command to open fire:

And I do have my orders:

I trust, and yet,

distrust:

I will follow orders:

There are the spires of Oasis:

We're gonna make it
in time after all:

What do you suppose
Odee-x had in mind
with that last riddle?

[ Dr: Goodfellow ]
Well, that's a difficult question
to answer, you see:

In many ways,
that nice little fellow
was a bit mad:

I think I heard you
say so yourself:
[ Wilma Laughing ]

[ Hawk ] The spires of Oasis:
[ Wilma ]
Aren't they beautiful?

Oh, my!

[ Rhythmic Grunting ]

- Are they bluffing?
- Not two bits' worth:

They'rejust working up
their courage:

- What do you think, Hawk?
- Without any weapons, there's no way
we could all get through:

Odee-x said, ''To save your lives,
remember me and, most of all,
my riddle three:''

Riddle three:
The third riddle, my dear:

''An angry god
puts death to rout:''

We happen to be a little short
on angry gods right now, Doctor:

Wilma, we're gonna try
to force an opening:

You and Dr: Goodfellow
grab the ambassador,
make a run for it:

- Ready, Hawk?
- Ready:

Go!

[ Duvoe ]
Stop:! Stop:! I command you:!

You who worship heads,
bow down:!

Bow down before
an angry god:!

Bow down before
the living head,

lest the wrath of this god
visit you with fire
and destruction:!

Back: Go back!

I command you: Heed!

Heed or you will burn:
Go:!

Now: Now!

And trouble no more strangers
to your world:

I had hoped you would not
have to see this:

Not this way:

We go on to Oasis now:

You knew:
That's what you wouldn't tell me:

Yeah:

Working together
with these humans:::

to get me to this conference:::

has shown me:::

that the gulfs which separate us:::

can be bridged,

that understanding comes:::

with communication,

and that war is not,
in any sense,

a viable alternative:

[ Applause ]

I agree:

Let's never come
so close again:

Amen:

That was profound,
Ambassador:

Any credit must be shared
with my escort, Admiral:

It was truly inspirational,
Mr: Ambassador,

being present
while history was made:

I'm seldom present
in the present, you know:

Usually by the time I get to it,
the present's passed into the past:

[ Duvoe ]
I believe I understand, Doctor:

We must forego,
once and for all,
this policy of isolation,

which has bred mistrust
and suspicion:::

between Zykaria
and the other nations
of this system:

We must live in peace,
learn to know each other:

Ignorance breeds suspicion:

With communion
comes knowledge:::

and understanding:

[ Woman On Speaker ]
Ambassador,your ship is ready:

Gentlemen:

I was hoping
that you would be here:::

to at least say a good-bye:

Instead of good-bye, I'd rather say,
''Until we meet again:''

Of course:

I hope you understand:
It was only the shock:
It wasn't a judgment:

Good friends needn't question:

I meant it:
It will never shock me again:

A very big step, isn't it?
For both of us:

Perhaps another time,
there will be a grand ball:

I'll be escorting you,

to the envy of all there:

Another time:

Dreams aren't only for children,
are they?

No, Aram:
They're for all of us:

I'm very glad
to have known you, Captain:

I do hope
that you feel the same:

I most certainly do,
Mr: Ambassador:

You're right:

He is quite a man: