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[NARRATOR] The battle over the control of Protoculture

has reached beyond the limits of common sanity,

as three civilizations are coming into conflict

which seems to have no real direction.

On one side are the Robotech Masters,

displaced techno-voyagers

out to reclaim their misplaced energy source.

Opposing, the Earth's Robotech defenders,

battling to save something they know next to nothing about.

And soon, a new threat, the Invid, will arrive.

And once this new force comes on the scene,

there is no clear chance of victory.

In this war of confusion and dislocation,

the Robotech Masters are about to unfold

a desperate new strategy.

[ROBOTECH MASTER 1] We have wasted too much time already

in dealing with Zor Prime.

We must activate the control module now.

[ROBOTECH MASTER 2] I do not comprehend

the extraordinary power of the half-breed Micronian.

Exposure to her emotions is causing several

of the clones' logic circuits to malfunction.

[ROBOTECH MASTER 3] Control module activated.

We have near complete manipulation.

[DANA] Why would he suddenly go berserk like this?

It's as though he has no control over what he's doing.

[ANGELO] That's one heck of an understatement, Lieutenant.

"No control"?

He looks like he's gonna blow us both

to kingdom come any second.

Let's get outta here.

- -Lieutenant! - -You've got to stop!

I said stop! Don't you know who I am?

It's me, Zor. Dana.

I want to talk to you.

[ANGELO] Don't go near him, Lieutenant.

He'll kill you. Look out, he's going to shoot!

[BOTH grunt]

[ANGELO] You can't reason with him.

He's one of them!

[ANGELO] Well, somebody's gotta do somethin'.

So you wanna play games, do you, my fine alien friend?

[ANGELO] Lieutenant, get down!

Take cover! You're right in the line of fire!

[gasps]

[groans]

Stop it!

[ANGELO] What's the matter? Huh?

[DANA] You'll never beat him that way.

You've got to switch to battloid mode.

[ANGELO] Right.

Zor's brainwave pattern indicates a deviance.

[SCIENCE MASTER 1] His exposure to human influence

may have produced an adverse effect

on his anterior brain cells.

Do you suggest an awakening of a dormant racial memory?

[SCIENCE MASTER 1] Possibly.

There must be no deviation.

The human disturbance must be eradicated at once.

We are presently attempting to correct the intrusion.

[DANA] Angelo, stay down!

[ANGELO] But... why didn't he finish it?

[DANA] I don't understand what happened, but we have

to find the others before the aliens do.

My sensors indicate we're getting closer.

They should be at the next opening.

Hey, look. Here they come.

[DANA] Look out below!

[BOWIE] Right on time, Lieutenant.

[ANGELO] Well, we've managed to penetrate this far.

What do you suggest we do now?

Well, first, we should try to locate

the ship's command center or bridge.

Then take it by force.

Oh boy. And where do we start to look for it

in a ship that's five miles long?

That's right.

Where exactly do you think we ought

to start looking for it, Louie?

I would say the logical place to look would be

somewhere near the center of the ship.

[BOWIE] I'd feel a lot safer in a hovertank.

[SEAN] You'd be a lot more conspicuous too.

[DANA] Angelo, what's it look like out there?

Any sign of those guard units? Or can we keep moving?

[ANGELO] Hmm. All I've seen is civilians so far.

That's encouraging. All we have to do is mingle with the crowd.

Sure, but how are we going to disguise our uniforms?

It's simple, Louie. We don't try to.

[DANA gasps, chuckles]

[ANGELO] "Nothing ventured..."

So far, they don't seem to be looking at us.

[BOWIE] Yeah, the way a cat doesn't seem

to be looking at the sparrow.

Huh? Ohh, look at this.

Hm, not very friendly.

[DANA] Where's all their military?

[LOUIE] Uhhh... I think I can answer that.

If I'm not mistaken, here they come.

[DANA] Soldiers. Take cover!

[SEAN] And who are these lovely ladies?

Sean, I think you should check out the new arrivals. Hey.

- -[SEAN] Hmm? - -[DANA] Look.

[SEAN] Hmm?

Ahh! Uh... uh... Hmm!

Oh, excuse me, Miss.

Uh, wait a minute, please.

[WOMEN] Hmm?

Uh, I believe we've met before sometime.

I'm sure that I know you.

Well, actually, what I mean to say is

I'm sure that I couldn't be mistaken about having met

three such attractive ladies at some point in the past.

Anyway, I thought we might all have

lunch together sometime, hmm?

Alone together, huh?

This clone's condition is obviously progressive,

don't you agree?

It appears to me to be linked to a serious muscular disorder.

We must perform emergency treatment

on his muscle system at once.

Mmm. Let us proceed.

Uh, I'm afraid I didn't catch that.

Hey! What are ya doing? Are you crazy or somethin'?

[WOMAN 2] Throat condition is marginal.

Ohh!

Uh, what's the matter?

Have I got something serious?

- -But-- - -Place him on the floor.

Hey! Let go of my nose, I can't breathe.

[WOMAN 1] His reaction is most unusual.

[ANGELO] Ohh! Huh? Uh...

[DANA] All right, that's enough! Phillips, on your feet!

Let go of him immediately, you hear me!

You are all enemy intruders.

Guard, come seize them immediately!

[DANA] Split up. They can't get all of us!

- -[GUARD] Where are they? - -[WOMAN] They're down there.

What were you trying to do?

Pass myself off as an alien, of course.

Fool. You don't know the customs!

I just figured that out, Sergeant.

[ANGELO] Oh, this way.

They couldn't have gotten very far.

[GUARD 2] Spread out down here.

[SEAN, ANGELO chuckle]

- -[SEAN] Uh-oh. - -[GUARD 2] Aha!

[ANGELO clears throat]

[GUARD 2 shouts]

[groans]

[ALLEGRA] Musica, a band of alien soldiers

have invaded the central corridor.

We just heard the news.

Have any been captured? I must know.

Karno and his men have started an all-out search for them.

They will be.

Don't go, it's too dangerous to leave here.

[MUSICA] I must be alone for a while.

[BOTH] What?

[MUSICA] No harm must come to him.

You mean, your guards have permitted

the enemy aliens to get away?

Only temporarily, Excellency,

but they cannot escape the ship.

This cannot be condoned.

Your incompetence will be severely punished.

[BOWIE] Lieutenant.

[DANA] I just want to see what's behind this door.

[gasps] Hmm.

This looks like a dormitory of some kind.

These beds sure look comfortable.

[DANA sighs] Bedtime.

[computer beeps]

[BOWIE] Lieutenant, where are you?

I don't like the looks of this, Louie.

[BOTH] Huh?

Lieutenant, wake up.

You can't sleep at a time like this.

You gotta wake up!

[LOUIE] She's waking up now.

Bowie, what is it? What's going on?

You were sound asleep, Lieutenant.

Ohh, it was wonderful.

[WOMAN] These intruders have caused a great disturbance.

[DANA] They can't find us in here,

we've gotta hide. Quick.

[BOWIE] Yes.

[WOMAN 3] They continue to elude our guards.

[WOMAN 1] They're similar to us in appearance,

didn't you think so?

Yes, but I think their aggressive behavior

demonstrates the primitive stage of their development.

Well, she's not exactly the Queen of the May.

[BOWIE] Shhh.

[WOMAN 3] I can't wait to sanitize myself.

I actually touched one of them.

[WOMAN 1] Yes, good idea.

All right, let's go.

Here, put these on.

[LOUIE] Hey!

[BOTH] Huh?

[BOWIE] But we can't do that, Lieutenant.

We'll look ridiculous in women's clothes.

- -[LOUIE] Yeah. - -If you don't put those

things on, we'll be shot.

Uh, so what's it called?

[DANA] A shroud if you don't get moving. Come on!

- -[DANA] Hmm. - -[BOWIE] Weird.

What do we do now, Lieutenant?

Break into Christmas carols if they catch us.

We've got to get off the street.

Here, this way.

[GUARD 4] Who's that? Pull in.

[GUARD 4] Hurry.

[DANA] In here.

[DANA] Quick, let's find a place to sit.

[LOUIE] What do you think this is, Lieutenant?

Some kind of a lounge?

[DANA] That's what it looks like.

Here comes our waitress now.

[WAITRESS] Drink this, then take the door on the right

to the bioscan chamber.

[DANA] Well, thank you.

[BOWIE] Friendly, huh?

[LOUIE] Mm-hmm.

Well...

[BOWIE/LOUIE] Ahh!

- -[DANA] So? - -[LOUIE] It isn't bad.

You're right, it tastes pretty good!

[NURSE] Now, stand over there,

and the bioscanner will detect your disorder.

[NURSE] In the case of these three, the body is healthy,

but the mental processes are alarmingly unstable.

Hey, open up.

[NURSE] Your resistance to the bioscanner

is indicative of your illness,

but it can be corrected quite easily.

Come this way.

[ALL] Hmm?

[LOUIE] This is beginning to take on all the aspects

of a horror movie.

[DANA] What could it be?

It looks like a morgue or something.

It's possible, but it looks like they're sleeping, doesn't it?

Stand here. These are the conversion-stabilizer units.

That's interesting. What are they used for?

They are the reason you have come here.

They will stabilize you.

Observe how this unit is now

in complete harmony with his environment.

When he first came here, he was dangerously unstable.

This was accomplished by the simple addition

of a bioenergy supplement to his metabolism.

- -Drink this. - -[BOWIE] Huh?

I guess we don't have any other choice.

[NURSE] Come this way now.

Just relax.

Lieutenant, What are we doing?

[DANA] Waiting for a chance to escape.

This is biostabilization lab.

Reporting three patients

with highly unusual bioscan readings.

Also, one of the re-processed clones

is acting strangely.

Suggest a primary stage alert.

[LOUIE] You're not gonna drink that, are you, Lieutenant?

[DANA] I have to pretend to, or they'll be on to us.

[LOUIE] Now, what is that character up to?

Uh-oh. Lieutenant.

Hey, what does he want with me?

- -No, you don't. Get back! - -[LOUIE] Hey!

- -More trouble. - -[DANA/BOWIE] Huh?

[BOWIE] Good grief, the whole graveyard's coming to life.

What is the meaning of this unlawful disturbance?

Summon the guards. Third stage alert!

Third stage alert! The clones are out of control.

[DANA] Now's our chance.

Use the zombies for cover, and make for the other corridor.

- -Move it! - -[LOUIE] What about the guards?

I hope they'll be too busy rounding up those zombies.

[LOUIE] Hmm...

Well, I don't think I would count too heavily on that

if I were you, Lieutenant.

- -[GUARD] Halt, intruders. - -[ DANA ] Now where?

[LOUIE] Who cares? Run!

Hey, there's some kind of vehicle here.

[BOWIE] Do you know how to operate it?

I hope so. Let's go!

- -[laser fire] - -[BOTH] Oh!

[DANA] Hmph! That got it.

[BOTH] Lieutenant.

[yells]

[DANA] How do you stop this thing?

[DANA] Gangway!

[shouts]

[screams]

[grunts]

[screams]

[grunts]

Huh? Where did you come from?

You wouldn't believe it.

[groans]

[LATELL] Ohh! Are you badly hurt?

Is there anything I can do to assist you?

[DANA] Thank you.

Please. There must be someway I can help.

Well, for one thing, what kind of place is this?

[LATELL] This? Why, this is the district interim center

for purging and replacement.

[DANA] Hmm? Purging of what?

Why, the personal consciousness of those

whose original bodies are being rehabilitated.

How?

You mean that you actually don't know?

I just can't seem to remember right now.

You just must have become unbalanced in your fall.

I'll try to explain it to you.

Your rest period is terminated.

It's time to resume your training.

Yes!

[NURSE] You there. Did you not hear what I said?

Come, we must go.

[NURSE] Hmm?

[DANA] Listen, why are you here?

[LATELL] I was found guilty of individual thought.

Why are you here?

Me? Uh, for the very same reason.

But they've allowed you to keep your permanent body.

This is a most unusual diversion

from the normal treatment pattern.

Well, it's a new experimental program.

Oh, I'm afraid I must confess,

my reprogramming efforts

haven't been entirely successful.

Uh-oh. I don't understand what's happening.

The holographic trainer is having no effect at all.

How can you be sure it's not working?

[LATELL] Because I still have individual thought patterns.

[DANA] Wait a second! What's so bad about that?

Now, I'm sure that you know that unstable minds

are not permitted in here.

- -[WOMAN moans] - -[DANA] Huh?

Oh, you poor thing. What happened?

Why isn't anybody helping her?

Because it is forbidden, her body will have to be replaced.

[DANA] Ooh! What is the matter with you people?

Are you humans, or are you just cattle?

Humans?

Stop. Come away.

Get your hands off me.

[LATELL] You've gone too far.

You've got to get out of here.

[NURSE 1] Return to your training stations.

[DANA] Oh, you stupid fools!

Don't you understand what they're doing to you here?

[NURSE 2] This one urgently requires

a full body replacement.

Yes, at once. Come with me right now.

[DANA] Come on. You're much too intelligent

to live in this kind of slavery.

I'm gonna get you out of here.

They will never escape.

Any sign?

[ANGELO] No. I haven't seen anything at all.

[SEAN] Hm. Well, what do you suppose we ought to do now?

- -[VOICE on radio] SHL-13... - -[SEAN, ANGELO] Huh?

[VOICE on radio] ...return to Main Control, immediately.

- -Repeat, SHL-13 - -[SEAN] What great luck!

and we'll let the vehicle take us to the target.

[SCIENCE MASTER 2] You mean, you still haven't

caught the intruders?

No. They're hiding among the civilian population

and cannot be identified.

[SCIENCE MASTER 2] This is serious.

Notify Karno to double the guard at Main Control.

[MUSICA] I must find him.

[BOWIE] Huh? Louie, pull over.

- -I've got to stop for a minute. - -What for?

That girl back there. She's the one.

Hey, we can't stop just for some girl.

[BOWIE] Oh yes, we can!

- -[BOWIE] Wait! - -[MUSICA gasps] Oh.

Well, why not?

[MUSICA] Everybody is looking for you.

I was so afraid you might have been captured.

[BOWIE] Those were pretty realistic fears.

As a matter of fact, we came very close

to being captured on several different occasions.

But now, I just don't care.

Why do you say that?

[BOWIE] Now that I've found you again,

nothing else matters to me.

[MUSICA] You know, it's strange, but I feel the same.

And that odd yearning, that feeling I've had lately,

is no longer there when we are together.

[BOWIE] Yes, I know. It makes it impossible for me

to believe that you and I are from different worlds.

We belong together.

I would be content to remain like this

for the rest of recorded time.

[BOWIE] I know, and I feel the same that way you do.

[KARNO] Do not move, Micronian!

Huh?

[KARNO] Stand slowly!

Musica, move away from the alien, at once.

[DARIS] He is an enemy of our people.

You mustn't hurt him, Karno, I forbid it.

He has done you no harm.

Musica, stand aside.

He is an enemy of the state, and he must not be protected.

Anyone shielding an enemy of the state

will be punished severely.

Now stand aside, Musica.

Hey, Bowie. Take off!

[BOWIE] Huh?

[gasps]

[LOUIE thinking] This must be it.

From everything I've been able to figure out,

this must be the main control center of the ship.

What an amazing computer!

Destroy this and you destroy them.

Ah!

[screams]

[groans]

Ah, Micronian. You have deceived only yourself.

Yes, the living Protoculture has captured him.

[KARNO] These two alien intruders

have been captured and put under restraint

in the main control center, Excellency.

Have you other instructions for us?

You must continue to search for the others.

Put these two in a place of criminal confinement.

What are these? Corpses or something?

Is this what you do with your dead bodies?

Why are we here?

[DANA gasps] Ugh!

[LATELL] This is my physical body in this canister.

It's suspended.

You mean it's alive, but in a state of suspended animation?

Yes, it's alive.

How long will it stay here?

Until all its cells have been completely purged.

All individual thought must be cleansed--

Now, seize them.

[yells]

Huh?

[DANA shouts]

- -[LATELL] Quickly! This way! - -Huh?

Halt there. Come out with your hands up now.

You must surrender to us at once.

- -You cannot escape. - -Huh?

They call it protection.

But what they really mean is it's slavery.

Your only hope for survival

is to destroy the main control center.

To find it, follow the energy beam

in this Proto-transmitter.

But... aren't you going with me?

I'll stay here. Go.

While you still have a chance.

[GUARD 1] This is your last warning, alien.

[LATELL] Don't shoot!

[GUARD 1] Send out the Micronian intruder immediately.

[LATELL] Run!

[DANA] No!

[babbling]

[LATELL groans]

You shot him!

[DANA sobs]

Please do not feel badly.

You are freedom, and my life means nothing.

[DANA] You monsters, I hope you're satisfied.

[babbling]

Their fire is too heavy! We can't get through!

[gasps]

[ANGELO] Keep firing! We've got to get through!

Didn't you hear me, Phillips? I said to keep firing.

We seem to have a little problem, Sergeant.

[ANGELO shouts] Hmph!

[ANGELO] I'll get to you later-- Oof!

Hey. Look who's here.

Are you all right, Sergeant?

- -Yes! - -Huh?

But it looks like we failed our mission.

[DANA] Hmph!

[ROBOTECH MASTER 1] Most interesting.

These Micronians show no fear of their captivity,

only anger that they have failed in their endeavor.

We must study them closely.

[NARRATOR] In the next thrilling episode of Robotech,

outright rebellion becomes the first order of the day

as Musica and Zor reject

the teachings of the Robotech Masters

and turn to aid the human captives.

It is a fantastic journey of ultimate truths for Zor,

as his originator's memory comes back to haunt him.

Be sure to be watching next time for "Crisis Point,"

the next dramatic chapter in the amazing story of Robotech.

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