BEAST IN SPACE
- Yeah, I dig it. - I don't know...
- Looks great, though. - Interesting.
- Hey, gimme another drink. - Right away.
- Get a move on. I'm thirsty, too. - Comin' up.
Come on, you had enough.
- But why? - Just knock it off.
More, more!
After six months working on asteroids I just need a good booze-up!
I was in bed with a princess on Alpha Centauri when all of a sudden...
- A princess, really? - Damn right.
- One bottle of Uranus milk, make it quick. - Hey! You rude son of a Venusian bitch!
Yeah, yeah, there's someone waiting for me at the table.
Desolated, pal, but nobody is waiting for you anymore!
Gimme a bottle of Uranus milk, on the double!
My, this planet has got some gorgeous bastions! It was worth the wait!
- What's your name, heavenly creature? - I'm Sondra, who are you?
My name is Juan.
I'm a member of the trade association, as you can see.
We traders have a knack for judging women, excuse my bragging.
You have something special. A real knockout!
- May I offer you a drink, space hunk? - Don't break my asteroids!
The pretty ones are always so hard to get!
You are about to discover a new world of pleasure, Sondra.
A local girl on Alpha Centauri taught ol' Juan some love techniques that...
- Desolated, buddy. - Why?
Because I saw her first.
- You're pretty resolute, huh? - I can't stand traders.
And that one was a real crook.
He wasn't good enough for you, that's for sure.
Is that so? And you think you are?
Of course I do.
A man who manages to survive Rutilus is afraid of nothing.
Rutilus? Never heard of it.
What's so terrible about it?
It's not a planet.
It's a scorching, desert-like asteroid.
Have you ever seen a mandrill's ass?
You did? Well, Rutilus looks more or less like one.
When I think about the time I spent in that hell...
I still wonder how I made it!
Did you stay there for long?
- Afraid so. - Well, I sure don't envy you.
- Why did you go to a place like that? - To find some damn Antalium.
- Antalium? - Yeah.
- What is it? - An extremely rare metal.
I don't know what they need it for, it's a military secret.
Well, that's pretty rich.
You went all that way to get some metal you know nothing about?
You know, I became quite fixated on something while I was up there.
We were a group of six male researchers.
Even mental masturbation was out of the question, see.
- You should a tried doing it manually. - You asking me if I tried that?
Ah, get bent.
Heh, the thought crossed my mind, but nobody came forward.
- It's so strong! - Went down the wrong way, huh?
I like you, after all.
My instincts tell me you're military.
That's right, I'm the captain of a spaceship.
What else are your instincts telling you?
Hey, I just remembered that that trader guy told me he came back...
from Lorigon yesterday, and that he found Antalium there.
I guess they didn't teach you that in school,
but planet Lorigon IS pretty far away.
It's part of a system that has never been explored.
If you listen to guys like him, you'll always end up destitute.
Where would I end up if I listened to a guy like you?
Upstairs. On a nice bed.
Come here, I'm gonna teach ya a lesson!
You're not invited to this party, pal!
Hey, stop the fistfight.
Shouldn't you conserve your strength for something more amusing?
And what would that be, I ask?
Making love, of course.
I'm always up for that. Shall we go upstairs?
What's wrong?
- What happened? - Nothing.
- Don't worry about it. - Why did you scream?
I had a very odd dream.
Was it a nightmare?
The same I'm having almost every night. It's affecting my life.
Well... Since you woke me up, you could tell me about it in detail.
As long as you promise you won't make fun of me.
It always starts with me walking in a strange forest.
A forest which is definitely not part of this planet.
What happens after your walk?
I see a huge building in a clearing, in the middle of the woods.
It looks like a castle that has been abandoned for centuries.
Then I find myself inside the castle, walking through its huge halls...
which look so abandoned and threatening.
But I sense there's something evil hiding in the dark.
The icy, cruel stare of somebody staring at me, I can feel it in my bones.
Then everything changes and I suddenly find myself at a banquet.
I'm sitting at a huge table full of everything, and I'm not alone.
There are many other people sitting with me.
The host is sitting at my left.
He is a charming man.
He is wearing a gorgeous tunic with beautiful embroidery.
And then?
Then we go outside, and we're back to the forest.
He leads me to a patch of trees where nobody can see us.
Then he starts caressing me, and Kissing me with passion.
I feel kind of stunned.
Then he grabs my tunic and starts uncovering my breasts.
The dream always ends at this point and I wake up in terror.
Yet I can never remember what frightened me so much.
What could it mean?
I was hoping he would help me understand my dream. Whatever.
That's right, Captain Madison, this vial contained Antalium.
Did the analysis prove it without any chance of mistake?
Follow me, please.
This is Captain Madison, who luckily came in possession of the vial.
This is Colonel Wilson, part of the high com and of the galactic fleet.
As you know, Captain Madison,
Antalium is utterly rare yet pivotal to build neutron weapons.
The vial contained enough for a whole army.
The Colonel would like to tell you something else about this.
Captain, we must absolutely discover where the metal comes from.
In order to succeed, and considering you're the only one who has met him,
you will find that trader and bring him to this base.
Hey, pal, you smell that funk?
It stinks of army men.
Yeah, it's getting hard to breathe!
- Hey, doll. - What would you like to drink?
- Well, I dunno yet. - Take your time, we're not in a hurry.
- Let's go. - Yeah.
- I'll have some Uranus milk. - Sure.
Hey. Don't you get gloomy drinking all by yourself?
You new around here? I've never seen you before.
I've just landed, after a month and a half in space.
There were only women on board.
Why don't we go to my room upstairs?
I'll make up for lost time,
and you'll have the hottest sexual battle of your life.
You interested?
I can't right now, but you can always come back later.
Come on, do a charitable deed.
Well, I won't say no since I'm a pretty generous guy.
Thing is, I have to meet someone before granting your wish.
After a month and a half of waiting, one more hour won't kill me.
Sorry for the interruption, but we got a score 10 settle.
Your long wait is coming to an end. That's the man I have to meet.
I'll be all yours in a moment. A matter of a second.
Make it two seconds.
Nope, bud, two seconds are too optimistic. I'm not drunk tonight, see.
- You're in for a good whoopin'. - Care to give me a couple polite answers?
More like rude ones! You are kinda slow tonight. Come on, I'm waitin'.
- You sure about it? - Of course, I'll give you a good lesson.
Well, as long as you won't get upset if I hurt you.
Ow, my poor nose...
Oh, did I hurt your pretty nose? You poor dear!
Show me what you've got now.
- Come on. - I'd rather punch one of your eyes!
Whoopsie, I hit your jaw instead. Did I break any teeth?
- Yep, and you cheated. - Nope, it was a honest mistake!
- Done. Lights out. - No, I don't think so.
You boys looking for a proper brawl, huh?
Let's go, Marsha.
Otherwise those two seconds will become two months. Come on.
At last. There's three customers for you, take them to the base.
I'll question the girl and then I'll catch up with you. Move it!
Hold it, you're under arrest!
- You're a cop, huh? - So? I'd still be a male one.
I'm not a cop anyway, I'm a captain of the space fleet.
- Did you change your mind, Marsha? - Well, I'm a woman of my word!
And I'm a man of my word.
Unfortunately, the agents were unable to catch the man who had the Antalium vial.
All we know is that his name is Juan Cardosa.
Using a lie detector, we got something interesting from the other two traders.
What did you discover?
They are crew members of a spaceship named Uh star,
which belongs to Juan Cardosa.
They said they found the Antalium on Lorigon.
We thought no man had ever set foot on that planet.
If Antalium is so precious, why don't we send a spaceship to Lorigon and claim it?
That's exactly what we're going to do, and you'll be in charge of said spaceship.
Very well. There's something I'd like to know, though.
How will I determine whether there's Antalium on the planet once I get there?
Your spaceship has already been equipped with a new An tall um detector.
Any orders, Commander?
Send me Lieutenant Watson with flight plan HZ1224.
Right away.
I will entrust you with a set of instructions,
which have the best, computer determined route to reach the planet.
We don't know anything else about Lorigon, it's still an unknown planet.
- Sounds like a fun trip. - Indeed.
This is the control room.
- Doctor Glyn, the ship's medic. - Welcome aboard.
- Frida Henkel, radar operator. - Captain.
Hello, Frida.
- Erika Grant, computer operator. - Hi, Erika.
Sondra Richardson, navigation officer.
They're an elite team, so much so that their roles are interchangeable.
Very well, people. We can start our journey.
Let our mission begin.
Take your seats and prepare for immediate takeoff.
Decrease the power of the main engine down to 40.
Reduce the left jets to minimum.
Engage gyro-stabilizer.
Correct the impulse of the right jet.
- Prepare to leave the orbit. - Roger.
Alpha angle, 37 degrees. Alpha angle's tangent, 12.
Speed, 6000 meters per second.
Maximum power of impulse duration to reach cruising speed, 80 seconds.
Stand ready for acceleration in 80 seconds.
Check the temperature of the main engine.
Main nozzles, operative. Combustion chamber, operative.
Engine ready for Immediate acceleration.
- Program flight computer to disconnect automatically in 80 seconds. - Roger.
Attention! We are leaving the Vega sector.
The MK31 will enter unexplored space in half a minute.
Hello!
Are you that surprised?
I can't deny it. What about you?
Yes, of course I'm surprised, but I'm not as nervous anymore.
Nervous?
Why?
Well, you're the kind of guy who has an exhilarating effect on me.
Why didn't you tell me you were a space girl?
I was afraid you didn't fancy women in uniform.
And you may also remember, my dear Larry,
that we were too busy to chat once we entered that hotel room.
My navigation officer...
Let me guess, you enrolled to find the planet from your dream.
Who knows, maybe.
- Captain Madison, Captain Madison. - I'll be right back.
- What is it, Erika? - It's your turn on guard duty.
All right, I'll be there in a minute.
Go get some rest now.
You're up for guard duty in four hours.
Yeah, you're right.
No!
Lieutenant Richardson! Lieutenant Richardson! There's an emergency!
Lieutenant Sondra Richardson, get to the control room now.
Emergency code 7. Lieutenant Sondra Richardson, get to the control room now.
Contacting Orion base.
- What are they? - Two spaceships, what else?
- Part of our fleet? - No, I doubt it.
- Orion is listening. - Get me Commander Green. Emergency.
Captain of spaceship MK31 reporting to Commander Green. Emergency.
- Something must have gone wrong. - This is Green.
We have established radar contact with two unidentified objects.
- I think they are spaceships. - Spaceships? In that area?
Are you sure? They could be asteroids.
No, an asteroid wouldn't have the same kind of varying speed.
- What should I do? - Try to contact them.
I'm now reading the assessment done by our computer.
The two spaceships are on our same route,
and their speed is much higher that ours.
- They're presumably headed to Lorigon. - Lorigon?
No one must reach that planet before us!
- Shoot them down, Madison. - Yes sir.
Sondra, operate to the computer.
- Activate visors 7 and 8. - Roger.
Use the frequency of visor 7 to contact Orion base.
Contact established.
Get ready to fight, reaching combat speed.
Activating the electronic aiming system.
Set coordinates.
Enter aiming coordinates.
Aiming coordinates engaged, Larry.
- Activate laser. - Activated.
Effective range, 50 miles. Relative speed, 07.
Entering effective shooting range in 20 seconds.
Desolated to bear the news, you son of a gun,
but you will never get the Antalium before me!
Nine...
Eight...
- Seven... - I'm sorry about young Sondra.
Damn shame about disintegrating her, but I will not let you reach Lorigon.
Four...
Three...
Two...
One...
Fire!
Bye-bye!
Calling Orion base! We have been hit!
I can't control the ship.
We've started spinning, and the gyro-stabilizer is blocked.
Locate the damaged sector, quick!
We have a failure in sector two! The bastards hit the module.
Activate emergency circuits!
I can't stand this damn spinning, it's making me sick!
What's going on?
- Reestablish contact! - It's been interrupted, Commander.
- We can't reach their range anymore. - Try using the radio frequency!
We must reestablish contact at all costs!
At all costs, I said!
Get ready to restart the engines!
The thrust should stabilize us and hopefully stop spinning!
Two seconds!
One. Engage main engine.
The temperature of the fission chamber of the atomic battery is almost critical!
- Stop main engine thrust. - Done.
- We made it! - No, not yet.
The fission chamber could explode at any time.
It's at critical stage. The chain reaction has begun.
Damage control engaged.
The main generator's processor has been hit.
- Are we veering off course? - I can't tell yet.
The computer is still elaborating the data,
but from my console I can already assess we're drifting away from our route.
The computer has responded.
"We are subject to the gravitational force of a planet, supposedly Lorigon."
Captain, it's impossible to restablish contact with the base.
The auxiliary generator is overloaded, and I don't have enough energy left.
- That's Lorigon! - Gravitational force rapidly increasing.
The drift angle matches the axis of the planet.
The gravitational force is pulling us faster and faster!
We must slow down or we'll disintegrate!
I need the data to access the orbit, hurry!
"In order to access the orbit around the planet's equator,
we need 8 seconds of maximum engine braking thrust."
The temperature of the fission chamber is still above critical stage!
We're falling faster by the minute!
Currently required braking thrust, 9 seconds.
We're about to enter the atmospheric belt.
At this speed, we will evaporate as soon as we enter the thicker layers!
We'll reach the first ionized layer in 4 minutes!
Disengage the automatic security system of the fission chamber.
- Doing that will disintegrate the ship! - Do it, Erika!
- Maximum braking thrust. - Utter madness!
- The fission chamber won't hold! - Start the engine!
- Full power! - As you order, Captain.
Falling speed decreasing sharply.
We'll enter a parking orbit around the planet's equator in 8 seconds.
Stop the engines, quick!
We can now initiate the landing procedure.
Glyn, are the module's engines operative?
- The engines are perfectly fine, Captain. - Good.
I'll have a much easier time fixing the generator after we've landed.
Ready to detach from module.
Begin stabilizing orbit of the main ship.
Activate visor 2.
Begin analyzing external environment.
Level of oxygen, 13 percent. Nitrogen, 70 percent.
Atmosphere and gravity compatible with human organisms.
Glyn and Frank, you're in charge of repairing the damages.
Everybody else get ready to leave the module.
- Did you take the Antalium detector? - Yes, Larry.
Don't wander around, we must stay together.
- Detecting a positive signal. It's weak. - Good.
Let's follow it, then.
We'll search the area, but don't stray too far.
Fall back inside, quick!
It's him!
Sondra! Back inside, hurry!
Back in the module!
Hurry up, Sondra!
Captain Madison's spaceship has been heavily damaged.
I'm afraid their chance of survival is nonexistent.
Maybe the hull held out.
Perhaps the damaged MK31 is drifting in space as we speak.
The crew could have survived.
Assuming they are still alive, we have to locate the ship,
and to convince high command to send another of their precious spaceships.
We're facing too many uncertainties, Commander.
It's useless. I cannot make contact with the base.
Looks like we're going to have to handle this ourselves, Sondra.
The base would rather give us a posthumous medal than send a rescue ship.
We'll find a way to make it. Any news about the generator?
We located the damage, Captain, and we should be able to fix it.
We've been sent here on a mission,
and I don't intend to leave this planet before we accomplish it.
We'll start searching for Antalium immediately.
You two will remain here aboard the module.
Use your disintegrators at the smallest whiff of danger.
We'll keep radio contact.
In case of emergency, you can reach us with the Aerospider.
Let's go!
The detector signals there's Antalium in that direction.
Let's follow it, then.
The signal is getting stronger. It must be in that cave.
- Sondra, what's your detector reading? - Positive response.
We must be very close to an Antalium mine.
The signal is getting stronger, but...
It's odd, it decreases steeply as soon as I change direction.
No problem, we'll keep following the detector.
Be careful, stay together.
Follow me.
Easy...
Sondra, which direction is the detector indicating?
- Straight ahead. - Let's keep going, then.
Let's move.
Peter.
It sounds like that monster's footsteps.
No. Maybe it's just the echo of a landslide.
Listen to the noise.
I felt a light breeze on my face.
There should be an exit in that direction.
Come on, let's go check.
- This is the same landscape of my dream. - Knock it off.
This is the wrong moment to start daydreaming.
Frida, what does your magnetic detector say?
Sorry, I wasn't listening. What was that again?
What does the detector signal?
Nothing since we entered that cave.
I can't understand what the hell has gotten into me.
I've become furious all of a sudden.
- I'd like to smash this place to bits. - Likewise. I feel a strange sensation.
And I have a strange numbing feeling.
We better leave this place at once.
Come on, let's go back.
Look!
Things are getting serious.
- We must find that underground passage. - I think we're moving away from it.
I think we're in the middle of a strong magnetic field.
The radio isn't working either.
Let's try going in this direction.
I don't like this place.
I feel like somebody's watching me.
I sense somebody's presence.
Even if there's no one around.
I have the exact same feeling.
Look, that's the castle from my dream!
Events are unfolding exactly like in my dream.
Right, except that the sky isn't red and the trees have no tentacles.
That's the last thing I'd have expected to find here, though.
Let's go take a look.
Larry, the An tall um detector has started working again.
The signal is definitely stronger when I aim it at the building.
It points to the entrance, see?
One more reason to take a look inside this dump.
Come on, let's go.
Maybe we'll even meet that tunic-wearing friend of yours.
It looks just the same!
- What's going on? - They locked us in.
See if you can find a button to open it.
Let's keep going, people.
Stay together.
This way, don't stop.
- The air is heavy and musty. - A gloomy atmosphere...
I say we find an exit and get the hell out of here.
- I feel trapped. - Likewise.
- I want to get out of here, I'm scared. - Keep your cool!
I saw a human shadow on that wall!
Don't worry, girls. If there's somebody, they're clearly spying on us.
Damn, I feel like I'm seeing everything distorted.
Yes, as if our eyes can't focus.
How are you girls feeling?
I just feel slightly dizzy, but it's not unpleasant.
It's like a series of vibrations within my body.
- Do you feel the same? - Yes, in my stomach.
What's happening to us Is weirding me out.
What about your detector?
It stopped working after we entered the cave.
Let's find a way out and return to the ship.
Come on!
I don't want anyone left behind, understood?
Considering the size of the building, it must be populated by humanoid-like people.
Could be.
- Sondra, don't lag behind. - Yes, I'm coming.
There's a door here.
No...
We are officially lost.
We've been walking in circles all this time.
- No exit in sight. - What are we going to do?
- Larry, I don't see Sondra. - What?!
- She must have stayed behind. - Let's go find her!
Sondra! Sondra!
Sondra!
She was here the last time I saw her.
Erika, are you absolutely sure this is where you last saw Sondra?
Without a doubt.
She stopped to look at something and I told her to keep up.
What's happening?
Let's get out of here! Hurry!
Look who's here! It's Captain Larry Madison!
The man with the tunic!
The mean ones are always hard to kill, huh?
Let's sit down to eat, girls!
Don't worry, you'll feel comfortable here. No hard feelings?
Juan Cardosa...
You're really something, you know that?
I'll make sure you'll end in a cobalt mine if I survive this.
Didn't you want to reach Lorigon?
Well, here you are!
My soul is perfectly pure, you can't accuse me of anything!
Sure, I guess I must have launched that space torpedo against myself, then.
- Well, I don't... - Beg your pardon, Captain Madison.
My name is Onaf.
I'm the master and ruler of the planet we're on and everything it contains.
Not bad.
It wasn't because of your damaged ship that you had to land here.
It was because of the mighty, unstoppable power of our Zocor.
Who would that be?
An old computer whose control circuits were damaged at least 15 or 20 centuries ago.
My, a quality product from the good old days!
But that didn't stop him from ruling every single thing on our planet.
Pretty attached to his throne, huh?
And powerful enough to move this planet across the cosmos.
It's the Antalium that gives him such a gargantuan power.
Our planet has an abundance of it.
Zocor not only rules the planet,
but he also guides the minds of the golden men, those responsible for his own safety.
Time has become a word of no meaning for us living here.
The Antalium radiatons changed the atomic structure of our bodies,
and stopped the aging process.
- I'm currently 800 years old. - Congratulations.
I will keep on living as long as Zocor will keep working.
Did you and Juan know each other?
No, me and this gentleman have never met before.
- You have been here before, haven't you? - Yes, indeed.
It was me and two other guys.
But I reckon that if we are here and very much alive,
it's because our gracious host was eager to meet your gorgeous crew.
What our friend Juan assumed is actually correct, I shall admit.
When I saw these beautiful and rare flowers that were accompanying you,
I saw fit to guide your path all the way here, to smell them up close.
Do you realize that you have misled us?
Please, take a seat.
I'm so glad to have you here.
You wouldn't imagine what a boring life we lead on this old planet.
I was sure that after my friend Juan landed here, a couple years ago,
Zocor would have destroyed any other spaceship approaching Lorigon.
When Juan took that small sample of Antalium,
Zocor ordered his men to kill him.
Juan was lucky enough to takeoff immediately,
without even realizing how dangerous his situation was.
Since then, Zocor has always been wary of travellers coming here to find Antalium.
That's why he had all the mineral extracted from the planet's core.
There are 30 kilos of pure Antalium that he keeps inside himself...
to defend it from the risk of an attack.
Just one kilogram of Antalium can provide energy for a million years, imagine that.
Do you mean that all the trouble we've faced was due...
to the homicidal will of an old, half-crazy computer?
- Yes, Captain. That's correct. - How could you let it happen?
Don't forget that Zocor has always acted for the planet's good.
Lorigon would cease to exist without him.
By the way, putting him under control would be impossible.
Free will has ceased to exist on this planet.
Zocor has utmost control on our minds.
- I will destroy that damn piece of junk! - Don't pay attention to his words, Onaf.
The Captain is a tad impulsive, but he's as meek as a lamb!
He won't touch a single transistor of that electronic brain of yours!
He's aggressive because he has lots of insecurities!
The little angel wouldn't hurt a fly! Isn't that right, old friend?
Very well.
You can leave now.
Kindly pass me your glass, Captain.
This flower looks great on you. You're gorgeous!
- I feel weird... - Yeah, so do I...
- This wine is great! - Yes, you're right!
- Noooo... - Yeeeees...
I feel weirdly aroused!
You space fleet ladies are hell a cute! Who would have thought!
I may join you guys. I'm sick of being a trader,
months and months of space traveling with two or three dirty, hairy folks!
Wait, I have a better idea. Drink up!
Why don't you come work as a trader with me?
No! No!
Captain!
Come on, pal! Wake up!
Quick, swallow this.
Come on, swallow the pill, it's for your own good!
Come on, swallow it already!
My goodness...
I had a horrible dream...
- I felt like a puppet. - A puppet?
That son of a bitch would tell me to eat and I complied.
Same for when he asked me to drink.
He asked a lot of other stuff. It was too crazy, even for a dream!
- And you know something else? - What?
- In my dream... - Yeah?
Well, the owner of this kind of brothel had the legs of a faun.
Yeah, and also a thingy like a horse's.
He was screwing Sondra over and over again.
And when I...
- Shut up. - What's wrong? Is my dream that boring?
Listen, chum, that wasn't a dream, it happened for real!
- You drunk or something? - It wasn't a dream, trust me!
I had to give you a gram of Psychotine to clear up your mind.
You've been under mental control until now.
- It's true. - Is this one of your jokes?
Look around you!
I found your clothes and weapons while you were having fun. We gotta leave at once!
But if we want to leave the planet we must destroy Zocor first!
We have to get rid of that damn heap of transistors!
We'll leave Sondra here to keep Onaf distracted.
I reckon that Onaf is the physical manifestation of that old, senile computer!
First thing to do is to give a pill to each of your crew mates.
- Let's start with Erika. - Here, take it.
- Be careful. - Make sure she swallows it.
Erika! Come on, wake up!
Hey! Hey!
Wake up! Hey!
Get out! Hurry!
Watch out! It's the golden men!
Stand back!
Come on, keep moving!
Listen up! Keep your eyes peeled and your weapons ready!
The computer is down there. Let's move!
Go ahead, I've got your backs!
Move it! Move it! There's no time to waste!
Wait! I hear something!
Fire!
Take cover!
They are robots!
Time to leave!
- Frida! - It's an energy shield.
Poor Frida ended up right in the middle of it!
That shield wasn't here before!
We must get through or we're done for!
There must be a way. Hit the control panel!
Peter! Erika! Quick, take care of those robots!
- Here it is. - So this is Zocor?
I'm kinda disappointed, you know?
I was expecting something more threatening!
We better not underestimate this little toy.
Come on, let's not waste minutes.
- Time for action. - Wait. Better not be hasty, Captain.
One tiny mistake and we are toast.
- All right. - Try to act natural.
Allow me to show you one of the marvels of planet Lorigon: Zocor, the computer.
The most incredible electronic machine made in this part of the galaxy.
It's a real work of art. Would you like to take a closer look?
Yeah, with pleasure.
Get naked, then.
Zocor may have some fairy transistors you can distract.
- Knock it off. - I always joke around when I'm scared.
- What are you afraid of? - OI' Zocor is mighty powerful, after all.
- Zocor's just a scrap of iron! - Hey, he's pretty touchy!
A scrap of iron! Why, Zocor IS a real masterpiece!
Look at his profile!
- Come on, let's do it. - Wait, take it easy!
Stay back!
Don't come closer, beings from another planet! Nobody will take the Antalium!
It belongs to Zocor!
Nobody must know about the existence of Antalium.
One hit with those rays and we're done for!
It's all your fault, you shouldn't have called him scrap of iron!
There's no way out for you!
Our only chance is to make him pop a nice tranquilizer.
- What's that? - The best on the market.
- What's inside it? - Can't tell you. Top secret.
Just wait and see.
Ready?
Emergency! Engage automatic alarms!
Disconnect symbiotic controls!
Begin immediate decentralization of automatic functions...
regulating atmospheric and gravitational control of planet Lorigon.
The Antalium! Follow me!
Disconnect detonator's lock number 4.
Imminent danger of explosion.
Main power connection to the Antalium supply disconnected.
Beings from other worlds, you won't be able to leave Lorigon!
Antalium is vital for me to function, and I'm essential to the planet's survival!
Lorigon will explode as soon as I, Zocor, will go into total failure.
- Coast is clear, Captain! - Where's Juan? I thought he was with you!
I saw him run away moments ago, he was holding a box!
Damn it! He played us good!
The whole place is gonna blow up, hurry!
- What about Sondra? - We gotta save the spaceship first!
I've lost the energy control of the Antalium cells!
The planet is about to explode!
Sondra!
Sondra! Get aboard, hurry!
Quick, dammit! We cannot afford to waste a single minute!
Lorigon is about to disintegrate! Run!
- I'm coming. - Hurry!
- Faster! - I don't understand.
- Move it! - I'm coming!
We need to take off fast! Give full power to the engines!
Full power, I said, Peter!
It's too risky! We could disintegrate the ship!
What do you think will happen if we stay here one more minute?!
- Sondra, remove the landing supports. - Right away, Captain.
Get ready for takeoff as soon as the engines are ready.
No serious damages, protective shields operative.
Sooner or later they'll start zeroing in on us!
The engines have reached maximum temperature, Captain.
Ready for immediate takeoff.
Calculate docking trajectory.
Disengage engine.
Open the braking jets.
Engage the automatic system.
Time to get away from Lorigon!
The sensors are showing the beginning of a chain reaction on the planet, Captain.
Atmospheric radioactivity rising sharply.
- We made it just in time! - Yeah, you can say that again.
I'm afraid Juan wasn't as lucky.
You talking about me, bud? I'm alive and well!
And, last but not least, I'm also much richer than you!
Juan, you old scoundrel! So it's true that the mean ones are always hard to kill!
You betcha. I even brought a small souvenir from Lorigon.
Take a good look.
Tell your bosses that if they want it, my price is two billion credits.
Arrange this deal for me and I'll buy you a nice dinner, guaranteed!
See you around!
Well, I guess that's what you get for trusting a trader!
- What matters is we'll get the Antalium. - Well said, Sondra!
Captain! Contact with Earth established!
MK31, is it really you? Say something!
We thought you were missing in action, what happened?
Mission accomplished, Commander.
Would you believe this fella?
He comes back from the end of the world...
and barely gives us a two-word rundown!
Subtitled by Francesco Massaccesi