Copyright 2000 -- Robert Baer Jr. The Space Rovers -- "The Berka Bomb Scare -- Part 1" DISCLAIMER Road Rovers characters, names, situations and the Road Rovers universe are the property of Warner Bros. I, nor this script/story are connected with Warner Bros. in any way, shape or form. This document may not be publicized or reproduced in any way, shape or form. It must remain fully intact and may not be altered in anyway. It is strictly used for not-for-profit entertainment purposes only, and is not intended to infringe on any Copyrights. This story is written by Robert Baer Jr and the characters Fydo, Boomer, Rasputin, Saundra, Alexander, Grunt, Daisy, Abdullah, Bob, Cactus Jake, Marie, Francis, Calypso, Sheena, Bruno, Molly, Deborah, Orchid, Dot, Luigi, Sophia, Lao Zi, Su Li, Claudia, Numbia, Sno-wie, Derby and Poncho are all Robert Baer Jr's creations, copyright pending, 1999, Cobber is a creation of Mike Browner. The Space Rovers -- "The Berka Bomb Scare -- Part 1" The scene is the lounge of the Canius Minor in the afternoon. Bob enters the book carrying an armload of books, he finds an empty table and sits down. Cobber, Sheena, Cactus Jake and Flash see Bob sit down and walk over to him. Bob takes the first book in his hands and 'speed reads' it in a matter of seconds and does so with two other books until he notices his friends standing all around him. BOB (surprised): Oh, hi there! Sorry I didn't notice you guys before, I have thirty minutes until my lunch break is over, so I decided to do some reading. Please, sit down and join me! COBBER (shocked, sits down): That's flippin' incredible, mate! You just read those three books from lid to lid just like that! I've heard of speed readin' but this takes the cake! SHEENA (sits down next to Cobber): Cobbie, it's true! Since Bob's transdogmafier accident, he has acquired many amazing abilities! He read every book and every single computer file on this ship in the first week he was here! I nor the rest of the medical staff has ever discovered the reason for his increased mental abilities. COBBER (grabs a book): Let's see how much you really remember, mate! CACTUS JAKE (looks at cover): That book is on quantum mechanics! I didn't know quantums needed mechanics! How do y'all fix a quantum, anyhow? FLASH (laughs): No no, honey! Quantum Mechanics has to do with time differentials and spacial physics COBBER (leafs through, finds a page): Alrighty! Bob, tell me what's in the second paragraph on page four hundred and ninety four. BOB (looks at Cobber): That's in the chapter of time deceleration. It reads. 'In theory, objects both inert and biological, can be placed in a state of temporal differential using the principles of Einstein's theory of relativiely. This combined with the ....' COBBER (turns pages): Lucky guess! How about paragraph four on page six hundred fifty one! BOB (smiles): That's one of my favorite parts of that book! It deals with how to create temporal fields using your mind, and it reads ..... COBBER (turns pages): Close enough! HA! I'll get you this time! What's on the bottom of page seven hundred and twenty? BOB (smiles): Well, near the printed page number is a grease spot and to the left of it is a faint fingerprint. Also the left hand corner of that page is slighty torn. COBBER (amazed): Blimey! He's right on the mark! SHEENA (nods): I told you! FLASH (looks at Bob): Interesting choice of books! (looks at stack) 'Theories of Time Travel', 'Advanced Theorical Partical Physics', 'Time Travel -- Myth or Reality' I'm curious, why are you reading all of these books? BOB (sadly): I read the reports about your trip to Earth last week Cobber and Sheena, how our wormhole generator had malfunctioned and sent your shuttle two years into the future. In the report, you said that Commander Whitey had to build a wormhole generator from scratch in order for you to return to the present. I wanted to bone up on my studies of quantum mechanics and temporal physics in order to be prepared if anything like this would ever happan again. That way, I could use that knowledge to rescue you or anyone else from accident time travel mishaps. SHEENA (smiles): You really mean that, don't ya? BOB (nods): It's true! Although I do miss my dad back on Jurrassia, you Space Rovers are like family to me, especially you and Cactus Jake, Whitey and Persia! The Captain's been like a mother to me, you and Whitey have always been helping me develop my new special abilities, and ... FLASH (smiles): And that reminds me, I have to finish an experiment! Gotta run! (kisses Cactus Jake) bye, darling! See you later for dinner! (runs out of the room) CACTUS JAKE (waves): Bye, Flash! WOW! NOW I know why she got that name! COBBER (scratchs his head): Extraordinary! You can read and understand these books just by looking them over? Me head would go dizzy just trying in understand all of that stuff! CACTUS JAKE (nods): Me too, Cobber! I know how to fly a shuttle, steer this ship, but don't ask me a thing about high brow science! SHEENA (looks at watch): Cobbie, I've got to report back to sick bay! See you later at the galley for supper? COBBER (smiles): You bet ya! (kisses Sheena): Have a good afternoon shift, love! SHEENA (smiles): I will, sweetie! Bye! (walks out of the room) BOB (smiles): Hey, want to borrow one of these books to read? I'm done will all of them now! COBBER (slight grin): Temping offer, mate, but I got to be running along myself! See you around! BOB (waves): Bye, Cobber! The scene now shifts to Persia's office, she's about to make a log entry when she gets a knock on her door. PERSIA (shouts): Enter! In walks Sno-wie, she sits down and has a very sad look on her face. PERSIA (smiles): Ensign Sno-wie, how may I help you? SNO-WIE (nervous): Captain, I need some advice of a personal nature.... it's rather difficult to explain... PERSIA (nods): I see, well, you seem to be very concerned about the way your husband has been acting towards you, right? SNO-WIE (shocked): YES! But how did you .... oh, that's right! You read my mind! PERSIA (nods): I've known Whitey since he first entered the Academy. He has always been very, very serious at all times. I've never seen him display any large amounts of emotion ... SNO-WIE (interrupts): And that's the problem, ma'am! The Whitey I knew in the other universe was warm and very friendly. He wore his heart on his sleeve. PERSIA (smiles): Sno-wie, I know for a fact that Whitey is deeply in love with you. I'll read his mind from time to time on the bridge and you are usually always in his thoughts. SNO-WIE (smiles): Really? Then why doesn't he show that to me more often? PERSIA (smiles): Just give him time, Sno-wie. Remember, in your universe, it took a dramatic event to make Whitey more emotional, right? SNO-WIE (brightens): You're reading my mind again, Captain! Yes, once we were stranded on an island alone for two weeks. Whitey and I grew closer together, until we fell in love. In fact, Whitey was genuinely angry when Shag and the other Rovers found us! I never knew him as a sled dog in my universe. I guess we are even in that category. I 'saw' him die when the Canius Minor was destroyed, he saw 'me' die as a canine. What am I going to do? I just wish he'd stop acting like a stone wall all the time! PERSIA (interrputing): Just give Whitey more time, he's a good person, you know this to be true. SNO-WIE (nods): You're right, Captain. I love him so much! I risked my life to be here with him, I'll wait as long as I have to to break down the emotional wall he has built around himself. (stands up): Thank you, Captain, I've glad we had this little chat! PERSIA (smiles): Me too, Ensign! Dismissed! As Sno-wie leaves her office, Persia hears her intercom. BRUNO (voice on speaker): Captain Persia to the bridge, all senior officers to the bridge.... Battle stations ..... all hands to battle stations ..... this is not a drill ,,,,, I repeat ..... this is not a drill ....... PERSIA (into mic): Bruno, what's going on? BRUNO (on speaker): Captain, sensors have detected a Mataxian battle force heading in our direction. PERSIA (into mic): I'm on my way! Within a minute, Persia and Alexander are on the bridge, Boomer is in the captain's chair and explains the situation. BOOMER (points to monitor): Long range sensors detected four Mataxian vessels coming this way, but now that they're closer, we can see that one of the ships is a small shuttlecraft, and it's being attacked by the other three larger ships. PERSIA (shakes head): That doesn't make sense, unless.. ALEXANDER (nods): Unless it's running from them! SAUNDRA (nods): Maybe they're detecting from the Mataxian military! PERSIA (smiles): Either way, we need to get there fast! Bruno, get me Engineering! BRUNO (turns around): Channell open, Captain PERSIA (into mic): Molly, we need full warp speed, NOW! MOLLY (through speakers): Captain, warp drive and wormhole generator are still under repair. PERSIA (into mic): We have to have warp drive now! Lives could be at stake! MOLLY (through speakers): Francis and Marie are jury-rigging the warp core! If it works, we'll have Warp nine in a few seconds! PERSIA (into mic): Good work, Molly! Keep me posted.... MOLLY (interrupts): We're ready NOW, ma'am! PERSIA (shouts): Saundra, plot an intercept course! Whitey, I want our force fields at full power. Grunt, stand by to fire weapons! SAUNDRA (pushes buttons): Course laid in, Captain! PERSIA (shouts): Boomer, give us warp nine NOW! BOOMER (nods): Here we go! In an instant, the Canius Minor is at warp nine. Within a minute, the Space Rovers are in visual range of the battle. PERSIA (turns to Bruno): Can we open a channel to any of these ships? BRUNO (shakes head): Negative, Captain, all communications are being jammed. PERSIA (turns to Grunt): Target lasers on the three larger vessel's engines and fire! GRUNT (pushes buttons): GRRRRR GROWL!!! The three Mataxian pursuit vessels turn around and flee just as the Canius Minor fires it's lasers. The smaller ship is badly damaged and on fire. PERSIA (into mic): Flash, Daisy, use the matter transporter to save the crew of that shuttlecraft! FLASH (through speakers): We're on it, Captain! Only one passanger, and we have her! ALEXANDER (points): Look! The Space Rovers watch the front view screen as the shuttlecraft explodes. PERSIA (turns to Whitey): Whitey. are there any more Mataxian vessels in the area? WHITEY (looks at monitor): Captain, there are none detected in this entire region, but remember, the Mataxians have cloaking technology, they could still be out there! PERSIA (turns to Boomer): Boomer, you have the comm, old man, you're with me, Grunt, Whitey, Bob, you too! I want to talk to this new passenger of ours! BOOMER (nods): Aye, Aye, Captain! Soon, Persia, Grunt, Bob, Whitey and Alexander arrive at sick bay, where Sheena and Deborah have the young Mataxian woman in a private ward room. She, like all Mataxians, is humanoid, blue with pointed ears. SHEENA (turns to Persia): Captain, this lady has suffered severe emotional distress. I had to give her a sedative, she says she came out into space looking for us! Said she had a vital message and she would only tell it to you! PERSIA (sternly): Must be a very important message for her to risk her life live this. I want all of you to come with me. There's no telling what she has to say. SHEENA (shakes head): I don't recommend this, and ..... DEBORAH (pokes head out of the door): Dr Sheena, the patient is sitting up in bed, she refuses further treatment until she speaks to the Captain! PERSIA (smiles): That settles it, Sheena, we're going in! Persia, Whitey, Alexander, Grunt and Bob enter the lady's room. The lady immediately recognizes Persia, and grins widely. GHALOD (solomnly): Captain Persia, my name is Ghalod, and until a few days ago I worked in a Mataxian military base on the planet of Yomeer. (excited) Captain, you have to stop them! Our military has gone mad! They'll destroy the galaxy! PERSIA (confused): What are you talking about, Ghalod? GHALOD (frantic): It's a Berka Bomb! They're building a Berka Bomb! Bob gasps and gets a very worried look on his face. The others notice his reaction. PERSIA (turns to Bob): Bob, do you know anything about this? BOB (scared): Captain, the Berka Bomb is a spacial implosion bomb that, in theory, could destroy an entire galaxy! We Jurrassians gave up on studying it when the threat of total obliteration became evident. If the Mataxians have somehow discovered a way to make a Barka Bomb work, the entire universe is in grave danger! PERSIA (turns to Ghalod): Is this true, Ghalod, is this Berka Bomb a doomsday weapon? GHALOD (excited): Yes, Captain! In my coat pocket, you'll find a data cube with all the information about it. Please, hurry, Captain! That weapon in the wrong hands could spell disaster for us all! PERSIA (turns to Whitey): Whitey, find her data cube and take it to Flash and Daisy's lab. We need to know as much as we can about the Mataxian experiments! WHITEY (nods): Right away. Captain! SHEENA (looks at watch): Everyone, I must give Ghalod more medical treatment now, I must ask all of you to leave! PERSIA (nods): We understand. Time to return to the bridge. Thank you for your help, Ghalod! GHALOD (excited): I thank you, Captain, please stop them! Persia and the others leave the sick bay area. The action shifts to the bridge, ten minutes later. Bob, Daisy, Flash and Whitey have joined Persia on the bridge with some disturbing news. DAISY (sadly): According to that data cube thing, not only have them Mataxian scientists figured out how to build a Barka Bomb, they're working on it right this very minute! FLASH (sadly): There's a secret base on a planet called Qwo-dae where a special team of scientists are runnin' high level experiments! WHITEY (coldly): If successful, the next step will be the assembly of the device, along with a much smaller 'test' bomb used on a small moon or planet. PERSIA (solemn); We can't let this happen! We have to stop them. (turns to Saundra): Saundra, I need you to ... SAUNDRA (interrupts): Plot a course for Qwo-dae? Already done, Captain! PERSIA (smiles): Looks like you read MY mind this time! Boomer, best speed to Qwo-dae! BOOMER (pushs buttons): Aye, Aye, ma'am! PERSIA (turns to Whitey): Whitey, call Molly, we need our invisibility shield to be up and running now! The Mataxians must not know we are coming! WHITEY (sternly): Captain, may I point out that the three Mataxian fighters we encountered earlier have probably already contacted their home world and reported their encounter with us? PERSIA (nods): I know that, that's why we have to strike now, before they have time to bulster their defenses or move the experiments somewhere else! WHITEY (nods): Understood, Captain! PERSIA (turns to Daisy): Daisy, we'll need to sneak into this labratory complex, destroy the data, and get out! Sounds like a job for the matter transporter. DAISY (nods): Right! Sister and I will back to our lab and get it ready! PERSIA (turns to Alexander): Old man, put together a crack team of crew members for this mission. Include Bob, Sheena, Grunt and myself on it! ALEXANDER (surprised): Persia? NO! I will lead this mission, if anything goea wrong... PERSIA (interrupts): I want you in command! ALEXANDER (shakes head): I have experience in covert missions and ... PERSIA (smiles): Look, we have no time to argue. Perhaps it would be best if both of us went on this mission. Commander Boomer is fully capable of taking command. ALEXANDER (thinking): Well.... BOOMER (turns to them): We'll be at Qwo-dae in five minutes, better decide quickly, you two! PERSIA (smiles): It's settled then! Old man, Grunt, Bob, Whitey come with me! ALEXANDER (nods): We'll have Sheena, Cobber and Sno-wie meet us at the transporter. PERSIA (surprised): Sno-wie? Why her? ALEXANDER (smiles): According to my data, she was very excellent at covert operations in her universe. PERSIA (nods): Very well, let's go! Boomer, you are in command! BOOMER (smiles): Aye-Aye, Captain! The scene shifts to Daisy and Flash's lab, five minutes later. Persia, Alexander, Bob, Sheena, Whitey, Cobber, Grunt and Sno-wie gather and quickly discuss their strategy. With the 'layout' of the science building supplied by Ghalod, Persia finds the perfect 'beam in' point for their team. Boomer reports that they've reached the planet undetected and invisible. The eight enter the transporter chamber and Daisy and Flash activate the controls. Immediately, they find themselves in a dimly lit nearly empty room. Before any of them can react, someone shouts 'NOW' and instantly, and eight Space Rovers are 'frozen' where they stand, unable to move a muscle. Soon, the lights come on and a familiar face stands in front of the immobile Space Rovers, laughing hysterically. COMAZAR FRIGLE (laughing): That's right, Space Rovers! It's me, your old friend Comazar Frigle! It was so EASY to lure you here! (turns to one of his men): Turn on the planetary force field now! We don't want our 'guests' to leave so soon! You see, we have been quite busy here preparing for your arrival! You eight are feeling the effects of our muscle paralyzing machine, it's created a small force field around each of you rendering all of you quite helpless. The first part of my master plan has been fulfilled! You see, I'm not satisfied anymore with simply capturing more test subjects. I want your space vessel, and your entire crew now! (points at Persia): That's right, Captain! By the end of this day, I will have your ship, your crew and all of it's wonderful technology in MY possession! Let the fun begin! --------------------------------------------------------------- to be continued....