Copyright 2000 -- Robert Baer Jr. The Space Rovers -- "Q-BO -- 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, Willfong, Lao Zi, Su Li, Claudia, Sno-wie, Numbia, Hojo, Shamansta, Derby and Poncho are all Robert Baer Jr's creations, copyright pending, 1999 - 2000. The Space Rovers -- "Q-BO -- Part 1" The scene is the bridge of the Canius Minor, it is the 'night shift' with Marie in command. Dot and Shamansta are at the helm and navigation controls, Lao Zi is at the science station. Su Li is at the weapons console and Derby is taking a turn behind the communications monitor. Cactus Jake is sitting beside of Derby showing him how to use the console. DERBY (grumbling): I'm a fry cook, not a bloomin' receptionist! CACTUS JAKE (turns to Derby): Hey, don't git your dander up, partner! Bruno trained me on that board, so I know I can help you out! SHAMANSTA (turns to Jake): Hey Cactus, I heard you proposed to Flash! I'm so happy for both of you! CACTUS JAKE (smiles): Thank ya, little darling! We ain't set the wedding date yet, but I think we both agree we want to be married on earth. MARIE (smiles): We we! Young love! It is so beautiful, yes? LAO ZI (sternly): Romance can be a detrement to job performance. One must stay focused on the tasks at hand, not on wild visions of fantasy involving.... DOT (sighs): I'm glad my Bob doesn't think like that ... LAO ZI (sternly): What did you say, Cadet? DOT (shocked): Er...nothing.... nothing at all! DEBRY (shocked): Blimey! I'm pickin' up some sort of galatic distress call! CACTUS JAKE (points): Use those controls to filter out the interference DERBY (pushing buttons): I can get audio only... MARIE (nods): On speakers... MALE VOICE ON SPEAKERS: We need assistance...... huge...... ship....... destroyed..... three colonies..... we managed.... to escape.... but being pursued ..... by alien vessel..... hurry....... anyone.... can you hear me?..... (static increases) MARIE (shouts): Open a channel! (into mic); This is Lt Marie of the Space Rover vessel Canius Minor, we are receiving your transmission, respond please... MALE VOICE ON SPEAKERS: Lt Marie? Space Rovers?...... whoever you are...... help us!...... MARIE (shouts): We're on our way! (turns to Lao Zi): trace that message to it's origin (turns to Derby): Tell Sophia to stand by the warp engines. Better wake up Molly and the rest of the senior officers. LAO ZI (looking at monitor): I have traced the signal, sending coordinates to navagation station MARIE (shouts): Dot, plot a course, when she has it, Shamansta, engage at warp 9. Lao Zi, I want long range scanners to sweep this entire region of space.... PERSIA (telepathically to Marie): Lt Marie, I have been awakened, what's your current status? MARIE (thinking): Captain, we received a distress call from deep space, maneuvering ship to investigate PERSIA (telepathically to Marie): I'll be on the bridge shortly. I'll brief the other senior officers telepathically. Within minutes, Persia is the first to arrive on the bridge, followed shortly by Alexander, Grunt, Boomer, Saundra, Whitey, Bruno and Bob. The nightshift soon departs, except for Cactus Jake, Marie and Dot, who hugs and give Bob a quick kiss before she leaves. PERSIA (looks at Marie): How close are we to the distressed ship? MARIE (looks at monitor): At warp 9, we'll be there in five minutes WHITEY (looks at monitor): There's more than one ship. I'm detecting nine of them, fleeing another larger vessel which is attacking them with high energy weapons! ALEXANDER (shouts): Can we put it on the front view screen? WHITEY (pushing buttons): Yes Commander, here it is! The front view screen shows a huge, almost cubical looking object firing repeatedly with yellow laser beams at the nine fleeing shuttlecraft sized ships. GRUNT (angry): GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR GROWL!!! GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!! PERSIA (shakes head): NO! You are not to fire our weapons without my orders! ALEXANDER (turns to Bruno): Can we hail them? BRUNO (pushing buttons): The huge vessel is not responding, I am picking up a transmission from one of the smaller ships PERSIA (nods): On screen! The view screen shows a badly wounded wolf-sapien, in the background are huddled wolf-sapien families who are frightened and shaking in fear. WILLFONG (on screen): My name is Willfong of the New Phibus colony! Hurry! Our ships are heavily damaged, that monsterous vessel destroyed our colony. We barely managed to escape before the entire planet was vaporized. PERSIA (nods): This is Captain Persia, we'll be there shortly... WILLFONG (looks at Marie): Lt Marie, thank you for responding to my distress call! MARIE (nods): We we, it is our pleasure to assist you! SAUNDRA (shouts): We're in weapons range! PERSIA (shouts): Cactus Jake, raise our force fields! Grunt, target their weapons and fire! The Canius Minor fires several laser beams at the attacking cubical ship, the shots bounce off the ship's hull. WHITEY (shocked): That thing has no force fields and yet our laser fire didn't even scratch it! Their hull is made of some unknown metal alloy, our scanners cannot penetrate it. CACTUS JAKE (looks at monitor): But we did git their attention! It's targeting US with it's weapons! PERSIA (shouts): Evasive maneuvers! The ship shakes as several laser blasts from the huge craft strike the Canius Minor's force fields. BRUNO (shouting): Engineering reports that warp drive is down, minor injuries reported on all decks WHITEY (looks at monitor): Our force fields are holding, but down to fifty percent strength GRUNT (shouts): GRRRRRRRRRRRRRR GROWL!!! PERSIA (shouts): Yes Grunt! Fire torpedoes!!! The Canius Minor sends several torpedoes towards the attacking vessel, they impact the surface, explode, but do not damage it. PERSIA (shouting); Boomer! Get us out of here! BOOMER (pushing buttons): Engines in full reverse! WHITEY (looks at monitor): The alien ship is still pursuing us, but they've ceased attacking the New Phibus colonial fleet. BOB (smiles): At least Willfong and his people are safe for the moment WHITEY (looks at monitor): The alien attack craft is closing in on us! PERSIA (shouts): Bruno, hail them! BRUNO (shakes head): No response.. WHITEY (looks at monitor): They are charging weapons! PERSIA (shouts): Full power to our force fields! Another volley of laser fire strikes the Canius Minor, the ship shakes, several console panels send up sparks and small plumes of smoke. WHITEY (shouts): Force fields are down, so are weapons and communications. BRUNO (shouts): Hull breeches reported on decks four and seven! PERSIA (turns to Marie): Marie, get your damage control personnel to those breeches! MARIE (leaving): I'm on it, Captain! PERSIA (shouts): Boomer! We have to escape! BOOMER (pushing buttons): Engines still at full reverse... WHITEY (looks at monitor): But the alien ship is still pursuing us! BOB (looks at Persia): I have an idea! Permission to go to engineering! ALEXANDER (confused): What do you have in mind? BOB (sternly): No time to explain! PERSIA (nods): Go, and good luck! Bob instantly glows and teleports to engineering. Molly is frantically working on the warp engines with Francis, Sophia and Hojo. Bob finds Daisy and Flash and explains his plan to them, all three rush into the torpedo bay with their tools. The scene shifts back to the bridge. WHITEY (looks at monitor): The alien ship is closing in again.... SAUNDRA (scared): They'll soon be in weapon's range, and our force fields are still offline PERSIA (shouts): Boomer, evasive manuevers! BOOMER (pushing buttons): We can dance but we can't hide, Captain! PERSIA (telepathically to Bob): Bob, whatever you're planning, we need it fast! WHTEY (shocked): Captain, four of our torpedoes have just appeared directly in front of us, in the path of the alien vessel PERSIA (confused): Appeared? But I thought our weapons system was down! WHITEY (nods): It is, Captain! The torpedoes are motionless. BOB (telepathically to Persia): If this works, it'll buy us enough time to escape... The alien vessel moves towards the floating torpedoes, when it touches them, each exploded in a flash of blinding white light. PERSIA (shouts): That's it! Saundra, plot a course back to Willfong's fleet! Boomer, best speed now, maybe we can escape undetected! The Canius Minor turns and moves past the alien vessel. PERSIA (turns to Whitey): Do we have our invisibilty field working? WHITEY (nods): Yes, Captain. it's functioning PERSIA (sternly): Activate it now! The Canius Minor disappears from view WHITEY (looks at monitor): It appears that Bob's trick torpedoes worked! The alien vessel is no longer following us. We are nearing the last known location of Willfong's fleet. It appears that only one of his ships is there, the others have already gone to warp and escaped.. PERSIA (looks at Bruno); Hail them! BRUNO (nods): On screen. WILLFONG (on screen); Captain, I can't see your vessel. Where are you? PERSIA (smiles): We're invisible, where's the rest of your fleet? WILLFONG (on screen): They are returning to our home world, my ship is too badly damaged. The rest of my crew left with the others, I alone remained on board. I'm trying to repair the Barium drive, but now I can see it's too late. This ship's going to explode! Move away from my ship, Captain, save yourselves while there's still time... CACTUS JAKE (shocked): Captain, his ship's about to go cablooy! PERSIA (sternly): Bruno! Call Daisy and ... WILLFONG (shakes head): Don't worry about rescuing me, just stop that thing before it does any more destruction... farewell, and thank you, Captain Persia... PERSIA (frantic): No!!! (telepathically to Bob): Bob, teleport Willfong off of his ship, now! The Space Rovers cringe as they watch Willfong's ship explode on the front view screen. PERSIA (telepathically to Bob): Bob! Did you get him? Soon, Bob and Willfong suddenly appear on the bridge standing in front of Alexander and Persia. WILLFONG (in shock): I'm.... I'm ALIVE!!! But, how? How did you.... PERSIA (shakes head): Nevermind about that, tell us everything you know about that alien ship WILLFONG (sits down): Captain, that alien ship as you call it is a huge killing machine. It came from a region of space controlled by the Inzomans. They call it their 'Q-BO' drone. WHITEY (looks at monitor): Captain, I've tracked the flight path of Q-BO, and if it reamins on it's present course, it's heading for the heart of Jurrassian Alliance space. PERSIA (concerned): We have to think of a way to stop it or countless millions of lives will be lost... WILLFONG (shakes head): It's impossible, Captain! We tried to stop them ourselves, we even called our allies in space for help, their weapons couldn't even slow it down! ALEXANDER (sternly): Our most powerful weapons had no effect on it CACTUS JAKE (sarcasticly): Too bad we couldn't just toss it into a star! BOB (brightens): That's it! Cactus Jake, you're a genius! CACTUS JAKE (shocked): I am? SAUNDRA (turns her chair around): What are you saying, Bob? BOB (excited): We can use our artifical wormhole generator to send that monster straight into a star! WHITEY (shakes head): That would be very dangerous, a star's gravitational pull is strong, our ship would be sucked up into it along with Q-BO. BOB (shakes head): All we have to do is go to warp right after the wormhole is created! We'll be in the clear and Q-BO will be destroyed forever! BOOMER (shakes head): But our warp drive is down! PERSIA (nods): It's the only plan we have, so let's do it! Cactus Jake, continue to track Q-BO. Whitey, Bob, go to engineering and assist in getting our warp drive back online! WILLFONG (smiles): Captain, I could help! I am somewhat of an engineer myself. You saved my life and the lives of my fellow colonists! Please, let me repay you by helping you now! PERSIA (nods): Agreed! Follow Whitey and Bob to engineering, all of you hurry, we have to stop this thing as soon as possible, before it destroys more worlds! The scene shifts back to engineering, where Molly frantically shouts out orders as Bob, Whitey and Willfong walk in. MOLLY (shouting): Hojo! I need those Barium readings! Sophia! Try to bypass the blown warp coil circuits, solder the endings together! I'm heading for the Barium containment chamber! BOB (shouts): Molly, we have to get the warp drive on as soon as possible! MOLLY (angry): DA! Wat else is new? WHITEY (nods): What can we do to assist you? MOLLY (points): Whitey, fix the conduits in that service tunnel over there! Bob, go help Sophia and ... (looks at Willfong): who are you? WILLFONG (smiles): My name is Willfong, what can I do to help? MOLLY (angry): Just stay out of our way, wolf man! Bob walks over to Sophia, Whitey crawls into the service tunnel, Willfong follow Molly into the Barium chamber. MOLLY (looks at panel and growls): Vat is wrong with thing ting? WILLFONG (points): I see the problem! Those wires above your head are fried! MOLLY (angry): Who asked for your opinion? (scans with a portable scanner): Well.... you be rightski! I must rewire that upper panel! WILLFONG (hands Molly a roll of wire): Here you are, Molly! MOLLY (snatches the roll from Willfong's hand): Da! Give me dat! WILLFONG (hands her needle-nosed pliers): You'll need these! MOLLY (grabs them): Oh ya! WILLFONG (picks up scanner): I'll check the chamber walls for fractures, can't let any Barium rediation escape into the ... MOLLY (surprised): How you know so much about Barium? WILLFONG (scans): My people have been using it for centuries! A great source of power for space travel! MOLLY (nods): Really? Vell maybe you can help me afterall! While Molly and Willfong continue to work on the damaged Barium chamber, Lao Zi, Daisy and Flash explain the plan to the other bridge officers in a meeting room. DAISY (pointing at a spot on the map): Right here is the best place to bushwack Q-BO! ALEXANDER (confused): Bushwack? LAO ZI (rolls eyes): She means to lay our womhole trap for that planet-destroying monstrosity! FLASH (nods, points): Accordin' to our calculations, by lnking the other end of the wormhole to this star, we'll have enough gravatational pull to drag that thing into it. PERSIA (nods): Instant incineration! I like it! BOOMER (concerned): But what about our ship? How will we avoid being drawn into the star too? DAISY (sternly): We'll need to activate warp drive the very minute the artificial wormhole reaches full veloscity. SAUNDRA (concerned): And if we don't? FLASH (sadly): Then we're all toast! BRUNO (on speakers): Captain! PERSIA (into mic): Go ahead, Ensign! BRUNO (on speakers): Q-BO has changed course, it's heading for the Pronate home world! PERSIA (into mic): I'm on my way to the bridge! Persia out! ALEXANDER (shocked): The Pronates! We helped liberate those people from their evil rulers a few months ago! PERSIA (worried): We have to act fast! There's no more time for agrument or debate. If we can't stop Q-BO, millions of lives will be lost! ----------------------------------------------------------------------- to be continued....