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== Detailed Synopsis ==
== Detailed Synopsis ==


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The scoutship Dark Star receives a transmission from Mission Control (Dark Star)|Mission Control telling them he received their last message and broadcast it to the public.  He mentions that it took ten years to receive the last transmission and he was sorry to hear about the death of Commander Powell.  He tells them their request for radiation shielding has been denied due to budget cuts, even after hearing about their radiation leak and then wishes them good luck.  Sergeant Pinback tells Lieutenant Doolittle that he is trying to reach Talby as there is something wrong with the intercom.  Pinback radios Bomb 19 and tells it that it will be being dropped onto the nearby planet in sixty seconds.  Bomb 19 is dropped onto the planet while the Dark Star flies away.  Talby radios Doolittle to tell him Bomb 19 successfully destroyed the planet, but can't reach anyone.  Computer notifies Doolittle that Bomb 19 destroyed the last unstable planet in the local solar system.  Doolittle asks Boiler to give him another target and Boiler tells him of possible intelligent life in the Horsehead Nebula Sector.  Pinback tells Doolittle he has picked up a signal for a Red Dwarf star not in the charts with eight planets and then gets upset with him when Doolittle doesn't name the new star.  Boiler tells Doolittle of an unstable planet in the Veil Nebula and they had that way.

Revision as of 16:19, 9 February 2021

A group of military survivors cross the apocalyptic terrain heading east in their giant land-rovers.


Genre

Science Fiction

Characters/Groups

Lieutenant Doolittle - Brian Narelle

Sergeant Pinback - Dan O'Bannon

Boiler - Cal Kuniholm

Talby - Andreijah "Dre" Pahich

Voice of Talby - John Carpenter

Commander Powell - Joe Saunders

Computer - Barbara "Cookie" Knapp

Voice of Bomb 19 - Alan Sheretz

Voice of Bomb 20 - Adam Beckenbaugh

Mission Control - Miles Watkins

Alien - Nick Castle

Character thumbnails with links to profiles

Detailed Synopsis

The scoutship Dark Star receives a transmission from Mission Control (Dark Star)|Mission Control telling them he received their last message and broadcast it to the public. He mentions that it took ten years to receive the last transmission and he was sorry to hear about the death of Commander Powell. He tells them their request for radiation shielding has been denied due to budget cuts, even after hearing about their radiation leak and then wishes them good luck. Sergeant Pinback tells Lieutenant Doolittle that he is trying to reach Talby as there is something wrong with the intercom. Pinback radios Bomb 19 and tells it that it will be being dropped onto the nearby planet in sixty seconds. Bomb 19 is dropped onto the planet while the Dark Star flies away. Talby radios Doolittle to tell him Bomb 19 successfully destroyed the planet, but can't reach anyone. Computer notifies Doolittle that Bomb 19 destroyed the last unstable planet in the local solar system. Doolittle asks Boiler to give him another target and Boiler tells him of possible intelligent life in the Horsehead Nebula Sector. Pinback tells Doolittle he has picked up a signal for a Red Dwarf star not in the charts with eight planets and then gets upset with him when Doolittle doesn't name the new star. Boiler tells Doolittle of an unstable planet in the Veil Nebula and they had that way.