FADE IN:

1.   SPACE

A sea of stars is broken by the vast blue surface of 
the planet, OGANA. Five small moons slowly drift into 
view from the far side of the planet. The main 
titles are followed by a roll-up:
--- --- ---
Until the recent GREAT REBELLION, 
the DAI NOGAS were the most feared 
warriors in the universe. For one 
hundred thousand years, generations 
of DAI perfected their art as the 
personal bodyguards of the King. 
They were the chief architects of 
the invincible ROYAL SPACE FORCE, 
which expanded the King s power 
across the galaxy, from the celes-
tial equator to the farthest stars.

Now these legendary warriors are all 
but extinct. One by one, they have 
been hunted down and destroyed as 
enemies of the NEW GALACTIC KINGDOM 
by a ferocious and sinister rival 
warrior sect, THE LEGIONS OF LETTOW.
--- --- ---
A small silver spacecraft emerges from behind one of 
the Ogana moons.  The deadly little fightercraft 
speeds past several of the moons, until it finally 
goes into orbit around the FOURTH MOON.

2.   VALLEY OF COLORED LAKES- FOURTH MOON - OGANA

A harsh gale blows across the bleak grey surface of 
the Fourth Moon.  The blood red sky presses down on a 
lone figure, JUSTIN VALOR, a tall, heavy-set boy of 
sixteen.   He slowly makes his way across a wierd 
plain covered with huge sprawling lakes.  The water in 
some of the lakes is bright red, while in others it is 
a vivid green.  The oddly colored lakes create an 
ominous landscape against the eerie red sky.

The heavy winds whip at the young boy and make the 
going extremely difficult.  His face is covered by a 
breath mask and goggles.  He stops for a second to 
adjust the shoulder strap on his chrome multiplelazer 
rifle.  Something in the sky catches his eye, and he
instinctively grabs a pair of electrobinoculars from 
his belt.  He stands transfixed for a few moments, 
studying the heavens, then turns and rushes back in 
the direction from which he came.

3.   SUPPLY HUT - FOURTH MOON - OGANA

A damaged spacecraft, half buried in the dust, rests 
next to the remains of an abandoned supply shack.  Justin
makes his way across the colorless landscape and 
rushes into the crumbling building.  The interior of 
the hut is shabby, but manages to abate the howling 
winds.  Seated in front of a thermoheater are Justin's
father, AKIRA, and his young brother, BINK.  Akira is 
a large, burly man, wearing the distinctive robes of a 
Dai.  Bink is ten years old, with dusty blond hair and 
a large scratch on his cheek.  Justin slams the door 
and removes his gear.   His ruggedly handsome face is 
caked with many layers of dust.

JUSTIN
Dad!  Dad!  They've found us!

Bink looks up from a small cube he has been studying. 
His father whacks him across the shoulder with a 
braided wire connector.

AKIRA
Continue with the problem.  Your 
concentration is worse than your 
brother's.  (to Justin)  How many?

JUSTIN
Only one this time.  A Cao Four.

AKIRA
Good.  We may not have to repair 
this old bucket after all.  Pre-
pare yourself.

BINK
Me too!

AKIRA
Do you have the answer?

BINK
I think it's the Corbet dictum: 
"What is, is without."

Akira smiles.  This is the correct answer.  Justin is
strapping on a utility belt with chrome lazerpistols 
and lazersword.  Akira rises and starts for his equip-
ment.

BINK (Cont.)
Ahhh, Pop...

AKIRA
Bink, do you feel you're ready?

BINK
Yes, sir.  I've outmarked Justin in 
twelve disciplines.  I'm as good...

AKIRA
All right, son.  Get your gear.

Bink jumps up with the enthusiasm available only to 
a ten-year old and grabs his gear.  His father frowns 
and shakes his head.

4.   WASTELAND BLUFF - FOURTH MOON - OGANA

Akira Valor and his two sons carefully make their way
up a rock bluff overlooking the Lettow spacecraft parked
among the  colored lakes.Akira inspects the 
with his electrobinoculars.

AKIRA
No tracks.  Bi-lock hasn't been opened.
Interior systems are still on.

JUSTIN
Are we going to wait for him to come 
out?

AKIRA
He's not  in there.  He's baiting us. 
I'm surprised they only sent one this 
time.  We must be wearing them down, 
or they must think this warrior is 
something special.  Stay on guard, 
and keep hidden.  I'm going to work 
my way across the ridge and call his 
bluff.  Better we meet in open combat 
than wait for him to ambush us.  Keep 
your guard!

Akira leaves his two sons and moves off along the 
obscured ridge.  Justin and Bink watch him intently. 
Justin throws down his multiplelazer rifle in dis-
gust.

JUSTIN
He should have let me go with him. 
He's getting too old to make an open 
challenge.

BINK
He's not too old to realize you'd 
just get in the way.

Justin ignores his little brother's remark and sneaks 
a look over the ridge at the Lettow spacecraft.  Akira 
moves out of the rocks some distance away and starts 
toward the starship.  Bink moves to the ridge next to 
his brother, his chrome lazerrifle sparkling in the 
reflected red light of Ogana.

BINK
He's making his move.

JUSTIN
Watch your guard... and cover 
that weapon.  It shines like a 
beacon.

Bink reluctantly move away and watches the other 
direction.  Akira has almost reached the Lettow 
spacecraft and still there is no sign of its 
occupant.

BINK
What's happening?

JUSTIN
Nothing.  I don't like it.

Akira carefully moves to the main hatch of the star-
ship.  He kicks a valve and the hatch drops open 
with a loud clank and rushing gas.  Justin becomes 
more tense as his father carefully moves inside the
spacecraft.  Everything is still.  Even the continual 
winds seem to have died down.  Moments pass with no 
sign of activity inside the enemy starship.  Justin 
watches the craft with his electrobinoculars.  The 
waiting becomes unbearable.

JUSTIN
Something's happened!  He's been in 
there too long.

BINK
Let me look!  Stand my guard.

Bink takes the electrobinoculars from his brother and 
studies the silent spacecraft.  Justin impatiently 
scans the distant red horizon.

BINK
I think the power just went off. 
We'd better wait here until some-
one comes out.

JUSTIN
What if he needs help?

BINK
The power went back on again....

With the aid of the electrobinoculars, Bink watches 
the running lights of the starship flash on and off.
Suddenly something huge moves in front of his field 
of vision.  Before either of the two young boys can 
react, a large, sinister Lettow warrior in black 
robes and a face mask  looms over them.  He carries 
a long lazersword which cuts young Bink down before 
he or his brother is able to raise his weapon.  The 
startled Justin backs away in horror, then settles 
down and ignites his lazersword which creates an 
eerie red glow.  He stumbles over rocks as he attempts 
to avoid the charging Lettow warrior.  The evil 
warrior swings his mighty lazersword, but Justin 
manages to deflect the intended deathblow.

Finally, Justin is able to assume a defensive stance, 
and the two warriors stand, sizing up each other.  The 
legionnaire is at least seven feet tall, and dwarfs 
the young Dai.  They stand for a few moments, almost 
frozen, then in a flurry of blows, lazerswords clash 
with the sound of electric snapping and popping. 
Justin is barely able to hold his own against the 
experienced warrior.  Many blows are exchanged before 
the Lettow warrior is able to back Justin up against 
a deep crevasse.  Justin stumbles and almost falls 
over the cliff to his death.

The legionnaire suddenly senses something behind him 
and whirls around to face Justin's father, Akira Valor, 
a Dai Nogas master.  The Lettow warrior raises his 
lazersword, but is cut in two before he can bring it 
down again.  Akira moves to the fallen legionnaire 
and studies him carefully.  Justin, still a little 
wobbly from the whole experience, attempts to stand. 
Akira sees his dead son Bink and goes to him.  He 
lifts him into his arms and begins to weep.  Justin 
stands bewildered, watching his father cradle the 
dead child.

5.   INTERIOR LETTOW STARSHIP - VALLEY OF COLORED LAKES - 
OGANA

Akira Valor slides into one of the four seats of the
small Lettow starship.  Through the front viewing 
canopy, he watches Justin drag Bink's body to a small
crevasse.  Justin places a small locket around his 
brother's neck, makes a complicated sign, and dumps 
the body into the shallow depression.  The giant 
engines of the spacecraft begin to whine, kicking up 
large clouds of dust.

Justin climbs into the seat beside his father and 
removes his breath mask and goggles.   There are 
tears in his eyes.  Father and son look out across 
the wasteland towards Bink's grave.  The thunderous 
clap of an explosion is followed by a small mushroom 
cloud rising out of the depression.  Justin throws a
container down in a fit of rage.

JUSTIN
How many more of them are there?  I 
want to finish it, once and for all. 
I'm sick of running.  When will it 
stop?

Justin's father waits silently until the tirade is
finished.  Justin sits silently for a few moments.

JUSTIN (Cont.)
I'm sorry.

AKIRA
Son, plot a course for TOWNOWI.

Justin lights up like a Geenick at feeding time.

JUSTIN
Townowi!  You mean we're going home?

AKIRA
We both need a rest.

Akira pulls back on the throttle and the powerful 
spaceship lifts off the surface of the Fourth Moon 
of Ogana.

6.   CLOUD SEA - GRANICUS

A title card appears over a sea of billowing clouds 
on the gaseous planet of GRANICUS:

Granicus:   Capital of the New 
Galactic Empire.

The towering yellow oxide clouds pass, revealing the 
Royal City of Granicus.  The magnificent domed and 
gleaming city is perched, mushroom-like, on a tall 
spire which disappears deep into the misty surface 
of the planet.  The peacefulness of this nebulous 
idyll is broken by the increasing wail of ion 
engines.  Four sleek stardestroyers from the Royal 
Fleet burst out of the huge cumulus range.  The 
craft are flying in a tight formation as they bank 
steeply, and head toward the royal   capital of the 
New Galactic Kingdom.

7.   INTERIOR STARDESTROYER - GRANICUS

Stardestroyers are two-man spacecraft crammed with
sophisticated electronic weaponry.  The pilot and 
gunnery officers sit side-by-side surrounded by 
lighted readouts and switches.  They wear the gleaming 
black uniforms of the King s elite corps.

PILOT
Tok-One to Chicks:  Shape it up. 
Let's make it good.

CHICK-ONE
Does that glare bother you?

PILOT
Use your face shield, Chick-One.

The pilot is cold and professional as he maneuvers 
his craft closer to the others.  The positions of 
the ships are displayed on a read-out, along with a 
graphic representation of the city.  The pilot gives 
the gunner a quick look before he flips his sunshield 
over his eyes.

PILOT
Here we go.  Count:  three, two, 
one, now!

8.   REVIEW STAND - PLAZA OF THE DONNS - GRANICUS

On a huge austere platform stands the dark SON HHAT, 
Lord of Granicus, Consul to the Supreme Tribunal, and 
ruler of the Galactic Kingdom.  He is a thin gray 
looking man with an evil mustache hanging limply 
over his insidious lip.  Standing at rigid attention 
on his right are several generals  dressed in the 
black and grey uniform of the realm.  Five members 
of the Supreme Tribunal sit off to the side.  On 
Hhat's    left stands MARA HORUS, newly appointed 
Governor of the Townowi Systems.  He is a young 
treacherous man with stone-cut angular features and 
piercing gray eyes.

They all gaze skyward as the four gleaming star-
destroyers scream low overhead in an impressive 
barrel-roll formation.  As the sound of the space-
craft resonates throughout the glass canyon of the 
Plaza, the group of dignitaries return their atten-
tion to the parade of  royal   shock troops and 
giant air tanks (which ride magically, two or three 
feet above the ground).

The Plaza of the Donns is filled with hundreds of rows 
of troops as the last brigade marches into position. 
The sound of three thousand men snapping to attention 
is followed by a strange silence.  A light wind blows 
the great red banner of the kingdom creating a subtle
flapping sound.  The king's amplified voice startles 
many of the troops as it cuts through the quiet.

SON HHAT
Upon this battle depends the survival 
of the Galactic Kingdom. Upon this 
battle depends the life and long con-
tinuity of our civilization.  Not 
since the great Dai Rebellion has our 
destiny been placed in such a balance. 
This is to be the most magnificent 
campaign of all!  You have never been 
called without doing something to be 
remembered, something notable and 
striking.  The conquering of the 
Townowi System, the last of the inde-
pendent systems and the last refuge 
of the outlawed, vile sect of the Dai, 
will have such important and lasting 
consequences, that I can't but consider 
it as an epoch in history.

To the rear of the Plaza, watching the spectacle over 
the shoulder of a curious bureaucrat, stands CLIEG OXUS, 
a tall, blond young man about twenty years old.  He seems
interested in what the  King   has to say, but keeps 
looking around nervously as if someone were after him. 
His arm rests across his head, as he carefully but coolly
adjusts a glowing blue ring on his index finger.  The 
King nears the end of his speech.  Mara Horus has moved 
up to stand next to the sinister monarch.  The troops 
shout a royal salute in response to a particularly 
partisan statement.

SON HHAT (Cont.)
... I have personally asked the Townowians 
to accept this Treaty of Alliance.  During 
the period of negotiation, they have only 
decided to be undecided.  We will barter no 
longer.  Governor Horus has been appointed 
the First Lord of the Townowi System and 
Surrounding Territories.  This is the last 
frontier and the final stone in the great 
wall of the Galactic Kingdom.

The troops cheer, and the King escorts Horus inside.
Oxus moves quickly away from the Plaza, passing through
several check stations, where he is forced to show his
identification.

9.   NIGHT CLUB - GRANICUS

Oxus walks into the glass and chrome splendor of one 
of the famous nightclubs of Granicus.  He moves to the 
long mirrored bar and sits next to a rough looking man, 
BOMOJE ESPAA, dressed in the distinctive gold and furs 
of the galactic traders.

OXUS
Your glass is empty.

Oxus speaks into a small intercom on the bar front.

OXUS (Cont.)
A dantic and...

He looks in Espaa's glass.

ESPAA
No thanks, Clieg.  I've had enough.

OXUS
Just a dantic, then.  Espaa, it's 
not like you to refuse a drink. 
You're going to give the galactic 
traders a bad name.

A drink appears magically from a small elevator in the 
bar.  Oxus takes it, and then places a pen-like trans-
mitter he has taken from his pocket next to the inter-
com.  It creates a low electronic buzz.

10.  BAR OBSERVATION CENTER - GRANICUS

A controller sitting in front of a row of monitors taps 
his headphones, then flips a switch back and forth a 
couple of times.  He is obviously annoyed.

CONTROLLER
Number eighteen is out again.  Give 
me a maintenance check.

The controller yawns and puts his feet up on the control
panel.

11.  NIGHTCLUB - GRANICUS

Espaa leans in close to Oxus.  He is suddenly very serious.

ESPAA
Clieg, we've got problems.  They've 
just grounded all spacecraft, in-
cluding trade frigates.  Even the 
ships under royal registry can't 
move.  Something big is up.

OXUS
I'm afraid they're not waiting for 
the Alliance Treaty.  They're 
already moving against the System. 
I've got to get word back.

ESPAA
The chrome companies are protesting 
the embargo, but it's going to take 
some time.

OXUS
Isn't anything moving?

ESPAA
Military ships, but...

They are interrupted by a royal officer and several
storm troopers.  The officer shouts over the P.A. 
system as the troops rush to block the exits.  Oxus 
and the galactic trader are tense, but remain cool.

OFFICER
Attention:  All captains and first 
officers of Guild Trade frigates 
will accompany me to the Ministry 
of Transport immediately.

Espaa gives Oxus a hopeless look as the troops check 
their papers, and then take Espaa away.  A small fight 
breaks out in the back of the nightclub as one of the 
trader captains expresses his dislike of the kingdom. 
Oxus slams his glass to the bar in a gesture of hate 
and frustration.

12.  GOVERNOR HORUS  QUARTERS - GRANICUS

The large white-on-white executive quarters resound 
with the high-pitched laugh of the evil Governor
Horus.  He slaps DARTH VADER, a tall, grim looking 
general, on the back and the general's mouth makes 
the slightest gesture at a smile.

HORUS
Success!  I told you.  We are no 
longer under the control of the 
GREAT FAMILIES.  We've gained a 
true advantage.

VANTOS COLL, a member of the Supreme Tribunal, and a 
man of the grossest dimensions, appears to be a little
worried.

COLL
A rather dangerous advantage. 
You still have a system to 
conquer.

HORUS
But this system will bring us 
more scientific wealth than that 
of any other house in the 
tribunal.  We will easily gain 
control of the directorship.

COLL
Don't underestimate the armies of 
Townowi.  They're lead by a Dai 
warrior.

HORUS
I've told you about Commissioner 
Coll, General.  He worries a lot.

VADER
It's a myth that any Dai still exists.

COLL
General Skywalker is no myth.  When 
I first arrived at court, he was 
the first bodyguard to the King.
He lead the Dai Rebellion.

VADER
NGAI THUC lead the Rebellion.

COLL
So the King would have you beieve, 
but I was there.

VADER
Then why wasn't he hunted down like 
the others?

COLL
Because he is too dangerous, too 
clever.  Besides, his presence on 
Townowi is still only a rumor.

HORUS
Then why do you believe it?

COLL
Because I knew him.  He's there 
all right.  I can sense it.  Mark 
my words, Townowi will not be 
easily conquered.

13.  COURTYARD - PALACE OF LITE - TOWNOWI

A low, sleek landspeeder (an auto-like transport which
travels a few feet above the ground on a magnetic field) 
glides into the courtyard of the palace of Townowi. 
The planet, with its bright green sky, is a desert 
wilderness;  but the palace is a sparkling oasis, with 
low concrete walls and great turrets spilling over with 
foliage from rooftop gardens.  The speeder stops before 
an enormous shaded corridor.  Fountains line the 
beautiful and highly polished  tile  walkway.  Two 
young boys, OETA (7) and PUCK (5) are helped out of the 
speeder by AMBER, a one-armed bodyguard dressed in the 
flowing white robes of the Townowi military.  The two 
boys run through the long corridors, yelling and 
screaming, their little footsteps echoing throughout 
the palace.

14.  LIBRARY - PALACE OF LITE - TOWNOWI

The palace library is a dim, cool room, projecting an 
aura of time-worn comfort and security.  In the 
distance, the children can be heard screaming through 
the corridors.  KING KAYOS, silver haired but amazingly 
youthful under a tanned and leathery face, motions for 
one of his aides to shut the partially closed door. 
He is in the middle of an emergency meeting of the 
Townowi High Senate.  The twelve men sit in overstuffed 
chairs, placed in a large circle.  A large, sallow-eyed 
galactic trader named AAY ZAVOS, fiddlesnervously with 
a small scrap of leather as he speaks.

ZAVOS
My Lord, the chrome companies are with 
you in spirit, but you must understand, 
they can't openly support you.  Royal 
trade restrictions are very unfavorable 
and we, of course, favor your indepen-
dence.

KAYOS
If there were to be war, would your 
frigates still supply us?

ZAVOS
Your bluntness is to be commended. 
It could be arranged.

COUNT SANDAGE, a corrupt noble of the senate, jumps to 
his feet in a rage.

SANDAGE
This is nonsense!  We have no choice 
but to approve the treaty.  If there 
is war, the New Galactic Kingdom will 
destroy our entire system with a snap 
of the finger.  General Skywalker is 
a dreamer if he thinks he can mount 
any meaningful resistance, and you're 
dreamers if you believe him.  So much 
trust in one aged man.  You must see...

At that moment, all heads turn as someone enters the 
room.  It is General Luke Skywalker, Commander of the 
Townowi Star Force.  He is a large man, apparently in 
his early forties, but actually much older.  Every-
one senses the aura of power that radiates from this 
great warrior.  Here is a leader:  a Dai general.  He 
looks weary, but is still a magnificent looking warrior. 
His face, cracked and weathered by exotic climates, is 
set off by a close silver beard, and dark, penetrating 
eyes.  Sandage is somewhat embarrassed and quietly sits 
down.

SKYWALKER
Is there anyone here so naive he 
believes the Galactic Kingdom 
would even bother negotiating if 
they were contemplating destruction 
of this system?  Your Excellencies, 
this is more than a simple raid on 
your resources.  You must reach a 
decision.

MIR NASH, a thin, birdlike senator, turns to General 
Skywalker.

NASH
General Skywalker, war is a serious 
business... a deadly business.

SKYWALKER
Procrastination is a deadly business, 
Senator.  War is my business.  Have 
you approved my defense measures?

The GRANDE MOUFF TARKIN wears the long black robes of 
the Townowian religion.  He speaks with a high, 
cracking voice.

TARKIN
An actual war with the Galactic Kingdom
is still only a remote possibility.  As 
a military treatise, your proposal has 
certain merits, but in the harsh light 
of reality, an attack against the Galac-
tic Kingdom appears to be a somewhat 
extreme defense.

NASH
You must understand, General, we re
interested in avoiding a war, not 
starting one.

SKYWALKER
There are times when offense makes 
the best defense.  If that Alliance 
Treaty isn't signed, we will need 
all the advantage we can get.

KAYOS
Count Sandage, I want you to head 
the delegation to Granicus.  You 
will leave tomorrow with our answer 
regarding the treaty.  My decision 
will be forthcoming.

The senators whisper among themselves.

KAYOS (Cont.)
All right, then.  May the force 
of others be with you all.

The senators leave in a flurry of hushed conversation. 
The general is lost in thought, and remains in his chair. 
Oeta and Puck, King Kayo s two young sons, storm through 
the existing senators, and rush on to Kayos' lap.  The 
King is obviously very proud of the two young princes. 
He throws Oeta into the air, and then catches him again.

PUCK
Me too! Me too!

OETA
Zara's leaving!  Zara's leaving and 
you gotta say good-bye.

The King picks up Puck and swings him around, then puts 
him down.

KAYOS
Okay, whippersnapper, go tell your 
mother and your sister that I'm on 
my way.

The two boys run out of the room and are heard yelling 
and screaming down the hallway. The king starts out, but
stops in front of the general.

KAYOS
Luke, my daughter is leaving for the 
academy at Chathos. Won't you come 
and wish her well?  It would mean a 
lot to her.  She truly idolizes you, 
you know.  Come on, the war will 
wait.

SKYWALKER
Of course. I'm sorry, My Lord. 
Politics always seem to distress me.

General Skywalker rises, and as they head for the door, 
Kayos pats him on the back.

KAYOS
I know, Luke.  I feel THE FORCE also.

15.  COURTYARD - PALACE OF LITE - TWONOWI

A large, four-seat speeder sits gleaming in the sun-
soaked courtyard.  The PRINCESS ZARA, about fourteen 
years old, possessing a soft beauty and iron will, is
embracing her mother, QUEEN BREHA, a warm, silver-
haired matron.  There are tears in the princess' blue 
eyes.  Oeta and Puck jump around inside the speeder, 
disrupting the efforts of the one-armed Amber to pack 
several plaxiform cases.

Zara embraces the King as he approaches with the 
general.

ZARA
Oh, Daddy, I'll miss you so.

KAYOS
The semester will be over before you 
know it.  You'll have a grand time. 
There are so many new things to learn. 
I wish I were going.
He gives her a fatherly smile, and she hugs him again. 
The general stands rather formally to one side.  The 
princess, her long auburn hair tied in braids, moves 
to the general and he bows before her.

SKYWALKER
May your studies do you honor.

Zara is somewhat embarrassed by the general's formality 
and can only manage an awkward smile before returning 
to her parents at the speeder.

BREHA
Hurry, Zara.  You must make it to 
Yuell before nightfall.

The princess' maids-in-waiting, ALANA, a short stocky 
girl, and MINA, more comely (somewhat that same stature 
as Zara) with long dark hair, giggle and straighten 
Zara's dress before she enters the speeder.  The prin-
cess and Mina hug Alana, whose giggles have turned to 
tears.  The two boys scramble out of the speeder as 
Amber helps the princess and her maid into the back 
seat.  The speeder is piloted by a trooper of the 
first order.  Amber jumps into the seat beside him, 
and the speeder starts with a low buzzing sound.  The 
princess waves to her family, and Mina waves to Alana 
as the speeder slowly glides out of the courtyard.

16.  WAR ROOM - UNDERGROUND FORTRESS - TOWNOWI

The huge war room is a mass of glass enclosures, 
electronic wall displays, monitors, and computer 
stations.  General Skywalker enters a control station, 
followed by a covey of military aides of various ranks. 
As the group hurry through the crowded room, men rise 
and salute the new arrivals.  The general stops before 
a giant display of the galaxy.  Small symbols flash on 
and off over various portions of the big board.  The 
general studies it intently.

SKYWALKER
Montross!

CAPTAIN MONTROSS, one of the general's aides, snaps to
attention.

MONTROSS
Sir!

SKYWALKER
What's the TQ on this?

MONTROSS
The last frigate to leave Granicus 
was at twenty-three forty, Sir.

SKYWALKER
Have any ships at all left the 
planet?  (to another aide)  Check 
with the Guild on NORTON THREE.

MONTROSS
At twenty-four hundred, a full 
battalion of stardestroyers left 
for what is projected to be 
ANCHORHEAD, or a nearby system.

SKYWALKER
And no word from Oxus.  He should 
have reported by now.  CAPTAIN PRUE!

An older, academic looking aide, steps forward.

PRUE
Sir!

SKYWALKER
What do you make of this?

PRUE
A battalion is invasion force, but the 
Royal Galactic Kingdom controls that 
entire part of the galaxy.  A revolution, 
maybe?  At any rate, they're going in the 
wrong direction to be any trouble for us.

The general ponders this for a few moments, then speaks
almost to himself.

SKYWALKER
I don't know.  It doesn't feel good.

MONTROSS
Put 'em on alert.

A loud uproar is heard on the far side of the war room.
Everyone turns to see a foreign dressed warrior pushing 
his way past several guards and war-room bureaucrats. 
The warrior, with his long hair tied in an odd bun on 
the top of his head, is Akira Valor.  He is followed by 
his son, Justin, who rudely pushes the pesky bureaucrats 
out of the way.

BUREAUCRATS
It's restricted.  You'll have to 
wait.  (etc.)

AKIRA
Get out of my way, boy, before I 
grind you into the surface. (etc.)

As the dauntless Akira approaches the general, the guards
stop in bewilderment as General Skywalker rushes up to 
the warrior and embraces him.  The two Dai warriors 
laugh jubilantly and slap one another, as the aides and
bureaucrats look on in amazement.

SKYWALKER
Akira Valor - you old muscle-rat! 
What a sight!  We heard that you 
had been executed.

AKIRA
So the Galactic Kingdom would have 
you believe.  I've been in the 
KESSIL System.  You remember little 
Justin.

Akira puts his arms around his son, who has been making 
eyes at one of the cute young female aides. He bows 
before the general.

SKYWALKER
He takes after his mother!  (they laugh) 
It's so good to see you.

AKIRA
It's wonderful to be with another 
Dai again.  There are so few of us 
left.

The cute aide goes back to her duties, flirting with 
Justin as she passes.  The young warrior pinches her 
on the ass, which startles her, but she goes on like 
nothing has happened.

SKYWALKER
What a sight!

The two Dai stand looking at one another, hardly believing
the other is real.  Finally, the general realizes his 
aides are standing around, gawking at the duo.

SKYWALKER (to the aides)
Wake up, gentlemen.  You're on alert. 
Keep me posted on that battalion.

17.  CONTROL STATION - UNDERGROUND FORTRESS - TOWNOWI

The general, Akira and Justin enter a small glass enclosed
control office.  They sit, and an awkward silence ensues 
as each man waits for the other to speak.

AKIRA
I've come for your help.

SKYWALKER
Anything you ask.  You're a Dai 
brother.  We're one.

AKIRA
My friend, we've been through much 
together.  I've been through much 
since we parted.  I've lost much. 
The Legions of Lettow have chased 
us half way across the galaxy.  There 
is no refuge.  One day they will come 
here.  Take my son as your JUWO 
learner.  He would be a Dai.  I've
trained him from birth.  He's reached 
the fifth stage. He fought in the 
Kessilian civil wars and commanded a 
Hubble expedition to the CONE Systems. 
He's a good boy, Luke, and one hell 
of a fighter.

The general looks down, somewhat embarrassed. He scratches
his head, then smiles.

SKYWALKER
Old friend, you do me too much honor. 
I was never a match for you.  Why don't 
you finish his training yourself?

AKIRA
I'm too old, Luke. I can't go on. 
You must finish it.

SKYWALKER
What kind of talk is this?  You're 
not the old Valor I remember.  Too 
old?!?

Akira Valor suddenly ignites in a rage and swings 
his left forearm down with a mighty blow across the 
solid chrome desk the general is sitting at.  The 
old Dai warrior's forearm cracks in two, spewing forth 
wires  and many fine multicolored electronic components. 
The artificial limb flops lifelessly to Valor's side. 
The warrior rips open his tunic, revealing a plastic 
chest stuffed with flashing electronic parts.

AKIRA (angrily)
I'm not the same.  There is nothing 
left but my head and right arm.  I've 
lost too much, Luke.  I'm dying.

The general bows his head in sorrow for one of the 
greatest warriors in the galaxy and a dear friend.

SKYWALKER
I'm sorry...

AKIRA
I'm sorry.  I keep losing control. 
I'm very tired.  Take my son!  The DAI 
NOGAS must survive.  We must pass it 
on.  Only a Dai can stop Son Hhat. 
We're very old, Luke.  A new 
generation of Dai must be started. 
Take him;  teach him the way of 
the Dai Nogas.

Captain Montross bursts into the office and somewhat
excitedly salutes the general.

MONTROSS
Sir, we have picked up something! 
An asteroid, or solid comet moving 
away from the Anchorhead System.

18.  WAR ROOM - UNDERGROUND FORTRESS - TOWNOWI

The general rushes out of the control station and back 
to the giant galactic display.  He is followed by 
Montross, Akira and Justin.

SKYWALKER
Are you sure it's not the battalion?

MONTROSS
A solid object.  It's as big as our 
Third Moon.

PRUE
It's too large to be man-made, and it's 
too slow to be a comet.

SKYWALKER
Analysis?

MONTROSS
It's too far out.

SKYWALKER
I'll be with the king.  Report as soon 
as you can get a reading on it.  (turning 
to Akira's son)  Captain Valor, from now 
on you stick close to me.

The older Valor smiles, and puts his good arm around 
his old friend.

19.  DINING CHAMBER - PALACE OF LITE - TOWNOWI

King Kayos moves his arm around Breha's waist as they 
stand on a balcony watching two giant twin suns in the 
green sky disappear behind a distant dune range.  The 
general enters, rather in a rush, followed by the 
young Valor, who is now dressed in the white uniform of 
the Townowi star force.  (He still wears the distinctive
Kessilian hair knot.)  They bow before the King.

KAYOS (pointing to the suns)
Aren't they beautiful, General? 
"Always and never the same." 
You're just in time for dinner.

SKYWALKER
I have come for other reasons. 
Could...?

KAYOS
Relax, General.  We will discuss it, 
but over dinner.  There are times, 
Luke, when I find you a bit too rigid. 
Is this your new disciple?

Justin is ill at ease and bows again.

JUSTIN
Justin Valor, sir.

KAYOS
Where's your father?

SKYWALKER
He left for the spaceport at GORDON 
to visit an old friend, Han Solo, 
the UREALLIAN.

KAYOS
We are becoming quite a refuge.

The group sit at a large table and food is brought in by
servants.  They eat.  Justin is nervous and watches the
general, to make sure he is being proper.

SKYWALKER
My Lord, several events have occurred 
which lead me to believe we are in 
imminent danger of attack.  There is 
no longer time for discussion and debate.

KAYOS
What events?

SKYWALKER
Oxus, our best agent, has disappeared 
in the galactic capital. There is 
unusual military traffic in the S-4 
sectors.

KAYOS
Unless you have direct, concrete proof 
of a pending attack, there is nothing 
I can do.

SKYWALKER
By the time we have proof, it may be 
too late.

KAYOS
Luke, I'm leaving tonight for AMSEL. 
I'm meeting with the full assembly 
first thing in the morning.  I am not 
going to approve the Alliance Treaty, 
and I will get your defense measure 
approved.  Just be patient.  You will 
have the war code.

SKYWALKER
Tomorrow may be too late.  My Lord, 
I need the war code now.  We must 
get our forces into space.

KAYOS
But it must be done legally, with 
everyone's approval.  Tomorrow you 
will have that.  I doubt the New 
Galactic Kingdom would attack before 
receiving our answer.  The separation 
of war powers is the one condition 
upon which you assumed command of our 
forces.  You're a friend, Luke, and 
I trust you;  but you're also an out-
lander who controls a great deal of 
power.  I can't forsake my oath any 
more than you can.  Just be patient. 
You will have the code tomorrow.

Captain Montross enters the large chamber and bows before 
the King.

MONTROSS
I bring a report to General Skywalker, 
My Lord.

KAYOS
You may deliver it.

MONTROSS
Sir, the asteroid has disappeared from 
our scopes.  There is no trace of it.

SKYWALKER
Were they able to analyze it?

MONTROSS
It never came within range, sir.

The general rises, quickly followed by Captain Valor.

GENERAL
Excuse us, My Lord.  We'd better 
get back.  I will wait patiently 
for the approval.

The general and Montross exit the chamber.  Valor takes 
one last bite of his dinner, then dashes after his mentor.

20.  WAR ROOM - UNDERGROUND FORTRESS - TOWNOWI

The general sits rigidly  facing the big galactic display
board.  Several aides and bureaucrats rush to and fro,
ignoring the general.  He is asleep.  Captain Prue 
approaches the general and snaps to attention.  The 
general's eyes open.

SKYWALKER
What are the results?

PRUE
Negative, Sir.

SKYWALKER
Are you sure?

PRUE
Absolutely.

SKYWALKER
It's just not possible.  Something 
that size can't just disappear with-
out a trace.  Check it again.

PRUE
That's the tenth negative, Sir.

SKYWALKER
I said check it again.

Captain Prue retreats to a computer station. The general
looks around for Captain Valor.

SKYWALKER
Valor!

Everyone near the general turns, but Valor doesn't show.

SKYWALKER
Where is that boy?  Montross!

Montross rushes up to the general and snaps to attention.

SKYWALKER
Page Captain Valor.

Montross goes back to his station and a few moments later,
Captain Valor is paged over the P.A. system.  The general
waits, watching the big board.  Eventually, Justin stumbles
out of an enclosed computer closet, fastening his pants and
tucking in his tunic.  A moment later, the cute female aide
rather sheepishly exits the computer closet.  She also is 
in the process of putting her uniform back together.  Justin
rushes up to the general and snaps to attention.

The general lets him stand there for a moment, not acknow-
ledging his presence;  then, suddenly without warning and 
in one masterful flash motion, the general stands, grabs 
a small baton attached to his belt (which immediately 
ignites into a four-foot glowing lazersword) and swings 
at the young warrior's head.  In an equally quick movement,
Justin ignites his lazersword and blocks the general's 
blow.  Everyone in the war room is surprised and startled.
After a moment, they rush to the general.  Justin and the
general stand motionless for a few moments, with lazer-
swords locked in mid-air.  Finally, the general grins and Justin
hesitantly relaxes.  They lower their swords and turn them off.

SKYWALKER
You are trained well, but remember, 
a Dai must be single-minded, a 
discipline your father obviously 
never learned, hence your existence.
Clean yourself up.  Discipline is 
essential.  Your mind must follow 
the way of the Nogas.

JUSTIN
It won't happen again, sir.  There 
are many new....

P.A.
General Skywalker, white com.

The general moves to a control station and picks up a phone.

PHONE VOICE
Sir, Captain Oxus has just been 
admitted to Med Vac.

SKYWALKER
What's his condition?

PHONE VOICE
No data, sir.

SKYWALKER
I'm on my way.

21.  MED VAC EMERGENCY ROOM - UNDERGROUND FORTRESS - TOWNOWI

Captain Valor waits in an outer chamber as General Sky-
walker rushes into the Med Vac emergency room where
several doctors are working on the prostrate Oxus.

SKYWALKER
What's his condition?  Is 
he conscious?

DOCTOR
Partially.  He'll be all right - 
a few bruises, primary exhaustion...

Oxus thrashes around in a semi-conscious state.  He sees 
the general.

SKYWALKER
What happened, boy?  What's going on?

OXUS (with difficulty)
The Royal Starforce is already on its 
way, not far behind me.  They're going 
to attack.

SKYWALKER
Are you sure?

OXUS
I have tapes.  A giant space fortress...

He struggles to give General Skywalker his ring.

SKYWALKER
As big as our Third Moon?

OXUS
Bigger.  It's unlike anything 
I've ever seen.  Sophisticated 
deflection systems - works in 
opposition to the suns.

SKYWALKER
Then they will show up on our 
screens at sunrise.  They'll 
attack before that.

The general rushes into the outer chamber where Captain
Valor is waiting for him.

SKYWALKER
Take the fastest landspeeder to 
Chathos.  Pick up Princess Zara -
and only Princess Zara.  Return by 
way of the Great Reef.  Most speed.

Valor exits and the general goes to an intercom and
pushes several buttons.

SKYWALKER
Montross!

MONTROSS
Sir!

SKYWALKER
Full alert - everything!  Get the 
Royal Family back here.

MONTROSS
The princess is at Chathos.  There 
are no transports...

SKYWALKER
I've already sent Captain Valor for 
her!  Contact the King, first priority. 
He's probably still en route to Amsel. 
Use the scan com.  I'm on my way.

22.  WAR ROOM - UNDERGROUND FORTRESS - TOWNOWI

The war room is on full alert.  Everyone is at attention
waiting for the command that will put each of them into 
action.  The general enters a communication center, 
followed by many aides.  Captain Montross and the com 
aide salute.

MONTROSS
We're having a problem getting 
through, sir.  There is a great 
deal of interference.

PRUE
It could be jamming.

SKYWALKER
Try a surface link through Amsel.

The aides go back to the com-link system to try to get a 
line through to the King.

PRUE
We should be able to spot them at 
sunrise.  That's not too far off.

SKYWALKER
They'll attack with sunrise.  Until 
the King gives us the code to start 
the war computers, we'll just have 
to sit tight.

PRUE
All units are on alert, sir.

SKYWALKER (to Montross)
Have you made contact yet?  (to himself) 
This is one hell of a way to run a war.

PRUE
Sir?

23.  COURTYARD - ACADEMY OF CHATHOS - TOWNOWI

A landspeeder roars into a courtyard of the academy at
Chathos.  Valor jumps out, and runs up to the large,
heavy doors of the academy.  They are locked.  He 
bangs madly on the carved metallic door until finally 
an old woman manages to swing it open.  Valor rushes 
past her into the main courtyard, where Princess Zara 
and her handmaiden, Mina, struggle with two large cases. 
They are followed by two very old matrons, dragging 
several more cases.

JUSTIN
Forget the cases;  we've no time.

ZARA
These are my things.  They must...

JUSTIN
I said forget them, and hurry.

ZARA
Just who do you think you are?

Valor grabs the princess by the arm, and hauls her to the
speeder.  Mina and the old women run after them.

ZARA
I will not be treated like this!  You 
bring my things.  My father will have 
your head (etc.)

Zara struggles to break away from the young warrior's grasp, 
as he opens the door of the speeder.

JUSTIN
Settle down!

When the door to the speeder is opened, Mina starts in, 
and Valor stops her.

JUSTIN
You must stay.  Here, take the crest.

Captain Valor rips the royal crest from the princess' 
neck, and hands it to the startled handmaiden.  The old 
women gasp in horror.  The princess starts hitting 
Captain Valor with little result.

PRINCESS
Mina's not staying.  I'm not leaving 
her.  You can't...

Valor punches her square on the jaw and knocks her cold. 
Mina is panic stricken, one of the old women faints, and 
another starts for Valor with a large staff.

JUSTIN
She'll be all right.  I'm taking her 
to safety, as ordered.  You will wear 
the crest and continue as before.

The authority of Captain Valor's voice stops the old lady. 
He places the princess into the speeder, and maneuvers it 
out of the courtyard.  Mina puts on the crest as the speeder
races away from the academy.

24.  WAR ROOM - UNDERGROUND FORTRESS - TOWNOWI

Queen Breha, Oeta and Puck are escorted into a rest area 
of the war room.  General Skywalker sits rigidly in a chair 
in the communications area, apparently asleep.

MONTROSS
We've made contact, sir!

The general opens his eyes and takes the intercom mike.

KAYOS
What is it, General?

SKYWALKER
The Royal Starforce will attack on the 
rising of the sun.  My agent made it 
back.  I now have proof.  I need the 
war code.

KAYOS
I'll relay it directly to the computer. 
Is Breha...?

SKYWALKER
The Royal Family is safe.  Captain 
Valor has gone after Princess Zara.

KAYOS
I'm on my way back.

25.  RED PLAINS - TOWNOWI

The small caravan of four speeders sits motionless on the 
vast red plains of Townowi.  The King returns the intercom 
to the pilot and takes a small metallic card from around 
his neck and gives it to the co-pilot.

KAYOS
Send this sub-land, priority one. 
(to the pilot)  Get us back to 
CALVAS immediately!

The four speeders turn around and scream away in the
direction from which they came.   They pass a huge, ultra-
sleek powerplow which is planting green fungus in endless
furrows.  Two clay-covered farmers riding atop the pon-
derous machine watch the speeders disappear over the 
horizon.  The twin suns peek over the distant hillside. 
and make their way into the vivid green sky.  A bright 
object twinkling in early morning heavens  catches the 
eye of the older of the two farmers  and he brings the 
machine to a lumbering halt.  The younger farmer also 
notices the object  and stares into the green sky, shading 
his eyes to get a better view.

Suddenly there is a huge, bright atomic flash on the 
horizon.  A few moments later, a thunderous shaking, 
followed by high winds, tumbles the older farmer from his
perch.  A second flash on the opposite horizon brings 
another jolting earthquake, and the younger farmer col-
lapses, terror frozen on his face.

26.  READYROOM - SPACEPORT OUTPOST - TOWNOWI

Chaos - red scramble lights are flashing.  Alert horns 
and attack buzzers create an unbelievable cacophony. 
Air warriors, with the distinctive circle and cross 
medallion on their white space suits, scramble out of 
the low concrete readyroom, grabbing helmets and space-
packs as they race out of the door.

27.  ATTACK RUNWAY - SPACEPORT OUTPOST - TOWNOWI

Thirty pilots and navigators dash in unison to a line of
waiting two-man starships of the destroyer class.  Ground
crews scurry back and forth, loading last-minute armament
and unlocking power couplings.  PILOT LEADER, a rugged,
handsome boy  of twenty, gives his ground crew a signal 
that his is okay.  He has a winning smile and a distinctive 
scar along the side of his face.  His crew chief pats him 
on the back.

CHIEF
Knock them all the way back to 
Granicus.

The canopy is closed and the powerful starship moves 
onto the runway.  Other crewmen say good-bye to their 
pilots, some grinning and others kidding - all with a 
great deal of hidden emotion.  The din of four dozen
retrorockets cuts through the uproar, and fifteen 
silver spacecraft leave the runway and disappear into 
the morning cloud cover.

28.  WAR ROOM - UNDERGROUND FORTRESS - TOWNOWI

The general stands before a giant display of the 
Townowian solar system.  Montross signals the general.

MONTROSS
They're away, sir.  Fifteen from 
Gordon, twenty from Amsel.  All 
other spaceports were destroyed. 
The King hasn't arrived yet.

SKYWALKER
Keep checking.  Put the starship s 
intercom over the P.A.

The general sits at one of the intercom panels  and puts 
on a headphone.  A row of monitors is before him.  He 
turns to Montross.

SKYWALKER
Where are they?

29.  SPACE - TOWNOWI IN ECLIPSE

The eerie reddish-yellow planet of Townowi slowly drifts
into view from total eclipse.  A small, bright speck, 
orbiting the planet, sparkles in the light of the twin 
suns.  The six deadly starships settle ominously into the
foreground, moving swiftly toward the orbiting speck.  As 
the sleek starships move closer, the orbiting speck is 
revealed to be a gargantuan space fortress.  The moon-
sized satellite fortress dwarfs the approaching fighters. 
Every few moments, explosions create blinding flashes on 
the planet's surface, as the fortress bombards the planet 
with a fusillade of lazer bolts.

30.  TOWNOWIAN STARSHIP - INTERIOR

Pilot Leader, in the first ship, signals to his navigator 
who sits in a small, isolated glass bubble to the rear of 
the craft.  General Skywalker is seen on one of many 
monitors.  A view of the space fortress is on another. 
The rest are filled with various computer readouts and
displays.  One of the other starships reports to Pilot 
Leader.

DEVIL SIX (intercom)
Look at the size of that thing! 
Hey, Coelo, I hope you remembered 
to bring your pop gun, 'cause I 
think we caught us a big one this 
time.

PILOT LEADER
Cut off, Devil Six.  Stand by.

SKYWALKER (monitor)
It looks like they're still using 
the basic quad-tristation configura-
tion.  Use a "ranger defense."
Concentrate on breath ports and lock 
areas.

PILOT LEADER
Affirmative base.  Copy and transmit.
Devil Two, check your rotation plates.

DEVIL TWO
Roger, Boss.  We're getting a thresh-
hold disturbance on gyro-three.

SKYWALKER (monitor)
Switch over, Five.  Cover it! 
Devil pack, generate a spread six 
formation.  May the force of others 
protect you.

PILOT
Settle in. Devil pack, stand by. 
Mark five, break off. Here we go! 

31.  SPACE - TOWNOWIAN STARSHIP

Fuel pods are jettisoned.  The half-dozen fighters break 
off into a powerline attack on the huge fortress.  Multiple
lazer bolts streak from the starships, creating small 
explosions on the complex surface of the fort.

32.  INTERIOR MAIN CORRIDOR - ROYAL SPACE FORTRESS

The chaos of battle echoes through the vast corridors of 
the fortress.  Walls buckle and cave in, sucking debris 
and personnel into the vacuum of outer space.  Alarm 
sirens scream as soldiers scramble to large turbo-powered 
lazer gun emplacements.  Sergeants yell orders through the 
smoke and confusion.  Men and robots of various shapes and 
sizes run to their battle stations.

33.  WAR ROOM - UNDERGROUND FORTRESS - TOWNOWI

The monitors with pictures from the starships suddenly go 
blank.  Technicians check channels as others in the war 
room silently listen to the action over the intercom. The
general remains calm but concerned.

PILOT LEADER (intercom)
Tighten it up, Devil Two.  Tighten it up. 
Watch those towers.

DEVIL TWO 
Heavy fire, Boss, twenty-three degrees.

PILOT LEADER
I see it. Pull in.  We're picking up some 
interference.

DEVIL SIX
Wow!  I've never seen such fire power.

PILOT LEADER
Pull in, Devil Two.  Pull in! 

DEVIL TWO 
I'm all right, Boss.  I've got a target.

DEVIL SIX
There s too much action.  Get out!

PILOT LEADER
Break off...acknowledge.  Devil Six, 
can you see Devil Two?

DEVIL SIX
I've lost him.  There's a very heavy 
fire zone on this side.  My radar's 
jammed.

DEVIL FIVE
He's gone....No, wait.  There he is.
Fin damage, but he's all right.

A sigh of relief sweeps across the war room.  The monitors 
flash on, then off again.

DEVIL FOUR (intercom)
Watch your back, Boss!  Watch your 
back!!

34.  TOWNOWI STARSHIP

The speedy little fighters dart back and forth across the 
soft underbelly of the fortress, leaving a trail of des-
truction behind them.

PILOT LEADER
Converge on south axis point, point three 
nine four.  It appears accessible.  I'm 
going to map the surface.  Devil Four, 
cover me.

Pilot Leader and Devil Four dive in unison through a forest 
of radar domes, antennae, and gun towers.  Devil Four fires 
into the protrusions as the two starships criss-cross the
surface of the fortress.  Suddenly, a dense barrage of 
lazerfire erupts from a tower, catching Devil Four broad-
side.  The spacecraft bursts into a million flaming pieces.
Pilot Leader reacts to the loss of his wing man, but con-
tinues on his mission.

35.  SUB-HALLWAY - ROYAL SPACE FORTRESS

Constant explosions rock the interior of the fortress.
Civilians, including women and children, scurry for safety 
in the panic-ridden hallways.  Two construction robots, 
A-2 and C-3, are blown, slipping and sliding across the 
hallway floor into some freight canisters.  Both robots 
are rather old and battered.  A-2 is a short (three feet) 
claw-armed triped.  His face is a mass of computer lights,
surrounding a radar eye.  C-3 is a tall, gleaming android of
human proportions.  He is thin, with a totally metallic 
surface.  The robots attempt to get out from under the
canisters, but rushing gas from a broken pipe keeps knocking
them over.

C-3
This is madness.  We're going to be 
destroyed.  I'm still not accustomed 
to space travel.

A-2
The external bombardment does appear 
to be concentrated in this area.  The 
structure has exceeded the normal 
stress quotient by point four, although 
there appears to be no immediate danger.

C-3
No immediate danger!  You're faulty. 
This is madness!

A-2 gives C-3 a sheepish look and clings to a siderail for 
dear life, as debris flies through the hallway.

36.  TOWNOWI STARSHIP

Devil Two, a young hotshot of about sixteen years, miracu-
lously dives his ship through a virtual wall of lazerfire, 
and blasts a huge radar disc into dust.  Devil Two signals 
his navigator, who lets out a whooping cheer as the craft 
veers into a victory roll.

PILOT LEADER
Great moves, Devil Two.  Re-group at point 
two, zero one.  Coincide, Devil Six.

SKYWALKER
Devil One, your map projection shows a 
weak point at south portal:  niner point 
six.  Concentrate the attack on that 
point.  Coordinate.

PILOT LEADER
I see it.  It looks good.

Devil Five and Devil Three bob and weave in formation 
toward a giant transformer jutting from the fort's 
surface.

DEVIL THREE
I've got a... We're hit.  We're hit!

PILOT LEADER
Eject...Eject.  Babs, Babs, do you read?

DEVIL THREE
I'm okay.  I can hold it.  Clear me
a little, Devil Five.  Watch it! 
Watch it!

Devil Three wobbles a little, then drops away sharply,
plowing into a lazergun emplacement, causing a hideous 
series of chain reaction explosions.

37.  SUB-HALLWAY - ROYAL SPACE FORTRESS

A huge explosion rips a large hole in the ceiling of a sub-
hallway.  A-2 and C-3 are in a state of shock as they 
scramble through the rubble.  There is a constant sound of
creaking and snapping as the sections of the hallway re-
settle in the fortress superstructure.

A-2
You're a mindless, useless philosopher. 
Come on!  Let's go back to work;  the 
system is all right.

C-3
You overweight glob of grease.  Quit 
following me.  Get away!  Get away!

Suddenly, the hallway lurches, and a dead trooper falls
through a gaping hole in the ceiling.  The foot of a carcass 
is caught in the rubble and it hangs upside down, staring at 
the two robots.  A-2 grabs C-3 and they cling to each other 
in terror.

A-2
We're lost.  We're destroyed.

Three sharp blasts from an airhorn send the two androids 
running for cover in a burned-out doorway.  Five grim-
faced troopers riding small rocket platforms  pass the 
two mechanical men.

38.  GOVERNOR'S QUARTERS - ROYAL SPACE FORTRESS

The five troopers race through several hallways, and 
finally stop in front of an important-looking office 
complex.  Two officers dismount and enter the complex. 
They pass through several heavily guarded doorways 
until they reach the main chamber.  Seated behind a large
cluttered desk, surrounded by generals and attaches, is
Governor Horus.  General Vader paces in front of a row of 
blank monitors.  The two officers salute General Vader.

FIRST OFFICER
All com-link power is out.  Twenty-
two transformer sections have been 
destroyed.  The situation is grave 
on all southern levels.  Com-link 
communication should be repaired 
shortly.

The officers salute, turn and leave the chamber.  The 
general turns to Governor Horus, who looks a little
worried.

VADER
Don't look so worried.  Not even a 
Dai could penetrate this fortress.
We've already wiped out most of 
their forces.

HORUS
If it goes on too long, we'll run 
over budget.  When do the landings 
begin?

VADER
As soon as the attack has been 
broken:  not long.

A short, stocky attache salutes the general.

ATTACHE
Contamination has set in on quadrants 
B-5 and R-4.  All sections are sealed. 
We've lost two major power stations 
in the southern quadrants.  That puts 
section 5-1 in serious trouble.

The general turns away in controlled anger and embarrass-
ment.

39.  WAR ROOM - UNDERGROUND FORTRESS - TOWNOWI

The general sits in a glass-enclosed computer station,
watching the battle progress on several monitors.  An 
officer enters and salutes the general.

OFFICER
Analysis reports those ZQ configurations 
are definitely power transformers.  Every-
thing in the southern sectors of the 
fortress is out.

SKYWALKER

I'm surprised they are still using exter-
nal power units.  It's a definite weak 
point.  Concentrate on searching for the 
main crosslink transformer.

The officer exits as Montross rushes in.

MONTROSS

The senate has voted to end the war.

SKYWALKER
They can't do anything without the 
King's approval, which gives us a 
little time.  Have you been able to 
regain contact with the King?

MONTROSS
No, sir.  All ground communications 
are jammed.

SKYWALKER
Send four men  from third squad  to 
meet the King  and escort him back. 
Let me know before he arrives.  Is 
Captain Valor back with the princess?

MONTROSS
No, sir.  They're long overdue.

Pilot Leader checks in over the intercom.

PILOT LEADER
All right, base one, we're in 
position.

An officer with headphones looks to the general.  He 
signals to attack.

40.  TOWNOWI STARSHIPS

All four starships dive in formation toward a main trans-
former area  flanked by several solar towers.

PILOT LEADER
Hold your fire until we're within point 
zero five four.  Make it count.

Several ack-ack lazers begin to open fire on the approaching 
spacecraft.  The starships direct their fire at a large 
black transformer  which when hit  spurts bright blue and 
white electrical arcs.  One of the starships (Devil Five) 
explodes and careens out of formation, leaving an erratic 
trail of smoke, before eventually crashing into a solar 
panel.

41.  SUB-HALLWAYS - ROYAL SPACE FORTRESS

The impact of the exploding starship can be felt throughout 
the giant fortress.  The tall gleaming C-3 races through 
several corridors, yelling at A-2, who struggles vainly to 
keep pace with his stubby mechanical feet.

C-3
I don't care what you do, but I'm 
getting out.  All the power's out. 
Those explosions are coming from 
the reactor section.  This is the 
end. Abandon ship!

A-2
Our work - we can't leave!  It's 
desertion.  It's not possible. 
It's not possible.

C-3
Your programming is so limited. 
My first order is preservation. 
You stay.  I'm going to eject 
before the whole thing goes up.

C-3 breaks open the seal on an emergency lifepod.  A 
red warning light begins to flash, and a low hum is 
heard.  The lanky chrome android works his way into 
the cramped four-man craft.

A-2
These lifepods aren't for us. 
It's not right!

A new explosion, this time very close, sends dust and 
debris through the narrow passageway.  Flames lick at 
the two robots.  The runt-sized A-2 jumps  into the 
lifepod.

A-2
It's the end.  Eject.  Eject.

The safety door snaps shut, and the pod ejects from the
fortress.

42.  TOWNOWI STARSHIPS

The terrified androids in the lifepod speed away from 
the fortress  and pass the attacking starships.

DEVIL TWO
Object approaching.  Attack bearing.

DEVIL FOUR
It's a lifepod.  Forget it.  We've got...

Devil Four is hit by lazerfire, and disintegrates, leaving 
a trail of flaming particles.  The t