Lost in Space

Finally, the warring nations of Earth...

had forgotten their differences and banded together to save our planet.

The United Global Space Force was searching the galaxy...

for worlds rich with drinkable water and breathable air.

The hypergate was our best hope to colonize space...

our best hope for survival.

But as we prepared to launch ourselves into the black of space...

terrorist forces calling themselves the Global Sedition...

were preparing to strike.

Grissom base, this is Cargo 7 requesting landing clearance.

Roger, transport. This is Grissom Gate Control.

- Please download security codes. - Downloading.

Transport, l've got two blips inside your radar signature.

- Checking. - Sal, They're hiding in your shadow.

Don't see anything.

This is Gate Control. Battle stations!

Battle stations. Two Sedition fighters are attacking the hypergate.

Battle stations!

Gate Control, this is Eagle 1. I'm locked and loaded, ready to fly.

Roger, Eagle 1. You're clear to launch.

Jeb, where are you, buddy?

This cold war just got hot.

They're Sedition Raiders.

It's another mutant suicide squad.

Here we go. Man to man. Split 'em up.

Okay, last one to kill a bad guy buys the beer.

I'm gonna go through the gate.

- Try and get out in front of him. - That's not standard procedure, Don.

Gotta get inside its shields.

- Damn, you gen-techs are ugly up close. - Target lock.

Showtime.

Yee-haw! Bogey 1 dispatched.

Don, he's right on my tail.

Damn. Can't shake him.

I've been hit! Weapons are off-line.

I'm gonna jettison the main drive core.

Am l good or what?

Warning. Failure in redundant drive systems.

Gate Control, this is Ranger 1.

Engines will not respond.

Don, I'm falling towards the hypergate, man.

Breaking thrusters won't fire!

Impact in 30 seconds.

Ranger 1, this is base.

Rescue craft have been dispatched.

Grissom, this is Eagle 1.

Those pods will never reach him in time. I'm going in.

Major West, you are not authorized to jeopardize...

Never liked that station anyway.

Warning. Proximity alert.

- Hang on, Jeb. I'm coming in. - Abort. Abort!

Alright, I'm gonna give you a little kiss. Now, don't take this the wrong way.

Impact in five seconds.

Hey, Don. Does this mean we're going steady?

You weren't getting out of buying those beers that easy.

With intrepid pioneering spirit...

the Robinson family will journey to the distant world of Alpha Prime.

What kind of future can our children look forward to?

A future in paradise.

The Jupiter Mission, made possible by the U.S. Army...

and Silicon Graphics Corporation. S.G.I.

- Saving the future for our children. - Saving the future for our children.

Give me a break.

Holo-call from Houston Middle School.

Hello? Hello, Principal Cartwright.

What exactly has he done this time?

He hacked our main power grid to run his experiment.

The school was in chaos.

Yeah, right.

We didn't even have lights.

This is no laughing matter, Professor Robinson.

Will is... ls terribly gifted.

The changing shape of education.

His little time machines, though pure fancy...

are the products of a truly brilliant mind.

No more monkey business.

I mean it.

The boy is starved for attention.

I know your life is anything but normal right now...

but wasn't there some way his father could have attended the science fair?

As you are aware...

Alpha Prime is the only other habitable planet...

yet detected by Deep Space Recon.

My crew will sleep away our 10-year journey there...

in suspended animation.

Once we have rendezvoused with the research colony on Alpha...

l will supervise construction of a hypergate.

By then, technicians here on Earth...

will have completed the companion hypergate...

in our planet's orbit.

Once both gates are complete...

ships will be able to pass instantaneously between them.

Immediate colonization of Alpha Prime will be possible.

Can't you just use the Jupiter's, uh, hyper-engine...

to zap straight to Alpha Prime?

Hyperspace exists beneath normal space.

If you try to enter hyperspace without a gate...

your exit factor is random. There's no telling where you'd come out.

Ninety-eight percent of the galaxy is still uncharted.

There's a lot of space out there to get lost in.

- Professor Robinson.... - Professor.

How is Captain Daniels recovering from the flu?

- Will he still be able to pilot the mission? - Ladies and gentlemen.

You came to get your first look at the Jupiter 1.

Don't you think you've waited long enough?

Let's move into the launch dome.

One more question, professor.

Now that the mission's been pushed up...

how do your children feel about leaving the Earth behind?

They couldn't be more excited.

This mission sucks.

I don't wanna leave early. I don't wanna go at all.

We will discuss this at dinner.

For the last three years, I've missed everything...

training so l can spend the next 10 years missing everything else.

I'm not staying home for dinner.

I'm going out to see my friends.

Penny.

I'm going out to say goodbye to my entire life.

Penny, I need you here tonight.

Wait a minute.

On this eve, before she's torn from everything she knows...

kidnapped, hurled into deep space against her will...

what thoughts fill the mind of the daring space captive?

Will there be boys on Alpha Prime? What will l wear?

I wonder what it'll be like to jettison your body into deep space.

First, you'll try holding your breath...

but your blood's already begun to boil.

And then your skin inflates like a balloon.

And then, pop.

Do they have a name for what's wrong with you?

Dad says don't bring them.

Like anything l do matters to him.

Don't sweat it, kid.

I got apology videos for two birthdays.

And he forgot last year completely.

This mission's the only thing he cares about anymore.

So that's a "no" to family dinner?

Let's see.

Do I spend my last night on Earth...

watching Mom and Dad pretend not to be fighting again...

or blow 10-years-worth of allowance at the mall?

- You do the math. - Mom's gonna go thermal.

What's she gonna do, ground me?

I'm nervous about jamming in a new pilot the last second.

The Global Sedition is getting brave.

First, the hypergate, then Daniels.

Next time, they may attack the launch dome.

- Damn. - We can't afford to wait.

- Will's science fair. - Apology video for Will.

- He'll understand. - Ben, listen.

My family is on this mission.

I need a pilot who's more than just spit and polish.

I've got your man. He just doesn't know it yet.

- At ease, major. - Sir, why was l pulled from active duty?

Those gen-techs may attack again. I... l need to be up there.

- Do you know Professor Robinson? - By reputation only.

Your father's battle strategies were required reading at the academy.

What can you tell me about the Jupiter Mission, major?

The Jupiter is an oversized robot.

Everything's automatic.

Any monkey in a flight suit can pilot that ship out of the solar system...

and set her down on Alpha Prime.

It's a babysitting job, sir.

No offense.

Major, are you aware Earth's resources are severely limited?

Every schoolchild knows that our recycling technologies...

will cure the environment.

Sending a family across the galaxy is a publicity stunt to sell computers...

to people of all ages.

Every schoolchild has been lied to. Recycling technologies came too late.

All fossil fuels are virtually exhausted.

The ozone layer is down to 40 percent.

In two decades...

the Earth will be unable to support human life.

The new Global Sedition knows the truth as well as we do.

They're building their own hypergate.

They hope to colonize Alpha Prime first.

If they're successful, Western demons like you and l, Major West...

will be left on Earth to die.

Captain Daniels doesn't have the flu, does he, sir?

Captain Daniels was murdered in his apartment last night.

The flu story is a cover we fed the press.

I flew with Mike.

We should pulse-blast their bases. A decisive strike now.

- My squadron is alert status and... - Your rescue stunt was foolhardy, major.

I had a friend in trouble.

So you endangered a $10-billion spacecraft...

disobeyed a direct order because of a friend?

Yes, sir.

I did.

Sir.

He'll do.

Congratulations, major.

You're the new pilot of the Jupiter Mission.

Where is my money?

Hmm?

The Sedition hired me to provide access to Daniels' apartment and no more.

My work is done.

They've found a replacement pilot.