Moonbase Alpha Status Report: 1196 days after leaving Earth
orbit
Michelle Osgood lies dying in the Medical Centre on Moonbase Alpha.
She desperately needs a new heart.
Her husband, Chief Engineer Patrick Osgood, is in the catacombs below
the lunar surface searching for Tiranium, a rare metal which is vital for certain medical uses including Michelle Osgood's
artificial heart, and also a vital component of Alpha's life support systems.
Patrick Osgood sets explosives in order to extract Tiranium but when he is knocked unconscious by
the blast, he has a vision in which his wife, Michelle, is lying in a bed surrounded by flames.
Patrick Osgood visits his wife in the Medical Centre and tells her that he has had a vision of the
future; a storm of fire will destroy Alpha but he and his wife will survive if she has the will and the faith to live.
Suddenly waves of incredible heat begin to hit Alpha but sensors cannot pin-point their source.
Commander John Koenig takes an Eagle and sets out to investigate.
In the Medical Centre Doctor's Ben Vincent and Helena Russell attempt to create an artificial heart
for Michelle Osgood but without Tiranium which is required to coat the valves, it fails. This latest failure is
witnessed by Patrick Osgood who scoffs at Helena's quackery, and her belief that she is Michelle's only hope.
He tells Helena that only the true faith can outface death.
Helena Russell asks John Koenig to release a small amount of Tiraium in order to help Michelle Osgood,
but John tells her that Alpha is in an emergency situation and they cannot spare any Tiranium. He tells Helena that
he cannot jeopadise all of Alpha, and says he believes that she will find another way.
Tony Verdeschi oversees the transfer of explosives from the explosives storeroom to a cooler location
in order to avoid them being set off by the extreme heat. Patrick Osgood storms in telling Tony that everyone on Alpha
is going to die in the coming catastrophe; he has had visions of the holocaust to come and has seen Alpha in flames.
Tony Verdeschi has trouble believing Patrick, who punches Tony and grabs his laser gun. Maya,
who is nearby, witnesses the fight and transforms into a dog, overcoming Patrick who runs away. He is later found unconscious,
and taken to the Medical Centre. Doctor Helena Russell attends him and he informs her and Tony Verdeschi that he has
wired himself to some explosives, and is holding the firing pin in his hand.
Helena pleads with him to let them help Michelle, telling him that she will die without
a new heart. Patrick Osgood goes to the Medical Centre followed by Helena Russell and Tony Verdeschi. Patrick
Osgood takes Michelle in his arms, and makes his way to the catacombs.
John Koenig locates the source of the heatwave affecting Alpha, and discovers that it is on a direct
course for Alpha. John contacts Tony to report his findings, and warn them of the impending danger, but his communication
is cut off.
Helena tells Tony that John may have been about to release some Tiranium and Tony agrees to let her
have some figuring that Alpha may not survive anyway. He then heads to the catacombs to find Patrick and Michelle
Osgood.
In the catacombs beneath Alpha, Michelle Osgood is too weak to continue,
and collapses in her husband's arms. Meanwhile in Medical Centre Helena's latest artificial heart is a success, and she
contacts Tony to tell him that he must bring Michelle back.
As Patrick and Michelle Osgood walk deeper into the catacombs, surface explosions are heard.
Tony finally catches up with them and begins to tell Patrick that Helena has been successful in building an artificial
heart, but Patrick throws a rock at him, knocking out his torch.
Tony summons Maya and tells her that he needs someone who can follow the Osgoods in the dark.
She transforms into a tiger to track them, and corners Patrick, allowing Tony to rescue Michelle Osgood. There are
further shockwaves and Patrick is buried under rock. Tony orders the security guards to take Michelle to Medical and
remains to rescue Patrick from the rubble.
In the Medical Centre Helena Russell operates on Michelle Osgood. The transplant is a success,
and yet Michelle Osgood's vital signs are weak. Doctor Ben Vincent tells Helena that with the artificial heart she should
live forever, but they just cannot transplant faith.
Tony Verdeschi arrives in Medical with Patrick Osgood on a gurney. Helena tells him to put Patrick
next to his wife. Michelle Osgood immediately regains consciousness and her vital signs improve.
Episode synopsis copyright Jeannine Hochet
