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Vega conflict antimatter3/14/2023 ![]() ![]() While Landers uses her charm to distract Velosi, Buck rescues Felina before a hired interrogator, Carl Morphus, can conduct a potentially fatal mind probe on her. Buck takes the mission alongside Major Landers and the two arrive at Velosi's orbital casino resort of Sinaloa. Huer initially refuses but is persuaded by Major Marla Landers when she questions that Armat has technical secrets of Draconian Marauders that have been preying on Earth's shipping lanes. If helped, Armat offers to turn himself in for his crimes, for Felina is not only an employee, but his daughter as well (a fact of which she is unaware). Armat believes his competitor, the feared crime boss Morgan Velosi, kidnapped Felina because she knows too much about his organization after stumbling upon a computer code that controls three-fourths of Armat's covert operations. It also features a special appearance by Buster Crabbe (who played Buck Rogers in the original serial), playing Brigadier Gordon (a reference to his other famous role, Flash Gordon).Ī young woman, Felina Redding, is kidnapped and her employer, a notorious smuggler named Amos Armat, comes to Dr. Mallory), Karen Carlson (as Stella Warden), and Michael Mullins (as Regis Saroyan). Guest stars: Jack Palance (as Kaleel), David Groh (as Major Duke Danton), Roddy McDowall (as Governor Toban Saroyan), Brianne Leary (as Ryma), Sheila DeWindt (as Major Fields), Robert Dowdell (as Galen), Macdonald Carey (as Dr. Note: This was a two-hour episode, later syndicated as a two-part episode. Meanwhile, Kaleel plans to invade Earth with a secret strike force while their defenses are incapacitated. After Wilma is captured, Buck and Major Duke Danton, (Wilma's former boyfriend), attempt to rescue her from Kaleel's mountain fortress. Buck and Wilma then discover the poisoning is part of an elaborate plot by a fanatical religious leader and slave trader with paranormal powers named Kaleel. A slave girl named Ryma, hopeful Buck will help her people, informs him about the food processing center where the food is being poisoned. Buck and Wilma then pursue leads to the planet Vistula where the contaminated food was exported from and there, they find a world engaged in slave labor. An attempt is made to create an antidote, but the plan is thwarted when the laboratory is sabotaged and an assassin takes aim at Dr. The Earth Defense Directorate faces a crisis when nearly everyone becomes sick after eating poisoned food. (Note: Joseph Wiseman appeared briefly in the theatrical version as King Draco, but does not appear in the TV version) Haggerty (as Tigerman #2), Vic Perrin (uncredited and replacing William Conrad as Draconia PA announcer), and Pamela Hensley (as Princess Ardala). Guest stars: Henry Silva (as Kane), Duke Butler (as Tigerman), H.B. Note: This two-hour pilot episode is a revised version of the theatrical release " Buck Rogers in the 25th Century", with a different opening credit sequence, additional scenes, and also the use of Vic Perrin as voice of the Draconia's PA system. ![]() When a celebration of the treaty with Draconia ensues on Earth, Buck sets out to prove the Draconians' hostile intent by seducing Ardala, returning with her to the Draconian ship, and sabotaging her attack fighters before she can launch them against Earth. Wilma and Buck lead a force of Starfighters to the Draconian ship to surreptitiously search it, but before they can the ship is attacked by seven Marauders (in reality Draconian ships masquerading as pirates) in the ensuing combat Buck shoots down most of the attackers and saves Wilma's life. However, Wilma has second thoughts and arranges to give Buck a chance to prove his innocence. The authorities refuse to believe Buck and sentence him to be executed. When the tracking device is discovered, the authorities accuse Buck of espionage, but Buck claims the Draconians have set him up and that their representative, the ravishing Princess Ardala, is arriving in an armed warship which violates the peace treaty with Earth. Elias Huer who tells him he is now in the 25th century and that everyone he knew had been killed centuries ago in a nuclear holocaust. Upon arriving at Earth, Buck is escorted to the city of New Chicago by starfighters commanded by Colonel Wilma Deering. The Draconians repair Buck's shuttle, but secretly plant a homing beacon aboard to track its way through Earth's defense shield. He awakens in the year 2491 aboard the alien flagship Draconia which is headed to Earth disguised as a diplomatic mission. In 1987, lone NASA astronaut Buck Rogers is piloting Earth's last Space Shuttle mission, Ranger 3, when a storm of ice meteors shuts down life support and he is frozen for 504 years. ![]()
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