
Rocket to the Future, Part 2: Mission to Pluto
KSFC SATURDAY 8:01-8:06 PM
It's "Rocket to the Future! Part 2"! In this weekly adventure serial we soar off to the space age future, 1993, with the officers and crew of the Earth Space Force! It's humanity's first mission to Pluto, but what with budget cuts and all, it's seriously underfunded!
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The android Eugene 2000 shoots laser bolts at Lt. Linley and Ensign Zinn, while Lt. Commander Fawna and newly-demoted-to-Cadet Nemesis discuss who's better at threat-making.
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Lt. Chesterfield tries to keep the drugged and disoriented astrogator, Lt. Schicklegruber, from falling out of his chair, while former Lt. Nemesis lies to Lt. Commander Fawna in front of everyone.
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As the rocket Knausgaard continues to careen off course, Lt. Schicklegruber, ship's astrogator, fears that the sandwich Dr. Dankmeme gave him in sickbay was poisoned...
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On Luna (that's space lingo for "the moon"), Cadet Cindy and Sammy Kahlua, Martian entrepreneur, debate the degree of human gullibility. It turns out there's a lot of it.
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Lt. Linley changes out of Cadet Billy's uniform and then joins Ensign Zinn in the engine room, where the android, Eugene 2000, makes a startling confession!
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Lt. Schicklegruber, the missing astrogator, having stowed away on the Knausgaard, reveals himself after getting hungry. As the rocket careens off course, Captain Casey needs him to return to his post in astrogation, but Dr. Dankmeme insists that Schicklegruber have a lot of therapy and a sandwich instead.
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Beatrice and Imelda, chasm creatures on Mars' scarier moon, Phobos, relax at home to terrorize a lone Earth Space Force officer.
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What really happened when the rocket ships Vanguard and Knausgaard blasted off on their mission to Pluto? Well? What?
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The Cosmic News Service does a live broadcast of the Rockets Knausgaard and Vanguard's successful blast off in humanity's first mission to Pluto! But is it entirely... accurate?
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Before blast-off, budget-cutting Lt. Commander Fawna makes a secret call to recently reinstated Ensign Nemesis, ordering to spy on the Knausgaard's crew while he reduces the ship's oxygen ration by 10%. Meanwhile, on the Vanguard, Commander Train blackmails the android, Eugene 2000, to help her spread a false report about Sammy Kahlua, her fraudulent Martian ambassador to Earth.