Moonraker Page #4

Moonraker Four, liftoff.

Moonraker One,

SRB jettison.

We have separation.

Confirmed.

Moonraker Three,

confirm program pitch.

Moonraker Five,

on preset launch program.

Minus ten...

Drax, one more thing.

You delivered a shuttle

to the U. S. government,

then you hijacked it. Why?

Because I needed it.

One of my own Moonrakers

developed a fault

during assembly.

Now, you have

distracted me enough.

Jaws, Mr. Bond must be

cold after his swim.

Place him where he can

be assured of warmth.

MAN 2:
Confirmed.

MAN 1:
Moonraker Two,

go for orbit.

Velocity,

1,000 feet per second.

All systems...

SRB jettison.

Separation motors fired.

Moonraker Five,

cleared for launch.

James.

BOND:
Thank God,

you're safe.

MAN 1:
Moonraker Five,

transfer orbiter power.

WOMAN:
Hydraulics activated.

MAN 1:
Activate

auxiliary power unit.

WOMAN:
APU activated.

MAN 1:
LH2 replenish.

MAN 2:
Confirm.

Even in death,

my munificence

is boundless.

When this rocket

lifts off,

I shall be leaving you

in your own private

crematorium.

Mr. Bond, Dr. Goodhead,

I bid you farewell.

MAN 1:
EPS, power on.

MAN 2:
EPS,

power confirmed.

Come on, the air vent.

MAN 2:
Fuel tanks go,

and go.

MAN 1:
Moonraker Five,

preset.

External LH2 pressure.

Retract crew access arm.

MAN 2:
CAA retracted.

Get back quick.

MAN 1:
T minus

ten seconds, nine,

seven, six, five, four...

Bang on time.

four, three, two...

Come on, quick.

Straight on.

Moonraker Six,

astro-technicians

prepare to embark.

I repeat, Moonraker Six

astro-technicians,

prepare to embark.

Moonraker Five crew.

All systems go.

Moonraker Six,

start launch sequence.

WOMAN:
Go for orbit.

MAN 2:
Confirm.

We have separation.

MAN 1:
Moonraker Five

ground crew stand down.

Thrust 6. 8 million pounds.

We're going the wrong way.

MAN 1:
Moonraker Six,

preset launch

program completed.

MAN 2:
Pilots proceed

from base to launch area.

MAN 2:
Shuttle go.

Boosters go.

Launch pad go.

MAN 1:
External

LO2 pressure?

WOMAN:
Confirmed, 21 psia.

MAN 1:
External LH2 pressure?

WOMAN:
Confirmed, 42. 5 psia.

MAN 2:
IECF to internal power.

CAA retracted.

MAN 1:
Moonraker Six

cleared for launch.

T minus 10 seconds.

Nine, eight, seven,

six, five, four,

three, two, one, go.

It's all right. We're on

a prearranged flight program.

(SWITCHES CLICKING)

That's Drax in

Moonraker Five.

What about the others?

I don't know. Let's see.

We're all on

parallel courses.

So, we must be headed

for a rendezvous in orbit.

Let's see what cargo we have.

The animals

went in two by two.

What do you mean by that?

Noah's Ark.

This operation.

We're converging.

Control rockets?

Yes, we're slowing down.

What's that?

There's no image

on the radar scanner.

An entire city in space

and still nothing

on the radar scanner.

So nobody on Earth

knows it's there.

Right.

Drax must have

a radar-jamming system.

MAN 1 ON PA:
All Moonrakers

prepare to initiate

docking procedures

and continue radio silence.

Moonraker Six,

you are now in manual.

Initiate docking sequence.

All shuttles now docked.

Execute station

activation procedure.

Gravity, normal conditions.

Life-support system, nominal.

MAN 1 ON PA:

Moonraker Six technicians,

commence operational sequence.

MAN 2 ON PA:

Sequence four initiated.

Check airlock seals.

ALS secure.

All personnel to

Command satellite.

All crews to M5 segment.

Moonraker Six

technicians to M2 segment.

Moonraker One and Three

to M1 segment.

Moonraker Four and Five

to M4 segment.

Moonraker Two

to M5 segment.

Units four and seven,

man console as planned.

Units one,

three, five and six,

assume pre-assigned stations.

Pressure on-line?

Confirmed.

Life support?

Normal.

Those are the globes

I saw in Venice

with the nerve gas

phials inside.

DRAX:
First there was a dream.

Now there is reality.

Here in the untainted

cradle of the heavens

will be created

a new super-race,

a race of perfect

physical specimens.

You have been selected

as its progenitors,

like gods.

Your offspring

will return to Earth

and shape it in their image.

You have all served

in humble capacities

in my terrestrial empire.

Your seed, like yourselves,

will pay deference

to the ultimate dynasty

which I alone have created.

From their first day on Earth

they will be able to look up

and know that there is

law and order in the heavens.

MAN 1:
All units,

start Operation Orchid.

If we were

visible from Earth,

they'd investigate.

Where do you suppose

that radar-jamming system is?

We didn't pass

anything on the way here,

so let's try this way.

MAN 1:
Station two,

check coordinates,

mode four.

Initiate globe launch

timing sequence.

Orbital communicator,

level 10.

Zero gravity.

GOODHEAD:
This is it,

the radar-jamming system.

MAN 1 ON PA:
Coordinate

conversion program.

MAN 2 ON PA:
Check.

Side lobe gain.

Check.

Spectral response.

Check.

Spin stabilizer

correction factor.

Okay.

Gigahertz

reflector efficiency.

Solar photon screen.

Where did you learn

to fight like that?

NASA?

No, Vassar.

Switched off?

Permanently.

Now we can be

spotted from Earth.

This doesn't

look good at all.

It's over 200

meters in diameter.

Yes, yes.

Will you please listen,

General Gogol?

We didn't put it up there.

Neither did we,

Colonel Scott.

So what are you suggesting?

We've taken action already.

We're sending up

a vehicle to intercept.

Very well, but if we

don't hear from you

in the next 12 hours

we take action ourselves

and hold you responsible

for the consequences.

We'll be in touch,

General.

Sorry to have woken you.

(SCOFFS)

I was already awake.

How can I sleep?

Nothing but problems.

Problems, problems.

MAN ON PA:
Marine

astronauts to launch pad.

TECHNICIAN:
Launch

pre-program complete, sir.

Launch globe number one.

(GROANS)

(CLANGING)

(GROANS)

T. D. R. S. S.

reports a launch, sir.

Continental U. S. A.

Vandenberg.

There are no

launches scheduled.

Check radar-jamming system.

(COMPUTER BEEPING)

Well?

Jamming power supply

and backup have failed, sir.

DRAX:
Investigate immediately.

TECHNICIAN:
Investigate

number 28, immediately.

James Bond.

You appear with

the tedious inevitability

of an unloved season.

I didn't think

there were any

seasons in space.

As far as you're concerned,

only winter.

And the treacherous

Dr. Goodhead.

Despite your efforts,

my finely wrought dream

approaches its fulfillment.

Your dream, whatever

sort of nightmare it is,

hasn't a chance, Drax.

You think not?

We shall see.

We're coming up to

second launch position.

Launch globe number two.

No doubt you have

realized the splendor

of my conception.

First, a necklace of

death about the Earth.

50 globes,

each releasing its nerve gas

over a designated area,

each capable of

killing 100 million people.

And the human race

as you know it

will cease to exist.

Then a rebirth,

a new world.

U. S. spacecraft on course

to intercept us, sir.

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