Invisible Enemy
Invisible Enemy is the tenth episode of Wing Commander Academy aired and the eighth episode produced.
| On Both Your Houses | |
|---|---|
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| Episode Number | 1x11 |
| Production Code | 74708 |
| Story | Mark Edens |
| Writer(s) | Richard Mueller |
| Air Date | December 7, 1996 |
| Run Time | 20m54s |
| Animation Studio | Madhouse |
| Theme | Version 1 |
| Previous | On Both Your Houses |
| Next | Price of Victory |
Summary
Act One
| Terran Confederation | Empire of Kilrah | |
|---|---|---|
| Strength | ||
| 2 CF-105 Scimitar medium fighters | 1 Dorkar transport 1 Strakha stealth fighter | |
| Losses | ||
| 1 Scimitar destroyed | 1 Dorkar destroyed | |
Act Two
| Terran Confederation | Empire of Kilrah | |
|---|---|---|
| Strength | ||
| 15 CF-105 Scimitar medium fighters 4 transports (inc. TCS Suffolk) 1 Bengal strike carrier (TCS Tiger's Claw) |
9 Sartha light fighters 1 Strakha stealth fighter 2 Grikath heavy fighters | |
| Losses | ||
| 2 Scimitars and 2 transports destroyed, 1 transport crippled (TCS Suffolk) | 8 Sartha destroyed | |
Act Three
| Terran Confederation | Empire of Kilrah | |
|---|---|---|
| Strength | ||
| 2 P-64 Ferret patrol fighters 2 CF-105 Scimitar medium fighters 2 transport (inc. TCS Suffolk) 1 Bengal strike carrier (TCS Tiger's Claw) |
6 Sartha light fighters 1 Strakha stealth fighters | |
| Losses | ||
| 1 transport destroyed (TCS Suffolk) | 5 Sartha and 1 Strakha destroyed | |
Characters
Speaking
Commodore Geoffrey Tolwyn
2nd Lt. Christopher "Maverick" Blair
2nd Lt. Gwen "Archer" Bowman
2nd Lt. Todd "Maniac" Marshall
2nd Lt. Hector "Grunt" Paz
2nd Lt. Emil "Easy" Zoharian
2nd Lt. Lindsay "Payback" Price
"Raker"
"Falcon"
"Clipper"
Doctor Guthrig Andropolos
Tech Specialist Maya McEaddens
Communications Tech
Sensor Tech
Helmsman
Repair Crews (6)
Suffolk Ops Officer
Kirnok nar Kiranka
Zurakh nar Kur'u'tak
Nonspeaking
Assembled Crew
"Tripod"
Ground Crew #1 & #2 (left)
Deck Officer
Locations
Tiger's Claw
Bridge
Briefing Room
Outside Briefing Room
Down the Hall from Briefing Room
Elevator
Flight Deck
Mess Hall
Repair Bay
Tolwyn's Quarters
Tolwyn's Quarters
TCS Suffolk
Bay
Deck
Kilrathi Carrier
Flight Deck
Cockpits
Ferret
Scimitar
Sartha
Strakha
Ships
Terran Confederation
Fighters
Capital Ships
Empire of Kilrah
Fighters
Capital Ships
Vehicles
Terran Confederation
Scimitar Ejection Pod
Small Arms
Empire of Kilrah
Knife
Trivia
Animation Errors
Credits
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
| Story by | Mark Edens |
| Written by | Richad Mueller |
| Producer | Larry Latham |
| Executive Story Editors | Mark Edens |
| Michael Edens | |
| Executive Consultant | Ralph Sanchez |
| Executive Story Consultants | Richard Hilleman |
| Adam Foshko | |
| Starring | Mark Hamill (Maverick) |
| Tom Wilson (Maniac) | |
| Malcolm McDowell (Tolwyn) | |
| Dana Delany (Archer) | |
| Also Starring | Lauri Hendler (Payback, Maya) |
| Jim Cummings | |
| Pat Fraley (Grunt, Guthrig) | |
| Music by | Alexander Van Bubenheim |
| Voice Direction and Casting | Susan Blu |
| Pre-Production Sound by | Screenmusic Studios, Inc. |
| Pre-Production Sound Mixer | Pete Elia |
| Recording Assistant | Mark Caballero |
| Storyboards | Ian Freeman |
| Kuni Bowen | |
| Rick Estrada | |
| Storyboard Cleanup | Judy Nielson |
| Flammarion Ferriera | |
| Timing Directors | Tim Walker |
| Al Wilsbach | |
| Zeon Davush | |
| Bill Reed | |
| Character Design | Larry Latham |
| Tim Eldred | |
| Prop Design | Lee Go |
| Background Design | Derek Carter |
| Background Color Key | Kathryn Yelsa |
| Computer Color Key | Cynthia McIntosh |
| Studio Production Manager | Alex Johns |
| Production Manager | Patty Jausoro |
| Production Coordinator | Estrella Capin |
| Production Assistants | Aaron Justman |
| Scott Huml | |
| Manuel Cano | |
| Monte Alexander | |
| Junior Gonzalez | |
| Danik Thomas | |
| Executive in Charge of Post Production | Barbara Beck |
| Editors | Jay Bixsen |
| Paul D. Calder | |
| Assistant Editor | Michael Trueba |
| Track Reading | Glenwood Editorial |
| Negative Cutting | Executive Cutting |
| Post Production Video | Unitel Video, Hollywood |
| Post Production Sound | West Productions Inc. |
| Supervising Sound Editor | Rick Hinson |
| Re-Recording Mixers | Harry Andronis |
| Stuart Calderon | |
| Overseas Animation Studio | Madhouse Animation |
| Overseas Animation Director | Masao Maruyama |
| Produced in Association with | USA Network |
Transcript
Act One
SCENE - Space
Maniac: I got contact. I'm reading one ship... oh, furballs!
Easy: And he's changing course. What do you think?
Maniac: I say we scratch this cat right behind the ears. Hold position and cover me. Keep an eye on your sensors, Easy, I don't want any furball surprises.
Easy: Screens are clear, go for it, Maniac!
Maniac: Oh man, I hate missiles that don't know when to quit. Target this, dumb shot! Well that's why they call them missiles... 'cause they always miss. (laughs) Woo-hoo! Hey Easy, too bad you couldn't watch me take care of that furball. You might've learned something. (laughs) Easy? Hey, Easy? Speak to me, man. Maniac to Easy, come in Easy. Oh no. Easy. I told you to watch your screens.
Zurakh: I see you Terran, but you do not see me. Your sensors are blind. I could destroy you as easily as I destroyed your wingman. But not yet. Fly home, Terran. Lead me to your carrier.
SCENE - Flight Deck
Tolwyn: No matter how many times I perform this duty it never gets any easier. And it's been done too many times in this war. I believe that some part of the universe will always remain unknown to us, a mystery beyond the limits of our understanding. Cadet Emil Zoharian is now a part of that mystery. We salute his sacrifice. He now belongs to space, the emptiness that contains all things. May be find the peace we all seek.
SCENE - Space
Grunt: Understood Tiger's Claw, we will hold our position. Convoy escort out. Hear that, Archer? We're cleared to land as soon as the salute's over.
Archer: No, not another one. It's never going to end. Never.
Zurakh: Four transports and the Tiger's Claw. Now that is a prize worth taking. Enjoy the time you have left, Terrans. You will be mine.
SCENE - Kilrathi Flight Deck
Kirnok: Well, did the Terran sensors detect you?
Zurakh: I approached from behind. They never knew I was there.
Kirnok: Behind? I am not convinced. There must be a second test.
Zurakh: There was a second Terran, I let him live.
Kirnok: What? You let him live!
Zurakh: He led me to four transports and a carrier. The Tiger's Claw.
Kirnok: The Tiger's Claw? Ready a fighter strike, now.
SCENE - Mess Hall
Raker: I just lost my appetite.
Payback: I'm not too hungry myself.
Maniac: Looks like I'm about as popular around here as chipped beef on toast.
Maverick: Well, you better get used to it. There's a lot of people who want to know what really happened out there with Easy. Including me.
Maniac: I made my report to Tolwyn. Read it yourself.
Maverick: I did and I don't buy it. I think you lost your wingman because you were too busy trying to rack up a kill for yourself. I think you left Easy to die alone because you were out hunting glory.
Maniac: What makes you think I care what you think?
Maverick: Hey, the pilots from Trafalgar won't fly with you anymore. Nobody else wants to, either.
Maniac: They won't have to, I've been grounded. Happy?
Grunt: Let them play it out.
Tolwyn: Red alert, all pilots to the hangar deck. Scramble.
Maverick: Guess you'll be sitting this one out.
SCENE - Bridge
Tolwyn: Launch fighters. Blair, you have tactical command.
SCENE - Flight Deck
Tolwyn: Protect the transports at all costs.
Maverick: Understood, sir.
SCENE - Space
Maverick: Maverick to all fighters. You heard the man, we're playing defense, keep them away from the transports.
Raker: Yes, General.
Payback: Here they come, eight o'clock high.
Maverick: Don't let any of them get through.
Payback: Scratch one kitty!
SCENE - Bridge
Archer: Watch it, Payback, you got one on your tail.
Payback: I see him.
Raker: What was that? What was that?
Maverick: What? Say again, Raker.
Raker: I'm getting laser fire but no...
Maverick: Repeat that, Raker. Say again.
SCENE - Space
Clipper: Raker's down. He's gone. I don't see what got him. There's nothing on my sensors. What was that?
Maverick: Say again, Cipper. Sensors read you and no one else.
Clipper: I'm not making this up, Maverick.
Maverick: I've got visual contact, I see him. Where'd he go? He's off my screens.
Zurakh: And now, Terran, you die.
Act Two
SCENE - Space
Zurakh: There is no escape, Terran.
Maverick: I got you, Clipper, you're okay.
Grunt: More gatos on the screen - four o'clock low.
Maverick: The transports are secure on this side. Take those Kilrathi out before they can break through.
Grunt: Understood, the fur will fly.
Payback: (groans) I'm hit!
Maverick: Eject, Payback, get outta there!
Payback: No, I can make it back. Get 'em for me, Maverick.
Maverick: Two down, two down!
Grunt: We got 'em on the run.
SCENE - Bridge
Ops Officer: Tiger's Claw, this is Suffolk. We are under attack and have been hit. Where are your fighters?
SCENE - Space
Zurakh: Zurakh to all fighters. Withdraw to maximum sensor range. I'm returning to the carrier to rearm.
SCENE - Bridge
Comm Tech: The Suffolk has been secured, sir. The fires are out and casualties have been transferred to our sick bay.
Tolwyn: Get repair parties aboard. I wand the Suffolk under her own power in two hours.
Maverick: Cadet Blair reporting, sir.
Tolwyn: In my quarters, Cadet, now.
SCENE - Tolwyn's Quarters
Tolwyn: I don't want to hear excuses. You neglected your mission to go off after Kilrathi fighters.
Maverick: Out screens were clear, sir. THhy showed no fighters near the fleet when the transports were hit.
Tolwyn: You're grounded until further notice, mister. Dismissed.
Maverick: What, I... yes, sir.
SCENE - Elevator
Falcon: At least aboard the old Trafalgar we didn't have to fight alongside pilots who were still learning to fly. (laughs) I guess standards at the Academy aren't as high as they used to be.
SCENE - Repair Bay
Maniac: This railing's taken.
Maverick: Are you sure you did a sensor scan before you hit that Kilrathi transport>
Maniac: (sighs) I know my job.
Maverick: (sighs) Easy checked his screen too? It couldn't have been a malfunction?
Maniac: Oh you want to believe me now, don't you? Now that you're trying to get yourself off the hook for letting the cats whack those transports.
Maverick: I think the Kilrathi may have something that can't be picked up by our sensors.
Maniac: Did you tell that to Tolwyn?
Maverick: Ah, he wouldn't listen. He says the Kilrathi don't have the technology to beat our sensors.
SCENE - Suffolk Bay
Maya: The old man's right, you know. The Confederation's been trying to develop a stealth ship for years. If the cats could do it, we'd all be toast.
Maverick: Hmm. What if this one is a prototype? The first one, being combat tested?
Maya: We'd have no defense, we'd lose the war. Somebody better take it out before the furballs find out it works.
Maniac: We got a plan but we can't tell Tolwyn about it. He's grounded both of us.
Maya: Why are you telling me this?
Maniac: We need your help, Maya. We want to use this transport as bait.
Maya: If you're wrong, we'll be in the brig until we're old and gray. But a Kilrathi stealth fighter... that's a big fish you're after.
SCENE - Kilrathi Carrier Flight Deck
Kirnok: This is the final test. If you are successful it is only a matter of time until the Terrans are obliterated from the galaxy.
Zurakh: I will bring you a trophy of the Terran's destruction.
Kirnok: I personally will lead your fighter escort. At such a proud moment, a member of the Emperor's own Kiranka clan should be present. If anything should go wrong, the Strakha should not be allowed to fall into the hands of the enemy.
Zurakh: You dishonor me by reminding me of my duty.
Kirnok: I will say no more.
SCENE - Tolwyn's Quarters
Guthrig: Each of us faces an invisible enemy. One that's always capable of destroying us. That enemy is ourselves.
Tolwyn: The cadets all hate you, you know. I'm beginning to understand why.
Guthrig: Our most dangerous enemy is pride. People willingly destroy themselvs and others to protect that pride. It's pride more than anything else that makes people become a soldier.
Tolwyn: Don't psychoanalyze me, Doctor, I'm not on your couch.
SCENE - Suffolk Flight Deck
Maniac: I can't believe this was your idea. I always thought you were Tolwyn's pet. That's what everyone says.
Maverick: Hmm. Everyone says you're an arrogant j erk.
Maniac: (laughs) Well, sometimes they're right.
Maverick: It's time.
SCENE - Suffolk Bay
Maya: We got an overload in the main fuel cell. Everyone out of the ship, now.
Repair Crew: Alright, let's go.
SCENE - Bridge
Communications Tech: Everyone's off the Suffolk, sir.
Tolwyn: Cut her loose. Helmsman, come about. Put some distance between us and the Suffolk.
Helmsman: Aye aye, sir.
SCENE - Suffolk Flight Deck
Maniac: You know if this doesn't work we'll both get busted out of the Academy.
Maverick: (laughs) If this doesn't work, we won't be coming back.
