Black Sun Lifeboat Eagle

a.k.a.

• survival ship

Intro

Quotes

• Alan Carter: "Well, I should be one of those six, Commander. Because if anyone could get them somewhere... I can."
• John Koenig: "It's been fuelled, and equipped with supplies to carry six persons; three men and three women."
• John Koenig: "I've instructed Central Computer to select the people most likely, in every way, to ensure the survival of mankind in space."
• John Koenig: "This list is final."
• John Koenig: "If you're careful you have supplies enough for five weeks. If there's anything out there that can help you, then together..you'll find it. If not..."

Men

• Astronaut Alan Carter
• Flight Engineer George Osgood
• Communications Controller Toshiro Fujita

Women

• Doctor Helena Russell
• Data Analyst Sandra Benes
• Professor Angela Robinson (Service Section)

Details

• Alan seems upset about the lifeboat Eagle (see first of Quotes) and that he is not aboard; but he soon finds out he is on the list.
• Helena seems upset that John will not be onboard. Victor tries to indicate to her that John would have never gone. She argues with John that she can be replaced by Dr. Bob Mathias (Note: doctor-doctor exchange, though in her haste (?), she apparently does not consider the change to the male/female balance). He indicates it is not the time the time for a noble gesture, she argues she's not being noble, swallows her next words, then says it's her life.
• In the end, it is that group that leaves on the Eagle, in the opposite direction from the black sun. When the Moon plunges into the black sun, effects similar to what the Alphans on base experience. The Eagle fades out, and at some point after the Moon comes out the other side, the Eagle appears above it.

Comments

• Alan's points (first point in Details above) seem out of character. It was probably not intended to sound whiney, yet does.