HEY, IRIS, HOW AM I DOING?
YOU HAVE NOW COMPLETED 49 PERCENT OF LEVEL 3.
REMAINING OBSTACLES INCLUDE THE LEVEL GUARDIAN...
AS WELL AS OPPOSING RACERS, 1 AND 2.
RACER 1 CLOSING ON YOUR POSITION.
I KNOW, IRIS. HE'S COMING RIGHT UP MY BACK.
CHECK THIS OUT.
WARNING. YOUR SPEED IS TOO GREAT TO COMPLETE UPCOMING TURN.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I'M HOPING.
SLAMMING. AND I MEAN, SLAMMING.
RACER 2 HAS PINPOINTED YOUR POSITION AND IS IN PURSUIT.
CAUTION. APPROACHING RISING BRIDGE.
LAST ONE ACROSS IS CYBER DUST.
PIECE OF CAKE.
CAUTION. THIRD-LEVEL GUARDIAN APPROACHING.
WHERE? IRIS, WHERE IS HE?
RIGHT BEHIND YOU.
ACTIVATE TAIL GUN. FIRE.
WHAT'S GOING ON?
ENTITY APPROACHING.
WHAT ENTITY?
YOU NEVER SAID ANYTHING ABOUT SOME ENTITY.
PART OF WINNING THIS GAME IS OVERCOMING UNKNOWN FACTORS.
WHAT THE...?
WHAT'S GOING ON?
WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON D.C.
SYSTEM FAILURE.
WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON D.C.
WHAT IS GOING ON HERE?
OH, MAN. HADJI, YOU'RE SUPPOSE TO BE MONITORING THIS STUFF.
YOUR AGITATION INDICATES ANOTHER FAILURE.
- YOU'RE DEFEATED AGAIN? - DEFEATED NOTHING.
MAN, I GOT THIS WILD VOICE IN THE HEADSET.
SOMETHING ABOUT WASHINGTON D.C.
AND SOME KIND OF DIGITAL MAP OF THE CITY.
OH, THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE.
WE PROGRAMMED THE WHOLE GAME OURSELVES.
WE DID NOT INPUT ANYTHING ABOUT WASHINGTON.
AND WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A DIGITAL MAP.
THIS IS TOO STRANGE FOR SCHOOL, HADJ.
IT FEELS AS IF SOMEONE'S MESSING US UP.
IRIS SAID SOMETHING ABOUT AN UNIDENTIFIED PLAYER...
JUST BEFORE SHE CRASHED.
IT MAKES NO SENSE.
WHO WOULD WANT TO INTERFERE WITH OUR GAME?
THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO FIND OUT.
WE REBOOT AND SEE IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN.
THEN WE CAN ATTEMPT TO TRACE THE DATA STREAM.
WHAT HAPPENED?
THE SYSTEM CRASHED.
- WHY? - I'M NOT SURE.
WELL, NOW I'LL HAVE TO RELOAD THE INCOMING TRANSMISSIONS.
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THESE SIGNALS
ARE REALLY FROM GAMMA SENTARI.
A SOURCE 123 LIGHT-YEARS AWAY.
AND NO ONE KNOWS WHAT THEY MEAN.
NOT YET.
NASA'S BEEN MONITORING THEM FOR THREE WEEKS.
IT TOOK THEM THREE WEEKS TO ASK YOU TO FIGURE IT OUT?
THOSE BOYS IN WASHINGTON ARE EVEN SLOWER THAN THEY LOOK.
YOU GOT THAT RIGHT, MR. BANNON.
APOLOGIZE, SIR.
DIDN'T REALIZE YOU WERE ONLINE, MR. VICE PRESIDENT.
DON'T APOLOGIZE, SON.
WASHINGTON NEEDS A DOSE OF TRUTH.
SO TELL ME, QUEST, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THESE SIGNALS?
IT'S CLEAR THEY'RE ATTEMPTING
TO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER, SIR.
BUT MY GUESS IS THAT FOR SOME REASON,
THEY'RE NOT MAKING THE CONNECTION.
I DON'T GET IT, HADJ.
THE GAME MODE'S BACK TO NORMAL.
CAUTION. FALLING HERE WILL END THE GAME.
THANKS, IRIS.
MAYBE YOU COULD TELL ME SOMETHING USEFUL,
LIKE HOW TO BEAT THIS GUY.
I AM NOT PROGRAMMED TO GIVE SUGGESTIONS.
TALK ABOUT SUGGESTIONS.
HEY, IRIS, I GOT A SUGGESTION FOR YOU.
ACTIVATE WHEEL BLADE.
OBSTACLE AHEAD. ACTIVATE FORWARD CANNON.
WHAT THE...?
WHAT'S GOING ON?
WHAT IS THIS?
RE-SYNCING THE DATA AT THE THIRD AND FIFTH LEVELS
IS AN INTERESTING IDEA, SIR.
I SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF THAT MYSELF.
MUST HAVE BEEN SOMETHING WE SAID.
IT'S CRASHING, HADJI.
JONNY.
JONNY?
GET THIS, HADJI.
NOW I'M HEARING MY FATHER'S VOICE.
IT IS YOUR FATHER.
TAKE THAT THING OFF.
HI, DAD. WE WERE JUST...
OVERLOADING THE PROCESSORS IS WHAT YOU WERE DOING.
YEAH, I DIDN'T REALIZE.
YOU'VE CRASHED THE ENTIRE SYSTEM.
SORRY, DAD.
- LOOK, RACE AND I HAVE TO GO TO...
- WASHINGTON?
- HOW DID YOU KNOW? - VIRTUALLY, A GUESS.
I GUESS.
- YOU WANNA COME WITH US? - SURE, WHY NOT?
WASHINGTON, DC
LET ME REMIND YOU THAT I AM THE VICE PRESIDENT,
GENERAL TYLER.
AND I'LL REMIND YOU, MR. VICE PRESIDENT,
THAT YOU'RE OUTVOTED.
I WILL NOT HALT OUR EXPERIMENTS IN SPACE.
AT LEAST LISTEN TO WHAT DR. QUEST WILL HAVE TO SAY.
I HAVE NO INTEREST IN CIVILIAN OPINIONS.
THE SPACE-BASED DEFENSE SYSTEM IS A MILITARY MATTER.
DR. QUEST'S A BRILLIANT MAN, GENERAL.
WHEN I NEED YOUR ADVICE, I'LL ASK FOR IT,
COMMANDER BENNETT.
CUT THE TOP 12 PERCENT OF THE SIGN WAVE, HADJI.
TOP 12 PERCENT CUT, DOCTOR.
THE V.R. SYSTEM JUST KICKED IN.
DIFFICULTY... PENTAGON...
CAN'T GET OUT...
THREATEN GENERAL TYLER.
OUR SYSTEM HAS CRASHED AGAIN.
AND I HEARD THAT BIZARRE-O VOICE AGAIN.
SOMETHING ABOUT THE PENTAGON AND GENERAL TYRONE.
TYLER? GENERAL TYLER?
YEAH, YEAH, MAYBE. HE WAS A BIG OLD BOY.
THAT BIG OLD BOY IS OUR DATE FOR THE DAY.
WHAT'S GOING ON, DAD?
I'M NOT SURE, JONNY.
BUT IT SEEMS YOUR V.R. SYSTEM IS RECONFIGURING THE SIGN WAVES.
HADJI, LOG ME INTO QUESTWORLD.
QUESTWORLD, LOG ON.
SUBJECT: DR. BENTON QUEST.
COUNTDOWN. FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE.
GOING HOT.
NOW RERUN THE TRANSMISSIONS FROM DEEP SPACE.
NOW IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE.
THIS CONFIRMS MY WORST FEARS.
DR. QUEST IS HERE TO SEE YOU, GENERAL.
I'M TAKING THIS MEETING UNDER PROTEST.
NOTHING LIKE A WARM MILITARY WELCOME, GENERAL.
- RACE BANNON. - I KNOW WHO YOU ARE, MR. BANNON.
AN EX-SECRET OPERATIONS COWBOY.
WELL, SHUCKS, SLICK.
WHEN YOU BOYS IN WASHINGTON
LET THE CATTLE OUT OF THE CORRAL...
IT'S US COWBOYS THAT HAVE TO ROUND THEM UP.
- GENTLEMEN. - YOU'VE GOT ONE MINUTE, QUEST.
I'VE MANAGED TO DECIPHER THE SIGNALS,
AND IT'S QUITE SERIOUS.
THIS IS ALL LINKED TO YOUR MILITARY EXPERIMENTS
IN DEEP SPACE.
- THE SPACE-BASED DEFENSE EXPERIMENT.
- CLASSIFIED INFORMATION, BENNETT.
CLASSIFIED OR NOT, THERE IS AN ADVANCED
EXTRATERRESTRIAL CIVILIZATION OUT THERE...
WARNING US TO HALT THESE TESTS AT ONCE.
OH, THIS IS NONSENSE.
THEY WILL NEUTRALIZE US.
THEY HAVE THREATENED TO DESTROY OUR MILITARY INSTALLATIONS...
AND OUR MAJOR CITIES, GENERAL.
YOU'RE OUT OF YOUR MIND, QUEST.
THIS IS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
NO ONE CAN DO THAT TO US.
A DISAPPOINTING VIEW, I'M AFRAID, BANDIT.
YOU WOULD THINK OUR CAPITAL CITY MIGHT REFLECT MORE HOPE.
I'M GOING BACK IN, HADJ. I'VE GOTTA DO IT.
GOING HOT, HADJI.
OH, GREAT. NOW THE GAME'S RUNNING FINE.
AND I WISH THIS THING WOULD MAKE UP ITS MIND.
THANKS FOR THE WARNING, IRIS.
BOGEY AT 12 O'CLOCK.
WARNING. INCOMING MISSILE.
- WHAT'S GOING ON?
- THE INTERFERENCE IS STARTING AGAIN.
MAN, YOU KNOW, EVERY TIME I START
TO WIN AT THIS GAME...
THAT CRAZY INTERFERENCE KICKS IN.
- WHAT? - YEAH.
WHAT'S GOING ON?
I DON'T GET IT.
YOU LOOK LIKE A COUPLE OF KEROSENE CATS IN HELL.
WHAT'S UP?
THERE'S WILD STUFF HAPPENING HERE, DAD.
WILD STUFF, SON?
THAT'S NOT THE MOST SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION
YOU'VE EVER GIVEN TO ME.
I'M NOT SURE THAT SCIENCE HAS MUCH TO DO WITH THIS,
DR. QUEST.
YOU SEE, OUR EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN TRANSMITTING...
STRANGE AND APOCALYPTIC SCENARIOS.
THIS IS GONNA ESCALATE UNLESS GENERAL TYLER
CALLS OFF THE TESTS.
THE ONLY PROBLEM IS...
THAT YOU'RE DEALING WITH A MILITARY MORON.
AND WE'LL ONLY HAVE ONE MORE SHOT AT HIM TOMORROW.
AT THE PENTAGON, RIGHT?
YOU CAN TELL THE FUTURE, JONNY?
YOU FOUND A CRYSTAL BALL OR SOMETHING?
MAYBE WE HAVE.
THE SPACE-BASED DEFENSE SYSTEM IS VITAL
TO THE SECURITY OF THIS COUNTRY, GENTLEMEN.
IT'LL TAKE MORE THAN SOME LAMEBRAINED THEORY
ABOUT EXTRATERRESTRIALS...
TO HALT OUR EXPERIMENTS IN SPACE.
WILL SOMEONE EXPLAIN WHAT EXACTLY IS GOING ON HERE?
THIS APPEARS TO BE A HOLOGRAPHIC IMAGE,
WHICH FAR SURPASSES ANY KNOWN TECHNOLOGY.
BATTLE STATIONS.
SECURE THE SHIP.
GENTLEMEN, THIS IS REAL.
THIS IS HAPPENING AS WE WATCH.
IT'S A TRICK. SOME KIND OF ELECTRONIC JAMMING.
A HOAX.
GENERAL TYLER, YOU REALLY ARE REMARKABLY OBTUSE.
THAT'S INSUBORDINATION.
WE'RE NOT IN YOUR ARMY, HAAS.
THE REPORTS ARE COMING IN, SIR.
WE'VE JUST LOST THE EISENHOWER.
LUCKILY, TWO CRUISERS WERE NEARBY
AND ARE PICKING UP THE CREW.
IT'S A MIRACLE, SIR.
NO HANDS WERE LOST WITH THE SHIP.
DON'T YOU SEE, GENERAL? THEY MEAN US NO HARM.
BUT THEY DO MEAN BUSINESS.
GENERAL, I BELIEVE YOU SHOULD RECONSIDER.
IF THIS IS A WARNING,
AT LEAST WE SHOULD INFORM THE CABINET.
I WILL NOT...
I BELIEVE YOU'RE A COUPLE OF SHELLS
SHORT OF A FULL CLIP, TYLER.
WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSE TO MEAN?
IT MEANS YOU'RE NOT REACTING RATIONALLY, GENERAL.
IF YOU CAN'T SEE THAT SOMEONE, SOMETHING MORE POWERFUL...
THAN ANY MILITARY FORCE ON THIS EARTH
IS SENDING US A FRIENDLY WARNING...
EVERYONE ELSE IN THIS ROOM CAN.
NOW, YOU GONNA CALL OFF THE TESTS OR NOT, GENERAL?
I'LL THINK ABOUT IT.
WE'VE GOT A TRACE ON THE SIGNAL, SIR.
THEY'RE COMING FROM THE OLD EXECUTIVE OFFICE BUILDING.
VICE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE? ARE YOU CERTAIN?
YES, I'M CERTAIN, COMMANDER BENNETT.
I KNEW THOSE SIGNALS HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH ALIENS.
MEET ME AT THE VICE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE,
AND WE'LL STRAIGHTEN THIS OUT FOR GOOD.
- AND WHAT IS IT? - DR. QUEST TO SEE YOU, SIR.
SHOW HIM IN.
MR. VICE PRESIDENT.
CAN THE FORMALITIES, DR. QUEST.
I UNDERSTAND GENERAL TYLER HAS RELENTED.
AT LEAST TEMPORARILY.
THAT MEANS THE ALIENS WON'T INVADE, RIGHT?
WELL, THAT DEPENDS ON TWO THINGS.
FIRST, WHETHER YOUR GOVERNMENT HONORS ITS WORD.
"YOUR GOVERNMENT"?
YOU MEAN, "OUR GOVERNMENT," SURELY.
YOU SAID TWO THINGS, MR. VICE PRESIDENT.
I'M HAVING SOME DIFFICULTY PHONING HOME.
I MUST COMMUNICATE OR THE THREAT STANDS.
WHO ARE YOU?
IF YOU'RE NOT THE VICE PRESIDENT,
THEN WHO ARE YOU?
OH, BUT I AM THE VICE PRESIDENT, YOUNG MAN.
I WAS ELECTED.
I BROKE NONE OF YOUR LAWS, EXCEPT FOR ONE MINOR DETAIL.
I WAS BORN ON ANOTHER PLANET.
TALK ABOUT AN UNDOCUMENTED ALIEN.
SLAMMING, AN ALIEN IN WASHINGTON.
YOU MEAN YOU CANNOT REPAIR THIS?
I'M AN EXTRATERRESTRIAL DIPLOMAT.
I DON'T FIX TOASTERS.
I GOT AN IDEA.
EVERY MESSAGE YOU SENT WAS SOMEHOW INTERCEPTED
BY THIS SYSTEM.
IT MUST HAVE STARTED WHEN WE DOWNLOADED THE SIGNALS...
FROM NASA'S COMPUTERS INTO OURS.
WELL, THERE'S AN IRONY.
AN EXTRATERRESTRIAL SOS ENDS UP AS PART OF A COMPUTER GAME.
IT'S MUCH MORE THAN SIMPLY A GAME.
BUT IF THE QUESTWORLD SYSTEM HAS BEEN RECEIVING MESSAGES...
MAYBE IT CAN TRANSMIT THEM AS WELL.
YOU'D BETTER MOVE QUICKLY, GENTLEMEN.
WE ARE LOSING OUR PATIENCE.
HOLD YOUR HORSES, BOYS.
STAY OUT OF THIS, BANNON.
SHOOT HIM IF HE TRIES ANYTHING.
ALL RIGHT, COME OUT OF THERE. HANDS ON YOUR HEADS.
ARREST HIM.
- YOU TRAITOR. - GENERAL, DON'T DO IT.
I THINK THE BEST THING I CAN DO UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES...
IS A DISAPPEARING ACT.
BUT WHAT ABOUT THE INVASION?
DON'T WORRY, JONNY. I GOT THROUGH TO MY PEOPLE.
EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY.
IN FACT, I'M EXPECTING MY RIDE ANY MOMENT.
THESE BOYS ARE GONNA HAVE SOME STORIES TO TELL.
I DOUBT IT.
THEY WON'T REMEMBER ANYTHING
AND NO ONE WILL BELIEVE THAT DINOSAUR.
WILL SOMEONE EXPLAIN WHAT EXACTLY IS GOING ON HERE?
I'M AFRAID I DON'T HAVE THE TIME.
DR. QUEST WILL TELL YOU.
WHAT HE SAYS MAY SOUND UNLIKELY, BUT YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT.
LADIES, GENTLEMEN, I HAVE A BRIEF STATEMENT.
NO QUESTIONS, I'M AFRAID.
I'M SORRY TO SAY THAT THE VICE PRESIDENT
HAS SUFFERED A FATAL HEART ATTACK.
THE PRESIDENT WILL ANNOUNCE
AN INTERIM APPOINTMENT NEXT WEEK.
IN AN UNRELATED INCIDENT...
GENERAL AUGUSTINE TYLER WAS RELIEVED OF HIS POSITION...
AS CHAIRMAN OF SPACE-BASED DEFENSE OPERATIONS.
THE GENERAL IS UNDERGOING
A THOROUGH PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATION.
IN THE MEANTIME, I HAVE THE HONOR TO SERVE...
AS ACTING CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF.
THAT WILL BE ALL. THANK YOU.
YOU KNOW, WITH THE VICE PRESIDENT
BEING SOME GUY FROM OUTER SPACE...
IT MAKES YOU KIND OF WONDER.
I MEAN, ANYBODY COULD BE AN ALIEN.
YOUR DAD, YOUR BEST FRIEND OR EVEN YOUR DOG.
WHAT DO YOU SAY, HUH, BOY?
ARE YOU A MUTT FROM ANOTHER PLANET?