have a go.
I'm teeing off in an hour and a half.
What's this jalopy supposed to do anyway?
- 500 miles an hour, General.
- Oh, Senator, you're so gullible.
Please clear the launch grid.
Please clear the launch grid.
HB 88, this is control.
Driver's door check secure.
...B, C, D, E...
- Clear the area!
Control, this is HB 88.
Commander's voice check. Over.
Roger, HB 88. Read you. Out.
Control, this is HB 88.
Event timer started. Over.
HB 88, this is control.
APU start is go.
You are on your
on-board computer. Over.
Roger, I copy.
- Altimeters? Compasses?
- Set and crosschecked.
- Reserve brake system two?
- Closed and guarded.
- Gear handle?
- Down and in.
- Throttles and start levers?
- Closed, off.
- Number four electric hydraulic pump and press?
- On and checked.
- Parking brake?
- Set. Press checked.
- Radios, radar and transponder?
- Set and stand by.
HB 88, this is control.
IMU alignment in progress.
We show 28 degrees, 36 minutes.
30.32 seconds north...
by 80 degrees, 36 minutes.
- 14.8 seconds west.
- Synchro is aligned.
HB 88, this is control.
Ground crew secure. Over.
- INS ram coordinates.
- Form one, fuel ticket?
- On board.
- Circuit breakers?
Point of no return. Five, four, three...
- We have main engine start.
...two, one.
Electronuclear carburation seems fine.
He's fast. I'll give Banzai that. But one
heat-seeking missile and he's history.
This is control. APU start is go.
You're on your on-board computer. Over.
They are reading you on the localiser
downrange. Looks good. Over.
HB 88, this is control.
Speed steady at 317 nautical.
400 and accelerating!
Horizontal velocity is expanding. Over.
- Four... three...
- Here he comes.
...two... one.
- Where's he going?
- Yeah!
He is off course.
This is Chase One. Over.
He has broken trajectory...
50 cylinder. There is an immediate
fire hazard. Do you read?
- Roger.
- Do you read?
Advise you abort. Over.
Repeat: Advise you cancel phase two!
- What the hell's phase two?
- That's a big no-can-do.
Buckaroo, are you decompressing? Over.
- He's broken the sound barrier!
- Mach 1.3.
Buckaroo, do you read?
Commence braking procedure. Over.
Just be cool. She'll hold.
Axis negative.
Pneumatic pressure negative.
We are looking at 500 degrees...
We are in pursuit.
He is gaining. Over.
He's headed for the mountains!
Eject, Buckaroo! Eject!
HB 88, do you read? Do you read? Over.
This is control. Do you read?
Unsafe levels of...
Standby recirculation has been activated.
HB 88, this is control. Do you...
Hotel Brava 88 do you read?
Do you read? Over.
- What is going on?
- It's off my scope.
This is Chase One. We got his tracks.
They go right up to a wall of rock.
Holy shit!
This is Chase Two. Chase Two.
We see him. We see him.
We have him. Chase Two reports
a visual 100 miles off course.
Banzai!
He's gone through it.
He's gone through the mountain.
It has deployed there.
There is a minimal disturbance
in the electromagnetic field.
Antigravity inertia is normal.
Mass acceleration is diminishing. Over.
He is OK.
The vehicle is hot, but we are
showing no radioactivity. Over.
HB 88, this is control. We see you.
Welcome home. Over.
We show electrical-field aberrations
on the windshield.
We are getting a localised vibration
of the drive train and a minor oil leak.
Buckaroo, can you verify
operational capability?
HB 88, this is control.
We are reading an electrical
field aberration of 993
on your windshield, static and fracture.
Can you confirm? Over.
HB 88, this is control.
Do you hear me? Over.
We are getting localised vibration on
your drive shaft. Can you verify? Over.
HB 88, a retrieval vehicle
will rendezvous in ten minutes. Over.
Well, there it is,
tyre tracks right up to a wall of rock.
Perfect Tommy, Rawhide, Reno -
cute guys of the Hong Kong Cavaliers,
Buckaroo's most trusted inner circle.
Could you elaborate on that device,
I believe, dubbed