S:AABer Episode Guide
Space: Above and Beyond
Episode Guide

The Two Hour Pilot - Air Date: 09/24/95
An advanced alien civilization launches an attack against two Earth Colonies (Tellus and Vesta). Seemingly without warning a group of young Marines is sent into space. Among the young group Nathan West, who's girlfriend was amoung the Tellus Colonist. Shane Vansen, who as a child watched her mother and father's murder. Cooper Hawkes, a young in-vitro, an artificially gestated human. Who was sentenced to the marine corp. Vanessa Damphousse, a young woman who is looking for direction to her life. and Paul Wang, a young mild mannered man, tryin to find an inner strength and an escape from the streets of Chicago. They are teamed up with the mysterious in-vitro squadron leader Lt. Coonel T.C. McQueen, the sole surviving member of the elite 127t Angry Angels

"The Farthest Man From Home" - Air Date:10/01/95
When a survivor is brought up from the planet Tellus. Lt.West, believing his girlfriend Kylen (a Tellus Colonist) is still alive goes AWOL and pilots his spacecraft to planet Tellus, which the brass has ordered off limits.

"The Dark Side Of the Sun" - Air Date: 10/08/95
Shane Vansen, tormented by dreams of her parents seeming senseless murders years before, senses foreboding when the Marines are ordered to guard a mining facility . Dispite being in a desperate battle to prevent raw materials vital to the war effort from falling into the hands of the Silicates. She needs to get a reason as to why the silcated chose to kill her parents.

"Mutiny" - Air Date: 10/15/95
The only way the 5-8 squadron and Colonel McQueen can get back to the carrier Saratoga,is hitching a ride through a sector of space called blood ally, on the civilian freighter McAurther, which inclueds among it's cargo, unborn in-vitros destined for the plutonium mines in the Corvis sector. After being ordered to terminate the power to the section holdin the unborn invetros. The in-vitro crew mutinies killing the the Captain and first Office. With the reactors off line and the a Chig bomber hunting them - McQueen must take command of the ship to quell the mutiny. To do this he must shut down power to section 46, which will kill all the unborn in-vitros enclueding Hawkes' sister.

"Butts" - Air Date: 10/22/95
A rogue marine officer over rides the ships systems and gains access to the Saratoga. Lt. Colonel Raymond Butts, a tough-as-nails war veteran, refuses to answer an enquires to the where abouts of his men. Butts and McQueen lock horns, till Butts takes command of the 58th and embarks on a mysterious mission behind enemy lines.

"Eyes" - Air Date: 11/05/95
With the assasination of secretary Chartwell at the hand of an in-vitro. The U.N. ambassadors gather on board the Saratoga to choose a replacement (they must choose between France's Chaput a purest anti in-vitro and America's Diane Hayden pro in-vitro and former member of the Aerotech board of goveners) . Because an in-vetro killed chartwell "loyality tests" are ordered for all in-vitros encluding Hawkes and McQueen, who refuses to answer questions he believes personally offensive and is jailed..

"The Enemy" - Air Date: 11/13/95
When they encounter a mind-altering alien weapon on a strange planet the Marines become their own worst enemies. The weapon brings out each persons biggest fear.

"Hostile Visit" (a.k.a. "A Good Day To Die") - Air Date:11/19/95
When a enemy bomber becomes disabled off the bow of the Saratoga. McQueen has it captured and plans to use it as a Trojan horse for an attack on the alien's home planet. This plan is hindered by Mr. Sewell (Aerotech), who removes the necessary data from the computer.

"Choice Or Chance" (a.k.a. "To Die For") - Air Date: 11/26/95
The bombing of the alien's planet is not completely sucessful. McQueen and crew escape the bomber before it is destroyed and crash on a mining planet. Most of the 58 are taken prisoner by the silicates. McQueen and Hawkes manage to avoid capture and make plans to rescue he others.

"Stay With The Dead" - Air Date: 12/03/95
West is seemingly the only surviving member of the 58th. Insisting his fellow Marines are alive despite evidence that they were killed in battle, he is desperate to convince the doctors and McQueen before it's to late for them and him.

"The River Of Stars" - Air Date: 12/17/95
On Christmas eve the 58th become stranded in enemy held space when their ship is crippled in battle. McQueen refuses to believe they are dead. Both Wang and McQueen intercept a message from an unknown source.

"Who Monitors The Birds" - Air Date: 01/07/96
Hawkes is offered a discharge if he goes on a covert operation deep behind enemy lines. After his partner is killed, Hawkes recalls moments from his past while desperately fighting to stay alive.

"Level Of Necessity" - Air Date: 01/14/96
When McQueen's after action tries to explain the un-explainable, Lt. Damphousse is closely monitored by the Psi Corps.

"Never No More" - Air Date: 02/04/96
Earth forces gather on the Saratoga including Vansen's old love Capt. John Oakes. All the plans are put on hold with the emergence of an alien ace dubbed "Chiggie von Ritchthofen" flying a powerful enemy ship capable of shielding itself from radar.

"The Angriest Angel" - Air Date: 02/11/96
McQueen's frustrations grows, when he is not allowed to participate in a crucial mission of his design. Earth scientists construct a missile capable of destroying the enemy's newest spacecraft. When the mission fails and Lt. Winslow is killed. McQueen goes out to hunt down "Chiggie von Ritchthofen"

"Toy Soldiers" - Air Date: 02/18/96
Nathan's younger brother Neil, turns up on the Saratoga. West is helpless to protect him as he is lead into battle by a gung-ho and inexperienced lieutenant, hell bent on making a name for himself at any cost.

"Dear Earth" - Air Date: 03/10/96
Mail call brings letters from Earth: Lt. Damphousse receives a Dear John letter from her boyfriend; Vansen is promoted to Captain, but it still can't get her a better place in the line for the phone. Nathan realizes his parents were never notified about Neal's death. McQueen and Cooper are chosen as the focus of a documentary showing in-vitros in the corp.

"Pearly" - Air Date: 03/24/96
While under enemy fire McQueen and the 58th take refuge aboard an armored personnel carrier with two eccentric soldiers. U.S. Army Sgt. Fox who has little reguard fr command, and British Army Officer MacKendrick who understands "Chigeeze". Wang comes to a cross road.

"R & R" - Air Date: 04/12/96
The 58th and McQueen are pushed to the breaking point. Ross orders liberty for them on the Aerotech pleasure ship Bacchus. While on leave: Hawkes has to come to grips with his addiction, Damphousse and Wang find a mutual attaction. Vansen hussles a pool shark, and West sees a side of McQueen, that surprises him.

"Stardust" - Air Date: 04/19/96
The 58th are chosen to participate in a top secret misinformation campaign directed against the enemy.

"Sugar Dirt" - Air Date: 04/20/96
Earth forces attemp to reclaim a planet they lost earlier in the war. When it becomes clear they can capture a bigger prize, the brass order abandoning 10,000 troops behind on planet, including the 58th squadron.

"And If They Lay Us To Rest..." - Air Date: 05/26/96
As a prelude to Operation Roundhammer, The 58th is chosen to install needed intelligence gathering equipment on the moon of the chigs home world. They come upon a lone alien, they tell it of the upcoming invasion. A peace justure is made by the Chigs.

"...Tell Our Moms We Done Our Best" - Air Date: 06/02/96
An alien envoy arrives on the Saratoga, offering to return the Tellus colonist and discuss ending the war. The only hitch, it demands that Areotech chairman E. Allen Wayne attend. The talks go poorly and the envoy sets off a bomb. McQueen is seriously wounded. West is reunited with Kylen.

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