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Smoke rises from the crashed spaceship as CAMERA pans down. A pack of military

police jeeps drive over the hill towards it, sirens flashing.

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MAJOR STRICK and FLIT come running over

the hill in the foreground.

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FLIT

You should have let ME drive.

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They continue running as BG pans up.

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MAJOR STRICK

You're too young to have a license.

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FLIT

We just stole a flying saucer--

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Flit stops running; Major Strick gains

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FLIT (CONT'D)

--and you're worried about a traffic

ticket?

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Major Strick continues running O/S.

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Major Strick stops running; turns back

to Flit.

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He gets a worried look on his face as

he sees the miltary police jeeps O/S.

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MAJOR STRICK

They're getting close.

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POV of jeeps driving next to downed

spaceship.

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MAJOR STRICK

We better split up!

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Smoke from crashed ship rises

throughout.

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Major Strick and Flit run O/S in

opposite directions.

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Miltary police jeeps appear on horizon,

driving to camera.

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Jeeps drive by camera, O/S.

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Major Strick peers around a rock.

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Jeep drives through scene.

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Major Strick turns his back to the rock as he breaths a sigh of relief.

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SFX: Beeping.

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Major Strick hears a beeping sound;

looks down to see it's source.

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Pull out to reveal Flit standing at his feet, playing with fuzzy dice.

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MAJOR STRICK

This is no time for games, kid!

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An antenna comes up out of the dice and

beeps.

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Flit looks up expectantly.

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A BLINDING LIGHT blast on them from

above. Major Strick is taken aback.

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The pilot ZORK comes out from the

spaceship hatch.

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He tosses a rope ladder that falls

toward Flit and Major Strick.

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The end of the ladder falls down into

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From behind, the military police jeeps

approach.

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ZORK

Move it, fellas!

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A shower of bullets whizzes by Zork,

one of them hitting the spacecraft.

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Zork angrily looks at the damage.

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ZORK

(to soldiers in distance)

HEY! I just washed this!

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Zork shakes fist in anger.

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He ducks back into the ship.

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Closes hatch.

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Spaceship begins to fly away.

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The rope ladder exits scene as Strick

and Flit try to grab it.

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They follow it as military policemen

begin pursuit.

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Ladder and ship fly away from camera.

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Flit and Strick continue following it.

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Policemen chase.

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BG pans as Strick and Flit run.

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Strick notices something up ahead of

them.

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POV of canyon up ahead. Camera "hops" inward to simulate Strick's running.

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Major Strick regains focus on the

ladder and doubles his efforts, gaining

on screen.

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Spacecraft flies over cliff edge.

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Strick and Flit antic down.

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They make a last leap for the ladder.

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Major Strick and Flit lunge at the

ladder. BG pans NW to SE throughout

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He successfully grabs on to one of the

rungs!

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Flit catches up to him, grabing his leg

and making him lose his grip.

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He regrabs the last rung.

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Strick delivers Flit an angry glare.

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Flit gives an "I'm sorry" look.

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Bullets fly through the air near them.

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Their eyes follow the bullets as they

fly above.

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The bullets tear through the rope

ladder!

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Rope ladder begins to fall down; BG pan

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Ladder drops down O/S; BG becomes

static.

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Strick and Flit fall O/S.

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Major Strick and Flit scream as they

fall to certain doom.

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WHAM! They land on top of Zork's ship.

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Flit and Strick stare blankly,

regaining their composure. BG vanishes

to horizon to simulate movement of

spacecraft.

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Zork opens up the hatch to let them in.

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Strick and Flit crawl inside, revealing

the large dents they've put into the

ship.

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ZORK

*Grunt.*

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Zork angrily realizes the damage.

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ZORK

(to Flit)

That's coming out of YOUR paycheck.

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Zork closes the hatch as the ship takes

off into the night sky.

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FLIT

(off-camera)

As usual Zork--

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FLIT

(off-camera) (CONT'D)

--your timing is perfect.

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MAJOR STRICK (CONT'D)

And by the way...

...I'm a MAJOR.

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Strick points to his insignia.

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FLIT

Yeah...a Major pain in the butt.

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ZORK

Um...

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Major Strick crosses his arms in anger.

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ZORK (CONT'D)

I was talking to Captain Flit.

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FLIT taps on the dice marks like

they're buttons.

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Truck out as a hologram of a star system appears in the air, projected from the

dice. Major Strick leans back in shock.

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Flit climbs up on the chair.

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FLIT

Head staight for Zetamorix and turn

left at Greenlux.

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Flit gestures to the planets as he

names them.

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MAJOR STRICK

(panicked)

We're going where?!

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FLIT

Back to my home system.

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FLIT (CONT'D)

Relax...

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FLIT (CONT'D)

--we're almost halfway there.

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Pan over to reveal Strick at Zork's command consol, mouth agape.

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CAMERA pulls out from front of ship.

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MAJOR STRICK

I didn't mean THIS far!

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PAN as spacecraft flies off.

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