The year is 2103. Lieutenant Steve Halden, on duty at the “magnetoscope space scanner” with his fiance, “code analyst” Kara Lane, tells her his two weeks leave is approved. This pleases Kara, as now the two can be married. Steve points out an odd “batship” to Kara as the spacecraft enters the Earth’s atmosphere. He reports to his superior, aged Captain Dane Bartok, “Alert every proton-powered, anti-gravitator vessel available”. Bartok watches the enormous bat spaceship release several smaller ships, otherwise identical in appearance. Halden plans to attack, but Bartok wants to run from the fight. Bartok relinquishes responsibility and action to Halden. The batships are chased back to their mothership by the Earth forces. Meeting with an expert in extra-sensory perception, the earth forces manage to speak to a “Batman” prisoner captured in the fight. The “Batman” says they are from Luna and want to kill all the humans and take over the Earth, but their Chief was killed in the first fighter craft. Missing its leader, the Mothership has given up the expedition and returned to Luna. Bartok is charged in his failure. He says he expects no mercy. The next day, Halden and Lane tour an “All-Earth Air Force” rocket. Halden feels bad for Bartok, whom they see on the tour. Halden encourages Kara to talk to Bartok. Bartok mentions a releasable engine room he designed into the rocket. The “Bat-Ship from Luna” returns. Bartok tells the Halden to contact headquarters, but the Bat-Ship scrambles the signal. They take the rocket and run for it to get a message out. The Bat-Ship tries to capture them. The rocket is about to overheat. The crew abandon ship, except for Bartok, who sits down at the controls. The rocket dives at the Bat-Ship with guns blazing. Bartok wishes Kara and Steve goodbye, saying his actions are his wedding gift to them. Bartok is ejected from the unattached tube room, which crashes into the Bat-Ship and destroys it. Steve and Kara go to Bartok’s apartment, finding a document describing that Bartok’s wife died the day before the Luna attack. They visit Bartok at the hospital, who thanks them for their friendship with tears in his eyes.
Description The year is 2103. Lieutenant Steve Halden, on duty at the “magnetoscope space scanner” with his fiance, “code analyst” Kara Lane, tells her his two weeks leave is approved. This pleases Kara, as now the two can be married. Steve points out an odd “batship” to Kara as the spacecraft enters the Earth’s atmosphere. He reports to his superior, aged Captain Dane Bartok, “Alert every proton-powered, anti-gravitator vessel available”. Bartok watches the enormous bat spaceship release several smaller ships, otherwise identical in appearance. Halden plans to attack, but Bartok wants to run from the fight. Bartok relinquishes responsibility and action to Halden. The batships are chased back to their mothership by the Earth forces. Meeting with an expert in extra-sensory perception, the earth forces manage to speak to a “Batman” prisoner captured in the fight. The “Batman” says they are from Luna and want to kill all the humans and take over the Earth, but their Chief was killed in the first fighter craft. Missing its leader, the Mothership has given up the expedition and returned to Luna. Bartok is charged in his failure. He says he expects no mercy. The next day, Halden and Lane tour an “All-Earth Air Force” rocket. Halden feels bad for Bartok, whom they see on the tour. Halden encourages Kara to talk to Bartok. Bartok mentions a releasable engine room he designed into the rocket. The “Bat-Ship from Luna” returns. Bartok tells the Halden to contact headquarters, but the Bat-Ship scrambles the signal. They take the rocket and run for it to get a message out. The Bat-Ship tries to capture them. The rocket is about to overheat. The crew abandon ship, except for Bartok, who sits down at the controls. The rocket dives at the Bat-Ship with guns blazing. Bartok wishes Kara and Steve goodbye, saying his actions are his wedding gift to them. Bartok is ejected from the unattached tube room, which crashes into the Bat-Ship and destroys it. Steve and Kara go to Bartok’s apartment, finding a document describing that Bartok’s wife died the day before the Luna attack. They visit Bartok at the hospital, who thanks them for their friendship with tears in his eyes.
