This substance, which they codename ‘Andromeda’, also ‘eats’ plastics and expands upon the absorption of energy this revelation leads to a hurried attempt to prevent the dropping of a nuclear device upon Piedmont, the scientists reasoning that the resultant burst of energy would only serve to ‘feed’ Andromeda and encourage it to grow. Hall is given the only key to disarm the self-destruct sequence, on the basis of the Odd Man Hypothesis: he is a single man with no immediate family and therefore, the hypothesis suggests, able to execute the most objective command decisions.Īfter some tests, the scientists come to believe that the a substance carried to Earth on the satellite – a kind of green slime on a black rock – displays some characteristics of life though with the absence of amino acids. Additionally, at the heart of Wildfire is a nuclear device which is primed to self-destruct if any of the security protocols are broken. However, first they must pass through four levels of the facility in order to prevent outside contamination, each level colour-coded.
Within the Wildfire facility, the team will investigate the reasons for the deaths in Piedmont, studying the satellite (codenamed ‘Scoop’) and its contents, and also examining both survivors (the baby and the elderly man). Upon closer discovery, Stone and Hall find two survivors: an elderly man and a young baby.Īfter the inspection of Piedmont, the four scientists are taken to the Wildfire facility, buried deep under the New Mexico desert, its access point disguised as a Department of Agriculture building. They find the blood of the corpses has turned to powder in their veins. Stone and Hall are taken by helicopter to Piedmont where, wearing Hazmat suits, they inspect the town. They deduce that what caused the deaths at Piedmont was ‘some form of space germ form of space germ’ that was carried back to Earth by the crashed satellite. Stone is the co-ordinator of the Wildfire programme, a collection of research scientists that also includes Dr Ruth Leavitt ( Kate Reid), Dr Mark Hall ( James Olson) and Dr Charles Dutton ( David Wayne). Something terrible happens the team members’ screams are heard by the radio operator and commanding officer of the nearby Vandenberg Air Force Base, Major Manchek (Ramon Bieri), who declares a state of emergency.Īir Force personnel collect Dr Jeremy Stone ( Arthur Hill) from his residence. However, upon entering Piedmont the team discover the streets littered with corpses. Synopsis: A team is sent by the USAF to enter the town of Piedmont, New Mexico, with the intention of retrieving a crashed satellite.