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Sugar Dirt

Episode aired Apr 20, 1996
45m

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Lanei Chapman, Kristen Cloke, Joel de la Fuente, Rodney Rowland, and Morgan Weisser in Space: Above and Beyond (1995)

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A planetary invasion by Earth military forces is ambushed and turns into a military disaster. There is no air support and no ground reinforcement as the supporting fleet, among it the USS Sa... Read allA planetary invasion by Earth military forces is ambushed and turns into a military disaster. There is no air support and no ground reinforcement as the supporting fleet, among it the USS Saratoga, is forced to abandon 25,000 stranded marines in order to launch another assault, w... Read allA planetary invasion by Earth military forces is ambushed and turns into a military disaster. There is no air support and no ground reinforcement as the supporting fleet, among it the USS Saratoga, is forced to abandon 25,000 stranded marines in order to launch another assault, which could ultimately save millions of lives, upon a more strategic planet. Before departi... Read all

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Kristen Cloke, Rodney Rowland, and Morgan Weisser in Space: Above and Beyond (1995)

Kristen Cloke in Space: Above and Beyond (1995)

Lanei Chapman in Space: Above and Beyond (1995)

Morgan Weisser in Space: Above and Beyond (1995)

Lanei Chapman and James Morrison in Space: Above and Beyond (1995)

James Morrison in Space: Above and Beyond (1995)

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After the Saratoga left Demios to proceed to Ixion, the 58th wouldn't have known their position in order to aim the communication dish to maintain radio contact.

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Lt. Vanessa Damphousse: Saratoga, this is Demios. Request response to request for air cover. Situation deteriorating... Many units in retreat... Airfield in jeopardy of being taken. Many casualties, request response.
Lt. Price: Demios, this is the Saratoga...
Commodore Glen van Ross: [interrupts the LT to speak to the troops being left behind] Lieutenant. Marines, this is Commodore Ross of the USS Saratoga. We remain proud of you. Due to security reasons, I am unable to explain this painful directive. Due to the fortunes of war... Black Forest. I say again, Black Forest.
Capt. Shane Vansen: [Vansen interprets the code] No air support.
Commodore Glen van Ross: Red Sea. Red Sea...
Capt. Shane Vansen: [Vansen interprets again] No ground reinforcement.
Commodore Glen van Ross: You are encouraged, but not so ordered, to continue to engage the enemy. If, however, your positions become untenable, you are authorized to surrender. Semper Fidelis, and may God be with you always.

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10/10

This episode defines the style of the series.

I enjoyed this episode as it was so real. This was a much more accurate representation of what war is about. It is not all action and glory. It was actually depressing which made it much more believable. The circumstances in this episode tested the limits of the characters' human spirit. Most sci-fi/war shows are action and battle. The battles fought by the '58th' were from within. It was refreshing to see a (sci-fi) series tackle the idea of fighting from this point of view. I would love to see this series come back some time. Or continued. I think the general viewer-ship pool just prefers their stories tied up at the end with a neat little bow.

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