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MANIFEST DESTINY
The UFS Mercury is en route to the planet
Trion to do scientific tests in preparation to establish a colony when
they recieve a distress call from a battleship, the UFS Rhesos. It was
only weeks ago that the Rhesos dropped bombs on Trion, killing the local
flora and fauna, making it ready for colonization. Before the crew of the
Mercury boards the Rhesos, medical officer, Dr. Will Olsten, dons a
miniature audio/visual recording device to chronicle the events on the
massive ship. It is through this device that we see and hear what takes
place during their rescue mission. The team quickly realizes that things
are not as they should be when they find the ship eerily empty, and come
across strange writing on the walls in what looks like blood. Soon, the
crew starts becoming paranoid and suspicious of one another. They begin
hearing things and seeing things that aren't there…or are they? One by
one, the crew members go crazy, attacking each other or committing
suicide. By the time Dr. Olsten figures out that this lethal, mental
degradation is being caused by a virus which was unleashed by the dying
aliens from Trion, it's too late to stop it. In a final and ultimate act
of alien revenge, the virus, which is transmitted via electrical current,
is unknowingly downloaded and sent to Earth.
Directed by: Brad Turner
Starring: Brad Johnson, Michael Shanks, Sarah Deakins and Ty Olsson