SCIFI.COM - Farscape

Log File 10213

I will admit, I was a bit dubious when Crichton began having hallucinations. Aeryn Sun informed me that the human species is unaccustomed to long-term space travel, and she proposed that our journey might be at last taking its toll on the commander. John Crichton seemed preoccupied, playing games with himself and talking with imaginary companions, and it seemed that Aeryn's theory had merit.

First, the crew began to suspect that their food supply was contaminated with parasites. In an effort to track down and destroy these parasites, Chiana purchased a Vorc: a small, harmless creature bred to locate vermin and dispose of them. So when Crichton claimed to have seen a fierce creature in one of the access tubes, the crew and I felt certain it was merely a manifestation created by his prolonged exposure to space.

Though they doubted Crichton's story, D'Argo and Chiana remained convinced that there was a parasite of some kind contaminating the cargo, and continued to use the Vorc in an attempt to track it.

Perhaps it was their unwillingness to believe Crichton that prevented the crew from being prepared, but their first encounter with the all-too-real beast proved deadly.

Rygel and Chiana found the beast first, and allowed it to corner them in one of the maintenance bays. They escaped unharmed...but when D'Argo came to their rescue, he did not fare as well. The beast leaped at D'Argo, and bit him, injecting him with poisonous venom.

Zhaan studied a sample of the poison, and confirmed that if it continued to spread through D'Argo's system, the Luxan would assuredly die.

With the spread of the poison slowed by immersing D'Argo in a cooling chamber, the crew bought themselves some time, though not much. Zhaan postulated that she might be able to synthesize an antidote, if she had a sample of the beast's DNA to work from. With nothing but the Vorc to guide them, the crew set out to find the beast...before D'Argo's time ran out.

Guest Cast

Wayne Pygram..............Scorpius

Writer..................Naren Shankar
Director.................Tony Tilse