EXT. UP-LINK TOWER - VIEW OF AP-STATION: A view of the processing station from the colony landing field. Great streaks of lightning shoot out from the station, lighting the sky and ground all around.

Pan over to Bishop f.g., standing in the wind at the base of the telemetry tower. He has a Test-Bay Panel open and the portable terminal patched in. His jacket is draped over the keyboard and monitor unit to protect it from the elements and he is typing frenetically.

One of the commands he types causes the dish on the array to swivel and stop. He watches it and then continues typing.

He punches a few more keys and then hits a white button marked 'ENABLE."

INT. SULACO CARGO LOCK - IN ORBIT: The drop-bay is empty and silent, with the remaining ship brooding in the shadows. Rotating clearance lights come on. Hydraulics whine to life.

Drop-Ship Two moves out on its overhead track and is lowered into the drop-bay for launch-prep.