| Natural Election Originally aired: 7/19/2002 Writer: Sophie C. Hopkins Director: Ian Watson |
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Guest cast:
Melissa Jaffer as
Raelee Hill as
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While being Captained by Rygel, John predicts an oncoming wormhole. It comes and goes
with no real problem. But just as they are to back up, they are attacked. Thoughts of a
Budong or the Flax cross their minds. But an outer view of the ship shows that they are
covered in a metal eating space plant. D'argo takes his ship out for a look and fires on the plant, just before Sikozu can tell him that the plant retaliates when it's being harmed. The plant is now deep within the ship and killing Moya. It's eventually learned that the plant has an aversion to Scorpius, and more specifically, his coolant rods. They take a batch into a fan room to blow the substance throughout the ship, but a part of the plant destroys a fan and dumps all they had of the coolant mixture. Noranti discovers the actual specific chemical in the coolant that causes the plant to die. It's learned that Moya has this chemical naturally in her systems. They release the chemical into the ship and activate it, successfully killing the plant. A vote is taken and D'argo is now the Captain of the ship.
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