Hostile Visit
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| Space: Above and Beyond episode | |
|---|---|
| “Hostile Visit” | |
 Commodore Glen van Ross |
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| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 9 |
| Guest star(s) | Tucker Smallwood |
| Writer(s) | Peyton Webb |
| Director | Thomas J. Wright |
| Production no. | 109 |
| Original airdate | November 19, 1995 |
| Episode chronology | |
| ← Previous | Next → |
| "The Enemy" | "Choice or Chance" |
"Hostile Visit" is the ninth episode in the first season of Space: Above and Beyond, and the first of two parts, followed by Choice or Chance. It originally aired in North America on November 19, 1995.
[edit] Plot
The Wild Cards use a captured Chig ship to infiltrate enemy territory on a bombing run that ends with the squadron captured.
[edit] Notes
It references Jimmy Doolittle bombing Tokyo in WW2.
It also quotes a Japanese suicide pilot: "With my mission now at hand, my dear old town, my dear old people, I now abandon everything and leave to protect this country. To preserve our eternal and just cause I now go forth. My body will collapse as a falling cherry blossom but my soul will live and protect this land forever. Farewell. I am a glorious wild cherry blossom. I shall return to my mother's place and bloom."
