Call of the Unknown

Season 2, Episode 25
Air date	1994
Written by	Mark Edens Len Wein
Storyboards by	Gerry Acerno
Episode guide
Previous	The Lost Patrol
Next	Heart of Mars

"Call of the Unknown" is the 25th episode of the second season of Exosquad.

Summary

Able Squad blasts its way into the alien complex, and is pursued inside by Typhonus and his troops. After a battle which is made more difficult by interior defenses, Able Squad escapes into a different section. Meanwhile the alien structure begins to grow out of the ground. After the exosquad has blasted its way out and come to the aid of the Jumptroops with Professor Algernon, the spire begins emitting great energy waves.

Synopsis

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Characters

• J.T. Marsh
• Alec DeLeon
• Marsala
• Maggie Weston
• Rita Torres
• Nara Burns
• Wolf Bronski
• Typhonus
• Avery Butler
• Ramon Longfeather
• Algernon

Quotes

• Upon seeing the spire:

Algernon: "It's... breathtaking."

Butler: "Let's just hope we're all breathin' when this one's done."

Significant events, revelations, and other notes

• I am of the opinion that this episode would have been the basis for the third season of ExoSquad, had one been made. The strange occurrences at Chaos in "Beyond Chaos" could well be some alien race summoned by the transmission that is sent in this episode.
  • This storyline was to be shown in the Exosquad Third Season and the Exo-Pirates series.
• Why did Exofleet's explosive charge fail to breach the door? Was Typhonus's explosive charge more powerful or was the area choosen less resilient?
• The alien complex seems to be almost entirely comprised of organic technology.
• What is the purpose of the alien complex? Was it a former outpost or colony for the beings that created it? Or was it simply left behind milennia earlier so that when humans advanced far enough to activate it, it could alert its creators?
• Timeline of the Neosapien base on Ceres.
  • "The Last Man": the Battle of Ceres occurs.
  • "Dragon's Rock": General Drusus is executed for allowing Exofleet to discover the existence of the Neo Megas. (Dragon's Rock)
  • "The Dogs of War": General Drusus's mistake on Ceres is mentioned.
  • "Call of the Unknown": Algernon states that the base on Ceres has been abandoned by the Neosapiens and captured by Exofleet.
• Algernon invented Exofleet's cypher system.
• In "Call of the Unknown" and "Heart of Mars" the Jumptroop Dropship was able to approach Mars, remain in orbit, and leave the planet without using a Cloaking Device. The Mars Fleet never appears, combat is limited to the ground.
  • In "Warrior Brood" the pirate ship decloaks and changes orbit without interception from the Earth Fleet.

Season 2

"The Gathering" • "The Embassy" • "Pirate's Ransom" • "Ultimate Weapon" • "Expendable" • "Mindset" • "The Last Man" • "Dragon's Rock" • "Inner Dark" • "The Dogs of War" • "The First Step" • "The Greatest Fear" • "Flesh Crawls" • "Behind the Shield" • "Venus Rising" • "Miracle" • "Under the Skin" • "Ultimatum" • "Warrior Brood" • "The Dream War" • "No Surrender" • "Fire Ship" • "Martian Luck" • "The Lost Patrol" • "Call of the Unknown" • "Heart of Mars" • "Winged Fury" • "Night of the Traitor" • "Trial by Combat" • "The Perfect Warrior" • "The Price of Courage" • "Dark River" • "The Art of War" The Fall of the Neosapien Empire "One Small Step" • "Fifth Column" • "The Last Jump" • "The Night Before Doomsday" • "Abandon Hope" "Beyond Chaos"