Andromeda Strain

Senator from Vermont:
You're absolutely sure it worked? You better be!

Dr. Jeremy Stone:
All reports continue to indicate that the experiment was successful, Senator.

Senator from Vermont:
Then we can feel confident your so-called "biological crisis" is over?

Dr. Jeremy Stone:
As far as Andromeda is concerned, yes. We have the organism at Wildfire, and we continue to study it. We know now beyond a doubt that othe forms of life exist in the universe.

Senator from Vermont:
Thanks to Scoop?

Dr. Jeremy Stone:
Yes.

Dr. Jeremy Stone:
However, with this new knowledge, there is no guarantee that another so-called "biological crisis" won't occur again.

Senator from Vermont:
Hmm. What do we do about that?

Dr. Jeremy Stone:
Precisely Senator. What do we do?

Dr. Jeremy Stone:
According to this there'll be a super-colony of Andromeda over the entire southwest in...

Dr. Charles Dutton:
Jeremy! These are biological *warfare* maps!

Dr. Jeremy Stone:
Why, yes... so they are... uh... but... Simulations, Charlie. Defensive... it's just a scenario.

Dr. Ruth Leavitt:
That's not the POINT for God's sake! Wildfire was built for germ warfare! Wildfire AND Scoop! And you knew, Stone! YOU KNEW IT!

Dr. Jeremy Stone:
That's not true Ruth! I learned about Scoop the same time you did!

Dr. Charles Dutton:
They already have Andromeda programmed! The purpose of Scoop was to find new biological weapons in outer space, and then use Wildfire to develop them!

Dr. Ruth Leavitt:
It STINKS, Stone!

Dr. Jeremy Stone:
You're blowing yout tops! We have no proof...

Dr. Charles Dutton:
The MAP!

Dr. Jeremy Stone:
DON'T BE AN ASS! That map only shows what Andromeda *could* do in the hands of an enemy!

Dr. Charles Dutton:
Enemy? We did it to OURSELVES!

Dr. Mark Hall:
Most of them died instantly. A few had time to go quietly nuts.

Dr. Jeremy Stone:
When the bomb goes off there'll be a thousand mutations! Andromeda will spread everywhere! They'll never be rid of it!

Dr. Jeremy Stone:
Stick to established procedures.

Dr. Ruth Leavitt:
Establishment gonna fall down and go boom.

Dr. Rudolph Karp:
Fools! They refuse to believe life exists in meteorites. I showed them at the astrophysics conference what I just showed you. But no! Even with a microscope they are blind! What do I have to do? Hit them over the head?

Dr. Jeremy Stone:
Hall? Take a look at this.

Dr. Jeremy Stone:
Are you sure this isn't coronary?

Dr. Mark Hall:
No, coronary is painful. They should grimace.

Dr. Jeremy Stone:
If it was fast, they wouldn't have time.

Dr. Mark Hall:
Fast? These people were cut down in mid-stride!

Jackson:
Hell of a way to run a hospital.

Dr. Mark Hall:
Tell us what happened, Mr Jackson.

Jackson:
I don't wanna think about it.

Dr. Mark Hall:
You know what people will say: "Piedmont was bad, that's why it was punished." First the town went crazy and then was destroyed...

Jackson:
YOU'RE crazy! Folks at Piedmont was good, decent, normal folks.

Dr. Mark Hall:
The man we found all dressed up in his doughboy's uniform, call that normal?

Jackson:
Pete Arnold, who worked at the store. It was the disease!

Dr. Mark Hall:
How do you know?

Jackson:
'Cause the only thing wrong with him before that night, was sugar.

Dr. Mark Hall:
Diabetes? Did he take insulin?

Jackson:
Couple of times a day! *Hated* the needle. *I* tried to talk him into usin' squeeze.