Dr. Morbius – Young man, my daughter is going to be terribly punished for what she just said.
J J Adams – Dr Morbius, don’t you understand it’s your subconscious that is responsible for all this death and destruction?
Dr. Morbius – What, me harm my own daughter.
J J Adams – Well, look at those gages. Your subconscious monster will use whatever amount of unlimited power it takes to break through that door.
Dr. Morbius – I’m helpless to stop this terrible power.
Altaira – John please do something.
J J Adams – Alright I will. (draws his sidearm and fatally wounds Dr Morbius who falls to the ground)
(The gages of the Krell machine quickly settle down to minimal levels and the door that was white hot cools visibly.)
Dr. Morbius – Son, throw that switch.
J J Adams – What will it do?
Dr. Morbius – It will initiate a chain reaction inside the Krell thermonuclear power plants that will unstoppably consume the planet in a miniature nova. The Krell technology is too dangerous for humanity. It must be destroyed.
J J Adams – Sorry Dr Morbius, I disagree. The technology they possessed was too dangerous for them and for you. But we’ll harvest the Krell knowledge without unleashing any subconscious monsters and I predict we’ll do just fine.
(Morbius expires)
Altaira – John, what do we do now?
J J Adams – Our first problem is how to get out of here. That door will be cool soon but it’s probably permanently welded shut. I’ll contact my crew and we’ll provide a funeral ceremony for your father and Doc. Afterwards we’ll get back in touch with Earth and begin the start of the project to decipher the Krell technology. That will be the largest step change in human knowledge since the discovery of the faster than light drive. It will take tens of thousands of scientists and engineers centuries to mine all of the knowledge here.
Altaira – But what will become of me?
J J Adams – That depends on what you want to do. If you want to stay on Altair IV, you will have many opportunities to press your legal right to some kind of remuneration for the government’s seizure of the Krell technology. I’d say you may end up as one of the wealthiest humans in the galaxy.
Altaira – But what about us?
J J Adams – Well Alta, a starship captain doesn’t make enough of a salary to impress an heiress but if you can wait a year for a wedding I can most probably wangle a desk job on Altair IV and we can see whether your interest in biology is strictly academic or not.
Altaira – I’ll wait for you John. I don’t want to leave my home. But with my father gone I need someone to help me figure out my future.
J J Adams – Well, as I said I’ll be stuck here indefinitely while the military secures the Krell infrastructure. So, you’ll get a chance to get to know me when I’m not killing your relatives or fighting invisible monsters.
(They embrace, kiss and then begin the search for a way out.)
