The Merchandise Guide
Annual 1975

TOPSEC. PROGRAM 50A. MOONBASE. SURVIVAL PROCEDURES. AERO-SPACE AUTHORITY CLASS 1 PERSONNEL ONLY. The bald words of the label on the cover of a thick, official folder. One that had been issued to Commander John Koenig and his key colleagues, Professor Victor Bergman and Doctor Helena Russell. Instructions for the process by which Moonbase Alpha could remain a self- contained unit, in the event of some possible attack from outer space. The attack had never come, but circumstances had taken the Moon out of Earth's orbit. Had left Moon- base a travelling desert island, so to speak, upon which all her inhabitants

were isolated from their mother planet. And indeed, for all they knew to the contrary, Earth itself had become nothing but an empty sphere, ravaged by volcanic eruption and tidal wave. They were literally alone, the staff and person- nel of Moonbase. Alone and responsible for their own continuing existence! How was it possible for Moonbase to function? To support itself? This is the breakdown of the various systems--the logical sec- tions that made--that still make the incredible journey through the void of space possible. Three hundred men and women exist upon Moon- base Alpha. All of them depend upon one man to guide them. To have the

final say in anything affect- ing their destiny. This man is Commander John Koenig . . . Koenig's Command Desk is to the rear of Main Mis- sion. This is the Central Control of Moonbase, hous- ing scanners, communica- tions equipment computer and video screens. It is like