Fuming over the departure of his wife Vivian and the cutting of his research funding, crazy nuclear scientist Rogers Henry constructs Medusa, a thermonuclear bomb capable of generating a continent-sized electro-magnetic pulse; such EMP could effectively destroy a computer-based society. He dupes Vivian into bringing it to the Pentagon to exact his final revenge on the government, rigging it so it will explode before its count-down if Vivian's pacemaker isn't within fifteen feet of it. Medusa arms itself in the air aboard Scott Nash's 737 cargo plane, and with Hurricane Sigrid about to hit the coast, nobody wants to let them land. Based on the novel by John J. Nance.—Jeff Cross <[email protected]>

Rogers Henry, former head of the Defense Department's Medusa Project at Los Alamos, cons his estranged wife Vivian into transporting a "prototype" bomb to the Pentagon. Vivian accompanies the "prototype" bomb onto a Boeing 737 cargo flight, and once the jet is in the air, the count-down sequence is accidentally initiated. The crew discovers it is no prototype, but a working Medusa weapon capable of sending out an electro-magnetic pulse that would disrupt electronic communication across the continent. They also learn Rogers has synchronized the detonator with the frequency of Vivian's pacemaker, so that if she walks out of range the bomb will immediately go off.—Dennis Lewis <[email protected]>