Episode
The Centurions: Cold Calculations
Overview
A truck containing some of the Earth's dwindling supply of silver is guarded by the Centurions on its way to Geneva. It soon comes under attack from a group of jet skiers. The Centurions stop and capture them, but Jake's Fireforce get-up has been monitored and duplicated by Amber and Hacker. Later, Amber disguises herself as Jake with Fireforce, and together with Hacker, steals the silver for Doc Terror's experiments. Jake is then captured by Hacker, and Amber tries to persuade him to join them. Jake escapes confinement, and with the other Centurions, attempts to retrieve the silver. Science Lesson: Snow by Jake.
Details
- Series
- The Centurions
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 15
- Air date
- 1986-10-03
- Runtime
- 21 min
Episode context
Cold Calculations is Episode 15 in Season 1 of The Centurions. It aired on 1986-10-03. The runtime is 21 min.
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Episode 14: Firebird
The Centurions visit Mexico at the behest of Max's old friend Rebecca. The location of the legendary Firebird, an ancient spaceship, was discovered at a Mayan temple, and she wants extra protection from a series of mysterious accidents that have been plaguing her expeditions. Kotan, one of her assistants, is working for Doc Terror, and requests extra help from Hacker. The Centurions manage to discover the location of the Firebird, but Hacker steals the ship and uses it against the Centurions. Together, they must pool their resources and clip Firebird's wings.
Science Lesson: The Mayans by Crystal.
Episode 16: Return of Captain Steele
The Centurions discover a lost weapon on an island whose natives are loyal to Terror.
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Episode 13: Let the Games Begin
Randy Chang, the young champion of the Holo-Games, is kidnapped by Doc Terror, who plans to use his strategic knowledge to defeat the Centurions. Terror disguises himself as the ""Gaming Master"" and tricks Randy into thinking that his attacks on the Centurions are merely parts of a game. The Centurions manage to get to Randy, but Terror turns him into Multi-Borg, a cyborg that can split into three parts. The Centurions have to stop Multi-Borg before Randy fully turns into a cyborg.
Science Lesson: Niagara Falls by Crystal.
Episode 17: Three Strikes and You're Dead
The underworld kidnaps a baseball star before the last game of the World Series, and Ace becomes involved in tracking down the missing athlete.
Episode 12: Operation Starfall
Ace is on the Moon, inspecting the security systems of a mass-driver ore transporter, that ships mined ore from the Moon to the Earth. It soon comes under attack by Terror's Strafers under the command of the cyborg Lunex. Ace is unsuccessful in defending the mining-camp, and both he and it are captured by Lunex. Doc Terror then announces that he will use the mass-driver to launch meteors at the Earth. Ace is rescued, and together, the Centurions beam-over to Lunar free it from Lunex. However, the meteor has already been launched toward the San Andreas fault line, and only Ace alone can stop it.
Science Lesson: The Moon by Crystal.
Episode 18: Double Agent
Ace is asked to pilot a new superjet, the XM-2000, for an air show in Paris. No sooner do the Centurions arrive than Doc Terror and Hacker stage an attack. The cyborgs are defeated, and the Centurions free the officer in charge of the XM 2000 and his assistant. Ace offers to walk the young lady home, and during the walk she reveals herself as Amber and kidnaps Ace. When Ace awakens, he finds himself strapped to a mind exchange machine stolen by Doc Terror. Hacker is on the other side, and Terror flips the switch, imprisoning Ace's mind in Hacker's body. With Hacker's consciousness now in Ace's body, Terror can hijack the XM 2000. Ace has to somehow get free, stop Terror and get his mind back into his own body...without getting killed by his fellow Centurions.
Science Lesson: D.N.A. by Crystal.
Episode 11: Battle Beneath the Ice
A meteorite with alien life on its surface falls into the Arctic Ocean. Doc Terror wants it, and sends Mako to retrieve it. Sealab is also interested in the meteorite, and comes into conflict with Terror's forces. The Centurions are sent to diffuse the situation. However, problems later arise when the new Mark-1 A.I. Prototype onboard is infected by an alien virus carried by the meteorite. With every electronic system on board Sealab affected, the Centurions have to neutralise the virus before Doc Terror's approaching forces arrive.
Science Lesson: Arctic Ocean by Max.
Episode 19: Child's Play
Jake Rockwell is sent to give a lecture at Sally Ride HS in Los Angeles. One of the students there happens to be a boy named Jimmy, who has ESP and is picked on by the local jocks. After Jake's visit, Wild Weasel is accidentally left behind at the school, and Jimmy uses his powers to merge with the system. For him, Wild Weasel is a way to impress a girl. But Doc Terror sees them, kidnaps the girl and recruits Jimmy to do some of his dirty work. The Centurions save the kids and stop Doc Terror.
Science Lesson: E.S.P. by Jake.
Episode 10: Attack of the Plant-Borg
A shower of meteors heads towards the Earth. The Centurions are sent to try and stop them, however, one of them crashes into the desert. Doc Terror scans it and discovers an invulnerable plant growing on its surface. He gets Amber to place a seed from the plant onto Jake's dog, Shadow so that the Centurions' secret base is attacked by the plant. The plants quickly multiply and proceed to attack the rest of New York. The Centurions discover the existence of a master plant-borg that controls all the others, and try to destroy it.
Science Lesson: Plants by Crystal.
Episode 20: Terror on Ice
The Centurions defend an Arctic base against Doc Terror's forces, but inadvertently uncover a frozen dinosaur which Jake discovers while out on his own after the battle. The dinosaur attacks the base, and the Centurions attempt to stop it. Terror observes the beast heading towards Dominion and captures it, intending to use it against the Centurions. Feeling sorry for the creature, Amber accidentally releases it. It then soon breaks out of Dominion with her and heads towards San Francisco, where the Centurions have to stop it and rescue Amber.
Science Lesson: Polar ice caps by Max.
Episode 9: Micro Menace
Doc Terror joins master criminal the Executioner to capture the Skyvault computer and gain control of an asteroid full of a valuable mineral.
Episode 21: That Old Black Magic
Hacker is spotted near Manhattan, and the Centurions are sent to investigate. He takes a woman, Cassandra Cross, hostage, but she manages to subdue him with her magical powers. After reviewing Hacker's memory, Doc Terror plans to have her power for himself. Meanwhile, Ace has become smitten with Cassandra, and while enjoying a flight with her, they are both kidnapped by Hacker. In Terror's base under Manhattan, Ace discovers that Cassandra comes from a family of witches. Terror wants Cassandra's powers to sink New York, but before he forces her to help him, she frees Ace as the other Centurions arrive.
Science Lesson: Earthquakes by Crystal.