Buck Rogers

In 1987 NASA launches a manned probe on a 5 month trip around the solar system. The probe's pilot is ME, Captain William "Buck" Rogers. Something goes wrong, however, and my life support systems are frozen and I am propelled into deep space. When the spacecraft returns to the vicinity of Earth, the year is 2491. I awaken from my deep cryogenic sleep to find Earth in the aftermath of a late 20th Century nuclear holocaust. Because of my piloting skills I become a valuable member of the Earth's Defense Directorate, which is headed by Dr. Elias Huer. I also find myself a part of a fighter squadron headed by Colonel Wilma Deering. Among my other compatriots are Twiki--a likable robot who becomes my pal--and Dr. Theopolis--a mechanical brain who is part of Earth's Computer Council.In no time, me, Wilma, and Twiki join the crew of a starship named Searcher. The ship, commanded by Admiral Asimov, is on a mission to locate the lost tribes of Earth -- humans who fled their home world after the nuclear holocaust. Also aboard the Searcher are scientist Dr. Goodfellow and Crichton -- a snobbish robot built by Dr. Goodfellow. The humans are later joined by Hawk -- a birdman whose people were hunted almost to extinction by a band of murderous humans.