Teens in the Universe story
A crew of teenagers continue on an expedition to the Shedar system in search of the source of mysterious signals that had been detected from Earth. It is preceded by Moscow-Cassiopeia (first part, 1974).
11 total · 5 major · 6 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| AI risk to civilization | major | One gathers that bionic robots took actions on the planet that somehow led to the extinction of the native population of people that had built them. However, the people living in a small capsule in orbit around the planet remained outside the reach of the bionic robots. |
| cyborg | major | The planet was populated by bionic robots. |
| human vs. captivity | major | The bionic robots held a landing party of the teens and Agapit captive. |
| interstellar space travel | major | An interstellar space voyage was organized to find the source of radio transmissions made by intelligent beings that were picked up from a planet in a star system in the Cassiopeia constellation. |
| speculative spaceship | major | The film followed a the teenage crew of nuclear, relativistic spaceship as they continued their voyage to a planet in a star system in the Cassiopeia constellation. |
| father and son | minor | Agapit and his father. |
| humanoid robot | minor | Two obsolete robots helped the teens to rescue two female members of the crew from the bionic robots. |
| remembering bygone days | minor | The teens were show to miss their families back on the Earth. |
| theory of relativity | minor | The teens aged less than one year on their voyage to Alpha Cassiopeia while 27 years had passed on the Earth. |
| universal translation device | minor | The teens used a though interpreter device which allowed them to communicate with the planet inhabitants even though they didn't speak the same language. |