For All Mankind - Russian Assault on U.S Moonbase

Driven by the loss of one of their cosmonauts, the cosmonauts from Zvezda Base mount a surprise attack to recover their sole surviving comrade (who also happened to ask the Americans if he could defect to the U.S). The Jamestown center of operations module is left depressurized while the rest of the base remains habitable, however the base commander is left trapped in his quarters leaving him hostage to the Russians.

[francescocavicchi]

What's next? Moonrines VS Spacesnaz?

[yutaja]

You know when background characters like that start talking too much one of them is about to get clapped.

[ColtComanche]

He died in seconds but at least got the honor of the first and only person to to touch the surface of the moon with bare skin

[jimmywest]

The US and USSR will find peace once they team up against the Nazis on the dark side of the moon.

[felipexp]

2:09 first man that touches the surface of the moon without a spacesuit

Edit: he probably died inmediately after

[KomradeCPU]

even though it's fiction and drama, that scene with the astronauts shooting the cosmonauts that were trying to get the translation paper gave quite the feeling of injustice being made.

[bobsnow]

I was losing interest with everybody's lame love triangle drama filling up precious airtime but the arrival of Space Spetsnaz has successfully roped me back in.

[dakotamoffatt]

I love how the paper buildup temporarily stops the air from being sucked out at 1:24

[jponzy]

I guess when you start bringing marines into space, the Soviets are going to start sending Red Army soldiers, who coulda guessed

[ihsanauliarahman]

The moment i notice unregistered astronaut outside of the base, i will immediately SCRAMBLE because it's either

a. Your colleague gone mad
b. Stranger in emergency
c. Stranger causing emergency
d. Space ghost

[Strikervideos]

Ngl when that cosmonaut woke up and asked to defect I could not stop laughing.

[JOSHHARRIS-vw]

That’s what happens when you shoot someone who was reaching for something that wasn’t a weapon

[bjornlillpers]

Let's just hope the final episode is mostly space stuff and not a bunch of relationship junk, because serious shit is about to go down

[Lajos_Kelemen]

Ok, that was a comically long reaction time for seeing a lone russian dude with an AK

[youngthaiarfssoldier]

So it begins. Moon battle... for a defecting Cosmonaut.

[benrussell-gough]

I wonder how many million people are going to have to die over this?

[thedave]

"Mr President, we'd like you to sign off on a moonbase that has absolutely no safety or emergency protocols and that a soviet cosmonaut could break into with a bread knife."

"Sure thing, son" *signs requisition form*

[patopato]

0:50 Ivan: "Say hello to my little friend!"

[Koshzor]

I'll try to explain why Soviet attacked. From Soviets point of view US took "their" mine (but they knew that in reality it was US who found it, so there was no retaliation of any sort and there is no real reason to fight over it). Later US marines killed one of their cosmonauts and took another one as a hostage (thats what they think after "defection" claim by the US without any prove provided). From Soviets perspective the idea that one of very best could defect is atrocios lie by it roots. And at the same time, Soviets have the intelligence on delivering US nuclear weapons to the Moon (We don't know if its true, but Soviets have to assume worst case scenario) and most likely they know about arming of Space Shuttles and escort for BFR that made it even more suspicious (in real world, USSR thought that Space Shuttle would be used to steal their sattelites and bomb USSR from the orbit). Soviets think that they are under attack and the only reasonable action for them - a preemptive strike in attempt to get their man. It is a fucked up situation, fueled by mistrust, chain of mistakes and lack of communication between involved parties at all levels.

And the best part is that at the same time Apollo-Soyuz (or Soyuz-Apollo) mission happens that should bring two countries together and show peaceful intents in space exploration. Unfortunately, we don't know if it is a deliberate distraction, or Soviet plans rapidly changed after the news of dead cosmonaut and another as "a hostage". Their military could think that this mission is a distraction too (But that's just my personal assumption).

[revenant]

US: why are they hostile

Also US: Casually shoots innocent miners trying to show them a letter that they can mine for free