- The Quests land themselves smack dab in the heart of a seafarer's fantastic and nightmarish yarn, complete with a ghost ship, a prowling sea monster, a hold full of coffins, and hidden treasure.
- En route to Sumatra, the Quests spot the Star of Borneo, a Dutch freighter declared missing in the Java Sea. Landing their aircraft on deck, they find the ship seaworthy but deserted. As they discover and read the captain's log, baring a tale of woe and horror, an amphibious sea monster ventures out from the ship's shadows to destroy their plane. Stranded and unable to call for help, the Quests have to survive the night to build an escape raft in the morning, but circumstances force them to take an immediate stand against the monster for survival. Aiding them somewhat is the ship's Chinese cook, Charlie, whom they find half-frozen in the galley freezer.—statmanjeff
- A Dutch freighter, "The Star of Borneo" carrying a top secret cargo, is reported missing in the Java Sea. Fortunately the Quest team is flying over the area in their VERTOL jet and sight the ship adrift. They land on the freighter, but find the crew has abandoned the vessel. All too soon our heroes are fighting for their lives against the onslaught of a hideous, dinosaur-like creature that has risen out the fathomless depths of the ocean. It is violent, unstoppable and bent upon the destruction of Benton, Race, Jonny, Hadji and Bandit.
The creature is unable to stand light and fire so the Quest team sets about trying to locate weapons to fight the creature. In the inevitable showdown bewteen monster and humans, they force the creature off the ship with a combination of fire, search lights, flares and harpoons. Jonny and Hadji also uncover the mystery behind the secret cargo; rows and rows of coffins filled with solid gold bars. The stranded team is rescued by a search plane and the final shot shows the monster swimming back to the depths of the sea.
One of the darkest episodes in the series, it ranks only behind the Invisible Monster as one of the creepiest original series storyline.
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