: They lack heat signatures, making them impossible to track with standard heat-seeking missiles.
: The team attempts to plant a specialized device (K.R.O.N.O.S.) inside a "dragonmother's nest" to force a controlled eruption and resolve the threat before a full-scale nuclear strike is ordered. Key Creature Facts Dracano
: As more volcanoes begin to erupt worldwide, Lowell must clear his name and work with the military to stop a chain reaction of eruptions that would lead to a total "Dragon Apocalypse". : They lack heat signatures, making them impossible
: The dragons are wyvern-type creatures that are only vulnerable to bullets for a few seconds after emerging from their cocoons. Once their scales harden, they become virtually bulletproof and invisible to radar. : The dragons are wyvern-type creatures that are
: Professor Simon Lowell, a disgraced volcanologist, is blamed for a catastrophic eruption at Mt. Baker that killed thousands.
: Lowell discovers that the eruption was actually caused by the release of "petrified magma cocoons" containing dragons that live in the Earth's interior and mature upon reaching the surface.