Frozen Assets
The Explorer and her fleet are just leaving star system 37. On the lounge, Jeff thinks the Drules are started to see things the Alliance's way. Hawkins arrives and says they can only have the new planet if they disarm. What's this?! Continuity?! And following the Dairugger script, for the most part? Hawkins allows Jeff to take the Voltron force out for some exploring.
Hazar and Dorma discuss the impasse they have with the Drule high command. Borgam arrives and announces he is deploying another squadron. Hazar is angry, but Borgam is acting on the supreme council's order. He plans to ambush the Voltron force at Planet 10. Borgam tells Hazar that something bad will happen if he doesn't toe the party line.
Jeff comes upon a planet at the edge of the solar system. He advises Hawkins, who tells him to go in for a look. Crick wonders if they need backup, but Hawkins keeps him in reserve. We get some fantastic backgrounds of the glaciated, frozen planet, and segue to a Drule fleet grounded in the ice. Captain Howl (?) decides to act shipwrecked and helpless. We get a flashy effect that matches that of a ship approaching the HQ from the space warp. Dorma tells Hazar that captain Shigormu has arrive. Dorma tries to convince him to escape into exile, but he refuses. The enter the planning room where Shigormu and Borgam await. Shigormu reads a statement that Hazar has been relieved of duty and sent back to the homeworld, with Borgam placed in his command. Dorma tries to sway Shigormu, but there is no room for compromise. After Hazar and Dorma leave, Shigormu tells Borgam that Hazar is to be court martialed. Dorma feels hopeless; Hazar isn't so defeated, but rather resigned. They watch another squadron leave to reinforce Captain H*** on planet 10.
The air team patrols the planet, heading towards potential Drule signals over a lake of ice. They come upon the fleet sitting in the ice. Jeff has them form the Stratofighter and lands, examining the ghost ships. Jeff calls the Drule squadron, but the Captain tells his XO that they will play possum until reinforcements arrive.
Jeff's team jumps out of their ship and approach the ships. An icefall gives them pause, but Jeff leads them to a lowered ramp. Chip wants to go back, but Jeff thinks the ships are abandoned. He sends Ginger to report to Hawkins while he leads the other three into the ship. The Captain gloats. Jeff has Chip stand guard at the entrance while he leads Wolo and Rocky further in.
Cliff and Crick are deployed to support Jeff by Hawkins and form their subunits. The Air team moves further into the ship, and Jeff is suspicious of the supposed abandonment. They move through the ship and into the control room. They see Drule soldiers scattered around the floor, and then the lights come up and they're surrounded. The Captain goes all Bond villain and gloats, then they reproduce the gymnastics routine from planet Eldora and evade gunfire. Chip escapes from the ship just as it lifts off and runs to the Stratofighter. Ginger calls Hawkins, and he tells her that the other teams are on their way. Then a robeast explodes out of the eyes. It tries stomp on Chip, but Ginger picks him up and they fight the robeast. Jeff, Rocky, and Wollo fight a slow retreat, and Jeff gets the idea to steal some ships from the hangar.
Ginger continues to engage the robeast, but the Stratofighter takesw a hit from its claw and crashes. She's saved from getting stomped on by the arrival of Cliff and Crick. Jeff and his team make it to a hangar bay full of Drule fighters. They each take a fighter and Jeff opens the hangar doors. The air currents blow the troops back, and Jeff and his team escape.
Cliff and Crick are bombarding the robeast, but they don't have the power levels to damage it. Then they catch sight of the three missing team members. Jeff and his team jump onto the Stratofighter and get into their own cockpits.
Captain Jumka (who looks like a purple Mark Harmon) is told that the other captain isn't doing so well. Jumka gives the word for the other captain to retreat.
They form voltron. They charge the robeast and through the spinning laser blades at it, but its beam weapons destroy the blades and knock Voltron back. Jeff charges again, but gets knocked back. He disables the robeast's beam weapon with the wing beam, and then destroys another weapon with the raybeam whip, impales it with a solar combat spear, and then forms the blazing sword and does and impressive cartwheel attack.
Captain HGhgjf orders his fleet on to the third planet. Then we see the shot of Jeff and his guys fleeing in stolen ships again.
The air team waits outside Hawkins' office while the big H berates Jeff for almost causing an all out war with the Drules. Cliff and Crick also tease Jeff.
Aki Team Gets Caught
So, not too many episodes after "Air Rugger Vanishes," we have "Aki Team Gets Caught." I wonder if this is carrying on in the fine mecha anime tradition of titular hyperbole, like Mazinger Z's "Kouji Kabuto Dies in Lava." (He doesn't die. Though both things do happen to Aki and his team, niether is very serious in the end).
We see the Rugger Guard and fleet as they depart the star system to the sounds of a rough draft to some of the Macross OST. Aki is hopeful for the future with Galveston. Everyone else pretty much slaps him down. But is the absence of Galveston forces due to Teles' efforts, or because they're up to something? Aki's team launches to explore the further planets in the star system.
Teles tells Sirk that the planet is 15% closer to collapse than they were last month, and they NEED to lower their arms and find a new planet. Then Raucher arrives and tells him that Captain Herm from the Homeworld fleet has arrived at the tenth planet and he wants to send Captain Zucca to reinforce him, and this is on Supreme Commander Caponero's authority, even though Teles tries to reason with Raucher, and then tries to use his authority, and realizes he has none left.
Aki finds the ninth planet, a rogue planet outside star system 37, and Ise has him survey it with the air team. Ise tells Keats to standby. Then we get a montage of awesome ice planet backgrounds (it makes me want to listen to Immortal) that leads up to Captain Herm's grounded and frozen fleet. Herm tells his XO to cut power and look crashed.
Captine Gigolone arrives at the Galveston HQ, and Sirk tells him he should go into exile, amass a force of his own, and rebel, and even the Earth forces might help him. Teles is too proud to do such a thing. They enter the planning room and Gigolone installs Raucher as the commander of the frontline base, and Teles is to return to Galveston for court martial. Sirk tries to reason with Gigolone, and then follows Teles out. Raucher and Gigolone talk trash while he's gone. Teles broods at the windows for probably the last time (well, at these windows. I'm sure he'll find other windows at which to brood). Then the Zucca fleet is launched.
The air team surveys the planet and enters a region of canyons, where they find Herm's grounded fleet. Aki combines into the Air Rugger and approaches for a landing. Patty gets no energy signatures. Herm asks his XO where the Zucca fleet is. Since they've just left the HQ, Herm decides to wait.
The air team gets out of their ships and move to explore the ice-encrusted ships. They see a stairway lowered from the flagship. Aki decides to take Mutsu, Kai, and Kreuz to investigate, leaving Patty to contact the Rugger Guard. Herm watches them board and plans an ambush. Aki leaves Mutsu at the entrance, standing guard. Patty contacts Ise and he sends the other teams.
Aki and his team move deeper into the enemy ship. They enter the bridge and find dozens of Galveston soldiers strewn around. Then the lights come back up and Herm captures them. Sort of. They trade words, and then breakdance their way out of the fighting. The ship starts to lift off and Mutsu jumps out, riding the ramp to the ground. He gets to the Air Rugger, while Patty advises Ise. Then a battle attacker emerges from the ice and we hear the Dairugger version of Macross' Fate's Arrow. Patty and Mutsu have their hands full, as do Aki, Kai, and Kreuz in the ship. Then Aki decides to steal fighters from the hanger. (Oh, yeah, the Galveston troops are using more submachinegun-looking weapons, rather than the big silver rifles we've seen before.
The battle attacker is just about to take out the Air Rugger when the others arrive and the three ships gang up on the battle attacker. The three Air Rugger members reach the hangar and launch in stolen fighters. Herm is angry that his troops let them go. The three make it to the Air Rugger (not without showing off). Zucca's fleet arrives and receives word of the battle. Zucca decides to just head to the third planet (thus setting up the next episode). The three subunits reform into Dairugger.
Dairugger throws the spin cutters, but they're vaporized by the battle attacker's beam weapon. Aki charges, and gets hit by another beam weapon, which he disables with the wing beam and the whip. Then they use the lance and season the battle attacker, before fully cooking it with the Dairugger sword. Herm watches the battle attacker explode and makes for the third planet.
Ise chews out Aki, and the rest of his team waits. Walter and Keats are all "I told ya so." Then he goes and buys his team coffee. Patty wants cake, too.
Friday, September 30, 2011
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
It's Anybody's World/Teles and Asimov
It's Anybody's World
It's morning on the contested planet, and the Alliance fleet is hovering over a plain while herds of herbivores move across. it. Jeff, Cliff and Crick comment on how peaceful it looks.
Newley and Hawkins are on the bridge of Newley's flagship. They discuss the fact that Hazar himself is coming, and that they are willing to give Hazar the planet as long as they don't use it as a base for conquest.
Hazar is preparing to leave for the negotiations, and Borgam storms into his office, trying to convince him not to negotiate. Hazar's fleet leaves with two robeasts as a frustrated Borgam takes Hazar's place at the windows.
Hawkins' shuttle returns to the Explorer, and Hawkins asks Jeff if they've received communications from Noran, the Drule commander.
Hazar and Dorma approach the planet. The Explorer bridge crew see the arrival of this large fleet, and Noran contacts them to tell them that Hazar is on his ways, and they lay out the conditions for the negotiations. Noran pauses before agreeing, causing the bridge crew to chatter, but he accepts. Hawkins sends the Land and Sea teams out to examine the designated meeting area. Hawkins deploys the fleet to the holding zone as Noran and the robeasts follow suit.
Borgam calls Valen and orders him to report on Hazar's actions. Hazar, Dorma, Noran, and Valen are in an observation room of the ship as they proceed to the meeting place, Hazar with whine and Valen smirking.
The land team scares a brontosaurus-looking thing, and reports that the meeting area checks out. Crick flies among some coelecanths, and concurs with Cliff. Sparks orders him to check the airspace. Another bridge crewmembers tells Jeff all is ready, orders the shuttle launched. Hazar and Noran are waiting with their own shuttle (a new or recolored design). They begin the meeting, and Newley and Hazar shake hands. The discuss the crisis of the Drule homeworld.
The Sea and Land teams are patrolling when Cliff sights a column of smoke. They move in low, and see humans around a campfire. The primitive humans watch the Alliance mecha.
Hawkins and Newley are waiting while Hazar contacts Throk. The conversation with Throk doesn't go well, but he grudgingly accepts. Hawkins gets jittery when a communication alarm beeps in his shuttle. Cliff informs him of the stone age settlement, and Hawkins sends them back to the Explorer. Hawkins tells Newley, and then Hazar comes out of his shuttle. Hazar is more confident that his conversation with Throk should have left him, and then Newley drops the "This planet is inhabited" bomb. Hazar is thunderstruck.
Newley says they will have to work out an arrangement with the natives. Newley has another stipulation--the Alliance-observed disarmament of the Drule Empire. Hazar goes to contact his superiors again. Jeff is watching on the bridge when Cliff and Crick arrive.
Hazar is trying to convince Throk on the homeworld, who is not easy to convince. He yells at Hazar until he cuts him off. He comes out of the shuttle troubled. He tells Newley the truth, and says the Drule supreme commander refuses to accept the terms, but Hazar intends to disobey orders and leave the planet without fighting. Newley tries to stop him, and Hawkins commends Hazar's conduct. The shuttle lifts, and Newley suggests leaving a small garrison force as a precaution.
Newley is back on his bridge, sending the lookout detail while Hawkins launches the rest of the fleet. Hazar's fleet and the robeasts launch as well. Borgam, meanwhile, tells Throk of this development, and Throk tells him to send Valen back to the planet.
Hazar sends Noran and Valen to continue surveying for suitable planets. The fleet divides, and Borgam sends Valen back. Valen likes this idea.
Sparks detects the arriving Drule fleet. Hawkins believes that someone other than Hazar gave the order, and he deploys the Voltron force.
The garrison fleet is getting pummeled by Valen's superior force. Dorma rushes to Hazar, and Hazar punches the wall in frustration. Valen deploys the robeast. It makes a mess of the Alliance fleet. Valen gloats. Then the Voltron force arrives, and he sends the robeast to meet them. They form Voltron.
The robeast and Voltron tangle, and animals flee the forest. Crick is concerned that they'll destroy the forest, so they move to the cliffs. Newley and his fleet are rushing to return to the planet. The robeast and Voltron fight on a cliff, and the robeast actually has multiple swords. Voltron his hanging off the edge of the cliff when Jeff throws the robeast into the ocean with the Raybeam Whip. They form blazing sword and slice up the disabled robeast on the bottom of the ocean.
Valen's XO tells him that the robeast is destroyed and the escape ship is ready. Newley and Hawkins close in.
Hazar broods as he returns. He is sure that Valen had orders from Throk. Dorma looks depressed.
Newley and Hawkins determine that now they have to reach the Drule homeworld and liberate the Drules themselves. Then we get lousy time-filler dialogue in the lounge. And a Voltron commercial.
Teles and Asimov
The Alliance fleet hovers over the surface of the new planet as Aki, Walter, and Keats watch herds moving over the plains. Nolan has not responded, and Galveston is not likely to pass up a planet like this.
Ise and Asimov discuss Teles' arrival on Asimov's bridge. Asimob is willing to allow them to immigrate as long as they don't try for galactic conquest.
Raucher arrives at Tele's office, and Teles informs him of his negotiation plans. Teles tries to convince him that discussion is the safer route compared to aggression, but Raucher stalks off angrily. Teles leaves with a fleet escorted by two battle attackers, and Raucher is the one left brooding at the window.
Ise returns to the bridge, and Nolan has still not responded. Sirk and Teles watch as their fleet approaches the planet. The Rugger Guard radar operator picks up Teles' fleet. Nolan hails the Rugger Guard and shows them where to meet in an hour. Ise offers additional terms--Ise and Nolan will attend with the commanders, and the fleets will stand off 20 km from the location. He also wants a chance to scout it first. Nolan accepts. Aki protests that they'll be in danger, just the two of them, but Ise ignores him, deploys the Sea and Land Ruggers, and launches the fleet. Nolan's fleet also moves.
Raucher and Juxon discuss the start of the negotiations, and Raucher intends to call Caponero. Juxon smirks as he, Sirk, and Nolan sit in Teles' observation room.
The Land Rugger encounters dinosaurs but no threats, and the Sea Rugger finds coelecanths, but no threats. They are ordered to meet up and scout the interior of the continent. The fleet reaches its standoff position and Aki authorizes Ise's launch.
Nolan and Teles watch Asimov and Ise approach. The four officers meet and introduce themselves. There is a long (and Kurasawa-esque) moment of silence and swirly wind that was lost in Voltron, and then they introduce themselves.
Walter and Keats see smoke and a stone age human encampment. The humans are awestruck at the two mecha.
Teles is communication with Caponero, and Caponero doesn't trust the idea of abandoning conquest. He thinks the Alliance wants the galaxy for themselves. He tells Teles, shockingly, to accept their terms. Then the alarm rings in Ise's shuttle.
Commercial break--this one was dramatic enough that I thought I'd mention it.
Walter tells Ise of the humans. He goes to tell Asimov, and then Teles comes out of the shuttle and asks for time to consider the proposal. Asimov then tells him about the human settlement. Teles is shocked. Asimov admits that they alone can no longer decide the planets fate. He says that in order for them to trust to coinhabit with the aboriginals, they must disarm. Teles thinks about it, and then he and Nolan go back to the shuttle. Aki, Keats, and Walter watch from the Rugger Guard bridge.
Caponero does not like the disarmament proposal at all. Teles urges him to reconsider, but Caponero refuses. He orders Teles to refuse, but Teles finally disconnects. He walks slowly back to Asimov and Ise, and tells them that his government wants the planet to be acquired, even if it's by force. However, he is going to take his fleet, and Asimov tries to call him back before he leave. Asimov makes the momentous decision that the Galveston government must be overthrown.
The fleets are preparing to leave, and Asimov leaves a unit behind to watch for Galveston treachery. On the Galveston homeworld, Raucher reveals that Juxon has told him of Teles' withdrawal. Caponero is told that Juxon is trustworthy, and he smirks.
Teles orders Raucher and Juxon to survey other planets. Raucher then sends Juxon back to the planet, a duty he looks forward to. The Rugger Guard sees the change in course, and Ise realizes the small force left at the planet is in danger.
Juxon is already fighting his way through the Alliance squadron. Sirk rushes to Teles' office and gives him the news. Teles is angry. The battle rages, and Juxon launches the battle attacker. There's a slight animation error, I think--as it launches, the by-now-standard crotch missile launcher lights up instead of the three lights in its faceplate. At least, it looks like an error. Maybe it was just really excited to get into battle.
The Rugger team arrives and forms the big guy. This battle attacker has a serious arsenal--its right arm is a big bladed weapon on a chain, and it has a beam weapon in its right wrist. Dairugger leads the battle attack away from the jungle (which has a weird mix of dinosaurs and mammals). The Dairugger lance is disarmed by the blade on a chain, which is in turn severed by the whip. Then the battle attacker pulls another sword out of the beam emitter on its right wrist and wields it left-handed, driving Dairugger to dangle off of the cliff. 'Ruggs then throws the battle attacker off the cliff with the whip and finishes it with the sword.
Asimov's fleet returns in force and kills Juxon, wiping out his fleet.
Sirk tells Teles of the new events. Teles knows that Juxon didn't act alone.
Ise and Asimov watch the sun set, and realize they have to reach the Galveston homeworld as quickly as possible. They speak admiringly of Teles, and wonder what his fate will be now that he's disobeyed orders.
It's morning on the contested planet, and the Alliance fleet is hovering over a plain while herds of herbivores move across. it. Jeff, Cliff and Crick comment on how peaceful it looks.
Newley and Hawkins are on the bridge of Newley's flagship. They discuss the fact that Hazar himself is coming, and that they are willing to give Hazar the planet as long as they don't use it as a base for conquest.
Hazar is preparing to leave for the negotiations, and Borgam storms into his office, trying to convince him not to negotiate. Hazar's fleet leaves with two robeasts as a frustrated Borgam takes Hazar's place at the windows.
Hawkins' shuttle returns to the Explorer, and Hawkins asks Jeff if they've received communications from Noran, the Drule commander.
Hazar and Dorma approach the planet. The Explorer bridge crew see the arrival of this large fleet, and Noran contacts them to tell them that Hazar is on his ways, and they lay out the conditions for the negotiations. Noran pauses before agreeing, causing the bridge crew to chatter, but he accepts. Hawkins sends the Land and Sea teams out to examine the designated meeting area. Hawkins deploys the fleet to the holding zone as Noran and the robeasts follow suit.
Borgam calls Valen and orders him to report on Hazar's actions. Hazar, Dorma, Noran, and Valen are in an observation room of the ship as they proceed to the meeting place, Hazar with whine and Valen smirking.
The land team scares a brontosaurus-looking thing, and reports that the meeting area checks out. Crick flies among some coelecanths, and concurs with Cliff. Sparks orders him to check the airspace. Another bridge crewmembers tells Jeff all is ready, orders the shuttle launched. Hazar and Noran are waiting with their own shuttle (a new or recolored design). They begin the meeting, and Newley and Hazar shake hands. The discuss the crisis of the Drule homeworld.
The Sea and Land teams are patrolling when Cliff sights a column of smoke. They move in low, and see humans around a campfire. The primitive humans watch the Alliance mecha.
Hawkins and Newley are waiting while Hazar contacts Throk. The conversation with Throk doesn't go well, but he grudgingly accepts. Hawkins gets jittery when a communication alarm beeps in his shuttle. Cliff informs him of the stone age settlement, and Hawkins sends them back to the Explorer. Hawkins tells Newley, and then Hazar comes out of his shuttle. Hazar is more confident that his conversation with Throk should have left him, and then Newley drops the "This planet is inhabited" bomb. Hazar is thunderstruck.
Newley says they will have to work out an arrangement with the natives. Newley has another stipulation--the Alliance-observed disarmament of the Drule Empire. Hazar goes to contact his superiors again. Jeff is watching on the bridge when Cliff and Crick arrive.
Hazar is trying to convince Throk on the homeworld, who is not easy to convince. He yells at Hazar until he cuts him off. He comes out of the shuttle troubled. He tells Newley the truth, and says the Drule supreme commander refuses to accept the terms, but Hazar intends to disobey orders and leave the planet without fighting. Newley tries to stop him, and Hawkins commends Hazar's conduct. The shuttle lifts, and Newley suggests leaving a small garrison force as a precaution.
Newley is back on his bridge, sending the lookout detail while Hawkins launches the rest of the fleet. Hazar's fleet and the robeasts launch as well. Borgam, meanwhile, tells Throk of this development, and Throk tells him to send Valen back to the planet.
Hazar sends Noran and Valen to continue surveying for suitable planets. The fleet divides, and Borgam sends Valen back. Valen likes this idea.
Sparks detects the arriving Drule fleet. Hawkins believes that someone other than Hazar gave the order, and he deploys the Voltron force.
The garrison fleet is getting pummeled by Valen's superior force. Dorma rushes to Hazar, and Hazar punches the wall in frustration. Valen deploys the robeast. It makes a mess of the Alliance fleet. Valen gloats. Then the Voltron force arrives, and he sends the robeast to meet them. They form Voltron.
The robeast and Voltron tangle, and animals flee the forest. Crick is concerned that they'll destroy the forest, so they move to the cliffs. Newley and his fleet are rushing to return to the planet. The robeast and Voltron fight on a cliff, and the robeast actually has multiple swords. Voltron his hanging off the edge of the cliff when Jeff throws the robeast into the ocean with the Raybeam Whip. They form blazing sword and slice up the disabled robeast on the bottom of the ocean.
Valen's XO tells him that the robeast is destroyed and the escape ship is ready. Newley and Hawkins close in.
Hazar broods as he returns. He is sure that Valen had orders from Throk. Dorma looks depressed.
Newley and Hawkins determine that now they have to reach the Drule homeworld and liberate the Drules themselves. Then we get lousy time-filler dialogue in the lounge. And a Voltron commercial.
Teles and Asimov
The Alliance fleet hovers over the surface of the new planet as Aki, Walter, and Keats watch herds moving over the plains. Nolan has not responded, and Galveston is not likely to pass up a planet like this.
Ise and Asimov discuss Teles' arrival on Asimov's bridge. Asimob is willing to allow them to immigrate as long as they don't try for galactic conquest.
Raucher arrives at Tele's office, and Teles informs him of his negotiation plans. Teles tries to convince him that discussion is the safer route compared to aggression, but Raucher stalks off angrily. Teles leaves with a fleet escorted by two battle attackers, and Raucher is the one left brooding at the window.
Ise returns to the bridge, and Nolan has still not responded. Sirk and Teles watch as their fleet approaches the planet. The Rugger Guard radar operator picks up Teles' fleet. Nolan hails the Rugger Guard and shows them where to meet in an hour. Ise offers additional terms--Ise and Nolan will attend with the commanders, and the fleets will stand off 20 km from the location. He also wants a chance to scout it first. Nolan accepts. Aki protests that they'll be in danger, just the two of them, but Ise ignores him, deploys the Sea and Land Ruggers, and launches the fleet. Nolan's fleet also moves.
Raucher and Juxon discuss the start of the negotiations, and Raucher intends to call Caponero. Juxon smirks as he, Sirk, and Nolan sit in Teles' observation room.
The Land Rugger encounters dinosaurs but no threats, and the Sea Rugger finds coelecanths, but no threats. They are ordered to meet up and scout the interior of the continent. The fleet reaches its standoff position and Aki authorizes Ise's launch.
Nolan and Teles watch Asimov and Ise approach. The four officers meet and introduce themselves. There is a long (and Kurasawa-esque) moment of silence and swirly wind that was lost in Voltron, and then they introduce themselves.
Walter and Keats see smoke and a stone age human encampment. The humans are awestruck at the two mecha.
Teles is communication with Caponero, and Caponero doesn't trust the idea of abandoning conquest. He thinks the Alliance wants the galaxy for themselves. He tells Teles, shockingly, to accept their terms. Then the alarm rings in Ise's shuttle.
Commercial break--this one was dramatic enough that I thought I'd mention it.
Walter tells Ise of the humans. He goes to tell Asimov, and then Teles comes out of the shuttle and asks for time to consider the proposal. Asimov then tells him about the human settlement. Teles is shocked. Asimov admits that they alone can no longer decide the planets fate. He says that in order for them to trust to coinhabit with the aboriginals, they must disarm. Teles thinks about it, and then he and Nolan go back to the shuttle. Aki, Keats, and Walter watch from the Rugger Guard bridge.
Caponero does not like the disarmament proposal at all. Teles urges him to reconsider, but Caponero refuses. He orders Teles to refuse, but Teles finally disconnects. He walks slowly back to Asimov and Ise, and tells them that his government wants the planet to be acquired, even if it's by force. However, he is going to take his fleet, and Asimov tries to call him back before he leave. Asimov makes the momentous decision that the Galveston government must be overthrown.
The fleets are preparing to leave, and Asimov leaves a unit behind to watch for Galveston treachery. On the Galveston homeworld, Raucher reveals that Juxon has told him of Teles' withdrawal. Caponero is told that Juxon is trustworthy, and he smirks.
Teles orders Raucher and Juxon to survey other planets. Raucher then sends Juxon back to the planet, a duty he looks forward to. The Rugger Guard sees the change in course, and Ise realizes the small force left at the planet is in danger.
Juxon is already fighting his way through the Alliance squadron. Sirk rushes to Teles' office and gives him the news. Teles is angry. The battle rages, and Juxon launches the battle attacker. There's a slight animation error, I think--as it launches, the by-now-standard crotch missile launcher lights up instead of the three lights in its faceplate. At least, it looks like an error. Maybe it was just really excited to get into battle.
The Rugger team arrives and forms the big guy. This battle attacker has a serious arsenal--its right arm is a big bladed weapon on a chain, and it has a beam weapon in its right wrist. Dairugger leads the battle attack away from the jungle (which has a weird mix of dinosaurs and mammals). The Dairugger lance is disarmed by the blade on a chain, which is in turn severed by the whip. Then the battle attacker pulls another sword out of the beam emitter on its right wrist and wields it left-handed, driving Dairugger to dangle off of the cliff. 'Ruggs then throws the battle attacker off the cliff with the whip and finishes it with the sword.
Asimov's fleet returns in force and kills Juxon, wiping out his fleet.
Sirk tells Teles of the new events. Teles knows that Juxon didn't act alone.
Ise and Asimov watch the sun set, and realize they have to reach the Galveston homeworld as quickly as possible. They speak admiringly of Teles, and wonder what his fate will be now that he's disobeyed orders.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Whose World Is It?/Impending Crisis of the Inhabitable Planet
Whose World Is It?/
The Drules have the Earth fleet under surveillance. At the same time, the sea team is watching the Drule fleet. On the Explorer bridge, they express concern that things are too quiet. Down on the lounge, Hutch is going nuts, Cliff and Ginger are mostly ignoring him. Cliff is then called to the data analysis room. Cliff goes to see what the data on the planet says. Hutch recalls that the Drules have already blown up planets before.
Professor Page, Cliff, Jeff, and Hawkins look at slides of all the Drule data. And we get dumb dialogue about the Drule's plan for conquest.
Lisa tells Crick that the Drules are sending communications to the orbital fleet. Valen decides to take matters into his own hands.
Hawkins calls Newley and apprises him of the situation. They see another Drule fleet in orbit. Newley orders them to battle stations as the ships begin descent. There is no movement from the Drules.
The Voltron force watches Newley's fleet make the splashdown from the lounge. The sea team is still watching the Drules. Meanwhile, Hazar is trying to convince Valen to negotiate. Valen resists, and Hazar hangs up on him. Then a radar operator detects the sea team. Valen launches chariot fighters to bomb them. This is kinda awesome, this fight scene. Lisa says the Drules have the same right to the planet as the Earth fleet--and then all Hell breaks loose. The Drules use depth charges and the Aquafighter tries to reach the surface. Then Valen launches torpedoes from the capital ships. The charioteers launch their second wave.
There's an artistic transition as Ginger drops a cherry into her drink that matches the depth charges from just a frame before. Cinda has a feeling--and then Hawkins scrambles the rest of the teams. They form the subunits as the Explorer launches.
The Sea Team finally makes it to the surface, bit the charioteers rake them with energy weapons. They submerge again. The rest of the team joins the battle. The combine forces are able to drive off the bombers. Valen calls for the robeast, but Hazar denies him. Valen claims the Earth forces started it, but Hazar orders the fighting to end. Valen recalls all his units and prepares the fleet to launch. He plans a feigned retreat.
The three Voltron teams link up, but Jeff leads them back to the Explorer. Then Drule reinforcements and a robeast arrive. The teams separate and form Voltron. The robeast tackles them and they end up underwater. Voltron misses with the Raybeam Whip and the robeast forms atomic fireballs between its hands and blows Voltraon around while nuking a lot of fish.
Valen begins to gloat, and launches his fleet after the Galaxy Garrison forces. Captain Noran protests; he only wanted to launch the robeast to rescue Drule troops, not to start a full-scale battle.
Dead fish are floating all around Voltron while he dodges another pitch from the robeast. A porpoise goes crazy and rams the next atom ball, sending the robeast flying back. We get a shot of the porpoise again. Whew! It's still alive! Now Voltron and the robeast face of and Voltron forms the blazing sword. Ginger urges Jeff to lead the robeast out of the sea.
Valen's forces are moving in on the Earth forces. Hawkins sees them over the horizon. Newley is eager to meet them head-on, but Hawkins wants them to avoid a full-scale battle.
Voltron and the robeast are now fighting in a shallow lagoon at night. The robeast disarms Voltron with annihilation discs it shoots from its hands. Voltron throws solar combat spears at it, and the two robots race to the sword. The robeast tries to form another atom ball, bu voltron gets to his sword and sends the atom ball back, destroying the robeast.
Valen is preparing to fight, but Noran convinces him to grudgingly withhold from battle. Hawkins calls Voltron to a halt. Hawkins requests to speak to the Drule commander. Noran comes on, and they try to arrange talks directly with Hazar. Noran orders the fleet to withdraw. The Alliance fleet waits out the night. Jeff and Lisa have a moment in the lounge. Jeff thinks it's a trick, but Lisa is all for trying again. And Optimus Prime tells us it's to be continued. Again. This doesn't happen much in Voltron.
Impending Crisis of the Inhabitable Planet
Galveston orbital surveillance ships report no movement back to Juxon's main fleet. Meanwhile, Keats and the sea team are performing their own surveillance of the Galveston ships, also reporting no movement. Ise and Aki decide to take this lull as an opportunity to review the data they collected frm the Galveston base.
Nagato is arguing with Walter and Patty over fighting Galveston. Then Walter is called to the analysis lab.
Search, Ise, Aki, and then Walter are watching a slide show of images taken by the Galveston survey team. They wonder if the Galveston fleet on the southern continent is waiting for reinforcements.
Keats detects transmissions between the grounded and orbiting Galveston fleets. Juxon, meanwhile, finds out that the Earth fleet is moving in. Asimov orders his fleet to fight Galveston if the orbital ships try to stop them. The two fleet pass by each other without incident.
The Rugger crews watch Asimov's fleet land. There is a lot of tension in the lounge.
Sea Rugger is still monitoring the Galveston forces and record another transmission. Juxon is reporting the arrival of Asimov's sizable fleet. Teles tells him that he is sending Nolan to negotiate, and tells him not to fight. Juxon needs a new battle attacker. Then they pick up the Sea Rugger and he deploys bombers.
Keats sees the ships launch, and Kaga reminds him that Galveston found the ship first. Keats' concern is that Galveston will use this planet as a base for galactic conquest. Then they get hit by depth charges. Juxon launches torpedoes from his capital ships. The Sea Rugger tries to surface, but the charioteers launch the second salvo, and we make the transition with Patty dropping a cherry in her drink. And the Rugger teams get the order to scramble. Ise launches the Rugger Guard. The Rugger teams combine into their subunits.
The sea rugger finally surfaces, and the charioteers hit them with beam weapons. Keats orders them to dive again, and the charioteers launch more depth charges. Ise tells Aki not to escalate hostilities. Then they destroy all the charioteers and let the Sea Rugger surface.
Teles orders Juxon to cease hostilities. Juxon protests, but Teles hangs up on him. Juxon orders the fleet to lift off. The land survey force is recalled.
Keats rams some last charioteers, and then Aki orders them to withdraw. Just then, a Galveston support fleet arrives and a battle attacker swoops down at the Rugger teams. They separate and form Dairugger.
Dairugger tackles the battle attacker, and they crash into the ocean amidst the Galveston fleet. The battle attacker begins pummeling Dairugger and the surrounding environment with atomic baseballs. Juxon is impressed by Nolan's battle attacker. He then gives the order to lift off and attack the Earth fleet. Nolan orders him to stop, and he says he launched the battle attacker only to stop the slaughter of Galveston troops, but now he says Juxon is going too far.
Aki decides they need to get Dairugger out of the ocean, but the battle attacker throws another plasma ball that kills a porpoise. The porpoise's mate charges the battle attacker alongside Dairugger and detonates the plasma ball too close to the battle attacker, knocking both mecha off balance. Aki decindes to avenge both porpoises and forms the Dairugger sword, charging the battle attacker. Walter and Patty urge him to leave the ocean, so he takes flight and the battle attacker follows.
The Rugger Guard sees the Galveston fleet approaching. Asimov volunteers his forces, but Ise insists they avoid combat. Asimov agrees.
Dairugger and the battle attacker are apparently fighting on the planet's night side. The battle attacker can apparently use the same system that creates the plasma balls to fire lower-level blasts. The battle attacker tries to fire one final plasma ball, but Dairugger stabs it with the sword.
Juxon's fleet is ready to attack the lone Rugger Guard, but Nolan convinces him to let him try negotiations. Then Dairugger arrives, and Ise holds him back. Dairugger looks at the massed fleet facing off with the single Alliance fleet.
Ise contacts Nolan, and tells him he would like to have Asimov meet with Teles. Nolan orders the fleet to withdraw to the continent.
That night, the Alliance fleet rests in the harbor, and Kaga and Aki discuss the potential for another backstabbing. Kaga is far more optimistic on their chances for a peaceful settlement.
The Drules have the Earth fleet under surveillance. At the same time, the sea team is watching the Drule fleet. On the Explorer bridge, they express concern that things are too quiet. Down on the lounge, Hutch is going nuts, Cliff and Ginger are mostly ignoring him. Cliff is then called to the data analysis room. Cliff goes to see what the data on the planet says. Hutch recalls that the Drules have already blown up planets before.
Professor Page, Cliff, Jeff, and Hawkins look at slides of all the Drule data. And we get dumb dialogue about the Drule's plan for conquest.
Lisa tells Crick that the Drules are sending communications to the orbital fleet. Valen decides to take matters into his own hands.
Hawkins calls Newley and apprises him of the situation. They see another Drule fleet in orbit. Newley orders them to battle stations as the ships begin descent. There is no movement from the Drules.
The Voltron force watches Newley's fleet make the splashdown from the lounge. The sea team is still watching the Drules. Meanwhile, Hazar is trying to convince Valen to negotiate. Valen resists, and Hazar hangs up on him. Then a radar operator detects the sea team. Valen launches chariot fighters to bomb them. This is kinda awesome, this fight scene. Lisa says the Drules have the same right to the planet as the Earth fleet--and then all Hell breaks loose. The Drules use depth charges and the Aquafighter tries to reach the surface. Then Valen launches torpedoes from the capital ships. The charioteers launch their second wave.
There's an artistic transition as Ginger drops a cherry into her drink that matches the depth charges from just a frame before. Cinda has a feeling--and then Hawkins scrambles the rest of the teams. They form the subunits as the Explorer launches.
The Sea Team finally makes it to the surface, bit the charioteers rake them with energy weapons. They submerge again. The rest of the team joins the battle. The combine forces are able to drive off the bombers. Valen calls for the robeast, but Hazar denies him. Valen claims the Earth forces started it, but Hazar orders the fighting to end. Valen recalls all his units and prepares the fleet to launch. He plans a feigned retreat.
The three Voltron teams link up, but Jeff leads them back to the Explorer. Then Drule reinforcements and a robeast arrive. The teams separate and form Voltron. The robeast tackles them and they end up underwater. Voltron misses with the Raybeam Whip and the robeast forms atomic fireballs between its hands and blows Voltraon around while nuking a lot of fish.
Valen begins to gloat, and launches his fleet after the Galaxy Garrison forces. Captain Noran protests; he only wanted to launch the robeast to rescue Drule troops, not to start a full-scale battle.
Dead fish are floating all around Voltron while he dodges another pitch from the robeast. A porpoise goes crazy and rams the next atom ball, sending the robeast flying back. We get a shot of the porpoise again. Whew! It's still alive! Now Voltron and the robeast face of and Voltron forms the blazing sword. Ginger urges Jeff to lead the robeast out of the sea.
Valen's forces are moving in on the Earth forces. Hawkins sees them over the horizon. Newley is eager to meet them head-on, but Hawkins wants them to avoid a full-scale battle.
Voltron and the robeast are now fighting in a shallow lagoon at night. The robeast disarms Voltron with annihilation discs it shoots from its hands. Voltron throws solar combat spears at it, and the two robots race to the sword. The robeast tries to form another atom ball, bu voltron gets to his sword and sends the atom ball back, destroying the robeast.
Valen is preparing to fight, but Noran convinces him to grudgingly withhold from battle. Hawkins calls Voltron to a halt. Hawkins requests to speak to the Drule commander. Noran comes on, and they try to arrange talks directly with Hazar. Noran orders the fleet to withdraw. The Alliance fleet waits out the night. Jeff and Lisa have a moment in the lounge. Jeff thinks it's a trick, but Lisa is all for trying again. And Optimus Prime tells us it's to be continued. Again. This doesn't happen much in Voltron.
Impending Crisis of the Inhabitable Planet
Galveston orbital surveillance ships report no movement back to Juxon's main fleet. Meanwhile, Keats and the sea team are performing their own surveillance of the Galveston ships, also reporting no movement. Ise and Aki decide to take this lull as an opportunity to review the data they collected frm the Galveston base.
Nagato is arguing with Walter and Patty over fighting Galveston. Then Walter is called to the analysis lab.
Search, Ise, Aki, and then Walter are watching a slide show of images taken by the Galveston survey team. They wonder if the Galveston fleet on the southern continent is waiting for reinforcements.
Keats detects transmissions between the grounded and orbiting Galveston fleets. Juxon, meanwhile, finds out that the Earth fleet is moving in. Asimov orders his fleet to fight Galveston if the orbital ships try to stop them. The two fleet pass by each other without incident.
The Rugger crews watch Asimov's fleet land. There is a lot of tension in the lounge.
Sea Rugger is still monitoring the Galveston forces and record another transmission. Juxon is reporting the arrival of Asimov's sizable fleet. Teles tells him that he is sending Nolan to negotiate, and tells him not to fight. Juxon needs a new battle attacker. Then they pick up the Sea Rugger and he deploys bombers.
Keats sees the ships launch, and Kaga reminds him that Galveston found the ship first. Keats' concern is that Galveston will use this planet as a base for galactic conquest. Then they get hit by depth charges. Juxon launches torpedoes from his capital ships. The Sea Rugger tries to surface, but the charioteers launch the second salvo, and we make the transition with Patty dropping a cherry in her drink. And the Rugger teams get the order to scramble. Ise launches the Rugger Guard. The Rugger teams combine into their subunits.
The sea rugger finally surfaces, and the charioteers hit them with beam weapons. Keats orders them to dive again, and the charioteers launch more depth charges. Ise tells Aki not to escalate hostilities. Then they destroy all the charioteers and let the Sea Rugger surface.
Teles orders Juxon to cease hostilities. Juxon protests, but Teles hangs up on him. Juxon orders the fleet to lift off. The land survey force is recalled.
Keats rams some last charioteers, and then Aki orders them to withdraw. Just then, a Galveston support fleet arrives and a battle attacker swoops down at the Rugger teams. They separate and form Dairugger.
Dairugger tackles the battle attacker, and they crash into the ocean amidst the Galveston fleet. The battle attacker begins pummeling Dairugger and the surrounding environment with atomic baseballs. Juxon is impressed by Nolan's battle attacker. He then gives the order to lift off and attack the Earth fleet. Nolan orders him to stop, and he says he launched the battle attacker only to stop the slaughter of Galveston troops, but now he says Juxon is going too far.
Aki decides they need to get Dairugger out of the ocean, but the battle attacker throws another plasma ball that kills a porpoise. The porpoise's mate charges the battle attacker alongside Dairugger and detonates the plasma ball too close to the battle attacker, knocking both mecha off balance. Aki decindes to avenge both porpoises and forms the Dairugger sword, charging the battle attacker. Walter and Patty urge him to leave the ocean, so he takes flight and the battle attacker follows.
The Rugger Guard sees the Galveston fleet approaching. Asimov volunteers his forces, but Ise insists they avoid combat. Asimov agrees.
Dairugger and the battle attacker are apparently fighting on the planet's night side. The battle attacker can apparently use the same system that creates the plasma balls to fire lower-level blasts. The battle attacker tries to fire one final plasma ball, but Dairugger stabs it with the sword.
Juxon's fleet is ready to attack the lone Rugger Guard, but Nolan convinces him to let him try negotiations. Then Dairugger arrives, and Ise holds him back. Dairugger looks at the massed fleet facing off with the single Alliance fleet.
Ise contacts Nolan, and tells him he would like to have Asimov meet with Teles. Nolan orders the fleet to withdraw to the continent.
That night, the Alliance fleet rests in the harbor, and Kaga and Aki discuss the potential for another backstabbing. Kaga is far more optimistic on their chances for a peaceful settlement.
Red Moon Rises Again/The Boy Denon and the Elk
The Red Moon Rises Again
The Alliance fleet is in deep space. Hawkins looks out into the void ahead and broods about finding a planet despite constant fighting with the Drules.
In the Drule HQ, Borgam and Dorma discuss the position of the Voltron force and their weakened condition. Hazar grudgingly gives him permission to attack.
Hawkins orders the fleet down to examine planet 71. Jeff and Cliff burst onto the bridge and wonder why they're on guard duty. Hawkins talks them down.
A Drule fleet launches from the Drule HQ to planet 71. The Drule Captain looks like Eddie Munster. And, can we guess what Hazar is doing? Yep, brooding. Throk calls Hazar and demands to know why he hasn't found a suitable planet. Hazar claims he's sent reinforcements to a new planet for investigation.
The land team approaches planet 71 and form the subunits. They pass over grounded Allied ships under repair. Hawkins tells Cliff to look for drinkable water on the planet. Jeff and Crick are on the bridge. Hawkins tells them to go in support.
The land team come on a waterfall. They get out of their ships to test the water, and see a fawn drinking water. Hutch goes to harass the fawn. Suddenly, a feral boy dropkicks Hutch and carries the fawn off in his arms. He tries to climb a cliff but falls. Marvin and Hutch rescue the fawn and the boy. Cinda checks the boy for injuries. Cliff reports that there are humans on the planet to Hawkins. Hawkins wants them to find out if the boy's people have information on the Drules. As Cliff gets out of the ship, Cinda tell shim that the boy and the fawn have run off and the other three are chasing him.
The chase winds through the forest until a stag chases Hutch, Marvin and Murdock up trees. Then Cliff appears and startles the stag by firing a shot in the air. His sidearm is a different design. The boy and his fawn gets to the village and warns the villagers to run away.
The land team run through the forest and come upon the now-deserted village. There are signs that they abandoned the village quite recently. Then they see satellite antennae and solar panels on some of the house roofs. Then Cliff sees tracks leading away from the village. They track them into caves and see the boy with the fawn. Hutch does some rock climbing, but then a rockslide slows him down. They see the villagers looking down on them. Cliff introduces himself, and the guy mentions Uvall-Eyebrows from the last planet settled by people of the red moon. Everyone is now friends.
The Drule fleet under Eddie Munster approach the planet (which has rings--weird) and launches "stinger remote ships." We get a sweet shot of the fighters launching from interior bays. The land team is playing on the planet with the boy and the fawn and Cliff warns Hawkins that there may be Drules afoot. Hawkins sends Jeff and Crick to guard the repired ships.
Cinda, the boy, and the fawn and being dragged in a sled over grass by the stag and see the air and sea teams fly overhead. Then Jeff sees forty Drule ships in formation to attack the repair docks. The land team launches, but Cinda, the boy, the fawn, and the stag are cut off y enemy fire. The fawn is running around in the laser fire and is killed when the robeast explodes out of the ground. Man, this episode must have been done by Disney. Cinda wisely leaves the boy and the stag to run up to the robeast and gets in her ship. She starts shooting at the robeast and calls Jeff for help.
Hawkins orders Jeff to concentrate on the robeast while his fleet hits the Drule fleet. A second Drule fleet is coming in from behind as Jeff orders the formation of Voltron. Voltron hits the robeast with the raybeam whip and the spinning laser blades. The robeast leaps at Voltron and hits him with high voltage.
The Drule fleet takes heavy losses as Eddie Munster orders them to spread out and fight. The boy and the stag watch as the robeast pummels Voltron, drawing a sword and backing him to the waterfall where they first found the fawn. The stag jumps into the robeast cockpit and dies distracting the robeast. Voltron cuts the robeast down at the knees with the spinning laser blades, then destroys him with the blazing sword. Then he strikes a pose.
The boy is kneeling by the dead stag and crying. Later, they stand over the graves for the animals and the chief tries to comfort him by telling him that they'll get better. Well, whatever lands your kid in therapy, I guess.
More stock footage. Blah blah blah fillin' time.
The Boy Denon and the Elk
The Rugger Guard and fleet are in flight. Ise is brooding on the bridge, marvelling at the beauty of outer space and the futility of war with Galveston.
At the Galveston HQ, Teles is brooding, too. Sirk tells Raucher that the Earth fleet is anchored near the unexplored zone. Raucher wants to send Butler's fleet after them. Teles grudgingly allows it.
The Earth fleet goes to full power on final approach to a planet. Aki and Walter want to know why they're taking time guarding damaged ships while they should be making for the Galveston homeworld. Ise says they must guard the ships because they have more firepower than the main part of the second Earth fleet.
Butler's fleet moves into position, and Butler still looks like Eddie Munster. Meanwhile, Teles does what he always does, stares out the windows of his HQ and broods. He gets a call from Caponero, who starts yelling at him. Teles says he will have good new soon, about possibly finding a maybe suitable planet. Probably. Caponero agrees to pass it on to Corsair.
Ise deploys the Land Rugger to survey the planet. The repair crews are working on the grounded ships, and Walter reports back to Ise. Ise sends them to look for drinking water. Ise puts Aki and Keats on standby. Walter sees a waterfall and orders them to land for a qater quality test. While Izu is testing the quality, Kirigas sees a fawn. Nagato goes and harasses it and gets kicked by a human boy. The boy climbs up the rock wall and then falls off. Nagato and Izu rescue the boy and the fawn, and Kirigas gives him first aid.
Walter reports to Ise that this planet is inhabited. Ise orders them to find the others. The boy has run off, though, with the other three (minus Kirigas and Walter) chasing him. Walter goes, presumably to make sure those idiots don't hurt themselves. He ends up having to resuce them from the Stag. Meanwhile, the boy reaches his village and warns everyone away.
The team reaches the village, but it's deserted. They see evidence that it was deserted in a hurry, and they see antennae and solar panels. They then see footprints, which they follow into a ravine, and see the boy on the cliff ahead. Nagato goes after him, but a rockslide chases them off. Humans appear at the top of the cliff, and Walter tells them that they're the Earth Survey Team. The old man says Dahl told them about him.
In the village hut, the old guy says he is Denon, the boy's grandfather, and that they have had no other contact with humans since their migration.
Bulter sends fighters out in a scouting party.
On the planet, Kirigas plays with Denon, the stag, and the fawn, while the others pick fruit and Walter contacts Ise. He warns them of a potential approach by Galveston. He sends Aki and Keats to gaurd the grounded ships.
Bulter gets word of the grounded ships, and prepares his attack plan.
Kirigas and Denon are ferrying the fruit somewhere in a stag-pulled sled. They see the air and sea teams fly overhead. Aki sees nothing at first, but then the Galveston ships move in and attack the grounded ships. The land team takes off, but Kirigas is still on the surface. The fighting rages, and Kirigas and Denon take cover in caves. The fawn is killed by the battle attacker emerging from the ground. Denon and the Stag run to the dead fawn, and Kirigas runs to her ship, distracting the battle attacker. She calls Aki just as the Rugger Guard and escort arrive to engage the first Galveston fleet. A second Galveston fleet arrives, and Ise ordes the fleet to climb and circle around behind this new fleet.
Dairugger is formed, and they have a rough time against this battle attacker. The Rugger Guard and escorts have encircled Butler's fleet. Ise orders them to cut off all ships and destroy them.
When the battle attacker throws Dairugger down and draws an energy sword, the stag leaps through the battle attacker's cockpit, immobilizing it for a moment. That is long enough for them to form the Kilders/Space Cutters and cut it off at the knees, and then finish it off with the Dairugger sword.
Denon grieves for the loss of his pets. Kirigas is grief-stricken that the animals died because they were here, but Nagato and Aki point out that Galveston would be their to plunder the planet's resources eventually.
The fleet leaves the planet.
The Alliance fleet is in deep space. Hawkins looks out into the void ahead and broods about finding a planet despite constant fighting with the Drules.
In the Drule HQ, Borgam and Dorma discuss the position of the Voltron force and their weakened condition. Hazar grudgingly gives him permission to attack.
Hawkins orders the fleet down to examine planet 71. Jeff and Cliff burst onto the bridge and wonder why they're on guard duty. Hawkins talks them down.
A Drule fleet launches from the Drule HQ to planet 71. The Drule Captain looks like Eddie Munster. And, can we guess what Hazar is doing? Yep, brooding. Throk calls Hazar and demands to know why he hasn't found a suitable planet. Hazar claims he's sent reinforcements to a new planet for investigation.
The land team approaches planet 71 and form the subunits. They pass over grounded Allied ships under repair. Hawkins tells Cliff to look for drinkable water on the planet. Jeff and Crick are on the bridge. Hawkins tells them to go in support.
The land team come on a waterfall. They get out of their ships to test the water, and see a fawn drinking water. Hutch goes to harass the fawn. Suddenly, a feral boy dropkicks Hutch and carries the fawn off in his arms. He tries to climb a cliff but falls. Marvin and Hutch rescue the fawn and the boy. Cinda checks the boy for injuries. Cliff reports that there are humans on the planet to Hawkins. Hawkins wants them to find out if the boy's people have information on the Drules. As Cliff gets out of the ship, Cinda tell shim that the boy and the fawn have run off and the other three are chasing him.
The chase winds through the forest until a stag chases Hutch, Marvin and Murdock up trees. Then Cliff appears and startles the stag by firing a shot in the air. His sidearm is a different design. The boy and his fawn gets to the village and warns the villagers to run away.
The land team run through the forest and come upon the now-deserted village. There are signs that they abandoned the village quite recently. Then they see satellite antennae and solar panels on some of the house roofs. Then Cliff sees tracks leading away from the village. They track them into caves and see the boy with the fawn. Hutch does some rock climbing, but then a rockslide slows him down. They see the villagers looking down on them. Cliff introduces himself, and the guy mentions Uvall-Eyebrows from the last planet settled by people of the red moon. Everyone is now friends.
The Drule fleet under Eddie Munster approach the planet (which has rings--weird) and launches "stinger remote ships." We get a sweet shot of the fighters launching from interior bays. The land team is playing on the planet with the boy and the fawn and Cliff warns Hawkins that there may be Drules afoot. Hawkins sends Jeff and Crick to guard the repired ships.
Cinda, the boy, and the fawn and being dragged in a sled over grass by the stag and see the air and sea teams fly overhead. Then Jeff sees forty Drule ships in formation to attack the repair docks. The land team launches, but Cinda, the boy, the fawn, and the stag are cut off y enemy fire. The fawn is running around in the laser fire and is killed when the robeast explodes out of the ground. Man, this episode must have been done by Disney. Cinda wisely leaves the boy and the stag to run up to the robeast and gets in her ship. She starts shooting at the robeast and calls Jeff for help.
Hawkins orders Jeff to concentrate on the robeast while his fleet hits the Drule fleet. A second Drule fleet is coming in from behind as Jeff orders the formation of Voltron. Voltron hits the robeast with the raybeam whip and the spinning laser blades. The robeast leaps at Voltron and hits him with high voltage.
The Drule fleet takes heavy losses as Eddie Munster orders them to spread out and fight. The boy and the stag watch as the robeast pummels Voltron, drawing a sword and backing him to the waterfall where they first found the fawn. The stag jumps into the robeast cockpit and dies distracting the robeast. Voltron cuts the robeast down at the knees with the spinning laser blades, then destroys him with the blazing sword. Then he strikes a pose.
The boy is kneeling by the dead stag and crying. Later, they stand over the graves for the animals and the chief tries to comfort him by telling him that they'll get better. Well, whatever lands your kid in therapy, I guess.
More stock footage. Blah blah blah fillin' time.
The Boy Denon and the Elk
The Rugger Guard and fleet are in flight. Ise is brooding on the bridge, marvelling at the beauty of outer space and the futility of war with Galveston.
At the Galveston HQ, Teles is brooding, too. Sirk tells Raucher that the Earth fleet is anchored near the unexplored zone. Raucher wants to send Butler's fleet after them. Teles grudgingly allows it.
The Earth fleet goes to full power on final approach to a planet. Aki and Walter want to know why they're taking time guarding damaged ships while they should be making for the Galveston homeworld. Ise says they must guard the ships because they have more firepower than the main part of the second Earth fleet.
Butler's fleet moves into position, and Butler still looks like Eddie Munster. Meanwhile, Teles does what he always does, stares out the windows of his HQ and broods. He gets a call from Caponero, who starts yelling at him. Teles says he will have good new soon, about possibly finding a maybe suitable planet. Probably. Caponero agrees to pass it on to Corsair.
Ise deploys the Land Rugger to survey the planet. The repair crews are working on the grounded ships, and Walter reports back to Ise. Ise sends them to look for drinking water. Ise puts Aki and Keats on standby. Walter sees a waterfall and orders them to land for a qater quality test. While Izu is testing the quality, Kirigas sees a fawn. Nagato goes and harasses it and gets kicked by a human boy. The boy climbs up the rock wall and then falls off. Nagato and Izu rescue the boy and the fawn, and Kirigas gives him first aid.
Walter reports to Ise that this planet is inhabited. Ise orders them to find the others. The boy has run off, though, with the other three (minus Kirigas and Walter) chasing him. Walter goes, presumably to make sure those idiots don't hurt themselves. He ends up having to resuce them from the Stag. Meanwhile, the boy reaches his village and warns everyone away.
The team reaches the village, but it's deserted. They see evidence that it was deserted in a hurry, and they see antennae and solar panels. They then see footprints, which they follow into a ravine, and see the boy on the cliff ahead. Nagato goes after him, but a rockslide chases them off. Humans appear at the top of the cliff, and Walter tells them that they're the Earth Survey Team. The old man says Dahl told them about him.
In the village hut, the old guy says he is Denon, the boy's grandfather, and that they have had no other contact with humans since their migration.
Bulter sends fighters out in a scouting party.
On the planet, Kirigas plays with Denon, the stag, and the fawn, while the others pick fruit and Walter contacts Ise. He warns them of a potential approach by Galveston. He sends Aki and Keats to gaurd the grounded ships.
Bulter gets word of the grounded ships, and prepares his attack plan.
Kirigas and Denon are ferrying the fruit somewhere in a stag-pulled sled. They see the air and sea teams fly overhead. Aki sees nothing at first, but then the Galveston ships move in and attack the grounded ships. The land team takes off, but Kirigas is still on the surface. The fighting rages, and Kirigas and Denon take cover in caves. The fawn is killed by the battle attacker emerging from the ground. Denon and the Stag run to the dead fawn, and Kirigas runs to her ship, distracting the battle attacker. She calls Aki just as the Rugger Guard and escort arrive to engage the first Galveston fleet. A second Galveston fleet arrives, and Ise ordes the fleet to climb and circle around behind this new fleet.
Dairugger is formed, and they have a rough time against this battle attacker. The Rugger Guard and escorts have encircled Butler's fleet. Ise orders them to cut off all ships and destroy them.
When the battle attacker throws Dairugger down and draws an energy sword, the stag leaps through the battle attacker's cockpit, immobilizing it for a moment. That is long enough for them to form the Kilders/Space Cutters and cut it off at the knees, and then finish it off with the Dairugger sword.
Denon grieves for the loss of his pets. Kirigas is grief-stricken that the animals died because they were here, but Nagato and Aki point out that Galveston would be their to plunder the planet's resources eventually.
The fleet leaves the planet.
Monday, September 26, 2011
That's the Old Ball Game/Tears of a Rugby Player
That's the Old Ball Game
A battle is in progress. Hawkins calls Voltron and tells them that they've now engaged with the Drule's main supply base. The Drule ships move to withdraw, and Hawkins hold the team back.
On the ground, there are some Drule survivors who missed the last evacuation shuttle.
The Drule commander calls Hazar to tell him that he wants to begin the counterattack.
On the planet, GG supply ships float overhead as GG construction crews are working on repairs. Jeff and Hawkins discuss the possibility that the main Drule attack force may have held back in nearby space. The Alliance crews are salvaging what they can from the base. Troops watch over Drule troops. Jeff and Cliff bring Hawkins to speak to Lt. Antor, an officer. They tell the officer that his men will be left at the base with supplies. Antor thanks them.
Hazar, Borgam, and Dorma discuss this turn of events. Hazar resists the thought of an attack due to the potential number of Drule survivors. Hazar wants them to focus on finding anew planet. Captain Danton is to continue looking for new planets, not to reoccupy the base on planet Erby. Borgam says he understands, but he is less than thrilled.
The Alliance fleet lies in the bay near the Drule base. Lisa and Ginger share a drink, and Wollo asks them about the prisoners. Crick comes by looking for Jeff, who is talking to the Drule lieutenant.
Jeff wants to know why the Drules are wasting so much time fighting when they should be looking for a new planet (it's the transient sun theory again). Antor says Drule propaganda claims the Galaxy Alliance is out to rule the universe. Crick tells Jeff that he fears an attack. Jeff and Anton shake hands.
Denton and Borgam doubletalk their way around Hazar's orders not to attack the supply base
Back on the planet, the Alliance crews and the Voltron Force are all playing rugby. Fitting, 'cuz Dai-rugger basically means "Big Rugby player," and there are 15 players on a rugby team. Oh, and you can tell it's rugby and not badly animated football because they actually show a scrum. Antor requests that his men be allowed to play. Hawkins calls it football and Jeff calls it spaceball. And Ginger is very enthusiastic in cheering on Antor. Hawkins watching the game impassively. In mid-game, Crick's premonition gets stronger. Then the alarm sounds. The crews scramble to stations. Jeff and Anton have a moment, and Jeff hopes someday all games will be as peaceful as this was.
The Voltron force launches and combines into their subunits. The Drule POWs watch them leave from the abandoned rugby field.
The Voltron teams lead the escort ships to meet the drule ships. Denton's XO informs him, and he divides his forces--one to attack the ships, one to attack the base.
On the rugby field, some of his troops try to convince him to escape, but Antor knows that rescue is out of the question. Then the explosions begin. The Voltron force are surrounded by chariot fighters. Denton's second group reaches the supply base as the Explorer and the Alliance fleet launch. Antor and his men watch.
Antor's men race to the approaching ships, but they are shot down. The second attack group disgorges tanks. The Explorer is wrapped on in the battle when a robeast explodes out of the sea and confronts the Explorer. Hawkins recalls the Voltron force as the robeast forces them into the water.
Drule tanks overrun the base as the robeast stands on the Explorer flight deck and pounds the bridge with beam weapons. The Voltron teams knock it over just in time.
Dorma tells Hazar of Denton's attack, and Hazar is enraged.
The teams separate, the reform as Voltron. They land near the ruins of the base, and the robeast follows. They drop kick the robeast, and it hits them with a beam weapon. Voltron takes to the sky to evade it as tanks roll by.
Antor and his men watch the battle from the ruins, then Antor leaps out of the protection and picks up the rugby ball. While he's in the open, Voltron and the robeast fly by, and a stray shot hits the area in which they're hiding. Voltron knocks the robeast out of the sky with the solar combat spears, and then forms the blazing sword. Kaboom.
Denton orders his fleet to concentrate on the Explorer to avenge the destruction of the robeast. The Explorer opens fire, and Voltron takes his own toll on the fleet.
Hazar vents to Dorma about the constant fighting and his captains' blind ambition.
The base is in even more ruins. Ginger and Murdock look over the destroyed "androids." Jeff find the "wounded" Antor with the rugby ball. Jeff says he's run for his ship to take him back to the Explorer. We get a shot of the bridge, and then the same footage from the lounge, where they talk about Antor in sickbay. Hawkins tells them that Antor will be okay over the PA. Jeff comes back and says Atnor's beaten him in armwrestling. Cliff wishes all disagreements could be decided that way. Then Cliff gives us a Voltron commercial.
Tears of a Rugby Player
A fight is raging over a Galveston outpost. Dairugger and Alliance fighters are strafing the installation as burning Galveston ships crash to the planet surface. The ships withdraw and Ise tells Aki to let them go.
Galveston survivors are held under the guns of Alliance troops.
Captain Danton can not raise the supply base, and has Lando, his XO, send a recon shuittle.
The Alliance forces are busily salvaging the base, and Ise is concerned that with the fleet split three ways, they won't have the strength to counter a major attack. The salvage operation continues, and Alliance troops guard the Galveston survivors as Alliance supply ships lift away from the planet.
Walter, Aki, and Ise meet with Antonov, one of the Galveston officers. They tell him that his troops will be left on the planet with supplies. He agrees.
Raucher, Teles, and Sirk discuss the failure of Emma's operation and the depth to which the Alliance forces have struck. Teles is hesitant to recapture the base because he does not want to risk the lives of Galveston survivors. Raucher does not want to compete with the Alliance in the unexplored territories, but Teles says that the only thing keeping Earth from the Galveston homeworld is letting them explore. Raucher grudgingly agrees to keep Danton back from attacking.
Keats is having a premonition. Aki and Antonov discuss the continued fighting. Keats appears, and says he has a premonition. Antonov says an attack may be coming, and implies that many Galveston commanders do what they want.
Speaking of which, Raucher tells Danton Teles orders them to head into unexplored territory. However, they agree to ignore Teles' orders and Danton deploys his forces for a pincer attack.
The Alliance troops and the Rugger teams are playing rugby. Antonov looks on. Eventually, he meets Ise on the bridge and tells him of a similar game on Galveston. The two sides of combatants meet for a game while Danton's attack fleet approaches. Then the Rugger bridge crew pick up Danton's fleet and an alert is called. Antonov is left looking forlorn on the rugby field.
The Rugger teams deploy in subunits to support the Allied fleet. The ships close in on Danton's fleet. Danton is pleased they took the bait. On the rugby field, Antonov picks up the rugby ball and his men try to talk him into stealing weapons. Antonov questions whether this is really a rescue operation, then walks away. And stops suddenly when the explosions begin.
The Rugger teams are fighting through charioteers and Aki rallies them toward the flagship. Danton is notified that his detached mechanized force will soon reach the base. Antonov and his men watch the Rugger Guard and escorts launch. Danton orders his detachment to drop tanks and attack the Rugger guard from behind. The Galveston troops see their ships come over the horizon. One of Antonov's soldiers urges him to take action now--and the Galveston capitol ships begin killing the surviving troops.
The Rugger Gaurd's main engines are damaged, and a battle attacker bursts out of the see and attacks the Rugger Guard, driving it back to the ocean's surface. The Rugger teams break off their attack and move to assist the Rugger Guard. Tanks overrun the base, killing indiscriminately while the Rugger Guard fends off the battle attacker. Then the Ruggers arrive.
Sirk rushes in to Teles' office to warn him that Danton has initiated an attack. He is not pleased.
The battle attacker launches after the rugger teams, who separate and reform into Dairugger. Dairugger and the battle attacker trade fire, and Dairugger tries to lead it away from the main battle. Antonov is killed by a stray blast. Dairugger finishes the battle attacker fairly easily.
Danton's XO informs him of the loss of the battle attacker. He orders his remaining fleet to charge the Rugger Guard. Ise orders all guns to concentrate on the flagship. Dairigger begins to slice through the fleet, and Danton dies. Writhing in blazing agony.
Back at HQ, Teles is informed that Danton's fleet is annihilated, and the surveying is delayed yet again. Sirk announces that the Earth fleet is retreating, but Teles says that still gets them nowhere.
Chukker and Patty look out over the dead Galveston troops and are shocked that Galveston will kill their own men. Antonov is pretty clearly dead, and Aki is pretty clearly grief-stricken. He picks up the rugby ball and runs off while the soundtrack of the rugby game plays, and he kicks the ball in anger, drops to his knees, and grieves in a way that WEP couldn't show.
A battle is in progress. Hawkins calls Voltron and tells them that they've now engaged with the Drule's main supply base. The Drule ships move to withdraw, and Hawkins hold the team back.
On the ground, there are some Drule survivors who missed the last evacuation shuttle.
The Drule commander calls Hazar to tell him that he wants to begin the counterattack.
On the planet, GG supply ships float overhead as GG construction crews are working on repairs. Jeff and Hawkins discuss the possibility that the main Drule attack force may have held back in nearby space. The Alliance crews are salvaging what they can from the base. Troops watch over Drule troops. Jeff and Cliff bring Hawkins to speak to Lt. Antor, an officer. They tell the officer that his men will be left at the base with supplies. Antor thanks them.
Hazar, Borgam, and Dorma discuss this turn of events. Hazar resists the thought of an attack due to the potential number of Drule survivors. Hazar wants them to focus on finding anew planet. Captain Danton is to continue looking for new planets, not to reoccupy the base on planet Erby. Borgam says he understands, but he is less than thrilled.
The Alliance fleet lies in the bay near the Drule base. Lisa and Ginger share a drink, and Wollo asks them about the prisoners. Crick comes by looking for Jeff, who is talking to the Drule lieutenant.
Jeff wants to know why the Drules are wasting so much time fighting when they should be looking for a new planet (it's the transient sun theory again). Antor says Drule propaganda claims the Galaxy Alliance is out to rule the universe. Crick tells Jeff that he fears an attack. Jeff and Anton shake hands.
Denton and Borgam doubletalk their way around Hazar's orders not to attack the supply base
Back on the planet, the Alliance crews and the Voltron Force are all playing rugby. Fitting, 'cuz Dai-rugger basically means "Big Rugby player," and there are 15 players on a rugby team. Oh, and you can tell it's rugby and not badly animated football because they actually show a scrum. Antor requests that his men be allowed to play. Hawkins calls it football and Jeff calls it spaceball. And Ginger is very enthusiastic in cheering on Antor. Hawkins watching the game impassively. In mid-game, Crick's premonition gets stronger. Then the alarm sounds. The crews scramble to stations. Jeff and Anton have a moment, and Jeff hopes someday all games will be as peaceful as this was.
The Voltron force launches and combines into their subunits. The Drule POWs watch them leave from the abandoned rugby field.
The Voltron teams lead the escort ships to meet the drule ships. Denton's XO informs him, and he divides his forces--one to attack the ships, one to attack the base.
On the rugby field, some of his troops try to convince him to escape, but Antor knows that rescue is out of the question. Then the explosions begin. The Voltron force are surrounded by chariot fighters. Denton's second group reaches the supply base as the Explorer and the Alliance fleet launch. Antor and his men watch.
Antor's men race to the approaching ships, but they are shot down. The second attack group disgorges tanks. The Explorer is wrapped on in the battle when a robeast explodes out of the sea and confronts the Explorer. Hawkins recalls the Voltron force as the robeast forces them into the water.
Drule tanks overrun the base as the robeast stands on the Explorer flight deck and pounds the bridge with beam weapons. The Voltron teams knock it over just in time.
Dorma tells Hazar of Denton's attack, and Hazar is enraged.
The teams separate, the reform as Voltron. They land near the ruins of the base, and the robeast follows. They drop kick the robeast, and it hits them with a beam weapon. Voltron takes to the sky to evade it as tanks roll by.
Antor and his men watch the battle from the ruins, then Antor leaps out of the protection and picks up the rugby ball. While he's in the open, Voltron and the robeast fly by, and a stray shot hits the area in which they're hiding. Voltron knocks the robeast out of the sky with the solar combat spears, and then forms the blazing sword. Kaboom.
Denton orders his fleet to concentrate on the Explorer to avenge the destruction of the robeast. The Explorer opens fire, and Voltron takes his own toll on the fleet.
Hazar vents to Dorma about the constant fighting and his captains' blind ambition.
The base is in even more ruins. Ginger and Murdock look over the destroyed "androids." Jeff find the "wounded" Antor with the rugby ball. Jeff says he's run for his ship to take him back to the Explorer. We get a shot of the bridge, and then the same footage from the lounge, where they talk about Antor in sickbay. Hawkins tells them that Antor will be okay over the PA. Jeff comes back and says Atnor's beaten him in armwrestling. Cliff wishes all disagreements could be decided that way. Then Cliff gives us a Voltron commercial.
Tears of a Rugby Player
A fight is raging over a Galveston outpost. Dairugger and Alliance fighters are strafing the installation as burning Galveston ships crash to the planet surface. The ships withdraw and Ise tells Aki to let them go.
Galveston survivors are held under the guns of Alliance troops.
Captain Danton can not raise the supply base, and has Lando, his XO, send a recon shuittle.
The Alliance forces are busily salvaging the base, and Ise is concerned that with the fleet split three ways, they won't have the strength to counter a major attack. The salvage operation continues, and Alliance troops guard the Galveston survivors as Alliance supply ships lift away from the planet.
Walter, Aki, and Ise meet with Antonov, one of the Galveston officers. They tell him that his troops will be left on the planet with supplies. He agrees.
Raucher, Teles, and Sirk discuss the failure of Emma's operation and the depth to which the Alliance forces have struck. Teles is hesitant to recapture the base because he does not want to risk the lives of Galveston survivors. Raucher does not want to compete with the Alliance in the unexplored territories, but Teles says that the only thing keeping Earth from the Galveston homeworld is letting them explore. Raucher grudgingly agrees to keep Danton back from attacking.
Keats is having a premonition. Aki and Antonov discuss the continued fighting. Keats appears, and says he has a premonition. Antonov says an attack may be coming, and implies that many Galveston commanders do what they want.
Speaking of which, Raucher tells Danton Teles orders them to head into unexplored territory. However, they agree to ignore Teles' orders and Danton deploys his forces for a pincer attack.
The Alliance troops and the Rugger teams are playing rugby. Antonov looks on. Eventually, he meets Ise on the bridge and tells him of a similar game on Galveston. The two sides of combatants meet for a game while Danton's attack fleet approaches. Then the Rugger bridge crew pick up Danton's fleet and an alert is called. Antonov is left looking forlorn on the rugby field.
The Rugger teams deploy in subunits to support the Allied fleet. The ships close in on Danton's fleet. Danton is pleased they took the bait. On the rugby field, Antonov picks up the rugby ball and his men try to talk him into stealing weapons. Antonov questions whether this is really a rescue operation, then walks away. And stops suddenly when the explosions begin.
The Rugger teams are fighting through charioteers and Aki rallies them toward the flagship. Danton is notified that his detached mechanized force will soon reach the base. Antonov and his men watch the Rugger Guard and escorts launch. Danton orders his detachment to drop tanks and attack the Rugger guard from behind. The Galveston troops see their ships come over the horizon. One of Antonov's soldiers urges him to take action now--and the Galveston capitol ships begin killing the surviving troops.
The Rugger Gaurd's main engines are damaged, and a battle attacker bursts out of the see and attacks the Rugger Guard, driving it back to the ocean's surface. The Rugger teams break off their attack and move to assist the Rugger Guard. Tanks overrun the base, killing indiscriminately while the Rugger Guard fends off the battle attacker. Then the Ruggers arrive.
Sirk rushes in to Teles' office to warn him that Danton has initiated an attack. He is not pleased.
The battle attacker launches after the rugger teams, who separate and reform into Dairugger. Dairugger and the battle attacker trade fire, and Dairugger tries to lead it away from the main battle. Antonov is killed by a stray blast. Dairugger finishes the battle attacker fairly easily.
Danton's XO informs him of the loss of the battle attacker. He orders his remaining fleet to charge the Rugger Guard. Ise orders all guns to concentrate on the flagship. Dairigger begins to slice through the fleet, and Danton dies. Writhing in blazing agony.
Back at HQ, Teles is informed that Danton's fleet is annihilated, and the surveying is delayed yet again. Sirk announces that the Earth fleet is retreating, but Teles says that still gets them nowhere.
Chukker and Patty look out over the dead Galveston troops and are shocked that Galveston will kill their own men. Antonov is pretty clearly dead, and Aki is pretty clearly grief-stricken. He picks up the rugby ball and runs off while the soundtrack of the rugby game plays, and he kicks the ball in anger, drops to his knees, and grieves in a way that WEP couldn't show.
This World's for the Birds/Emma, the Female Captain
This World's for the Birds
The fleets are notified by Jeff that they are reaching planet Nesto, and Captain Morgan (who is Newley with miscolored hair) calls and tells them the the Drules are sending three scientific teams to meet them on the planet.
Borgam is trying to convince Hazar to let him be in charge of this mission, and he's chosen Twyla as lead. Hazar tells her he wants no fighting. Then he stalks off. After he's left, Borgam says OF COURSE they're going to fight. Borgam even sits in Hazar's seat. Twyla's fleet launches.
The Air team approaches Nesto at the same time as Twyla's. Apparently, because Twyla is a girl, she has Bardo as a chaperone. They argue about who goes to the planet. It ends up being Twyla, who leads a flight of chariot fighters.
On the planet, they fly over dinosaurs in the forests. The air team is flying around volcanic plains and wonders where the Drules are. The Drules startle some pterodactyls and get swarmed. The robot tries to take over for Twyla, and then a flock of birdodactyls tries to pull her off her ship. She crashes into a cliff wall and falls. The robot stops and tries to revive her while the others cover.
Chip convinces Jeff to start their own exploration. The team separates and fans out over the planet.
The robot is carrying Twyla back to the ship when another arrives to tell him that the Voltron force is here. The robot sets Twyla down and go to ambush Voltron.
Jeff and Ginger encounter the robots, and realize real fast that they're no friendly scientists. The rest of the team finds them and the tide turns. The robot leader orders a retreat and then turns to hold back the Air team. He, um, doesn't make it. Then Ginger sees the injured Twyla crawling on the valley floor. The team lands just as she reloses consciousness.
Bardo is mad at the troops, and they see the Voltron force lifting her back to the Explorer.
Hawkins is unsure on how to handle the situation. He sends Cliff on patrol.
Hutch and Marvin try to get Rocky to tell them how hot the Drule captive is. Ginger, Lisa, Cinda, and Chip are not amused. Hilarity ensues. Then the land team gets the order to launch. Ginger trips Hutch. I guess that's payback for sexual harassment.
Twyla awakens as Professor Page watches over her.
Borgam is convinced the Earth forces captured Twyla, not that she was trying to ambush them.
Hawkins tries to reason with Twyla, but she's all snarly and gross.
The land team is surveying the planet. Bardo detects them (though it looks like they're now on a moon or in the mountains). The Land Team arrives and faces off. The ships launch and attack. Cliff evades and calls Hawkins for help. All teams are scrambled. Lisa leaves Debbie with Twyla. As soon as Lisa is gone, Twyla knocks Debbie out and takes a shuttle. On the bridge, Hawkins order the launch gates closed. Twyla, bleeding profusely, gets out before they close the gate and makes it to her own fleet. Hawkins gives the order to attack and launches the rest of the Voltron force, sending them to find Cliff.
Twyla contacts Bardo and orders him to deploy the robeast (the last couple battle attacker designs, including this one, have been pretty bad-ass). Twyla docks with her ship.
Hazar contacts them and orders them to disengage. She refuses, desiring to prove herself.
The land team evades the robeast, and gets grazed by a sword hit. The Turbo Terrain Fighter crashlands on a planetoid as the rest of the Voltron force arrives. Cliff separates just before getting cleaved, and they form Voltron.
Voltron tries the solar combat spear, but the robeast deflects it with the sword. Then they try the spinning laser blades, which also get deflected.
The Drule and GG fleets are tearing each other apart.
Voltron hits the robeast with the electro blasters and damages it. Then they form the blazing sword and finish him. As the robeast explodes, Hawkins calls for help. Voltron launches to join the fleet.
Twyla and Bardo are down to only a few ships. Voltron hacks his way through several of them as Hawkins and the allied fleet close it. Twyla orders Bardo to ram the Explorer. Hawkins tries to dissuade her, bu she refuses. Bardo is, um, hurt real bad when the bridge takes damage. Voltron is finishing off another cruiser when Lisa warns him of the Explorer's plight. voltron approaches, but they won't be in time. Hawkins orders all batteries to open up, and the ship is destroy. Jeff tells us that Twyla got away safely in the shuttle, and we get a recycled shot of her earlier escape. Hawkins hopes she'll change her mind about peace. He orders them to return to the planet for the survey.
Lisa and Cinda talk like 20-something Japanese animators in the 80s thought girls talked. "Blue's not the answer."
Emma, the Female Captain
The Rugger Guard and fleet are following the Aki team to the next target planet. Captain Asimov hails him with the status of the fleet. He is dividing the fleet up to find the Galveston homeworld using three different routes.
Teles and Raucher determine that the Rugger Guard is heading to a planet they have not yet investigated fully. Raucher urges Tees to give Emma the authority to stop the Rugger Guard. He does so. (It's interesting that just as WEP figures out Hazar's really for peace, in the Japanese version, Teles is convinced peace is impossible (due to Luciano's actions) at this point. Emma's fleet and the Air Rugger both arrive at the planet. Emma orders her adjutant, Samus, to prepare a recon group that she will personally lead. The fleet is to stand by at the satellite.
The Galveston forces fly over primordial jungles while the Air Rugger is near lava plains. Ise wants regular reports from Aki, in an effort to avoid the capture that happened in last episode.
Emma's recon team is in a canyon she thinks might work for her plans, and they are surround by giant birds, who all grab Emma and cause her to crash.
Mutsu complains that the planet is too damp. Aki splits the team up to cover more ground.
The scout leader is carrying Emma back to his chariot fighter when he receives word of Aki and Patty's presence. He sets Emma back down and leads the attack. Emma regains consciousness during the battle. The rest of the Air team arrives just in time and turns the tide of the battle. The scout leader is dismayed when his troops retreat. He turns to die. Aki is about to order the rest of his team to pursue when Patty sees Emma. Kai can somehow tell that she's a fleet leader.
Samus punches one of the surviving soldiers, and then sees the Rugger mecha lift off.
Ise reflects on the situation on the bridge. He sends Walter to finish the survey. Izu and Nagato bother Kai about Emma. Yawn. Fortunately, the land team gets the order to deploy.
At Galveston HQ, Raucher is enraged that Emma is captured. On the Rugger Guard, Ise questions her on her motives and presence, but gets nowhere. She at least thanks him for saving her life.
The Land Rugger is investigating the planet while Samus is in charge of the fleet--on the moon, or where? Walter sees the fleet and advises the fleet. They do not engage, but Samus gives the order to attack.
The Rugger teams are scramble. Kaga leaves the nurse alone with Emma, who punches her and escapes in a shuttle. Ise tries to stop her but they miss. When Emma shows no sign of returning, Ise orders the fleet to attack and the other Rugger Teams to link up with Walter. She orders him to launch the battle attacker. Her fleet crew rejoices that she's returned. She contacts Teles, who orders her to suspend the operation and have her wounds tended to. Raucher smirks. Teles is aghast. Still heavily bleeding (all over the floor of the bridge!) Emma watches the two fleets close in.
The battle attacker damages the Land Rugger. They crash land on a moon, and the rest of the teams get there just in time to form Dairugger. The battle attacker manages to counter every one of Diarugger's attacks and has him on the run. Unlike Emma's fleet, which is quickly falling to the Alliance fleet. The battle attacker gets its sword stuck in a rock, and then Dairugger disables its beam weapons before finishing it off with the sword. They then get word to assist the Rugger Guard.
Emma and Samus here the news as one fleet group after another is lost, and the battle attacker is destroyed. Ise hopes Emma will just surrender, but she decides to ram the Rugger Guard instead. Samus is killed in the barrage, and Ise warns her to break off. Dairugger is too late to stop her ship. The Ise has all guns open fire and destroy her ship. Emma dies in flames. Both Dairugger and the Rugger Guard are buggeted in the explosion--and we're teased with the Rugger Guard's potential destruction for just a couple of seconds. Ise is depressed that war has led to this. Then he orders the ships to begin repairs and the Rugger teams to find a planet for anchoring.
The fleets are notified by Jeff that they are reaching planet Nesto, and Captain Morgan (who is Newley with miscolored hair) calls and tells them the the Drules are sending three scientific teams to meet them on the planet.
Borgam is trying to convince Hazar to let him be in charge of this mission, and he's chosen Twyla as lead. Hazar tells her he wants no fighting. Then he stalks off. After he's left, Borgam says OF COURSE they're going to fight. Borgam even sits in Hazar's seat. Twyla's fleet launches.
The Air team approaches Nesto at the same time as Twyla's. Apparently, because Twyla is a girl, she has Bardo as a chaperone. They argue about who goes to the planet. It ends up being Twyla, who leads a flight of chariot fighters.
On the planet, they fly over dinosaurs in the forests. The air team is flying around volcanic plains and wonders where the Drules are. The Drules startle some pterodactyls and get swarmed. The robot tries to take over for Twyla, and then a flock of birdodactyls tries to pull her off her ship. She crashes into a cliff wall and falls. The robot stops and tries to revive her while the others cover.
Chip convinces Jeff to start their own exploration. The team separates and fans out over the planet.
The robot is carrying Twyla back to the ship when another arrives to tell him that the Voltron force is here. The robot sets Twyla down and go to ambush Voltron.
Jeff and Ginger encounter the robots, and realize real fast that they're no friendly scientists. The rest of the team finds them and the tide turns. The robot leader orders a retreat and then turns to hold back the Air team. He, um, doesn't make it. Then Ginger sees the injured Twyla crawling on the valley floor. The team lands just as she reloses consciousness.
Bardo is mad at the troops, and they see the Voltron force lifting her back to the Explorer.
Hawkins is unsure on how to handle the situation. He sends Cliff on patrol.
Hutch and Marvin try to get Rocky to tell them how hot the Drule captive is. Ginger, Lisa, Cinda, and Chip are not amused. Hilarity ensues. Then the land team gets the order to launch. Ginger trips Hutch. I guess that's payback for sexual harassment.
Twyla awakens as Professor Page watches over her.
Borgam is convinced the Earth forces captured Twyla, not that she was trying to ambush them.
Hawkins tries to reason with Twyla, but she's all snarly and gross.
The land team is surveying the planet. Bardo detects them (though it looks like they're now on a moon or in the mountains). The Land Team arrives and faces off. The ships launch and attack. Cliff evades and calls Hawkins for help. All teams are scrambled. Lisa leaves Debbie with Twyla. As soon as Lisa is gone, Twyla knocks Debbie out and takes a shuttle. On the bridge, Hawkins order the launch gates closed. Twyla, bleeding profusely, gets out before they close the gate and makes it to her own fleet. Hawkins gives the order to attack and launches the rest of the Voltron force, sending them to find Cliff.
Twyla contacts Bardo and orders him to deploy the robeast (the last couple battle attacker designs, including this one, have been pretty bad-ass). Twyla docks with her ship.
Hazar contacts them and orders them to disengage. She refuses, desiring to prove herself.
The land team evades the robeast, and gets grazed by a sword hit. The Turbo Terrain Fighter crashlands on a planetoid as the rest of the Voltron force arrives. Cliff separates just before getting cleaved, and they form Voltron.
Voltron tries the solar combat spear, but the robeast deflects it with the sword. Then they try the spinning laser blades, which also get deflected.
The Drule and GG fleets are tearing each other apart.
Voltron hits the robeast with the electro blasters and damages it. Then they form the blazing sword and finish him. As the robeast explodes, Hawkins calls for help. Voltron launches to join the fleet.
Twyla and Bardo are down to only a few ships. Voltron hacks his way through several of them as Hawkins and the allied fleet close it. Twyla orders Bardo to ram the Explorer. Hawkins tries to dissuade her, bu she refuses. Bardo is, um, hurt real bad when the bridge takes damage. Voltron is finishing off another cruiser when Lisa warns him of the Explorer's plight. voltron approaches, but they won't be in time. Hawkins orders all batteries to open up, and the ship is destroy. Jeff tells us that Twyla got away safely in the shuttle, and we get a recycled shot of her earlier escape. Hawkins hopes she'll change her mind about peace. He orders them to return to the planet for the survey.
Lisa and Cinda talk like 20-something Japanese animators in the 80s thought girls talked. "Blue's not the answer."
Emma, the Female Captain
The Rugger Guard and fleet are following the Aki team to the next target planet. Captain Asimov hails him with the status of the fleet. He is dividing the fleet up to find the Galveston homeworld using three different routes.
Teles and Raucher determine that the Rugger Guard is heading to a planet they have not yet investigated fully. Raucher urges Tees to give Emma the authority to stop the Rugger Guard. He does so. (It's interesting that just as WEP figures out Hazar's really for peace, in the Japanese version, Teles is convinced peace is impossible (due to Luciano's actions) at this point. Emma's fleet and the Air Rugger both arrive at the planet. Emma orders her adjutant, Samus, to prepare a recon group that she will personally lead. The fleet is to stand by at the satellite.
The Galveston forces fly over primordial jungles while the Air Rugger is near lava plains. Ise wants regular reports from Aki, in an effort to avoid the capture that happened in last episode.
Emma's recon team is in a canyon she thinks might work for her plans, and they are surround by giant birds, who all grab Emma and cause her to crash.
Mutsu complains that the planet is too damp. Aki splits the team up to cover more ground.
The scout leader is carrying Emma back to his chariot fighter when he receives word of Aki and Patty's presence. He sets Emma back down and leads the attack. Emma regains consciousness during the battle. The rest of the Air team arrives just in time and turns the tide of the battle. The scout leader is dismayed when his troops retreat. He turns to die. Aki is about to order the rest of his team to pursue when Patty sees Emma. Kai can somehow tell that she's a fleet leader.
Samus punches one of the surviving soldiers, and then sees the Rugger mecha lift off.
Ise reflects on the situation on the bridge. He sends Walter to finish the survey. Izu and Nagato bother Kai about Emma. Yawn. Fortunately, the land team gets the order to deploy.
At Galveston HQ, Raucher is enraged that Emma is captured. On the Rugger Guard, Ise questions her on her motives and presence, but gets nowhere. She at least thanks him for saving her life.
The Land Rugger is investigating the planet while Samus is in charge of the fleet--on the moon, or where? Walter sees the fleet and advises the fleet. They do not engage, but Samus gives the order to attack.
The Rugger teams are scramble. Kaga leaves the nurse alone with Emma, who punches her and escapes in a shuttle. Ise tries to stop her but they miss. When Emma shows no sign of returning, Ise orders the fleet to attack and the other Rugger Teams to link up with Walter. She orders him to launch the battle attacker. Her fleet crew rejoices that she's returned. She contacts Teles, who orders her to suspend the operation and have her wounds tended to. Raucher smirks. Teles is aghast. Still heavily bleeding (all over the floor of the bridge!) Emma watches the two fleets close in.
The battle attacker damages the Land Rugger. They crash land on a moon, and the rest of the teams get there just in time to form Dairugger. The battle attacker manages to counter every one of Diarugger's attacks and has him on the run. Unlike Emma's fleet, which is quickly falling to the Alliance fleet. The battle attacker gets its sword stuck in a rock, and then Dairugger disables its beam weapons before finishing it off with the sword. They then get word to assist the Rugger Guard.
Emma and Samus here the news as one fleet group after another is lost, and the battle attacker is destroyed. Ise hopes Emma will just surrender, but she decides to ram the Rugger Guard instead. Samus is killed in the barrage, and Ise warns her to break off. Dairugger is too late to stop her ship. The Ise has all guns open fire and destroy her ship. Emma dies in flames. Both Dairugger and the Rugger Guard are buggeted in the explosion--and we're teased with the Rugger Guard's potential destruction for just a couple of seconds. Ise is depressed that war has led to this. Then he orders the ships to begin repairs and the Rugger teams to find a planet for anchoring.
The Red Moon People/Air Rugger Vanishes
The Red Moon People
A planet in space. Hazar's voiceover about the desolation of the Drule homeworld. They take us live to the dying homeworld, and Hazar again uses the UV-rays explanation. Hazar is talking to Borgam and his captains. Borgam stands up and sends Twyla (the second, remember the first Twyla back in Lion Voltron?) to attack Voltron.
The Stratofighter is exploring the planet. They cruise over swamps, and then Ginger detects life signs near the equator.
Lisa and Cinda discuss lipstick. Becuase, y'know, they're girls. Cinda also had a bad dream.
Someone is watching the Air Team. They duck into the woods. The Air Team goes in low over the ocean and sea smoke on the horizon. They pass a teepee village at tree-top level, then some kind of tractor beam weapon comes out of the ocean and pulls the Stratofighter under the water. Shadowy figures watch.
The Stratofighter is in some sort of underwater airlock. As the water is drained, a voice commands them to throw down their weapons and come out peacefully. Jeff insists they're on a peacefull mission, and then tries his controls. He relents when it turns out the electrical system is paralyzed.
On the Explorer bridge, they've lost contact with the Air Team, and they get a radar contact from beyond the planet. Hawkins sends Cliff and Crick to rescue Jeff, and turns the Explorer to face the Drules.
Twyla watches the Voltron ships approach the Devil's Planet. She lets them go.
The Sea and Land teams search for the Air Team.
Jeff tries to make small talk with the guard. They are herded into a holding cell. The white haired, scary-eyebrowed guy identifies Jeff as the leader, and they separate him. Chip bugs the guards into pistol whipping his glasses off.
Jeff is locked into a chair. Jeff introduces himself to Eyebrows, but they subject him to the Electro-mindreader.
BJ Ward talks to herself as Dorma calls Twyla. Twyla tells her that Voltron has lost the Air Team. Dorma tells her not to underestimate the Voltron force.
The Sea and Land teams approach the swamp/inland sea/body of water where the Air team disappeared. They land near the teepee village. The natives lunge out at them with energy weapons. The Voltron teams surrender. Crick tries to reason with them. One of the natives says their leader is questioning the Voltron Force leader. Lisa warns them that the Drules are coming.
Jeff is enjoying the mind reader, and Eyebrows determines that he's telling the truth. They turn of the machine and let him rest.
A scout plane returns to Twyla's ship. They reveal that the air team has been captured. They launch a robeast.
The Sea and Land teams are board, sitting at the shore. The natives return and tell them that they now trust them, and their friends will be released. Cliff and Crick try to explain that the Drules are coming, but their friends are being held beneath the swamp.
Beneath the swamp, Jeff awakens with the rest of his team. He flashes back to the planet of the red moon, recognizing the plaque on the wall of the chamber here. These are the survivors of the people of the red moon. Then Eyebrows enters and explains that he had to see if they were telling the truth. He admits that they are from the planet of the red moon. Jeff tells him about the plaque. The Eyebrows gets all sentimental. Rocky thought they had a higher technology, but they have now decided to limi their use of advanced science.
Cliff is throwing rocks into the water when lights appear under the water and Crick senses danger. A Drule robeast arrives and starts smashing tents. Cliff and Crick launch and counterattack. Without Voltron, there isn't much they can do against the robeast.
Eyebrows tells them that they've scared off the Drules by disabling their ships and capturing the pilot. He shows them wreckage of Drule ships. Then he tells them that the planet of the red moon was rendered uninhabitable by nuclear experiments. On these planet, they hope not to repeat the mistakes. A native calls to tell them that a robeast is attacking. Jeff launches the Stratofighter with the Sea and Air teams are being chased through the forest by the robeast. Jeff arrives, they separate, and then they form Voltron.
They drop kick the robeast, and the robeast hits him with an energy weapon. The fight is ruining the forest around them. Eyebrows is aghast at the destruction. Jeff makes Voltron walk straight into the robeast's fire, closing the distance but preventing further damage to the planet. Voltron then grabs the robeast and gets it in a bear hug. Then Voltron lifts off and carries the robeast out over the water. They form the blazing sword as the robeast forms its own beam sword. The fight continues in the sky, and they bring back Voltron's five minutes of energy, something we haven't heard in about 40 episodes. Then a beam hits the robeast, and it's clearly red and coming from past Voltron. voltron destroys the robeast and Twyla withdraws from behind the moon.
The Explorer has splashed down not far from the village. Hawkins returns the plaque of the red moon to Eyebrows. The fleet lifts off as Eyebrows' voiceover tells them that they will help them find the Drule homeworld in any way that they can.
Air Rugger Vanishes
Teles is reading a report on the current status of the Galveston homeworld. The van allen belts have been destroyed and the UV rays are destroying the surface. Raucher urges Teles to allow his attack group to handle the Earth fleet. He dispatches Emma. Teles prays they'll be able to find a planet despite combat with Earth.
The Air Rugger is surveying the planet, when, in a fair match to Voltron's dialogue, Patty detects life signs near the equator.
Kirigas is having a premonition about Aki while she and Kaga are putting their faces on.
The air team finds a teepee village. Aki decides against contacting the Rugger Guard before landing to investigate--and then is caught in a tractor beam. They are brought to an airlock under the swamp and a voice orders them to get out of the ship. Also paralleling Voltron, Mutsu reports that all electrical systems are out.
The Rugger Guard simultaneously loses contact with Air Rugger and detects UFOs entering the area. Ise sends the Sea and Land Ruggers out to the planet.
Emma's fleet catches sight of the Rugger teams heading to Minor Planet J. She decides to let the same forces that have claimed her survey ships deal with the Earth forces.
Walter is impressed with the planet, and can't see how the Air Team might have crashed. Kirigas tells him to focus.
The team is imprisoned in a room with armed guards while Aki is strapped down to a telepathic interrogation machine. Aki introduces himself to Eyebrows, and Eyebrows' lieutenant says they've never had contact with Earth before. They turn the machine on.
Sirk contacts Emma and orders her to prevent Dairugger from forming. Emma says the Sea and Land Ruggers are flying aimlessly on the planet of evil. Emma warns her to be careful and not to underestimate the Earth teams.
Keats and Walter find the swamp, but no Aki. Keats has them both land outside the teepee village. The teams dismount and walk through the village. Armed natives spring out from behind the buildings. They are told that Dahl, their leader is interrogating their team. The speaking native is in charge of the planetary defense force. Kaga tells him that Galveston is headed to the planet.
Why can't mind-reading machines be painless. Dahl determines Aki is harmless, then releases him.
A scout ship returns to Emma's flagship and reports that the Air Team is being held captive by the natives. She deploys a battle attacker.
Keats and Walter have a bit of a tiff, then the defense force leader says Aki's story has checked out, and they'll be released soon. He also tells them, to Walter's surprise, that they are at the bottom of the swamp.
Aki regains consciousness, but no one can tell him what's going on. They see a plaque on the wall that matches the one they saw on the planet of the red moon. Patty had figured they had migrated from somewhere else. Dahl appears and apologizes to Aki. Mutsu accuses them of being in leaque with Galveston. Aki says he suspects they're from the planet of the red moon. Dahl says after the immigration from that planet, they don't even have weapons (y'know, except for the tractor beam thing and the firearms their defense force carries).
On the surface, Keats and Walter are staring at the swamp, and a battle attacker arrives. The sea and land teams engage.
Dahl reveals that they use their science now to essentially scare the shit out of Galveston, and shows Aki the wreckage of Galveston fleet. He also explains that the land of the red moon planet sank into the sea due to nuclear experiments. Then they get word of the Galveston attack and the Air Team runs to join their comrades.
The battle attacker chases the Sea and Land Ruggers until Aki arrives, and they separate and form Dairugger. The battle attacker crewmembers are upst that they've formed Diarugger, but they continue the fight valiantly. Aki decides to use Dairugger's body to absorb the enemy fire to protect the planet. Dahl looks on as Dairugger catches the battle attacker in a bear hug. The attacker crew stop firing, fearful they'll be damaged, and Dairugger takes them aloft. They both form swords and start fighting in mid-air. Dairugger is low on power. They hit him with the beam weapons again. I'm pretty sure Dahl fires the tractor beam weapon at the battle attacker to mobilize it for Dairugger, and then we see it being lowered into the swamp again.
Emma curses her luck and orders the withdrawal.
The Rugger Guard has landed offshore from the village, and Ise returns the plaque to Dahl. Dahl urges them to help the galaxy reach a point where science does not harm nature. He also tells them that there are other planets with related peoples, and gives them supplies.
A planet in space. Hazar's voiceover about the desolation of the Drule homeworld. They take us live to the dying homeworld, and Hazar again uses the UV-rays explanation. Hazar is talking to Borgam and his captains. Borgam stands up and sends Twyla (the second, remember the first Twyla back in Lion Voltron?) to attack Voltron.
The Stratofighter is exploring the planet. They cruise over swamps, and then Ginger detects life signs near the equator.
Lisa and Cinda discuss lipstick. Becuase, y'know, they're girls. Cinda also had a bad dream.
Someone is watching the Air Team. They duck into the woods. The Air Team goes in low over the ocean and sea smoke on the horizon. They pass a teepee village at tree-top level, then some kind of tractor beam weapon comes out of the ocean and pulls the Stratofighter under the water. Shadowy figures watch.
The Stratofighter is in some sort of underwater airlock. As the water is drained, a voice commands them to throw down their weapons and come out peacefully. Jeff insists they're on a peacefull mission, and then tries his controls. He relents when it turns out the electrical system is paralyzed.
On the Explorer bridge, they've lost contact with the Air Team, and they get a radar contact from beyond the planet. Hawkins sends Cliff and Crick to rescue Jeff, and turns the Explorer to face the Drules.
Twyla watches the Voltron ships approach the Devil's Planet. She lets them go.
The Sea and Land teams search for the Air Team.
Jeff tries to make small talk with the guard. They are herded into a holding cell. The white haired, scary-eyebrowed guy identifies Jeff as the leader, and they separate him. Chip bugs the guards into pistol whipping his glasses off.
Jeff is locked into a chair. Jeff introduces himself to Eyebrows, but they subject him to the Electro-mindreader.
BJ Ward talks to herself as Dorma calls Twyla. Twyla tells her that Voltron has lost the Air Team. Dorma tells her not to underestimate the Voltron force.
The Sea and Land teams approach the swamp/inland sea/body of water where the Air team disappeared. They land near the teepee village. The natives lunge out at them with energy weapons. The Voltron teams surrender. Crick tries to reason with them. One of the natives says their leader is questioning the Voltron Force leader. Lisa warns them that the Drules are coming.
Jeff is enjoying the mind reader, and Eyebrows determines that he's telling the truth. They turn of the machine and let him rest.
A scout plane returns to Twyla's ship. They reveal that the air team has been captured. They launch a robeast.
The Sea and Land teams are board, sitting at the shore. The natives return and tell them that they now trust them, and their friends will be released. Cliff and Crick try to explain that the Drules are coming, but their friends are being held beneath the swamp.
Beneath the swamp, Jeff awakens with the rest of his team. He flashes back to the planet of the red moon, recognizing the plaque on the wall of the chamber here. These are the survivors of the people of the red moon. Then Eyebrows enters and explains that he had to see if they were telling the truth. He admits that they are from the planet of the red moon. Jeff tells him about the plaque. The Eyebrows gets all sentimental. Rocky thought they had a higher technology, but they have now decided to limi their use of advanced science.
Cliff is throwing rocks into the water when lights appear under the water and Crick senses danger. A Drule robeast arrives and starts smashing tents. Cliff and Crick launch and counterattack. Without Voltron, there isn't much they can do against the robeast.
Eyebrows tells them that they've scared off the Drules by disabling their ships and capturing the pilot. He shows them wreckage of Drule ships. Then he tells them that the planet of the red moon was rendered uninhabitable by nuclear experiments. On these planet, they hope not to repeat the mistakes. A native calls to tell them that a robeast is attacking. Jeff launches the Stratofighter with the Sea and Air teams are being chased through the forest by the robeast. Jeff arrives, they separate, and then they form Voltron.
They drop kick the robeast, and the robeast hits him with an energy weapon. The fight is ruining the forest around them. Eyebrows is aghast at the destruction. Jeff makes Voltron walk straight into the robeast's fire, closing the distance but preventing further damage to the planet. Voltron then grabs the robeast and gets it in a bear hug. Then Voltron lifts off and carries the robeast out over the water. They form the blazing sword as the robeast forms its own beam sword. The fight continues in the sky, and they bring back Voltron's five minutes of energy, something we haven't heard in about 40 episodes. Then a beam hits the robeast, and it's clearly red and coming from past Voltron. voltron destroys the robeast and Twyla withdraws from behind the moon.
The Explorer has splashed down not far from the village. Hawkins returns the plaque of the red moon to Eyebrows. The fleet lifts off as Eyebrows' voiceover tells them that they will help them find the Drule homeworld in any way that they can.
Air Rugger Vanishes
Teles is reading a report on the current status of the Galveston homeworld. The van allen belts have been destroyed and the UV rays are destroying the surface. Raucher urges Teles to allow his attack group to handle the Earth fleet. He dispatches Emma. Teles prays they'll be able to find a planet despite combat with Earth.
The Air Rugger is surveying the planet, when, in a fair match to Voltron's dialogue, Patty detects life signs near the equator.
Kirigas is having a premonition about Aki while she and Kaga are putting their faces on.
The air team finds a teepee village. Aki decides against contacting the Rugger Guard before landing to investigate--and then is caught in a tractor beam. They are brought to an airlock under the swamp and a voice orders them to get out of the ship. Also paralleling Voltron, Mutsu reports that all electrical systems are out.
The Rugger Guard simultaneously loses contact with Air Rugger and detects UFOs entering the area. Ise sends the Sea and Land Ruggers out to the planet.
Emma's fleet catches sight of the Rugger teams heading to Minor Planet J. She decides to let the same forces that have claimed her survey ships deal with the Earth forces.
Walter is impressed with the planet, and can't see how the Air Team might have crashed. Kirigas tells him to focus.
The team is imprisoned in a room with armed guards while Aki is strapped down to a telepathic interrogation machine. Aki introduces himself to Eyebrows, and Eyebrows' lieutenant says they've never had contact with Earth before. They turn the machine on.
Sirk contacts Emma and orders her to prevent Dairugger from forming. Emma says the Sea and Land Ruggers are flying aimlessly on the planet of evil. Emma warns her to be careful and not to underestimate the Earth teams.
Keats and Walter find the swamp, but no Aki. Keats has them both land outside the teepee village. The teams dismount and walk through the village. Armed natives spring out from behind the buildings. They are told that Dahl, their leader is interrogating their team. The speaking native is in charge of the planetary defense force. Kaga tells him that Galveston is headed to the planet.
Why can't mind-reading machines be painless. Dahl determines Aki is harmless, then releases him.
A scout ship returns to Emma's flagship and reports that the Air Team is being held captive by the natives. She deploys a battle attacker.
Keats and Walter have a bit of a tiff, then the defense force leader says Aki's story has checked out, and they'll be released soon. He also tells them, to Walter's surprise, that they are at the bottom of the swamp.
Aki regains consciousness, but no one can tell him what's going on. They see a plaque on the wall that matches the one they saw on the planet of the red moon. Patty had figured they had migrated from somewhere else. Dahl appears and apologizes to Aki. Mutsu accuses them of being in leaque with Galveston. Aki says he suspects they're from the planet of the red moon. Dahl says after the immigration from that planet, they don't even have weapons (y'know, except for the tractor beam thing and the firearms their defense force carries).
On the surface, Keats and Walter are staring at the swamp, and a battle attacker arrives. The sea and land teams engage.
Dahl reveals that they use their science now to essentially scare the shit out of Galveston, and shows Aki the wreckage of Galveston fleet. He also explains that the land of the red moon planet sank into the sea due to nuclear experiments. Then they get word of the Galveston attack and the Air Team runs to join their comrades.
The battle attacker chases the Sea and Land Ruggers until Aki arrives, and they separate and form Dairugger. The battle attacker crewmembers are upst that they've formed Diarugger, but they continue the fight valiantly. Aki decides to use Dairugger's body to absorb the enemy fire to protect the planet. Dahl looks on as Dairugger catches the battle attacker in a bear hug. The attacker crew stop firing, fearful they'll be damaged, and Dairugger takes them aloft. They both form swords and start fighting in mid-air. Dairugger is low on power. They hit him with the beam weapons again. I'm pretty sure Dahl fires the tractor beam weapon at the battle attacker to mobilize it for Dairugger, and then we see it being lowered into the swamp again.
Emma curses her luck and orders the withdrawal.
The Rugger Guard has landed offshore from the village, and Ise returns the plaque to Dahl. Dahl urges them to help the galaxy reach a point where science does not harm nature. He also tells them that there are other planets with related peoples, and gives them supplies.
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Another Solar System/Discovery of the New World
Another Solar System
The Explorer picks something up on a distance planet. Jeff and Hawkins discuss the amount of Drule activity lately. The teams deploy and form the subunits. Hawkins advises Captain Newley. He decides to bring his fleet to join the Explorer.
The teams close in on a planet with two moons and a lot of debris. The atmosphere can support their kind of life, and it's volcanically active.
In a tent on the planet, there is a Drule communcations outpost surrounded by a survey fleet and a rudimentary base. Captain Garro, our Swedish Drule captain, is broadcasting to the homeworld that this is a suitable planet for colonization. Hazar receives his report as Dorma. Garro sends images of the planet, and Hazar agrees to send Garro assistance, and goes to report to the supreme council.
The Voltron force surveys the planet in a tight group against more of those beautiful background paintings, then the three teams each take to their own environments. Everyone is impressed at how gorgeous the planet is, and they wonder where the Drules are.
They're right on the planet with them. Captain Garro detects the arrival of the Voltron force, and evacuates the base. We see some neat new designs of ships pick up tanks and they blow up the installation. Ginger picks up a signal from the Drules, and Jeff sights Garro's retreating fleet. Rather than attacking, Jeff decides to examine the base.
At the Drule HQ, ships are moving back and forth and Borgam wants to send a fleet to back up Garro. Hazar enters, takes his place, and orders Borgam to go on. Borgam tells him that the Voltron Force has driven Garro from the planet, and Hazar wants Bargo, who shares Hazar's belief in negotiations to be in charge of the operation.
The air team is landed and greets the landing of Cliff and Crick. They wonder why the Drules evacuated. The Explorer splashes down. A shuttle lands and Hawkins meets Jeff and Cliff. They all continue wondering what the Drules were up to. Meanwhile, the teams are riffling through the wreckage of the base. Lisa finds a star chart. Crick brings it to the other leaders. They exclaim at how much it looks like their own solar system. Uwe?!?!
Commander Valen's fleet meets Garro. Valen mocks him, and is ready to fight. Hazar calls and tries to convince Valen not to fight. Valen agrees. Then his XO tells him that the Voltron force is entering range. Valen orders the robeast launched and preparations for combat to occur. The XO is taken aback, but Valen says Keezor has his back. They launch what must be one of my favorite robeast designs.
The team members are still going through the Drule wreckage. Hawkins is waiting for Newley, but they see and emergency flare and Hawkins deploys the Voltron Force.
Newley's ships run across the robeast. He doesn't seem to be using his flagship. The robeast and the escort ships tangle, but the robeast is too much for them. (Newley calls them the Nuclon Computer Escorts).
The Voltron force subunits separate and form Voltron.
Valen's fleet enters the atmosphere while Voltron flies through wreckage to find the robeast hiding in asteroids near one of the moons. Voltron takes a crotch missile and almost crashes, then throws solar combat spears, kicks the robeast, and hits him with the raybeam with. Then the robeast HAS ROCKET ROPES in his FINGERS. He ensares Voltron, starts electrocuting him, and tries to burn Voltron in atmosphere reentry. The red hot robeast throws Voltron into the ocean. They continue fighting underwater. They get the upper hand and lead the robeast out of the ocean, hitting him with the electro-thermo blasters just as it surfaces. On the shore, the robeast uses all its weapons to destroy the jungle around Voltron. Voltron cuts and arm off with the spinning laser blades. then the duel with swords. First Voltron cuts the antennae from the robeast's head, shatters his sword, stabs through the cockpit, then cuts him in half.
Voltron takes off and sees a huge Drule fleet in the harbor. Hawkins tells Jeff to wait for Newley's reinforcements and hopes for a peaceful solution. TO BE CONTINUED.
Discovery of the new World
The Rugger Guard and fleet approach a new planet. Aki and Ise wonder if it's the Galveston homeworld, and he takes the Rugger teams out to investigate. They form their subunits while Ise contact Asimov, who will gather the fleets to close in on the planet. The planet has two moons.
On the surface it is not Galveston. There is a Galveston presence. Resting soldiers are in the jungles, and there is a camp on the seashore. Captain Gallo is confident that the planet meets Galveston's immigration requirements.
At the Galveston HQ, Teles is--GUESS WHAT?--looking out his window when Sirk brings him the news. He views Garro's report, and the planet sounds like a paradise. Teles orders Sirk to send the Nolan fleet to reinforce him.
The Rugger teams are also enjoying the new planet, which is obviously not Galveston. Aki sends each team to its specialty for a survey. As they survey, they discuss where Galveston could be, and that they'd be sure to want this planet. Aki is distracted by the beauty of the planet.
One of Garro's radar operators detects the air team. Garro's XO urges him to call for reinforcements, but Garro says his men lack combat experiance, and orders the evacuation. The ground forces take dropships to the capital ships and they blow up the installations.
Aki's team approaches the eastern continent, and they see the Galveston fleet evacuating. They give the base a flyby.
Galveston gets word of Gallo's withdrawal, and Raucher sends the Juxon fleet to reinforce them. He is convinced Nolan's fleet is not enough. Teles arrives, and Raucher tells him the news. Teles had insisted on Nolan for this operation because he was more negotiation-minded.
The other Rugger teams arrive at the abandoned base. Aki, Walter and Keats wonder at Galveston's withdrawal. The teams, meanwhile are searching through the wreckage. Then the Rugger Guard lands. Ise takes a shuttle to meet Walter and Aki. Ise regrets that they've drive off the Galveston forces. Kaga finds a map of the current solar system, which mirrors Earth's solar system. I still don't get this subplot, but WEP must have had some translations for this episode.
Gallo's fleet meets with Juxon's, and Juxon orders them to join forces and return to the fleet. Then Teles calls Juxon and tries to convince him not to attack--return, but make no aggressive moves. He wants to try negotiations AGAIN with no interruptions. Juxon tries to convince him he's the man for it. His XO tells him that there is an Earth fleet around the planet, and he does an immediate about face and lauches the battle attacker. The AWESOME barbarian-looking battle attacker. Seriously, it's like a Xena-and-Hercules robot.
Nagato, Kirigas, Patty, and Mutsu are all still going through the Galveston data. Aki, Walter, Keats, and Ise suddenly see an emergency flare. Ise sends them up to support.
Asimov's fleet sees the battle attacker in orbit and moves to engage. The battle attacker is a decoy to alloy Juxon's fleet to make planetfall without fighting. The battle attacker tries to take out the fleet before Dairugger arrives. It destroys ship after ship, and then goes to wait for Dairugger on the far side of the satellites. The Rugger teams arrive and form the big guy.
Juxon's fleet descends to the southern planet now that Dairugger is engaged with the battle attacker. Dairugger flies through fleet wreckage, and his hit by the battle attacker's missiles. He manages to pull up and land, and throws the shot arrows at the battle attacker, which deflects them with its shield. Dairugger ensares the battle attacker with the electromagnetic whip, and then the battle attacker tangles him up with rocket ropes from its fingers and drags them through the atmosphere, throwing Dairugger into the ocean. The two mecha fight undersea, the battle attacker starting out with the upper hand. Then Dairugger throws him and surfaces, hitting him with the miracle beam and throwing him into the jungle. The battle attacker knocks Dairugger over and tries to cover him in burning vegetation. Dairugger destroys the battle attacker's shield with the kilders, and then they fight sword to sword. Diarugger takes to the air and sees the Galveston fleet splashed down on the coast of the southern continent. Aki is ready to attack, but Ise holds them back . . .
The Explorer picks something up on a distance planet. Jeff and Hawkins discuss the amount of Drule activity lately. The teams deploy and form the subunits. Hawkins advises Captain Newley. He decides to bring his fleet to join the Explorer.
The teams close in on a planet with two moons and a lot of debris. The atmosphere can support their kind of life, and it's volcanically active.
In a tent on the planet, there is a Drule communcations outpost surrounded by a survey fleet and a rudimentary base. Captain Garro, our Swedish Drule captain, is broadcasting to the homeworld that this is a suitable planet for colonization. Hazar receives his report as Dorma. Garro sends images of the planet, and Hazar agrees to send Garro assistance, and goes to report to the supreme council.
The Voltron force surveys the planet in a tight group against more of those beautiful background paintings, then the three teams each take to their own environments. Everyone is impressed at how gorgeous the planet is, and they wonder where the Drules are.
They're right on the planet with them. Captain Garro detects the arrival of the Voltron force, and evacuates the base. We see some neat new designs of ships pick up tanks and they blow up the installation. Ginger picks up a signal from the Drules, and Jeff sights Garro's retreating fleet. Rather than attacking, Jeff decides to examine the base.
At the Drule HQ, ships are moving back and forth and Borgam wants to send a fleet to back up Garro. Hazar enters, takes his place, and orders Borgam to go on. Borgam tells him that the Voltron Force has driven Garro from the planet, and Hazar wants Bargo, who shares Hazar's belief in negotiations to be in charge of the operation.
The air team is landed and greets the landing of Cliff and Crick. They wonder why the Drules evacuated. The Explorer splashes down. A shuttle lands and Hawkins meets Jeff and Cliff. They all continue wondering what the Drules were up to. Meanwhile, the teams are riffling through the wreckage of the base. Lisa finds a star chart. Crick brings it to the other leaders. They exclaim at how much it looks like their own solar system. Uwe?!?!
Commander Valen's fleet meets Garro. Valen mocks him, and is ready to fight. Hazar calls and tries to convince Valen not to fight. Valen agrees. Then his XO tells him that the Voltron force is entering range. Valen orders the robeast launched and preparations for combat to occur. The XO is taken aback, but Valen says Keezor has his back. They launch what must be one of my favorite robeast designs.
The team members are still going through the Drule wreckage. Hawkins is waiting for Newley, but they see and emergency flare and Hawkins deploys the Voltron Force.
Newley's ships run across the robeast. He doesn't seem to be using his flagship. The robeast and the escort ships tangle, but the robeast is too much for them. (Newley calls them the Nuclon Computer Escorts).
The Voltron force subunits separate and form Voltron.
Valen's fleet enters the atmosphere while Voltron flies through wreckage to find the robeast hiding in asteroids near one of the moons. Voltron takes a crotch missile and almost crashes, then throws solar combat spears, kicks the robeast, and hits him with the raybeam with. Then the robeast HAS ROCKET ROPES in his FINGERS. He ensares Voltron, starts electrocuting him, and tries to burn Voltron in atmosphere reentry. The red hot robeast throws Voltron into the ocean. They continue fighting underwater. They get the upper hand and lead the robeast out of the ocean, hitting him with the electro-thermo blasters just as it surfaces. On the shore, the robeast uses all its weapons to destroy the jungle around Voltron. Voltron cuts and arm off with the spinning laser blades. then the duel with swords. First Voltron cuts the antennae from the robeast's head, shatters his sword, stabs through the cockpit, then cuts him in half.
Voltron takes off and sees a huge Drule fleet in the harbor. Hawkins tells Jeff to wait for Newley's reinforcements and hopes for a peaceful solution. TO BE CONTINUED.
Discovery of the new World
The Rugger Guard and fleet approach a new planet. Aki and Ise wonder if it's the Galveston homeworld, and he takes the Rugger teams out to investigate. They form their subunits while Ise contact Asimov, who will gather the fleets to close in on the planet. The planet has two moons.
On the surface it is not Galveston. There is a Galveston presence. Resting soldiers are in the jungles, and there is a camp on the seashore. Captain Gallo is confident that the planet meets Galveston's immigration requirements.
At the Galveston HQ, Teles is--GUESS WHAT?--looking out his window when Sirk brings him the news. He views Garro's report, and the planet sounds like a paradise. Teles orders Sirk to send the Nolan fleet to reinforce him.
The Rugger teams are also enjoying the new planet, which is obviously not Galveston. Aki sends each team to its specialty for a survey. As they survey, they discuss where Galveston could be, and that they'd be sure to want this planet. Aki is distracted by the beauty of the planet.
One of Garro's radar operators detects the air team. Garro's XO urges him to call for reinforcements, but Garro says his men lack combat experiance, and orders the evacuation. The ground forces take dropships to the capital ships and they blow up the installations.
Aki's team approaches the eastern continent, and they see the Galveston fleet evacuating. They give the base a flyby.
Galveston gets word of Gallo's withdrawal, and Raucher sends the Juxon fleet to reinforce them. He is convinced Nolan's fleet is not enough. Teles arrives, and Raucher tells him the news. Teles had insisted on Nolan for this operation because he was more negotiation-minded.
The other Rugger teams arrive at the abandoned base. Aki, Walter and Keats wonder at Galveston's withdrawal. The teams, meanwhile are searching through the wreckage. Then the Rugger Guard lands. Ise takes a shuttle to meet Walter and Aki. Ise regrets that they've drive off the Galveston forces. Kaga finds a map of the current solar system, which mirrors Earth's solar system. I still don't get this subplot, but WEP must have had some translations for this episode.
Gallo's fleet meets with Juxon's, and Juxon orders them to join forces and return to the fleet. Then Teles calls Juxon and tries to convince him not to attack--return, but make no aggressive moves. He wants to try negotiations AGAIN with no interruptions. Juxon tries to convince him he's the man for it. His XO tells him that there is an Earth fleet around the planet, and he does an immediate about face and lauches the battle attacker. The AWESOME barbarian-looking battle attacker. Seriously, it's like a Xena-and-Hercules robot.
Nagato, Kirigas, Patty, and Mutsu are all still going through the Galveston data. Aki, Walter, Keats, and Ise suddenly see an emergency flare. Ise sends them up to support.
Asimov's fleet sees the battle attacker in orbit and moves to engage. The battle attacker is a decoy to alloy Juxon's fleet to make planetfall without fighting. The battle attacker tries to take out the fleet before Dairugger arrives. It destroys ship after ship, and then goes to wait for Dairugger on the far side of the satellites. The Rugger teams arrive and form the big guy.
Juxon's fleet descends to the southern planet now that Dairugger is engaged with the battle attacker. Dairugger flies through fleet wreckage, and his hit by the battle attacker's missiles. He manages to pull up and land, and throws the shot arrows at the battle attacker, which deflects them with its shield. Dairugger ensares the battle attacker with the electromagnetic whip, and then the battle attacker tangles him up with rocket ropes from its fingers and drags them through the atmosphere, throwing Dairugger into the ocean. The two mecha fight undersea, the battle attacker starting out with the upper hand. Then Dairugger throws him and surfaces, hitting him with the miracle beam and throwing him into the jungle. The battle attacker knocks Dairugger over and tries to cover him in burning vegetation. Dairugger destroys the battle attacker's shield with the kilders, and then they fight sword to sword. Diarugger takes to the air and sees the Galveston fleet splashed down on the coast of the southern continent. Aki is ready to attack, but Ise holds them back . . .
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Peace, A Fish Story/ A Desperate Undersea Combining
Whew. No more of those character-interest stories. We're back to advancing the storyline!
Peace, a Fish Story
We close in on the asteroid outpost to the sound of Hazar complaining about his exile, and the fate of his people on their dying homeworld. Hazar broods in his office with Dorma looking out the window at the fleet passing by. They are both desperate in the face of war against the Alliance. Hazar deermines to make peace overtures to the Galaxy Alliance. Again.
The sea team launches from the Explorer and unites as the Aquafighter. They approach a new planet. He reports to the Explorer. Hawkins orders him to begin the investigation. Cliff warns him to look out for traps. Crick teases him. The planet looks a lot like a Jurassic Earth. Or maybe earlier, like the Triassic. With no sign of Drule hostility, the team separates to cover more territory.
Lisa sees tracks on the ground heading to the sea. They circle back for a closer look. The team follows the tracks and comes upon primitive amphibians--good ol' walkin' fish.
Hazar tries to get Borgam to cooperate in peace with the Galaxy Alliance. Hazar is set on finding a new planet and permanent peace with the alliance. Borgam doesn't like the idea. Borgam and his captains take a fancy elevator to a different level and do some plotting. Borgam's got a scheme.
Hazar broods at his desk and Dorma looks out the window. Again.
Professor Page has analyzed the data from the sea team. Yep, Triassic earth, 300 million years ago. Hilarity ensues. Y'know, 'cuz they have to wait 300 million years for the conditions to be the same as Earth. The Explorer settles into orbit.
The Drule fleet under Borgam is on the other side of the planet. Borgam explains his plan to his XO. Amphibious ships (a new design) submerge themselves and Borgam's flagship with two escorts approaches the Explorer. Borgam calls and arranges for a peace meeting with Hawkins. Jeff is suspicious. Borgam's shuttle launches from the robeast chute. Hawkins goes to his own shuttle. Jeff and Cliff decide to cover him with their teams.
Borgam lands on a shore of red sand. Hawkins' shuttle also lands. The two face one another. Borgam is no Mongo. Cliff and Jeff watch the events, and Lisa sees the walkin' fish fleeing the water. The sea team goes to investigate, and sees the Drule submarines. Lisa actually says "Suspicous bleep." Such language. Borgam is snarky, and Hawkins finally calls him on it and he summons the robeast. This robeast kind of looks like the one the Lotor clone rode to fight with Lion voltron. Anyway, the robeast decides to smush Hawkins, and then fires missiles at him. The Air and Land teams rescue him, and he makes it to his shuttle. The onslaught of the Voltron teams occupies it from shooting down Hawkins' shuttle.
The Drule fleet moves in on the Explorer and damages the commander's shuttle. Jeff calls Crick, but they're pinned down by the submarines. They get trapped under a landslide. The rest of the team separates and goes underwater after Crick, with the robeast close behind them. The air team destroys the "remote control" hydrojet fighters, and Jeff blasts Crick free. The sea team splits up, and they fom Voltron.
The robeast launches missiles out of his crotch, and knocks Voltron down with a beam weapon in his wrist. We get a neat view of a schematic designating the solar combat spears and spinning laser blades. Then they form blazing sword and, yeah, the good guys win.
Voltron bursts out of the ocean and faces Borgam's fleet. Borgam decides to withdraw.
At the Drule HQ, Dorma describes the events to Hazar. He's depressed.
A Desperate Undersea Combining
The Galveston outpost sits on a goofily-wrecked planetoid, surrounded by meteors. Fleets move in and out. Sirk watches the Juxon fleet return. Teles broods. Sirk tries to convince Teles to take control of Raucher's attack force. Teles gets up and leaves, telling her to tell Caponero that he'll take command.
The Sea Rugger leaves the Rugger Guard and approaches a new planet. Ise says he and the fleet will stay overhead when they repeat. Keats bugs Walter about the last episode.
The new planet, Triassic Earth, complete with volcanos and Starskey and Hutch music. Keats begins the survey, the Sea Rugger seperating into its components. Kaga sees the tracks of primitive amphibians, and then the amphibians themselves.
In the base planning room, Teles is taking command of the attack force. Raucher doesn't like the way the meeting is going from the start--he wants to stop Earth's advance. Teles tells him that that is important, but not the first priority. He orders Raucher to begin negotiating a cease fire.
Raucher and his captains take an elevator to the hangar bays. Juxon, who now has white hair, asks Raucher if he's really going to negotiate. Nope. Raucher's got a cunning plan that cannot fail. Teles broods and watches the fleet leave.
The sea team has sent back data on this planet. Dr. Search tells them that this indeed is like Earth 300 million years ago. And all the forests will turn into coal. Somehow the fact that Aki new this is funny. Ise orders them into a geostationary orbit.
On the other side of the planet, Rauchers miscolored fleet hangs in their blind spot. He orders an amphibious detachment to lie in wait, and orders his XO to ready the battle attacker. Racher then takes three ships as part of his peace envoy.
The Rugger Gaurd detects the three ships and Ise and Aki trade looks. Raucher calls and asks for a meeting. There's some back and forth, but Ise finally agrees to meet him at the red beach below both fleets. Aki is uncertain, but Ise is open-minded.
Raucher discusses signals with his XO, then launches his shuttle from the battle attacker port. Ise goes to meet him. Aki tells Walter that they should launch and provide security. Ise's shuttle takes off.
Raucher and Ise meet. The surf crashes. Ise wonders why they propose a cease-fire after the most recent attack on earth and the destruction of the frontline base. Raucher is a smug bastard. Walter and Aki watch from overhead, while the sea team sees the Ichthyostegai fleeing the sea. Keats tells Aki that they're going to check it out. The amphibians seem to be chased by something, then Kaga sees the Galveston subs on sonar. They move in and find them in formation. Keats tells Aki, and tells him that they're being quiet, and decides to just watch them.
Ise is doubtful that Raucher's explanation will be sufficient for a cease-fire. Raucher complements him, then starts the attack and tries to kill him with a battle attacker. The Galveston ships also break away from the Rugger Guard. Raucher runs to his shuttle as the battle attacker tries to squash Ise. Aki and Walter knock the battle attacker down and Ise boards his shuttle.
Raucher boards his own flagship and the attack commences. Ise's shuttle barely makes it through all of the fire. Walter and Aki find out that Keats is pinned down by the submarines.
We then cut to the Sea Team being pinned down by the submarines. A rockslide literally pins them down. Aki and Walter lead the battle attacker underwater, separating and then plunging into the sea. Aki sends Walter to hold off the battle attacker, and the air team fights through the submarines and rescues the sea team. Then the teams combine into Dairugger.
The battle attack immediately shoots missiles from its crotch, but uses a beam weapon on its wrist to knock Dairugger down. Dairugger hits it with the lance and rugger sword, and we see that WEP had actually inserted English text into the weapons readouts. Dairugger then cuts the battle attacker in half. The triumphant mecha bursts from the sea and moves in alongside the Rugger Guard, and Raucher's fleet retreats.
At the Galveston HQ, Sirk tells Teles that the negotations have failed, and he misinterprets the events--he doesn't realize that Raucher started the attack himself and that there is still the possibility for peace with Earth.
Peace, a Fish Story
We close in on the asteroid outpost to the sound of Hazar complaining about his exile, and the fate of his people on their dying homeworld. Hazar broods in his office with Dorma looking out the window at the fleet passing by. They are both desperate in the face of war against the Alliance. Hazar deermines to make peace overtures to the Galaxy Alliance. Again.
The sea team launches from the Explorer and unites as the Aquafighter. They approach a new planet. He reports to the Explorer. Hawkins orders him to begin the investigation. Cliff warns him to look out for traps. Crick teases him. The planet looks a lot like a Jurassic Earth. Or maybe earlier, like the Triassic. With no sign of Drule hostility, the team separates to cover more territory.
Lisa sees tracks on the ground heading to the sea. They circle back for a closer look. The team follows the tracks and comes upon primitive amphibians--good ol' walkin' fish.
Hazar tries to get Borgam to cooperate in peace with the Galaxy Alliance. Hazar is set on finding a new planet and permanent peace with the alliance. Borgam doesn't like the idea. Borgam and his captains take a fancy elevator to a different level and do some plotting. Borgam's got a scheme.
Hazar broods at his desk and Dorma looks out the window. Again.
Professor Page has analyzed the data from the sea team. Yep, Triassic earth, 300 million years ago. Hilarity ensues. Y'know, 'cuz they have to wait 300 million years for the conditions to be the same as Earth. The Explorer settles into orbit.
The Drule fleet under Borgam is on the other side of the planet. Borgam explains his plan to his XO. Amphibious ships (a new design) submerge themselves and Borgam's flagship with two escorts approaches the Explorer. Borgam calls and arranges for a peace meeting with Hawkins. Jeff is suspicious. Borgam's shuttle launches from the robeast chute. Hawkins goes to his own shuttle. Jeff and Cliff decide to cover him with their teams.
Borgam lands on a shore of red sand. Hawkins' shuttle also lands. The two face one another. Borgam is no Mongo. Cliff and Jeff watch the events, and Lisa sees the walkin' fish fleeing the water. The sea team goes to investigate, and sees the Drule submarines. Lisa actually says "Suspicous bleep." Such language. Borgam is snarky, and Hawkins finally calls him on it and he summons the robeast. This robeast kind of looks like the one the Lotor clone rode to fight with Lion voltron. Anyway, the robeast decides to smush Hawkins, and then fires missiles at him. The Air and Land teams rescue him, and he makes it to his shuttle. The onslaught of the Voltron teams occupies it from shooting down Hawkins' shuttle.
The Drule fleet moves in on the Explorer and damages the commander's shuttle. Jeff calls Crick, but they're pinned down by the submarines. They get trapped under a landslide. The rest of the team separates and goes underwater after Crick, with the robeast close behind them. The air team destroys the "remote control" hydrojet fighters, and Jeff blasts Crick free. The sea team splits up, and they fom Voltron.
The robeast launches missiles out of his crotch, and knocks Voltron down with a beam weapon in his wrist. We get a neat view of a schematic designating the solar combat spears and spinning laser blades. Then they form blazing sword and, yeah, the good guys win.
Voltron bursts out of the ocean and faces Borgam's fleet. Borgam decides to withdraw.
At the Drule HQ, Dorma describes the events to Hazar. He's depressed.
A Desperate Undersea Combining
The Galveston outpost sits on a goofily-wrecked planetoid, surrounded by meteors. Fleets move in and out. Sirk watches the Juxon fleet return. Teles broods. Sirk tries to convince Teles to take control of Raucher's attack force. Teles gets up and leaves, telling her to tell Caponero that he'll take command.
The Sea Rugger leaves the Rugger Guard and approaches a new planet. Ise says he and the fleet will stay overhead when they repeat. Keats bugs Walter about the last episode.
The new planet, Triassic Earth, complete with volcanos and Starskey and Hutch music. Keats begins the survey, the Sea Rugger seperating into its components. Kaga sees the tracks of primitive amphibians, and then the amphibians themselves.
In the base planning room, Teles is taking command of the attack force. Raucher doesn't like the way the meeting is going from the start--he wants to stop Earth's advance. Teles tells him that that is important, but not the first priority. He orders Raucher to begin negotiating a cease fire.
Raucher and his captains take an elevator to the hangar bays. Juxon, who now has white hair, asks Raucher if he's really going to negotiate. Nope. Raucher's got a cunning plan that cannot fail. Teles broods and watches the fleet leave.
The sea team has sent back data on this planet. Dr. Search tells them that this indeed is like Earth 300 million years ago. And all the forests will turn into coal. Somehow the fact that Aki new this is funny. Ise orders them into a geostationary orbit.
On the other side of the planet, Rauchers miscolored fleet hangs in their blind spot. He orders an amphibious detachment to lie in wait, and orders his XO to ready the battle attacker. Racher then takes three ships as part of his peace envoy.
The Rugger Gaurd detects the three ships and Ise and Aki trade looks. Raucher calls and asks for a meeting. There's some back and forth, but Ise finally agrees to meet him at the red beach below both fleets. Aki is uncertain, but Ise is open-minded.
Raucher discusses signals with his XO, then launches his shuttle from the battle attacker port. Ise goes to meet him. Aki tells Walter that they should launch and provide security. Ise's shuttle takes off.
Raucher and Ise meet. The surf crashes. Ise wonders why they propose a cease-fire after the most recent attack on earth and the destruction of the frontline base. Raucher is a smug bastard. Walter and Aki watch from overhead, while the sea team sees the Ichthyostegai fleeing the sea. Keats tells Aki that they're going to check it out. The amphibians seem to be chased by something, then Kaga sees the Galveston subs on sonar. They move in and find them in formation. Keats tells Aki, and tells him that they're being quiet, and decides to just watch them.
Ise is doubtful that Raucher's explanation will be sufficient for a cease-fire. Raucher complements him, then starts the attack and tries to kill him with a battle attacker. The Galveston ships also break away from the Rugger Guard. Raucher runs to his shuttle as the battle attacker tries to squash Ise. Aki and Walter knock the battle attacker down and Ise boards his shuttle.
Raucher boards his own flagship and the attack commences. Ise's shuttle barely makes it through all of the fire. Walter and Aki find out that Keats is pinned down by the submarines.
We then cut to the Sea Team being pinned down by the submarines. A rockslide literally pins them down. Aki and Walter lead the battle attacker underwater, separating and then plunging into the sea. Aki sends Walter to hold off the battle attacker, and the air team fights through the submarines and rescues the sea team. Then the teams combine into Dairugger.
The battle attack immediately shoots missiles from its crotch, but uses a beam weapon on its wrist to knock Dairugger down. Dairugger hits it with the lance and rugger sword, and we see that WEP had actually inserted English text into the weapons readouts. Dairugger then cuts the battle attacker in half. The triumphant mecha bursts from the sea and moves in alongside the Rugger Guard, and Raucher's fleet retreats.
At the Galveston HQ, Sirk tells Teles that the negotations have failed, and he misinterprets the events--he doesn't realize that Raucher started the attack himself and that there is still the possibility for peace with Earth.
Letters From Home/Get Yourself Together, Mutsu
Ugh. For me, this episode is the VV version of the "evil space mice" episode
Letters From Home
Chip has a downright psychedelic dream about his brother Pidge. But Pidge isn't there. Then he awakens on the Explorer. He looks out his curtains at the fleet in space.
In the lounge, Hawkins is briefing the Voltron Force, and then Newley's crew delivers the mail. Chips doesn't get any mail but pretends that he does. The team discusses their mail. And Jeff's parents apparently sent Lisa a baby picture of Jeff. Pidge gets all mopey.
At Drule HQ, Borgam and his cronies are in the intelligence center, overseeing a reconaissance mission. The Galaxy Garrison crews are building a large base on the planet when they detect the Drule recon force. They scarmble interceptors. The recon ships are a new design we haven't seen before. They've got turrets. They all are destroyed, even one last one that flees into orbit and takes a couple of cruise missiles to take it out.
Newley calls the Explorer and requests Voltron Force support. The air team is scrambled, but Chip is too busy moping and Lisa finds him. The land team is sent instead. Lisa finds Chip's fake letter from home. The air team all makes fun of Chip.
The Drule commanders look at the spy photos. Borgam has a plan. And he sounds a lot like Keezor. A Drule fleet launches, and Dorma watches in Hazar's office.
Lisa, Crick and Jeff discuss Chip's wussitude. The Drule fleet leaves to face the Voltron force, and the captain refuses to listen to Hazar's pleas.
Lisa approaches Chip about being a weenie. The Voltron Force scrambles, but Chip and Lisa aren't there. Hawkins sends them out without the two wusses. And Jeff has apparently claimed Lisa for his own team.
The land team comes on a Drule scout plane that's crashed into a tank. Drules or not, they have to respond to the distress signal. The Turbo Terrain Fighter lands to assist. The Drule fleet awaits them. The Captain's XO points out that two Voltron machines are missing. The fleet attacks. The Voltron force is trapped in a ravine by the Drule fleet and Cliff realizes there's no one in the tank. Then the robeast appears. Jeff and Ginger fight their way through some of the Drule ships, relieving some of the pressure.
Lisa finally convinces Chip to stop moping and they launch.
In a cool sequence, the robeast throws its sword at the land team, and it's deflected at the last minute by Chip and Lisa shooting at it.
With the team reuinited, they form Voltron. They clear some of the Drule ships, and then take care of the robeast. It's not much of a fight. The robeast fires beams out of its chest, but it doesn't seem to actually do anything. The Drules retreat.
Dorma tries to convince Hazar to do something. He just broods some more.
Oh, look, Chip had email after all. And Hutch apparently apologizes for making fun of him earlier as Rocky.
Get Yourself Together, Mutsu
Gods. I get to watch this again.
The car ride. The flowers. And a long series of scenes with Mutsu talking to his mom--WEP edited her out because she's not Pidge. Again, though, Mutsu awakens and looks out the window at the fleet.
Ise is addressing the teams and urging them not to let their guard down. He then distributes mail to the team. Other crewmembers join in. Keats says it's a good harvest on Mira. Aki has a naked picture of his newborn nephew. Kai asks Mutsu about a letter from his mom, and he reads a fake letter.
I have no idea where this Galveston base is supposed to be. It seems to be right next to the sun right now. Anyway, Raucher and his captains are watching as a reconaissance force makes a pass over the Alliance base. Asimov oversees the completion of the base, and hears the news of an enemy approach. We get a cool shot of alliance pilots boarding and launching the fighters, and then they engage the recon ships. Of course, WEP couldn't show the pilots because, well, ROBOTS. One recon ship starts to escape, and Asimov orders the launch of a missile. The ship is shot down, and Asimov notifies the Rugger Guard.
Aki's team is scrambled, but Mutsu isn't there. 1) Wouldn't his absence have been noticed at some point in that long launch sequence, and 2) how many cameras ARE there in the cockpits? Kagas find Mutsu and picks up his letter after he runs off. Ise sends Walter out instead.
Kai and Aki give Mutsu crap. The other team members let it go until Kai brings up his mom.
Raucher's captains look over the Earth forces on the planet. Raucher plans to hit the advance party at planet Q. He sends Juxon out, with no worries about Teles' authority. Sirk notifies Teles of the Juxon fleet launch, and he broods some more. They DO seem to be very close to the sun, unless that's a gas giant out there.
Kagas shows Aki the letter Mutsu wrote to himself, and they wonder what's going on. Aki tells Kagas to go talk to him.
Juxon's fleet nears planet Q.
Kagas speaks to Mutsu where he's looking out the window at the fleet. This is a different room than the observation corridor we've been seeing since the first episode.
Walter comes upon a new planet (planet Q) and commences a survey. Ise acknowledges and sends the other two teams out, minus Kagas and Mutsu. Ise orders Aki to launch without him. Kagas and Mutsu see the ships launch, and Mutsu admits what we all already know, that he wrote the letter himself and he's upset that he didn't hear from his mom.
The land Rugger has picked up a distress signal. Walter goes to respond. They see a recon ship crashed on a tank. The tank pinned under the wreckage is sending the distress signal. Aki tells Walter to help. They begin removing the wreckage. The other teams remain on station to cover them.
Juxon's XO tells him that there are two missing battle machine. He commences the attack. The Sea Team is caught in the first attack. More ships pin down the air team. The land team opens the empty tank and is set upon by the battle attacker. Keats tells Ise what's going on. Aki and Patty mount a counterattack against the capital ships, and then they go to backup the Walter team.
Kaga and Mutsu are still getting scolded to launch. Kaga tries to convince him that he's fighting to ultimately protect his mom. He finally agrees to launch.
The team is pinned between the battle attacker and the fleet. Kai's ship is miscolored as Mutsu's, and then we see Mutsu and Kaga arrive just in time to deflect the battle machine's sword from the Land Rugger. Then they form Dairugger.
Dairugger destorys a captial ship to make space, and then hits the battle attacker with the whip, the miracle beam, and then punches it a bunch of times. It gets back up with its sword, and fires a beam that makes no difference as Dairugger disables it with spin cutters and then forms the sword and permanently disables it. Juxon withdraws.
Sirk exhorts Teles to take command of Raucher and the others to prevent them from continuing the violence.
Nagano compliments Mutsu on deflecting the battle machine's sword, and then Ise brings him the mail that had been mixed in with that of another department. He's so happy he cries for mommy.
Oh, dear lords.
Letters From Home
Chip has a downright psychedelic dream about his brother Pidge. But Pidge isn't there. Then he awakens on the Explorer. He looks out his curtains at the fleet in space.
In the lounge, Hawkins is briefing the Voltron Force, and then Newley's crew delivers the mail. Chips doesn't get any mail but pretends that he does. The team discusses their mail. And Jeff's parents apparently sent Lisa a baby picture of Jeff. Pidge gets all mopey.
At Drule HQ, Borgam and his cronies are in the intelligence center, overseeing a reconaissance mission. The Galaxy Garrison crews are building a large base on the planet when they detect the Drule recon force. They scarmble interceptors. The recon ships are a new design we haven't seen before. They've got turrets. They all are destroyed, even one last one that flees into orbit and takes a couple of cruise missiles to take it out.
Newley calls the Explorer and requests Voltron Force support. The air team is scrambled, but Chip is too busy moping and Lisa finds him. The land team is sent instead. Lisa finds Chip's fake letter from home. The air team all makes fun of Chip.
The Drule commanders look at the spy photos. Borgam has a plan. And he sounds a lot like Keezor. A Drule fleet launches, and Dorma watches in Hazar's office.
Lisa, Crick and Jeff discuss Chip's wussitude. The Drule fleet leaves to face the Voltron force, and the captain refuses to listen to Hazar's pleas.
Lisa approaches Chip about being a weenie. The Voltron Force scrambles, but Chip and Lisa aren't there. Hawkins sends them out without the two wusses. And Jeff has apparently claimed Lisa for his own team.
The land team comes on a Drule scout plane that's crashed into a tank. Drules or not, they have to respond to the distress signal. The Turbo Terrain Fighter lands to assist. The Drule fleet awaits them. The Captain's XO points out that two Voltron machines are missing. The fleet attacks. The Voltron force is trapped in a ravine by the Drule fleet and Cliff realizes there's no one in the tank. Then the robeast appears. Jeff and Ginger fight their way through some of the Drule ships, relieving some of the pressure.
Lisa finally convinces Chip to stop moping and they launch.
In a cool sequence, the robeast throws its sword at the land team, and it's deflected at the last minute by Chip and Lisa shooting at it.
With the team reuinited, they form Voltron. They clear some of the Drule ships, and then take care of the robeast. It's not much of a fight. The robeast fires beams out of its chest, but it doesn't seem to actually do anything. The Drules retreat.
Dorma tries to convince Hazar to do something. He just broods some more.
Oh, look, Chip had email after all. And Hutch apparently apologizes for making fun of him earlier as Rocky.
Get Yourself Together, Mutsu
Gods. I get to watch this again.
The car ride. The flowers. And a long series of scenes with Mutsu talking to his mom--WEP edited her out because she's not Pidge. Again, though, Mutsu awakens and looks out the window at the fleet.
Ise is addressing the teams and urging them not to let their guard down. He then distributes mail to the team. Other crewmembers join in. Keats says it's a good harvest on Mira. Aki has a naked picture of his newborn nephew. Kai asks Mutsu about a letter from his mom, and he reads a fake letter.
I have no idea where this Galveston base is supposed to be. It seems to be right next to the sun right now. Anyway, Raucher and his captains are watching as a reconaissance force makes a pass over the Alliance base. Asimov oversees the completion of the base, and hears the news of an enemy approach. We get a cool shot of alliance pilots boarding and launching the fighters, and then they engage the recon ships. Of course, WEP couldn't show the pilots because, well, ROBOTS. One recon ship starts to escape, and Asimov orders the launch of a missile. The ship is shot down, and Asimov notifies the Rugger Guard.
Aki's team is scrambled, but Mutsu isn't there. 1) Wouldn't his absence have been noticed at some point in that long launch sequence, and 2) how many cameras ARE there in the cockpits? Kagas find Mutsu and picks up his letter after he runs off. Ise sends Walter out instead.
Kai and Aki give Mutsu crap. The other team members let it go until Kai brings up his mom.
Raucher's captains look over the Earth forces on the planet. Raucher plans to hit the advance party at planet Q. He sends Juxon out, with no worries about Teles' authority. Sirk notifies Teles of the Juxon fleet launch, and he broods some more. They DO seem to be very close to the sun, unless that's a gas giant out there.
Kagas shows Aki the letter Mutsu wrote to himself, and they wonder what's going on. Aki tells Kagas to go talk to him.
Juxon's fleet nears planet Q.
Kagas speaks to Mutsu where he's looking out the window at the fleet. This is a different room than the observation corridor we've been seeing since the first episode.
Walter comes upon a new planet (planet Q) and commences a survey. Ise acknowledges and sends the other two teams out, minus Kagas and Mutsu. Ise orders Aki to launch without him. Kagas and Mutsu see the ships launch, and Mutsu admits what we all already know, that he wrote the letter himself and he's upset that he didn't hear from his mom.
The land Rugger has picked up a distress signal. Walter goes to respond. They see a recon ship crashed on a tank. The tank pinned under the wreckage is sending the distress signal. Aki tells Walter to help. They begin removing the wreckage. The other teams remain on station to cover them.
Juxon's XO tells him that there are two missing battle machine. He commences the attack. The Sea Team is caught in the first attack. More ships pin down the air team. The land team opens the empty tank and is set upon by the battle attacker. Keats tells Ise what's going on. Aki and Patty mount a counterattack against the capital ships, and then they go to backup the Walter team.
Kaga and Mutsu are still getting scolded to launch. Kaga tries to convince him that he's fighting to ultimately protect his mom. He finally agrees to launch.
The team is pinned between the battle attacker and the fleet. Kai's ship is miscolored as Mutsu's, and then we see Mutsu and Kaga arrive just in time to deflect the battle machine's sword from the Land Rugger. Then they form Dairugger.
Dairugger destorys a captial ship to make space, and then hits the battle attacker with the whip, the miracle beam, and then punches it a bunch of times. It gets back up with its sword, and fires a beam that makes no difference as Dairugger disables it with spin cutters and then forms the sword and permanently disables it. Juxon withdraws.
Sirk exhorts Teles to take command of Raucher and the others to prevent them from continuing the violence.
Nagano compliments Mutsu on deflecting the battle machine's sword, and then Ise brings him the mail that had been mixed in with that of another department. He's so happy he cries for mommy.
Oh, dear lords.
Hazar Bucks the Empire/Planet of the Burning Cave
Hazar Bucks the Empire
Cliff, Crick and Jeff are discussing the gorgeousness of the current planet. Jeff wants to name it Rover--after his dog on Earth. They're standing on the flight deck, watching the construction crew build the communications tower. Hawkins and Newley arrive to tell them their next assignment--representing the Alliance on a distant planet. Jeff accepts. They prepare to leave.
Jeff is on the bridge, impatient, and in Hawkin's seat. The Explorer and an escort of nine ships lift off, and Newley communicates with the Galaxy Alliance. The camera, meanwhile, takes us to a distant, red sun and a Pluto-like dwarf planet with a HOLE RIGHT THROUGH IT. And a ring of fragments. The background paintings for this series are still gorgeous. This planetoid is home to another Drule HQ, and Hazar is looking out the window at meteors streaking through the sky. Dorma appears and tells him that she has sent the message to the Galaxy Alliance asking for peace. Hazar talks about how the Drule empire's constant warfare destroyed the protective layer of asteroids around their planet, exposing them to UV radiation which is ruining their planet. Yep, planetary death explanation number two. A soldier summons Hazar to the council chambers as Commander Borgam returns from a scouting mission. His fleet is made up of the new style ships we first saw on Hazar is Demoted. Hazar's peace plan is big news. Even his father, Mozak, knows about it--Mozak, of course, is in favor of it. Mozak wans him that Hazar's generals may try to turn the peacefull meeting into a trap.
Borgam's fleet hangs in orbit, and he's sure the peace plan is just ruse; he wants to hold it on planet Barren. The fleet docks and Borgam and Hazar laments that all the general want is war. Borgam enters the chamber with four more captains, and the fifth is heading to the planet Barren with a trap in mind. Hazar is angry.
The Explorer and her escort ships approach the planet. The launch the Voltron force to investigate the planet near the pole, where the peace meeting is to be held. Professor Page analyzes the planet, but the planet looks unstable at closer viewing. The Voltron force is directly over the North pole, and find the cave in which they are supposed to meet the Drule representatives. Jeff orders Crick's team to stay outside as reserve. He and Cliff enter the cave.
Submerged in crevasse not far from the Sea Team awaits Captain Bardo's ships. He is angry that one of the Voltron ships is still outside. He launches his fleet to go after them. Crick realizes it's a trap.
In the cave, the air and land teams are flying through the lava-filled tunnels. Cliff wants to leave, but Jeff decides to give the Drules more time.
Bardo launches fighters. The Sea team engages them as Crick calls the Explorer for reinforcements. The Explorer and its, um, Venusian escort fighters go to their aid.
Bardo orders the Voltron force to be forced into the cavern. Shannon talks like Crick. Then Crick talks like Crick and says "After we go in there [that cavern], Voltron's coming out!" Classic line. Bardo orders the "robots" to seal the cave after then. Then the Explorer reaches the Drule fleet and the fighting begins.
Dorma tells Hazar that the attack is underway, and Borgam says he couldn't stop it, but once Voltron is destroyed, they won't need another peace meeting. Hazar stalks out of his office and broods.
Jeff and Cliff are trying to find a way out, and just go deeper into the cavern. And the heat just keeps rising. They turn around, and then see a robeast emerge from the rocks. This was is taller and more anthropomorphic than they have been through the series. It fires on the Land Team as the Sea Team is pursued into the cavern and comes upon the robeast. The subunits separate and they form Voltron.
They start the fight off with the spinning laser blades, but they miss. The robeast has its own sword. They fences with swords for a bit. but it gets its sword stuck in a rock. And then gets cut in half. Then the cavern starts to fill with lava as the entire planet begins to collapse.
Bardo orders the fleet to withdraw once the robeast is destroyed but the Voltron is still inside the planet. The Explorer watches the fleet withdraw as they try to contact Voltron.
Jeff tries to make a run for it in Voltron. They see an opening and split up to fit through. They escape just in time. The Alliance fleet follows the Voltron force away from the collapsing planet. In orbit, Jeff gets philosophical as the planet destroys itself.
Planet of the Burning Cave
Some more music stolen from developmental sessions for Macross open up on this Earthlike planet, and we see Asimov's fleet is establishing a new base. Aki, Walter and Keats discuss how this have changed since the beginning--and open war with Galveston. Ise and Asimov arrive, and Ise gives them a lecture. Asimov and Ise speculate that Galveston is in another arm of the Galaxy. The teams prepare to leave. Aki has preceded Ise on the bridge and gets kicked out of the captain's chair. The Rugger Guard and nine ships take off as escort. The base is 82% complete.
At a desolate asteroid outpost in the fartherst end of Galveston's home solar system, Sirk tells Teles that BLanc's fleet has been wiped out. Teles still wants to avoid conflict, and comments on the apparent changes in the attitude of the Earth fleet. He orders his survey fleets to avoid unnecessary conflict. He sits down at his desk and broods, but is interrupted by a fleet entering the region. It is Captain Raucher of the Homeworld Defense Force. That explains the fancy new capital ships/.
At the same time, Tes contacts Teles. He tells him that Emperor Corsair has put him in charge of destroying the Earth fleet with Raucher's fleets.
In holding orbit, Raucher is getting annoyed that they have not yet gotten permission to dock. They are finally allowed, while Teles and Sirk discuss this new turn of events. Then Raucher and his sub-captains arrive and introduce themselves: Juxon, Hudler, McKenney, Emma, and Beltran, who is currently underway to attack the Rugger Guard. Teles is incensed that they did it without his approval, and he orders Sirk to recall him.
The Rugger Guard approaches a new planet and the Rugger Teams launch, each forming their subunits.
Search is showing a five kilometer anomaly under the surface of the planet's polar region. Ise sends the teams to explore. They see a cave entrance. Keats detects a signal from within the cave. The Air and Land Ruggers go to investigate with the Sea Rugger in reserve.
Under a nearby Glacial see, Beltran's fleet is lying in wait. He launches all ships to attact the Sea Rugger. Kagas warns Keats, and they prepare to fight, trying to raise Aki.
The Air and Land teams are flying through a long tunnel with exposed lanes of lava. The temperature is rising, and Aki thinks the planet looks like its collapsing. Walter suggests they leave, but Aki wants to find the source of the signal.
Outside, Beltran's forces engage the Sea Team. Keats advises the Rugger Guard of their situation, and Ise moves the entire fleet into the atmosphere. Beltram orders the fleet to force Sea Rugger into the case. His XO tells him that Teles is calling, but he refuses to answer.
Keats decides to enter the cave in the hopes of reuniting with the others. Beltram laughs, believing that they'll be trapped. The Rugger Guard and fleet arrive, and Beltram orders the cave sealed and engages. He demands the Earth to surrender, and then activates the Battle Attacker in the cave.
Sirk tells Teles that Beltram is ignoring his orders to disengage. Raucher wants to send reinforcements, but Teles just walks out on him.
Aki is beginning to think this is a Galveston trap. They fly deeper through the tunnel, and a cave-in begins. Kai and Mutsu tell him that the mecha's cooling systems are overtaxed. Aki orders them to go back, but they are attacked by a battle attacker. Meanwhile, the Sea Team is leading a flight of Galveston ships into the tunnel. The flight leader orders his fliers to break off and leave the mecha to the battle machine. The sea team comes up on the battle between the other teams and the Battle Attacker. They separate and reform into Dairugger.
Spin cutters are the opening attack. The battle attacker throws Dairugger into a wall, and then forms a sword. Dairugger forms his own sword, and they buckle some swashes. The battle attacker fights dirty, but Dairugger evades it with some acrobatics and destroys it.
Lava flows into the cave as the explosion triggers the final collapse. Outside, Beltram withdraws. The Rugger fleet sees them leave and detects that the planet is collapsing. Dairugger is caught in a cave in, but Aki has the teams separate and they fly out in their individual units. They make it out of the cave chased by a lava flow. The Rugger fleet follows the team out of the atmosphere and away from the planet's collapse.
Aki watches the planet disintegrate and thinks of the stellar ramifications. And the need for peace.
Cliff, Crick and Jeff are discussing the gorgeousness of the current planet. Jeff wants to name it Rover--after his dog on Earth. They're standing on the flight deck, watching the construction crew build the communications tower. Hawkins and Newley arrive to tell them their next assignment--representing the Alliance on a distant planet. Jeff accepts. They prepare to leave.
Jeff is on the bridge, impatient, and in Hawkin's seat. The Explorer and an escort of nine ships lift off, and Newley communicates with the Galaxy Alliance. The camera, meanwhile, takes us to a distant, red sun and a Pluto-like dwarf planet with a HOLE RIGHT THROUGH IT. And a ring of fragments. The background paintings for this series are still gorgeous. This planetoid is home to another Drule HQ, and Hazar is looking out the window at meteors streaking through the sky. Dorma appears and tells him that she has sent the message to the Galaxy Alliance asking for peace. Hazar talks about how the Drule empire's constant warfare destroyed the protective layer of asteroids around their planet, exposing them to UV radiation which is ruining their planet. Yep, planetary death explanation number two. A soldier summons Hazar to the council chambers as Commander Borgam returns from a scouting mission. His fleet is made up of the new style ships we first saw on Hazar is Demoted. Hazar's peace plan is big news. Even his father, Mozak, knows about it--Mozak, of course, is in favor of it. Mozak wans him that Hazar's generals may try to turn the peacefull meeting into a trap.
Borgam's fleet hangs in orbit, and he's sure the peace plan is just ruse; he wants to hold it on planet Barren. The fleet docks and Borgam and Hazar laments that all the general want is war. Borgam enters the chamber with four more captains, and the fifth is heading to the planet Barren with a trap in mind. Hazar is angry.
The Explorer and her escort ships approach the planet. The launch the Voltron force to investigate the planet near the pole, where the peace meeting is to be held. Professor Page analyzes the planet, but the planet looks unstable at closer viewing. The Voltron force is directly over the North pole, and find the cave in which they are supposed to meet the Drule representatives. Jeff orders Crick's team to stay outside as reserve. He and Cliff enter the cave.
Submerged in crevasse not far from the Sea Team awaits Captain Bardo's ships. He is angry that one of the Voltron ships is still outside. He launches his fleet to go after them. Crick realizes it's a trap.
In the cave, the air and land teams are flying through the lava-filled tunnels. Cliff wants to leave, but Jeff decides to give the Drules more time.
Bardo launches fighters. The Sea team engages them as Crick calls the Explorer for reinforcements. The Explorer and its, um, Venusian escort fighters go to their aid.
Bardo orders the Voltron force to be forced into the cavern. Shannon talks like Crick. Then Crick talks like Crick and says "After we go in there [that cavern], Voltron's coming out!" Classic line. Bardo orders the "robots" to seal the cave after then. Then the Explorer reaches the Drule fleet and the fighting begins.
Dorma tells Hazar that the attack is underway, and Borgam says he couldn't stop it, but once Voltron is destroyed, they won't need another peace meeting. Hazar stalks out of his office and broods.
Jeff and Cliff are trying to find a way out, and just go deeper into the cavern. And the heat just keeps rising. They turn around, and then see a robeast emerge from the rocks. This was is taller and more anthropomorphic than they have been through the series. It fires on the Land Team as the Sea Team is pursued into the cavern and comes upon the robeast. The subunits separate and they form Voltron.
They start the fight off with the spinning laser blades, but they miss. The robeast has its own sword. They fences with swords for a bit. but it gets its sword stuck in a rock. And then gets cut in half. Then the cavern starts to fill with lava as the entire planet begins to collapse.
Bardo orders the fleet to withdraw once the robeast is destroyed but the Voltron is still inside the planet. The Explorer watches the fleet withdraw as they try to contact Voltron.
Jeff tries to make a run for it in Voltron. They see an opening and split up to fit through. They escape just in time. The Alliance fleet follows the Voltron force away from the collapsing planet. In orbit, Jeff gets philosophical as the planet destroys itself.
Planet of the Burning Cave
Some more music stolen from developmental sessions for Macross open up on this Earthlike planet, and we see Asimov's fleet is establishing a new base. Aki, Walter and Keats discuss how this have changed since the beginning--and open war with Galveston. Ise and Asimov arrive, and Ise gives them a lecture. Asimov and Ise speculate that Galveston is in another arm of the Galaxy. The teams prepare to leave. Aki has preceded Ise on the bridge and gets kicked out of the captain's chair. The Rugger Guard and nine ships take off as escort. The base is 82% complete.
At a desolate asteroid outpost in the fartherst end of Galveston's home solar system, Sirk tells Teles that BLanc's fleet has been wiped out. Teles still wants to avoid conflict, and comments on the apparent changes in the attitude of the Earth fleet. He orders his survey fleets to avoid unnecessary conflict. He sits down at his desk and broods, but is interrupted by a fleet entering the region. It is Captain Raucher of the Homeworld Defense Force. That explains the fancy new capital ships/.
At the same time, Tes contacts Teles. He tells him that Emperor Corsair has put him in charge of destroying the Earth fleet with Raucher's fleets.
In holding orbit, Raucher is getting annoyed that they have not yet gotten permission to dock. They are finally allowed, while Teles and Sirk discuss this new turn of events. Then Raucher and his sub-captains arrive and introduce themselves: Juxon, Hudler, McKenney, Emma, and Beltran, who is currently underway to attack the Rugger Guard. Teles is incensed that they did it without his approval, and he orders Sirk to recall him.
The Rugger Guard approaches a new planet and the Rugger Teams launch, each forming their subunits.
Search is showing a five kilometer anomaly under the surface of the planet's polar region. Ise sends the teams to explore. They see a cave entrance. Keats detects a signal from within the cave. The Air and Land Ruggers go to investigate with the Sea Rugger in reserve.
Under a nearby Glacial see, Beltran's fleet is lying in wait. He launches all ships to attact the Sea Rugger. Kagas warns Keats, and they prepare to fight, trying to raise Aki.
The Air and Land teams are flying through a long tunnel with exposed lanes of lava. The temperature is rising, and Aki thinks the planet looks like its collapsing. Walter suggests they leave, but Aki wants to find the source of the signal.
Outside, Beltran's forces engage the Sea Team. Keats advises the Rugger Guard of their situation, and Ise moves the entire fleet into the atmosphere. Beltram orders the fleet to force Sea Rugger into the case. His XO tells him that Teles is calling, but he refuses to answer.
Keats decides to enter the cave in the hopes of reuniting with the others. Beltram laughs, believing that they'll be trapped. The Rugger Guard and fleet arrive, and Beltram orders the cave sealed and engages. He demands the Earth to surrender, and then activates the Battle Attacker in the cave.
Sirk tells Teles that Beltram is ignoring his orders to disengage. Raucher wants to send reinforcements, but Teles just walks out on him.
Aki is beginning to think this is a Galveston trap. They fly deeper through the tunnel, and a cave-in begins. Kai and Mutsu tell him that the mecha's cooling systems are overtaxed. Aki orders them to go back, but they are attacked by a battle attacker. Meanwhile, the Sea Team is leading a flight of Galveston ships into the tunnel. The flight leader orders his fliers to break off and leave the mecha to the battle machine. The sea team comes up on the battle between the other teams and the Battle Attacker. They separate and reform into Dairugger.
Spin cutters are the opening attack. The battle attacker throws Dairugger into a wall, and then forms a sword. Dairugger forms his own sword, and they buckle some swashes. The battle attacker fights dirty, but Dairugger evades it with some acrobatics and destroys it.
Lava flows into the cave as the explosion triggers the final collapse. Outside, Beltram withdraws. The Rugger fleet sees them leave and detects that the planet is collapsing. Dairugger is caught in a cave in, but Aki has the teams separate and they fly out in their individual units. They make it out of the cave chased by a lava flow. The Rugger fleet follows the team out of the atmosphere and away from the planet's collapse.
Aki watches the planet disintegrate and thinks of the stellar ramifications. And the need for peace.
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