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.
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