Balanosaurus

Balanosaurus

From bees to Balano.  What a journey we have traveled.

The Star Force is approaching the planet Balan.  Which is really Balan this time (the narrator pronounced Beeland as Balan).  Venture catches us all up on how badly behind schedule they've gotten.

Planet Balan is younger than Earth.  It's still cooling, and simple life is just developing.  Naturally, at the Gamilon base on Balan is working on a way to turn it into a weapon.  Lysis arrives and argues with General Valgar, who wants to use the Balan "energy cells" as a weapon.  Lysis denies him permission.  Like any good mad scientist,Valgar pretty much ignores such orders--partly because Lysis wants the credit for defeating the Star Force. 

Then we see "cells" swimming through lava and becoming a spherical . . . thing.  A Gamilon fighter lifts off and follows the sphere.  It's Valgar with his "mind control" helmet, forming the cells into a Balanosaurus.

Venture completes the warp.  Nova is alarmed that Captain Avatar is slumped unconscious at his station.  While he's in sickbay, Venture and Wildstar speculate that they amount of warp jumps have exhausted him.  The doctor examines him, and tells the captain that it requires an immediate operation.  Avatar tells him to do his best.

Lysis scolds Valgar for training the Balanosaurus, though Valgar denies it.  And then he just goes and admits it.  Wow.  Clearly he's risen to his level of incompetence. 

Dr. Zane starts the operation at Avatar's urging, who also tells him about  secret instructions in case he doesn't make it.  IQ 9 joins the operation and anesthetizes him with a crazy deep-sea diving helmet.  Venture, Wildstar, Orion, and Sandor watch tensely through the gallery windows.  The ship continues to travel through space, approaching Balan.

The Gamilon shuttle carrying Valgar sights the Argo and he deploys the Balanosaurus.  And many anime giant robot Kaiju are born.  He forms the cells into a . . . monster that attacks the Argo, Howling like Baragon all the while. 

The Balanosaurus rams the Argo and it explodes.  Oh.  Then Valgar says his Balanosaurus will destroy the real Argo just like this decoy.  Lysis is informed of the continued testing and is angered.

Avatar is out of the surgery and waiting to awaken from the anesthesia.

Valgar approaches the real Argo.  Wildstar is notified that Gamilons are approaching--he orders battle stations, but Venture protests and says they should evade.  Then Orion points out that they can't outrun them at this speed.  Valgar deploys the Balanosaurus and the bridge crew is freaked out by its formation.  Wildstar readies the main batteries.  They fire on the Balanosaurus.  The attack blows it apart, but the individual cells batter the Argo, and then it reforms.  Wildstar orders the wave motion gun readied.  Orion protests--they've just completed a warp jump--but then they all agree that it's the only way.

They prepare to fire.  The Balanosaurus closes in.  The gun fires, and the Argo passes through the explosion.  Valgar watches in shock--the Balansaurus could not withstand the wave motion gun.

A crack has formed in the lower gun deck.  orion goes to repair it.  IQ 9 sees that Avatar is recovering and rolls through the ship proclaiming the good news. 

The anxious crew is gathered in the gallery windows of the sickbay, and Wildstar informs Avatar of the fight and damage to the Argo.  Avatar assures him that he made the right decision, and as Avatar heals, so must Wildstar help the Argo and the Star Force heal. 

Lysis is displeased that Valgar went ahead with his dumb idea.  And he's sure there must be some way to defeat the Star Force. 

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