Stop at Beeland

Stop at Beeland

That's right.  Beeland.

On day 98, the Star Force is approaching the strange planet Balan (that's how the narrator pronounces it). The crew is in the mess hall and Derek complains about it. Then Nova shows up in a dress and they all act like horny 14 year olds.  Then IQ 9 shows up, calls her cutie and she runs off.

Later, Venture, Wildstar, and IQ 9 are sunbathing and IQ 9 declares his undying love for Nova.  Nova happens to be complaining to Avatar about IQ's bizarre behavior, and Avatar suggests that he needs his 10,000-mile checkup.  Then they approach the planet Beeland and prepare to land.  Avatar observes that it looks green, like Earth.  Nova is sent, with IQ 9, to look for edible plants.  Derek wonders if sending IQ 9 is a good idea.

It's not.  In the shuttle to the planet, IQ 9 proposes to Nova, she has a freakout, and crashlands in a jungle.  And--my GODS--IQ 9 crashes on top of Nova and wants to rest on top of her because he likes it there.  Hurgh.  They leave the ship and search for edible plants.  Then the bee-people examine the ship.

Nova and IQ 9 emerge from the jungle to find a giant beehive.  They go to explore it, and the bridge loses contact with them.  Avatar advises them to wait and see.

In the hive, they are captured by the bee people and taken prisoner.  We see the bee people, um, making honey?  Then IQ and Nova are tossed into a cell.  IQ 9 surmises that the bee people are enslaved by the Gamilons, and the bee resistance thinks Nova and IQ 9 are Gamilons.

In the rule part of the hive, Queen Melina is trying to contact Krypt, and has trouble with the communicator.  The cargo tanker is being sent to Beeland.  Melina wonderrs what she should do about the old man resistance leader.  Krypt tells her that he's her problem.  If she can't take care of him, Desslok might replace her as ruler.

The bee people start a drum jam and Melina appears to look over her subjects.

The Argo is still waiting for word from Nova when they catch sight of a Gamilon rocket tanker.  Avatar scrambles Wildstar and the Black Tigers.  Conroy and Wildstar decide to use delayed-action rockets to disable the tanker and destroy it far from the Argo.  The battle rages.

On the planet, IQ 9 and Nova worry that the bee people will kill them.  The IQ 9 gets all weird and creeps out Nova.  Oh, and he professes his undying love for her.  Again.  Then Nova apologizes and hugs the robot.  Just before the bee people lead them out.

Queen Melina is presiding over an awesome bee dance number.  The Gamilon tanker approaches.  The leader of the resistance appears out of the crowd and denounces the queen.  He has Nova and IQ 9 brought before her, and threatens to kill the "Gamilons" if they open fire.  Then the tanker lands and the resistance leader continues rousing the rabble.  He summons some bee-people who haul a cannon before the queen.  He challenges her to show her true allegiance by destroying the tanker.  She slowly takes the controls of the cannon . . . and laughs and sends her guards after the resistance fighters.  She approaches the tanker on the landing platform.

Then the tanker explodes, thanks to the damage caused by the Black Tigers.  IQ 9 detects the source of the explosion to be delayed reaction bombs.  Then the bee resistance start beating IQ 9 and Nova with sticks.  Members of the Star Force arrive, and IQ 9 gives an injured Nova to Wildstar.  The ZBlack Tigers hold off some of the bees, while Nova explains that they could be just as bad as the Gamilons, particularly to bee-eyes.  The bees call IQ 9 a monster, and he gets all emo and angst-ridden.

On the Argo, IQ 9 in on the observation deck.  Nova brings news that the bee-people have given them food, but he still acts weird.  There are only 267 days left.