Battle Satellite

Battle Satellite

Oh, so the planet has been called Telezart all along.  Wow.  I never thought I'd be so dependent on subtitles.

The Earth Defense Force are notified of the mass desertion of the ex-Star Force Members.  They monitor the crew of the Argo remanning the Argo.  They decide it's mutiny, and order the Star Force to return to their assigned posts.  BTW, the Star Force are back in their first season uniforms.

On the Argo's bridge, Wildstar appeals to the memory of Avatar.  Orion isn't ready to take off, but Wildstar orders them to launch anyway.  Wildstar and Sandor discuss the impending retaliation from EDHQ.  Then Homer reports that they're calling for Wildstar right now.  They put the commander of the EDF on-screen, who orders them to return to their posts.  Wildstar refuses.  General Stone initially gave them thirty minutes to decide, but then wants to override the locks that allow them to launch.

Mark Venture is at home, still brooding, when Jordy comes home.  Venture leaves for a walk rather than play ball with Jordy.  Venture calls Dr. Sane.  Whatever Venture says causes Sane to freak out.  He takes the cat and starts to leave, but Nova knows what's happening, and insists on going.  Even though SHE'S JUST A GIRL.  BLEAUGH.

Wildstar addresses the crew and reminds them that they are all volunteers and if they decide to stay on Earth, it's their decision.  Sandor tells him that Venture hasn't arrived.  Wildstar decides they have no choice but to leave without them.  General Stone tries to prevent them from launching rather than reasoning with them.  Eager and Dash are concerned that the locks are closing, but Wildstar is unworried.

Venture, Sane and Nova meet at Avatar's statue/  Venture voices his doubts.  Sane, his cat, and Nova are going despite the risks. 

The Argo is preparing to launch.  Wildstar is in the pilot's seat when IQ 9 tells him Venture asn't arrived.  He orders the gangway retracted.  Orion releases water into the launching dock.  The EDF commander calls him again, and warns him that they'll be mutineers.  Wildstar reaffirms their commitment to leave.  The Argo is fully submerged, and Wildstar orders the launch.  Then, a hand closes over Wildstar's on the flight controls.  It's Venture.  Venture increases engine power and they take off.

General Stone orders missiles fired, though the commander argues they only want to prevent them from launching, not destroy them.  Unfused missiles are launched.  Eager warns them, and Wildstar has torpedoes launched to intercept them.  One missile gets through and fastens to the Argo, followed by another.  Sandor surmises they're only trying to weigh them down so they can't launch. 

Orion activates the wave motion engine.  Sandor asks Venture for maximum engine output to shake off the missiles.  The ship surfaces and the manget missiles drop off.  As the ship moves through the atmosphere, two fighters barnstorm them.  One clips its wing on the Argo's conning tower.

General Stone decides they'lve let the Star Force get away with too much.  He activates the battle satellites.

Eager picks up the satellite.  Sandor advises Wildstar that it's gone active.  Wildstar aims the shock cannons at the satellite as it charges up.  It fires, and Venture evades the beam.  IQ 9 says he helped design that satellite.  Wildstar fires, destroying the satellite.  The commander tells General Stone to let the Star Force get away.  General Stone orders Gideon to take the Andromeda after the Argo.  The EDF commander, privately, says to himself that the Star Force has his blessing in their mission.

The Comet Empire's generals are apprised of the launch of the Star Force.  Zordar orders them to stay on plan.

The Argo is now space-bound, and Venture hopes they're doing the right thing.