Sub-Space Submariners

Sub-Space Submariners

The war machine of the comet empire under Prince Zordas moves in on Earth.  The Star Force under Derek Wildstar has rescued space marines stationed on the Planet Bromas.

Dr. Sane administers a vitamin shot to a complaining space marine.  He tries to awaken a sleeping marine, then Wildstar coms looking for Sergeant Knox.  Knox is in the mess hall, where the marines harass Nova and IQ 9.  Wildstar approaches them looking for Knox again.  They ignore him.  Wildstar leaves to find Knox, and the marines make a mess and try to egg Conroy into a brawl.  A marine throws food at Conroy, but hits IQ 9 instead.

Knox is brooding at the observation deck when Wildstar finally finds him.  Wildstar apologizes and explains that they can't return them.  Knox comes off as a jackass.

The comet empire mows through several asteroids, destroying them.  The comet empire cheifs of staff and Princess Invidia monitor the progress of the Star Force, and Invidia express doubt over Desslok's abilities. 

The generals complain about Invidia once she leaves.  She enters Zordar's chambers to notifiy him of the Star Force.

Wildstar arrives on the bridge just as Eager detects something on the radar.  Orion is unable to identify it.  Wildstar orders the ship on alert.

Nova and IQ 9 are leading the marines on a tour, and the marines proceed to steal food out of the hydroponic garden.  The alert alarms sound and Nova leaves the marines with IQ 9, ordering them to their quarters while she rushes to the bridge.

Nova sees the ship on her out of focus radar.  Then missiles strike the Argo as Sandor identifies it as a space submarine.  The fighter pilot rush to their ships.  Knox tries to board a ship, but the pilot knocks him back.  On the bridge, Sandor and Wildstar release mines, trying to depth charge the submarines.  Unfortunately, the submarines move through the explosions unscathed.

Wildstar orders the shock cannons on standby.  Knox tries to talk a gunner out of the turret controls/  As they're arguing, they fire and miss.  Wildstar orders Knox out of gunnery control and then launches the fighters.  Dr. Sane gives his cat saki--err, soybean milk.  Knox comes looking for Nova.  Sane is able to talk him into staying out of trouble by offering him saki.

The fighters destroy the submarines.  The bridge crew celebrate, but Wildstar, Sandor, and Venture brood over the entire situation.  They discuss that this mission may be harder than the trip to Iskandar because they don't know the mission or the enemy.  Sandor has Nova locate a small planet they can land on for repairs.

The EDF commandant is told the results of the analysis of the metal fragments recovered from the enemy ships.  They can't identify them, so two fleets are dispatched to planet Brumas to reinforce it.  The Argo continues to the small planetoid for repairs.  The repair crews begin their work.

Conroy asks Wildstar to kick the marines off the ship.  The marines are now interfering with the repairs.  A repair crew finds Sergeant Knox and a brawl ensues.  Wildstar arrives to stop the fight, and ends up being dragged into a fight with Knox.  Sane manages to get the Argo crew back to their repair stations.  Once they're gone, Sane starts cheerleading them . . .  But then it turns out that he's mocking them.  The two of them stop and Wildstar apologizes.  Knox admits he's been walking around looking for a fight ever since they lost the battle on Brumas.  Wildstar orders the marines to start abiding by the Star Force rules, which of course leads Knox to start acting like an asshole again.  Sane tries to calm Wildstar down as Knox stalks off.

The comet empire continues its rampage through space.  An adjutant notifies Zordar and Invidia that the space submarines have been destroyed.  Invidia is angry, but Zordar tells them both to leave small fish like the Star Force to Desslok.

Wildstar broods while looking at the portrait of Avatar.  They receive a message from Telezar.  Venture pushes Homer out of his seat so he can use the message to triangulate the location of Telezar.  They get a broken-up message.  Homer is distraught that the message is so mangled, but Venture has a rough bearing.  Sandor and Orion tell Wildstar that repair work is completed, and the Argo lifts off.