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Outlaw Star Episode Summaries
Episode 9
"A Journey of Adventure! Huh?"
Gilliam is unhappy that he has to take a dangerous
route because Gene is so reckless.
Jim, Melfina, and Suzuka are sleeping while Gene practices
his sighting...on one of Gilliam's faces! Gilliam tells Gene
to get some rest, and Gene says he'll go to bed. He starts to
ask Gilliam something, then drops his gun on his foot!
Gilliam's heads transport parts to Jim. Melfina shows
up and asks for salt; Jim gives her a giant bag of it. Jim asks
Gilliam if Gene's awake yet, but Gilliam can't get him out of
bed (not even with five of Gilliam's pods hopping on him!). Jim
comes in to get Gene up; Gene embraces him and asks 'Rosie' for
a kiss. Jim puts a pillow on his face. Gene finally gets up,
and complains that there's nothing that needs done, so why should
he get up? But the cargo hold needs straightened (they hadn't
secured it before they launched!). Jim says they need to talk
about Starwind and Hawking Enterprises. Jim still wants to go
to Heifong, but he doesn't think they'll just find a job there--they
have no connections, so they need a plan or they won't be able
to buy food.
Gene idly eats food Mel made, and Jim complains that
Gene leaves everything to chance. They have 750,000 wong to pay
back!
Melfina asks them to stop fighting. Suzuka comes in
and turns off the stove--Mel was letting it boil over. Jim thinks
Suzuka's a problem too. Suzuka says, "What a kid."
Gene teases Jim, saying Suzuka called Jim a baby, but Suzuka
was referring to Gene. Gene leaves, annoyed, and Suzuka
calmly drinks her tea.
Jim wants to know what they'll do about Suzuka, but
they need her because of the Kei pirates. Jim worries that she'll
try to kill him, and Gene says not to worry. His father said,
'People who make it big think big.' Jim prefers to think things
through. Gene asks where they are--they're three days from Heifong.
Gene does his laundry... He says he wishes
pirates would attack (he's bored!). Gene was washing his (navy
blue) boxers. He has to hang them to dry; he puts them on Gilliam's
maintenance rail! Gilliam tells Gene to put them in Gene's room--Gene
doesn't want to sleep with underwear in front of his face, but
Gilliam objects that they're his.
"That's why I don't wanna!" says Gene.
Jim is still mad. There's a station near where they
are...
Gene comes down from the cargo hold; a pink Gilliam
comes down, and Gene laughs. Jim painted it! Gene calls it cute
and laughs, but it's a good idea to have one stand out.
Gene says he's going to a station and says Jim can
come if he wants. Jim protests that they have no money, but Gene
says not to worry.
They pull into the station. The gang gets out. Jim
wants to know what they're doing. Gene says it's to make money.
Suzuka leaves them but will be back for launch.
At a nice restaurant, Gene eats like a pig. Gene says
if Jim doesn't hurry, he'll eat his food, so Jim eats ravenously
too. Mel offers Jim her food. Gene says kids are lucky--"all
the ladies are nice to 'em." Gene and Jim are about to come
to blows...
Outside, Mel looks at pretty jewelry in a store. Gene
explains that there's a wanted man, Zomba (sp?), worth 10,000
wong outside the city--there's no data on him, but everyone knows
it. Jim has doubts about thinking big (and argues with Gene),
but he'll help anyway. Melfina asks if something's wrong--a crowd
is watching Jim and Gene's argument. They send Melfina back to
the ship.
Gene goes to a saloon and asks about someone upstairs--everyone
flees upon finding Gene is a bounty hunter. He barges into the
room upstairs and finds Zomba, a man in a suit reading a book.
"Let's take this outside," he says--he doesn't
want to get his room dirty.
They go to a church and stand off. Jim is hiding behind
some rubble. Zomba runs at Gene with a knife; Gene has one too.
Zomba's back is his weak point (according to Jim, who has a computer)--Gene
nails him in the back, and he sparks; Gene notes that it's a
disappointed. But he's not out yet! Zomba grows spikes. Gene
shoots him (he doesn't hold back when fighting cyborgs).
They get 2,000 wong; it was a dummy android, not Zomba.
Gene says "When you're a guy you have to do big things."
Jim doesn't agree.
Suzuka says they had the same idea, and says she just
made a trifle... The other people in the area are amazed, saying
she took down Zomba and got the 10,000 wong!
"Looks like we won't have a chance to prove our
manliness," says Jim.
Gene screams.
They walk through the street; Gene sulks. There's
an announcement on a video screen. Gene sees a familiar ship,
but says, "Let's go to Heifong, partner!" They go back
to the ship and launch, but the ship on the screen belonged to
MacDougall...
Episode 10
"Gathering for the Space Race"
In the Space Race, corporate ships and private pilots
with corporate sponsors fly dangerous races, competing for fame,
not money.
The OLS pulls into Heifong. Jim complains that since
it's an urban planet, port fees will be expensive, but Gene says
things will work out.
The gang is on a train--Jim looks out and is impressed
with the city. Gene tells him not to be so excited (it's embarrassing)
but then he looks out the window and he, too, is impressed.
Gene's decided they're entering the space race. Gene
and Jim talk to an entry lady about it--Gene wants to see data
on just one other ship in the race, but the lady says that wouldn't
be fair--so Gene asks for the lady to give him her phone number
(to Jim's annoyance). The lady says Gene knows the office phone
number. Participation in the race costs a $150,000 wong entry
fee. Jim and Gene stare, and Gene gets angry that no pilot could
enter such a race. The lady suggests they find a sponsor (it
would be good advertising for a company). Gene mouths off to
the lady and says they'll enter the race...but he doesn't know
how.
They eat at a noodle stand. Gene wants to enter to
use the race as advertisement (as no money is awarded for winning),
and, Gene things MacDougall is in the race--he has to
enter to make sure. Gene asks Suzuka if he can borrow the money,
but she subscribes to the notion 'neither a borrower nor a lender
be.' She leaves (she'll come back after the race).
They have to go to the Luo Company headquarters. Fred
happens to be on Heifong; he'd be glad to sponsor Gene. If they
finish in the top three, he'll pay for it (if they make 4th place
or less, they'll owe him even more money!). Gene says
he needs 400,000 wong; Fred easily agrees, but he gives Gene
an extremely girly yellow and pink jumpsuit to wear in the winners'
circle. (He doesn't have one for Melfina; they shouldn't be parading
her around, since the Kei pirates are looking for all of them,
but especially Melfina.) As they leave, the security guard tells
Gene not to screw up. Gene's surprised the guard (who usually
hates Gene) is cheering for him, but the bodyguard wants Gene
to return 'the young master's love!
They leave the planet. Gilliam says that this is how
a space launch should be--civilized planets are wonderful. But
Gilliam is confused about the space race, and why Suzuka isn't
with them. At the outer-space docks, Gene looks at all the ships
and doesn't see MacDougall's; Jim wants to go to the pre-race
party. Melfina isn't with them.
On the ship, Melfina has Gilliam access Heifong's
largest database; she wants to look up who she is and why she
was created. Gilliam isn't permitted to think about himself,
but he understands; he says he'll help.
At the pre-race party, they announce that there are
13 corporate ships and 27 private ships, all competing for honor.
Gene still wonders if MacDougall is there. He asks a lady for
a drink--she turns around, revealing herself to be Aisha! She
throws her tray down.
Aisha springs back and is ready to take her revenge.
She thanks the god of all Ctarl--she had to hitchhike across
all space to find him, and wound up on Heifong with a waitress
job...
Her boss tells her to behave herself. He nods and
a couple men drag her off. The boss says if Aisha makes any more
scenes, she won't get paid.
On the Outlaw Star, Gilliam says he can't find any
information. Melfina smiles and says it's okay. Gilliam promises
they'll find out about Melfina; Melfina says Gene promised that,
too. Gene and Jim come back; Jim brought Melfina some food.
It's 12 hours 'til the race; they have to get ready.
Gene details the path of the race (there's checkpoints,
etc.). Gilliam says that since they're in a race, they ought
to go for it and win it. He says no ship is better than the Outlaw
Star. Jim is worried--they have to make the top three--but he's
excited that if they win they get 200,000 wong profit!
A Ctarl-Ctarl ship has entered. Aisha is on board
and wants them to win (the people in the ship have to obey; she's
an Imperial Officer).
Harry Williams with his ship the El Dorado has finally
arrived--it's the favorite, and Gene thinks he recognizes the
ship. Harry is a confident-looking guy with green hair tied back
by a pink bow. Gene tries to talk to Harry, but Harry won't answer.
Gene wants to catch up with that ship, but they'd be caught by
the race officials--Gene decides they can wait.
Suzuka is in a casino. She sees the Outlaw Star on
a TV screen and snaps her fingers. A guy in a tuxedo comes up
to her. She bets 20,000 on the Outlaw Star.
An old guy with glasses recognizes the Outlaw Star's
model.
The Outlaw Star finally launches to start the race
(they had been delayed because the ships can't all launch together).
It's 230 million kilometers to the end... It takes 14 hours to
reach the first checkpoint (for top ships), and the Outlaw Star
is behind because they started in the middle. The checkpoint
is in-between two revolving planets. The other ships are going
up over the planets and down to hit the checkpoint (so they don't
get hit by the planets!) but if they time it right, they can
go straight through. But this will cause a tidal effect... Gene
decides to do it the hard, faster way. They near, but a massive
wave closes in on them from the first planet. There's no escape
route, and the checkpoint will be swallowed by the wave...
Episode 11
"Adrift in Subspace"
There's no escape route, and the checkpoint will be
swallowed up--Gene says they have to plow right through it (the
Outlaw Star is the fastest ship in the galaxy). They make
it through.
Gilliam tells Gene to put down the engine outputs;
they're in sixth place. Now they have 500,000,000 kilometers
to reach Heifong V.
Suzuka is on the beach, listening to radio announcements
of the race and sipping a drink.
Back on the ship, Jim is sleeping. Gene wakes him;
they're near a maintenance station--they're supposed to stop
for an hour and maintenance the ship, but the ship's fine. Gene
suggests they maintenance themselves. They pull into the station,
and Gene notices MacDougall's ship.
Inside the restaurant, Gene approaches the crew of
the El Dorado and asks for MacDougall--no one with that name
is there, though. Gene picks Harry up by his collar and asks
why the pirates want the XGP and why his people want to destroy
it. Harry calls for help from the race officials and Gene leaves,
pushing Harry down.
Gene asks if Harry was MacDougall, he can't ignore
him any more. The El Dorado leaves, but it's 11 minutes until
the Outlaw Star can leave. Harry gets data on Gene's ship. Fred
watches the race on TV, but it doesn't cover private ships.
Aisha's ship approaches the third checkpoint. Harry
pilots the El Dorado to gain time; Aisha pushes buttons randomly
and announces a sneak attack on the Outlaw Star.
"With a single machine gun?" one of the
pilots asks--it's a trading ship. Aisha goes for the last
resort.
The Outlaw Star is going through the more dangerous
of two possible checkpoints (of course)--they have to rely on
their eyes, not the instruments. Gene takes the shortest route
through a bunch of asteroids and clears it. Another ship has
a mayday--the guy abandoned ship. Jim says the course's marshall
will pick him up soon, but Gene says they should help him. Jim
says that's not like Gene; Gene says it's no fun to drift through
space all alone. He goes out in a spacesuit (getting dizzy as
he exits), and brings the drifter inside. The drifter takes off
an opaque helmet--it's Aisha!
Aisha asks if the MacDougall brothers have the key
to the Galactic Leyline--Gene says they know more than he
does. He tells Aisha to go back but she won't leave until she
gets her info. She looks around the ship, fascinated. "This
is one strange ship. It won't move if you're not naked?"
"Geez, one cat-girl shows up and everything goes
out of whack," Gene comments.
Suzuka takes a bath while listening to the race on
TV.
Aisha reclines in a seat. The ship starts to form
a sub-ether bubble--but there are objects coming in--missiles?
They can't do anything; it's 18 seconds until they hit subether,
but 16 seconds until impact. Gene says he'll shake the missiles.
Aisha asks what's going on. They hit sub-ether right as the missiles
hit.
The El Dorado shows up; its crew is impressed. Harry
says the Outlaw Star will probably disintegrate. The ship was
an eyesore to him and his brother.
The Outlaw Star has a lot of stress on it and is unsafe;
Gene cuts the engine systems by removing the key. The ship goes
dark, but everyone's OK. The ship runs on auxiliary power, and
Gene puts the key back in. They're now safely back in normal
space.
Aisha says the ship is stronger than she thought,
and Gilliam notes that he is the most advanced and intelligent
ship in the galaxy.
The ship has life support intact, but the ether drive
and two Newton reactors are not. But, the sub-ether drive's working,
except the reactors are not working.. The ether drive is too
slow. The gang looks despondent.
Aisha complains about their lack of enthusiasm--they
can't give up! She says you need guts to swim in a stream. Gene
realizes they can go in the ether stream (any normal ship
would break in the ether stream, but the Outlaw Star can make
it out of one...). Jim doesn't want to hear it, as usual; everyone
else trusts Gene.
The ship enters its grappler arm mode and puts up
its shields.
The El Dorado gets through checkpoint 4 in 4th place,
but there's an ether stream around Heifong I, so the Outlaw Star
will do better than 1st. The Outlaw Star gets out of the ether
stream and goes through the checkpoint--they're in 1st place
for a minute, but wind up in 3rd, until another ship finishes
with a faster time; the Outlaw Star is fourth. Suzuka tears up
her ticket. But, they are first in the Privateer category. Aisha
and Jim wear the outfits Fred provided the Outlaw Star crew with
earlier; they have the Luo name prominently displayed on the
back. Fred says he'll give them half the money, 200,000. The
El Dorado drops out of the race, but left Gene a communication
cube...
Episode 12
"Mortal Combat with the El Dorado"
Everyone who knows more than mere rumors about the
MacDougall brothers is dead.
(The first several minutes of this flip back and forth
between the past and the present in generally well-timed transitions,
but I couldn't get that to work her; it was too confusing. ^_^;)
The El Dorado had dropped out of the race, but left
a communication cube. It told the Outlaw Star crew to meet them
at Leone Language Point in 50 hours; if they beat the El Dorado,
they will tell them everything they wanted to know. Aisha demands
to come along with Gene and company; they ruined her odds of
moving up in the world. She's searching for the Galactic Leyline,
a huge treasure she wants to get. Gene says it's a gate; Aisha
claims it's made out of Dragonite. Gene says they can't take
Aisha, but she says if they know about the Galactic Leyline,
she's definitely coming.
They walk out on a bridge; a doctor-ish looking man
who's a race official named Gwen Khan asks where they got their
ship. He says a lot of repetitive things, and Gene says they
found it as a "derelict with no owner"--Gwen says there's
no problem, and Gene and company walk by. But Gwen stops them
and says he wants the ship to be--nothing, nothing at all, and
walks off.
So, the Outlaw Star is looking for the El Dorado,
but they're in a magnetic field (as is the El Dorado). Radar
is no good in a magnetic field, so they need to use their eyes;
Aisha volunteers. The ship is functioning okay (its repairs were
done hastily, but they are done). There are missiles coming
from 9 o' clock, according to Gilliam; Jim spots the El Dorado.
Harry suggests they have a one-on-one duel; Gene doesn't
object, but complains that this is MacDougall's home territory.
Harry promises he's not from around Heifong.
Gene says the traps won't work in an asteroid field
and goes ahead, asking Aisha to watch their back. Melfina detects
missiles; the Outlaw Star dodges. Harry has accurate missiles;
Gene wants to make it a close-quarters fight. They see the El
Dorado, which disappears and reappears behind them! The Outlaw
Star dodges more missiles. Gene asks if the El Dorado is more
maneuverable than the Outlaw Star; Gilliam assures him it's not.
The MacDougall brothers won't come at Gene from the front; missiles
come at the Outlaw Star from both sides! Gene uses a grappling
arm with a gun to shoot the missiles before they hit the ship.
Gene pants and realizes he'll have to go all out against Harry.
Missiles come from 9:00 and 3:00; Gene shoots most
of them, but one hits the ship. Gene thinks MacDougall will be
out of missiles soon, and then the Outlaw Star can win. The Outlaw
Star crew argues. Melfina says the bridge is getting hot, isn't
it? Gilliam lowers the temperature in the ship.
Jim wants to use cameras, while Aisha says they should
plow in and crush MacDougall. Gene says if Aisha doesn't shut
up, he'll throw her out. He ponders, and politely asks Aisha
to do him a favor--let him throw her off the ship.
Harry has 24% of his missiles left. He tells an underling
to make sure the Outlaw Star crew doesn't figure out that there's
another ship. Outside the Outlaw Star, Aisha spots MacDougall's
ship! It has Grappler arms, too! The Outlaw Star and El Dorado
grapple; Harry has four arms, two of which punch the Outlaw Star
while the Outlaw Star's two are locked with two of El Dorado's.
"Die, die, die, die!" says Harry.
The Outlaw Star gets its arms free and catches the
El Dorado. Gene tells Jim to take control and goes through a
drill tunnel which pierces into the El Dorado.
Gene comes in the El Dorado with a gun; he shoots
a guy in the leg. The guy falls and says, "That hurt!"--Gene
realizes it's not MacDougall. Gene uses a smoke bomb and shoots
someone in the arm, and asks him where MacDougall is. He falls.
Gene knocks down a door and pulls a gun on Harry; Harry puts
his hands up--but he has a shiny chip on the back of his neck.
Gilliam is being hacked into; he goes into protective
mode and says 'good night.' Melfina seems to be in trouble, too.
Harry's employers wanted the XGP destroyed; he says
he doesn't ask his employers why they want what they want. The
pirates are involved with the Galactic Leyline--but Harry is
going to trash the computer.....he sees Melfina, naked. She asks
him to stay away, and Harry laughs wickedly.
Gene shoots the chip off of Harry's neck, and shoots
Harry's arm. Harry whines. Gene holds his gun to Harry's forehead
and asks why they destroyed his dad's ship six years ago. Harry
protests that 6 years ago, he was only 12! Gene asks where Harry's
brother is. Jim (through Gene's earring) says there's another
El Dorado! Harry goes nuts and says he'll destroy them. But there's
two ships; that's why the El Dorado could be 'more maneuverable.'
One of the El Dorados explodes! The Outlaw Star follows the other,
which blows up a large asteroid. Gilliam says they're in danger
and asks them to take evasive action.
Harry's brother bandages him, who cries and whine--the
brother tell shim to be a MacDougall man and promises they'll
do worse than that to whoever did that to him. Harry remembers
'that woman'...
Gene says they have to go back to Heifong and try
again; he apologizes to Melfina for losing another lead.
Aisha whines to be picked up (she's still in space!);
Gene decides to (otherwise, she'll haunt him again). Melfina
thinks of Harry MacDougall...
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