Episode
Guide
Here is the
episode guide to the show Outlaw Star! Read away!
Episode One
"Outlaw World"
Gene Starwind and Jim Hawking run their bounty-hunting/odd
job business on a planet called Sentinal III. Their favorite hangout is
a
bar owned by Clyde. Gene seems to have a thing for the barmaid named
Iris.
Later on, Jim and Gene are hired by a pretty blonde woman who calls
herself
Rachel, to be her bodyguard. But they will eventually find out that the
face
and mask is part of a mask, and it is really "Hot Ice" Hilda,
the outlaw! She forces Gene and Jim to take her to find "something" for
her.
Meanwhile, the trio is being chased by Kei pirates. They get to Hilda’s
destination,
and Hilda shoots Gene, but he lives. They find a briefcase, and open
it.
Inside they find a naked, cryogenically frozen young woman.
Episode Two
"Star of Desire"
Gene doesn’t really want to take the briefcase,
but Hilda decides that if the Kei pirates want it, it must be valuable.
They
take it to an old house, while still being chased by the Kei pirates.
There
is a violent standoff, between Gene and an old voodoo man. Gene keeps
the
pirates distracted while Hilda and Jim escape to find one of Hilda’s
old
ships, and the girl in the briefcase wakes up. Melfina and Gene
follow Hilda and Jim, and all four fly away to Blue Heaven. They get
into a few scuffles with some more bad guys, but they
had to beat them without using bullets. So Hilda uses a really weird
weapon,
and Gene uses paint balls.
Episode Three
"Into Burning Space"
Gene and Hilda beat everyone, and the three outlaws
and the android, Melfina leave Blue Heaven in Hilda’s ship. Gene has a
problem
though. He has a severe space phobia resulting from his childhood. He
spends most of his time on the ship turning green and
occasionally puking, while Hilda pilots and Jim fires missiles at
enemies.
A ship from the Ctarl-Ctarl Empire, a powerful race of cat people,
tells
Hilda to make way for them. Hilda refuses to change her course, so the
Ctarl-Ctarl
angrily change their course to avoid collision.
Episode
Four
"When "Hot Ice" Melts"
Both pirates and outlaws are chasing Hilda and
the crew. Hilda lands the ship inside an asteroid, where they find one
of
the best, and most advanced ships in the galaxy. Hilda decides to steal
it. The ship itself can talk, and
it knows that these people are not its crew, but since its memory banks
aren’t
working at 100% yet, it inputs the gang as crew members. The enemy ship
begin
to attack, so as a decoy Hilda gets in her own ship, hoping to distract
them.
So Gene, Jim and Melfina are left to pilot the new ship. Jim gets the
engines
working and Melfina
serves as a navigator by getting into a clear cylinder of "goo". At
last,
Gene pilots the ship out of the asteroid. Meanwhile, Hilda’s ship
sustains
too much damage and falls toward the star. Gene catches it, but the
star’s
gravitational pull is too strong. The XGP15A2 advises them to let her
go. Hilda bids farewell to her ship, and
attempts to climb a rope from her ship to the XGP15A2, but the rope
breaks. Gene wants to go after her, but his ship strongly objects. The
gravity
from the star would pull them all in. So Hilda falls into the star, but
she
does manage to grab the leader of the Kei pirates and take her down
with her. Gene stares in silence
for a while, then renames the ship the Outlaw Star.
Episode
Five
"Beast-Girl, Ready to Pounce"
Gene, Jim, and Melfina take the Outlaw Star back
to Blue Heaven to get it painted, and to get a registration number so
they
can land in legitimate ports. A strange robot thing and another human
say
they will do it for free. They say they owe Hilda. Gene tells them to
paint
it red. They tell the crew to come back later. In a private room, Gene
is
shaving in the bathroom, while Jim and Melfina sit on the bed. Melfina
is
sad because Hilda saved her from the pirates, and now Hilda is dead.
The
gang goes out to explore the rest of Blue Heaven. Gene mentions
something
about not having his space phobia when he is in the Outlaw Star. He
just
doesn’t feel cooped up. Melfina states it is because of the Physical
Navigation
System. A somewhat familiar figure in an old cloak approaches the trio
and
ask them where Hilda is. She announces herself as Aisha ClanClan, one
of
the Ctarl-Ctarl. Gene apologizes for their previous run-in, tells her
Hilda
is dead and walks away. Aisha tries to start a fight with Gene. But
Gene
doesn’t want to hit a girl, so they all run away. Aisha catches up with
them
and kicks Gene in the face. Gene punches her. There is some fighting
between
the two, when Jim remembers that Ctarl-Ctarl are metamorphs. They can
turn
into various animals. Aisha makes a big scene and says something about
powering
up with the power of the moon. Gene comments that Blue Heaven doesn’t
have a moon. Then they run again. Gene
tells Jim to find some ammo. Gene and Melfina run one way, as Kim goes
another
on a quest to find shells. Gene and Melfina finally lose Aisha. Gene
has
another "phobia attack". Melfina takes him over to a bench and they
begin
to talk. Melfina is extremely depressed because she doesn’t remember
anything
about her past. Gene promises Melfina he will help her find her
identity
and uncover her past. He invites Melfina to come with them. She accepts
the invite. Gene calls Jim on his walkie-talkie.
Jim is having a hard time finding shells. Suddenly Aisha appears in
front
of Gene and Melfina! Gene attempts to slash her with a big knife, but
the
knife breaks! Aisha tries to unleash her full beast powers but fails,
because
she burned off too many calories. Gene feels sorry for Aisha so he and
the
others take her out to eat. They are stunned at how much she can eat.
When
she is Finally finished, Gene says they are even now. But Aisha is
still
angry. She says they are under arrest. Jim gives Gene a #12 shell. Gene
shoots
Aisha and she gets fried. Gene tells the waiter to put the meal on
Aisha’s
tab. The gang heads back to get the Outlaw Star. The ship is now
painted
red, and has a registration number. Gene says he has to go back to
Sentinal
III to deal with Fred Luo. Meanwhile, Aisha is cleaning dishes, but
vows
to get revenge.
Episode
Six
"The Beautiful Assassin"
The ship’s computer’s name is Gilliam. The ship
is able communicate with the crew through Gilliam. Gene is crash
landing
the Outlaw Star. He hasn’t piloted a ship in six years, and his dad
never
taught him how to do a "planet fall". Melfina offers to land, but Gene
gets
the ship vertical . Melfina tells Gene how to land and Gene
stops the ship right on the edge of a circular landing pad. Gilliam
says
something to the effect of "I worry about my future prospects, with
this
captain’s piloting techniques." They get taken to the nearest dock, and
Gene
waits to go see Fred Luo, but also wonders where Ehefrau is. They
take a strange blue car to Fred’s place. Fred embraces Gene
enthusiastically, and greets the other two. The Outlaw Star has no
weapons
or equipment and Gene wants some. They can’t get these things for a
grappler
ship through legitimate routes, but Fred can get the weapons. Fred
doubts
Gene’s ability to pay though. Gene leaves. Suddenly a woman wearing a
cape
and hood comes in. She uses a wooden sword to kill both of Fred’s
guards
with ease. Then she removes her hood. It's Twilight Suzuka! She says
she wants
Fred’s life, and that she will give him 5 minutes to write his
good-byes.
Gene comes in. Suzuka aims a blast, but it hits the door instead of
Gene.
Gene shoots at her, but she deflects it with her light shield. Fred
begs
Gene to save him. Suzuka and Gene continue to fight. Gene drops his
cloak
and gun and picks up one of Fred’s many swords. He throws the sword at
Suzuka,
then the stopwatch Suzuka had set at five minutes went off. Suzuka says
she
will be back tomorrow. She wants to kill Fred at sunset. Fred convinces
Gene
to be his bodyguard. Gene tells Fred a price and Fred agrees. Gene and
the
gang leave. Gene wants to find a hotel. But while they are in the
streets,
Suzuka confronts them. Gene instantly tells Melfina to run away. Jim
wants to run away too, but Gene says he needs back-up. Jim
runs anyway. Gene and Suzuka fight some more, until Jim comes with the
car and Gene hops in. Suzuka follows. We cut to a tall rock tower.
Suzuka
tells Gene his worldly desires have cost him his life. She tries to
strike
Gene with her sword, but he uses his light shield to block it and he
catches
her sword in his hands. He kicks the sword and manages to yank her sash
off
of her kimono. He gives Suzuka a chance to give up but she says she
will
continue to pursue Fred until she dies, cause she signed a contract.
Gene
offers to give her the sash and her sword back, in exchange for Fred’s
life.
Gene says if she wants to kill Fred, then she will have to kill him
first. After all that Gene did for Fred, he is still making him pay for
part
of his ammunition and equipment. Gene says he’ll pay when he makes it
big.
And so, Gene gains another stalker.
Episode Seven
"Creeping Evil"
Gene is in the driver’s seat of the Outlaw Star,
trying to lift off. Gilliam tells him that the power is rising, to
Gene’s
relief. Gilliam then notes that they are about to explode. Countdown to
destruction...10....9....8....
Gene failed the simulation test. Yes, simulation. Gilliam is not
pleased
that Gene can’t even handle small problems on the ship without
assistance.
Gene walks through the market, then returns to Starwind and Hawking
Enterprises.
Melfina is home, but Jim is not. He is at the police station retrieving
the
Ehefrau. It had been impounded. Jim comes back and is still ecstatic
because
he has his car back. They return to the Clyde’s bar. Clyde and
Iris are shocked that Gene is still alive. Gene introduces Melfina to
Iris.
Iris is jealous. The next day, an intruder comes to the ship. Gilliam
tries
to stop him, then calls Gene using his little earring communicator.
Gene
runs after the intruder but does not see him. The intruder jumps at
Gene
from above. Gene dodges. Melfina, who has been cooking, sees another
pirate
and runs. It sees Melfina trying to escape and throws a mace like thing
at
her. Melfina thinks all hope is lost, but someone stops the mace.
It’s......
Suzuka! Suzuka says since they are Kei pirates, she will help to fight
them,
besides, she wants to put Gene in her debt. She and the pirate face
off.
Meanwhile, Gene and the other pirate are still fighting outside. The
pirate
asks Gene where Hilda is. Gene won’t tell him what happened to her.
Gene
loses his gun, and the pirate shoots at him. Gene crawls away, with a
trail
of blood behind him. Back inside, Suzuka kills the pirate she was
battling
with and asks Melfina if she can wait for Gene in the shop. Melfina
says ok. The pirate that was fighting Gene, however, is very much
alive.
And it thinks Gene is dead. Gene comes out and shoots the pirate, but
he
still is not dead. The pirate gets Gene on the ground and tells Gene to
tell
him his secrets. Gene nonchalantly replies, "My favorite color is red.
My
lucky number is one". The pirate is not amused. He wants to know where
Hilda
is. (doesn’t everyone?) But Gene manages to escape and the pirate
retreats.
Jim comes back, and finds Melfina and Suzuka calmly sipping tea. Jim is
thoroughly
perplexed. Jim leaves and drives to where the Outlaw Star is docked.
Gene
is working on the ship. Gene tells Gilliam to allow Suzuka on the ship
even
though she isn’t a crew member. Gene, Jim, and Suzuka are talking, when
Gene
falls to the ground. Jim reaches out for Gene and touches his back. Jim
hand
gets covered in blood. "I patched it up" Gene says painfully. "but I
guess
I didn’t do it right."
Episode Eight
"Forced Departure"
Gene is lying on the bed, shirtless, and obviously
in a lot of pain. Suzuka says he has been poisoned. She says the enemy
probably
did, so they would have to negotiate with them. The enemy comes
and wants to talk. Jim tells Gilliam to allow the signal
to go through. He tells Jim he has poisoned Gene and if his blood isn’t
cleansed,
Gene will die. Then he offers to make a deal. He told Jim if they would
abandon
the Outlaw Star, he will give them the antidote. Gene is momentarily
coherent
enough to tell Jim not to agree to the bargain. Gene knows they will
not
let them off that easily. Jim ends negotiations. Suzuka agrees that
they
cannot negotiate, but she thinks they should steal the antidote.
Melfina
thinks she can cleanse Gene’s blood without the antidote. She takes
Gene
out of the ship. Jim jumps in the pilot’s seat, even though the ship
can’t
run very well without Melfina. Meanwhile, Gene is thinking to himself
that
he is all alone, but Melfina appears, and tells him that he isn’t
alone.
She says she will heal him and she reaches for his hand. Gene extends
his
as well. When the two hands come in contact with each other, they begin
to
glow. Melfina moves behind Gene and embraces him. She says she can help
him.
Back inside the ship, Jim is freaking out because the pirate’s
mechanical
soldiers are approaching. Beams won’t go through the mecha, and they
are
too close to use missiles. Fred Luo calls. The Kei pirates are going to
Sentinal
III. Jim screams in exasperation, wondering what to do, but Gene and
Melfina
return just in time. Although his wounds aren’t healed. Melfina
successfully
removed the poison. The mecha are trying to get in the ship. Gene isn’t
happy
about what is going on, and jumps into the pilot’s seat. Melfina gets
in
her little chamber. Gene uses the ships grappler arms to pick up a
mecha
and throw it. Suzuka is on top of a crane. She jumps at a mecha and
slices
it twice with her sword, destroying it. But the person inside it
controlling
it survives. Eventually she kills him. Gene praises Suzuka and says
they
are going to lift off, but the grounds crew objects. Gene decides to
take
off without permission. Once they launch and they are in space, Gilliam
notes
that pirate grappler ships are closing in on them. The pirates shoot
missiles,
but Jim shoots antimissiles. Gene fires at one of the ships and it goes
down.
But now he has to switch magazines. He doesn’t have time, so he begins
to
fight the pirates by hand. He takes out one, but one is left and the
Outlaw
Star is having difficulties. At last, after several shots are fired,
Gene
takes out the remaining ship. Gene wants to go to Heifong. Jim says
there
are big cities there, so they can get a job. It is 20 light years away,
but
they set a course there anyway.
Episode Nine
"A Journey of Adventure, huh?"
Jim, Melfina, and Suzuka are sleeping, while Gene
practices his fighting techniques. Gilliam tells Gene to go to bed.
Gene
agrees. The next morning while everyone is eating, Jim starts getting
onto
Gene because he leaves everything to chance. Melfina asks them to stop
fighting.
Gene does his laundry and says he wishes pirates would attack because
he
is bored. They arrive at a station. The gang unloads. Suzuka
heads her own way and says she will be back later. At a nice
restaurant,
Gene eats like there is no tomorrow. Jim makes a comment to Gene about
his
eating habits, but Gene just threatens to eat Jim’s food too if he
doesn’t
hurry up. Needless to says, Jim begins to eat. Melfina offers her food
to
Jim. Gene makes a comment about Jim being lucky he is a kid. Gene says
all
that ladies are nice to kids. Jim tries to control his anger. Later,
out
in the streets of Heifong, Gene explains to Jim that there is a wanted
man,
Zomba, worth 10,000 wong if they can bring him in. They decide
to go after him, after creating a scene in front of a lot of people.
Gene
busts up in a saloon and asks to see Zomba. He barges into a room
upstairs
and finds Zomba reading. Zomba says to take the fight outside. He
doesn’t
want to get his room dirty. They go to a church and stand off. Jim is
hiding behind some rubble. Zomba charges Gene
with a knife, but Gene has one too. Zomba’s back is his weak point.
Gene nails him in the back, and Zomba sparks. Gene says he is
disappointed.
But he spoke too soon. Zomba isn’t out of the running yet. He grows
spikes!
Gene shoots him, and finally kills him. They get 2,000 wong. It was an
android,
not Zomba. Later they find out that Suzuka found the real Zomba, took
him
down, and got the 10,000 wong. As Jim and Gene walk down the street,
Gene
sees a familiar ship on a video screen. They go back to the Outlaw Star
to
launch. Gene wants to go after the ship he saw on the screen. It
belonged
to McDougall...
Episode Ten
"Gathering for the Space Race"
The Outlaw Star and company pull into Heifong.
Gene decides that the Outlaw Star is going to enter the space race they
are
having on Heifong. In the space race, corporate ships and private
pilots
fly dangerous races, competing for fame. not money. Gene wants to see
information
about one other ship in the race, but the receptionist says that
wouldn’t
be fair. After a weak attempt to get her phone number, they discuss
charges.
It cost 150,000 wong to enter the race. Gene is outraged. The woman
suggest
they find a sponsor. Gene asks Suzuka if he can borrow money from her,
but
she tells him she is not a borrower or a lender. They decide to go see
Fred. He says he would be glad to sponsor Gene.
If they finish in the top 3, he will pay for it. Gene says he needs
400,000 wong. Fred
agrees, but gives Gene an extremely girly pink and yellow outfit to
wear
in the winners circle. Everyone leaves the planet. Gene goes
to the pre-race party and stumbles across Aisha ClanClan. She is
working
as a waitress on Heifong. She starts to get ready to attack Gene, but
her
boss comes out and says if she cause trouble, she won’t get paid, so
she
doesn’t start any trouble just yet. If the Outlaw Star wins the race,
they
will receive 200,000 wong. Aisha has entered her Ctarl-Ctarl ship into
the
race. Harry Williams, with his ship the El Dorado, has finally arrived.
Gene
thinks he recognizes the ship. Gene tries to talk to Harry, but Harry
won’t
respond. Meanwhile, Suzuka is in a casino. She finds out about the
Outlaw
Star entering the race and bets 20,000 wong on it. They finally take
off.
They are delayed because they have to space out the ships. Not everyone
can
take off at once. It takes 14 hours to get to the first checkpoint. The
checkpoint
is between two revolving planets. All of the other ships are going over
the
planets, to avoid getting hit by the planets. But Gene says if they
time
it just right, they can go between them. Gene decides to try the
dangerous
route. They approach the checkpoint, but a wave from one of
the planets closes in on them. The checkpoint will be swallowed by the
wave,
and there is no escape in sight for the Outlaw Star.
Episode Eleven
"Adrift in Space"
Gene decides the only thing they can do, is charge
right through the planets. They barely squeeze through. They have
500,000,000
kilometers until they get to Heifong V. They are officially in sixth
place.
They pull into a station and Gene thinks he notices
McDougall’s ship. Gene goes inside a restaurant, and approaches the
crew
of the El Dorado. He asks to see McDougall, but they say don’t know who
Gene
is referring to. Gene picks up Harry Williams by his collar and asks
him
why the pirates want the XGP. Harry calls for help from
the race officials and Gene leaves. But only after shoving Harry to the
ground.
Meanwhile, Aisha’s ship is pulling into the third checkpoint. She
orders
her crew to do a sneak attack on the Outlaw Star! But once again, her
plan
is ruin. She on a trading ship. They have one machine gun as ammo. Her
crew
informs her that an attack is out of the question. But Aisha still has
a
plan. The Outlaw Star crew, re-boards the ship and heads for the next
two
checkpoints. Another ship has a mayday. The pilot has abandoned ship.
Gene
says they should help him. Gene knows from experience that it isn’t fun
to
be out in space all alone like that. Gene suits up and goes out to
retrieve
the stranded pilot. He brings him in and, it’s Aisha Clan-Clan! Aisha
asks
if the McDougall brothers have any information about the Galactic
Leyline.
Gene says they know more than he knows. He tells Aisha to leave, but
of course she refuses. She begins to look around the ship. The ship
begins
to switch to sub-ether mode, but there are missiles closing in on them.
They
can’t do anything until the ship has fully switched to sub-ether. The
transition
will be complete in 18 seconds, but the missiles will impact in 16!
Gene
says he will shake the missiles. They hit sub-ether just as the
missiles
impact. The El Dorado appears on the scene. Its crew is impressed, but
Harry
comments that it will probably disintegrate. The Outlaw Star is having
major
difficulties. Gene has to cut the engine systems. They crash, but not
violently.
Everyone is OK. Gene re-cranks the engine and they head back to the
race.
The ship still isn’t out of the woods yet. Several drives are not
working,
and ether drive is too slow. Placing in the top three looks hopeless.
Aisha
complains about their lack of enthusiasm, and their willingness to just
give
in to defeat. She says something about swimming in an ether stream and
a
light bulb lights up in Gene’s head. Most ships would be totally
destroyed
by an ether stream. But he remembers reading in the manual that the
Outlaw
Star can make it out of one. Jim is skeptical, but everyone else trusts
Gene.
There is an ether stream on Heifong I, that the Outlaw Star is going to
"ride".
They get through the stream and finish third, but another ship comes in
behind
them with a faster time, so they got fourth. Suzuka tears up her
ticket.
But the Outlaw Star got first in the privateer category. Fred says he
will
give Gene half of the money. 200,000 wong. The El Dorado dropped out of
the
race. But they left a communication cube for Gene.
Episode Twelve
"Mortal Combat With the El Dorado"
Gene checks out the message the El Dorado left
them. It said to meet them at Leone Language Point in 50 hours. They
would
fight, and if the Outlaw Star won, The El Dorado crew would tell them
everything
they want to know. Aisha demands to tag along with Gene and the crew.
She
is searching for the Galactic Leyline. Gene says they can’t
take her, but she foes with them anyway. The Outlaw Star is looking for
the
El Dorado, but since they are in a magnetic field, radar is of no use.
They’ll
have to use their eyes. Gilliam reports that missiles are coming in.
Jim
spots the El Dorado. Harry suggests that they have a one-on-one duel.
Gene
doesn’t object, but complains that they are on McDougall’s territory.
Harry
promises that he is not from Heifong. The El Dorado fires missiles, and
the
Outlaw Star dodges. Suddenly the El Dorado, which was right in front of
them,
disappears, and reappears behind them. That’s almost impossible! Gene
asks
Gilliam if the El Dorado is more maneuverable than the Outlaw Star.
Gilliam
assures Gene that it is not. By now, Gene has figured out that the
pilots
of the El Dorado are indeed McDougalls. Suddenly missiles come at the
Outlaw
Star from both sides. Gene shoots down the missiles before
they impact the ship. The Outlaw Star crew figures that the El Dorado
will
be running out of missiles very soon, but Harry still has 24% of his
ammunition
left. He tells another crew member to make sure the Outlaw Star doesn’t
figure
out that there are two El Dorados! Gene and Harry go hand-to-hand with
their
grappler arms, but Harry has an advantage. His ship has four arms! It
hold
the Outlaw Star with two, and punches it with the other two. The Outlaw
Star finally breaks free and catches the El Dorado. Gene tells
Jim to run the ship for a while. Gene leaves through a tunnel. On the
other
end of the tunnel is the El Dorado. Gene shoots a guard in the leg, and
finds
Harry. Back on the Outlaw Star, Gilliam reports that he is being hacked
into,
and goes into protective mode. Gene shoots Harry’s arm. Gene holds a
gun
up to Harry’s head and asks him why they destroyed his father’s ship
six
years ago. Harry protest that six years ago, he was only 12! Gene asks
where
Harry’s brother is. Jim contacts Gene through his little earring and
tells
him there are two El Dorados. Gene heads back to the Outlaw Star. Harry
seems
to have a thing for Melfina. His older brother
Ron, fixes Harry’s arm, and assures him they will get revenge.
Episode Thirteen
"Advance Guard From Another World"
Jim placed an ad in the paper for their business,
but the responses haven’t been very promising. Gene answers the phone,
hoping
for a job, but the caller wants him to haul some cargo that is too big
for
the Outlaw Star. They really need some money. Gilliam informs them that
parking
is expensive. The doorbell rings. Gene thinks it is a customer, but it
is
Aisha. She came to tell him about a job. There is an creature loose in
the
sewers worth 500 wong if you can kill it. Gene and Jim throw Aisha out.
Aisha
decides to do it herself. Fred sends a message to Gene. He has a
business
associate that had some cargo disappear. The job pays 700 wong up front
and
2000 if successful. Gene won’t take it, but Jim says he will do it
himself.
Melfina offers to go along. Gene gets a call. The caller asks Gene if
he
can help him figure out why the ice cream stand next to him is selling
more
ice cream than him. Gene hangs up. He gets the phone book and calls a
woman
for dinner. The stolen cargo that Jim is investigating was taken from
an
alien. The items stolen were a rare insect and a plant that looks like
a
cactus. Aisha is in the sewer, looking for the animal. Suddenly a shot
comes
at her. Cut to another scene. Jim comes back home. Gene is gone, and
Suzuka
is there. Wow, we haven’t seen her in a while. Jim goes to check the
pet
shops for this mysterious animal. Melfina will check the space ports to
see
if anything strange happened on the day the cargo went missing. Suzuka
leaves
as well. Gene is in an indoor street mall with a girl named Claire.
Gene
tells her to pick a place to eat. They both decide that they want ice
cream.
Gene sees the guy who called him on the phone. Claire and Gene try the
ice
cream, but agree there is nothing special about it. They don’t know why
that
place is getting all of the business and the other guy is not. Oh well.
Gene
notices a cactus looking plant in the ice cream stand. Aisha is still
in
the sewer, and gets caught in a web thing. Gene gets a call from Jim on
his
earring. He tells Gene they have to stop Aisha or they won’t get their
2000
wong. Jim mentions a cactus looking plant. Gene looks at the one in the
ice
cream stand window. It emits an awful sound that hurts everyone’s ears.
A
bug springs out of the sewer with Aisha on its back. Gene tells Claire
to
stand back. He draws and shoots his gun. Jim and Aisha argue whether to
kill
the bug or not. Jim walks over to the plant and picks it up. Jim
becomes
somewhat possessed by the plant. He says in a "non-Jim" voice. "You may
call
me Great One" Jim momentarily comes back to coherency and cries out for
Gene
to help him. The cactus sends out high frequency waves that paralyze
everyone.
Except Melfina. She walks up and slaps the cactus out of Jim’s hands
and
stomps on it quite a few times. Aisha goes back and kills the bug. Back
at
Starwind and Hawking, Suzuka comes and offers a job at a Wild West
theme
park show. Jim and Gene throw her out. Jim answers the phone. He agrees
to
a job as a tugboat. Something big will come up soon...
Episode Fourteen
"Final Countdown"
Gene is bored with his tugboat job. Suddenly the
Outlaw Star has a virus. A little cartoon mouse appears on the computer
screen
and says that there is a bomb on the ship that they are tugging. They
have
a 5 hour time limit to meet the demands. The People’s Liberation Front
wants
independence from Heifong. They inform Gene if he tries to dismantle
the
bomb, it will explode. Uh-oh. The grappler arms and oxygen systems work
on
the Outlaw Star, but nothing else does. Suzuka wants to help so she
goes
to the man behind the bomb to find out how to disarm it. Gene is going
to
try to disarm the bomb with the grappler arms. Suzuka and Aisha ask
about the ship. Gene blasts through a couple of doors. He and Jim and
Melfina find the bomb. There are 2 wires that he could cut. If he cuts
the
wrong one, the ship will blow. Jim begins to laugh hysterically because
when
he gets scared, stupid things seem funny to him. Melfina tries her best
to
comfort him. Gene is about to cut one of the wires, but is interrupted
by
a signal from Aisha. Suzuka and Aisha got some information from Fred
Luo.
The ad ship was a dummy. The bomb scare is a scam to empty the space
station,
so some robbers can take the jewels that are inside. Gene figures the
bomb
is a dummy that will blow up no matter what wire they cut. Gene figures
the
real detonator already blew up. The robbers try to get out of the
station
with their loot, but Suzuka and Aisha are in the doorway. They kill
everyone
except for one guy. He offers to give them half of the loot in exchange
for
his life. But Gene jumps out of the ship and takes care of him.
Episode Fifteen
"The Seven Emerge"
Hazanko-sama and the Anten Seven are gathered
to assassinate someone. Shimi is after the man whole stole the
XGP--that
would be our buddy Gene Starwind. Jim complains that they are still in
danger.
Someone calls for Gene to come out. He does and Shimi challenges him to
a
duel at a specific place, at noon, the next day. Shimi says if Gene
does
not show up, Shimi will kill all of his friends. Gene challenges him
right
there, but Shimi draws faster than him. So the duel is set for the next
day.
Jim tells Gene he should prepare, but Gene explains that you can not
prepare
for a duel. Gene goes out for a drink, but he is afraid he might not
live
through the duel. Gene goes back to the Outlaw Star. He checks Gilliam
and
sees that the Outlaw Star wasn’t tampered with. Maybe the dueler will
actually
fight fair for a change! Gene is upset because he knows someone is
going
to die in the duel. He tries to get some sleep. Gene has a dream about
getting
shot in the duel. He gets up and eats breakfast. He informs the group
that
it may be the last meal he ever eats. Jim tells him to stop talking
like
that. Aisha assures him if anything happened to him, she would take
care
of things. Gene goes to fight Shimi. They shoot and both
go down. Gene gets back up though. He holds his gun up to Shimi, but
before
he can shoot, Shimi blows himself up. Gene has a cracked rib. Another
guy
approaches Gene. His name is Leilong.
Gene tries to hit him with several things but he has a really good
wrist
shield. Gene throws Leilong on the ground and holds a gun to his face,
but
Leilong pushes it away and punches and kicks Gene. He is about to kill
Gene,
when Jim comes out of the bushes and points a gun at Leilong. Then
Melfina
shows up and begs Leilong to kill her first. He says he can’t kill her,
but
he will kill the other two. Then the rest of the gang arrives. They all
try to fight Leilong now. Aisha is taken down by explosives.
Jim shoots at Leilong, but Leilong cuts him with a knife. Suzuka is
taken
down as well. Melfina runs to Gene and puts her arms around him.
Leilong
agrees to a one shot fight with Gene. Gene is breathing heavily and he
is
hurt. He lifts his gun unsteadily. The shoot and Gene goes down. He
opens
his eyes, and finds Leilong on the ground. Gene thinks all the people
that
tried to help him are dead, but they all wake up. Suzuka blames her
defeat
on Aisha’s Ctarl-Ctarl stew that she ate earlier. Leilong is touched by
the
compassion everyone showed Gene, and decides he might become an outlaw
too.
Episode Sixteen
"Demon of the Water Planet"
A man asks Gene to go hunting with him in search of dragonite worth
15,000,000 wong! They manage to get it, but the man ends
up sacrificing his life and some of the treasure to kill a demon that
is
protecting the water planet, and holding down the ship. The crew gets
back
and can only sell some of the treasure for money. The dragonite was not
very
dense. Aisha wants to know how much of the 15,000,000 wong she gets,
Jim
tells her nothing. She almost faints. With the cost of repairs to the
outlaw
star, it leaves them with zero. So the gang is out of luck yet again.
Episode Seventeen
"Between Life and Machine"
Jim and Gene are working their repair shop. Still
trying to make money. They can fix anything from tractors to
relationships
according to Jim. Ron McDougall calls in, but Gene doesn’t know it is a
McDougall. Ron tells
Gene to meet him a restaurant to discuss a job offer. Ron tells Gene to
come
alone and unarmed. Gene knows it is a trick, but he goes anyway.
Melfina
wants to go too, but Gene will not let her. Gene arrives at the
restaurant
and finds the person that called him. They get in a disagreement. Gene
discovers
that it is McDougall and pulls a gun on him. Ron laughs because he has
two
henchmen sitting at a near by table that draw weapons and aim at Gene.
Little
does Ron know, Aisha and Suzuka are also waiting. They come out of
hiding and prepare to battle. They take the fight outside. Meanwhile,
back on the Outlaw Star, Harry McDougall has a vase of flowers and is
trying
to get Melfina to open the door and let him in. Melfina knows that
Harry
is evil and refuses to let him in. Harry keeps trying to tell her that
it
is for her own good and he wants to take care of her. He says she does
not
belong there. She is an android and she should be with Harry. Melfina
still
will not open the door. The whole time Harry is saying he cares about
her,
but he is yelling and screaming in anger. When Harry reaches his limit,
he punches through the door and unlocks it
himself. He hits Melfina and knocks her out, then starts to carry her
away.
She wakes up as he is taking her away and begins to fight him. She runs
into
a room and tells Gilliam to lock the door behind her. Gilliam obeys.
Harry
uses his finger to attempt to hack into Gilliam’s system. Gilliam asks
Melfina
to get in her chamber in order to help Gilliam keep Harry out.
Meanwhile,
Ron McDougall tells Gene that he wants the XGP and Melfina.
Gene refuses to give up either one of them. Gene realizes that this
whole
thing was a distracted so that Harry could get to Melfina. Jim and Gene
rush
back to save Melfina. Ron contacts his brother to see if her got
Melfina.
Harry got electrocuted while he was trying to hack into Gilliam, and
his
arm came off. He tells Ron he failed, and Ron orders him to abort since
Gene
will be back any minute. Gene and Jim find Melfina. She is alright.
Episode Eighteen
"The Strongest Woman in the Universe"
Gene is talking to Fred. Gene wants to borrow
money. Fred agrees to give Gene the money, if Gene can keep
a woman named Reho Uno from winning the Strongest Woman in the Universe
competition. She has won 4 times already, and Fred told her if she won
five
times in a row, he would marry her. Gene is still reluctant, but Fred
write
a price on a piece of paper, and Gene eagerly agrees. Gene talks Aisha
into
entering the competition, but when Aisha tried to register, she found
out
Ctarl-Ctarls cannot compete. Melfina suggest that Gene enter the
competition.
Gene thinks it is a ridiculous idea, but Suzuka and Jim think it is a
splendid
idea. Gene dresses up in a girly outfit and a blonde wig. Meanwhile,
Aisha tricked
the officials into entering as "Firecat". It is Gene’s turn to fight.
He
is up against none other than Reho Uno. He starts off acting extremely
silly
and running away, but eventually Reho gets a hold of him and kicks his
butt.
But in the next round, Reho loses! Aisha now has to fight the woman
that
beat Reho. It almost looks like Aisha is going to lose, but Aisha
manages
to get her in a headlock. Aisha pins her, and it seems Aisha will win.
But
the other woman breaks free and turns into a werewolf! She’s going
after
Gene! Gene pulls his gun and fires. Chaos erupts. Amongst all that is
happening,
there is a huge explosion. Jim, Gene , and Melfina are all ok, but
Suzuka
and Aisha were right in the explosion! Suzuka comes tumbling out of the
ring,
but it appears Aisha wasn’t so lucky. Just as they had given up on her,
the
smoke clears and you can see Aisha in her tiger form, standing
victoriously
over the werewolf. After the gang leaves the fight, Gene is trying to
collect
his money from Fred. Fred says since it wasn’t really Gene that stopped
Reho
from winning, he doesn’t owe him anything. Everyone loads up on the
Outlaw
Star, and Fred calls in. Fred tells Gene he forgot about a promise he
made
him. Evidently, Fred told Gene earlier in the episode that he would pay
Gene
at least a little bit if he attempted to fulfill the mission. Gene and
the
crew take off for the Galactic Leyline...
Episode Nineteen
"Law and Lawlessness"
Gene and the Outlaw Star waste a lot of ammo on
a ship that isn’t even a threat. Gene wants to make them pay for the
ammo
they made him waste, so he anchors onto them. A Security Forces ship
comes
and tells the Outlaw Star to release them. The security ship tells them
to
come in to the security station. They check to make sure that no one is
armed.
Melfina ran a check on the ship that they were fighting with earlier.
She
says they were planning an attack on someone. A woman named Vilaria and
an
alien named Duz come out to talk to Gene and Jim. They think Gene and
Jim
are pirates. Vilaria and Duz want the Outlaw Star. They say Gene is not
worthy
of it. The Midsummer Night’s Queen is the ship that is coming in to the
station.
It was attacked by a pirate ship. Only 128 people survived. That’s 10%
of
the people that were originally on the ship! Melfina tells Vilaria that
she
can check the Outlaw Star’s data files to see if there is any
information
about the pirate ship that did this. It is the same kind of ship that
Gene
encountered earlier. Suddenly, there is an explosion. A civilian ship
fired
on the station. Gene and the gang et ready to bust out. They find Duz
trapped
under some rubble. Everyone but Suzuka helps to get him out. At last,
he
is convinced that they are not pirates. Gang loads into the Outlaw
Star.
They distract the pirate ship. Vilaria is shocked that they are
helping.
She offers to pay Gene to protect them. Gene accepts and fights the
oncoming
ships. Multiple missiles are fired at the Outlaw Star. Melfina can not
stop
all of them. 20% of the missiles will impact. Jim hacks into the
enemy’s
computers and shuts down their mainframe. The missiles stop, just in
time.
Duz and Vilaria blow up the pirate ship. With the help of the Outlaw
Star,
they are able to defeat the other remaining ships. Before the gang
leaves
the station, Vilaria sends Gene a message. It says..." I hope your
dreams
are as big as your heart, Gene. Stay strong and true to your dreams."
Episode Twenty
"Cats and Girls and Spaceships"
An enemy ship is quickly approaching. They want to put through a signal
to Gene.
Gene tells Gilliam to allow it. The pilot of the other ship wants to
know
if he is speaking with Gene Starwind. He wants to have a grappler arm
fight
with the Outlaw Star. They fight for a long time, and it appears that
the
Outlaw Star is almost beaten, but Gene has an idea. He does some fancy
maneuvering
and gets in a perfect position. Then he tells Jim to fire all they
have.
They managed to escape. They pull into Sinka and dock at a station.
Gene, Jim, and Melfina go to check on getting some more ammo since they
just
used all of theirs. Suzuka stayed on the ship, she wanted to take a
nap.
Aisha decided to go off on her own for a little while. Jim keeps
expressing
his concerns for Gene and his safety, but Gene doesn’t seem to care.
Gene
wants to go get a drink, but Jim insists that they should see if the
enemy
ship is there as well. Gene still wants to go have a drink. Jim says if
Gene
goes, Melfina has to go with him. Gene doesn’t like the idea one bit.
Melfina
goes anyway. While everyone else was gone, Jim stayed up all night
preparing
battle strategies. When morning came, Gilliam suggested that Jim take a
break,
and go outside. Jim walks around for a while, and finds two cats. He
plays with them for a while, then they run away. Jim follows
them. He finds a girl about his age standing on the edge of a fountain,
dancing.
Jim obviously has an attraction to her. She says her name is Hamnio.
They
talk for a while, then agree to meet back in the same place the next
day.
The next day, Gene finally wakes up, and Jim puts him to work fixing
the
ship. Gene complains about all the work Jim is making him do. Jim says
he
has to pay off last night’s meal tab. Gene asks how he can make it up
to
Jim. Jim asks Gene what he should give a girl on a first date. Gene
starts
cracking jokes, and Jim leaves in an angry rage. Later that night, Jim
and
Hamnio meet. Jim brought her flowers. Hamnio is thrilled. They hang out
for
a while and agree to meet yet again the next day. Cut to shot with
Hamnio
literally talking to her cats. She has a mission to destroy the Outlaw
Star
and its crew. She is using Jim! Jim leaves with the rest of the crew on
the Outlaw Star. He is sorry that he has to break his date with Hamnio.
Hamnio gets in her ship and follows the Outlaw
Star. They begin to fight. No one knows that they are fighting Jim’s
"girlfriend".
After a long battle, the Outlaw Star is victorious. Since the
ship sustained so much damage, they head back to Sinka. Jim is excited.
He
will still get to meet Hamnio again. He goes back to meet
her, but she doesn’t show Jim is extremely depressed as they
re-board the Outlaw Star and take off. Fred sent Gene a message about a
place
Gene needs to go. It has something to do with finding the Galactic
Leyline.
Episode Twenty-one
"Grave of the Dragon"
The Outlaw Star and crew arrive at a red planet.
It is a planet named Dragon, with ancient ruins of the Galactic
Leyline.
Gene decides to land the Outlaw Star. When they land, Jim tells them
the
ruins are two kilometers away. The fantastic five begin their journey.
Aisha
runs ahead, and finds the ruins. There is a large figure in the middle
of
the cave they are in. Jim says it is the "Dragon Sphinx" and it was
created
over 10,000 years ago. Ron and Harry followed the Outlaw Star to the
Dragon
planet. They want Melfina first. Then they will kill everyone else. The
gang
ventures deeper into the cave. Jim is looking up information about this
place
on his computer. He tells Gene that controlling the leyline is
controlling everything. Melfina says she feels something coming from
one of the walls.
She walks over to it, and touches it. It lights up and the image of a
dragon
appears. Then everything goes back to normal. No one has a clue as to
what
just happened. Melfina doesn’t feel the force anymore. Melfina leaves,
she
wants to be alone. Jim yells at Gene for acting so callous toward
Melfina
lately. Gene insist that he has not treated her any differently than
usual.
Jim says he has. Jim leaves. He wants to be alone too. Suzuka tells
Gene
that she agrees with Jim. Gene says it is because he doesn’t know if he
can
keep his promise to Melfina. He promised her he would find out about
her
past. Ron McDougall told Gene that Melfina was created specifically as
a
navigational system to find the Galactic Leyline. Gene knows this is
not
what Melfina wants to hear, so he hasn’t told her. Melfina is alone on
a
cliff singing. Harry McDougall shows up. He tells her to come with him,
and
she will never be lonely again. Melfina tells him that he is the one
that
is lonely. She says she can’t go with them because Gene promised that
he
would find out about her past. Meanwhile, Aisha is trying to comfort
Jim.
She shoves him out of the way when Ron McDougall fires a shot at them.
Suzuka
gets her sword. Aisha and Suzuka fight off Ron and panther mechas. Back
outside,
Harry turns into a mecha of some kind and begins to chase and shoot and
Gene
and Melfina. Melfina and Gene get separated and Harry almost has Gene,
when
there is an earthquake. Harry falls. Gene comes and nearly destroys
Harry.
Gene calls Jim and tells he and the crew to head back to the ship NOW!
Gene
tells Melfina she doesn’t have to go, but she begs Gene to take her
with
him. Gene says he will take her with him anywhere. They take off as the
planet
falls to pieces. They arrive at a dock and Professor Khan has a
Real-Time
message for them. He tells Gene to go to the prison because he needs to
talk
to someone there that knows the coordinates of the Galactic Leyline.
Gene
starts to pull out, he wants to force the Kei pirates to tell him where
it
is. Khan shuts Melfina down. Gene is outraged. He demands he turns her
back
to normal. Khan says he will if Gene will go speak with the man in
prison.
Gene agrees.
Episode Twenty-Two
"Gravity Jailbreak"
Gene is getting ready to talk with the prisoner
that knows the coordinates of the Galactic Leyline. He gets admitted as
a
prisoner. Professor Gwen Khan gave Gene a compass before he went in.
Once
he arrives, he has great difficulty adjusting to the gravity change.
There
is not a stable gravity anywhere on the entire planet that he is on.
The
entire planet is barren desert. No one has ever escaped
successfully, and no one has ever served their full sentence and been
allowed
to leave. The prisoners die of heart failure, before their entire term
is
served. Gene and a man named Siya Wong are in a cell together. As luck
would
have it, that is just who Gene needs to talk to. Gene asks him the
coordinates
of the Leyline. Wong doesn't understand. There is no point in him
telling
Gene the coordinates. Gene will never escape anyway. Gene assures him
that
he will make it out and tells Wong he can come with him if he wants to.
Wong
doesn't give an answer. Suddenly, the warden displays an image for all
the
prisoners to see. It is of a prisoner that tried to escape. He is in
the
desert getting beaten by human-controlled robots. Gene can't bear to
watch.
But nonetheless, Gene and Wong create an escape plan. Gene had to check
his
compass when he entered, but it is vital to his escape plan. So, Gene
and
Wong stage a fight. They take the fight into the room where all of the
prisoners
possessions are kept and use the filing cabinet drawers as weapons.
Finally
after extracting several drawers, Gene finds his compass. Gene and Wong
are
taken away and put on a car. They will be punished later.
Somehow they manage to make the car that they are on gain a lot
of speed. It burst through the punishment gate. They are officially out
of
the prison, but they are no where near out of the woods yet. They begin
their
journey through the desert. They arrive at the North Pole. The robots
arrived,
to carry them back to the prison. Gene pulls out his compass, except it
isn't
a "compass", it is a monopole disguised as a compass. Ordinarily, on a
compass
a north pole attracts a south pole. But on a monopole, since there is
only
one pole. It "makes it's own rules." Gene tears half of the pole off,
and
throws it into the ground. He takes to other half, and goes straight up
in
the air, directly above the other half of the pole. Wong jumps on. The
OS
crew is waiting nearby. They pick up the signal, and go to pick-up
Gene.
Wong and Gene are officially the first to ever escape Hanaken Prison.
Khan
wants Gene to ask Wong about the coordinates, but Gene refuses until
Khan
revives Melfina. Khan does so. Suzuka knocks him out. She apologizes
but
tells Gene it just needed to be done. Wong gave Gene a data file that
contains
to coordinates of the Galactic Leyline, and the password. The gang
offers
to take Wong along with them, but he says he prefers to not work with
Gene
Starwind anymore. He is too dangerous. So Wong takes Khan's ship. He
says
he never wants to see an Outlaw again.
Episode Twenty-Three
"Hot Springs Planet Tenrei"
Gene goes to the planet Tenrei to find the caster
shell that practically kills the user but sucks the enemy into a black
hole
like ball. But hey, it's the "Hot Springs" planet, so why not have some
fun
so while they are looking for the wizards that make the shells. Gene
finds three wizards. One with no name, one named Ark and I didn't catch
the other ones
name. They tell gene if he wants to get their shells that he'll have to
take
dirty pictures of a woman named Urt which is where
the carnage begins. So gene goes to find Urt. Jim discovers the women.
they
go up to the hot springs. Suzuka is sipping tea, Melfina is dozing off,
and
Aisha is just being Aisha. Gene then is going not very far from the
girls
up the mountain and the sign says no men. "Who cares, what are they
going
to do an-" he's interrupted by a switch. He tripped. The a flurry of
snowballs
come at him and make him fall into a naked aliens pool. she screames.
Gene
says he's not here to get an eye full, then goes back. Sure enough he
sets
off another switch that makes him fall into Melfina and Suzuka's pool.
He
gets up runs off, and then peeks back, but ends up peeking through a
black
eye . Next he flips another switch! He lands in Aisha's pool. "Gene
Starwind?!"
she exclaims. Then she says "so you came all the way here just to get a
look
at ol' Aisha naked huh?" She then pokes her chest out. Gene says "I'm
not
here to get an-" but gets a look at Aisha and falls in the pool and
yelps
in pain and runs off. He finally gets to the temple and finds a whole
lot
of women he then falls through the ceiling and wakes up. There's Urt.
She
talks to him over a game of ping pong. He explains everything and she
agrees.
But when he gets the video camera, she give him a caster shell. He goes
back
and watches the tape. There's a 60second timer on the corner of the
screen.
She is basically stripping, then she says "you dirty men are still
watching?"
5 4 3 2 1 0 <> She rigged the tape. The oldest wizard says that
was
the best 60 seconda of his life so Gene gets the shells and he gets
back
to the ship. Melfina and all the girls slap him before they lift off.
Little
do they know a pirate from the 7 attach a tracker device.
Episode Twenty-Four
"Cutting the Galactic Leyline"
Gene asks Fred for more money. Fred agrees, because
he has faith that Gene will make it big one day. Gene bought some
powerful
shells. If he uses a #4, #9, and #13 shell all in sequence, it will
drain all the energy out of him. They are on their way to the Galactic
Leyline.
The McDougal brother's ship is closing in behind the Outlaw Star. The
crew
is oblivious to their presence though. Professor Khan is working with
the
McDougal brother now. Khan saved Harry from the damage Gene did to him
in
their last encounter. Harry is navigating their ship the same way
Melfina
navigates the Outlaw Star. Gilliam picks up pirate ships everywhere as
they
approach the Leyline. Suzuka recognizes Hazanko and his Ah-Ten pirates.
Outlaw
Star switches to Combat Mode. Kei Pirate leader orders to capture the
XGP15A2 and to take Melfina. Suddenly a Ctarl-Ctarl ship appears. Aisha
contacted her planet every time they stopped at a station. She gave
them
the coordinates to the Leyline as well. Ctarl-Ctarl ship was
unsuccessful
at penetrating the Leyline. Gene tells Gilliam to turn the ship at 3
o'clock
position. Everyone thinks Gene is nuts, but it works! Gilliam can not
sense
anything around them, but Melfina can. Gene turns the control of the
ship
over to her. Melfina adjusts the course, and they enter the Leyline.
Meanwhile,
Gwen Khan explains to Harry that Melfina is no ordinary bio-android.
She
and the Outlaw Star contain information so complex, it is
in-comprehendible.
The McDougals and Khan catch up to the Outlaw Star. A pirate ship also
arrives.
The spiral course that was guiding the Outlaw Star is beginning to
collapse.
The pirate ship catches the Outlaw Star, but Harry shoots the pirates
and
makes them release the Outlaw Star, in order to save Melfina. The
Outlaw
Star finally makes it to the heart of the Leyline. There is a black and
gold
cylinder. It begins to suck the ship in. After they go for a while, the
ship
comes to a stop. The rest of the journey must be traveled by foot. The
gang
unloads. Suddenly there are brought lights and it seems that they have
been
transported. No one knows what is going on. Not even Melfina. She is
upset
because she doesn't know why she was able to pilot/navigate the Outlaw
Star
all by herself. She has never been able to do it before. The McDougals
and
Khan arrive, along with the pirates. Suddenly, Melfina disappears, and
a
voice comes from no where. It says "Why doest thou return? What is thy
desire?
Find thy desire here on this land. Whom does thou guide?" Gene
disappears
as well.
Episode Twenty-Five
"Maze of Despair"
It seems that everyone was put on separate paths
that all eventually lead to the gate of the Leyline. Suzuka and Gene's
paths
merge, and they continue their journey together. They reach a point
where
they have to jump over a canyon thing. Suzuka says Gene can go first.
He
does, and part of the ledge beneath him crumbles, but he manages to
hold
on. Suzuka states that there is never a dull moment with Gene Starwind.
A
man with what appears to be a bag on his head appears. Suzuka instantly
recognizes
him. It is Hotorega. Suzuka tells Gene to leave. This is her fight now.
Gene
wants to stay and help, but Suzuka insists that Melfina needs him.
Suzuka
tells Gene that the reason came along with him on this entire adventure
is
because she has something to settle with the Kei pirates. Specifically
Hotorega.
So, Gene departs, leaving Suzuka to battle Hotorega. Gene continues
down
his path until he meets a masked girl. Gene tries to shoot her with a
12
and then an 11 shell. Neither do any harm. So he goes for the 10. He
kills
her, but also has much of his energy drained. Meanwhile, Aisha and Jim
are
on the same path. They run into a pirate. Aisha tells Jim to run ahead,
she
will fight him. Jim wants to stay and help, but Aisha insists that he
run
along. Harry goes down his path and finds Melfina tied
up on a wall. Harry tells Melfina how much he loves her.
Melfina apologizes and says she can't be what he wants her to be. Harry
says
he doesn't want her to be anything that she isn't. Hazanko shows up and
says
Melfina is his. Harry fights him. Hazanko knocks him out. Melfina calls
out
to Harry. Hazanko tells Melfina
that she is the maiden of the Leyline. She is forced against her will
to
open the gate for him. Aisha is still fighting the pirate.. She
transforms
into a tiger, and attacks him. He dies, but Aisha barely managed to
survive.
Ron finds his brother, and swears he will kill Hazanko for what he did
to
Harry. Gene shows up. He and Ron both fire shells at each other. At
first
they seem to just cancel each other out. Ron says they just keep trying
the
same thing. Gene informs him it was a #9 shell. Ron is shocked. Then a
light
from above comes at him and kills him. Those are some tricky shells!
Gene
has even more energy drained and falls unconscious to the ground. He
has
a lot of childhood flashbacks, and eventually Jim finds him. Gene wakes
up.
Jim is relieved. Gene tells Jim to go back to the Outlaw Star. Jim is
upset.
He wants to help, and everyone is telling him to go somewhere else so
he
will be safe. Gene says if he gets in trouble, he will need Jim to
have to Outlaw Star ready. Jim agrees. Gene is teleported to another
place.
He finds Professor Khan already there. It is the gate to the Leyline.
The
gate is open, but the doors are locked from the inside. Harry McDougal
appears.
Gene starts to fire a shell at him, but Khan tells him he will only be
wasn't
his ammo. Harry is already dead. His auxiliary units are keeping him
momentarily
alive. Harry is able to unlock the doors. Gene enters the gate.
Episode Twenty-Six
"Return to Space"
Gene has entered the inner portion of the Leyline,
and is running down a hallway. Hazanko is ahead of Gene and is standing
before
a big black hole. Melfina is still chained on a wall type thing. A face
emerges
from the hole, and a voice that sounds like Melfina's begins to speak.
It
asks Hazanko, "What is thy desire?" Hazanko answers "power". Gene
arrives
and fires his next to last shot at Hazanko. It appears to have killed
Hazanko,
and Gene passes out. Professor Khan arrives as Gene passes out and
tells
the Leyline that he wants knowledge. Gene wakes up. He has one more
shell.
He asks Khan how to get Melfina back. Khan tells him not to worry about
Melfina,
he can have anything he wants. Hazanko reappears. He cannot be defeated
with
caster shells. He tells Gene that Melfina is just a puppet that the
pirates
created so that they could access the Leyline. Melfina hears this and
is
deeply hurt. Gene tells Hazanko to shut up. Melfina discovers that Gene
knew
this all along, and only used her to get to the Leyline. Gene tries to
explain
that that is not true. Gene fires his last shell at Hazanko. Gene finds
himself
in a sort of virtual reality. He and Melfina are both in it. Melfina
explains
that the will of the Leyline is keeping them alive. It will keep Gene
there
until he has recovered from shooting the shot he just fired. Melfina
tells
Gene that the Galactic Leyline is like a Machine God. She tells Gene to
wish
for anything and she can grant his wish. Gene wants Melfina back.
Melfina
tells Gene that she wants to be with him as well. Hazanko is preparing
to
leave the Leyline. Melfina says they must join forces to stop Hazanko
from
destroying the universe. Meanwhile, Suzuka, Aisha, and Jim are
nervously
waiting on the Outlaw Star. Suddenly, it begins to shake. Then, Gene
and
Melfina seem to magically teleport back into the ship. They prepare to
launch.
Melfina says that Gene should be stronger than usual because they are
both
still directly linked with the Leyline. They begin to fight a BIG blue
ship
thing. Once Gene learns to open his mind and his heart, and to
work together with the rest of the crew, he is able to destroy Hazanko.
A
ghostly image of Melfina approaches the real Melfina. It is the "Maiden
of
the Leyline". She says that Melfina doesn't need her anymore, so she
wants
to say good-bye to her. The crew goes back to Blue Heaven. Gene is in a
jail
cell. He doesn't look near as good now. Jim borrows 200,000
wong as bail from Fred Luo. They owe him 1.6 Million wong now. Suzuka
has
already been to most of the places Gene wants to go, so she is getting
off
the Outlaw Star here. Aisha decides to settle down a bit, so she isn't
going
along with them either. Gene, Jim, and Melfina decide to take off.
Melfina
and Gene leave the pit area for a while and when they return, Suzuka
and Aisha are on the ship! Suzuka says although she has been to most of
the
places that Gene is going, they will probably be a lot more interesting
with
this crew. Aisha says they are in debt to her for all the times that
she
saved them, so until they pay her back, she is going with them. Jim is
thrilled.
So the Outlaw Star crew is back and ready for anything that comes their
way.