You should've told us.
Yeah, I know. I just thought-‐
You thought she'd have her mom back
and you could just sneak off with the Sterzaad?
Buy your way home?
I know what family means.
And I know what I'd do to see mine again.
That doesn't mean what you did was right, because it wasn't.
But I understand.
I made a mistake.
Well, to her, she made the mistake.
Trusting you.
It's not gonna be a quick fix.
Give it time.
- El, I... - Don't.
- I just need to... - I'm gettin' the hell off
this planet, and then I never have to see you again.
What part of "give it time" was confusing to you?
I don't know if I should be the one to tell her
that she's walking in the wrong direction, right?
El! Whatever you need, you've got it.
I just need you to know that I'm here.
- When my planet was destroyed... - Amae. I can't.
Okay?
So can we please just get back to the ship?
It's just, uh...
the ship is that way.
Of course.
I'll fix up Winni and get you far away from here.
You'd be better gettin' yourself far away from me.
Uh, entering Arriopan space now, sir.
Fascinating, isn't it?
Currently he's trying to find a kidney,
but I told him not to make a sound.
Apparently, it's impossible
to fight its mind control powers.
I had suspected, but needed to be sure.
No, no, not it.
Oh! There!
...she is.
Forgot how bad it was.
It's okay, I can fix her.
- Hey, Winni. - Welcome home, team.
Based on your kinesics, I deduce
that it was not a successful trip.
Oh, Winnibee. Let's get you up and running.
Status update, please.
16 essential components fell off the ship
during the unusually dense atmospheric entry.
Do we need them all, Winni?
If by need, you mean essential or very important,
rather than just desirable,
- then yes, we need all. - I'll get them.
I'll go help her.
You'll be okay?
I need to get communications up first.
Warn Chaz that Lazaro has the Sterzaad.
We need to find out more about what it can do.
I don't think we should get into discussion
of its superpowers with her just yet.
I best call Dessai and the Loyalists as well.
Let them know about their team.
- All right. - Go help Elida.
This will help when night falls
The nocturnal creatures of this planet
are both carnivorous and poisonous.
- Most common are... - Avoid everything again.
Got it.
- El. - Stop following me.
It wasn't meant to go that way.
Please. I just wanna make it right.
I don't care... Isaac.
I don't give a shit about what you want!
Just leave me alone.
Because it's taking everything in me
not to shoot you right now.
Hey, that is a great plan.
Then we'd be even, right?
Okay.
That was a bad joke.
El...
I'm sorry.
No one was supposed to get hurt.
Shut up, Isaac! Shut up!
You only think about what you want, since day one.
And you've been so obsessed with getting back to Earth.
Did you ever stop and think that maybe
your wife and child were better off without you?
Because I can absolutely guarantee they are.
And so am I.
You know it's been 15 years
since I was here, Lieutenant?
15 years since I was asked to leave my own home
by the very people I put in power.
Oh, but what a reunion it'll be.
Welcome back, sir. Shall I prepare the shuttle?
Yes.
Home sweet home.
Get.
Mmm!
Ow!
You little shit.
[Isaac s
Nice try, mosquito.
But I'm from the Prairies.
Crackers?
Duct tape?
Not helping!
I detect the situation
is raising your stress levels, Amae.
There are a lot of people to reach.
This has to work. No room for error.
One would most certainly be burdened
by that amount of pressure.
I just...
I don't know what's gonna happen after this, Winni.
- With Elida and Isaac. - Mm-hmm.
She has every reason to be this angry.
I don't know if there's anything he can do, you know?
How does that make you feel?
Helpless. I mean, if you break something,
apologizing won't put it back together.
I see.
Tell me more.
Elida's clearly not used to anyone helping her.
I mean, when is the right time
to broach the subject of going after Lazaro,
because time... isn't on our side.
I hear you.
You're a good listener, Winnibee.
I activated my empathic listening mode.
Of course you did.
It can't be real. It can't be real.
It can't... It's not real.
Sorry to interrupt your supper, Council.
- But Lazaro's here. - Oh, great. He's alive.
I would like to personally escort him here.
Awful timing. Doesn't surprise me, though.
Pass the baby eels.
What's wrong with you, Lazaro? I backed you.
I swore to Rykal you were the real deal.
I put myself on the line over and over.
Not only did you fail to kill the queen, multiple times,
you went completely rogue!
Why are you smiling?
I've been working on that piece for a while.
I call it, "Requiem for the Republic."
- What? - You know, if I hadn't
been so preoccupied with politics,
I would've become a composer.
Music, revolution, I'm just a natural creator.
Have you gone completely stark...
No, no, no, that's enough.
I've allowed you to vent.
Arrest him.
Did you hear what I said? I said arrest him!
Oh. You were heard.
Just not received.
Let's...
have a chat... old friend.
Isaac?
You look exhausted.
- How's Elida doing? - You haven't seen her?
No.
Elida!
Elida?
Amae! Where are you?
No one is safe with you.
Amae, where are you?!
Amae!
- Amae! - Elida...
Elida!
I got you, buddy.
You...
Ah!
El, you're having a bad trip, buddy.
Let's get you home.
She's back.
Okay, come on, come on.
Sis, about damn time.
- You're on Wix? - Yeah.
Elida's mom?
She wasn't here, Chaz.
They lied to us. To Elida.
And now a self-aggrandizing psychopath
has the most powerful weapon in the universe.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, come again, now?
Lazaro, he has his hands
on this thing called the Sterzaad.
Amae, am I supposed to know what that is...
It's bad. Real bad.
Kind of an unstoppable weapon bad.
You need to get out of Xija right now.
- Lazaro isn't your biggest fan. - Okay.
- Get out of Republic Space... - Chaz.
- We have to go after him. - What?
I mean, we're not going anywhere anytime soon.
The regulators are toast and I still need to fix
the infusion coil, which is probably gonna...
Amae. This is not your fight.
You said you'd help them get to Wix, and you did.
You've gotta stop thinking about everyone else
and start looking out for yourself.
This is bigger than me, Chaz.
I can't do anything to change what WE lost.
But I can do something about this.
I need you.
Wouldn't you change what happened
to our home if you could?
Get off Wix at least.
Your nearest neighbour is Carillo,
it's a heavy tourist spot.
Can you get back up and running?
You bet your bucksaw.
Warn who you can. Get off Xija.
Stay safe, brother.
Really? You're telling me that?
I'm so happy we're friends.
We're not... We're not friends.
I'm so sorry, Elida.
I promise this will pass.
- - Hey.
We'll be back soon.
It's what Mom always wanted for us.
Why she trained us so hard.
Moms, am I right?
You shot my mom.
That's what friends do.
Who are you, if I'm not hunting you?
We belong together, Elida.
Leave me alone!
Ahh...
You remember that weekend we took all that Kromuline Dust
and I spent the entire time trying to stop you
from taking apart every single piece of our furniture?
This is worse.
Far... worse.
Come on, El.
Ha!
Esteemed admirals of the Republic Council,
allow me the pleasure of introducing...
♪ La-la-la-la-laaa ♪
♪ La-la-la-la-laaa la-la-la-la-la-ah! ♪
What the hell are you doing?
Your new leader... Commander Lazaro!
I know, I know, it should be more impressive.
Right?
I need a better title.
Supreme... something, of the Free Republic Territories.
I don't know, Ruler? Emperor?
Something with authority,
but not overly pretentious, bviously.
Are you completely out of your...
Shh.
I wasn't asking your opinion.
Just thinking out loud. Sit.
Try as I might,
I couldn't make this work on you from afar.
But then again, doing this in person?
That's better.
Old man.
My queen.
- My leader. - Hath?
Is this what you want?
I forgive you, I forgive...
No, I forgive you. Ooh.
I forgive you!
- - But I can't forgive you.
You gave him the Sterzaad.
Hath, Hath!
Hey.
We can't be out here at night. Come on.
Come on!
Back up, mothman!
- -
Ah!
Hey, dude. You like collecting things?
I can see that.
Look, I got a whole ship full of stuff.
Ah!
Hey! You break it, you pay for it.
I gotta get us out of here.
Mm.
You know, I...
really felt that my dedication and tireless effort
would eventually earn me a seat in your esteemed Council.
It seems so ridiculous now that I think about it.
I led a revolution, only to be shut out of my own home.
You can see how that would be so...
maddening.
But...
...son of a Marquis, hmm?
Former aristocrat?
I was just never gonna be good enough.
You see, therein... lies your issue.
You...
are not the voice of the people.
You... hmm.
...do not represent them.
You sit here in opulence.
Another monarchy!
Just without the extravagant attire.
You... made nothing better.
Your revolution is over,
but mine is just beginning.
There is no more need... for you.
However, I do have a gofer position available.
I've given each and every one of you a weapon.
In half an hour, only one of you will be left alive.
And by all means, be creative.
And... go.
Ah!
- - Hey, hey, hey, hey.
Look at me. It's okay.
I won't let them hurt you.
Hey, you stay back, mothman!
- - Leave her alone!
And Isaac said, let there be light,
and there. Was. Light!
And it was good, you motherf...
Ah!
Everything's gonna be okay, El.
Hello?
Isaac?
Winnibee?
Oh!
- For the love of crackers! - Hello, Amae.
Winnibee, you can't just sneak up on someone like that.
It seems we are not alone.
Oh, uh... he... hello.
Please put down my diffusion chamber.
Drop it.
Drop. It.
You should run, Amae.
I... I... I didn't know you could do that.
Unfortunately, it is a low voltage shot.
- It will be waking up soon. - Oh.
It is best to kill it now.
I'm sorry.
Oh, duh.
Power was out, nothing was charging.
Oh. Oh!
Again!
Amae, you should consider a longer-term plan.
Well, thinking.
- Winnibee! -
The arms of the Scarabine
are extremely sharp, adapted to pierce
the exoskeleton of its Arthropod prey.
Where are you going with this?
You could use its arm to pierce its own skull
Wow, Winnibee! Super dark.
Okay.
Oh.
Okay.
Oh, I... I just... I just... I need a moment.
Ah!
And that's why you can't leave the hatch wide open.
Bugs get in.
Elida!
She can't hear you.
At least not in any way that she can grasp.
Her symptoms seem to be the effect
of the Clabvrok venom. Are her hands cold?
- Icy. - Then she is in
the final stages of deliriousness.
Make sure she stays hydrated.
After that, it is a matter of time until
the venom works its way through the body.
- Side effects? - A terrible headache,
And diarrhea. I'll prepare the plumbing.
Eh, she's had worse. Come on, buddy.
We gotta get you to bed.
You're gonna wake up with one hell
of a hangover tomorrow morning.
Hey, there's more parts in the bag back there.
Right. I'll fix them in, we can leave soon.
And close the hatch!
Ready?
I hope getting through this atmosphere
isn't as rough on the way out.
Speed is your friend.
Take her through as fast as you can.
I won't miss this place.
Good riddance, Planet Wix.
It's amazing just how long it can take
to kill someone.
Ugh... With a spoon.
And Admiral Kavar attempts a strike, but it's blocked!
Now, Rykal takes the lead.
She lifts her weapon. And strikes!
Ooh! Will Kavar survive this?
No.
No, he won't. We have a winner.
Ugh. Finally.
Now, you're free to have
all your thoughts and feelings, okay?
But... I'm gonna keep you on silent mode.
So, go get cleaned up, and prepare my office.
We have a Republic to demolish.
I, uh... don't think I brought enough bleach.
You must've used every last scrap of duct tape
to get Peggy off the ground again.
I'm kidding. Nice work.
How's she doing?
After the engine started, she passed out like a baby.
The engine rumble, it always helped her to sleep.
- Me too. - I guess you both spent
most of your lives on ships.
It was always the rain for me.
My parents had a farm in Oak Bluff.
It's this small town just outside of...
Winnipeg.
And in the fall, before we were covered in snow...
...we'd have these amazing rainstorms.
Everything would smell so fresh afterwards.
But during the night...
that sound would send me straight to sleep.
Sounds pretty spectacular.
Hannah would love this.
Elida didn't mean what she said earlier...
- ...about your family. - She did.
And she was right.
Wherever they are...
and whatever they're doing now, it is their life.
And I'm not part of it.
It's time to accept that I'm never getting back there.
Doesn't mean you've lost home, though.
She just needs a good rest.
It'll be okay.
Winnibee, got the controls for a moment?
- I'm on it. - Come on.
Let's sort those scratches out.
Blood is really hard to remove from these seats.
Shh.
Do not frighten the queen.
Mom.
Mom!
- You're here. - I cannot stay.
No, no, please, don't... don't go.
These are not your loyal subjects.
No, no, no, no.
They will kill you.
Oh. No, you can stay, Mom, you're safe here.
You're safe with us.
Mom, listen to me.
Please, you have to move.
You asked me to stay.
No, Mom.
Mom, please.
Mom, please, move. Please, please, Mom.
I can't lose you again. Please move!
You've already lost everything.
But you're free.
Goodbye.
Mom, no.
Mom...
Anything?
Nothing, sir. All the monarchy texts
were burned after the revolution.
Thank you for stating what I already know.
Jump off that balcony.
Keep it down!
Gather every Aszagerologist scientist in the galaxy.
We need knowledge of all its powers.
Yes, sir.
Turn that shit off...
Good morning, Elida.
Ooh, holy shit. What happened?
You had a severe reaction to Clabvrok venom.
A prominent symptom is hallucination.
Yep. Definitely had those.
Mm.
- Where are we now? - Planet Carillo.
Amae and Isaac are in the nearby market.
Can I get you anything, Elida?
I'm okay.
Goodbye, Winnibot.
Tastes like meat. A meat-shake.
Yeah, it's gross.
Really hard to describe chocolate flavour.
It's brown, sort of nutty.
It's a bean, but it's not beany.
It's like a dessert, you know?
Mm-hmm. Hmm. No, not really.
Shall I go check on her?
No need.
Um, yeah, I'll just... I'll be over there.
I feel like...
I've been dragged through an asteroid field.
Nausea stage won't last long.
Thank you for looking after me.
That was Isaac really.
He messed up big time.
But we wouldn't be here right now without his help.
There's a lot of places we wouldn't be without Isaac.
All of them better.
We can relax here for a few days while you recover.
- I'm not gonna stay here. - Okay.
Winni will manage another hop. I filled her up, I just need...
No, I mean...
you guys can do whatever you want.
I'm not gonna stay here with you.
I... I... I know you've just experienced
the worst thing imaginable.
- I can't even begin to... - Amae.
I'm sorry for dragging you into this.
But this whole thing goes no further.
You didn't drag me into anything,
I chose to be here. And I choose to stay.
To go after Lazaro, take him down,
- and get your home back. - No.
- We're a team, we... - No.
We're selling the ship, splitting it three ways.
Not that he deserves a cut, but...
I'm not a cheat.
We can't let Lazaro get away with...
Yes, we can.
Because there's nothing worth fighting for anyway.
You don't mean that.
I... I really think after some rest and relaxation...
Amae, stop.
We're done.
You're not selling her.
I'll buy you both out right now.
You get your money, and I get Winni.
100,000 units each.
Sound fair?
It's got a fair few issues.
It's not a good investment.
Worth 50, tops.
You're... haggling me down?
Just sayin'. Probably not worth it.
For that money, you can get your hands on
- a brand new Star Freighter. - What are you doing?
Isaac... 2.0.
Brutally honest, to the point that it's a fault.
You're a few years late.
I'm done being mad at you, Isaac.
I'm done being blindsided again and again.
It... it... it's exhausting.
My mother, she...
she taught me to be so much better
than this complete fool I've become.
Goodbye.
I'm not crazy, right?
We parked it right here.
Yeah, kinda hard to lose a ship.
Well, shit.
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