Session 164: Making a New Direction
Meanwhile, on Lunarius, Ariel, Cheryl, Seraphna, Elayne, Emily, and Hotaru must decide where they want to go now that they have reunited with Dakota. However, things aren't quite as clear cut as they like to be, as Cheryl decides to bow out and join with Slasher back at the Fury before he leaves on his journey. After relaxing and visiting for a while, the others decide to head back to the Fury in order to join the remaining Wraiths.
Session 165: The Search
Slasher has been searching for information on Motenk technology and he's finally found what he's looking for - there could be such a cavaet emptor device hidden on a planet. Taking Snipe's body and tranferring it to his shuttle, Slasher prepares to set off to find it when Cheryl arrives just in time to join him. Now the two of them are engaging in a secret mission to bring Snipe back from the dead, no matter what the cost might be to them. Can they succeed?
Session 168: The Bounty Hunter Wars Part II
Things begin to go from bad to worse when Zeraphna lures in a shuttle with Ariel, Seraphna, Emily, Hotaru, and the other Lunarians on it into the ship. Now, though everyone's number is greater than Zeraphna and the Ultra Omega looking bounty hunter, that gives the two of them more targets to shoot at. As the battle rages on, Eve and Dias finally join the fray and side with the others, helping to battle the two bounty hunters into a corner. Just when it seems they all are about to overpower the two bounty hunters, a third one steps up to join the fray - Baberlus has returned and this time he's full of tricks to throw at the team. However, the battle takes a surprising turn and the UO wannabe and Zeraphna retreat for the time being, leaving Baberlus alone with the Wraiths. Just as they are about to engage in an epic battle, Baberlus reveals it's not his working hours of 9 to 5.
Meanwhile, Garland and Death Star travel to Earth to discover what hidden secrets remain buried in the Earth. As the two of them combine their strength to break through the Paradise hologram and uncover the real, ruined Earth beneath it, they find a hidden base that belonged to Crucifixtion, where they discover clones of Garland were being made - and of Sharlena. However, it seems that the clone of Sharlena and Garland might actually be the real ones - no one knows and that seems to be the point of Crucifixtion's last ploy. Deciding to bring the clone and Sharlena out of the base, Garland must decide what future lays in store for them - if there can be any.
Death Star, meanwhile, thinks he knows where the Tsivrixsh Homeworld is located and gathers a small group of the Wraiths to go hunting for it. Blackjack, Garland, Diamondback, Siawase, Hotaru, Ariel, and Death Star set out to find the planet, but their troubles are far from over when they actually discover more than they've bargained for - not only have they probably discovered the homeworld, but a whole lot of trouble to boot.
Session 174: Behold, the Tsivrixsh Homeworld!
The Wraiths have found the homeworld, but now they need to escape to tell the tale to everyone else. As they battle their way out, some alien Tsivrixsh Overlord appears on their shuttle and it seems intent on taking them all out. As Hotaru, Diamondback, Blackjack, Garland, and Ariel battle the overlord, he begins to fall out of the shuttle, planning on taking Ariel with him, when Death Star and Blackjack concot a plan to knock him out of the shuttle and save Ariel. In the end, all of them manage to make it out and they hurry back to the Fury to prepare the Alliance for the final battle.
A startling surprise comes about in the form of Slasher, Cheryl, and ... Snipe. The crew, overjoyed to see Snipe alive and well, rush to his side to welcome him back into the fold. Especially glad to see him are Hotaru and Emily as they hug onto him tightly. And with everyone present, the mission is launched - Snipe, Dias, Eve, Diamondback, Cheryl, and Kyouki launch a brutal space assault against the Tsivrixsh Armada in space, driving back the startling huge amounts of forces, while the Red Beard Pirates land on the station with the first set of planetary shield controls. However, once they arrive in the center of the base, the only way to take out the station is to self-destruct it with them in it. With one last shout of defiance, they detonate the station and take down the outer planetary shield, allowing Death Star's group to fly to the planet's surface.
Session 176: Climax Part Two
In space, Snipe, Dias, Diamondback, Eve, Cheryl, and Kyouki attempt to hold the line against the impending Tsivrixsh armada, but it becomes increasingly obvious that the Tsivrixshs have the superior number. As all of them fight harder and faster than any of them have ever done before, they try to hold out while they wait for the ground team to take out the inner planetary shields. However, salvation, at least temporarily, comes in the form of Slasher's new weapon onboard his latest ship - the huge beam tears through the Tsivrixsh armada, buying them more precious time to survive.
On the ground, Death Star, Garland, Ariel, Blackjack, Xrileshr, Seraphna, Hotaru, and Paladin blaze a trail through the Emperor's elite guards. As each of them are forced to battle closer and closer to the Imperial Palace, things begin to grow increasingly more dangerous for the ground team. However, once they arrive inside the Palace itself, they find their bodies increasingly exhausted and worn down with obvious signs of ready to collapse. And when a siege of elite soldiers come flooding in at them, Paladin sacrifices himself to take out the hallway and the soldiers in one fell explosion, allowing the others entry into the throne room. However, with their comrades dying in space, they have to hurry to the lower levels - but the Emperor himself in the throne room won't let them go without a fight. Ordering them to move on, Death Star challenges the emperor to a sword duel to buy them time to take down the last shield. Now the team has to hurry and locate it before it's too late. Can they do it?
Session 177: Climax Part Three
Blackjack leads the team further into the depths of the Imperial Palace while Death Star buys them precious time. Once Blackjack, Hotaru, Ariel, Garland, and Seraphna, they find the core itself, but a surprise ambush damages the explosives Blackjack is carrying, meaning they cannot be detonated from far away. This leaves only one option - someone has to shoot the explosives. Blackjack decides to stay behind and detonate the explosives while he sends the others onward. While they escape the palace, some more imperial guards stand up to attack them, but they blaze through just as Blackjack destroyed the core and the entire palace, bringing down the planetary shield for good.
Back in space, Snipe, Diamondback, Dias, Slasher, Kyouki, and Cheryl desperately hold the line while waiting for the shield to come down. As they fight their way through, they find the shields going down, but in horrifying moment, the Fury, having taken massive damage to protect the Alliance fleet, begins to plummet toward the planet. If it hits, it will destroy the entire Tsivrixsh homeworld. Admiral Drake detonates the Fury in order to protect the planet, but a piece of it survives, forcing Dias and Snipe to chase after it and destroy it in space. However, one last horror awaits them when a platform with the power of the Ti'dah begins to activate itself against the fleet. It's up to two hot shot pilots to take it out, so Dias and Snipe zoom in toward the platform, planning on taking it out from the inside. While Kyouki, Cheryl, and Eve provide cover support, the two blow up the platform in the inside and they both manage to escape intact.
On the surface, the death toll begins to come in as everyone gathers at the ruins of the Imperial Palace. Death Star manages to dig himself out, but collapses from the poisons in his system. Just as he's dying, a mysterious figure comes out and pumps something into him, restorting his systems for one last game. The figure reveals himself to be Xevil to the war weary fighters. After congratulating them on beating the Tsivrixsh Empire, he informs them that he has a Motenk powered Planet Killer heading for Earth and that he looks forward to one last showdown with them. Now the team has to protect Earth one last time and put an end to Xevil's ultimate plan.
Death Star, giving off no life signatures, comes up with a plan to cut off the Planet Killer and find out just what Xevil did to him that keeps him animated. Dominator, deciding that the Alliance can handle the peace keeping of the Tsivrixsh Empire, decides to go along. Garland, naturally desiring one last confrontation with Xevil, signs on for the battle. Snipe, ready for any challenge that will put him into direct confrontation with Xevil who poisoned him the virus years ago, is entirely ready to take him out. Slasher and Dias, both ready for one last rumble, step forward. Hotaru and Kyouki, determined to follow their comrades to the very end, follow along. And Diamondback, reeling from the loss of his father, is ready to give the Tsivrixsh a piece of his mind for the death of his friend Avatar years ago.
As they inflitrate the Planet Killer, running through familiar halls to the one that attack Earth decades ago, they come across a familiar foe in the form of the Squirrel, who launches a series of attacks against them. Dias and Hotaru combine their attack forms to take out the squirrel, allowing them to move onward to the planet itself in the Planet Killer. Once there on the temple, a computer scans each of them and records their data for future use.
After entering the final chamber, they come across Xevil, who pumps himself full of the material that turned him into Doom decades ago. Full of power, Xevil singhandedly begins to thrash the Hunters in the ultimate battle of their lives, tearing through them. As the weakened Hunters are batted around like flies, Snipe and Dias are the first to hit their inner power, unleashing it against Xevil with their full fury. Next up are Diamondback and Hotaru, unleashing their hidden strengths into him. Then Dominator and Kyouki hammer into him, weakening his body further. And finally, Garland powers up and hammerblows him away.
However, the Planet Killer has arrived at Earth and the Motenk power source in the core will set it off at any time. Only way to stop it is for someone to leap into it - and that means someone dead. Realizing that he's the only one qualified because of what Xevil did to him, Death Star says his good byes and leaps into the Motenk power, being engulfed. As the team scatters to the surface to escape, the degranded Death Star, full of Motenk power, explodes from the surface, determined to kill them all. Now possessed by a Motenk, Death Star is no more. As the Motenk Death Star chases after them, the team escapes and leaves him to die on the Planet Killer.
As the Planet Killer explodes in space, it seems as if their trials are over. However, Xevil's plan is far from over. Recovering the Motenk Death Star, his final plan is to set the heroes up for the biggest fall ever - a plan that will take ten years to complete.