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Episode Summary
Written
by J. Cole Weston
Overlord
plans to stop the free world by overtaking a vital refinery
in Amaran.
Episode
Notes
Written
by J. Cole Weston Commander
Courage in Rimfire is being pursued by a Zone Rider cycle
near a Refinery, limiting the Zone Riders ability to fire
back. If Overlord gains the oil, half the free world will
shut down. Meanwhile, Overlord and Bandit are coordinating
the attack, and Overlord mentions that they've got to keep
it up as all the pods are not in place yet. Hiro notes they
are low on Ammo as a Zone Generator sprouts in front of him.
Hiro is knocked off his cycle but rescured by Kat. Courage
tells everyone to head for the Generator. Three more generators
launch, and Overlord claims the sands of Amaran as his. Suddenly
a group on horseback fire at the Zoners, sending them into
the Zone. Courage notes mournfully that they can't destroy
the Generators without destroying the Refinery also. The leader
of the group reveals herself to be Sima, a warrior from Dirk's
past. She wishes to help, but the others are suspicious. Dirk
tells them to leave and report to General Followes at M.C.C..
As they leave, Max and Tank fall into a sinkhole in the desert.
The Zone Riders vehicles have great difficulty traveling through
these parts of the terrain and are stranded. They then take
the nomads camels to an oasis. Tank dives in to swim, only
to see Duchess Dire waiting for them, who disarms Max with
a laser blast. Courage asks Sima to cover him, but he is betrayed
and lassoed. Sima reveals that she made a deal with Overlord
to lift the Zone on their villages in exchange for capturing
the Zone Riders. Courage
tries to reason with Sima, but it is of no use. Reaching Amaran,
Dire wants the prisoners. They meet with Overlord there, who
demands the prisoners. Sima wants him to destroy the Generator
first. Overlord instead commands his Zoners to show themselves
in an ambush. Sima has a rifle however, and starts mass confusion
as she fires at Overlord allowing the Zone Riders to escape.
A shot by Hiro into one of the Zone's spherical pods destroys
the generator. Sima fights back and confronts Overlord. They
are then fended off by the Zone Riders. Sima recognizes the
debt she owes to Courage. She informs Courage of the irrigation
tunnels under the desert. They plan to sink the generators
rather than explode them. Sima sends the Marish raiders to
draw attention to the refinery and away from the generators.
Overlord quickly realizes their plans and leaves to stop them.
In
the tunnels, Tank and Max approach the generators, but Tank
is ambushed by Duchess Dire. He escapes to aid Max however,
and plants a charge. Razorback attacks Hiro and Kat in the
tunnels also, but is disarmed of his blaster by Hiro. Kat
stops him with her backpack weapon. They set a charge also.
Max sets another charge and disables Razorback's tank. Courage
and Overlord meet one on one in the tunnels, with Courage
planting the final charge. Overlord commands withdrawal to
the Intruder. The charges explode and the Generator sink beneath
the desert, ending the SPIRAL ZONE
in Amaran. Sima and Courage determine to fight together as
friends from now on. Items
Noticed: Max's helmet contains an infrared vision similar
to Tanks, except without the Grid pattern. Considering each
of their specialties, Tanks' grid is most likely for accuracy
in aiming his bazooka, while Jones' is primarily for scouting.
The
pyrrhic nature of the SPIRAL ZONE
conflict becomes apparent here by episode 15. At the end,
the Zone Riders have gained a new ally and dezoned Amaran,
but ultimately, what have they truly gained? Only what they
had in the beginning of the episode, the Refinery. Many of
these episodes take on a dark overtone, as the Zone Riders
sometimes succeed in hurting Overlord's operations but other
times just barely staving off defeat. Ultimately an episode
in which only a few benefit - and one that must be tough for
M.C.C. to take.
What
do we learn? Sima Simai is the commander of the opposition
forces in the Desert Wars who fought against Dirk Courage
as well as being the leader of the Marish clan.
Goof
ups: None apparent in this episode.
Quotable
Quotes: "Hit it!" (while literally hitting a camel
with his heels) - Dirk Courage
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