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Episode Summary
Written
by J. Cole Weston
Overlord
has a new weapon to zone the rest of the world - and if it
works, it will be the last weapon he ever needs!
Episode
Notes
Written
by J. Cole Weston
In
depth: In the Zone, the Zone Riders approach an installation
full of Zoners. They've been through a long battle and must
conserve energy. They've fought their way to the generator
and the Black Widows are closing in. Ned is in Eagle and races
to join them. Ben and Max are tasked with destroying the generator.
Rawmeat, Dire and the rest of the Widows ride in as Ned blasts
their tanks into scrap. Reaper and Razorback make it through
and must intercept the Riders headed to the generator. Ben
and Max run into Sledge Hammer tanks on their approach to
the Generator, but Eagle scares off Intruder and the others
as Ben blasts it. Max is distressed - that the Zoners kept
firing and firing and he couldn't do anything. Max on Eagle
says he's never been through a fight like that before. As
the Zone Riders prepare to head home, they get urgent orders
from M.C.C. to go to Northern India, as Overlord has built
a massive secret base there. Dr. Laurence believes Overlord
can "beam" the zone via satellite to anywhere in
the world. Courage thinks they can squeak by with a power
charge from Eagle on their vehicles and backpacks but it won't
last long. The Zone Riders are on their way.
Bandit and Overlord prepare to test their power transmitter
in secret. Bandit replies that the final weapon is working
perfectly. Overlord plans to strike without warning - and
that the whole world will be theirs. The Zoner at the controls
reports the Zone Riders are approaching. 10 minutes out from
the target, Reaper and Bandit are aboard Intruder. Eagle spots
them and must try to land, as they don't have the power to
fight them off. The plane is hit and Max is worried. Bandit
radios Overlord to say the Zone Riders are finished.
Eagle crash lands, and the Zone Riders parachute out and they
must salvage the vehicles out of the plane. Some of the vehicles
are destroyed and the backpacks are all crushed except for
one Zone Runner. Dirk apologizes to Max that they have to
go fight so soon again. Kat and Hiro get the last stuff off
the plane before it blows. The only chance to survive is to
destroy the generator. Courage says if they run out of power
in their suits, they'll be zoned. The only good news is that
they don't know that the Zone Riders are coming. Rimfire breaks
down and overheats. Tank must fix the coolant line. When he
drops the wrench, Max is jumpy. Kat reports that Max is suffering
from combat fatigue. Kat says to keep the pressure off him
and hope for the best.
Overlord's test goes well and he prepares to transmit. The
Zone Riders spot the transmitter moving into position. Their
focus must now be to destroy the transmitter first. Courage
splits up the team into assignments, with Max as backup in
case something goes wrong. Ben, Kat and Ned attack immediately.
Overlord is shocked to see them, and sends Bandit to deal
with them and orders all Zoners to protect the generator and
transmitter. Courage stops Razorback handily but is shot at
heavily. Courage sets the charges while Tank covers him. Dirk
tosses the bombs and retrieves a remote from his right hand
pocket. There's not enough power to trigger the detonator
and Tanks' suit power fails as Tank is zoned. All over the
Zone Riders are running out of power as the Black Widows attack.
Kat's suit is running out of power also, and she causes a
wreck among the others when she is disoriented. Crook takes
out the Zone Riders as they are zoned. Hiro runs on foot to
the generator but cannot make it, collapsing and becoming
zoned himself. Max is the only one left and is under heavy
assault. Dirk orders him to destroy the transmitter and generator,
even though he is zoned. The Black Widows destroy Max's backpack
and he is on foot, evading massive amounts of fire power.
Max fires at the Zone Generator's joints with his needler.
Without enough power, he grabs zoner rifles and destroys a
support, destroying the microwave power link and the generator.
Dirk, now dezoned has Max to round up everyone else while
he and Tank blow the transmitter. Overlord orders a fall back
to Intruder.
At M.C.C., Dr. Laurence has a new microwave jammer so that
Overlord can't try his plan again. Dirk says the credit belongs
entirely to Max Jones.
Notes:
A contradiction to an earlier episode occurs here - previously
it was established that electrical power wasn't needed to
make the suits work and here it is. Perhaps the electrical
field run through the Neutron-90 crystals protect them, hence
the electrical charge when they enter the zone?
What
do we learn? Paris, London, Moscow and New York had unzoned
regions previous to Overlord's transmission.
Goof
ups: Kat lands almost immediately via parachute, but then
everyone else takes longer to land once they bail out.
Quotable
Quotes: " At last, I am ruler of the entire world!"
- Overlord
"Being back up man is where the action is!" - Max
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