Orguss Viewer’s Guide by Matthew Zell Electronic transcription by Mark Stout Episode 1: Space/Time Collapse The show opens with Kei finishing a glorious night with his girlfriend Tina. Kei is about to go off to battle and is giving Tina the “A man’s gotta do” speech. He rides off with his best friend Olson. Humanity is divided into two super powers. As a joint effort, they constructed a huge space elevator which allows things to be placed in orbit without expensive launch vehicles. Upon its completion, the two sides begin fighting over it. The other side currently occupies the elevator. The side on which Kei and Olson are on has decided to put an end to the squabbling. It has developed a dimension bomb, a device which will open a hole between dimensions, pop the elevator through, close the hole, and thus put an end to the hostilities. A missile barrage is begun to pin down the elevator’s defenses while the bomb is planted at its base. Kei and Olson are piloting Bronco 2 fighter planes, capable of GERWALK operation. They are engaged by enemy air craft while the bomb is being armed (the technicians are uneasy about using the untested bomb) and are unable to disengage before the escape craft leaves. Kei and Olson face certain death or capture so Kei attempts to disarm the bomb, which would force the techs to return to rearm it. Naturally, the bomb is booby trapped for this sort of thing and goes off. The result is a catastrophe. The bomb fails to work as intended and the entire fabric of space and time is torn apart. The scene switches to twenty years later. The earth has been altered by the explosion and is now a mixture of elements from its various dimensional parallels. A dimensional barrier has come into being about the planet which nothing can penetrate. It’s causing a greenhouse effect and, as the years pass, the temperature keeps rising. From time to time, dimensional disturbances or gates occur, causing the landscape to change as things appear and disappear. Onboard the Emaan factory ship Glomar, Sray is trying to convince Mimsy to finally marry him before it is too late. They have been engaged for some time yet Mimsy is till waiting. The Emaan are gypsies. They make their living by salvaging wrecked and abandoned machines. They fix the machines, often modifying them and improving them, and then sell them in markets. The Emaan, guided by Jaby, arrive over an area in which a gate is due to open (Jaby is sensitive to dimensional shifts, and can often predict them). As the gate opens, Jaby informs Shaya that it is the Tokuiten. Kei’s Bronco appears, carried here by the explosion. The fighter is salvaged by the Emaan and an unconscious Kei is sent to sick bay. Shaya and Mimsy speculate on Kei’s origin, deducing that he is probably a Terram (Chiram). Kei regains consciousness and meets Jaby, who turns out to be s sentient form of dinosaur. The Terram locate the sight of Kei’s arrival. They too are looking for the Tokuiten. They find the factory ship and under threat of force demand that the Tokuiten be turned over to them. Kei asks what they mean and Shaya says they are referring to him. Shaya refuses and a battle starts in which it becomes apparent that the Emaan pilots are, for the most part, hopelessly outmatched. Kei doesn’t like the Terram attitude and decides to show them a thing or two in his Bronco. Kei has some success but soon has a man on his tail he can’t shake. The Terram pilot misses his opportunity however; the sensor informs him that the Tokuiten is in the Bronco. He isn’t supposed to destroy his mission objective and while he hesitates, Kei shakes him. The battle eventually ends and Kei, along with the two surviving Emaan pilots Maaie and Lieea, land. Kei finally notices the Emaans’ tentacles and realizing they aren’t human, calls them monsters. Episode 2: Lonely Wolf The Emaan explain that they are the natural inhabitants of their earth just as the Terram are the natural inhabitants of Kei’s. One of the Terram pilots survives and confronts Kei and the Emaan. His wristband informs him that Kei is the Tokuiten and he tries to take him captive. An Emaan on the factory ship shoots the Terram pilot and Kei finishes him off. The Emaan disperse to go about their business, but Kei wants some answers. He threatens Mimsy at gun Point, but she just laughs telling Kei that she doesn’t believe he would kill her. While the Emaan mourn for their dead, Kei asks Jaby how he can get back. Jaby replies that it can’t be done, nothing can penetrate the dimensional barrier. Robert, the Terram captain commanding the forces in this area, orders an all out attack on the Emaan to capture the Tokuiten. Kei, not satisfied with what Jaby has told him, abducts Mimsy and tries to force information out of her. Mimsy still doesn’t believe Kei will hurt her and begins to tease him when his male nature gets the better of him. Mimsy responds as might be expected (whacking Kei) and then flees. Kei catches up and tries to apologize. Mimsy turns on him and berates him; the Emaan need his help badly and all he can think about is leaving and threatening people while he’s at it. “Just go!”, she says before stomping off. Sray appears and tells Kei that Mimsy is his fiance and he should stop bothering her. Kei replies that she already demonstrated that she can take care of herself. With thoughts of Tina (and other female “friends”) in mind, Kei takes his Bronco and leaves, intending to try to penetrate the barrier. Mimsy goes after him to try to convince him to stay. The Terram attacks and the Glomar attempts to hide in the forest. Mimsy fails to convince Kei to stay and he leaves, flying into the dimensional barrier. The attempt fails and his ruined Bronco crashes to earth. Episode 3: Pretty Machine Mimsy finds Kei and brings him back to the Glomar. Kei inquires about the Emaan fighters. Mimsy tells him that Emaan fighters have an anti gravity control system which makes them easy to pilot and quicker to respond to the pilot’s wishes. Meanwhile, a lone Terram pilot finds the ship and attacks. After a brief battle, Maaie shoots him down. Kei takes one of the Emaan craft to run it through its paces. Despite the fact that he has never flown one before, he quickly masters it and proceeds to blow a whole squadron of Terram mecha out of the sky. After the battle, Maaie and Leeia congratulate Kei and are amazed that he performed so well on his first time out. Kei’s Bronco is salvaged and Kei mourns its destruction. Shaya says that the Emaan can not only fix it, but modify it so it will fly on the anti gravity system. Kei immediately starts running off a list of modifications starting with adding arms. Mimsy tell Kei that they won’t fix his fighter unless he promises to stay. Kei, thinking to himself, observes that the food isn’t bad and there seems to be a large number of unattached women. Mimsy is also thinking to herself, that they must convince Kei to stay since his is a Tokuiten. Kei agrees to stay. Olson, now a Captain in the Terram military, is summoned to meet with the Terram supreme commander. The general watches the men going off to battle against the Mu and feels guilty because they will most likely die. He tells Olson that the Emaan have a Tokuiten and unless they get him soon, they will either be destroyed by the Mu or die from the heat. The general tells Olson that he will be put in charge of recovering the Tokuiten, but first he is to work on another project. Finally, he tells Olson that he too is important so he should take care of himself. Kei joins Mimsy on a trip to acquire some parts for the modified Bronco. When they arrive, Mimsy uses the phone to contact the Emaan homeland and reports that they have the Tokuiten. While Kei is waiting, a small girl approaches him and asks if he will buy her. She explains that she can wash clothes, clean up and so forth. Kei is about to rip the store owner’s face off for enslaving children, but the man explains that she is a robot. Kei asks Mimsy to buy her, and Mimsy haggles with the man (the Emaan do a lot of haggling) and eventually buys her. Episode 4: Caravan Kei and the robot, Mome, are watching the Bronco get rebuilt. Kei seems bored and asks Mome why she is so fascinated. She replies that since the mecha is important to the Master, she wants to learn everything about it. Kei is annoyed at being called Master and is trying to convince Mome to stop when Jaby appears and tells Kei that she is programmed to address him so. Mimsy asks Shaya why she is stopping to have a market when they should be returning with the Tokuiten. Shaya reminds Mimsy that they promised to have a market and the Emaan never go back on a promise like that. Kei also learns that the Emaan have a slightly different standard of modesty. Kei and Mome watch Govu and Jaby put on a show for the kids (Jaby’s fire breathing is accomplished through equipment he wears), telling them to inform their parents about the market. Everyone is busy except Kei, and he feels in the way. Kei asks Mome if she would like to look around with him. “Yes Master”, she replies. Kei tells her again to stop calling him Master and Mome replies, “Yes Master”. Mome catches herself at this point, thinks a bit and asks if Danasama (another word for master) is all right. Kei says that’s no good either, but Mome gets confused. Finally Kei tells her to call him Kei. “Yes, Kei-sama”(-sama being a suffix used to convey great respect), she replies. Kei leaves it at that. Kei and Mome watch Govu do a little business before the market. He claims the crystal he is selling is one of a kind, but Mome tells Kei afterwards that there are thousands of them. The Terram locate Kei on their Tokuiten sensors (no kidding, that’s what they’re called), but are willing to wait until the Emaan finish their market so they don’t have to start a battle over a Terram village. Kei sees a man driving a jeep. Kei stops the man and demands to know where he got it. He says he got it from the Emaan. Kei figures that where the jeep was found, there may be a way back so he has the man drive him back to the market. On the way back, the man explains how the Emaan fixed it up and replaced the gas motor, etc, etc. Kei asks Mimsy about the jeep and she tells him they bought the wreck and fixed it. Kei asks Mimsy to buy it, but she replies that they are spending quite enough on him between rebuilding the Bronco and buying that “piece of junk” robot - “I am NOT junk”, yells Mome back. Two Terram soldiers show up and begin roughing Kei up. They aren’t pleased with the way Kei is treating the jeep owner, and also think he is a traitor to be a Terram working for the Emaan. Their wrist detectors inform them that he is the Tokuiten and they try to bring him in, but Kei isn’t easily taken. They run back to their mecha and come after Kei. Mome grabs Kei, and they hop on a scooter and race back to the Glomar where is modified Bronco is ready. As Kei is taking off, the engineer Leegh yells to Kei that most of the actuators are not hooked up yet (in other words, it can do little more than fly). Kei doesn’t hear and finds out the hard way. Fortunately, Mome is hanging on to the outside of the mecha and manages to finish connecting the actuators and Kei emerges victorious. Kei lands in the village and finds that the villagers are not at all pleased. They think they will have problems with the Terram now. Episode 5: Lovers Shaya apologizes to the people of the village and offers a number of free goods in token of this. Afterwards she explains that no only did it quiet the villagers down, but will also act as a promotion. The Emaan will get a reputation for generosity and their markets will be more popular when they return. At dinner that night, Mimsy asks what they are going to name the modified Bronco. A numbers of names get suggested; Kei says it should be called Nebula. Govu says Gyamon. Shaya asks Jaby and he suggests naming it after Orguss, he peoples’ god of war. A lot of arguing starts, but Shaya decides on Orguss. Two men from the village sneak aboard the Glomar and steal the Orguss. The Emaan set out to find it and eventually Kei comes across them in the woods. At first he thanks them for finding it, then puts 2+2 together and realizes they stole it. They explain that the younger of the two men, Badei, is trying to rescue his girlfriend Ereine who, for some reason, is being held at a Terram base. They apologize and ask if Kei will do it for them since they had no luck flying it themselves. Kei is reluctant at first, but agrees when he is shown a picture of Ereine (once again, Kei’s maleness gets the better of him). Kei attacks the camp and inflicts large casualties before sustaining a leg hit and running out of ammo. The Glomar makes a timely appearance and Maaie and Leeia finish off the last Terram mecha. Shaya chews Kei out for not telling anyone what he was doing. Then Kei goes out to meet Ereine, and is just introducing himself when Badei shows up and they both leave, leaving Kei feeling foolish. They decide to get married and Sray, standing next to Mimsy, says off-handedly that they get married too. Mimsy’s response is noncommittal. Episode 6: Vanishing Point Inside the Glomar, the Emaan comment on the fact that some of their food supplies are beginning to run low. Meanwhile Kei finds Jaby on top of the ship. Kei seems to feel a kindred spirit in Jaby as like Kei, he is the only one of his kind around. Jaby begins talking about the good things he used to have before a gate took him from his world. He complains that he hasn’t had a grape (his favorite food) in what seems like ages. He sensitivities aroused, he realizes he can smell grapes somewhere nearby. Jaby convinces Shaya to stop for the grapes. The dimension barrier is too low here, so the Emaan have to drill through the side of a hill. The grapes they find are huge and everyone goes to work harvesting them. The Terram, even more angered than before by the destruction of their base last episode, prepare to attack. Sray says to Mimsy that she shouldn’t take such a strong interest in Kei. She replies that Kei is a Terram so there can never be anything between them. Jaby becomes aware that a gate is about to open over this area and they must flee it. The Emaan go to bring the grapes onboard, leaving Kei and Jaby to talk. Jaby recalls the day he was caught managing two girlfriends at once. Unfortunately for him, he was fooling around with one of them when the other showed up. Jaby fled for his life with one of his girlfriends in pursuit, trying to tell her that he loved her the most. He fell into the ocean, and was picked up by the gate and dropped onto this parallel earth. The Terram blast their way into the valley. Kei is confident he can deal with them until Mimsy tells him that he is up against about 50 of them. The gate begins to open and Sray begins to move the Glomar out of the valley. Mimsy irrationally tries to stop him as she doesn’t want to leave without Kei. Meanwhile, the battle is not going well for Kei. Although he is a superior pilot, and the Orguss is a superior mecha, he is too heavily outnumbered. The Emaan notice Mome is missing and try to make sure she is onboard. Mimsy is able to raise the Terram and alert them to the gate. The Terram agree to finish the fight elsewhere and begin to leave. Kei turns around to return and the Terram realize that there must be another way out of the valley and the Glomar must have gone there. A number of Terram overcrowd attempting to go through the hole after the Glomar and are destroyed, while a fair number are still fighting Kei in the valley. As the gate begins destroying the valley, Maaie and Leeia report that Mome is not onboard, but by now it is too late to go back for her. Fortunately Kei spots her and picks her up and flies out just as the gate opens. Most of the Terram are caught in the gate and only Robert and his second in command, Henry, escape and withdraw. The gate closes and where the valley was, a mountain full of monkeys has appeared. Episode 7: I Love You The Glomar is out over the Atlantic Ocean near Gibraltar. Mimsy is daydreaming about Kei and when Mimsy doesn’t answer Sray, he asks if something is wrong. She insists it’s nothing. It appears that Mome has become infatuated with Kei. She brings him fresh changes of clothes, apparently trying to impress him in the only way she really knows how, by being a good servant. However, Kei just thanks her rather offhandedly and takes off. Kei daydreams about Tina and is upset that he will never see her again. Meanwhile, the Emaan are planning to trade with some of the ships at sea. Kei is exercising and Mome brings him coffee. Mome is pouring when Kei comments that she would make someone a wonderful wife. Mome loses her composure and the results are quite interesting. Mimsy appears to ask Kei to help with the trading and stumbles into the rather odd situation. As Kei heads off, he thanks Mome for the eats. Out of context, what Kei said is extremely suggestive and Mimsy, considering what she has just seen and how Mome reacts to Kei’s parting words, and comes to some rather odd conclusions. Kei explains the situation to Mimsy, who finds it amusing. Govu asks Kei to take some things down to the ship they are trading with. While loading up, Mimsy asks Kei whether he “likes” Mome. Kei says no, and then asks Mimsy if she is taken. Mimsy isn’t sure he heard right and Kei turns to her and tell her that he likes her. Mimsy ask Govu if she can come, but before he can answer, Sray (who overheard the conversation) tells Mimsy she has work onboard to do. Kei wants her to come and she is left with a tough choice, and chooses to stay. After Kei leaves, Mimsy tries to tell Sray that it was just a joke. Sray doesn’t believe her and asks her to marry him again. “Not now!”, she cries and runs off. The Terram fleet approaches Gibraltar. They detect the Tokuiten and launch a squadron in a sort of underwater torpedo, hoping to surprise the Emaan. Mome find Kei in the shower and tells him that Sray and Mimsy are having an odd conversation. Kei and Mome listen in while Sray and Mimsy argue. Mimsy asks Sray if he’s jealous. He replies that it’s not jealousy but that he’s concerned because her interest in some who isn’t Emaan is unhealthy. Mimsy replies that since he wants to hear the truth, she will be blunt; Kei has something that he doesn’t and if Kei hadn’t said he liked her first, she would have said so to Kei (OUCH!). Sray relents and asks Mimsy not to hold a grudge against him; he was pressed into this conversation because he was concerned that the teamwork onboard would suffer. The Emaan detect the torpedo and although they don’t know what it is, Kei is on the scene when it arrives. On the bridge of the Glomar, Mimsy thinks to herself and reiterates her conviction that she would have told Kei that she likes him. Robert puts Henry in charge of dealing with Kei while he attacks the Glomar. After a rough start, it appears that Kei is having one of his better days. Then the Terram fleet arrives and begins firing missiles at the Glomar. The Glomar retreats inland to a less open position and Kei shoots most of the remaining enemy down. Govu give Kei a helping hand and Kei introduces him to the Terram custom of shaking hands. Kei shows up on the bridge and after Mimsy greets him, says that they wouldn’t have won today without everyone’s teamwork. Sray makes a remark basically implying that Kei is just saying that to impress Mimsy, but before she can take issue, Kei lets it pass and says he’s going to take a shower. Later in the lounge, Mome brings wine and glasses to celebrate. Kei thanks Mome and he and Govu make a toast of mutual admiration. Episode 8: Runaway Shaya find Mimsy and asks to speak to her alone. Shaya says that she just got a response to the phone call Mimsy made informing the Emaan homeland that they found the Tokuiten. The Emaan have said that due to political problems, they can render no aid at this time. Kei, Mimsy and Shaya discuss possible escape routes for eluding the Terram. They decide that fleeing over mainland France would probably be the best. Kei excuses himself to take a bath, and Shaya comments that she’s going to take one too. Kei is taking the bath when Shaya joins him. Kei is embarrassed and leaves. Outside the bathroom, Kei bumps into Mimsy and starts trying to explain what he was doing taking a bath with Shaya. Mimsy explains that the Emaan don’t have a taboo against it like the Terram do. Things made clear, Kei boldly asks Mimsy if she’d like to take a bath with him (nice try). A Terram scout locates the Glomar and the Terram prepare to attack. Kei finds Mimsy on the deck. Kei comments how pretty it is out and Mimsy agrees. Then Kei romantically declares that the beauty would be eternal with Mimsy at his side. Mimsy thinks Kei is kidding and asks how many girls he has said this to. Kei Professes his sincerity but Mimsy doesn’t believe him. In a hurt tone, Kei prepares to dramatically hurl his pop can into the ocean, telling Mimsy that she can believe what she likes “but I want you to know that I...” “Wait!”, she cries. She grabs the can out of his hand and explains that the metal can be recycled. Kei, musing to himself, suspects that Mimsy is putting him off. He grabs her by the shoulders and tries to convince her that he means what he says, but she runs off telling Kei that she hates him when he’s like this. Kei, musing to himself again, declares his suspicions confirmed. Sray appears and says that he told Kei to leave Mimsy alone. Kei turns to Sray and says if he thinks Mimsy is his woman, why doesn’t he protect her. The Terram arrive and Kei, Leeia and Maaie engage them. They inflict heavy casualties, but they are heavily outnumbered. The defenders are soon scattered and the Glomar comes under aerial bombardment. Shaya attempts to escape by flying away from the ocean over France. The Terram fleet commander decides to try and shoot the Glomar down with missiles rather than allow them a chance to escape. The Terram pilots withdraw, but Kei shoots one down and uses him rather uniquely to deal with the missiles. With the Emaan regrouped and the Terram forces depleted, Robert is forced to call off the attack. Kei finds Mimsy in the lounge and tells here there’s a beautiful sunset and asks her up to the deck to see it. She joins him gladly. Episode 9: Revolution The Glomar stops over a battlefield. As Shaya prepares coffee, Sray enters and asks if stopping here is a very good idea. Shaya replies that they need whatever equipment they can salvage. The Emaan discuss their situation. It seems that there is only one way out of this region, so the Terram will probably be waiting for them. Leegh blames their troubles on Kei, but Shaya say they can’t just leave him and Mimsy reminds Leegh that they have an agreement with him. Leegh points out that agreements can be “modified”. The local ruler, Ann, is informed that the Emaan want to have a market. Ann tells her aid that if the Emaan have weapons, they are to leave. She then asks about the peasants and her aid tell her that they are complaining because they have no bread. Ann is annoyed and say if they don’t have bread, they can eat crackers. Sray informs Shaya that they will not be allowed to have a market. Shaya finds this odd, and asks Mimsy to investigate. Kei asks to go too, and Shaya agrees despite the facts that Mimsy thinks she can take care of herself. Kei and Mimsy observe the repression of the peasants and nearly get run over by an oblivious aristocrat. The rebels, led by Jann, abduct Kei and Mimsy, but merely wish to speak with them. They wish to get the help of the Emaan in overthrowing the aristocracy, so Kei takes Jann back to the Glomar to talk to Shaya. Shaya says that even if the Emaan are willing to help, they don’t have enough weapons to go around. Jann asks for the Hasai Cannon, but Mimsy says they rented it out to Ann several months ago. Shaya says that the cannon wasn’t supposed to be used to suppress the peasants, but wonders how they will get it back. Kei suggests that since Ann is in violation of contract anyway, they don’t need to be legal about it and can just mount a raid and get it back. Shaya agrees to this plan and arranges to arm the rebels as best she can. Kei stops in on Leegh to ask for a bazooka. He also tells Leegh that they will soon be recovering the Hasai Cannon and that it would be a good idea to mount it on the Glomar. The raid begins and is a success. Ann is informed of the theft and that the peasants are rebelling. With a little help from Kei, the rebellion begins to succeed. Ann contacts Shaya and asks why they stole the Hasai Cannon. Shaya explains that Ann was in violation of contract so they repossessed it. Infuriated, Ann launches missiles, taking out Kei and inflicting heavy casualties on the rebels. The Glomar fires the Hasai Cannon at the castle. Ann is killed and the rebellion is a success. Jann thanks the Emaan for their help. Mome appears with a robot she found on the battlefield and fixed. The robot is named Tai (lieutenant). Mimsy asks whether it will be useful, and Mome yells “Of course he’ll be useful!”. Episode 10: Barbarians Early in the morning, Tai wakes everyone up for morning exercises. Mome sets Tai straight on the matter and Tai apologizes, explaining that he is merely following his programming. Kei and Jaby watch Tai exercise and wonder why a robot would need to. Mimsy and Leegh finish a game of tennis (or something that looks like tennis). Leegh tells Sray that he may lose Mimsy if he doesn’t get his act together. Sray asks Mimsy if she would go for a drive with him. Mimsy tells him that Kei has already asked. Sray loses his temper; he says “Mimsy is mine and you, Kei, come out of nowhere like an alley cat and steal her from me!”. Kei replies calmly that Sray and Mimsy are perfectly free to arrange what they want. Leegh tells Kei that the Emaan consider the kind of relationship that Sray and Mimsy have very important, but Kei won’t swallow that line. Leeia tells Leegh to butt out, that the argument is between the three of them. Leegh says he is just concerned. Maaie tells Kei that he is being too obsessive about Mimsy and that there are other women. Kei asks if she is jealous, and then turns and asks Sray if he wants to duel over it. All of the Emaan are repulsed at the idea, and Kei turns to leave. Leegh says that they aren’t finished talking, but Kei replies that he definitely is. He then turns to Sray and says, “If Mimsy is you woman, you should defend her.” A groups of barbarians spot the Glomar and thinking it is some kind of threat, attack it. The Emaan watch the arrows bounce off and don’t feel very threatened. Then the barbarians start using grappling hooks. As the Glomar pulls away from the surface, Kei, Maaie and Leeia prepare to defend the ship. Maaies’s trigger finger freezes and, as a result, a barbarian is able to toss a grenade into the engines. The Glomar is forced to land. The barbarians attack the ship enmasse and Shaya asks Tai to help defend. Tai explains that his weapons would not be effective against people and refuse to use Emaan weapons, as he doesn’t wish to lose his identity. Leeia runs out of ammo, and with barbarians charging, Maaie finally overcomes her fit. Meanwhile on the deck above, Mimsy and Sray try to hold off the advance of a group of barbarians. Mimsy is disarmed and about to be carried off. Sray hesitates, but then remembers Kei’s words. He attacks the barbarian, but is wounded and fall. Mimsy clobbers the barbarian from behind before he can finish off Sray. Sray is taken to the infirmary, but the prognosis is not good. Shaya convince Jaby to use his fire breathing equipment to scare off the barbarians. Kei congratulates Jaby, and comments that while he has an evil face, he’s a pretty decent monster once you get to know him. Jaby gives Kei and nasty look, who quickly changes his tone and reminds Jaby that he’s the hero of the day. The mecha and engines are heavily damaged, but can be repaired. Govu tell Kei that is looks like Sray is going to pull through. Kei enters the infirmary to bring Mimsy food, but she is asleep and the last meal uneaten. Sray wakes up and says that he tried to defend his woman and failed. Kei tries to tell him that he did well, but Sray says that he does not want his sympathy. Episode 11: Dummy Shaya spots the Terram approaching. Poputei, Maaie, and Leeia worry about being found, but Shaya shows them the new device that Leegh has made: a jammer which prevents the operation of the Terram Tokuiten sensors. When Shaya activates the device, the Terram lose the signal they’ve been tracking and pass obliviously overhead. Maaie wonders if their lives will always be in jeopardy from the Terram. Poputei suddenly becomes depressed and Leeia reminds Maaie that Poputei’s husband was killed by the Terram so talk like that is hard on her. Poputei insists she’s OK, and leaves. Kei sees Poputei in the hall and joyfully informs her that the Terram are gone. She says “Oh.”, and walks away. Back in the control room, Maaie, Leeia and Shaya continue to discuss their situation. As Kei listens outside, Leeia points out that if they just gave Kei to the Terram, their problems would be over. Shaya agrees that this would be true but that Kei is too important to give to the Terram. Kei walks in and tells them not to worry, he’ll die and that will be that. After a moment of disbelief, Shaya says, “I understand. Kei, we are going to kill you.” While Leegh works on repairing the Orguss, Sray recovers in the infirmary. Mimsy has been watching him the whole time he was recovering. Sray tries to rise and Mimsy tries to keep him settled. Shaya enters and asks to speak to Mimsy in private. Shaya says that it was kind of her to keep such a close eye on Sray, but Mimsy says she is treating Sray just like any other patient. Mimsy starts away, but Shaya stops her and tells her not to fall in love with Kei; Mimsy is of a different world and she shouldn’t live in foolish dreams. Mimsy crossly replies that she understands and stomps off. The Glomar takes off and Shaya turns off the jammer. Kei wants to know why they are leaving so soon and Shaya replies that it is time for the enemy to find them. The Terram pick up the Tokuiten and close in. Mimsy enters the control room to find out why they are coming out of cover and notices the jammer is off. Mimsy and Shaya start fighting over it. Meanwhile the Terram appear. Kei engages them, but Henry shoots him down. In shock the Terram watch the Orguss fall and shatter on the ground. The Terram search the wreckage but the only thing left of the Tokuiten are scattered chunks of flesh. Henry tries to make excuses, but Robert reminds him that the only important thing is that the Tokuiten is dead. In light of that fact, excuses are meaningless. The Terram search the Glomar for good measure, but find nothing. The Terram leave and Mome is oddly happy. Leegh grabs her and takes her away. In one of the rooms of the Glomar Shaya, Leegh, Mome and Jaby gather. Shaya says the plan worked, but they must still be careful. Mome is unhappy because no one else is happy but Shaya tells here that they must still keep the plan a secret for now. Mome still doesn’t understand why everyone is so sad and asks why they don’t think they can just fix Kei up. Leegh replies that Terram are not fixable the way machines are. While Kei passes time in the real Orguss, Shaya finds Mimsy and asks to speak with her. Mimsy slaps her and demands to know why Shaya allowed this to happen. Shaya says that she had “various reasons”. She then asks Mimsy to once again consider marrying Sray. She is nearly eighteen and soon no man will want her (she will be unable to bear children). Infuriated, Mimsy replies that she doesn’t care. She will find someone who she really loves or she just won’t have kids. She storms off and decides to leave the Glomar. Outside, Mimsy is attacked by vampire bats and is hard beset. Mome flies out with a lure, but it only stops the bats for a second. Kei hears the fuss over the radio and rushes to Mimsy’s aid. Meanwhile, Henry has backtracked and is watching the scene when Kei shows up. Henry realizes they have been fooled and returns to inform Robert. Kei rescues Mimsy, who can’t understand why he’s alive. Kei explains that Shaya and he came up with the plan to have the Terram destroy a dummy Orguss. Shaya is furious; by allowing himself to be seen, Kei has ruined the whole plan. Episode 12: Terram Girl The Glomar is nearing the Persian Gulf and Maaie is send out to scout. She discovers and Terram base and is attacked by the mecha on patrol. The Emaan ponder their situation. As they look over a map, Kei points out that the Terram will almost certainly be waiting for them in an area north of the gulf through which they must pass. Mimsy notices Mome oiling Tai and tells her that the oil she is using is far too precious for this purpose. Mome replies that Tai must be properly oiled to function and Tai says that a good fighting machine must be quick on its feet. Leeia comments that she is worried about Maaie. Kei agrees and says he should have gone, but Tai reminds Kei that he is their ace and cannot be put at risk for such missions. Kei leaves to check the Orguss, just in case, and everyone begins making excuses to leave with him as they are all worried. Out in the hall, Sray and Leegh confront Kei. Leegh tells Kei that he wants him to leave the Glomar. Sray says to Kei, “I can’t stand you. How many of us are in danger because of you?” Shaya appears and tells Kei the Maaie is heavily beset and a missile hit has destroyed her afterburners; she can’t escape without help. Without a moment’s hesitation, Kei agrees to help. After a short battle, Kei manages to rescue Maaie. Shaya tells Sray and Leegh that she understands their feelings, but that they must return with Kei. “How’s that?”, Sray asks. Leeia and Maaie say that Kei is their friend so they can’t just abandon him. Leegh and Sray ask Shaya why the Terram are so persistent. After a moment, Shaya says that she wasn’t supposed to tell anyone, but the Tokuiten is the key to repairing the world. Mome is thrilled, but Shaya tells her not to tell Kei yet. Poputei’s children begin crying and she leaves. Shaya says to the others, “For those childrens’ sakes, we must return with Kei.” Olson learns that the Terram have lost the Tokuiten. Olson shows the report to Athena. She asks Olson to let her deal with the problem. Olson agrees but tells her that she is not to kill him. Athena departs in her Nikick, the Terram’s latest development in mecha. She nearly mows down Henry, who reports an intrusion. Olson tells him it’s one of theirs and to stay out of its way. Kei returns and confronts Sray and Leegh to settle their argument. They tell Kei that they have talked about it among themselves and they have changed their minds. Kei comments that they seem to do that a lot. Sray is infuriated, but Leegh holds him back and apologizes on behalf of the both of them. Athena activates a device in her mecha. The device can’t locate the Tokuiten through the jammer, but can detect the jamming field should she come across it, thus providing her with a general idea of where the Glomar is. Meanwhile, Kei takes a bath. Mome enters and asks if Kei wants his back washed. Despite the fact that Mome is a robot, Kei is embarrassed and tells her to go away. Mome is reluctant, but does so. Just then, Leegh informs him that they have detected a Terram mecha approaching. Kei meets with the others. Leeia says that since there is just one they should just shoot it down, but Tai points out that doing that would give away their location. Athena finds the jamming field and attempts to flush out the Glomar by laying down a missile barrage. In the ship, Leegh wonders why his jammer isn’t working and Kei, figuring it out, explains that the field covered is so small that they can locate them by locating the field. Another barrage hits. Leeia loses her temper and engages Athena, but is shot down just as Kei arrives. Kei and Athena are well matched, but thanks to some help from Mimsy, Kei is soon at Athena’s mercy. She remembers Olson’s words that she is not to kill and Kei is able to use that moment to save himself and cripple Athena’s Nikick. Athena returns to base. Kei find Leeia’s wrecked mecha and returns with it. Leeia has survived and isn’t seriously hurt. Episode 13: Caspian Crater Mimsy finds Shaya on the bridge. Shaya says that the Terram are quiet now, but will almost certainly be waiting for them in Afghanistan. The Emaan are busy repairing their mecha. Sray is working with Poputei, who is soon distracted by her children. Sray helps take care of them and Poputei comments that, without a father to help, taking care of the children is a big hassle. Henry and Robert stand outside the Terram base. Henry says that if the Glomar with its jammer makes it through here, they will never find it. The Emaan city is near so they must get the Tokuiten soon. Leegh informs Shaya that, for now, the only way to increase the jamming field is to send someone out with another jammer. Shaya informs the rest of the Emaan and Leeia points out that whoever is carrying the second jammer will most likely be found and killed. Shaya says that she knows this and that volunteers can speak with her privately. Poputei’s children start crying again and she leaves to take care of them. Sray excuses himself from his work, supposedly to go to the bathroom. Leeia sees through his act and tells Mimsy that Sray is volunteering. Mimsy finds Sray and asks him why he’s doing this. He ask Mimsy if he can meet her in the “secret room”, where he can explain. (All bedrooms onboard are public, so the secret room is the only private bedroom, so this is essentially a proposition). Mimsy agrees. As Mimsy waits inside, Sray comes to the door. He is about to enter when he hears Poputei’s children crying again. He decides that he has no right to do to Mimsy what Poputei’s husband did to her. Mimsy hears him and is about to invite him in, but Sray orders her not to open the door. Sray remembers the time they met, and says he was happy then. He says goodbye and leaves. Kei confronts Sray and demands to know why he volunteered. Kei feels that he is the best man for the job. First Sray says that no one else onboard is suited as they are too important to the group. Kei is still unconvinced and Sray tells him that he can’t go because he is the Tokuiten. “So what?”, says Kei. Sray replies, “Mimsy will be sad if you go.” The Emaan wish Sray good luck. Mimsy is crying and Sray tells her not to be sad, as he is “fighting for her smile”. The Terram notice the spreading of the jamming field and increase the number of scout mecha in the area. One locates the Glomar and Olson leads an attack force including a number of Nikicks. Kei, Leeia and Maaie engage the enemy and a fierce battle ensues. A Terram mecha finds Sray and shoots him down. The jamming clears and the Emaan, unable to raise Sray, fear that he is dead. Athena finds Kei and soon has the upper hand. Olson has been monitoring the Emaan radio transmissions and recognizes Kei. He orders Athena to disengage. She asks why, but Olson merely says that he has reasons. Mome asks Tai why he isn’t helping. Tai says that the ship isn’t in a crisis so there isn’t any need yet. “But we are in a crisis!”, cries Mome. Tai comments that non-fighters panic too easily, but he reluctantly agrees to help. He proves effective, but seems to be doing it with half a heart and leaves the job unfinished. Most of the Terram withdraw under Olson’s orders and Kei takes care of the stragglers. Episode 14: Operation “D” Onboard the Glomar, Kei asks if the Terram are done attacking. Maaie says probably since they are just outside the Emaan city. Leeia wonders if Sray is dead. Maaie says not to worry and that he will probably pop up sooner or later. Meanwhile, the Mu are invading a Terram city and they are proving to be a formidable foe. After watching this, the Terram general’s aids voice their concern that the Mu are going to be a formidable obstacle in uniting the world under Terram rule. The general wonders why they don’t have the Tokuiten yet. He asks for an updated report which shows that the Glomar has almost reached the Emaan homeland. The aids are concerned but the general is convinced that Olson can do the job for them. Another aid enters and, after the general has left the others, gives him a report saying that Olson let the Tokuiten escape. At first he refuses to believe it but the report is from Henry, whose word the general trusts. Olson looks at Tina’s picture and comments that Kei’s been alive all this time and that he’s the same as he ever was. Athena enters and asks Olson why he stopped her from shooting down the Tokuiten. He replies that he isn’t supposed to say, but he will tell her: the Tokuiten is the key to repairing the world so he must not be killed. Athena thanks him, calling him Uncle (Oji-sama). The general contacts one of the scientists working on the new D-system. The man reports that progress is being made, but the general isn’t satisfied. He wants it working in half a month. Robert enters Olson’s quarters and rather gleefully informs him that he has been demoted to lieutenant and removed from command for allowing the Tokuiten to escape. Robert is taking real pleasure in having the once bigshot under his command. He also informs Olson that orders have come down from the top; the Tokuiten is to be killed. Olson contacts the general and asks him why he has ordered the Tokuiten killed. He replies that the Tokuiten’s actions could ruin what they are trying to accomplish with the D-system, so he has to be liquidated. Olson tries to ask the general to change his mind, but the general cuts him off and tells him that he has deliberately failed to perform a mission which he was trusted to complete. Olson tries to say he had reasons, but the general hangs up. Olson vows that he will save Kei at any cost. Kei tries to comfort Mimsy, saying that Sray must be OK. He tries to tell Mimsy that it isn’t her fault, but Mimsy insists that Kei leave her alone. Athena calls after Olson addressing him as captain. Olson informs her that because of his actions he has been demoted and Robert is now her captain. Athena salutes anyway and insists that, no matter what, he will always be her captain. Poputei asks Kei how Mimsy is doing. Kei replies that she is still depressed. Poputei says that it’s good that young people can express their feelings. Kei reminds her that she too is young. Poputei evades this and says that Sray should have come back and wonders why he leaves so many people in pain. An attack starts. Kei wonders how they found the Glomar and Shaya says she didn’t think the jammer was necessary anymore. Shaya comments that she wishes Mimsy was there to coordinate. Mimsy makes a timely entrance and orders Kei, Maaie and Leeia to launch. Kei is soon pinned down as the Terram are playing for keeps. Olson intervenes to save him. Kei, still not aware who Olson is, thanks him and, when Olson gets in trouble, Kei interposes himself and is shot down. The Terram watch Kei fall and, staring victory in the face, find a large number of Emaan Orguss 2 mecha staring back. The Terram attack force is cut to shreds and retreats. Shaya talks with the attack force commander. After hearing that Kei is OK, Shaya asks why reinforcements were so slow in coming. The commander informs Shaya that two of the Emaan clans have been engaged in a cold war and that help wouldn’t have come at all if the Toobu clan hadn’t sent it. Shaya asks which clans are fighting and the commander says that the Toobu clan and Raasu clan have been fighting. Shaya is disturbed since they are her and Mimsy’s factions, respectively. The commander says that the two groups are arguing over how to deal with the Tokuiten. Olson, having deserted his army, says aloud to himself that Kei must be convinced to return to the Terram or they will kill him. Episode 15: Tokuiten The Emaan are celebrating their imminent return home. Kei notices Mimsy leaving and, despite Mome’s insistence that they go off and play, follows her back to the Glomar. Kei asks what’s wrong, but Mimsy says she wants to be alone, and leaves. The radio in the battered Orguss picks up a transmission on the frequency used by the fighter squadrons Kei flew with 20 years ago. Kei demands to know who is using it now. Olson identifies himself and recounts the night at Tina’s to prove his identity. Olson asks Kei to meet him right away. Kei greets Olson by decking him for not contacting him sooner. At the Terram base, Athena asks Robert to put her in charge of chasing down Olson. She says she wants to do the job alone, but after she departs Robert orders another pilot to follow her. Olson explains that, after the explosion of the space/time bomb, he first appeared five years ago. Olson says that both of them are being called Tokuiten, but that they are really only pieces of the whole phenomenon that resulted from the explosion, which is called the Dai-Tokuiten (Dai = big). All of the pieces must be found to repair the world. Olson implores Kei to return with him to the Terram so that they can undo the mess the world is in. Kei is hesitant and Olson says that Kei ought to return to the Terram because they are the people of his original earth. After the bomb went off, there was a wave of political turmoil and many governments were overthrown. The Terram are the organization that evolved from that mess. Kei is finding all this a bit hard to swallow and as Olson continues to try and persuade him, he mentions Tina’s name. Kei interrupts and asks if Tina is still alive. Olson says no, but Tina had a child by Kei. Kei can’t believe it but at this point they are interrupted as the trees come to life and attack them (a creature that looks like a tree when concealed). They fire into the sky, hoping to bring help, and Athena appears. She destroys the tree monsters, but when she sees that Olson is with an Emaan, she flies off, hardly able to believe that Olson could be doing this. The man trailing Athena also spots Olson with Kei and heads back to report. Olson climbs into his mecha and tells Kei that they will meet again, soon, and flies off in pursuit of the man who was trailing Athena. The Emaan arrive at their city and, as Kei, Mome, Shaya, and Mimsy travel through the city, Kei notes nearly all the Emaan they see are female. Mimsy says that the Emaan have a very high female to male ratio and furthermore, many of the men are off to war. “How wonderful!”, exclaims Kei. They arrive at a sort of projection booth studio. Mome wants to watch too, but the operator says it won’t work from robots. The operator explains: The Daitokuiten has bonded many universes together, more than a hundred. This instability occurred because, when the Daitokuiten formed, it was split. Had it stayed in one piece, the bomb would have functioned exactly as it was designed to. Kei and one other are the parts that must be found. A time will come when they must act to undo the mess. Kei asks what he must do. As the lights come back up, the operator says that they don’t know, but it’s safe so don’t worry. After the others leave, the operator detains Shaya and asks if Kei will cooperate. Shaya says that he will, at least for now. The man muses that perhaps some “mental inducements” are in order. He then tells Shaya that the Raasu clan is falling apart over the Tokuiten issue and that their last chance to act is coming soon. As for the Tokuiten, the actions he will have to take will cause him to be lost forever! Outside the Emaan city, the Terram attack, hoping to destroy the Tokuiten. As the pilot he has been pursuing arrives, Olson lands a missile hit and kills him. Back inside, Kei thinks about the disaster he has caused. He vows to himself that he will do whatever he must to repair the world. Episode 16: My Factory As he sits out in the park, Kei says aloud that he will have to speak to Olson again. Leegh arrives at Mimsy’s home. As they exchange pleasantries, a pair of Raasu clan soldiers arrive and ask for Kei. Leegh tells them he is with the Toobu clan. The guards are alarmed and say that the Toobu clan intends to brainwash Kei. Meanwhile, Kei is confronted by Toobu clan soldiers and is arrested after a short struggle. Mimsy arrives at Shaya’s and tells her what she has heard. Shaya says that she has heard about the brainwashing but thinks it’s just a nasty rumor. Mome enters and reports that Kei has been captured by the Toobu clan. Kei is taken before the Toobu clan council. The council head tells Kei that they want to use his power and asks if Kei will cooperate. “Not if you treat me like this!”, says Kei. Kei then spots Shaya’s sister Manisha, who he at first mistakes for Shaya herself. Kei wonders if he has been betrayed by Shaya. The council head asks again whether he will cooperate. “Absolutely not!”, replies Kei. As Kei is bound and gagged, the council head informs Kei that they will get his help whether he is willing or not. Back at Shaya’s house, Leegh explains to the others how the Toobu and Raasu clans began fighting over what to do about the Tokuiten. Mimsy and the others say that Kei is part of their group and they just can’t let him get brainwashed. Shaya agrees and says that she will go talk with her sister. Shaya arrives at Manisha’s office and demands to know where Kei is. Manisha won’t say at first, and Shaya tries to convince her to let Kei go, arguing that brainwashing is morally wrong. Manisha asks Shaya, “Don’t you care about the Emaan? The Terram have found a way to repair the world without the Tokuiten and if this happens, the Emaan world may be lost forever. This is what is likely if the Raasu clan get their way. If the Terram should ever acquire the Tokuiten, our destruction would be almost certain.” She then shows Shaya where Kei is and says that by brainwashing Kei, they can assure the survival of the Emaan. Shaya apologizes and says she understands, then decks Manisha. Shaya tells her unconscious sister that she is taking Kei, but she will never let the Terram get him. Back in the brainwashing room, the doctors are coming to the realization that Kei’s will may be too strong to overcome without killing him. They leave to consult with the others and Shaya appears in Manisha’s clothes. The guard mistakes her for Manisha and Shaya manages to trick him into leaving his post. Shaya then enters and frees Kei, who says he had almost given up on her. Manisha recovers and orders people after Shaya and Kei, but the two of them manage to escape. They meet the others onboard the Glomar. Mimsy approaches and asks Kei if he’s OK. “Leave me alone, Emaan!”, he says. Shaya says they must leave the Emaan homeland and asks who will follow her. Everyone says they will come and Kei’s attitude softens. As the Glomar begins to depart, Shaya tells Kei that if the Toobu clan had their way, the Terram world would have been lost. Mimsy observes that they can never return, but Shaya says that is unimportant. The Glomar comes under attack from Emaan fighters. Kei engages and shoots them all down. The door to the city dome is closed to try to prevent their escape, but the Hasai Cannon blows a large enough hole for them to escape. Back on the bridge Shaya, in a pretty little speech, says that Kei is important to them; he is part of the team and it is their obligation to see to it that he remains free. Episode 17: Seventeen We find Sray still alive in Death Valley, observing the lake drain away. Onboard the Glomar, Mimsy accosts Kei in the process of leaving and demands to know where he is going. She thinks he is going to see the “other Tokuiten” and fears that he is the bait in a Terram trap. “Olson’s not that kind of guy.”, Kei replies and prepares to leave. Mimsy collapses on the floor and after Kei realizes she isn’t putting on an act, gets her to the infirmary. Before anyone answers Kei’s questions about Mimsy’s condition, the Toobu clan attacks and he leaves to fight them. Shaya detains Kei; she says that what has been done to him by the Toobu clan is unforgivable and, as one of them, she can’t ask for his forgiveness, but she says she is truly sorry. Kei is soon pinned down by the Toobu clan mecha. Govu asks Tai to help but he refuses, saying the situation is not critical enough to warrant it. Shaya tells Tai to inform Kei that there is a canyon that leads to Death Valley nearby in which he may be able to hide. Kei eludes his pursuers, and meets Sray. Kei tells him that Mimsy is sick and they return to the Glomar. Sray observes Mimsy’s condition and then asks to speak to Kei alone. He says that Mimsy is ending her period of fertility. If she has one more fever attack, she will no longer be able to have children. Sray blames Kei that Mimsy is no yet married. The Toobu clan is awaiting the arrival of the Glomar in Death Valley. Kei, now alone, muses that soon many of the wonderful things about Mimsy may disappear forever. Mimsy’s condition has created a great deal of discussion about old age among the Emaan. Mome muses sadly that Kei seems more worried about Mimsy then he would ever be for her. Maaie and Leeia, only a few years younger than Mimsy, dread the prospect of leaving their childhood behind unmarried. In Mimsy’s dreams, she looks for Sray at the party at which they first met. Instead she is confronted by a group of masked tormenters who mock her and call her an old maid. Both in her dream and in the infirmary, she cries out for Sray to marry her. “As soon as you’re well, we’ll do it.”, says Sray. Poputei meets Kei outside the infirmary and tells him what has transpired. Sray appears and Kei rather rudely congratulates him on his impending marriage. Sray is annoyed, thinking Kei is mocking him, but Kei insists that he is sincerely happy for him. The Glomar enters Death Valley. The Toobu clan forces confront Shaya and order her to land and deliver the Tokuiten. Shaya finds her time to decide is cut short as the valley begins to fill with water again (the filling and draining of the valley is a natural occurrence). Sray asks Kei where he is going and he says he is leaving so that the others will not be put at risk on his behalf. After he leaves the room, Poputei observes that Kei tries to leave whenever he thinks he is being a burden. Kei is unable to escape and is soon pinned down again. The Toobu clan ship fires on and damages the fleeing Glomar. Onboard, Sray vows that he won’t let Mimsy die and leaves. Another warship shows up, this one from the Raasu clan who have decided to help Shaya. Meanwhile, Sray takes an Orguss 2 mecha and crashes it into the bridge of the lead Toobu clan ship. The remainder of the Toobu clan battle group retreat. Mimsy wakes up and asks who died (somehow she knew). Poputei tells her it was Sray and Mimsy is left alone to cry into her pillow. Episode 18: Sisters Manisha arrives to supervise the mission to recapture the Tokuiten. Holding a picture taken when she was younger, she remembers her childhood with Shaya. Onboard the Glomar, Kei imagines the image of Sray talking to him. Sray says he will never forgive anyone who touches Mimsy. “Why did you die then?”, Kei asks. Kei is frustrated and doesn’t know what he should do now. He wishes Olson were here to talk with. Mome has been watching Kei talking to himself and when Kei notices her, she says that he hasn’t been himself lately. Kei immediately begins demonstrating to Mome that he’s the same as he has always been. Mimsy is back in uniform, although, as she tells Leeia and Maaie, she doesn’t feel fully recovered. She sees Kei and Mome playing on the deck, and doesn’t understand why she feels so jealous; how can she feel she is competing with a robot? The Raasu clan captain greets Mimsy (who is also Raasu) and then goes to meet Shaya. He asks Shaya what she intends to do. She says that she wants to get the other Tokuiten and head for the orbital elevator. Using it, they can get closer to reassembling the Daitokuiten. The Raasu captain points out that the elevator is in South America, in Mu territory. Shaya asks the captain whether he will follow her, and he agrees. Athena finds Olson and greets him, calling him uncle. Olson reminds her that she is a soldier and that it isn’t appropriate to address him that way. That deflates her a bit, and she apologizes, saying that she thought it would be OK since no one else was around. Olson is taken back a bit, and apologizes himself. Athena runs back to her mecha, grabs a spare part Olson needs to get his mecha back in working order, and runs back with it. Olson comments that she didn’t have to do all that running, but Athena replies that she wanted to see his smiling face again. She then returns to base. Later that night, Athena goes to the officers’ club. While she drinks, two drunk officers discuss her and her “Uncle Captain”. Athena confronts them and says that Olson is a traitor and they are not to speak of him again. She leaves the bar, thinking to herself that she is confident that Olson is till working in his own way for the Terram. A Terram patrol locates the Glomar and reports if to Athena, who in turn reports it to Olson. Robert prepares an attack to kill the Tokuiten. The Toobu also get a report on the Glomar’s location. Meanwhile, the Emaan are having another market. The Toobu show up and Manisha asks to speak with Shaya in person. In spite of Kei’s objections, Shaya goes to meet with her sister. Manisha asks Shaya to please give her the Tokuiten. Shaya says she won’t turn Kei over to brainwashers. Manisha loses her temper a bit and reminds Shaya that if they don’t brainwash him into repairing the world, the Emaan world will be lost when the Terram do so. She then calms down and asks if Shaya remembers a dog that bit her when she was little. Shaya merely wanted to help the dog. She was lucky the dog wasn’t mad. Manisha tells Shaya that she is doing it again, but this time the dog is poisonous. Shaya replies that even so, she would still help it. The sisters say goodbye and Shaya returns to the Glomar. The Terram show up and all the Emaan band together to fight the common enemy. Olson shows up and the Terram attack him as well. The Raasu captain orders the Glomar to flee while he guards the rear. The Glomar escapes with Olson and Athena following. Episode 19: Time Slip Athena, still determined to capture the Tokuiten, moves to engage Kei. Olson radios her and tells her not to attack, saying “Kei is your...”, but Athena cuts him off. Olson contacts Kei and says, “Kei, I have to talk to you about Athena...”. Kei replies, “Do you want a date with her?”, and then cuts him off so he can concentrate on not getting killed. Jaby senses that a gate is about to open in the area. He informs Shaya that they must leave the area. Mimsy contacts Kei, but he is still engaged with Athena and is not certain that he can escape yet. Mimsy watches helplessly as Kei and Athena disappear into the gate. Kei contacts Athena and asks her to stop fighting, at least until they get out of the limbo zone they have drifted into. “Does this mean you want to surrender?”, Athena asks. They continue fighting, but it doesn’t last long as they are both sucked through a dimensional warp. The two of them are deposited in the far past when the earth was still forming. Kei again tries to convince Athena that it is in their best interests to cooperate but Athena is still determined to subdue him. Kei clobbers her and she falls into a crack that is filling with magma. As Kei tries to rescue her, he finally gets to see her. He first mistakes her for Tina, but quickly realizes that this is not the case. Kei successfully lifts her out of the crevice. Athena asks why Kei didn’t let her die (she addresses him as “Tokuiten”). Kei replies that there was no reason to just leave her. Athena tries to fly her mecha, but is unable to control it. Kei catches her at the last moment and carries her again. Over the radio, Kei comments that the scene is rather romantic and they are alone. Athena turns her radio off. Mome and Jaby worry that Kei is lost. Shaya tells Mimsy that there is no sign of Kei on the Tokuiten sensor and that the area is not safe, they must leave. Mimsy gets a bit hysterical and tells Shaya that they can’t leave until Kei returns. Shaya is forced to slap her to settle her down. Within the disturbance, new terrain begins to appear. Kei and Athena enter another warp and emerge in World War 2 era. They are attacked by U.S. fighters and Kei drops Athena when the hand holding her is damaged. Athena manages to transform and achieve a stable glide, but the fighters fill her mecha with bullets, one penetrating the cockpit and hitting her in the leg. Kei rescues her and flies away. The fighters can’t catch him and are force to disengage. Kei lands on a beach. Athena emerges from her mecha and asks the Tokuiten why he didn’t shoot down the fighters. Kei replies that there wasn’t any need when they could outfly them. He observes that Athena is hurt and offers to carry her. “Gosh, you’re heavy!”, says Kei as he lifts her. He introduces himself and says that he much prefers Kei to Tokuiten. Athena introduces herself and Kei comments that he likes her name. They settle down in a cave above the beach. Athena wakes up and Kei asks how her leg is. She says it isn’t bad. Kei tells her that he fixed her mecha while she was sleeping. As they talk, Kei mentions that she looks very much like the girl he loved. She laughs and says that Kei probably tells that to all the girls he meets. He professes his sincerity. “OK, but stop playing with my hair.”, she replies. She says that Kei is like her Dad. “Mom told me that Dad used to play with her hair all the time.” “Lots of guys like playing with girl’s hair” “Yes, but Dad used to do it like you do, wrapping it around the second finger.” Kei thinks of Tina, whom Athena reminds him so much of. As Athena and Kei look out at the ocean, he wonders how Olson is and says that he needs to talk to him again - if they ever get back. “We’ve got quite a journey ahead of us.”, he says putting his arm around her, “And I’m looking forward to it. You have pretty hair.” They kiss (it seems much of Kei’s infatuation with Athena is due to her resemblance to Tina). The beach is rocked by another dimension disturbance. “This is not funny.”, Kei says as he and Athena are interrupted. They rush back to their mecha and fly into the warp. They reappear in their original place just as the gate closes. Athena thanks Kei and returns to the Terram. As Kei lands outside the Glomar to be welcomed by Mimsy and the rest of the Emaan, he muses on the fact that Athena is so like Tina. Episode 20: Broken Through The Emaan are once again travelling over Europe. Onboard the Glomar, Mimsy and Mome get in a fight over who gets to serve Kei coffee. Meanwhile, Govu informs Shaya that some supplies are running low, but Shaya decides that they can’t stop for a market at the moment. Leegh informs Shaya that he has intercepted some Toobu transmissions. They are pursuing Olson in an attempt to capture one of the Tokuitens. Kei, Leeia and Maaie fly off into stormy weather to try to rescue him. Olson, a skilled pilot himself, is having some success since the Toobu are forced to use restraint to make sure they capture him alive. Nevertheless, he is heavily beset. Kei and company engage the Toobu and manage to give Olson the chance he needs to escape. The four of them fly off and lose the pursuing Toobu mecha in the storm. Olson returns with the others to the Glomar and talks to Kei in private. He tries to convince Kei to return with him to the Terram so they can help them repair the world. Kei doesn’t trust the Terram and Olson asks him rather callously how he can trust a bunch of aliens more than hi own people. Kei loses his temper and they get into a fight. Olson has had five more years of military training and he proceeds to beat the tar out of Kei. Mimsy enters as Kei is leveled, takes him in her arms and demands to know what’s going on. Olson tells her that it’s none of her business and Mimsy leaves with Kei. Outside, Mimsy asks if Kei if OK. He assures her that he’s fine and tells her not to blame Olson for this. Mimsy, apparently badly shaken by the fight, finally admits to herself how much she loves Kei, and they kiss. The Emaan return to the city where they helped Jann win a revolt over the former aristocratic ruler. Jann welcomes them and offers supplies and what protection she can in gratitude for the help they provided during the revolt. While the Glomar is being resupplied, Olson and Kei sit on a hill overlooking the operation. A little girl offers them coffee and as they watch her return to her mother, Olson asks Kei if he cares about his children. “My children?” Olson tells him that Athena is his daughter, by Tina. Kei, remembering what Athena said about her father in the cave and her likeness to Tina, concedes that Olson must be right. Olson tells Kei about the D-system and says that with both Tokuitens, the Terram would have a much easier time repairing the world. Manisha contacts Jann and demand that she turn the Emaan over to her. Jann refuses and Manisha fives her two hours to reconsider. Jann passes word on to the Emaan, who realize there is little hope of escape. Olson says that he can contact the Terram using his mecha and inform them that the Toobu are about to capture the Tokuitens. They will be forced to come and the Glomar could escape in the chaos. The Terram, lead by Robert, arrive and a battle ensues. The Hasai Cannon clears a breach in the Toobu encirclement and Kei, Olson, Leeia and Maaie attempt to keep it clear long enough for the Glomar to escape. Olson takes a hit and his mecha is destroyed in the ensuing crash. Olson ejects but cracks his head on the pavement. Kei contacts Mome and tells her to grab a Tokuiten jammer and get Olson. Mome seems hesitant and Kei yells “That’s an order!”. Mome grabs a flyer and picks up Olson. The Glomar escapes and an infuriated Manisha turn her full attention to the Terram attackers. Robert wisely retreats. Later Kei tells Jaby that he regrets being so harsh on Mome. Jaby tells him not to let it bother him; she’s only a robot. Episode 21: Father Olson is rescued by Mome, who takes him to a nearby house. When he wakes up, Mome introduces herself and tells him that he can spend the night here recovering. The enemy won’t be able to locate him because of the Tokuiten jammer. Olson asks why the locals are taking care of him after his mecha caused so much damage. She tells him that the man who owns the house says this sort of thing happens all the time, so they’re forgiving. Kei leaves to go pay a visit to Olson. Mimsy is worried, but Kei says he can take care of himself. Athena is getting no reading on the Tokuiten sensors, but when she spots Kei she attacks him and demands to know where Olson is. During the fight, Kei sees who he is up against and tries to stop the fight, saying they have a special relationship. Athena, thinking he’s talking about the cave says that is nothing. Kei tells her Olson said they are father and daughter, but Athena doesn’t buy it and keeps fighting. Mome and Olson see the combat and Olson takes off to try and stop the fight, despite Mome’s protests that Kei will get mad at her for letting him go. Kei gets Athena in his sights and is about to fire when Olson flies in front of him and gets bowled over by Kei’s faster mecha. Olson crashes and Athena quickly lands to see if he’s OK. Kei lands and Athena pulls her gun, declaring that she is taking Olson from the Emaan. Olson tells her that she can’t shoot Kei because Kei is her father. Athena laughs, rather hysterically, and says that it is a bad joke. “It’s not a joke.”, says Kei. Athena remembers that her father’s name was Kei Katsuragi, and Olson tries to convince her that this is, in fact, the same Kei Katsuragi. Olson remembers visiting Tina when she was still alive, though ill. Tina had asked him if he had found Kei yet. Olson replied he hadn’t, but that Kei was bound to show up sooner or later. Tina had said she couldn’t wait much longer, so she told Athena everything about her father. Mimsy shows up and after shooting the gun from Athena’s hand, says to Kei that she’s glad she showed up in time; she’d rather she was shot than Kei. She asks what is going on and Kei explains, rather embarrassed that Athena is his daughter. Athena is outraged, “You abandoned and forgot about Mom! Just went off and got yourself a new girlfriend!” Turning to Olson, she says “Why did you tell me? I didn’t ask to know who my father was. I wish it had been you!” Olson says nothing and Athena runs to her mecha and flies off. In her mecha, Athena asks her mother if she really is Kei’s daughter. She remembers her mother saying, “Although Kei could be terrible, he was always honest with me. Your mother loved him.” Kei and Olson sit by a pool. Olson tells Kei that what they have to do to repair the world will probably kill them, but they are responsible for the chaos and must put an end to it. Episode 22: Decide The Toobu locate the Glomar and Manisha orders an attack. She pauses momentarily to apologize to the picture of Ranchi, her husband. Shaya is caught up in the memories her locket holds when Govu informs her that they are under attack. Kei has realized that he must decide now whether to remain with the Emaan or return to the Terram. Kei is indecisive, despite Mome’s pleas to remain. Olson appears and asks Kei if he has decided. Kei tells him that he has not and Olson says that with both Tokuitens, the Terram will easily be able to repair the world. Mome loses her temper with Olson, but Kei calls her to order. The Raasu captain says he will try to detain the enemy while the Glomar escapes. Manisha is not fooled, however, and sends a small detachment to occupy the Raasu while she continues to pursue the Glomar. Henry runs into Athena. He is rather pleased that he has been given the task of killing the Tokuitens. Athena naturally gets upset and Henry asks, “Do you love Olson? Well, lovable guys ought to be killed.” As Henry walks off, Athena prays Olson won’t die. Kei is trying to get some guidance from a flower when he hears Mome pounding on a pan and shouting “Go home!”. Mome is upset with Olson for trying to convince Kei to leave the Emaan. After Mome is disarmed, Olson asks to speak with Shaya while Mimsy catches Mome to talk with her. Mimsy tries to calm Mome, saying that Kei won’t leave; he’s promised to stay. “If you like Kei, you should believe in him. Kei seems fickle, but he knows what’s right.” Mome grudgingly agrees. Mome then asks Mimsy why she hasn’t married Kei; her 18th birthday is coming up and if she isn’t married by then (read: 1st time sex), she’ll lose her womanhood. Mimsy says that isn’t important to her. Mome stoutly declares that if she were Mimsy, she would marry him. Mome asks Mimsy if she wants to become old and unattractive like Shaya. Mimsy said that Shaya once loved a man for a long time; she also would be content with that. Olson asks Shaya why they haven’t brainwashed Kei. Shaya says that she couldn’t allow that. “Even with the world at stake?”, asks Olson. “I must admit that I would have if I were in your shoes. If the Terram succeed with their D-system, the Emaan world will be destroyed.” Shaya says that she is thinking of more than just one world. She will save them all or none. Manisha catches up with the Glomar and demands its surrender. Shaya says that they are prepared to die before that. Manisha says to Shaya that she has always been so selfish; she ran away from her responsibilities as leader of the Toobu to become a scavenger, yet now she expects the family to follow her. Mimsy enters the bridge and tells Manisha that Shaya left the Toobu because she though Manisha would make a better leader. Manisha isn’t moved. Then, despite Shaya’s attempts to silence her, Mimsy says that she also left because Manisha’s present husband Ranchi loved Shaya more, and Shaya had not wanted a family fight. Manisha is outraged and calls Mimsy a liar. She orders the attack to commence; she doesn’t care what happens to the others so long as the Tokuitens are captured. As the Glomar is being pounded, Shaya announces that she is going to go talk to her sister. Kei is worried about her and asks to come with. Upon arriving, Manisha sarcastically praises Shaya for all her “selfless acts”. Shaya comments that all that was a long time ago. She says she believes in Kei. “Although he’s stupid, he is noble. The Tokuitens want to save the worlds, all of them, and we have to give them their chance.” Manisha and Shaya make up. A messenger comes in and reports that the Terram are attacking. Manisha orders Shaya to escape with the Tokuitens while they fight the Terram. Kei and Mimsy are on the top deck. Kei says, “Shaya is a great person. I overheard your conversation with Mome and I understand why you envy her, but I don’t want you to be like her.” Olson interrupts them and asks Kei whether he has decided who he will work with. Kei says he is staying with the Emaan, and Olson decides he must too. Alone again, Kei tells Mimsy that when he and Olson repair the world, they will probably die. Mimsy says that doesn’t matter. Kei takes her in his arms and they glide off into the sunset. Episode 23: Destroyer In the lounge on the Glomar, Kei wonders where Leegh is. Maaie tells him that Leegh is working on a space/time device. Kei is in a snit and says rather pessimistically that it won’t work. He then gets up, tells everyone he’s going to work on his mecha, and leaves. Mimsy finds Kei sitting in a deserted area. When she tried to talk to him, he complains that he doesn’t want to die, even if it is to save the world. There really isn’t much Mimsy can say to cheer him up so she leaves him to mull it over. The Terram finally complete their D-system and a demonstration is made for the general. The D-system will allow them to travel through space and time. Using it, a critical time can be found and a bomb planted which will alter history, causing the world to mend. However, the device does have its dangers; misuse of the device could destroy space and time completely. The demonstration commences. Mome enters the lounge with coffee and sees Mimsy putting Kei’s clothes away. Mome, still trying to impress Kei by being a good servant is angry that Mimsy, of all people, is doing her job as if she had been derelict in her duties. They begin to argue, but give it up when Kei and Olson feel the impact of the D-system’s activation. The D-system carries the Terram to the night before the battle that tore space/time apart, and watch Kei and Olson flee Tina’s father and his shotgun. The general is impressed and congratulates the techs. Suddenly, two Mu robots appear out of nowhere. The Terram return to the present, but the robots are able to follow. Back on the Glomar, Leegh correctly deduces that Kei and Olson’s sudden illness was due to the use of a D-system. Back at the Terram bas, fighters under Athena’s command destroy the Mu robots. Kei assures Mimsy that he’s OK and the computer agrees. Kei celebrates and hops out of bed. After celebrating his restored health, he leaves, telling the others that he’s going to go work on his mecha. Olson observes that Kei always says he’s going to work on his mecha when he’s troubled by something, so he’d better have a talk with him. Down in the landing bay, Kei is still in a snit and is taking it out on Mome; he keeps telling her to check things over again and again. Olson appears and tells Kei there isn’t any point in being miserable; what has happened to the world is their responsibility and it is their destiny to save it, even at the cost of their own lives. Three Mu robots detect the presence of the space/time device Leegh has been working on and attack in an attempt to destroy the device. Olson, now flying a blue Orguss, and Kei join the other Emaan mecha defending the vessel. Despite their best efforts, the Mu force their way onboard, find the device and destroy it. Kei and Olson escape, but the Raasu captain is killed. Episode 24: Mu The Raasu vessel plunges to earth. Leegh heads back, hoping to save either the captain or the space/time device, but the vessel explodes. Tai’s conflicting loyalties cause his programming to break down. Mome has the others put him on the work bench and begins fixing him. Both Shaya and Leegh are depressed about the recent setback. Kei asks Leegh if he can remake the space/time device. Leegh says that the device is too complicated to rebuild on his own. Olson observes that even if the device were used to go back in time, coexistence with one’s earlier self would likely result in the death of the traveler. He also points out that the Terram know more about building space/time devices than they do. Leegh says that his device would have better protected the Tokuitens. It was important for his device to be superior to the Terram one, or else the world would not get remade in the fashion desired by the Emaan. Now that his device is destroyed, it is unlikely any device he can make from scratch can match what the Terram have. Kei and Shaya point out that if the Terram device had been such a success, the world would already be repaired and they wouldn’t still be here. Leegh is encouraged, and returns to work. Shaya meets with Manisha. She says she needs control of the Toobu turned over to her. Mimsy is expecting Manisha to refuse and puts up a strong front, but Manisha agrees willingly. She says that Shaya has proved that she is a better leader. The Mu leader discusses his plans with his brain trust. The plan is to create a world ruled by the superior machines. To do so they must destroy the Terram and the Emaan. It is only a matter of time before this comes to pass, but to succeed, the Mu must thwart any attempt to repair the world. Shaya places the entire resources of the Emaan at Leegh’s disposal. Kei tells Olson that he’s depressed; he was so hoping that when the space/time device was destroyed, he would be free of his terrible responsibility; he doesn’t want to die. Mome shows up with an enthusiastic Tai. Mome tells Kei that she removed the “inconvenient” programming. After she leaves, Kei comments that he isn’t sure he approves of her methods. The Terram locate the Glomar and initiate an attack. Episode 25: Terram Soldier Kei is fooling around with Mimsy when Olson interrupts and announces that the Terram are attacking. Back at Terram HQ, Robert is fuming that he has not been included in the latest attempt to kill the Tokuitens. The commander explains that Robert has had numerous opportunities and has failed every time. The other men, led by Henry, demand that Robert be given one more chance (Henry has his hand on his gun). As they leave to join the attack, Robert swears to himself that he will kill the Tokuitens this time. Manisha tells Shaya that she will fight the Terram while Shaya tries to escape with the Tokuitens. Tai wants to fight, but Shaya overrules him. The Terram attack and seriously damage Manisha’s battle force. Against orders, Kei flies off to help. He is soon pinned down, but Olson joins him, and together they begin tearing the Terram forces apart. Back onboard the Glomar, Tai is passing out orders, not necessarily sanctioned by Shaya. Robert pursues Olson, determined to kill the traitor. He flies into a canyon wall and his mecha is seriously damaged. Olson asks Robert how he can go along with the Terram plan and let all those other parallel world be destroyed, but Robert only cares about the Terram world. Henry arrives and picks up Robert’s mecha. Kei tries to shoot him, but Olson prevents this. Olson says that he wants another chance to convince Robert that he is making a mistake. Kei levels Olson and points out that by letting them escape, other Emaan will be killed. Tai give battle instructions to Leeia and Maaie. Shaya tells Tai that the Emaan must work as a team and that he should take orders from Mimsy, but Tai is confident of himself. Leeia and Maaie engage the Terram forces that found the Glomar, while Tai mans the main guns. At first Tai won’t shoot because he wants to fire at the lead ship, rather than waste his efforts on the lesser craft. When he finally does shoot, he missed his target and hits Leeia. Manisha informs Kei that the Glomar is in danger, and he and Olson fly back. The Terram ambush them and Robert, not wanting to miss this, flies his crippled mecha back into action and shoots down Leeia, who parachutes to safety. Mome grabs the gun controls from Tai and shoot Robert’s mecha square in the cockpit, killing him. Demoralized, the Terram retreat. Episode 26: Broken Down The Emaan are having another market to earn money to buy supplies. Kei finds Olson and tells him that he think Athena likes him, “I’m her father, so I’m not going to compete with you for her.” Olson tries to tell Kei that he really isn’t interested in her that way, but Kei doesn’t believe him. He still thinks of Olson as the same person he knew 20 years ago. It wasn’t like Olson to be uninterested in a beautiful girl like Athena, and Kei has yet to come to grips with the fact that Olson’s extra five years have changed him. Alone, Kei thinks to himself, “It is my duty to repair the world, but I also want to see to it that Athena is happy.” Kei tries to raise Athena using the radio in the Orguss. After having no success, he tries Olson’s radio, hoping it might do better. Meanwhile, Athena is in charge of the forces defending the Terram D-system. The Terram are heavily outnumbered by the attacking Mu and soon most of the defenders are destroyed. The general orders Athena to destroy the D-system, since misuse of it could destroy space and time. She enters the complex and activates the self destruct, happy in the knowledge that Terram will now need the Tokuitens; her uncle will be safe. As she makes her escape, however she is consumed by guilt; she has failed her people when they most needed her to succeed. Meanwhile, back at the Terram base, the general is realizing that they must get the Tokuitens again, but is informed that Henry has just left on a mission to kill them. Henry is ordered to abort his mission, but is bent on avenging Robert’s death and refuses. The commander call Athena for help, but she won’t accept his orders because she feels she is unworthy to be entrusted with any mission. The commander tells her that if Henry isn’t stopped, the Tokuitens may be killed and the Terram will be doomed. Athena flies off to save her uncle. Kei engages the Terram in Olson’s Orguss, and Olson joins him shortly thereafter. Athena arrives and forces Henry to disengage. Later, Olson finds Athena on a beach. After greeting Olson, she tells him that the D-system has been destroyed by the Mu so he is safe. She says now that she has failed her people, she cannot return, so she can join him. Olson strictly reminds her that the Terram people depend on her for protection, and she cannot abandon that duty. He orders her to return to the Terram. As she flies off, he thinks “You don’t have to be a traitor like me.” Kei, who has watched this entire scene, can’t understand Olson. Episode 27: Message Leegh complains to his fellow engineers that the parts they are making for the D-system are substandard. They inform him that it is the best they can do because they lack high quality ore samples of the metal used in the manufacture of the parts. Leegh explains the problem to Shaya. A search of the computer’s records reveals that a nearby Emaan merchant can provide the samples they need. Olson asks Shaya why they have changed course; they must get to the space elevator as soon as possible so that the Tokuitens can repair the world, he says. She informs him of the problem and points out that if they don’t get the ore samples, the Tokuitens won’t repair much of anything. Kei appears, but is unconcerned about the delay; he still isn’t too keen on dying. Olson, annoy by Kei’s cavalier attitude, reminds him yet again of his “duty” as a Tokuiten. The Emaan detect Athena’s Nikick and attack it. Kei observes the Orguss 2’s launching and asks Manisha what is happening. When she tells him, he informs her that this Terram is an ace pilot and a lot of men will die if she doesn’t call off the attack. Manisha won’t compromise the security of the fleet, however, and refuses to call off the attack. Kei leaves, grabs Olson, flies off, and tells both the Emaan and Athena to stop fighting. Athena is reluctant, and while she hesitates, Olson nervously fingers his trigger. Athena agrees, and flies off with Kei and Olson. Kei, Olson and Athena land on a nearby beach. Olson tells Athena that he is very serious about hi mission; if she hadn’t stopped fighting when Kei ordered her to, he would have tried to kill her. This not only shocks Athena, but Kei as well; no mission is worth killing her, Kei says. “This one is.”, Olson replies, “NOTHING must stand in the way of it.” Athena realizes Olson’s mission has completely separated her from the only person she really cares about; she departs heartbroken. The Emaan arrive at the merchant’s place and hold a market. Tai is annoyed at being cooped up on the Glomar, but Mome points out that he is a Mu and his presence would cause a panic. Meanwhile, Shaya and Leegh visit the merchant, who agrees to sell them the ore they need. Unfortunately, the ore is too impure for Leegh to use; the merchant says he sold all of his better stocks to the Terram. They merchant leaves the, calls someone, and informs them that the Emaan fleet is here. He says that, as agreed, he hasn’t sold any of the ore, so he expects whoever it is to uphold their end of the bargain. Henry gives a speech to his subordinates. He vows to kill the Tokuitens and avenge Robert’s death. One of the pilots makes the mistake of not wanting to go along with the plan and Henry kills him. Another officer shows up and reports that the Tokuitens have been spotted. Henry and his unit depart to intercept them. They ambush Kei and Olson over a forest. Olson tells Kei that they are too valuable to risk in combat; they must try to escape. After taking a hit, however, Kei loses his temper and can’t resist blowing a few of them up before flying off. The Terram find the Emaan fleet. The general congratulates them on having come so far, but points out that his fleet is far more powerful than theirs. He tells the Emaan that they must agree to let the Terram participate in their D-system project and support him against the Mu; if they refuse, he will kill them all. Shaya realizes that, aside from the threat from the Terram fleet, they need the metal ore samples the Terram can provide, so she agrees. Episode 28: Come Back Lover Mome find Kei making a carving, but is not pleased when she learns it’s not for her. The general’s subordinate contacts Shaya, who is really rattled to find she is dealing with someone so important. He begins to read her a prepared statement of demands, but Kei comes in and tells him where he can stick his demands. Then the general himself comes on and amiably agrees to soften his stance. Kei is mollified and Shaya agrees to meet with the general. The Emaan and Terram exchange hostages, and Kei watches jealously as Olson searches a pretty Terram officer for concealed weapons. Olson finds nothing hidden, and the Terram officers come onboard. Kei can hardly keep himself under control and Mimsy jealously stomps out of the room. Aboard Manisha’s vessel, she and Shaya meet with the general and his people. They get close to an agreement when an Emaan vessel arrives and docks on the ship. The visitor turns out to be one of the Emaan councilors. He tells Mimsy that her mother is deathly ill and that she should return home. Mimsy isn’t anxious to return home and Kei asks the councilor to let her make up her mind. “What business of yours is this?”, asks the councilor. “Kei is my friend.”, says Mimsy. She asks for some time to think it over. The Terram show Manisha and Shaya footage of a Mu assembly, in which their leader proclaims that they will be victorious and conquer all of space and time. Then, as a first gesture of goodwill, the Terram present the Emaan with one of the products of their space/time research. Back onboard the Glomar, Tai, having seen the tape of the Mu speech, is felling more like an outsider than ever. The meeting ends and the Terram hostages prepare to depart. Kei tells them they are welcome ANYTIME. Kei happily accepts their leader’s reply, and escorts them out. Mimsy, who was watching this whole scene, tells the councilor that she will return with him. Leegh begins instructing the Terram engineers. His plan requires them to reach the space elevator, which is the only object that penetrates the Daitokuiten barrier around the planet. The Tokuitens then must ascend the elevator. Once outside the Daitokuiten, they can act to repair the world. His plan impresses the Terram. Kei begs Mimsy not to leave, but she tells him she has to go. She promises to return soon. Episode 29: Choice Shaya, Manisha and Leegh arrive at a Terram research installation. The Terram show them their latest project; a capsule which will allow the Tokuitens to enter the Daitokuiten when the time comes for them to repair the world. The general arrives and Shaya just stares at him with stars in her eyes. Later, onboard the Glomar, Manisha tells Shaya that she doesn’t trust the Terram or their general, but Shaya blissfully assures her that everything will be just fine. Kei has been sulking ever since Mimsy departed. Olson says, “Forget her. Just think about our mission.” Mome walks in and Kei asks her if she will go to the Emaan city and bring Mimsy back. Mome sullenly tells Kei that it’s over 2000 kilometers away and that if Mimsy wanted to come back, she would have done so. Mome runs off, despite Kei’s calls after her. Kei tries to follow her and runs in Maaie and Leeia. Kei asks them if they have seen Mome and comments the Mome is really acting strange. Maaie observes, as a depressed Tai walks by, that Mome isn’t the only one. Both Mome and Tai are Mu, and since the Mu are now the common enemy, they are feeling like outsiders. Shortly after that, Kei finds Mome and orders her to get Mimsy. “But, I’m a Mu...”, she starts to say, but Kei cuts her off, “You are yourself and that’s all that matters. Now go tell Mimsy that if she doesn’t come back, I’m gonna hang myself!” Meanwhile, the Emaan get word that their city is under attack and the Terram promise to help. When word gets to Kei, he tries to go out to find Mimsy himself, but Olson restrains him; they are too important to risk in a battle, Olson reminds him. Mimsy arrives back home to find that her mother is already dead. Meanwhile, Mome fights her way into the city and tells Mimsy what Kei intends to do if she doesn’t come back. Mimsy agrees to return despite the councilor’s objections that she is a Raasu and that the whole affair is none of her business. The Mu continue to advance into the city. Apparently they have developed a sort of dimension teleportation device. Emaan fighters engage them and the Mu are forced to retreat. Olson must resort to brute force to keep Kei from flying off. Meanwhile Mome and Mimsy are attack by Mu fighters. Kei tries to leave but Olson confronts him yet again. Kei sighs, “Yes, I understand. I’m a Tokuiten and can’t risk my life. I’m not going anywhere.” He then blindsides Olson, gets in the Orguss, and takes off. Olson recover too late to chase, so he contacts Athena and tells her to make sure nothing happens to him. Manisha is not pleased when she hears that Kei has gone off to join the fighting, but soon has problems of her own as Mu fighters warp in and attack her fleet. Simultaneously, the Mu attack the Terram military installation where the Tokuiten capsule is stored. Mimsy manages to hold out until Kei arrives. Kei wastes a few of the Mu fighters, but Mimsy’s vehicle is hit and Kei is pinned down trying to protect it. Fortunately, Athena arrives and drives off the attackers. Manisha is able to shake off her attackers and aid the Terram. The Mu retreat. Kei and Mimsy happily reunite. Mome comments rather lamely that she has nothing to do, and starts to leave but Kei tells her he is pleased that she has always been there when he’s needed her. This cheers her up and she goes dancing out of the room. Mimsy says, “Kei, when all of this is over, will you visit my mother’s grave with me?” Episode 30: Outsider Now that his people are at war with the Emaan, Tai is feeling depressed. Maaie and Leeia observe it, but don’t know how to cheer him up. In response to his question, Mome tells Kei that Tai isn’t happy, but Kei thinks he’ll get over it. He knows Tai is his friend and is confident that he won’t betray them. He then asks Mome how she feel; after all, she’s also a Mu. She replies that she has Kei, and is therefore content. Then Mimsy arrives and Kei departs with her, leaving Mome alone with her hopeless love. The Mu attack an Emaan city, and both the Terram and the Emaan mobilize their forces to combat the enemy. Observing the battle, Tai decides to return to his people. Mome meets him on the way out. When he tells her what he intends to do, she asks him to take her with him. “But what about Kei?”, Tai asks. “Kei has Mimsy to take care of him now.”, she replies. The Mu are forced to retreat and warp out, taking Tai and Mome with them. Upon arriving, one of the robots asks Tai to identify himself. Tai introduces himself and says that Mome is his personal maintenance robot. Tai is ordered to see the Mu leader. On the way there, Tai observes that much has changed since he was here; virtually all of the city, once inhabited by humans, has been rebuilt to suit the needs of the Mu. The Mu leader updates him on the Mu’s plans. The Mu can detect any warp system used by the Terram or the Emaan. Once detected, the system is immediately attacked and destroyed, thereby preventing either party from repairing the world. Meanwhile, the Mu are preparing to use the warp system to deliver a series of weapons all over the world which will eliminate all biological life forms. Tai is appalled, but quickly regains his composure. As the conversation proceeds, Tai realizes that the Mu don’t know about the Tokuitens, but says nothing. Tai leaves the leader’s command center and finds Mome missing. After roughing up one of his fellow robots, he learns that Mome has been taken to the hunting grounds. The hunting grounds are in an area of the city that is still in ruins. Tai arrives in time to see another human-looking Mu get destroyed. Tai loses his temper, blows up a few Mu, and finds out from the last where Mome is. Tai arrives in time and obliterates Mome’s hunters. Safe in a bunker, Mome explains that the humans that built the city were killed over a hundred years ago by the robots they created. The Mu still hate their creators, and Mome and her kind are hunted and destroyed because of their resemblance to the creators. Tai, disillusioned, decides to return to the Emaan. Tai and Mome break into the warp system room without too much trouble, but set off an alarm in doing so. The Mu vow to kill the spies, even if it means destroying the warp system. Tai manages to hold them off while Mome charges it up. They escape, and the warp system explodes as a result of Mome’s tampering. The two materialize in the countryside and are soon spotted by Kei. Kei and Mome are thrilled to see each other. Tai watches, and realizes that coexisting with humans has its merits. Episode 31: Children In the secret room, Kei and Mimsy make love, then relax afterwards. “I’m not Emaan...”, Kei says, “What’s worse, I’m a Tokuiten...so...” “Don’t say it. I am content.”, she replies. After a while, the two get dressed and agree to meet here again tomorrow. Athena requests permission to come aboard, where she is greeted by Shaya, Olson and Kei. Athena VERY formally introduces herself. Mimsy collapses in the bathroom. Maaie and Leeia find her and take her to the infirmary. As they watch over her, they bemoan the fact that they have yet to find a mate, but, as Maaie observes, there is no one suitable onboard the Glomar. Poputei arrives and comments that soon Mimsy will be unable to have children. She runs a medical check on Mimsy, and discovers that Mimsy is, in fact, pregnant. Everyone is excited - even Mome who likes the idea so much that she wants to carry a child for Kei as well (the others have to explain the facts of life to her). News reaches Kei, and soon everyone on board is in the infirmary congratulating Mimsy. Govu is still trying to get SOMETHING named “Gyamon”. Out in the hall, Olson berates Kei for being so irresponsible as to father yet another child, but Kei isn’t moved. Athena is horrified. She can’t accept the fact that the child will be her sibling, but Kei tells her that no matter what she says, the child will be his and Mimsy’s. Despite his hard words, Kei is still haunted by his conversation with Olson and Athena. Eventually, Kei departs in the Orguss to be alone for a while, but Olson and Athena follow. Kei tells them to go away, but Olson refuses, since Kei is a Tokuiten, he must be protected. Kei relents. The Terram detect the Tokuitens’ departure and have a prime opportunity to try to capture them both, but the commander passes it up. The Terram are getting everything they want from the Emaan and the Tokuitens, so there’s no reason to rock the boat. The three of them are suddenly caught is a gate and wisked away. Mimsy is shocked when she hears, but resolutely believes that Kei will return. The Terram are also, dismayed, but there is little they can do about it. The gate dumps the trio billions of years in the past, where they are caught in a meteor shower. Kei is especially frantic in his fight for survival; he must return to Mimsy and his child, he says. After the show is over, Olson laughs and comments, “You really are nuts, Kei.” While Kei and Olson jabber on, Athena thinks back on her childhood. One day, she had come crying to her mother. The other kids were teasing her because she didn’t have a father. “You have a fine father.”, Tina had said, “even though he’s far away. Many other peoples’ fathers have also gone to fight, you know.” Athena is pulled out of her memories by a shout from Kei, who saves her from being smashed by another meteor. Another gate opens and the trio return to their starting place and time. Mimsy gives Kei and warm welcome, while Athena watches. She turns to Olson and asks, “Was mother really happy?” “She certainly wasn’t unhappy.”, he replies. Episode 32: Lost World Work continues on the capsule, while Kei, Olson, Mimsy and Shaya watch. Mome arrives and reports the Daitokuiten has been struck from the outside by a large object in orbit. In the Terram command center, reports come in from the regions beneath the affected area. The shockwaves from the impact have caused huge environmental changes which have destroyed the local ecologies. “If the Tokuitens file,” the general observes, “the entire earth will suffer a similar fate.” Olson makes a similar observation, with the usual patronizing undertone. Kei still isn’t happy about dying, however, which leads yet again to the usual argument. The Terram and Emaan force is attacked by the Mu. The Glomar comes under heavy fire and Kei takes off in the Orguss in an attempt to lure the enemy away. The Glomar escapes and Kei eludes his pursuers in the forest. Kei rejoins the Glomar. They emerge from the forest near a city which Jaby realizes is from his world. Jaby sets out to find his people, but to his horror all he finds are their skeletal remains. Maaie, Leeia and Kei also return without finding any survivors, although they did find burn marks. Olson figures out what must have happened; as the object which struck the Daitokuiten passed over the region, the resulting disturbances caused changes in the Daitokuiten’s index of refraction, causing it to act as a lens. The sun’s energy was concentrated and focused on the city. and its inhabitants were burned alive. He also points out that as the Daitokuiten grows more unstable, such disturbances will become widespread and the earth will be reduced to a uninhabitable cinder. The Emaan make a pyre to mourn the deaths of Jaby’s people. Kei finds Jaby on a hill overlooking the city. “Let’s go join the praying.”, Kei says. “I’m staying here.” “This place is already dead.” “And I will die here with my people.” “You’re being unreasonable, Jaby. The world needs your help! You can feel things that none of us can perceive.”. Jaby relents, and the two of them walk back down to the pyre. Mimsy, who has watched the entire conversation, asks to speak to Kei alone. “Sometimes I just don’t understand you.”, she says, “You don’t want to die, right? That’s why you don’t want to go to the elevator. Then, the next moment you’re off risking your life in battle, and now you’re asking for Jaby’s help. What are you really thinking? I just can’t figure it out.” “I shouldn’t have gotten you worried.”, Kei replies, “I’m OK. I’m gonna go through with it. It’s just...well...the thought that something might happen to me was frightening. I kept thinking, ‘What will become of Mimsy and our child...’” They embrace and are nearly gunned down by attacking Mu. While Kei fights ferociously, Mimsy tells Shaya that Kei has put his problems behind him. “I have complete faith in him!”, she declares. Manisha arrives and drives off the Mu, but the fallout from the battle burns what remained of Jaby’s city to ashes. After a final nostalgic look, Jaby turns away and declares that the Glomar will be his home from now on, if the Emaan are amenable. Shaya says that the ship is already a home for all races: Kei and Olson of the Terram, Tai and Mome of the Mu, and the Emaan of course. “An it also is and always will be a home for you, Jaby!” Episode 33: Last Charge Kei observes the assembled fleet and thinks about his responsibilities. There’s still so much going on in his life, so he doesn’t want to face the Daitokuiten just yet. Olson walks by, and Kei hopes, for Athena’s sake, that he won’t meet an untimely end. Mome wonders what the world will be like when the Tokuitens restore space and time. Jaby says that only the gods know; it all depends on what Kei and Olson do. Maaie worries, but Tai tells her she must have faith in them. Manisha contacts Shaya and tells her that the Terram have been acting cagey lately; she thinks they’re up to something. Shaya becomes somewhat concerned, but she still has faith in Kei and Olson, so she’s certain it will all come out right in the end. Athena is assigned to the Glomar to guard against any attempt by Henry to kill the Tokuitens. Upon her arrival, she comes across Kei and Mimsy, once again leaving the secret room, their discussion alluding to what went on. Athena becomes furious and starts to run off, but Kei stops her. She stalks off, thinking Kei is totally unconcerned about her. Athena finds Olson, who asks if she’s seen Kei; he’s been worried about her. Athena tells him that her future is none of Kei’s business, but Olson tells her that Kei still feels responsible for her; he hasn’t forgotten that she is his child. Meanwhile, work is nearly completed on the capsule. Leegh notices an irregular reading in E-block, but a smooth talking Terram officer explains that one of the Terram technicians detected a malfunction there and made some changes to remedy the problem. Leegh accepts this story, but later, one of his technicians informs him that he caught one of the Terram technicians working on E-block last night. He seemed very nervous when he was discovered. They realize that the capsule may have been sabotaged. Henry launches a full attack on the Glomar and Athena engages his forces. She takes a heavy toll on the attackers, but is soon pinned down. Meanwhile, Leegh breaks out the champagne to celebrate the completion of the capsule. Under cover of the distraction, an Emaan tech quickly photographs the changes made to the E-block. Back on the battlefield, Athena takes a hit, but stays alive long enough for reinforcements to arrive. Henry is killed. Kei tells Mome to ready the infirmary for Athena. Mome is looking faint and stumbles, but assures Kei that she’s OK. The Terram command is informed of Henry’s death. In the infirmary, Athena is being attended to when Mome collapses yet again. She insists it’s nothing and excuses herself. She checks herself over and realizes that her battery if running down. She doesn’t have a spare, and they cannot be recharged. Athena wakes up with just Kei in the room. He acts genuinely concerned and offers her an apple. She replies, rather tartly, that she isn’t hungry. While the Terram gloat over how they’ve pulled the wool over the Emaan’s eyes, Leegh examines the photographs. He tells his subordinates to call for Kei and Olson, but to tell no one else, not even Shaya, about this. Kei begins peeling an apple and asks Athena to forgive him. He knows he should have done something more for her. “I won’t forgive you.”, Athena replies, but doesn’t sound too convincing. Kei is summoned by Leegh and is outraged when he learns what the Terram had planned. The changes in the capsule would have controlled the minds of the Tokuitens, thereby controlling the manner in which the world is restored. Back in the infirmary, Athena eats the apple Kei has prepared for her, and find the taste sour. Episode 34: Battlefield Olson and Kei watch the Terram and Emaan fleets advance on the Mu controlled orbital elevator. “What kind of world do you intend to create?”, Olson asks. “Hell if I know.” “God can be truly cruel. We have a daunting responsibility, but even if we fled today’s battle, we would die with the rest of the earth.” Everyone (including a recovered Athena) prepares for the ensuing battle. Shaya makes a pretty speech in which she reminds everyone how high the stakes are. If they succeed, the worlds will be separated and the dimensional boundaries that once divided them will be reestablished. If they fail, the earth will die. “But don’t forget yourselves during the battle. If you are not alive when space and time are reforged, you will not exist in the newly created worlds.” Meanwhile, Leegh makes his way to the capsule and begins making repairs to E-block. The battle begins with a splendid firefight. Despite his best efforts, Kei is unable to pierce the Mu ranks. Mimsy becomes frustrated trying to oversee the battle from the Glomar, and take to the field herself. She gets the troops in order, but suddenly gets sick and crashes in the forest. Meanwhile, the Terram have been monitoring the trajectory of an old satellite called the “space island”. The island is on a collision course with the Daitokuiten, and the Terram and Emaan plan to have the Toktuitens enter the Daitokuiten during the resulting disturbance. A Terram tech informs the general that a cloud of space debris, including pieces hundreds of kilometers long, will collide with the space island prior to the time it will reach the Daitokuiten. If the island is deflected, the chances of the mission succeeding as planned will be extremely low. This would benefit the Terram, since the alternate plans would give the Terram much greater control over the nature of the newly created multiverse. Back on the battlefield, Mome is shot down. She comes across Mimsy who is unconscious and running a fever. Mome radios Shaya, and Kei, overhearing the message, leaves the battle to find here. Olson tries to stop him, but Kei won’t listen. Athena spots Mome and starts to land, but when she realizes it’s to save Mimsy, she jealously flies on. She quickly puts her pettiness aside, but she’s lost her chance. Mu spot her Nikick and engage, forcing her to fight for her life. Mome checks Mimsy’s craft and finds that the energy cannon is still operational, but has no power. As Mu advance on the, she makes the sacrifice and plugs the cannon into her already low power supply. She fires on and destroys the Mu, but drains her battery beyond the point of no return. Kei finds Athena and Mimsy and lands. Mimsy has a fever, but is otherwise unharmed. Kei then spots Mome lying motionless nearby. Kei dashes to her and takes her in his arms. “Kei...I protected Mimsy...” “What’s wrong Mome!” “I’m out of energy.” “Wait a sec, so you just need a recharge...” “That won’t work. My battery is internal and cannot be recharged.” “To protect Mimsy,” Athena says, “Mome used her energy to power a beam cannon.” “Idiot!”, Kei cries, “Why did you do that?!” “My battery would have run out in a few months anyway. Besides, if Mimsy had died, you would have been crushed. Tears don’t suit you Kei...” “You fool! Did you really think I would feel any better if it was you?!”, Kei cries. Mome makes a happy murmur, and “dies”. Kei picks up Mimsy, climbs into the Orguss, picks up Mome’s body, and returns to the Glomar with Olson and Athena in tow. The Emaan and Terram continue their relentless advance. The Emaan techs reach the elevator and begin hooking up the necessary equipment to allow passage through the Daitokuiten. Meanwhile, Leegh successfully completes repairs on the capsule. Episode 35: Space and Time Reforged Kei checks in with Manisha, who informs him that Mimsy isn’t sick; apparently Kei will be a Daddy sooner than anyone thought (side effect of him being a Tokuiten apparently). Kei, Olson and Athena rejoin the battle and successfully reach the base of the elevator. Athena fetches the capsule, and Leeia and Maaie begin to make final checks. However, they are interrupted by the Mu forces still within the shaft. Fortunately, Tai arrives and distracts the Mu long enough for the rest of them to start up the shaft. Sadly, Tai is killed, but he hopes to find Mome again in the afterlife (NOTE: Until Orguss 2, where we discover Tai was wisked away from the brink of death, by the leftover dimensional fragmentation). The five of them fight their way up the shaft as the elevator’s weakened structure begins to collapse. The Emaan and Terram vessels withdraw to avoid the falling debris, and Maaie and Leeia blast their way out and away. All together again, the Emaan discuss the likely outcome of their efforts. Govu is worried; he doesn’t think Kei and Olson, both of them Terram, will keep the Emaan interests at heart. But Shaya confidently tells the others that she believes in them. The Terram watch the space island collide with the cloud of space debris, but the island’s trajectory remains unaltered. A tech informs the general. His responsibility to his people weighing heavily on him, he realizes there is nothing he can do now but hope that Kei and Olson keep the future of their people at heart. Kei, Olson, Athena and Mimsy reach the top of the shaft. Kei leaves the others, and launches Mome’s body into space. Athena says farewell to Olson, but instead of taking her hand, he gives her his sunglasses. “Take care of yourself, and perhaps someday you will find a man to love you. I have to go now...for everyone’s sake. Please understand...” Kei says goodbye to Mimsy, who won’t kiss him because if she does, she won’t be able to let him go. “I love you!”, she cries after him. Athena asks him to take an amulet of her mother with him. “Good luck, father!”, she says. As Kei and Olson fly off in the capsule, Kei says “You know, that’s the first time she’s called me ‘father’ instead of ‘you bastard’.” Olson replies, “Today is also the first time she’s called me ‘Olson’ instead of ‘uncle’.” The space island strikes the Daitokuiten, and the capsule enters the resulting disturbance and lands. Out the window, Kei sees his Bronco fighter and loses his lunch. Olson realizes their proximity to the explosion 20 years ago caused the moments before the explosion to be trapped in some sort of time bubble within the Daitokuiten. In turn, the presence of the bubble caused the instabilities which resulted in the Daitokuiten fragmenting, leading to the current multidimensional chaos. Kei and Olson leave the capsule and confront their younger selves. The four draw their weapons as one, firing and killing each other. As they die, the bubble is destroyed. The earth and it’s parallels are drawn back into their original universes and time streams, throughout which anything and everything is possible... Not the end...