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BotP Close-up 008

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That time of the week again! Enjoy! :)

The Other Jason's write-up is here: https://www.battleoftheplanets.info/ep8.html

E08: Fearful Sea Anemone

Act One

7-Zark-7 continues to monitor for threats from outer space and received a call from Quanto-Tobor Labs about the upcoming robot reunion. He then goes into a fight song about the lab that 1-Rover-1 thankfully interrupts! Zark mentions a new submarine base being built in Galaxy 30 and there don't seem to be any immediate threats in the galaxy. The base is to be built near Arch Island on the innermost planet of Galaxy 30. There are already submarines on the planet and they will be based at the new facility. The plans are top secret and G-Force doesn't even know about them yet and they will be using the base as another line of defense against Spectra!

As the submarines proceed to the location, the crews muse about how clean the water is and how the plans call for as little pollution as possible. Of course they have no way of controlling what planet Spectra does. As they keep moving to the base's location, the submarines are attacked! The mech appears to be a giant sea anemone but this one shoots! The submarines turn and run clearing out of range of the mech.

In a park, Mark helps a little girl with her stuck balloon as a group of kids gather around him. They start talking about G-Force and how much they admire all the team members. Mark is the commander with white wings and one boy wishes he could meet him. Keyop comes up to them saying he sees Mark now and then, much to Mark's annoyance. Keyop then asks the kids who their favorite member is with Mark taking the honors. Then it's Princess, followed by Jason then Tiny. "The funny little guy comes in last" as the kids laugh about Keyop who is bummed by the rejection. Mark and Keyop take a walk as Zark alerts them to what's happening in Galaxy 30 but the mission is under sealed orders until they get closer.

The team takes off out of the solar system using their time warp engines. They pass Space Station 909-X on their way to Galaxy 30. Zark then tells them what's up: they are to investigate Arch Island in "G" zone without making contact. Spectran agents have been seen in the area and they're being sent because some of the Federation's submarines have been destroyed. It's not the most exciting job: patrol duty but it's still important. They move in on Galaxy 30 firing the retro jets when they close in on the target planet.

In the atmosphere, they give the island a flyby before submerging into the ocean. They cruise along as the anemone makes an appearance! Tiny cautiously approaches keeping far enough away to stay clear of its trap. As the Phoenix takes off from it, the anemone gives chase bouncing all over the sea floor! The anemone fires several times shaking up the Phoenix and her crew as they surmise that Spectra is trying to find the Federation's secret base. Princess theorizes this is the reason the submarines disappeared. Mark has had enough, ordering Tiny to put down the smokescreen so they can disappear themselves.

That night, the Phoenix is parked on the beach with the team laid out too catching some shut-eye. Tiny is snoring like nobody's business as Keyop thinks back to the park and the kids making fun of him. He gets a determined idea to go after the anemone alone unloading his bug from the right pod. He drives into the ocean as quietly as possible leaving tracks in the sand but he teammates are none the wiser.

Act Two

Zark receives reports that more submarines have been lost and Zoltar is close to finding the secret base. What's worse, G-Force is on radio silence so Zark is completely out of touch with them. On a personal note, Susan hasn't replied to his request that she accompany him to the robot reunion. 1-Rover-1 can't go, he was assembled at Laboratory K-9!

The next morning, the team discovers a major problem: Keyop is gone! Mark explains to the rest that Keyop is out to prove himself and Princess says they need to find him. They're all in agreement jumping into the Phoenix. They eventually contact Zark telling him about the situation with Keyop.

Keyop drives along the ocean floor with the anemone emerging behind him! The problem is that Keyop has led the anemone straight to the Federation base! The anemone takes Keyop, buggy and all, into its portable base where Zoltar himself is in charge. He demands Keyop emerge from his "whale" while Keyop calls the anemone a "barracuda". Zoltar tells Keyop his next plan: to blow up the base he led them to! Keyop is not happy, going back into his buggy and wreaking havoc inside the anemone! When Zoltar asks Keyop if it'll be enjoyable to watch the base blow up, Keyop counters with "A million laughs".

Keyop calls Princess warning about the base's imminent destruction and she says they'll warn everyone to get out. Mark tells him to stay out of trouble as Jason triangulates a voice fix on the sonar screen. Jason says they're "five degrees Southwest" as Mark orders a new course. Tiny guides the Phoenix to the new location even as Zoltar begins destroying the new base.

The Phoenix dives in as the destruction continues to Zoltar's amusement and Keyop's despair. The Phoenix closes in and Mark is angry that they're too late smashing the guard on the missile button! He fires as Princess reminds him that Keyop is in the anemone. The missile blows the top half of the mech where the guns are. The mech is completely disabled as the Phoenix lands atop of it. The team fly in ready to fight Zoltar and his goons. After the initial confusion, Jason jumps a couple of guys and lands on his back with one of their weapons and shoots upside down! He frees Keyop's buggy as Mark lands near Zoltar who disappears into the anemone's walls. Zoltar explains the anemone was expendable but they got what they were after: the destruction of the submarine base! He warns that next time it will be G-Force who is destroyed. Zoltar escapes through a ship of his own very pleased with the results.

The Phoenix flies above the ocean with the team thinking they blew it. Zark briefs them that what was actually destroyed was a decoy base. The new base is actually below them appearing very much like Center Neptune on Earth, after all, it is the prototype. As the team checks out the new base, Zark nearly blows out his "dialectric-tetrodes" when Susan agrees to go to the reunion with him. Later, the team has returned home with Mark and Princess stopping by to visit and invite to a party for Keyop who proved himself quite the hero. Zark decides on that party and to try the reunion next year.

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Re: BotP Close-up 008

Post: # 240Post Katblu42 »

I am suddenly wondering if any fanfic exists that tells the story of Zark and Susan at the robot reunion.

I'm sure it would be weird, and a little disturbing - full of double entendres. And no, I am not volunteering to write this!
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