STAR BLAZERS calls it the Magna-Flame Gun and changes its description of how it works from YAMATO 2, deciding that it simply has a much longer range than the Earth ships’ weapons. But the invaders are still several minutes from being within the Earth fleet’s effective firing range. Nobody tries to pretend that Slate or his men got out alive.Īs the Comet Empire fleet approaches, Captain Gideon gives the order for the Earth fleet to charge their Wave-Motion Guns. In a matter of minutes, Captain Slate and his fleet are wiped out–STAR BLAZERS cuts the moment when his bridge explodes around him, but cutting between Slate saying that his ship is taking heavy fire and then the ship exploding gets the point across. Their Impulse Cannons (referred to as simply Shock Cannons in STAR BLAZERS, the same type of main weapon used by the Earth forces) are devastating, with a single shot enveloping smaller Destroyers and escort ships and obliterating them. The Comet Empire fleet diverts a relatively small portion of their forces to meet this incoming flank attack. Captain Slate enters into a firefight with the Comet Empire ships, but things do not go as planned. As the enemy hits the Saturn area, Captain Gideon sends the task force stationed at Hyperion, Saturn’s moon, to strike at the invaders from their flank. While the Star Force destroyed the enemy’s carrier fleet in the last episode, the Comet Empire still has the greater numbers. And you couldn’t see a space fleet battle of this magnitude anywhere else in 1979.Īs the episode opens, the Earth Defense Forces fleet is minutes from contact with the invading Comet Empire fleet. ![]() At this point, the storyline had accelerated and was rocketing forward at a breakneck pace. ![]() And it’s another stellar episode from stem to stern, with a few memorable moments along the way. ![]() This was the episode that everybody had been waiting for ever since the Earth flagship Andromeda had been introduced in the series–a chance to see what that cool-looking design could actually do. “ Star Force! Star Force! You’ll need a new strategy to overcome the Comet Empire and save Earth! I know you can do it! Captain Avatar has taught you well! Good luck!” – Captain Gideon
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