Additional cast: Tom Quinn as Overunit

Database Journal 47-12, mark 15. The Power Team is celebrating their victory over Dread's Project New Order. At Powerbase, Pilot is taking turns dancing with her teammates to the tune of "Little Brown Jug," by Glenn Miller. Power is still distracted, and concentrating on the war. In his log, Power comments, "I should be happy, and I am." Pilot's invitation to dance with her finally brings Power out of his shell. Power sheds his gunbelt and begins to dance with Pilot. Pilot loses herself in his arms, and stares deeply into Power's eyes. At Volcania, Dread frantically works to effect repairs to the damage caused by the impact of his own Icarus platform on Castle Volcania. Soaron and Blastarr have fully regenerated, and each is eager for action. Dread tells them that his basic strategy has changed, and that no New Order can be until all resistance has been destroyed. Dread will now concentrate all his efforts on the destruction of Captain Power and his cause, forsaking all else. Dread's troops begin to attack without mercy, taking no prisoners, just search and destroy all the way. Power realizes what is going on. He is saddened by the loss of life, but he knows that the Power Team has hurt Dread badly. Power finds no solace in this knowledge. As Power drifts off into sleep, Pilot enters the room, and comtemplates the slumbering object of her affection. The Power Team fights back against Dread's merciless assaults. Several battles occur in the effort to preserve life. Scout again impersonates a biomech using his holo-field. Scout is able to destroy four biomechs with tiny bombs. Still posing as a biomech, Scout disables Blastarr with a laser cannon mounted on one of Dread's own tanks. Tank and Scout decide it's time to get out while they can. As the Power Team tries to escape, a disabled Blastarr is contacted by Dread. Blastarr has suffered extensive system disruption as a result of Scout's attack, but Dread adamantly presses Blastarr to rise and continue the fight. Blastarr spots the Jumpship escaping, and catches a detailed look at the ship flying into a transit gate. Dread is elated to discover for sure that Power does indeed have teleportation technology, just as he had long speculated. Dread beams with confidence, believing he has found the key to locating Powerbase. At Powerbase, it is Christmas Eve. Hawk has constructed a makeshift Christmas tree. Scout reflects on a similar tree he once made for his mother many years ago. It is a sad moment of reflection. At Volcania, Dread is busy working on a special device. Laccki interrupts Dread's work. Dread has known for a long time that Laccki is a spy for Overmind. Dread tricks Laccki with clever subterfuge, and Laccki "stumbles" into an exposed power cable. Laccki overloads in a shower of sparks. Dread calls in damage control to clean up after "an accident." Dread has finished his project - the creation of a device to analyze the frequency of Power's transit gates. Soaron integrates this device into his systems through the electron blasters in his eyes. As Laccki is removed from Dread's throne room, Dread mind links with Overmind, and takes direct control of all biomech troopers simultaneously. Dread wants all troops to cancel all missions, and to concentrate on spotting Power's ship. Time passes, and the Jumpship is finally spotted. Soaron goes after it. Soaron cloaks himself from the Jumpship's sensors. A major stabilizer malfunction forces the Jumpship to return to Powerbase via a transit gate. As the ship passes into the electrical flux of the transit gate, Soaron is right behind them. Although Soaron is unable to follow the Jumpship through the transit gate, Dread's new device has recorded the information Dread needs to locate Powerbase. Soaron returns to Volcania and returns the frequency analyzer to Dread. Dread gloats because now he has an advantage that Power doesn't even know about...yet....TO BE CONTINUED

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