Additional cast: Ric Sarabia as Ravvik; Peter Snider as Commander

Database Journal Entry 47-4 Mark 12. The Power Team is conducting a raid on Episilon Station. A strange man calling himself "Rivvik" steps in front of a motorized column of biomech troopers. Rivvik says he'll tell them where the Power Team is...for a price. The head trooper says the "price" is Rivvik's continued survival. So, Rivvik reveals that the Power Team is all around them...and right in front of them. Rivvik is really Scout in holographic disguise. The team attacks and overcomes the band of biomechs, capturing the head of a high ranking (Second Phalanx) trooper which contains vial data needed by the resistance. As they escape in the Jumpship they are once again attacked by Soaron. Soaron almost has them beaten, but Pilot has been working on the ships afterburners. With an uncharacteristic burst of speed, the Jumpship escapes Soaron and heads back to Powerbase. At Volcania, Dread addresses a graduating class of Dread Youth. His speech summarizes the intent of the biodread empire. Dread tells the assembled youth: "The old world dies, and with it the old ways. We will re-make it as it should be--must be! Immortal, mechanized...human minds in gleaming, undying, metallic bodies. Give me your blood, your trust, your minds, and we shall build a new tomorrow, a new future, a NEW ORDER!" Dread is given news from one of his Commanders that Captain Power has stolen a troopers memory banks. The data on Dread's Project New Order is included among the stolen information. At Powerbase, Scout tries to extract the data from the captured troopers head. He fails. But when Mentor integrates his systems with the memory banks, he obtains the information on Project New Order. Mentor reveals the four phases of New Order: Charon, Icarus, Styx and Prometheus. These names from Greek mythology correspond to the four elements: Earth, air, water and fire. Back at Volcania, we finally "see" Overmind. Dread is telling Overmind that he wants to move up the Charon phase of New Order because of the security breach. They discuss the creation of a new warlord (biodread) to stand beside Soaron. Dread gives the order to transmit the destruct sequence to destroy the stolen trooper's memory banks. At Powerbase, Mentor has finally deciphered the New Order data. But just as he begins assimilating it, Dread's destruct signal pierces Powerbase's jamming field and blows up the trooper's head. Mentor was connected at the time and Mentor's holographic image fades in a shower of sparks. Hawk and Power discuss the situation. It is revealed for the first time that Mentor was created in the image of Power's dead father. Power risks losing Mentor forever and diverts the entire base's power in an attempt to reactivate Mentor. It works and Mentor is restored. However, only the data on the Charon phase of New Order has survived the ordeal. Mentor explains that the Charon phase has to do with the creation of hundreds of new biodreads. The new model will be for ground operations and will be able to travel places Soaron can't. But Mentor also says that Dread will need much more power than can be generated by Volcania alone. The team surmises that Dread must plan to use broadcast power to create his new breed of biodread. Power comes up with a plan to intercept and jam Dread's broadcast power signals. In the Jumpship, the team flies to the point where all broadcast power signals converge. Power electronically reverses the polarity of the signal and transmits it through to Dread. Dread has sent Soaron to intercept Power and stop his plan. The Jumpship is already overloading due to the power surge. Power enters the XT-7 detachable fighter craft atop the Jumpship and engages Soaron, ultimately repelling him. The Jumpship has lost it's main engines, but thanks to Pilot's refurbishing of the afterburners, the ship is able to avoid crashing and escape. At Volcania, Dread can't create an army of biodreads because of Power blocking off his main source of energy. However, Dread diverted all the energy of Volcania into the cocoon biodread birthing chamber and was able to create one of his new breed. Blastarr is born. Another robot emerges from the cocoon. Overmind says he has created it to serve Dread's needs. Dread scoffs and says he doesn't need a lackey. The robot activates and says "Identity confirmed. I am Laccki. I live to serve." As Dread leaves the room in disgust, Overmind gives Laccki some surreptitious "new programming" And so, Laccki is born.

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