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Episodes 5-8 Episodes
9-12 Episodes 13-15
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Episode 1
"Outlaw Star"
(here's my attempt to summarize most of
the episodes)
Gene Starwind and Jim Hawking run their own bounty-hunter/odd
job type business in a strange futuristic space colony which looks a lot
like the old West. Their favorite hangout is a bar owned by Clyde, and
Gene likes to hit on the barmaid named Iris.....well, OK, later in the
episode it seems he likes to "hit on" (that is to put it
politely ^^;) *everyone*... Gene and Jim are hired by a pretty blonde
woman who calls herself Rachel to be her bodyguard. Turns out the two eyes
and blonde hair were the result of a (darned good) mask, and she's really
Hilda the outlaw! She forces Gene and Jim to take her out to find
something for her, while they are chased by the Kei pirates (the leader is
a little girl with a yin-yang symbol on her garment...). They get there
and Hilda shoots Gene, but he lives--though Jim's PDA is destroyed--and
pulls a gun on her instead. They find a briefcase, open it, and inside is
what seems to be a naked, cryogenically frozen young woman. Or something. |
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Episode 2
"The Star of Desire"
Gene doesn't really want to take the briefcase, but Hilda
figures that if the pirates want it, it must be valuable. They take the
case to an old house somewhere, but they're still being chased by the Kei
pirates. A nice violent standoff occurs, with Gene shooting a lot, until
they wake the girl (Melfina) up. Gene puts his jacket on her (resulting in
no more nakedness for a while) and Gene, Jim, Hilda, and Melfina escape to
Hilda's ship and fly away to Blue Heaven, a popular hangout for outlaws.
They have some scuffles with more bad guys and have to beat them up
without using bullets (a bullet would go right through the wall of the
outlaw hangout, killing everyone, so firing a gun is a capital offense).
Thus, Hilda uses a cool phaser thing, and Gene uses paint bullets. |
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Episode 3
"Into Burning Space"
Gene and Hilda beat everyone up real good, and they leave Blue
Heaven (or whatever it's called) in Hilda's ship. Unfortunately, Gene has
a space phobia stemming from childhood (we see lots of flashbacks of his
father shoving him into an escape pod to escape a burning ship). He spends
most of the episode sitting and turning green while Hilda pilots the ship
and Jim shoots missles at enemies. A ship from the Ctarl-Ctarl Empire, a
powerful race of cat people, insists that Hilda make way for them
(although those leaving Blue Heaven have priority over incoming ships, the
Ctarl-Ctarl have priority over EVERYONE). Hilda refuses to change
course--the Ctarl-Ctarl angrily change course in order to avoid a collison.
(One rather strange and semi-objectionable scene in this
episode--I'm not sure if it was fan-subtitled creatively or was really
like that--is where Hilda infers that Gene is a virgin, a point to which
he vehemently objects. She then says that 'it' must not perform; this also
outrages Gene. Melfina asks what's going on, and Hilda says 'it' doesn't
perform. Melfina says 'I'm sorry,' seemingly to make him feel better. Jim
says something about grown-ups being weird. Do you blame him? ^_-)
According to Outlawstar: Gene Starwind, this is talking about Gene being a
SPACE VIRGIN. Yeah. ^_- |
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Episode 4
"When Hot Ice Melts"
Both pirates and outlaws are chasing Hilda and company. Hilda
lands inside an asteroid, where they find one of the best ships in the
galaxy which Hilda decides to steal. (It was made from collaborations
between the pirates and the government, and, since both groups owe her
money, she figures she's entitled to it.) The ship itself can talk, and
recognizes that these people aren't its crew, but, as its memory banks
aren't working at 100% yet, it inputs our gang as crew members. It asks
for a name (Jim suggests 'James Jr.') but before they think of one, they
have to try to leave the asteroid, as the enemies are coming inside. Hilda
gets in her own ship to serve as decoy (she doesn't want to lose the
ship!) while leaving Gene, Jim, and Melfina with the new ship. Jim has to
go get the engines going, and Melfina serves as navigator by stripping
naked and getting into a clear cylinder of goo. (REALLY.) Gene comments
that he's not sure if she needs to be naked for that. Anyway, Gene has the
ship open the asteroid's air lock to pull some of the intruders out of the
building, all while other bad guys are trying to ram the asteroid into a
star. Finally, Gene pilots the ship out of the asteroid. Hilda's ship
takes too many hits (especially from the pirates), and falls towards the
star; Gene catches it with a rope, but his ship can't pull her ship away
from the star's gravitational pull. Gene's ship advises him to let her go.
Hilda bids farewell to her ship (it is a VERY strange experience to hear a
ship say, "I understand. Sayonara, Hilda."), dons a spacesuit,
and attempts to climb the rope from her ship to Gene's. The rope breaks.
Gene wants to go after her, but his ship strongly objects, as they
wouldn't be able to escape the star's gravity. Gene and company leave
Hilda behind. Hilda is drawn to the sun, resigned to her fate of dying
violently as an outlaw, but does manage to grab the scary little girl with
the yin yang symbol on her clothes and take her down with her. Gene stares
in silence for a while, then names the ship Outlaw Star. |
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