To Orbit: 2nd Time's the Charm?

To Orbit: 2nd Time's the Charm? is episode 8 of Survival... Unlikely.
==Synopsis==
Splitsie repairs and docks his crashed rocketship and Capac builds a small remote controlled attack craft. In the background, gatling turrets hurl bullets, drone wrecks rain down on them, and Capac's mining truck stands on the lift at a Dutch angle and needs to be straightened. 
They stop the Crab Juice on an ice lake. After Capac accidentally undocks the rocketship, Splitsie hurries to save it from tilting. On the lake, Capac mines surface ice while Splisie mines ores. 
While the rocket refuels and the attack craft recharges, yet another Drifting Persuant approaches. They decide against sending out Capac in the truck, instead, Splitsie rushes Capac to lift off in the new attack drone -- prompting a midair pit stop for an emergency redesign. 
The base turrets defeat the drone but the attack craft quickly loses its remote camera and gatling turrets until it stalls in midair where Capac can retrieve it. 
Splitsie: How can I help? - Capac: Dunno. How make ... not blow up? - Splitsie: Err. Keep distance ... from enemy... like told... many times! - Capac: SIGH. 
At the next sortie of the attack craft, Capac reconnoitres a fast passing ship. The wreck of a Drifting Persuant misses the docked rocket by inches and hits the Crab Juice, so Splitsie drives the mobile base out of the path of dropping debris. 
Capac names the rocket The Accountant's Lament, because the way they are damaging it over and over again would make an accountant very sad. Splitsie went through all the effort of making the rocketship look decent and Capac comes and slaps a chair and a lamp on the outside to have a better view... 
Finally, they lift off, this time using large atmospheric thrusters in addition to large hydrogen boosters. This time, Capac creates a base GPS (cleverly named "gO HERE but lower") and gives a running commentary on the launch. They have fuel to spare and decide against detaching the booster stage as Splitsie reveals there will be nasty (modded) drones in space. Capac sighs and wants to live in a cave... 
Capac's mood lightens in space as he takes screenshots with the moon "in his lap like the tourists in Paris" and scouts out asteroids that look like an apple, a hotdog, and a big ball o'rock. Walking on the outside of the rocketship, Capac sums up their "winning" plan for the next episode in a confusing way.