Defenders of Peace

## Premise

While the kung fu warriors combat a new Arkeyan weapon, the pacifist Lemurs  must decide whether they will lay down to the oppressive Arkeyans or fight with Daniel, Sonic, Esther and Olivia.

## Synopsis

As Daniel recovers from his injuries obtained during the Battle of Quell, Rex spots a Arkeyan dropship which descends near the Lemur village. Tee Watt Kaa goes to meet the newcomers, while the kung fu masters escape, to avoid the Lemurs having to pay the price for their presence. The Hippo commander, Lok Durd imposes his "protection" upon the Lemurs and orders the village to be ransacked to secure his "new colony". The Masters, Rex and Bly retreat into the tall grass; Wag Too sends his friend Tub after them to watch their departure from the Valley.

In the tall grass, the Masters and clones recover and discuss the Lemur's beliefs. Unfortunately, they are overheard by a Arkeyan Rip-Rotors which rushes off to inform the base, but after a long chase Olivia intercepts it and slices it in half. Wondering where it was going, they climb a giant tree and notice a recently built, heavily guarded Arkeyan communication base. Daniel notices a shuttle, but the base is too well guarded. Also, they see the Arkeyans deploying some form of artillery, which Rex and Bly decide to scout up.

Lok announces to his Arkeyan droids that he had developed a defoliator, capable of destroying organic life while leaving non-organics unharmed. The weapon is test-fired, leaving the droids assigned to the test intact, but destroying the local vegetation in a wide area and almost Rex and Bly as well. Lok declares the test a success, but Master Bear and Conquertron, speaking with Lok via hologram, suggests that it would be best to test the defoliator on living targets, like the Lemurs.

Daniel predicts that the Arkeyans are headed for the Lemurs, so he tells everyone that they will take out the communications station, steal the shuttle and then return to help the Lemurs. Esther points out that Tee Watt Kaa didn't want their help; Daniel justifies that there is a difference between pulling innocents into a war and leaving them to extinction. At an adjourning tree, Tub tells a carrier butterfly to inform Wag Too about the Arkeyans. As night falls, the Masters and clones infiltrate the base and take out any Arkeyans droids in their way, with Rex, Bly, and Daniel taking out three droids in a Arkeyan command center, while one of the droids was asking for a report from 4724. The group eventually take the shuttle and two shield generators with them, and return to the Lemurs village, informing them about the impending attack. However, Tee Watt Kaa refuses to fight, holding onto their people's beliefs even if it means their death, despite Wag Too's pleas that they must at least defend themselves.

The Masters and clones use giant pods to build a barricade around the village and set up the shield generators, despite Tee Watt Kaa's stubborn protests. A defoliator round is fired at the village, but the shield protects the village, which forces Lok to send his Arkeyan Hammahs and Arkeyan Shield Juggernauts forward. The masters and clones then go outside to meet their foes. They manage to fend off the first wave, but the second and third waves of Arkeyans get behind the shield and destroy the generators. Defying his father, Wag Too and his friends engage the Arkeyans droids, toppling them down to be decapitated. Meanwhile, Daniel destroys the defoliator cannon and slices his way to Lok, capturing him whit a firewall.

As Daniel and his companions prepare to leave, Wag Too and Tee Watt Kaa offer their thanks. However, the elder says, "I still wonder, at what cost?" as the Resolute and two other kung fu cruisers appear in the sky.