Justified Cuts

Season 1, Episode 8

**Justified Cuts** is the eighth episode of season one of Defiance: Force and the eighth of the overall series. It debuted on March 29th, 2025.

## Plot

Quakes team, Rorke has taken over Antarctica. The rest of the base has retreated, as many of them have been captured. He looking for more secrets that he can use, for destruction.

Doctor Xena Randall does help the other patients, who are down from their injuries. Ethan does his running test, as it's faster than his other test. Ethan really improves with his throwing sticks, as Doctor Randall tells that Ethan's friends are on another mission. Ethan will be on his own, as he going to assign for today. Logan calls Ethan into his office, as he going there to check.

Logan wants Ethan to go a mission, as he won't be going alone. He assigned with Eduardo, as the Antarctica base has been taken by Rorke. Ethan wants to know more about him, as Logan sees him as stealing tech, and weapons from other people. He looking for something dangerous, as he has the plan to use the cannon to fire other places, to blame them instead of the Quakes team. Ethan prepares with his equipment, to be ready in battle.

Ethan and Eduardo go to Antarctica, as he identifies himself as "Blue Shadow". They know that Rorke has taken over the base, as will use cannons to fire at any military base. Ethan rescues some of the people in Antarctica, as others are captured. Ethan and Eduardo interrogate about Rorke's plan of firing every military base. He will do the same thing, too many other military bases. Ethan and Eduardo will make sure that doesn't happen, as they go to the Antarctica Base.

Ethan and Eduardo took the camera system so that Rorke's team doesn't see Ethan's team. They took out the Quakes team with stealth moves. They go inside of the base, as the cameras are back online. Rorke prepares for 10 minutes to fire any military with missiles and cannons. Ethan and Eduardo defeated more of The Quakes team, as they go to approach him. Ethan and Eduardo go-to approach Rorke, and his team as they prepare to fire it, as goes to 5 minutes. They both fight, against The Quakes team. They defeated them, and Rorke as they go to shut it down. Ethan fails, as it turned out Rorke missed. Eduardo shuts it down, Rorke is defeated and sent to prison.

Antarctica people thank Ethan and Eduardo for saving them, as they are doing their job. Eduardo will go back to his base, as he hopes that work with Ethan again. U.N.I.T base. Doctor Xena Randall sees that Ethan's sword hasn't got single damage, as he hits from the last one. Ralph and Javier don't believe with Ethan, as he was with Eduardo to rescue Antarctica.

## Characters

* Logan Payne
* Ethan Rhodes
* Javier Gonzalez (Cameo)
* Ralph Cuddy (Cameo)
* U.N.I.T
* Doctor Xena Randall
* Eduardo
* Antarctica People

### Villains

* Rorke
* Quakes Team

## Cast

 Grey Griffin | Doctor Xena Randall
Quakes Team #1
 Carlos Alazraqui | Eduardo
Antarctica People #1
 Fred Tatasciore | Rorke
 Diedrich Bader | Antarctica People #3
Quakes Team #3

## Trivia

* Antarctica base, as it the South Pole
* Eduardo gets called, when Logan says
* Ethan doesn't team up with Ralph, and Gonzales
* Doctor Randall works at day and night