Episode 12 - Last Request

Splitsie has a last request and Capac is glad he took inventory

# Last Request - Synopsis

The pirate camp on the desert planet. The shackled Splitsie is dragged off the pirate aircraft at gunpoint and shoved into a cell, while the pirates debate. Rivers complains that somebody swapped his thermal transfer paste for thermal adhesive paste again, and Twotone laughs. The pirates jeer at Splitsie who tries to act tough.

A minion reports the pirates' next big target. Also, the orbit crew has detected more sensor ghosts and a new hazard beacon that warns of a debris cloud. Thule figures the latter was Splitsie's doing. Thule declares Splitsie today's lunch break entertainment to lift the men's spirits.

On board the RX-39487, Capac panics. Splitsie is doomed! Steve and Reggie work with him and together they lift off. Capac manages to almost crash into one of the few trees on a desert planet. Capac knows Splitsie commanded him to stay aboard the ship--but Splitsie didn't say anything about not bringing the ship to him! The only catch is, RX-39487 doesn't have any weapons.

Reggie quotes the recorded inventory entry from Episode 2 - Novelty Condiment Dispenser which lists "6 kg of explosives". Steve gets that little gleam in his inclusions that he always gets when thinking about explosions. Capac follows Steve's instructions how to build bombs, even though Capac knows Splitsie would be mad at him for touching the explosives.

The pirates are packing their whole camp up. Splitsie hopes Capac has escaped.

> Splitsie: He'll probably crash into a star or drown in his own soup without me around, but at least he'll have some kind of chance.
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 Splitsie cannot break out of the cell and falls asleep.

(A dream of a small plane flying erratically above a bay in a thunderstorm, flying under bridges, between skyscrapers, crashing repeatedly)

Splitsie wakes up in his cell confused.

Capac is on his way.

Lieutenant Shed gets ready to execute Splitsie. Splitsie tries playing it cool. Thule gives a speech in front of the noisy crowd. Splitsie asks for one last request: "Say hi to your mum for me!" and runs. Capac flies over the camp, opens the airlock, and drops the explosives. Spectacular explosions. The pirates scatter.

Splitsie radios Capac. He has stolen a vehicle and Capac totally didn't almost blow him up. Splitsie is being pursued and cannot stop. Capac doesn't have a better idea, he has AN idea. Splitsie sighs. Capac grabs the vehicle with the ships landing gear mag locks. Splitsie screams while Capac loses one of the vehicle's wheels against a mountainside. They still have pirates on their tail--and the pirates have missiles. Splitsie climbs from the vehicle onto the landing gear and Capac drops the vehicle. The falling vehicle takes out a pirate aircraft. Splitsie uses his magboots to get to the airlock.

Splitsie can't believe that actually worked. RX-39487 flies up through the dust clouds and leaves the atmosphere--where they are greeted by the orbit crew of the pirate fleet. Three heavily armed cruisers. The tiny RX-39487 flies close to the enemy cruisers in hopes they'll shoot each other instead of hitting RX-39487. The pirates notice a big artificial object on their sensors...

(Bright lights and swooshing) RX-394 jumps in and almost takes out a pirate cruiser. The AI chides "the boys" for fighting, and laughs creepily that this is a punishable offense.

Splitsie reveals he repaired RX-39487's jump drive enough to make a short jump to the asteroid belt, but there is a 75% chance it will disintegrate everything. Since the odds of them not crashing into the enemies are 0%, Capac prefers the 25% survival chance of a jump.

RX-39487 glows white and jumps. The pirates are left behind battling RX-394.

## Epilog

Thule vows that Splitsie will pay for this while minions extinguish the flames around him.