Guillotine

**Guillotine** is the third episode of the first season of Star-Forger and the third episode overall. It is also the start of the Bounty Hunter arc.

## Synopsis

Scott faces a dangerous new threat in the form of a deadly alien bounty hunter named G117, an expert swordsman.

## Plot

An alien sword lays in the sand on a beach, with a piece of the Star-Forger costume attached to it.

Earlier that day, Scott is cooking breakfast in Matt's apartment early in the morning. Matt is woken up, half-asleep. He sees his apartment completely converted into a new crime-fighting hideout.

Scott shows a holographic map of red dots moving around the city through his Star-Forger Device, telling him that the DEMON Gang is moving a shipment of illegal guns across Cobalt City. Scott tells Matt that it'll be the perfect opportunity to take them down. Matt tells him that he'll be walking into an ambush, and says he'll come with him to make sure he doesn't die.

Scott and Matt wait on top of an underpass, with Scott having a cup of coffee from Cobalt City Coffee Company in his hands. The two jump on the roof of a truck as it speeds past. Scott smashes a hole in the roof of the truck and the two enter, seeing the interior filled to the brim with crates of high-tech guns.

Matt asks Scott if he's ever been in a real fight before, with Scott replying that he hasn't without powers. Matt says that he got into a lot of fights as a kid, even getting suspended and expelled from multiple schools.

Suddenly, the truck is opened by two DEMON Gang members, after arriving at a warehouse. Scott throws his coffee cup at one of them, scalding their face. Matt takes out the other guard and the two high-five. Scott sneaks into the warehouse while Matt stands out on lookout.

Transformed into Forger Mode, Scott sees the gang members moving the crates through the warehouse. Scott then reveals himself to the gang, who open fire on him. He makes a shield construct to deflect the bullets, before transforming into Chimaera Mode again. He smashes a gang member into the wall with his pincers, but is quickly swarmed by more bullets. Another gang member shoots him in the head, telling him to go fuck himself.

Scott is unmasked by the gang, about to finish him without the protection of his armor. All the gang members are then suddenly cut down by an invisible force, with a sword going through the chest of one of the members right in front of Scott.

The figure them becomes visible, revealing a robotic automaton with a chrome body and silver sword, who hands Scott his mask.

The robot introduces itself as G117, of the planet Galven, a bounty hunter. Scott asks him what he's hunting. The robot points to his Star-Forger Device. Scott begins to back away, as the robot begins slashing at him, turning invisible with each attack.

The robot then goes to deliver the killing blow, but cannot bring himself to do it, calling it a cowardly action. He says he will return when Scott is healed. Scott then passes out.

Scott wakes up in Matt's apartment, bandaged up. Matt asks him what happened. Scott tells Matt that someone is hunting him and his device.

A flashback then occurs, taking place 5 years prior on the planet Galven. A group of seven robotic figures walk through a muddy alien forest. They talk about acquiring enough credits to purchase a ship and leave the planet to retire, possibly on a beach planet. They then spot a village being raided by bandits and rush to it's aid.

They soon find that the "bandits" are actually members of the O.W.F. aka the One World Federation. The O.W.F. members tell the clan that they are all wanted criminals for murder and vigilantism. They then open fire, killing five of the clan members until only G115 and G117 remain.

G115 gives G117 his Cloaking Dial and says he'll buy them time. G117 then turns invisible, sneaking into a spaceport and walking into a gold cruiser, coming face to face with Egos Pr'awn.

Back in the present, Matt teaches Scott to fight in a parking lot, telling that he has no chance of winning in a sword fight, but may stand a chance if he gets in close quarters. Matt then blindfolds Scott, saying he can't rely on his sight. Matt then whacks Scott with a wooden stick twice. Scott gets frustrated, until he prompts his Star-Forger Device to beep when it senses an attack coming, successfully catching the wooden stick, only to get hit by a second wooden stick in the legs.

Matt then shows Scott a video of G117 at the beachfront, filmed from a shaky cellphone camera. Star-Forger then confronts G117 at the beach, now fully healed. Scott transforms into Chimaera Mode. The two make a deal, saying that if Scott wins, G117 has to tell Scott who sent him. If G117 wins, Scott has to give up his device. They both agree and start the fight.

The two brawl, with G117 having the upper hand. Scott stops relying on his sight and grabs G117's sword mid-swing like with the wooden stick earlier. He then uses the brief moment of time to damage G117's cloaking dial, but also fatally wounding him.

G117 tells Scott that they all have to go sometime, before giving him his sword. Scott asks G117 who sent him. Right before G117 powers down for good, he manages to spit out the word "Egos."

## Modes

**Star-Forger**

* Forger Mode
* Chimaera Mode