Transcript

Opening

Act One

Trade World

[A backdrop of space pans down to show a far shot of Trade World. The camera zooms in and XR is heard speaking as he and Booster slow down their jetpacks as they make their descent into the city.]

[They touch down in front of a bar.]

[Booster nervously opens his wrist communicator and a mission log with a hologram of the suspect appears.]

[Booster cuts the feed and braces himself.]

[Looking around, XR discovers that Booster is gone.]

[Inside the bar, Booster makes his way determinedly past the various patrons, who begin complaining at being jostled and bumped into.]

[XR pokes his head into the bar.]

[XR begins to make his way through the various patrons.]

[Booster finally makes it to a lone table.]

[Clearly unimpressed, Torque stands up from his seat.]

[XR finally catches up with Booster, not noticing Torque yet.]

[Noticing Torque, XR lowers his voice as he addresses Booster.]

[Booster sighs and nods. XR mutters under his breath.]

[XR's voice rises as he addresses Torque.]

[Surprised at the new voice, Torque looks around. Patrons in the vicinity immediately scatter, leaving a lone figure still sitting at the bar. They are garbed in a battered coat that hides their features. Torque raises one of his brows. The figure is holding a drink in hand, shaking the purple liquid around almost casually. Torque's eyes narrow. The figure suddenly jumps back and sheds the cloak, revealing himself to be Buzz Lightyear. He fires at Torque's blaster with his wrist laser, causing him to cry out and drop the weapon.]

[Buzz makes his way towards Torque. One of the patrons, Smeego, briefly sticks his head out from behind the onlooking crowd.]

[With his arms still raised in the air, Torque suddenly grins and produces another set of arms from beneath his coat, both clutching a blaster each.]

[Buzz, Booster and XR jump back. Buzz ducks for cover behind a round table. Torque laughs, firing at him.]

[Pandemonium ensues...]

[Torque keeps firing in every direction. Booster runs to escape the blasts. Frightened patrons huddle behind tables and on chairs. XR flees from a particularly close blast. Buzz rises up from behind the table, trying to get a clear shot at Torque, but Torque avoids Buzz's fire by ducking behind the bar counter. He continues his barrage of fire, peering up from over the counter. A patron huddles behind a chair that gets fired at several times, then runs out of the bar screaming. XR fires at Torque with a Star Command shotgun, but his blasts hit a table where another patron is huddling. XR's blasts narrowly miss yet another patron, whose eye stalks part from their eyeballs to avoid being hit before they duck for cover again. Holding a similar shotgun, Booster and XR fire at Torque together, but their blasts ricochet on the counter and back at them. They drop the shotguns and leap out of the way before getting hit in a small explosion that destroys the weapons. XR spots a skylight up above and extends his hand to grip the railing, hoisting himself up.]

[Focusing solely on Torque, Buzz doesn't notice someone aiming at his back.]

[Someone grabs the gun from his hands, accompanied by a mystifying sound.]

[Mira Nova's upper body is protruding through the wall, causing Zarl and nearby patrons to flee. She steps fully through the wall.]

[A random blast from one of Torque's blasters hits Buzz's table and disintegrates it, and Buzz jumps out of the way with a grunt. Torque continues to fire non-stop, but fails to notice XR above his head while he boasts.]

[XR presses a button on his chassis and an electrified net drops down on Torque. He yelps in surprise, but is pinned to the floor.]

[Booster grabs the bar's counter and tears it off, lifting it over his head and exposing Torque trapped beneath the net.]

Starcruiser 42

[Starcruiser 42 is flying through space. Torque is mocking Buzz while stuck in a holding cell next to the kitchen, where Buzz is currently making a sandwich.]

[Just as Buzz is about to take a bite of his sandwich, he grimaces at the joke and crushes the sandwich in a fist instead. Without missing a beat, Torque continues:]

[Buzz jabs a finger into Torque's face, but Torque just smacks his hand against Buzz's chest.]

[Buzz starts walking away, but then darts back to Torque's cell.]

[Mira's voice is heard over the ships speaker's, interrupting them.]

Star Command

[The scene cuts to Star Command, where Booster and XR have already disembarked and are walking down the dock. They encounter two Star Command Guardbots. XR quickly darts between one of the robots and Booster.]

[XR pats the Guardbot's arm and it immediately smacks him. Yelping and wincing in pain, XR is sent bouncing around the docking bay before he eventually comes to a stop in front of Booster and the Guardbots.]

[Three more Guardbots emerge from the ship leading away a chained Torque, who struggles against his bonds.]

[Torque scowls over his shoulder at Buzz, who waves at him cheerily.]

[XR rolls up to Buzz eagerly.]

Tanker Alley

[The scene cuts to XR drifting in space with the other members of Team Lightyear, scowling.]

[Booster hops up and down excitedly, waving his arm.]

[Booster quickly drops his arm.]

[A horn blares loudly from behind them as a tanker whizzes by dangerously close. XR yelps, sent forward by the momentum.]

[Buzz describes what happens to tankers as the camera focuses on the runaway tanker from before.]

[The tanker bounces against a red electrified barrier produced by the buoys, and is sent moving in the opposite direction.]

[Buzz grins at Booster's enthusiasm.]

Prison transport

[Cut to a transport vessel flying through space. Three Star Command Guardbots are at the helm, along with two patrolling the aisle. A number of prisoners are shackled to their seats, among them some familiar faces.]

[Suddenly, there's an explosion. The vessel shakes.]

[The Guardbots reveal their weapons and aim them at the sealed door in the back, from which sounds are coming. The door is blasted apart and three Hornets emerge, opening fire.]

[The Guardbots and Hornets exchange fire. Although the Hornets are destroyed, more emerge from the doorway. Torque struggles to free himself while the sheer firepower of the Hornets take down the Guardbots. One Hornet switches its cannon for another piece of equipment and approaches Torque and Smeego.]

[The Hornet reaches Torque and fires at his bonds, freeing him. Torque looks stunned at first, then excited as he leaps to his feet and grabs the Hornet by the shoulders.]

[The Hornets lead Torque away and Smeego suddenly sticks his head up again.]

Planet Z

[Cut to Planet Z, Zurg's palace. Inside, Brain Pods and Grubs go about their business and Torque, accompanied by Hornets, begins to protest.]

[They come to a stop before Zurg's throne when a claw descends from above, grabbing Torque by the head before placing him on a slab that rises from the center of the floor and strapping him there. Torque struggles to free himself as an evil-looking machine with a pointed tip descends upon him, stopping just short of his chest. Zurg emerges, pleased with this turn of events.]

[Zurg suddenly grabs Torque by the collar, dragging both him and the slab close.]

[Then he nonchalantly releases him and pushes the slab back into place, waving a hand.]

[Torque struggles against his bonds again.]

[Zurg waves at the Grubs, who are at their stations on a lower floor.]

[Zurg leans closer to Torque, lowering his voice.]

[He stands back and raises his voice as the Grubs below begin to fiddle with some control settings.]

[The machine above Torque's head sparks with a dangerous-looking neon electricity. Zurg starts to leave. The machine starts emitting a loud hissing noise that is hard to speak over.]

[Zurg departs. Behind the closed doors, there are flashes of green light and Torque starts screaming.]

Act Two

Tanker Alley

[Back in Tanker Alley, Team Lightyear is hard at work repairing the buoys. Buzz is repairing one of the buoys as a Tanker drifts by him and he discards useless parts with a tired, bored expression on his face. Mira does her repairs by ghosting her hands through the buoys and going by feel. XR and Booster are working on a buoy together as the Jo-Adian dusts it off and XR presses a button to turn it on. It doesn't turn on and XR keeps pressing the button until Booster shakes his hand and attempts to fix it with a few shakes. However, he manages to break off the top part and the two panic, trying to repair it. XR exclaims and points at Buzz approaching, his expression bored, and XR acts as the top part of the buoy so Buzz doesn't notice that it's been broken as Booster hides the part behind his back.]

[Just as Buzz starts repairing another buoy, the boisterous and mocking voice of a fellow Space Ranger interrupts him from his work.]

[Rocket activates his jetpack and starts flying back up towards his Star Cruiser.]

[He laughs and flies off in his Star Cruiser, leaving Team Lightyear looking disgruntled, Buzz more than the others.]

[While Booster is still speaking, Buzz grinds his teeth together, his voice rising steadily in frustration.]

[As XR flies Booster to one side, Mira drifts closer to Buzz.]

[Buzz starts pacing while the rest of his team watches, Mira with a knowing smirk.]

Planet Z

[Back on Planet Z, Zurg is sitting on his throne playing with a joystick, which is connected to a machine somewhere up above, firing green rays at a prisoner's ankles, who scampers away each time to escape the shots. The doors slide open to admit two Hornets and Torque, who he does not look pleased. Zurg tosses the joystick aside.]

[The prisoner sits on the floor, panting. A trapdoor opens up underneath them, and they drop through with a small yelp.]

[Torque parts his jacket to show a metal plaque that has been affixed to his chest. Zurg approaches for a better look, peering down and touching the plaque.]

[Grubs have gathered at the edge of the floor.]

[Zurg sighs and covers his face with a hand, grimacing. He turns back to the Grubs, forcing his voice to sound nice.]

[The Grubs dart down below for cover at Zurg's raised voice. Meanwhile, Torque grabs Zurg by the mantle and draws him closer.]

[Torque freezes when he hears weapons priming behind him, the two Hornets aiming their weapons at him. Zurg waves a dismissive hand at them, then pries Torque's fingers off.]

[Zurg assumes a less hostile posture, almost apologetic.]

[Zurg demonstrates, but Torque just looks blankly down at his chest.]

[Torque does so, touching one hand to the plaque, then quivers. He exclaims, his body splitting into two. Suddenly, there are two identical Torques staring at each other, one with the plaque still affixed to his chest and one without it.]

[Torque presses the plaque again and creates another clone of himself.]

Space: Tanker Alley

[Cut to Buzz, still busy repairing buoys in Tanker Alley.]

[He leans against the buoy, bored and disinterested, until he hears a familiar voice.]

[Torque revs his bike and zooms around Buzz.]

[Buzz tosses away his tool and takes after Torque. Torque leers at him and activates guns on the back of his bike, firing at Buzz, but the Ranger swerves out of the way of each shot.]

[Torque leads Buzz to an asteroid, zipping through rock outcroppings, and laughs.]

[Torque takes turn, and Buzz follows. Buzz is shocked to see several Torques aiming blasters at him from both in front and behind him.]

[Buzz activates his jet pack and tries to fly out of the ambush. But there are more Torques lying in wait. They fire bolas at him that pin his arms to his sides and deactivate his wings. He falls to the ground with a grunt.]

[The Torque clones laugh. Buzz narrows his eyes.]

[He snaps his fingers. The clones approach Buzz, and the scene cuts to the Rookies. Booster has his head stuck in something and is struggling to remove it.]

[Booster finally removes it and speaks more clearly now.]

[Off-screen, a familiar voice speaks.]

[The Rookies are stunned to see Torque and several clones have surrounded them. The scene shifts to the Rookies being bound to the nose of a Tanker, the Torque clones around them, smug. They grunt as they try to free themselves.]

[Torque points to set of clones binding Buzz down a little higher above the Rookies.]

[He gives his clones a thumbs up. They destroy the buoys near Capital Planet.]

[Torque and his clones ride off. The Tanker Team Lightyear is on, as well as the ones surrounding them, all begin to drift forwards, picking up speed as they go along.]

Act Three

Space: Tanker Alley

[The Tankers continue to head towards Capital Planet, getting closer and closer.]

[With some effort, Mira manages to ghost through the metal pinning her down.]

[She tries to free Booster, and Booster exerts his brute strength and manages to break the bonds.]

[XR draws out one of his saw-blades and easily slices through his own bonds.]

[Booster glances at Capital Planet, becoming larger in their field of vision. Mira ghosts into the Tanker, and Booster and XR break Buzz's bonds. Booster grabs Buzz and starts shaking him violently to wake him up.]

[Buzz, already waking up from the initial shaking, finally exclaims and pushes Booster's hands away.]

[Boster grabs Buzz to show him Capital Planet, now looming closer than ever.]

[Mira ghosts halfway through the tanker.]

[Buzz, Booster and XR turn to look at her. She blinks, then grins sheepishly.]

[Before she can finish, Buzz activates his jetpack and flies off.]

[Booster activates his rockets and flies after Buzz. Mira and XR follow too. They see Buzz grab two buoys and fly off. Mira slaps her helmet.]

[Mira and XR fly off. XR extends his hands to grab two buoys. Booster flies and grabs a buoy, and Mira grabs another. XR, Booster and Buzz each have two buoys each, and they fly beyond the Tankers and place them in their direct path, spacing them out evenly. Mira leaves four buoys as she soars past and the foremost Tanker stops as the buoys activate.Sirens fill the air and the red energy pulse emitting from the buoys looks dangerous. Team Lightyear waits beyond the buoys nervously. Booster is gritting his teeth and XR is praying in the background incomprehensibly. But the sirens stop and the Tankers all turn to the right, drifting away from Capital Planet.Booster and XR cheer, and Mira hugs Buzz.]

[Booster rubs Buzz's helmet affectionately. Buzz stands proudly, with his chest thrust out.]

Planet Z

[Cut to Planet Z and Zurg's palace. Zurg is heard humming in the background.]

[His screens turn on to show Capital Planet intact. He taps his fingers together, sitting on his throne, and then his eyes grow wide.]

[Below, the Grubs scamper. One of them trembles as it speaks.]

[The Grub gulps and lifts up a remote, still trembling.]

[The screens rewind. Zurg glances at them impatiently. They play at the part the Tankers collide into the energy field made by the buoys. A fast-forward shows Team Lightyear cheering in the background.]

[Another fast-forward zooms in on Buzz's smug look.]

[The Grubs are hiding in a small opening, only their eyes showing, which are still trembling.]

[They scamper away in fright, leaving Zurg shouting from high above on his throne.]

Trade World: Black Hole

[Cut to Trade World and the Black Hole. Inside, the doors suddenly open wide, and the familiar voice--or voices--of Torque are heard as they all enter.]

[They sit at the bar, but Buzz's voice is suddenly heard in the background. The rest of the patrons scatter.]

[Mira moves into focus, wristlaser at the ready.]

[The Torques turn around to see Booster standing behind them. XR's voice is heard somewhere above them.]

[As Buzz speaks, Space Rangers show up by his sides. Space Rangers emerge from their hiding spot behind the bar too, surrounding him and his clones.]

[The Rangers activate their wristlasers and attack. Torque and his clones fight back with blasters. The Black Hole is shown outside to be shaking as the Rangers and clones fight.Cut to a prison transport ship again, full of bandaged and groaning Torques. The real Torque glares at a speaker as Buzz's voice is heard from it.]

Space: Tanker Alley

[The scene shifts to Team Lightyear in Tanker Alley, Buzz still talking to Torque through his wrist communicator.]

[Booster starts laughing even before Buzz hangs up on Torque.]

[Later, Buzz flies over to Mira, who is repairing a buoy from the inside. He knocks politely on it and peers inside.]

[He steps back and joins his hands, and Mira pops her head out, leaning on the edge of the buoy.]

[As Mira clasps her hands together at the last part, smug, Buzz blinks, taken aback, then gestures upwards.]

[Mira ghosts through the buoy to glance behind and confirm Buzz's words. They are true and she exclaims in surprise, but Buzz grabs her by the waist and pulls her back to safety before the Tanker can do any damage. Mira shakes her head, then blushes, embarrassed.]

[The sound of a jetpack looms near. Rocket Crockett settles down before them and slaps his hand across Buzz's chest.]

[Buzz feigns ignorance as Mira silently snickers into her hand.]

[Rocket grinds his teeth together angrily, growling in frustration.]

[Buzz pats Rocket's shoulder briefly, then turns to his team.]

[Buzz activates his jetpack.]

[He takes off, Mira, XR and Booster following after him.]

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