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* MeaningfulName: While the title sounds ominous, it actually has a twofold meaning. 1) The (or rather, ''a'') Absolution has returned to our duo for them to use after a year of being stuck on a space station and 2) it's the return back to form to the original series with TOM and Sara traveling through space while showing anime.



* SequelHook: It's unknown where this Absolution came from considering that, y'know, it was destroyed 19 years ago. With the most explanation is that it's some kinda temporal copy. Why it was unmanned though is left up in the air. Plus what exactly was that "intruder" that attacked the ship?

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* SequelHook: It's unknown where this Absolution came from considering that, y'know, it was destroyed 19 years ago. With the most explanation is that it's some kinda temporal copy.copy albeit with some upgrades outfitted for it. Why it was unmanned though is left up in the air. Plus what exactly was that "intruder" that attacked the ship?

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* ContinuityNod: Several:
** TOM doesn't believe the Absolution's returned, citing the ship's destruction 19 years prior in the ''Toonami Endgame'' webcomic.
** Sara enters the ship's computer to confirm its identity, triggering a message from Sara's original incarnation. TOM even mistakes it for the ship reverting Sara back to her old self before she identifies her counterpart as a "phantom echo" of her original AI core. Sara then states that her other self, dubbed Sara 1.0, is looping old data.
** The message Sara 1.0 is looping shares 2-3 lines from the original ''Intruder'' event. [[note]]Specifically, her sounding the alert that the blob had entered the ship in episode 1, her trying to reach Tom at the end of episode 2, and part of her line in episode 5 explaining why she can't blow off the starboard engine. Or it's just the lines from episodes 1 and 5. Though TOM notices she sounds like she's in trouble, as her tone is more worried compared to ''The Intruder.''[[/note]]



* SequelHook: It's unknown where this Absolution came from considering that, y'know, it was destroyed 19 years ago. With the most explanation is that it's some kinda temporal copy. Why it was unmmaned though is left up in the air. Plus what exactly was that "intruder" that attacked the ship?

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* SequelHook: It's unknown where this Absolution came from considering that, y'know, it was destroyed 19 years ago. With the most explanation is that it's some kinda temporal copy. Why it was unmmaned unmanned though is left up in the air. Plus what exactly was that "intruder" that attacked the ship?
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--> '''Sara''': The intergalactic broadcast is embarking on its mission. It's been hard-coded into the navi computer. And it's call sign has been changed to...the Absolution ''Mk. 14''.

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--> '''Sara''': The intergalactic broadcast vessel is embarking on its mission. It's been hard-coded into the navi computer. And it's call sign has been changed to...the Absolution ''Mk. 14''.
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--> '''Sara''': The intergalactic broadcast is embarking on its mission. It's been hard-coded into the navi computer. And it's call sign has been changed to...the Absolution ''Mk. 15''.

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--> '''Sara''': The intergalactic broadcast is embarking on its mission. It's been hard-coded into the navi computer. And it's call sign has been changed to...the Absolution ''Mk. 15''.14''.
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--> '''Tom''': Um Sara this ship is moving. Were pulling away from the Forge.

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--> '''Tom''': Um Sara this Umm... Sara... This ship is moving. Were We're pulling away from the Forge.

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* ContemplateOurNavels: The TIE opens with TOM still curious what the Forge was made for and if he came from it.

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* ContemplateOurNavels: The TIE short opens with TOM still curious what the Forge was made for and if he came from it.



* UnexplainedRecovery: It's unknown where this Absolution came from considering that, y'know, it was destroyed 19 years ago. With the most explanation is that it's some kinda temporal copy. Why it was unmmaned though is left up in the air.
* WhamShot: The ship the duo find? It's the ''Absolution'', the ''original'' Absolution from the third rendition of the block (If the ''Anime/OutlawStar'' and ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' clips on the monitors are anything to go by). As well as a glitched video of Sara.

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* UnexplainedRecovery: SequelHook: It's unknown where this Absolution came from considering that, y'know, it was destroyed 19 years ago. With the most explanation is that it's some kinda temporal copy. Why it was unmmaned though is left up in the air.
air. Plus what exactly was that "intruder" that attacked the ship?
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** While looking over the log, Sara finds some surprising information.
--> '''Sara''': It's..temporal. Internal timestamps confirm this ship is from ''two hundred fifty years in the future!''
** As well as this shortly after
--> '''Tom''': Um Sara this ship is moving. Were pulling away from the Forge.
--> '''Sara''': The intergalactic broadcast is embarking on its mission. It's been hard-coded into the navi computer. And it's call sign has been changed to...the Absolution ''Mk. 15''.
* WhamShot: The ship the duo find? It's the ''Absolution'', the ''original'' Absolution from the third rendition of the block (If the ''Anime/OutlawStar'' and ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' clips on the monitors are anything to go by). As well as a glitched video of Sara.Sara citing an intruder.
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A two part T.I.E (Total Immersion Event) on ''Creator/{{Toonami}}'' that aired on March 2022 to celebrate the block's [[MilestoneCelebration 25th anniversary]].

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A two part T.I.E (Total Immersion Event) on ''Creator/{{Toonami}}'' that aired on March 2022 to celebrate the block's [[MilestoneCelebration 25th anniversary]]. \n It's the ninth TIE of the series.
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A two part T.I.E (Total Immersion Event) on ''Creator/{{Toonami}}'' that aired on March 2022 to celebrate the block'S 25th anniversary.

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A two part T.I.E (Total Immersion Event) on ''Creator/{{Toonami}}'' that aired on March 2022 to celebrate the block'S block's [[MilestoneCelebration 25th anniversary.anniversary]].
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* UnexplainedRecovery: It's unknown where this Absolution came from considering that, y'know, it got blown up after the events of ''Intruder II''. With the most explanation is that it's some kinda temporal copy. Why it was unmmaned though is left up in the air.

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* UnexplainedRecovery: It's unknown where this Absolution came from considering that, y'know, it got blown up after the events of ''Intruder II''.was destroyed 19 years ago. With the most explanation is that it's some kinda temporal copy. Why it was unmmaned though is left up in the air.
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A two part T.I.E (Total Immersion Event) on ''Creator/{{Toonami}}'' that aired on March 2022 to celebrate the block'S 25th anniversary.

While milling around on the Forge, a ship suddenly shows up at the station. Tom and Sara go to investigate and are in for a surprise at what they find.

See the videos here: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1mbmQnHk3Q Episode One]] | [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WSnPTc0Jn6s Episode Two]]

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* ContemplateOurNavels: The TIE opens with TOM still curious what the Forge was made for and if he came from it.
* NoAntagonist: No threats in this one, Tom and Sara just find an empty ship with no one even on it and take it for themselves.
* RevisitingTheRoots: To the extreme, the T.I.E essentially gives the duo back their original ship so they can explore the cosmos once more while doing their broadcasts.
* UnexplainedRecovery: It's unknown where this Absolution came from considering that, y'know, it got blown up after the events of ''Intruder II''. With the most explanation is that it's some kinda temporal copy. Why it was unmmaned though is left up in the air.
* WhamShot: The ship the duo find? It's the ''Absolution'', the ''original'' Absolution from the third rendition of the block (If the ''Anime/OutlawStar'' and ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' clips on the monitors are anything to go by). As well as a glitched video of Sara.

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