The Atlas receives reports of several Robeasts appearing on different planets and harvesting Quintessence. Allura posits that Honerva is transferring Quintessence to Oriande to create a galaxy-destroying weapon. The Atlas delegates evacuation efforts to the rebels and and heads to Oriande. The ship scrambles the the MFE pilots to engages the attacking Robeasts as Voltron goes to Honerva, only to find her draining Oriande's Guardian of Quintessence. Shiro accepts Zethrid's help, and her Olkari subordinate helps them outwit the Robeasts.
Honerva's harvests enough Quintessence to tear through spacetime and bring back the Sincline ship, which easily overpowers a weakened Voltron. Merla, one of the Robeast pilots, realizes that something is wrong. Allura attacks Honerva, only for Honerva to threaten her with Lance's safety and ask her to join her and the other Alteans. At the last second, Allura does not attack her, and the lions and the Atlas escape into a wormhole as the surge caused by Honerva's magic collapses.
Tropes:
- Doppelgänger Spin: Zethrid's Olkari subordinate creates several illusions of the Atlas to confuse the Robeasts they're fighting with, which buys the MFE pilots enough time to Attack Its Weak Point.
- No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: Voltron is subjected to this by the Sincline upon its return.
- Time Crash: Honerva's Quintessence-draining causes a time slippage — a rip in the fabric of spacetime, which causes the energies of several alternate realities to leak out. Slav is appropriately freaked out.
- Transformation Sequence: The Atlas's transformation from battleship to mecha is shown for the first time in the season.
- We Can Rule Together: Honerva offers for Allura to join her and the other Alteans.
