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Having worked out how to pilot the ''Liberator'', Blake decides to contact LaResistance on Suarian Major and enlist their help to destroy an important communications relay there. On the way they answer a DistressCall from a small craft whose crew are in suspended animation.
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* TheLancer: AvonAvon isn't happy over how the crew are placidly going along with Blake's plan, and makes his feelings known.
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* FauxActionGirl: Cally is easily outfoxed by Blake and the others, though she mentions that she was a CommunicationsOfficer rather than a guerrilla soldier. Averted with Jenna who's a better fighter than the supposedly murderous Guardians.
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* FauxActionGirl: Despite being introduced as a kickass ActionGirl, Cally is easily outfoxed by Blake and the others, though Avon (though she mentions that she was a CommunicationsOfficer rather than a guerrilla soldier.soldier). Averted with Jenna who's a better fighter than the supposedly murderous Guardians.
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* HumanPopsicle: The crew of the projectile.
* HydraProblem: Once the projectile is connected to the Liberator's power system, the genetic bank starts to create another Guardian to replace those killed. Rather than be overrun with homicidal xenophobes, the crew decide to dump the projectile in space.
* HydraProblem: Once the projectile is connected to the Liberator's power system, the genetic bank starts to create another Guardian to replace those killed. Rather than be overrun with homicidal xenophobes, the crew decide to dump the projectile in space.
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* HumanPopsicle: The crew of the projectile.
projectile. This is regarded as ancient technology for a society that has FasterThanLightTravel.
* HydraProblem: Once the projectile is connected to the Liberator's power system, the genetic bank starts to create another Guardian to replace those killed. Rather than be overrun with homicidalxenophobes, xenophobes the crew decide to dump the projectile in space.
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* IfIWantedYouDeadIfIWantedYouDead: Avon to Cally.
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* ByTheHair: Would you believe one of the Guardians does this to Jenna?
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* ByTheHair: [[{{Narm}} Would you believe believe]] one of the Guardians does this to Jenna?
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* AbsoluteXenophobe: The GuardiansTo protect the genetic bank, the Guardians are conditioned to attack anyone who is not one of them.
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** The Guardians: "They kill. Anyone, everyone who isn't theirs."
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-->'''Vila:''' Speak for yourself! I plan to live forever...or die trying.
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-->'''Vila:''' Speak for yourself! I plan to live forever...or forever! Or die trying.
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-->'''Cally:''' ...there will be companions for my death. I plan to raid the complex. To destroy until I am destroyed.
-->'''Cally:''' ...there will be companions for my death. I plan to raid the complex. To destroy until I am destroyed.
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-->'''Avon:''' A [[FromASingleCell single cell from those genetic banks]] can be [[UterineReplicator incubated into fully grown adult]] in one point six minutes.
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-->'''Avon:''' A [[FromASingleCell single cell from those genetic banks]] can be [[UterineReplicator incubated into fully grown adult]] in one point six minutes.
-->'''Avon:''' A [[FromASingleCell single cell from those genetic banks]] can be [[UterineReplicator incubated into fully grown adult]] in one point six minutes.
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* SealedEvilInACan: The projectile is a serum genetic bank, and the Guardians are conditioned to protect it against any outsiders. At the end of the episode, our heroes decide to dump it in deep space because it's too dangerous.
-->'''Avon:''' A [[FromASingleCell single cell from those genetic banks]] can be [[UterineReplicator incubated into fully grown adult]] in one point six minutes.dangerous.
-->'''Avon:''' A [[FromASingleCell single cell from those genetic banks]] can be [[UterineReplicator incubated into fully grown adult]] in one point six minutes.
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* GallowsHumorGallowsHumor: While AlmostOutOfOxygen, Blake quips that he's breathless with anticipation.
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* HydraProblem: After Cally kills the first Guardian, the serum bank creates another one in its place. Rather than be overrun with homicidal xenophobes, the crew decide to dump the projectile in space.
* HydraProblem: After Cally kills the first Guardian, the serum bank creates another one in its place. Rather than be overrun with homicidal xenophobes, the crew decide to dump the projectile in space.
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HumanPopsicle: The crew of the projectile.
* HydraProblem:After Cally kills Once the first Guardian, projectile is connected to the serum Liberator's power system, the genetic bank creates starts to create another one in its place.Guardian to replace those killed. Rather than be overrun with homicidal xenophobes, the crew decide to dump the projectile in space.
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-->'''Avon:''' Are you sure you can trust me?
-->'''Blake:''' For as long as we're useful to each other.
-->'''Avon:''' Are you sure you can trust me?
-->'''Blake:''' For as long as we're useful to each other.
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* CassandraTruth: Despite the restrictions of its programming, Zen tries to warn the crew not to go over to the projectile.
* ElectronicSpeechImpediment
-->'''Zen:''' ''(with difficulty)'' It is in... in... in...
-->'''Avon:''' I'll have to overhaul that... [[ItIsDehumanizing thing]].
-->'''Zen:''' [[YoureInsane ...saaaaaaaane!]]
-->'''Zen:''' ''(with difficulty)'' It is in... in... in...
-->'''Avon:''' I'll have to overhaul that... [[ItIsDehumanizing thing]].
-->'''Zen:''' [[YoureInsane ...saaaaaaaane!]]
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* MasterOfUnlocking: Vila gets them through the massive door protecting the control room, just with a few seconds fiddling with CowTools.
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* LookBehindYou
LookBehindYou: Blake pretends to glance to the side, then hits Cally when she turns to look. Turns out there really is someone there, as Avon has been covering Cally the whole time.
* MasterOfUnlocking: Vila getsthem through the massive door protecting the control room, room with just with a few seconds fiddling with CowTools.
* MasterOfUnlocking: Vila gets
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* MasterOfUnlocking: Vila gets them through the massive door protecting the control room, just with a few seconds fiddling with a NoodleImpliment.
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* AllPlanetsAreEarthlike: A Saurian day is around 36 hours.
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* AllPlanetsAreEarthlike: A Saurian day is around 36 hours.
hours. Still has a breathable atmosphere though.
*AlmostOutOfOxygenAlmostOutOfOxygen: Blake and Jenna teleport over to the cramped projectile and quickly use up the limited amount of oxygen inside. When they want to return to the Liberator the teleport shorts out, trapping them there.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Knocking Blake over with her gun, then speaking to him telepathically combines Cally's fighter nature [[BadassPacifist with her dislike of actual violence]], and demonstrates her telepathy.
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* ByTheHair: Would you believe one of the Guardians does this to Jenna?
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-->'''Cally:''' He fears death?
-->'''Vila:''' Speak for yourself! I plan to live forever...or die trying.
-->'''Cally:''' He fears death?
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Having worked out how to pilot the ''Liberator'', Blake decides to contact LaResistance on Suarian Major and destroy an important communications relay there. On the way they answer a DistressCall from a small craft whose crew are in suspended animation.
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* RestrainingBolt: Gan's limiter prevents him from killing (though apparently not threatening to use violence, as we saw in the previous episodes). Zen is unable to warn the crew for [[PlotDrivenBreakdown unknown reasons]] that apparently have [[AIIsACrapshoot something to do with his programming.]]
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* RestrainingBolt: RestrainingBolt:
** Gan's limiter [[ThouShaltNotKill prevents him fromkilling killing]] (though apparently not using or threatening to use violence, as we saw in the previous episodes). episodes).
** Zen is unable to warn the crew for [[PlotDrivenBreakdown unknown reasons]] that apparently have [[AIIsACrapshoot something to do with his programming.]]
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-->'''Avon:''' A single cell from those genetic banks can be [[UterineReplicator incubated into fully grown adult]] in one point six minutes.
-->'''Avon:''' A single cell from those genetic banks can be [[UterineReplicator incubated into fully grown adult]] in one point six minutes.
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* SealedEvilInACanSealedEvilInACan: The projectile is a serum bank, and the Guardians are conditioned to protect it against any outsiders. At the end of the episode, our heroes decide to dump it in deep space because it's too dangerous.
-->'''Avon:''' A [[FromASingleCell single cell from those genetic banks]] can be [[UterineReplicator incubated into fully grown adult]] in one point six minutes.
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* SeriesContinuityError: Gan is shown spearing a cultist in the previous episode, despite his limiter.
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* SeriesContinuityError: Gan is shown apparently spearing a cultist in the previous episode, despite his limiter.limiter. Perhaps the spear was stuck in the floor and he was trying to get it out?
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* SoleSurvivor: Cally. She's likely suffering from SurvivorGuilt, as she plans to give her life in a SuicideByCop until our heroes turn up.
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* SoleSurvivor: Cally.Cally was immune to the bioweapons because she was an alien. She's likely suffering from SurvivorGuilt, as she plans to give her life in a SuicideByCop until our heroes turn up.
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* WhamLine: "There are four Guardians, repeat, there are four Guardians."
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-->'''Zen:''' There are four Guardians, repeat, there are four Guardians."
-->'''Zen:''' There are four Guardians, repeat, there are four Guardians.
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* ItsASmallWorldAfterAll: Blake plans to make contact with the rebels by landing on the Suarian Major, starting a fire and waiting for them to contact him. As there's only one rebel left alive on the entire planet, it's a ContrivedCoincidence that Cally is in the area.
* ItsTheOnlyWay: With the teleport shut down and Zen refusing to help, the crew must manoeuvre the Liberator to [[MegaMawManoeuvre scoop the projectile into their landing bay]].
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* ItsASmallWorldAfterAll: Blake plans to make contact with the rebels by landing on the Suarian Major, starting a fire Major and waiting for them to contact him. As there's only one rebel left alive on the entire planet, it's a ContrivedCoincidence that Cally is in the area.
* ItsTheOnlyWay: With the teleport shut down and Zen refusing to help, the crew mustmanoeuvre maneuver the Liberator to [[MegaMawManoeuvre [[MegaMawManeuver scoop the projectile into their landing bay]].hold]].
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-->'''Avon:''' A single cell from those genetic banks can be incubated into fully grown adult in one point six minutes.
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-->'''Avon:''' A single cell from those genetic banks can be [[UterineReplicator incubated into fully grown adult adult]] in one point six minutes.
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** Chased by a homicidal Guardian, Jenna barely gets the door to the landing bay hatch closed in time.
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* [[ManBitesMan WomanBitesMan]]: Jenna bites a Guardian who thrusts his arm through a SlowDoor to grab her.
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* [[ManBitesMan WomanBitesMan]]: Woman Bites Man]]: Jenna bites a Guardian who thrusts his arm through a SlowDoor hatch to grab her.
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* ScottyTime: LampshadedLampshaded when Avon says he needs five minutes to make the reactor blow up. As Federation soldiers are trying to blast their way through the door he adds without prompting, "Yes I know -- make it two."
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* AbsoluteXenophobe: The Guardians
* AllPlanetsAreEarthlike: A Saurian day is around 36 hours.
* AlmostOutOfOxygen
* AutoDoc: Gan runs a medical device over Jenna's arm after it's bruised by a WrenchWhack.
* BBCQuarry: Though there's an attempt to make it look alien with a red tint and red styrofoam plants among the gravel piles.
-->'''Vila:''' The security forces kept hunting us, but we knew the hills and [[TakeOurWordForIt jungles]] too well.
* BigDamnHeroes: Gan saves Jenna, then Jenna saves Gan, who does a TeleportationRescue JustInTime. Blake then rushes to the hold to warn Jenna just as she's about to be stabbed InTheBack.
* BlatantLies: Jenna claims that everything is under control on the Liberator.
* ChekhovsSkill: The episode opens with Jenna showing the others how to pilot the Liberator manually. Avon, Gan and Vila have to use that skill shortly afterwards.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Blake answers a DistressCall from the projectile.
* CombatClairvoyance: Averted, as Cally wouldn't have fallen for the LookBehindYou trick.
* DeadlyDodging: The last Guardian fries himself when his lunge takes him into an electrical panel.
* DemocracyIsBad: Blake promised to consult with his crew before acting against the Federation, but this appears to consist of him deciding what they're going to do and then telling the others. Avon is not happy.
* EveryScarHasAStory: There's a shot of a surgical scar across Gan's head before the reveal about his limiter. Before this he discussed his DarkAndTroubledPast where he was convicted for killing a guard who killed "his woman".
* ExplosiveBreeder
-->'''Avon:''' A single cell from those genetic banks can be incubated into fully grown adult in one point six minutes.
* FantasticRacism
** "They kill. Anyone, everyone who isn't theirs."
** Jenna makes a snide comment them learning AnAesop about not letting aliens on board the ship when Cally joins their crew.
* FauxActionGirl: Cally is easily outfoxed by Blake and the others, though she mentions that she was a CommunicationsOfficer rather than a guerrilla soldier. Averted with Jenna who's a better fighter than the supposedly murderous Guardians.
* FingerTwitchingRevival
* FirstAppearance: The final member of the Seven arrives.
* GallowsHumor
* GoingCritical
* HeyItsThatPlace: Betchworth Quarry, near Reigate will be the go-to BBCQuarry in half a dozen episodes. The transceiver complex is the Oldbury-on-Severn nuclear power station, which also appears in "Redemption" and "Killer".
* HumanAliens: Cally is of the Auronar.
* HumanPopsicle
* IfIWantedToKillYou
-->'''Avon:''' I had a gun on you the whole time. You were dead as soon as you broke cover.
* ItsASmallWorldAfterAll: Blake plans to make contact with the rebels by landing on the Suarian Major, starting a fire and waiting for them to contact him. As there's only one rebel left alive on the entire planet, it's a ContrivedCoincidence that Cally is in the area.
* ItsTheOnlyWay: With the teleport shut down and Zen refusing to help, the crew must manoeuvre the Liberator to [[MegaMawManoeuvre scoop the projectile into their landing bay]].
* JustAMachine
-->'''Blake:''' Seven of us can run this ship properly.
-->'''Vila:''' Six surely.
-->'''Blake:''' You forgot Zen.
-->'''Avon:''' You're not counting that ''machine'' as a member of the crew?
-->'''Blake:''' Oh, what do you say to that Zen?
-->'''Zen:''' Please state course and speed.
-->'''Blake:''' Very diplomatic.
* JustInTime: The reactor is GoingCritical and Federation soldiers have blasted down the door by the time an injured Gan is able to activate the teleport.
* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Jenna kicks ass in a flower petal top, pink slacks and high-heeled calf boots. Averted with Cally, who wears a baggy red camouflage uniform to blend in with the local plant life, which is also red.
* TheLancer: Avon
-->'''Vila:''' (to Blake) I don’t follow you.\\
'''Avon:''' [[TheSnarkKnight Oh, but you do!]] And that’s the problem.
* LookBehindYou
* NeverBringAKnifeToAGunFight: The Guardians prefer their knives to any firearm they capture.
* NightmareRetardant: It's difficult to "look murderous" in a PornStache.
* NoKillLikeOverkill: Faced with a declaration of independence on Suarian Major, the Federation killed half the population and deported the other half. Those who continued to resist [[ResistanceIsFutile were killed by biological warfare]].
* PlantAliens: Vila is squicked when he touches a plant and realises that it's warm and fleshy. Blake warns him that some plant are [[ManEatingPlant carnivores]] with [[ItCanThink basic intelligence]].
* RetroRocket: The projectile.
* RestrainingBolt: Gan's limiter prevents him from killing (though apparently not threatening to use violence, as we saw in the previous episodes). Zen is unable to warn the crew for [[PlotDrivenBreakdown unknown reasons]] that apparently have [[AIIsACrapshoot something to do with his programming.]]
* SealedEvilInACan
* SecurityCling: Blake and Jenna HoldingHands as they face asphyxiation.
* SelfHealingPhlebotinum: The teleport console fuses out, but Avon says it is self-repairing.
* ShipTease: When Cally first lays eyes on Avon, [[EatingTheEyeCandy she can be seen checking him out with visible appreciation]].
* ScottyTime: Lampshaded
* SlowDoors
** Jenna barely gets the door to the landing bay closed in time.
** The door to the control room to the "paraneutronic generator" is the genuine article, as the scene is filmed inside a nuclear power station.
* SoleSurvivor: Cally. She's likely suffering from SurvivorGuilt, as she plans to give her life in a SuicideByCop until our heroes turn up.
* SpecialEffectsFailure: The explosion of a nuclear reactor is shown by ExplosiveInstrumentation and a bunch of Federation mooks falling down in an unconvincing manner.
* StealthInSpace: The Liberator approaches Sauron Major from Federation space, given that their attention will be towards neutral space. So they don't have a traffic control system?
* SuddenlyShouting
-->'''Blake:''' Enough, Avon!
* TaintedVeins: On the Guardians.
* {{Telepath}}: Cally. However she can't read minds.
* TwoLinesNoWaiting: Events on the planet surface versus events on the Liberator.
* WhenPropsAttack: Thanks to bad framing the campfire appears to be roasting Blake's crotch.
* WhamLine: "There are four Guardians, repeat, there are four Guardians."
* [[ManBitesMan WomanBitesMan]]: Jenna bites a Guardian who thrusts his arm through a SlowDoor to grab her.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Cally joins the RagtagBunchOfMisfits because she can't go back to Auron, having failed her mission. Or so she claims -- we hear a different explanation in "Children of Auron".
* AllPlanetsAreEarthlike: A Saurian day is around 36 hours.
* AlmostOutOfOxygen
* AutoDoc: Gan runs a medical device over Jenna's arm after it's bruised by a WrenchWhack.
* BBCQuarry: Though there's an attempt to make it look alien with a red tint and red styrofoam plants among the gravel piles.
-->'''Vila:''' The security forces kept hunting us, but we knew the hills and [[TakeOurWordForIt jungles]] too well.
* BigDamnHeroes: Gan saves Jenna, then Jenna saves Gan, who does a TeleportationRescue JustInTime. Blake then rushes to the hold to warn Jenna just as she's about to be stabbed InTheBack.
* BlatantLies: Jenna claims that everything is under control on the Liberator.
* ChekhovsSkill: The episode opens with Jenna showing the others how to pilot the Liberator manually. Avon, Gan and Vila have to use that skill shortly afterwards.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Blake answers a DistressCall from the projectile.
* CombatClairvoyance: Averted, as Cally wouldn't have fallen for the LookBehindYou trick.
* DeadlyDodging: The last Guardian fries himself when his lunge takes him into an electrical panel.
* DemocracyIsBad: Blake promised to consult with his crew before acting against the Federation, but this appears to consist of him deciding what they're going to do and then telling the others. Avon is not happy.
* EveryScarHasAStory: There's a shot of a surgical scar across Gan's head before the reveal about his limiter. Before this he discussed his DarkAndTroubledPast where he was convicted for killing a guard who killed "his woman".
* ExplosiveBreeder
-->'''Avon:''' A single cell from those genetic banks can be incubated into fully grown adult in one point six minutes.
* FantasticRacism
** "They kill. Anyone, everyone who isn't theirs."
** Jenna makes a snide comment them learning AnAesop about not letting aliens on board the ship when Cally joins their crew.
* FauxActionGirl: Cally is easily outfoxed by Blake and the others, though she mentions that she was a CommunicationsOfficer rather than a guerrilla soldier. Averted with Jenna who's a better fighter than the supposedly murderous Guardians.
* FingerTwitchingRevival
* FirstAppearance: The final member of the Seven arrives.
* GallowsHumor
* GoingCritical
* HeyItsThatPlace: Betchworth Quarry, near Reigate will be the go-to BBCQuarry in half a dozen episodes. The transceiver complex is the Oldbury-on-Severn nuclear power station, which also appears in "Redemption" and "Killer".
* HumanAliens: Cally is of the Auronar.
* HumanPopsicle
* IfIWantedToKillYou
-->'''Avon:''' I had a gun on you the whole time. You were dead as soon as you broke cover.
* ItsASmallWorldAfterAll: Blake plans to make contact with the rebels by landing on the Suarian Major, starting a fire and waiting for them to contact him. As there's only one rebel left alive on the entire planet, it's a ContrivedCoincidence that Cally is in the area.
* ItsTheOnlyWay: With the teleport shut down and Zen refusing to help, the crew must manoeuvre the Liberator to [[MegaMawManoeuvre scoop the projectile into their landing bay]].
* JustAMachine
-->'''Blake:''' Seven of us can run this ship properly.
-->'''Vila:''' Six surely.
-->'''Blake:''' You forgot Zen.
-->'''Avon:''' You're not counting that ''machine'' as a member of the crew?
-->'''Blake:''' Oh, what do you say to that Zen?
-->'''Zen:''' Please state course and speed.
-->'''Blake:''' Very diplomatic.
* JustInTime: The reactor is GoingCritical and Federation soldiers have blasted down the door by the time an injured Gan is able to activate the teleport.
* KickingAssInAllHerFinery: Jenna kicks ass in a flower petal top, pink slacks and high-heeled calf boots. Averted with Cally, who wears a baggy red camouflage uniform to blend in with the local plant life, which is also red.
* TheLancer: Avon
-->'''Vila:''' (to Blake) I don’t follow you.\\
'''Avon:''' [[TheSnarkKnight Oh, but you do!]] And that’s the problem.
* LookBehindYou
* NeverBringAKnifeToAGunFight: The Guardians prefer their knives to any firearm they capture.
* NightmareRetardant: It's difficult to "look murderous" in a PornStache.
* NoKillLikeOverkill: Faced with a declaration of independence on Suarian Major, the Federation killed half the population and deported the other half. Those who continued to resist [[ResistanceIsFutile were killed by biological warfare]].
* PlantAliens: Vila is squicked when he touches a plant and realises that it's warm and fleshy. Blake warns him that some plant are [[ManEatingPlant carnivores]] with [[ItCanThink basic intelligence]].
* RetroRocket: The projectile.
* RestrainingBolt: Gan's limiter prevents him from killing (though apparently not threatening to use violence, as we saw in the previous episodes). Zen is unable to warn the crew for [[PlotDrivenBreakdown unknown reasons]] that apparently have [[AIIsACrapshoot something to do with his programming.]]
* SealedEvilInACan
* SecurityCling: Blake and Jenna HoldingHands as they face asphyxiation.
* SelfHealingPhlebotinum: The teleport console fuses out, but Avon says it is self-repairing.
* ShipTease: When Cally first lays eyes on Avon, [[EatingTheEyeCandy she can be seen checking him out with visible appreciation]].
* ScottyTime: Lampshaded
* SlowDoors
** Jenna barely gets the door to the landing bay closed in time.
** The door to the control room to the "paraneutronic generator" is the genuine article, as the scene is filmed inside a nuclear power station.
* SoleSurvivor: Cally. She's likely suffering from SurvivorGuilt, as she plans to give her life in a SuicideByCop until our heroes turn up.
* SpecialEffectsFailure: The explosion of a nuclear reactor is shown by ExplosiveInstrumentation and a bunch of Federation mooks falling down in an unconvincing manner.
* StealthInSpace: The Liberator approaches Sauron Major from Federation space, given that their attention will be towards neutral space. So they don't have a traffic control system?
* SuddenlyShouting
-->'''Blake:''' Enough, Avon!
* TaintedVeins: On the Guardians.
* {{Telepath}}: Cally. However she can't read minds.
* TwoLinesNoWaiting: Events on the planet surface versus events on the Liberator.
* WhenPropsAttack: Thanks to bad framing the campfire appears to be roasting Blake's crotch.
* WhamLine: "There are four Guardians, repeat, there are four Guardians."
* [[ManBitesMan WomanBitesMan]]: Jenna bites a Guardian who thrusts his arm through a SlowDoor to grab her.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Cally joins the RagtagBunchOfMisfits because she can't go back to Auron, having failed her mission. Or so she claims -- we hear a different explanation in "Children of Auron".
