04x06 - A New Defender

[bunniefuu]

It appears that all of the planets
we've engaged have been pacified,

if not totally liberated.

-[alarm blaring]
-[groans]

-[blaring continues]
-Wait.

There's another Galra battle cruiser
approaching Naxzela.

Sector Zar Niomofor is clear.

Let me see if I can get a line
on that battle cruiser.

[powering down]

Zaiforge cannon Senfama,
are you still operational?

[powering down]

[sighs]
Negative.

[Coran] That incoming battle cruiser
must have shut them down remotely.

Sorry, Shiro.

That's it for a*tillery support.
What should we do about that cruiser?

That cruiser's gonna be too late.
Naxzela's almost secure.

We just need to take out
the last of the heavy a*tillery.

On our left! Shield up!

[all grunting]

[male soldier] This is the most
devastating attack on the empire

in 10,000 years.

We left ourselves vulnerable.
Now, we face overwhelming resistance.

Do we attack now, or should we wait
for orders from Emperor Zarkon?

Lord Zarkon is busy
leading the hunt for Lotor.

We can handle this on our own.

Stay on course for Naxzela.

[beeping]

[sighs]

[rapid beeping]

[female soldier]
Sire, one of our deep space beacons

just registered some activity.

It's not far from our position.
I could send a scout.

It's Lotor.

All fleets head for that beacon.

-[rumbling]
-[grunts, gasps]

[grunts]

-[grunts]
-[weapon whirring]

[beeping]

[rapid beeping]

[steady beeping]

[grunts]

[grunting]

He's headed for Nah-veer Five.
It's an unstable star.

He thinks we'll be scared off
by a few solar flares. Stay on him.

[female soldier]
The radiation is wreaking havoc

on our navigation systems.

We can navigate visually. Stay on him.

[grunting]

Cruiser six is down.
Squadron Erto is down.

Sire, we're too close to the sun.

This cruiser cannot handle
gravitation this strong.

Pull back.

[grunting, yelling]

[female soldier]
Our engines have overheated.

We cannot pursue until they've stabilized.

It will be at least 12 doboshes.

Track his trajectory.

Stop the ship and hold this position.
We're close enough to Naxzela now.

Close enough for what?
Voltron has captured the planet.

There's no way for us
to attack from this distance.

We need to gather every available ship
and get ready for the fight of our lives.

Make sure no one disturbs my ritual
until Naxzela is destroyed.

Vrepit sa.

Let us begin.

Awake, Naxzela!

[Lance]
Whoa! Did we cause that earthquake?

[Pidge]
I don't think so!

[rumbling]

[alarm blaring]

[blaring continues]

[whooshing]

Guys, look over there!

Uh... guys, what are those?

We've never seen anything like this
from the Galra before.

[Hunk]
Are they weapons?

[Pidge]
They look like some sort of generators.

-[Shiro] Stay alert.
-[Lance] I say we get outta here.

Pidge, plot a course for our escape.

[Shiro] Hold on. We should find out
what these things are.

[Hunk]
This can't be safe.

Do you feel that?

That wave of darkness?

[grunting]

[Lance]
I can't move Red!

[Hunk]
Yellow won't budge, either.

This energy field is holding us down!
Gravity levels are spiking!

[Shiro grunting]
We have to get outta here!

If we stay here, we'll be crushed.
Everyone, we have to focus.

Give everything you've got,

and maybe we can fight
through this energy field.

-Ready?
-[paladins] Ready!

[metal creaking]

[all screaming]

[Hunk]
Is... Is anyone else able to move around?

[Pidge] Barely, but the gravitational pull
is worse on Voltron.

[grunting]

Maybe if we go down to the surface,

Hunk and I can figure out a way
to interrupt this energy field.

That sounds good,

except for the zillion robot dudes
still kickin' around down there.

We're gonna have
to stay in tight formation.

Watch each other's backs. Let's move!

[grunting]

[grunts]

[grunting]

[grunting]

[both grunting]

[all grunting]

[all grunting]

Pidge and Hunk,
do your thing and do it fast.

This rod seems to go
all the way down into the planet's core.

But I'm not detecting
any kind of energy source on the planet

-that could be causing all of this.
-Then we'll need to follow it down

-to the core.
-[door beeping, opening]

It's open! Let's go!

[Pidge]
Whoa.

What is that?

This is Zarkon's witch's doing.

The energy I felt...

This must be the source.

[Shiro]
Allura, this facility...

It looks... Altean.

I'm afraid you're correct, Shiro.

This is a decommissioned Altean
terraforming plant.

Somehow, the witch has been able
to reactivate it remotely.

Can you shut it down?

I can try.

[screaming]

[all]
Allura!

-[continues screaming]
-[all grunting]

[all grunt]

[both groaning]

Are you okay?

It's too powerful.

-[Hunk groaning]
-[both] Huh?

[grunts]

[moans]

This soil is weird.

It's so white and powdery,
like ground-up rocks or earth.

-And heximite!
-[lasers firing]

[Lance]
What's heximite?

Some of us may have
slept through chemistry.

The whole planet is a b*mb,

one that's big enough
to wipe out several solar systems.

[Hunk]
It's under increasing pressure,

and when the pressure reaches
a certain point, it's going to explode.

-How long do we have?
-Maybe 20 minutes.

We have to get off this planet
and warn everyone!

[Hunk]
Anyone within ten solar systems of us

is going to get blown to pieces.

They could take out Voltron, the rebels,
and the Blade of Marmora

in one fell swoop.

[all grunting]

[grunting, panting]

[Keith sighs]

Coran, are there any targets
that need support?

I haven't heard of anyone needing help.

And that Galra fleet
heading towards Naxzela stopped.

-Stopped?
-Yes. Quite a distance away, too.

[Kolivan] Perhaps the Galra decided
it's too well-fortified to attack.

[Keith]
"Victory or death" is the Galra way.

They never stop attacking.

Voltron.

[Keith]
Shiro, can you hear me? Shiro!

Something's wrong.

Paladins? Allura? What's happened?

It must be the magnetic distortion
from Naxzela.

I'm gonna check it out. I need a ship.

That'll work.

Matt, something's wrong.
I can't reach Voltron.

[Matt]
We can fly to Naxzela to check on 'em.

[Keith]
No, I need your help.

I can't explain why, but I know
we need to attack that fleet.

-I thought the fleet had stopped.
-It has...

but we're afraid
it has something to do with Voltron.

-We're with you.
-Copy that.

Good to have you along.

[Coran]
I'm coming, too.

It might take me a while.
I'm on the other side of the galaxy,

and I don't have enough of Allura's energy
left to work the teludav.

No, stay in position.
We might need you back there.

[female voice]
Fighter squadron Djalg 14, report in.

[male voice] Djalg 14 here.
No sign of Lotor in this zone.

Moving to Zone Everall 71.

[female voice] Copy.
Fighter squadron Djalg 15, report in.

[male voice]
Djalg 15 here. No sign of Lotor.

Moving to Zone Rebulon 55.

[female voice] Negative, Djalg 15,
that zone is restricted.

I repeat, Zones Rebulon 4 through 69
are off-limits.

We expect a massive detonation soon

that will wipe out everything
in the quadrant.

-Stay out of the area.
-[male voice] Copy.

[metal creaking]

[Shiro]
Coran! Keith! Do you copy?

-Anyone? Hello!
-[alarm blaring]

[sighs]
We've lost communications.

Pidge, can you boost our signal?

No, there's too much
electrostatic repulsion!

-[blaring continues]
-[growls]

-Seventeen minutes left.
-[blaring continues]

We have to get off
this planet immediately.

[metal creaking]

[metal creaking]

[Lance]
Oh, no! We've fallen even further down!

[Hunk]
Fifteen minutes!

[Pidge]
No, no! We can't die here! Not yet!

Listen. We've come through a lot
as Voltron. We just have to think.

Allura...

you felt the dark energy
when it first started.

You have a connection to this magic.
I know you can get us out of this somehow.

We all saw what you did on the Balmera
and how you power the Castle.

I... I don't know. I haven't been trained.

No one trained you
to save the Balmera, but you did that.

I know you can do it.
There's a reason the Blue Lion chose you.

You're the one who brought
everyone together. You can do this.

Every moment we've had together,
they've all led to this day.

This is your destiny.
You are the heart of Voltron.

Okay, I'll try.

Help me, Father.

-[all gasp]
-It's working!

[roars]

-Thank you, Lance.
-That was all you.

[Hunk]
We still need to defuse that b*mb!

Keith, can you hear me?

Shiro! Where are you? Is everything okay?

Not for long
if we don't stop Zarkon's witch.

She must be aboard that battle cruiser.

I'm way ahead of you.

-And I brought some backup.
-[Olia] Rebel Squad is en route.

[Matt]
Good to have Voltron back in the fight.

What the ruggle is that?

[Matt] It looks like some sort of weapon
attached to the cruiser.

[Olia]
Evasive maneuvers!

Coran, you need to get as far away
from Naxzela as you can immediately.

Pick up any members of the coalition
who are nearby, but go.

Wh-What's happening?

Naxzela is a b*mb,
and it's about to go off.

But what about you?

We'll stop it if we can,
but we need you to do this.

Yes, Princess.

-[Lance] Thrusters are at max power!
-[Hunk] I sure hope we make it in time.

[yelling]

[continues yelling]

Follow my lead!
We've got to break through that shield!

[grunts]

[groaning]

We're not gonna make it!

[rapid beeping]

Please hurry, Princess.

We'll never penetrate those shields!

Maybe not with our weapons.

[Matt]
Wait! Keith, what are you doing?

Keith, no!

[gasps, grunts]

[screams, pants]

Naxzela is returning to normal!
You did it!

-Good work, Keith.
-It wasn't me.

[all]
Huh?

It was Lotor.

The cannon on his ship was the only thing
powerful enough to take down that shield.

[electricity crackling]

[rumbling]

Commander Ladnok,
take us out of here now.

Vrepit sa.

[Lotor] Attention,
Paladins of Voltron and rebel fighters.

I know we've had our differences
in the past, but...

I think it is time we had a discussion.