As the Temerity cleans up the last of the Zernabian snub fighters, Francisco reports that the ground team is facing heavy fire at the landing zone. Tanaka turns back to assist!
Sure enough, as they approach, they see a large unit of Clonoids charging the Zozian position, supported by two copters raining plasma bolts down in support! Red Wolf is having trouble establishing his planned formations under the withering assault.
But the flimsy patrol copters are no match for the Temerity, and Dakaasin makes short work of them on their first pass. Tanaka circles around for a couple more passes over the Clonoid charge, which quickly turns into a rout. Taking advantage of the reprieve, Red Wolf orders the Zozians to fall back to the LZ so they can get their troop formations re-established.

Our impressive hero roasts his foe in the face!

Wow, that clonoid is all over the map! Or, as Raven said when he saw this: “I wouldn’t be caught DEAD being that guy.. but that guy would!” The previous two statements have been condemned by the Clonoid Rehabilitation League Local 4102.

Well Zik, it looks like you’re outgunned and completely surrounded. So are you going to submit to the Queen, or is there a way out of this?

Things seldom go as planned. There was supposed to be an earth-shattering kaboom, but alas, the helicopter is still there. And now, someone seems to have gotten the drop on Zik! Perhaps that’s why the helicopter stopped shooting long enough for Zik to return fire?

Zik is a man of action, and a gallant one at that! Even when dodging bullets from a hostile helicopter-thing, he’s all about the chivalry and Galactic Action Hero charisma.

Oh great, another one! These Clonoids are everywhere! The fact is, they’re networked to a central AI (hence the antennas), so the entire race instantly knows about Zik and his whereabouts!

I’d like to wish a very happy 8th birthday to my daughter Lenore, who is the brilliant young mind responsible for naming Zik’s computer, Zoot. I’m a big fan of both my kids, and I’m pretty lucky that I get to be their dad. Thanks for 8 years of fun, Lenore, and here’s to many more to come! Zonga zonga!