B5 PRESSURE POINT


The Liberator heads for the Solar System and the crew think that Blake wants to observe the Federation's security system. Blake suddenly informs them that he intends to take over Central Control, the computer control center of the whole Federation.He believes that its' destruction will cause the Federation to crumble. After much debate, the crew reluctantly agree to help. Blake has already contacted ,Kasabi, a rebel leader on Earth , who is to aide Blake in his fight. But before Blake arrives, Kasabi and her group are captured by Servalan and Travis. They force Kasabi to reveal the location and the code signal for the rendezvous. They also force Kasabi's daughter, Veron to help bait a trap for Blake.
         Blake and Gan teleport to the location, a crypt, and find Veron who explains that the group has been caught. Blake decides to go ahead with the mission. Avon and Vila appear but Veron betrays them, takes their bracelets and locks them in the crypt. The crew escape and head for the Forbidden Zone, a heavily guarded area surrounding Central Control.
          The crew narrowly avoid death in the minefields of the Forbidden Zone and manages to break into the complex. Upon entering the control room , they find it empty! A few seconds later, Travis and two mutoids enter. Travis explains that Central Control had been moved to an unknown location THIRTY years before. The Federation lets the public think that Control is still on Earth, in order to root out rebels like Blake and Kasabi. Before Travis can kill Blake and the others, Veron and Jenna enter with Servalan at gunpoint. Jenna had teleported down with extra bracelets after the crew failed to report in. Servalan orders Travis to release the crew and they flee.
          The crew hesitate to teleport from so far underground and begin to climb back up to the surface. Travis lobs a grenade after them. There is an explosion, the roof collapses, trapping Gan and he dies. Blake and the others escape and teleport back to the Liberator, shaken by Gan's death.


B6 TRIAL


At Space Command Headquarters, Travis is being tried for the massacre of 1417 unarmed civilians on Zircaster. Servalan has rigged the trial. She wants him executed before he can reveal her inability as Supreme Commander to capture Blake.
          Guilt-stricken by Gans death, Blake teleports to an uninhabited planet He tells the crew to decide whether or not to follow him anymore and he makes sure that he location is not discovered. The planet  does contain life and Blake meets Zil. She tries to explain the ecosystem to Blake. It is soon apparent the the planet itself is alive and that Zil is considered a parasite. The oceans begin to rise in order to cleanse the planet of its parasites. Zil falls into a trench and is absorbed by the planet.
Before Blake can suffer a similar fate , he is rescued by the Liberator.
          Meanwhile, at Space Command, Travis has decided to speak in his own behalf. He ascerts that his actions on Zircaster where the direct result of his Federation training. The judges retire to consider this line of defense. Revitalized, Blake decides to attack Space Command using Avon's new clocking device. Just as Travis is found guilty, they attack. As the emergency hatches close, Travis escapes. Slyly, Servalan allows Travis to steal a ship crewed by mutoids so that he can unofficially continue the search for Blake.


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