Major Bradbury to communication bridge.
Nuclear comforce to main engine room.
Major Bradbury to communication bridge.
What is it like, the planet we're approaching?
Nothing but ice and snow.
A barren desert of whiteness.
Scan it with our computer waves.
The enemy's weapons may be hidden beneath its surface.
A-ha! Looks like the cops.
As Thor, chief of the Imperial Police,
I order you to surrender at once.
Stella, you cheap smuggler,
I am police robot M.
You have the right to remain silent.
Go for hyperspace!
Let's hope this star-buggy stays together. What's our chances?
40% total disintegration,
30% molecular ignition,
20% gamma contamination.
You're very reassuring. I assume that means
we have a 10% chance of making it.
Not really. 3% structural collapse, 2%--
All right, all right!
Just keep on course and get ready to re-enter normal space.
Ready when you are.
We've done it! We've done it!
Not quite. Look, a nutrant star!
If it gets a hold on us, it'll crush us.
Prepare to release aft power stage.
Eject! Eject!
- We made it! - All right, we made it!
Plot us a new course, so that cop can't find us.
Even as you speak, it's been taken care of.
There's the border of the haunted stars.
If we'd traveled one second further,
we would have wound up right beside them.
What in the universe is that?
It's a spaceship!
No, its a launch.
Their power is totally down.
Maybe they're wounded, too weak to send a signal.
I'm gonna have a look.
What's the radiation level?
Normal. The hull isn't damaged.
I'm going inside.
Is everything all right?
Yes.
Wait a minute. There's someone here.
He looks like he's hurt pretty bad.
But he's alive.
I'll try to get him back to the ship.
I'll help you bring him aboard.
He's dehydrated.
Suffering from exhaustion.
But the launch was full of supplies. Everything he could have needed.
He's also in shock.
He keeps talking about monsters, red monsters.
He wants us to alert someone, urgently.
Who?
The Emperor of the First Circle of the Universe.
It's the emblem of the chief officers of the Imperial Navy.
I'd say red hot potatoes for small- time smugglers on the run like us.
- Well, what do we do? - You go to prison, Stella Star.
Your leap through hyperspace didn't fool us.
Your friction trail was easy to follow.
You are completely surrounded by fighter ships.
This time you've won.
We surrender.
There won't be a next time, Stella Star.
Don't worry. We'll get out of this.
My Lord!
Yes. What is it Ellrik?
They found one damned survivor.
Right now, the imperial shuttle ship has taken him to their medical center.
But his brain seems to be thoroughly damaged.
He will be of no help to them to find the ship.
Mm-hm.
Come to me, golems!
I have a simple task for you.
You must not fail me.
Therefore,
the great machines of the central operating system
of Imperial Justice
hereby sentence you,
Akton, of 9th Vega,
to 220 years hard labor
in the prison planet of C-com the 3rd.
As for you, Stella Star,
having considered all the arguments,
studied all the videotapes,
the accusations,
we condemn you to forced labor
for life in the penal colony
of Nocturne the 2nd.
This session is hereby adjourned.
Throw the radium in the furnace.
Careful now!
Okay, let's go! Move!
Faster!
Move! Let's go!
Will you step it up!
Here, you can move faster than that!
Careful with that radium!
Will you move!
Move down those stairs!
Throw it the furnace!
Do what I tell you!
Where do you think you are? We haven't got all day!
All right, 5 minutes of rest!
Move quickly now!
Prisoners get back to their posts! Let's go!
Come on quickly now!
Let's go!
I've been at this for 12 straight hours.
The radiation will burn my skin off.
We're not slaves.
You'd better work.
If you don't want a taste of the burning of their energy whips too.
But there must be a way to escape.
There will be a way.
You know. Blow-ups happen.
If I could only succeed in overfeeding the furnace.
But overfeed it with what?
- Energy! - Then a gun-ray...
- ...could be enough. - Planing an escape?
This is what you're gonna get, lady!
You can drop the riffle-ray.
Now turn around.
You!
I bet you never expected to see me here.
And you too!
Poor Stella! Your escape efforts have been wasted.
Okay.
I've lost again.
We were sent to free you. Your sentence has been cancelled.
Have you both gone mad?
I only have logic and emotion circuits. No room for craziness.
Well, I've been assigned to a top secret imperial mission.
We must now leave and set Akton free.
There, he's yours.
My gift to you.
Would I lie to you?
Look, it is the imperial flagship.
Akton, you are gonna meet some real royalty.
He's here!
There is his holographic image.
His Highness, the Emperor of the First Circle of the Universe.
I come to you, because my faithful robot,
Elle, has told me
that you are the only one who could save us.
You know, you must be the best pilot in the whole galaxy.
And you, Akton, the best navigator.
Stella,
our galaxy is split
into two warring factions.
Our own
and the one ruled by the evil Count
Zarth Arn
from the league of the dark worlds.
Recently, we've begun
to receive troublesome reports from our spies among the league.
They have informed us
that the Count has created a weapon,
a new, limitless weapon.
A weapon so vast, so huge,
that it would take a whole planet to conceal it.
That is why we sent the mission ship.
Did they find the planet?
The ship came so close...
So close!
...to discovering the Count's secret.
And it was suddenly attacked by a horde of unknown monsters.
We had assumed it was destroyed.
We lost all hope.
Until you found
the launch from that ship.
And now, with the utmost secrecy,
you must sail
to the haunted stars.
You must find that ship.
Find the Count's secret planet and destroy it.
There's something else.
When you complete the mission,
search for the commander
of that missing ship.
He was my only son.
The first possibility is the Origa system.
Also know as the worlds asleep.
But this system is still within our galaxy,
and we should've found it by now.
The same also applies to the white sun of Ohzon.
So, only the third possibility remains...
the heart of the haunted stars.
An unknown planet named...
Euraphas.
Well, shall we begin our search?
Lets go!
The distance we must travel is enormous.
By using hyperspace, what would normally take two months to reach,
we should do in two hours.
Everything ready?
- Ready! - Right!
Every time I go into hyperspace, I get nervous.
Prepare for re-entry to normal space.
We've arrived.
It's not very far from here. You can reach it by using the space shuttle.
Thor and I will wait for you there, hidden in that canyon.
So that we're ready in case of another surprise attack of the Count.
That sounds fine with me.
Is there air out there?
Yeah. Yeah, you can breathe.
- All right, lets go! - Follow me!
I'm sure you can operate the shuttle ship. The controls are easy.
Now, watch your step right here.
Take care.
- You all right? - You bet. Lets go.
Don't you think we're a little low?
I haven't been programmed to walk on water.
Oh, me! Water makes me so nervous!
Everything makes you nervous.
It's the launch!
Let's land.
Okay. Take it in easy.
Shuttle to starship. We are landing now.
Roger. Out.
My seatbelt's stuck.
Oh, Elle, come on!
Take it easy, I'm coming.
Look at that!
Amazing!
It's almost buried!
The impact was tremendous.
I doubt if anyone could've survived.
The nuclear exhaust ports have been gutted by fire.
We'd better look around.
What's that?
I don't know.
Seems to be a planetary artifact.
Well, it certainly is an antique.
Looks like some sort of laser spear.
This planet is inhabited.
We must be very careful.
We are in the evil Count's domain.
These stars are extremely far and remote, even for him.
Probably they've set up a fully independent kind of civilization.
We're wasting time. We'd better start looking for the missing crew.
Come on, lets go this way.
Look!
Amazons on horseback!
I hope they're friendly.
We'll soon find out.
Take my revenge.
Kill 'em!
Die robot!
We are better than you!
- We want her alive! - Elle!
You'll pay for this, all of you!
Don't make us kill you!
Come on!
Stop! There's no escape!
Take your hands off of me!
Let me go!
Get your hands off of me!
Let me go!
Queen Querrelia, this is the spy we captured.
She came through the forbidden sea.
You're a spy.
As the men from the launch were too.
But nothing is going to stop the Count anymore.
Even if you had passed by this world,
you'd never be able to discover the Count's planet.
Two packs of murdering guardians
are there to watch and protect it from intruders.
And now...
Put her into the mind probe.
No! No!
Hold it right there!
Elle!
Release her or I'll blast your queen.
I mean it.
Come on now.
Don't you people move or you're dead.
Give me any trouble and I'm gonna clean out your sinuses real good, lady!
Now, you stand there.
Okay, close the door.
Don't you follow us now!
Stop them! Stop them!
Behind you!
Come on, lets go!
Elle, you're terrific! I didn't know you had it in you.
Where's the release mechanism?
It's jammed!
Take cover!
Here goes the last shot.
Full power!
That did it.
Come on, lets go!
Hurry! Hurry!
Guardian...
take my revenge.
Kill them.
Look!
Whoa! Run for your life!
There! That narrow passage in the rocks.
Come on, Stella, run!
Hurry!
No!
Elle!
We better move!
The amazon air-fighters will be here soon.
Quick, to the ship!
They're attacking!
I'll man the laser canon.
Spectre 7, fire!
Okay, get ready. Here they come.
Power is up to full battle speed.
Hard left or right!
You!
Why don't you come back now?
Here they come. Spectre 3.
Now!
All right! We've got them!
Fire! Fire!
Yeah!
One more. There's one more.
We've got 'em.
Watch out on the right.
We're down from 6 to 5.
Get ready.
More to the left.
Ready?
Then fire 5.
Then 6.
Fire the laser canon, robot. Fire!
Yeah!
We got it!
We're holding.
Now!
Three ships approaching from the right. Fire!
All right, we've won. We did it.
I found the positions to both the 3rd launch and the mothership.
The mothership is closest, so we'll check it out first.
It's here.
On the 3rd planet of the next solar system.
I've never been there.
What's it like?
Red fogs, high winds, low gravity.
The air is breathable.
And the atmospheric conditions are stable.
However,
the entire planet is covered with ice and snow.
And you must be extremely careful when the sun sets.
The temperature drops thousands of degrees.
And in an instant, everything freezes over.
What a terrible crash!
No one could have survived.
Do you see any sign of the Emperor's son?
If he's in the middle of all this,
I don't even know if his own mother would recognize him.
Then it's all over.
There's no hope of ever finding the Count's secret fortress.
There's still the 3rd launch.
It's probably lost out in the stars, who knows?
Anyway, it's useless to raise false hopes.
It's been too long.
And this galaxy is wild and hostile.
Come on, Elle, lets go back to the ship.
We'd better hurry.
We've run out of time and our power pack reserves are nearly finished.
Let's get rid of them.
It's going to be a long walk back.
My feet are already cold.
It's times like these that I'm glad to be a robot.
What's the matter with you, Akton?
Well, I'm just refining my powers.
And what's your problem, ship's computer, huh?
Is everything all right with Stella and Elle?
I'm not worried about them.
I'm just waiting.
Your waiting's over.
Mmm! At last, Thor!
You have some good news for me?
Yes, Excellency.
I've killed the alien pathfinder
and taken over the ship.
What of Stella Star?
And that tin policeman?
This planet will take care of them, Excellency.
Good!
And I await your immediate arrival.
Elle, how much further?
We should be close. Just a few more radiants.
Ship's computer...
why aren't the main engines firing?
There is a malfunction.
A malfunction?
Where?
I am not programmed for this malfunction.
Akton, we're here!
Akton, Thor, let us in. The sun is setting.
That's exactly why I'm not letting you in.
Soon you'll be dead, and I'll be gone from this planet.
- Have you gone crazy? Open this hatch! - No!
Where's Akton?
Akton is dead.
And I'm leaving to join Count Zarth-Arn
as the prince of the League of Darkness.
Thor, a traitor! I cannot believe it.
I cannot trust my own logic circuits anymore.
He fooled me too.
It's no use. We're gonna freeze.
Maybe not. Maybe I can save you.
Let's stop here.
Now, you lie down in the snow, face up.
Okay.
Now, give me your hand, so I can monitor your temperature.
I can use my energy to keep your heart working.
You'll be in a state of suspended animation.
Elle...
as an opponent,
I always knew you were programmed to never give up.
Which was infuriating.
But now that quality
must be
best.
You are the most faithful companion a woman ever had.
And I, too, respect you, Stella.
You are the nicest human being I've known.
Now, maybe, is a good time to use your ancient system of prayer.
And hope it works for robots, as well.
Goodbye, my friend.
Goodbye for now, Stella.
You were expected here hours ago!
I've been delayed by a malfunction.
I don't tolerate malfunctions
or inefficiency in my realm!
How long will the delay be?
I think a very long time.
You shouldn't try taking off without asking me first.
This time I'll make sure you're dead.
I'll fix you!
All right, Akton. This is it.
Say goodbye.
What?!
Stop!
Put down the gun.
Stop!
No one can survive these deadly rays.
These deadly rays will be your death.
Elle?
Elle, do you read me?
This is Akton. I've taken over the ship.
Do you read me?
Her pulse rate is 16.
She may survive if you can use your powers and bring her back slowly.
Careful now.
Close the hatch.
Look, it is working!
She's going to make it.
Come on, Stella!
What's wrong?
The main engines will not fire.
Thor must have tried everything.
What are we gonna do now?
So, we get out of one mess,
just to find ourselves in another.
Not necessarily.
What do you mean? We are stuck!
Even the transmitter is out of order.
We can take off immediately.
Take off? How?
The ship is not operating, simply because I borrowed this reactor.
Then you knew about Thor.
Yes, I did.
So you see into the future.
All these years you never told me.
Think of all the trouble I might have avoided!
You would have tried to change the future.
Which is against the law.
So therefore, I can tell you nothing.
Let's find the 3rd launch.
Akton, you are something else!
Yes. Time is running out.
Let's go!
We're arriving.
That's the planet Demundia.
There in barren land and vast emptiness
we'll find the 3rd launch.
Something's wrong.
Everything has stopped.
What's happening?
Power failure!
My circuits! My circuits are failing!
We've been hit by an energy beam.
I am out of control!
Look!
What is it?
It must be the Count's weapon!
My head!
Fire, you stupid robot! Fire!
What's happening?
Here, let me help you.
The attack's over. You'll be all right.
I thought I was gonna go insane.
We've just survived an attack
of the most powerful weapon in the entire galaxy.
If Akton's calculations are correct,
we should find the launch this way.
In a crater just over...
there!
Oh, me!
Don't say it. Don't say it. I know.
Steam makes you nervous.
No, no! Not really.
Why should I be nervous?
There is nothing to be afraid of round here.
Looks totally wrecked, but it's definitely the 3rd launch.
- I'd better go down. - No, I insist.
Time for a little robot chauvinism. You stay here.
Be careful, Elle.
You do not have to worry about me.
- Release her! - Elle!
Take that!
Okay, vermin!
Keep there!
Let me go!
Let me down!
Help!
Help! Don't! Don't!
Relax.
Take it easy. I'll cut you down.
There, you're free.
That was a little too close for comfort.
Come on.
Come on!
We rest here.
This is safe.
Who are you?
This is an energy shield mask.
And the amount of energy is limited.
My name is Simon.
I'm the only survivor from the wreck of an imperial mission.
Are you really?
We've been searching for you all through these damned haunted stars.
Why?
The Emperor's orders were to find the Count's phantom planet
and to destroy it.
So, you know about the monsters?
Yes, I do.
But it's useless.
We did not succeed in finding the planet either.
And now there's no time left.
The cavemen will waiting for us.
All right, stay very close and very quiet.
Oh, this way looks safe.
Simon!
This way. This way.
Simon!
No! No!
Akton!
You all right?
Akton, thank God you got here in time.
You must've known all along.
By the way, this is Simon.
The only survivor from the imperial mission.
We owe you our lives.
Now maybe,
with your help we can still find the Count's phantom planet.
Let's go aboard your ship and continue on at once.
There's no need to continue.
Have you gone crazy?
That's our primary mission. To find the planet and destroy it.
I know, but we've already found it.
Think about it.
Then you'll understand that this is the Count's planet.
Remember what the Amazon queen said.
A planet occupied by two packs of evil defenders.
Well, the first we met while in space,
the red monsters.
And the second,
right here, the troglodytes.
And there's no question about it. This is the planet.
This?
That's incredible.
I was here and I didn't even realise it.
There's no way you could have.
Anyway, we proceed at once and destroy all that machinery.
- Right? - Right.
There is the door that'll take us to the machinery.
This is the Count's secret domain.
The very heart of the phantom planet.
From here he planned to control the entire universe.
This is incredible!
Where is everybody?
Everything is set in our destiny.
Soon you'll know all the answers.
This will take us to operation headquarters.
After you, my dear.
Here's the nerve center of the entire operation.
This is unbelievable!
Fantastic!
Pre-programmed computers. They could run forever!
All these power modules, what are they for?
This is the force that projected the red monsters into space.
Then this is the way they produced real monsters?
No, not real.
The monsters never existed.
These machines discharged mental projections of monsters in our brains.
There's the control panel.
Now, destiny must take it's course.
No, we can't allow this to happen.
We must destroy it, at once!
You've been very lucky.
And clever.
You survived every trap that I'd lay for you.
Then I realized that your success
would become my triumph.
How much time is left, Captain?
Half a quadrant to go, my Lord.
You hear?
In less than an hour's time,
all that will be left of this planet
will be ashes and cosmic dust.
Forever.
Then you will be among the dead.
The Emperor will make you pay for this.
The Emperor?
I forgot to inform you
that the Emperor
will be blown to pieces along with the rest of you.
Yes!
I told the Emperor
that we had found you on this planet.
He's on his way here now at top speed.
He'll get here just in time
to join the fireworks.
I'm sorry, your highness.
You've lost.
Highness?
Forgive me, Stella.
But in the beginning I didn't know whose side you were on.
And afterwards, I didn't know how to tell you.
Yes, he is Simon, son of the Emperor and heir to the throne.
You two are to prevent them from leaving this room at all cost.
You will stay with them until the end.
Kill them
if you have to.
Now it will be just a matter of waiting.
An hour goes by quickly.
We've got to get past those golems.
Yes, but how?
Have faith
and never give up hope.
Look out!
We are now approaching Demundia.
All crewmen to landing stations.
Don't worry. Don't worry.
You and the prince will live.
Akton, you've got to get up.
We must get away from here.
I shall remain here.
Please get up. Please.
I'm no longer useful at this time.
You're talking nonsense. You can heal yourself in no time at all.
No.
I must obey destiny.
Akton!
We'll carry you.
Go.
It's your duty.
You must live.
I can't.
I can't leave you.
You're the only human-like friend I've ever had.
I don't understand. You never die.
Stella, Stella.
I've accomplished the mission.
- Yes, but... - Others are coming.
Even as I speak they'll rescue you.
Don't worry.
I'll live forever.
Now, go.
Go.
Father!
We must leave at once.
48 seconds left to the explosion.
We've got to get out of here.
It's true father.
The Count has mined the planet with nuclear charges.
We're all about to die.
You know something, my boy?
I wouldn't be Emperor, if I didn't have some powers at my command.
Imperial battleship...
Halt the flow of time.
In the space of three minutes
every molecule on this planet will be immobilized.
But after the third minute,
the green ray loses it's power.
Time will flow once again.
And everything will explode.
Three minutes are enough, father.
Now, the Count believes that we are dead.
That our armies have dispersed, and that we have no leader.
He is supremely confident that he can overcome us with the greatest of ease.
Well, then...
Now is the time to surprise him.
We will attack his headquarters
before his fleets can join him.
If we succeed in this,
we could save billions of lives.
- Gather together all our legions. - Sir!
And order the attack.
By sunset, I'll be the new Emperor.
And I will be the master
of the whole universe.
Over there, quickly!
Over there! Over there! Move it!
Kill them!
Over there, quickly!
Enemy arriving with torpedoes.
Prepare for attack.
- Quickly now! - Colonel!
- Captain, where?
- Over there, sir! - Watch out!
Behind you!
Over there! Over there!
- Captain! - Lieutenant!
Kill! Kill!
Over there!
We've got them, father! It's working.
Kill! Kill!
Faster, now!
- Over there! Take your men! - Follow me!
Kill them! Here they come again!
Kill them!
Get squad! Come on!
Over there, quickly!
- Quickly, now! - Careful!
Now, let's give the Emperor
a great reception.
Put in use our mightiest weapon,
the doom machine.
Send it off to towards the Emperor's capital world
and destroy the Emperor's imperial planet.
- Zarth-Arn! - Yeah!
It's over.
We're finished.
We've lost.
No.
No, there's still a way.
There's one solution left.
I'm afraid we're forced to use it.
What?
Starcrash.
Four dimensional attack!
Yes!
If we can re-enter space
at the precise moment
the impact of surprise upon the Count will be so overwhelming
that he cannot halt us.
But father, there is no weapon powerful enough.
Oh yes, there is.
The floating city.
Yes, yes, I know.
Although we destroy it's hope, it's future,
I'm afraid we must sacrifice it
by setting it towards the Count's fortress.
It's our only way.
Now, you must help me.
Both of you.
Go and direct it's course.
- Zoltan! - Yes, my Lord.
Now, set the doom machine against the imperial space station itself.
- How long will it take? - 15 minutes.
The set it in motion.
I want to wipe out the Emperor from the whole of the universe.
Yes, my Lord.
When do we reach the floating city?
Less than two minutes.
Right. I'll check the docking facilities.
Right.
Everything checks out okay.
Look, the floating city.
Already evacuated.
The technicians have already set the charges and freed the atomic engines.
If everything goes smoothly,
I'll try to eject myself as soon as I re-enter space.
But, surely, I'll come with you!
No, no, no!
It's more important that you stay here to rescue me once this is all over.
All right.
I'll stay.
But I cannot let you go alone.
In fact our best scientists have spent the last few hours
reconstructing an old friend of yours.
Elle!
You can't keep a good robot down.
This is incredible! They rebuild you!
But how? You look marvelous!
Very carefully.
And they used the latest components.
I feel like a new machine.
Go, now. Quickly!
The survival of our galaxy is in your hands.
This will take us directly to the control room.
We have a lot to do in a very short time.
Get ready to ease out of orbit.
This doesn't make you nervous, does it?
I've never flown a city before.
Well, leave it to me.
Build up maximum energy.
We must leap through the very heart of the stars.
Prepare to transit. 8 degrees.
Okay, I'm ready.
My Lord!
Yes, Ellrik?
A floating ship is about to crash into us.
What?!
- Zoltan! - Yes, my Llord.
Destroy the floating ship approaching us.
It can't be done.
It's too close.
- There it is. Dead ahead. - All right!
- The Count's fighters. - We've got to evade them.
All systems prepare for full power.
Let's lock in these controls.
And move it out. Quick.
Right!
Let's go!
Come back, you fools! You cowards!
- Come back and fight! - My Lord!
- Yes, Ellrik? - Come, or you'll be destroyed.
- Stay with me, Ellrik! - Let go!
Let's get out of here or there won't be enough left of me to put back together.
You can bet on that!
Circuits, don't fail me now.
Zarth-Arn!
It's Simon.
Simon!
We're over here.
Stella! Stella!
And welcome home.
- Stella! - Hmm?
- Simon! - Hmm?
- Ah, Stella! - Hmm?
- Simon! - Mm-hm!
Is that so?
Well, it's done.
It's happened.
The stars are clear.
The planets shine.
We've won.
Oh, some dark force no doubt
will show it's face once more.
The wheel will always turn.
But for now it's calm.
And for a little time,
at least,
we can rest.