Then, we see a pirate vessel that has that little tao girl with the old man and some other guy, who seems to be a navigator of some sort. They're chasing the infamous "Hot Ice" Hilda! The pirates send out some of their grappler ships, damaging Hilda's ship, Horus. Against all the odds, however, Hilda still manages to get away and kick some major pirate booty all in one fell swoop.
We then find ourselves in Clyde's bar. A guy with a lip ring walks in, asking for Gene. Clyde and the mysterious pierced man have their own little Spanish inquistion, which tells us that this guy wants to kill Gene because he "did a number" on his brother, Butch. During the inquiry, Gene and Jim are playing poker while Iris, the lovely bar maid, spectates. Gene folds because he has to fight this guy now. Jim gets mad, but can't really do anything about it... ANYWAYS, Gene approaches Mr. Mysterious and introduces himself as Gene Starwind. This new guy says that Gene's a little runt, and introduces himself as Rob McCain, and Clyde instantly recognizes him as the famous "Death" Rob! Gene makes a crack and calls him "Deaf" Rob, then shoots him full of holes. Rob isn't down, though! It turns out he's a type C cyborg- Jim tells Gene where to cut, Gene whips out his nifty little knife, and cuts a huge gash in Rob's torso. Gene tells Clyde to call the sherrif, and it's all over... Iris makes a comment about how scared she was, prompting Gene to hug her and grab her butt. Jim comments on Gene's naughty behavior, and Gene cuts it out. They use the bounty on Rob to pay for bar repairs, and deposit the rest.
Next we see Jim and Gene on a catwalk underneath a starry sky... Jim suggests that they hit the casino or get something good to eat, then stops in midsentence to find Gene staring up into the sky. A ship other than the regular shuttle is making an entrance... Gene stops staring, then says that he's going to go pick up some girls. Jim proceeds to call Gene a scumbag.
Now we're at Club Temptation. Gene's girl is taking a shower, and he's sitting naked on the bed, drinking a beer. The girl comes out of the shower with nothing but a towel on, and asks Gene if he'll ever go into space, then, not even waiting for an answer, she goes on and asks what he'd do, and makes a few suggestions. Gene says he'd go pirate hunting, and she objects. Gene gets all serious, and then they make out.
Next morning- Jim's cooking breakfast, and trying to wake Gene up at the same time- neither of which are very easy. Gene gets up, brushes his teeth, and then flips the omelette Jim's cooking, all the while they talk about the ship that landed on Sentinnel III the night before- a pirate ship. In the middle of their discussion, the phone rings, and Jim answers. It's so funny hearing an 11-year-old kid say "hai hai!" in a deep voice like that!!! There's a pretty blonde lady on, and she says that she needs a bodyguard. She calls herself "Rachel". Jim does a check on Miss Rachel Sweet, and they find nothing wrong with her profile, even with all the bio-elements she ordered.
Gene meets Rachel at Clyde's bar, while Iris stares on jealously. They discuss the bodyguarding job, and Gene takes it for 800 wong a day- THAT'S A LOT!!! Rachel seems like a very congenial person...
Next, we find Gene and Rachel standing in an alley, waiting for Jim to come and pick them up in Ehefrau, Jim's car. Nagias suddenly appear, ordering Gene to run away, or they'll kill him. Gene fights with them for a few minutes, until they run off. Jim drives up in Ehefrau, and Gene screams "YOU'RE LATE!!!" Gene gets behind the wheel, turns the ignition, and the car poops out on them... Jim and Gene fix the car, and then they're rolling like nobody's business.
On their way to the fields Rachel directed them to, the tao girl and her small army are waiting for them in the middle of the road. The little girl calls Rachel Hilda, and the gig's up. Rachel/Hilda throws a grenade-ish looking thing (after yelling "Cover your eyes!"), and Gene floors it. Rachel/Hilda takes off her mask. One of the tao soldiers goes after them on a bunch of floating Nagias (he's using tao magic). Gene switches places with Hilda and whips out his pistol. He fires a couple shots ("How d'ya like that?"), which have no effect whatsoever on him. Gene takes out this REALLY big gun, fires a couple of shots, and... nothing. Finally, Gene takes out his Caster rifle (to Hilda's surprise), and tells Jim to hand him a #3. Jim says there's only one left. Gene says to give him a #3. Jim gives Gene the #3. Gene loads the Caster, charges and then fires, and then... BLAMMO! The tao guy's dead.
They finally arrive at a little farm outfit. Hilda thanks them for their time, and shoots Gene in the stomach. Gene falls to the ground, and Jim starts to run over to him until Hilda stops him.
Hilda brings Jim into the barn, and tells him to pull out a trunk hidden amongst bales of hay. It looks like it's really heavy... Gene walks in and points his gun to Hilda's head, and shows an astonished Jim their ruined PDA (for the more dense people, Hilda shot the PDA, not Gene). Gene tells Jim to open the trunk, and Jim tells Gene it's electronic, and they need a password. Gene tells Hilda she'd better tell them what the password is, and Hilda says it's not in their best interest to open it. Gene asks for the password again. Hilda tells all, and Jim enters the code. The trunk opens, and there's a naked girl inside, cryogenically frozen...
