Captain Gideon of the Andromeda goes after the Star Force in the Mars-Jupiter asteroid belt, but, like the EDF Commander, decides that their determination and their mission is honourable. He allows them to slip past and reports to the EDC that he merely could not locate the renegades.
It is interesting to note that Sandor's earlier fears about computerised ships may be a bit unfounded. Earlier, he derided the notion, saying that the crew becomes robots ("they just sit and stare at the dials. I don't know what they'll do when there's an emergency"). But, his assessment that "all decisions are based on computer data" is incorrect. Despite the computer assistance, all real decisions are made by the bridge crew. Had the Andromeda truly been under the control of its on-board computers, it would have surely fired on the Argo. Computers lack sentiment. Captain Gideon, on the other hand, was the one to control such actions, and the computers merely assisted in aiming guns accurately. It is also ironic that years later, in the movie, Final Yamato, it is the Argo's own on-board computer which takes over when the crew are unconscious, and nagivates the Star Force safely back to Earth.
Black Tiger squad leader Conroy spots the Andromeda -- approaching from the Argo's rear radar blind spot -- through a port hole in a lavatory while he is relieving himself. This is, of course, a bit unrealistic since the Andromeda would have really been too far away to see so easily. But, it is amusing nonetheless. The fact that he is using the bathroom is covered up by a few seconds of footage that was cut by the Sunwagon/Claster script editors.
The forces from the Comet Empire attack the 11th planet, Brumas, and the Star Force picks up the Space Marines, including their leader, the obnoxious Sgt. Knox. With the enemy threat established, the Earth Defense Commander rescends the warrant for the Star Force, and orders them to seek out information on the threat.
Naska's task force is defeated by the Star Force's new long-range shot cannons ("... a 10-Megameter range").
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