Episode 49 - Held Together By Chewing Gum

Episode Description
The Crew finally make it to the crossroads nebula station with Eric in tow. There they encounter new faces and they aren't the friendly kind.

Summary
They come to the station at the meeting point, which is a dilapidated piece of shit. They scan it and find that parts are completely shut down, without life support. They also detect Demia's ship and ships belonging to the other pirate lords: the Corsairs of the Nebula and the Buccaneers of the Maelstrom, led by Quartz. Both ships are tracking the Torog.

Rell docks the Torog, a little roughly due to the aged station clamps. Z implies it's because of Martle's weight, then says she loves her anyway. When Martle registers the statement, Z distracts her by going for the captain's chair, and Martle yeets her out the door, where she collides with Eric coming in. She clings to him and attempts a staring contest over Martle, despite Eric wearing an unblinking helmet. Eric peels her off and discusses her weirdness with Martle. Z pretends to read aloud from a manual, saying that crew are forbidden from fornicating, with the exception of gnomes.

They meet with Demia on the station. She asks about Eric, referring to him as Martle's boyfriend, which Martle doesn't quite manage to talk over. They go meet the other pirate lords. Quartz is playing with a rubik's cube. Across from him is a large female tiefling with deep purple skin and a rocket leg prosthetic, named Thryssia. Martle overhears a conversation about her underwear that someone bought off space ebay, not knowing it was hers.

Demia starts the meeting, saying that she sent scouts and found out the Inquisition station is a major space dock with more than 60% of their space ships when not in use. Demia says they'll need the full fleet of all three pirate lords. She promises her fleet's share of the salvage to the other pirate lords if they help, and also brings up the Inquisition's genocidal tendencies. Martle and Theran butt into the meeting and bolster the moral argument, convincing Quartz and Thryssia. Theran congratulates Quartz on finally stepping up to do the right thing, and promises a drink if they both survive.

Everyone from all three crews goes to celebrate in the one operational bar on the station. Parts of the bar have holes opening to space that are covered by energy shields. Rell sees the emitters are stuck to the wall with gum.

New Information
Lelia is known among the pirates for her spy network and as an assassin.

Memorable Quotes
Martle: The chucking happens, the sticking is new.

Rebecca: Buff women. Buff women. I'm gay for buff women.

Matt: What are the others doing? Ben: Uh, getting sucked out into space cause they shot holes in the hull?

Trivia
This is the first episode with Thryssia.