T1-NY, left alone with strangers on the Cheery Butler, went to the comms array to check in on Hena and K'arana who were trying to back-trace communications from their employer. T1-NY offered to be helpful, which immediately made K'arana suspicious. Hena was happy for the help and the droid was successfully able to accomplish the relatively simple tasks. K'arana however noticed some open browser tabs about Black Sun's organization structure and became suspicious.
Meanwhile, Le'ela was increasing uneasy about their current situation. The orderlies they were travelling with seemed very suspicious. When the van finally stopped, Barrett was whisked out and onto a nearby starship. Le'ela demanded to know what was going on, and the orderlies told her and Zeroh to get on board, so she did. She was told to wait in a stark room. In it, she found a pillow, a blanket, which seemed suspicious to her. Later she was fed some water and bread through an opening in the door, and that too seemed suspicious.
After an uncertain period of time, the ship landed, and two orderlies with guns came to collect Le'ela. She attempted to wrestle the gun out of a guard's hand, but it failed, and she ended up binded. Her actions did however distract the guards long enough to allow Zeroh to escape onto the island (albeit, bound). Le'ela was then ushered through the backdoor of a large mansion and down into the basement where she was locked in an old-timey cell.
Meanwhile, shortly there after, Barrett's IV of sleep-enducing medicine was removed, and he came too, still bound to his vibro-gurney. He attempted to wriggle free without attracting notice from the camera in the room, but it was to no avail. He was then visited by Lord Van-to, the master of the mansion. He seemed very polite and caring of Barrett's welfare, although the table of “tools” he leaned against seemed questionable. He seemed particularly interested in what Coe-Loh may have said to him before he fled Paradise Village. Barrett lied, and said something about a “failed experiment”, which seemed to satisfy Van-to. Barrett was then ushered from the room and dumped in a cell of his own.
Meanwhile, back on the butler, T1-NY checked in with DX about his retrieved memories. The ship shared that everytime his crew became suspicious of their deliveries, an all-red ship appeared and wiped his memory. Just then an all-red ship appeared and 4 troopers trooped out. T1-NY began to panic, but DX was eager for a fight, opening the cargo doors for them.
T1-NY roused the remaining crew and told them to prepare for a fight. He then procured some mining explosives and loaded 2 of the escape pod with them (which K'arana found suspicious). When the escape pods were ejected, they crashed into the red ship, crippling it and emboldening the troopers. Locked in a standstill, T1-NY entered the fray, using his grappling hook to pull himself into the middle of the fight. Count Olex followed his example and unleashed a flurry of attacks on one of the troppers, dual weilding rubber prop swords. He was then blasted in the chest, but not before K'arana and Hena both fell on of the troopers each. T1-NY then bulldozed the reamining two onto the ramp, which closed on them, severing them top from bottom.
Hena and K'arana quickly pulled the red ship's databank from it before it exploded. They then had the co-ordinates they needed to reach the island where Barrett, Le'ela and Coe'Loh were being held.
Meanwhile, later on, Le'ela was visited by Lord Van-to. He also seemed concerned about her well being. He thought that perhaps Greebus had said something to cause her stress. She maintained that it was a private matter, but offered up her services to Van-to, who declined them, stating he needed someone unaffected by such stress. He then asked her if she had a meal request, and he agreed to bring her the whiskey she wanted.
Meanwhile, Barrett remembered that they had comm units on them, and was able to connect with Le'ela. They exchanced experiences, and realized that this is the man whom they had been delviering packed for.
Meanwhile, T1-NY bandaged up Olex has well as he could, and helped nurse him back to health with epidoes of ACT. (T1-NY was able to retieve some private information on the nefarious director, which made him quite happy.) Hena gobbled down popcorn as T1-NY projected episode after episode of the soap, while Olex scoffed from Le'ela's bed where he was propped up. K'arana meanwhile was busy researching the DRM. Everyone was so engrossed in their preoccupation that no one noticed when the Butler landed in the parking lot of Van-to's island.
T1-NY answered hails from the gate over comm, pretending to be a wiped droid. Staff from the house were dispatched to investigate. T1-NY quickly threw on a deactivated bolt, Hena hid in a closet and K'arana concealed herself within some ceiling tiles. The three staff members entered, asking to see DX. T1-NY said he had merged with the ship, which the chief of staff needed to investigate. T1-NY then blew the head off of the one staff member, which K'arana found suspicious. Seeing that the other staff member was unarmed, she instructed the other staff member to surrender. He hesitated, until the cockpit door sealed, and the Chief of Staff met the same grizzly end as the Krish assisin. T1-NY then removed the staffer's comm unit and shocked him unconious.
A hasty plan was devised for Hena to dress as a staffer, and accompany T1-NY inside. K'arana opted to stay behind since none of the clothes would fit her, and she found T1-NY suspicious.
Hena and T1-NY easily walked in through the front doors of the manor and found Lord Van-to heading towards the holo-lift with a bottle of whiskey and a shot glass. He seemed surprised to see the droid, but pleased at his obsequious desire to serve. He charged him with delivering the whiskey to cell 3 below, and sent Hena upstairs to tend to the kids in the nursery.
At the bottom of the lift, T1-NY found the head of security at his post and in need of refreshment. The droid told him that new policy dictated that guards be given refreshments on their break, and that he could relax while T1-NY watched over things. The guard was thrilled that his suggestion was finally implemented, and summoned 3 more guards to drink with him.
T1-NY quickly navigated the security system and found Barrett and Le'ela's cells, as well as another captive in a white coat, asleep in a third cell. T1-NY sprung the cell doors, and Le'ela and Barrett went to investigate the stranger, who turned out to be Coe'loh. He was happy to see Barrett and said there's a chance that the gas he was exposed to may not be lethal. However, the only way to know for sure is by running some tests on him at Paradise Village.
The doctor's groin area was threatened, and he offered to spill all the beans on everything he discovered about Lord Van-to's diabolical plan, but no one cared about that. The two reluctantly agreed to escape with the doctor, and the three of them slipped into the torture room in order to give Le'ela's gloves a quick charge.
Meanwhile, Lady Van-to was preparing herself for a visit to that same room. Her personal collection of chains, whips, a feather and assorted balls had already been laid out, and arrangements had been made to go there with a special guest. She slipped downstairs via a secret passage from her bedroom and entered the room, placing her purse down on a nearby table before noticing the room was occupied. Embarrassed, she hurriedly excused herself.
Meanwhile, T1-NY noticed Van-to enter into the lift with a large bat wrapped in barbed wire, as well as an obnoxiously large man. They reached the bottom of the lift just after the drinking break ended. T1-NY grabbed up the bottle and continued his errand, but Van-to was having none of it. He began to pursue the robot, when he was interrupted by an uninhibited head of security. Van-to sent his rubber-clad servant to chase.
The three in the room quickly erected a tripline using one of the chains, and sprung it just as the muscle-bound heavy entered the room. He fell, dropping his bat in the process. Le'ela and Barrett made attempts to subdue the brute, with mixed results, until Le'ela was able to give him a strong clobbering that sent him out cold. Just then, Coe'loh discovered the secret passage leading up and out of the basement, which they hastened down, with Van-to in hot pursuit.
The top of the stairs led into Lady Van-to's dressing room, where she sat at a mirror preening. Barrett hastily apologized, and explained that Lord Van-to was coming up behind them and was ready. They dashed through the door, Le'ela used her chain to secure the door and T1-NY welded it in place.
In the hallway, two Zelronian maid were polishing brass, while nearby youths played holo-pool. Barrett smooth talked his fellow purple-skinned hedonists, and they all dashed down the stairs together to the Cheery Butler, obstintasiosly to “party”. They were almost ready to take off, when Hena came running after them, the youngest member of the Van-to family riding on his shoulders.
The departed, with the means of tracking down Paradise Village, and the doctor who could determine if Barrett's life was to be wrested away prematurely.
Meanwhile, Zeroh found a sharp rock capable of cutting his bindings.