Against Commander Hazar's orders Captain Nerok hides his fleet on the electrical storm ridden planet Itlon and plans to send out a fake distress call hoping to lure the S.S. Explorer into a trap. Aboard the Explorer, the three Voltron captains go to Hawkins to express their concerns on the continuing failure of their mission to find new worlds, they then tell him of their plan of instead hitting the home world of the Drule Empire and forcing them to sign a peace treaty. Hawkins rejects any such idea, insisting peace is the only real way. The Explorer receives the distress call discovering its Drule.