It’s the sequel to the episode you couldn’t get enough of!  Kenneth and Eugene discuss, Supermax Redux.

Episode Synopsis

Travis and Callie return to the Trans-Utopian with a prisoner.  They’re carrying a crazy person who hears voices from the Quantum Federation in his ears, which he claims are technologically enhanced.  He’s nuts, so they don’t bother to check them.  He’s on his way to the funny farm.  

At about that time a shuttle attacks the Trans-Utopian.  Percy, on the bridge, fires back, dealing considerable damage.  Travis stops her before she finishes them off.  It’s Max Fairly, former owner of the Trans-Utopian, claiming that his attack runs were accidents and that they could die from the damage if they don’t come aboard.  

Percy wants to go ahead and finish the job.  For once, I agree with Percy.

Max, now back on his feet, runs a new version of SuperMax corporation, this one into mining and philanthropic endeavors.  He’s there with Ms. Mina Zums (which is a terrific stripper name) and Dr. David Dumont (of the Martian Dumonts) 

Having fired upon the Trans-Utopian, then having been rescued by them, Max is going to give them 25% of an outrageous fortune in Omnium that they’re going to mine on Ganymede.  Just like that.  He’s a nice guy.

Percy doesn’t buy it and… I have no idea what’s going on in the so-called brains of the other characters.  I’ll give Travis the benefit of the doubt and say he spots an obvious con game when he sees one.

It’s a con, of course, they’re looking for something.  Max wants Mina to distract Travis with her… Zums, while David (of the Martian Dumonts) ingratiates himself with Callie Larkadia (of the Martian Larkadias)

There’s formal dinner in the great dining hall, plus holo ballroom dancing.  During dinner, Percy searches their room and finds a diary.  They’re actually looking for a highly valuable necklace hidden over a hundred years ago aboard the Trans-Utopian.  

Travis confines them to their quarters because… for some reason, he can’t confine them in the brig?

Max has provided a sample of the Omnium, an Allotrope of carbon, that is both incredibly rare and highly reactive.  So much so that maybe they could use it to power their anti-matter drive.

They start to search and Zums overpowers Travis when Crazy Guy’s very real associates attack the Trans-Utopian.  He’s working with Mina and she’s working against Max.  They knew that the necklace was hidden in the brig and try to escape.  Travis captures them.

Travis outsmarts and disables the enemy ship.  Max, Mina, and the others are sent to prison, and they discover that the necklace was actually a fake all along.  Oh well, you lose some, you wi… nah, they lose ‘em all.