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5 min readThe Battle of Crotesia reaches its breaking point in this penultimate episode of Season 5, as the rebellion's carefully laid siege plan collapses into chaos. Kazi's fleet opens fire on Crock's castle with the equivalent of 100 nuclear warheads, but the castle stands untouched—protected by an impenetrable force field that makes the target "effectively non-existent" by collapsing space around it. The rest of Crock's armada is 13 minutes out, and the rebellion is outnumbered three to one on the ground. What was supposed to be a shrewd victory has become a trap.
The castle is the weapon
The force field isn't generated by a device inside the castle—the entire castle is the device. Jazinka, Crock's daughter and chief engineer, explains that the castle itself acts as a resonator for the field, and it's powered by the planet's core. To shut down the shield, they would have to shut down the planet. This means Kazi cannot destroy the castle without killing Ava, who is still inside, and she cannot get past the shield at all. Casper and David, shrunk to subatomic size by X using the cube's teleportation principles, infiltrate the castle but find themselves trapped inside a dead end. Crock has outplayed everyone.
X reads Crock's mind
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What you'll learn
- 1 Chapter 55: The Krok Sucks Group Chat
- 2 Midnight Burger — Season 5, Penultimate Episode
- 3 (02:35) **Crozier's Pre-Battle Address** - The rebel commander gives a brutal, profane pep talk to the assembled army, telling them they'll probably die but should aim for a "blaze of glory"
- 4 (05:00) **Great Battles of History Interlude** - Siggy Gentley and Brush Diamond introduce the episode's framing device, setting up the Battle of Cortezia as a test of spirit and the undefined
- 5 (06:05) **Kazi Confronts Her Father** - Kazi demands Crock's surrender while he taunts her from inside his castle, revealing Dr. Maddox is held within
- 6 (07:49) **The Bombardment Fails** - Kazi orders the fleet to fire on Crock's castle, but an impenetrable force field leaves it completely undamaged
- 7 (10:25) **Gloria and the Disarmament Plan** - Gloria explains she can institute disarmament protocols once within range of enemy forces, but needs to be kept safe while it works
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Show Notes
“Don’t worry about it.”
Teta - Aubrey Ferguson
Zebulon - Neal Starbird
Effie - Julie Cowden-Starbird
Kazi - Jessica Morris
Krok - Karim Kronfli
Cass - Scottie Caldwell
Gloria - Siouxsie Suarez
Fiona - Tess Segal
Voon - Leeman Kessler
Phil - Edward Selvey IV
Caspar - Joe Fisher
Ex - Camille Smicker
David - Quintin Jones Jr.
Libuza - Shelly Darrington
Ava - Finlay Stevenson
Leif - Tom Moorman
Slabz McTerpz - Joe Fisher
Verge - Cat Blackard
Eldin - Joe Fisher
Frank - Benjamin Burdick
Trinkett - Camille Smicker
Celeste - Cooper Shaw
Doug - Keith Cable
Steve - Jessica Mudd
Deidre - Tina Case
June - Melody Bridges
Peter - Joe Fisher
Big Leif - Tom Moorman
Intense Leif - Tom Moorman
Canadian Leif - Tom Moorman
Pink! Leif - Tom Moorman
Italian Leif - Tom Moorman
Texas Leif - Tom Moorman
Always Up for a Mellow Hang Leif - Tom Moorman
Xtreme Leif - Tom Moorman
Steampunk Leif - Tom Moorman
Mystery Men - Joe Fisher
Written by Joe Fisher
Directed by Finlay Stevenson and Joe Fisher
Episode art by Existentially Exhausted Bean
Music:
The Monarch - Heyson
Sentinel Ascend - Edgar Hopp
We Will All Go Together When We Go - Tom Lehrer
Square dancing music by The DuPont-Higdon Family Band
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