Phil broadcasts a speech in which he announces Queen Dianna has been kidnapped by the Militia, and declares his intent to form a new Moonrace nation on Earth: the Sunbelt Republic. Poe falls ill, but goes after the Willgem in an Almaiya battleship. Harry searches for the real Dianna and crosses paths with Poe. Meme explains to Dianna that Agrippa needs her in case Phil conquers the Earth and then sets his sights on the Moon. Cancer and Muron spot Dianna on a ship and pursue, and end up helping her and Meme reach the Gendarme sent to pick them up. The Willgem evades Poe, and Loran and Sochie cripple her Almaiya.