As the Pirate fleet leaves for Io, Simbacca tells Marsh to teach some pirates to fly e-frames. J.T. objects, citing the fact that e-frames are too complicated to learn quickly. Despite this, the e-frames are sent to prevent some Neo scouts from reporting back to Sinope, which is the site of a Neo Fusion Pulse Cannon. When the Pirate fleet is within range of the cannon, it begins to pick off Pirate ships. Marsh, DeLeon, and Hallas succeed in destroying the cannon, saving the fleet, as well as Io.moreless
The Pirate fleet arrives at Io, where Winfield welcomes Simbacca as a friend.
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That the ExoFleet did not notice a Neo base being built on another of Jupiter's moons is plausible. The closest Io and Sinope ever get is over 23,000,000 km apart (over sixty times the distance between the Earth and Moon). No wonder Simbacca was shocked by the weapon's range.
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DeLeon: (to Marsh) You got to keep your eye on his right, and then duck.
Marsh: Ahhh, if he could do that in an e-frame he'd be dangerous.
Simbacca: If someone did that to me he would not live to see another day.
Marsh: (to DeLeon) Uhhh, remind me never to punch that guy.
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(As Marsh leaves a training session with the aspiring e-frame pilots (whose progress is not good), Alec arrives to tell him of ExoFleet's suspicions of a spy)DeLeon: J.T., I think we have a problem.
Marsh: Only one? I've got six of 'em in there.
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