Checkmate
Episode 33 · 2000-03-06

- Animation
- Action & Adventure
- Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Episode overview
Lt Razak is called to a mission briefing to find it being given by Sky Marshall Sanchez himself. The Sky Marshall tells the assembled officers about the of the Bug Queen. He then assigns Alpha and Echo squads the mission of locating and destroying the Queen. One bit of seemingly good news is the return of Carl to the squad. But the Roughnecks are dismayed to find an apparent change in his personality. Carl guides the roughnecks to the queens lair but is captured by Bugs enroute losing his helmet in the process. The Roughnecks find the Queen but she is holding Carl as a shield and Rico is unable to pull the trigger on his friend. In the fire fight the Queen drops Carl and Rico returns his helmet. The squad give chase to the Queen but are unable to stop her escaping on a Transport Bug - enroute to Earth!!!!
Season 1 episodes
1. Freefall1999-08-30
2. Plasma Bugs of Navarone1999-08-31
3. Handle with Care1999-09-01
4. Stranded1999-09-02
5. Basic Training1999-09-03
6. Of Flesh and Steel1999-09-08
7. Pluto and Beyond1999-09-21
8. Deep Trouble1999-09-22
9. Swarm1999-09-30
10. Water, Water Everywhere1999-10-12
11. Search & Destroy1999-10-21
12. Sole Survivor1999-11-04
13. Missing in Action1999-11-11
14. No Substitute1999-11-19
15. Hot Ice1999-11-25
16. Marauder1999-12-03
17. ...And Then There Were Two1999-12-09
18. Liquid Dreams1999-12-17
19. Heart2000-01-03
20. Propaganda Machine2000-01-14
21. The Inside Story2000-01-17
22. Captured2000-01-28
23. Ice-Olation2000-02-08
24. Mixed Signals2000-02-15
25. The Face of Truth2000-02-15
26. Betrayal2000-02-16
27. D-Day2000-02-17
28. Metamorphosis2000-02-18
29. Letters Home2000-02-21
30. Marooned2000-02-22
31. The Mission2000-02-25
32. Among Us2000-03-03
33. Checkmate2000-03-06
34. The Ice Men Goeth2000-03-09
35. Requiem2000-03-13
36. Funeral for a Friend2000-03-14
37. Spirits of the Departed2000-03-15
38. Hide n' Seek2000-03-17
39. Trackers2000-03-28
40. Court-Martial of Lt. Razak2000-04-05