In a planet known as the Motherworld, the royal bloodline ruled for thousands of years,
but eventually their lust for power caused them to consume everything in their world. They decided to
send their armies to conquer other planets and expand their empire until one day the king and
queen were assassinated. The conquered planets wanted to use that chance to start a revolution,
so Senator Balisarius stepped up and declared himself the new regent. Then he sent out his most
brutal soldiers to crush all rebels without mercy. On a planet called Veldt, a small settlement of
farmers is going through their daily chores when suddenly they see an empire ship in the sky. Kora
is a war orphan and immediately recognizes it, so she rushes to ring the town’s bell to
warn everyone. Village leader Sindri gathers the locals to discuss how to proceed and farmer Gunnar
thinks they should welcome the soldiers because they’ll buy their grain at triple the price they
offer in the city. Kora immediately disagrees, explaining that the empire just takes everything
they need by force and only leaves destruction behind. An argument ensues but before they can
reach a conclusion, the empire ships land near the village. Admiral Noble meets Sindri with
a hug and explains that they’re looking for a rebel group led by the Bloodaxe siblings,
but his army is in need of food. Sindri lies and tells him their soil doesn’t produce much,
so the village only has enough to barely feed themselves. Noble doesn’t believe him and points
out everyone looks healthy and well-fed, so Gunnar cuts in with an explanation. He tries telling the
admiral that Sindri had only been trying to save food for winter to protect the village,
but he’s willing to sell some to Noble at a good price. Furious over being tricked, Noble grabs
his cane and proceeds to beat Sindri up to death. When Sindri’s wife tries to approach him, a guard
uses a glowing blade to kill her too. Then Noble announces he’ll be back in ten weeks to gather
all the harvest, not caring if there’s anything left for the villagers. Afterward Noble and the
ships leave, but a small group of soldiers led by Faunus stay to keep an eye on things. While some
soldiers kick out the villagers from the building they want to claim, Private Aris activates Jimmy,
a robot that used to serve the king. After the royals were killed, all the robots put down their
weapons and refused to fight, so the few that are left help around with menial tasks. As Jimmy helps
the soldiers carry their things, Marcus decides to test the rumors and starts shooting at the robot,
who falls to the ground and never defends himself. Aris cuts in to stop Marcus and
almost gets killed, but Faunus stops them both and sends them to work. He also makes sure Jimmy
isn’t malfunctioning and sends him to wash the mud off. At the river, Jimmy is washing his face and
is approached by Sam, who befriends the robot and listens to his story. Jimmy explains that
Sam reminds him of the empire princess, who was killed together with her parents by the traitors.
Sam tells him that the princess lives in him and gifts Jimmy a flower crown, which activates
something within him. Meanwhile in the town hall, the villagers discuss what to do next and conclude
they should work hard to prove their harvest is valuable, that way the empire won’t kill them so
they can keep producing food. Frustrated because nobody will hear her warnings, Kora starts packing
her things to leave. She’s caught red-handed by Hagen, the man who found her when her ship crashed
on this planet two years ago. Hagen thinks Kora should team up with the rebels and protect the
village but Kora refuses, saying that they have no chance of winning so it would only be a massacre.
In the evening, Marcus and two other soldiers kidnap Sam so that the whole squad can use her.
Kora hears her screams, but she reminds herself not to get involved. Aris comes in Sam’s defense
and manages to punch a few men, but there are too many of them and they immediately overpower
him. Soon Faunus arrives and calls dibs on Sam but he’s interrupted by Kora, who has brought an
axe. Faunus sends his men after her and at first Kora pretends to surrender, only to suddenly move
fast and bring down two soldiers with just a few moves. It seems Kora has great fighting experience
and doesn’t have many issues going against a bunch of privates, using their own weapons to
go against them and even throwing dirt to create a distraction. One by one, Kora defeats the soldiers
with accurate shots or savage stabbing, and when a man almost shoots her, Aris kills the guy first.
Then Marcus tries opening fire on her, but Kora quickly disarms him and jumps on him to shoot
him straight in the head. Now Kora and Aris can team up to surround Faunus, but he’s keeping Sam
at gunpoint and they can’t react. At that moment Jimmy shows up and Faunus orders him to kill the
rebels, but as Jimmy picks up a gun, he looks at Sam and kills Faunus instead. Afterward Jimmy runs
away and the townspeople arrive just in time to see Kora kill a soldier that was still alive.
She announces she will help them fight but first she’ll have to gather more soldiers. In the past,
Gunnar sold some of their harvest to the rebels, so he’ll take her to the city to
meet his contact. Before they leave, Hagen gives Kora the special gun he had found on her ship.
Kora and Gunnar ride for a while and stop at night to make camp, so Kora uses the occasion to share
her story. When she was nine, an empire army led by Balisarius attacked her home planet, causing
death and destruction in every corner. Her people had tried to fight, but this only made Balisarius
get more violent. One evening, Kora managed to steal a gun only to be found by Balisarius,
who came up close to taunt her. Kora was too young and couldn’t bring herself to kill a person,
so Balisarius killed her family and kidnapped her to take her under his wing. In the next few years,
Kora was trained in Motherworld culture and became part of their army. The higher-ups
encouraged their soldiers to find a lover so they would have something extra to fight for, and Kora
lost hers during the war. Devastated, Kora fought so hard for revenge that at eighteen she already
became commander. All those years, Kora was just another pawn of their brainwashing and she
destroyed thousands of towns in the name of the same people that killed her family. The next day,
Kora and Gunnar make it to the city and are upset to discover that bounty hunters have captured
Gunnar’s contact. Gunnar has no other way to get to the rebels, so Kora concludes they’ll have to
find the legendary General Titus first and then look for the rebels. Then the duo enters a tavern,
where a disgusting alien thinks Gunnar is Kora’s slave and tries to buy him, crossing the line into
getting too handsy. Kora tries to tell him to leave and the guy gets aggressive, so she
immediately overpowers him and throws him against a table. The alien quickly runs away while the
mysterious Kai watches from the shadows. Suddenly Kora announces that she’s looking for Titus,
hoping anyone may have information. A small alien uses a human body to speak and informs Kora that
Titus is fighting in the coliseum on a planet called Pollux. This means they’ll need a ship
to fly there. At that moment the disgusting alien comes back with three bodyguards seeking revenge.
A gunfight immediately starts and the people in the tavern run to hide while Kora exchanges
shots with the bodyguards, running around to kill them one by one. Gunnar tries to fight the alien
but his punches don’t do much, thankfully Kora knocks the alien down before he can kill Gunnar.
Then she turns around to kill the last bodyguard and the alien tries to attack her from behind, but
Kai cuts in and shoots him first. Afterward Kai empties the dead guys’ pocket and offers his ship
to take the duo to Pollux, accepting the little money they have to offer. When they take off,
Kai tells them he knows of a warrior who may help them, so they agree to stop at a different planet
first. Gunnar never left his world before and is amazed to see the ship flying through space.
Meanwhile in the empire’s main ship, Noble is having a smoke by connecting the pipe directly
to his body. A soldier comes to inform him that the bounty hunters have captured an informant, so
Noble orders him to bring the guy to him and then goes back to his tentacle lover. Sometime later,
Kora’s group makes it to Neu-wodi and meets with rancher Hickman, who has a slave called Tarak. In
the past, Tarak fought against the empire too, but he was captured and made a slave. He would love to
fight again, but he owes Hickman a lot of money for his freedom. At that moment Hickman offers
a bet: if Tarak can tame a beast known as bennus then he’s allowed to leave, if he can’t then Kora
and the guys must become his slaves too. They accept the bet and Tarak approaches the bennus,
who violently shakes its body trying to get the chains off. Tarak kneels to show he means no
harm and speaks in his first language, telling the bennus they’re alike because they both were taken
away from their homes to be put in chains. With friendly words, he manages to bond with the bennus
and after sharing a gentle touch, Tarak frees the beast from its chains to then ride it. They go on
a flight together but the bennus is having trouble getting used to having a rider, so it almost
crashes against some rocks a couple of times. At one point Tarak falls off on the edge of a cliff,
but he recovers quickly and makes a big jump to land on top of the bennus again. Now they’re able
to fly more smoothly and soon they return to the ranch with no issues. Tarak is allowed to leave
with the group and a smug Hickman tries to ride the bennus too, but the creature throws him off
and kills him with its claws. Kora is impressed by Tarak so Kai offers to take her to more warriors
that may help. Moments later they arrive at Daggus and meet with swordmistress Nemesis, who first
needs to finish a personal mission. She goes after Harmada, a spider-like alien whose children have
been killed by the empire and who has kidnapped a human child seeking justice. Nemesis tries to
reason with her, explaining she lost her kids to the empire too, but Harmada refuses to listen and
tries to attack. Using her swords, Nemesis dodges or blocks all of Harmada’s legs and even cuts one
to make her drop the kid. While Gunnar rescues the girl, Harmada manages to knock down Nemesis to
then stab her arm. However Nemeis has mechanical gauntlets so she can still move and cut off
another leg. Harmada knocks her down again then tries to kill Gunnar and the child, but Nemesis
stabs her rear before using her gauntlets to light her blades on fire. As she slides down the floor,
Nemesis strikes Harmada’s spider body then stabs her humanoid torso with both swords at the same
time. Afterward Nemesis joins the group and they take off again. Gunner and Kora share another
moment and she decides to tell her a bit more about herself. Since she was Balisarius’ adoptive
daughter, she lived a privileged life and soon became part of the royal guard. She was in charge
of protecting the princess, who had the unique power of bringing beings back to life. To this
day, Kora still feels guilty for not being able to save her the day of the attack. Sometime later,
the group arrives at Pollux and visits the arena, where dozens of warriors die every day. General
Titus is in a horrible state and they have to drag him inside to take a shower, but he protests
during the whole process. Titus used to be a commander for the old king, but he fell into a
deep depression when his army was ambushed and all his men were killed because he tried to surrender.
At first he doesn’t want to fight, but he changes his mind when Kora offers him the chance to get
revenge. Meanwhile the bounty hunters bring the rebel contact to Noble, who promises to let him
go in exchange for information. The guy explains the Bloodaxe siblings are under the protection of
King Levitica in Sharaan, then Noble kills him. Moments later, Kora’s team arrives at Sharaan
and meets with King Levitica, who agrees to arrange a meeting with the rebels. Soon the
Bloodaxe siblings arrive with their rebel army and Kora tells them about their fight,
admitting that the chances of winning are low but also pointing out that her people have always fed
them, so the least they can do is defend them. The brother Darrian agrees to help and then approaches
his army, offering a heartful speech to ask for volunteers. A few rebels gladly agree to go with
him. Afterward the group leaves with their new allies, and Kai says he’s been so inspired by
them that he wants to help them fight. However he still has some boxes to deliver, so Kora agrees
to stop one last time before going home. Shortly after the group leaves, Noble and his men find
Levitica and destroy his kingdom. Levitica refuses to cooperate, so Noble kills him with his cane.
Then while the army finishes blowing up the area, Noble gets a message telling him where to find
the rebels. A few hours later, the team arrives at Gondival and helps Kai unload the cargo on a
bridge. Kora watches him interact with the locals and senses something it’s wrong when suddenly,
a hidden empire spacecraft opens fire and brings down most of their ships. Then a bunch of robots
ambushes the team and most of them are captured as Kai reveals his real intentions: he’s always
known Kora is a wanted ex-commander whose head would pay well, so he used her to gather a bunch
of legendary wanted warriors to hand them over to the empire for the reward. Soon Noble arrives
with his men and takes Kora’s gun while Kai pushes Gunnar behind her, explaining he’s just a farmer
so they’ll let him go if he kills Kora. Gunnar pretends he’s about to shoot her, but at the
last second he frees her and turns around to shoot Kai instead. Kora immediately jumps on a guard and
knocks him down to steal his gun, then she runs to hide as Noble’s men open fire. She tries her
best to fire back and blows up a box that causes a huge explosion, pushing all her enemies away.
Gunnar uses the chance to free all the other warriors and soon Nemesis is slashing people
with her blades. Darrian pushes a soldier off the bridge and orders his men to gather the few ships
that managed to survive the attack. As the battle goes all out, Tarka, Titus, and Gunnar manage to
grab some guns and offer cover for Nemesis as she continues to stab her way through. At that moment,
Noble orders his hidden spacecraft to come out, and it immediately opens fire on the rebel ships.
Desperate to save his men, Darrian grabs a metal bar and uses it to beat up soldiers as he makes
his way up the bridge to then jump on the enemy ship. Unfortunately he fails to stab the pilot,
who dodges the bar and shoots at Darrian. However Darrian tries again and this time manages to kill
the enemy to stop the attack, but he also dies in the process. His body drops on the controls,
causing the ship to slowly start falling toward the bridge. Furious, Kora leaves her hiding spot
and runs through the bridge, shooting random soldiers as she makes her way toward Noble.
At that moment the ship falls and destroys most of the bridge, but Noble manages to save himself
by landing on a floating platform. Suddenly Kora appears behind him and a hand-to-hand fight begins
with both Kora and Noble throwing punches without mercy. After exchanging a good amount of hits,
Noble punches Kora off the platform, and she manages to hold onto some rope at the last second.
When Noble disconnects the rope, Kora holds on with her hand then uses the rope as a whip to
make Noble fall before climbing back up. The fight continues and Kora uses the rope to block Noble’s
cane, finally breaking and using a small piece to stab him in his leg. Noble tries to keep on
fighting but he’s weak now, so Kora breaks his arm and uses the cane to stab him in the chest
before pushing him off the platform. Afterward, Tarak uses more rope to pull the platform over
to the bridge and rescue Kora. The rest of the team has survived and they leave together to
return to Veldt, where they get ready to defend the farming community in the future. Nearby,
Jimmy watches them while wearing a curious crown. Meanwhile the enemy troops retrieve Noble’s body
but instead of healing him, they open his body to connect him to the neurolink, revealing that he’s
a cyborg. As water surrounds his body, Noble’s mind appears in front of Balisarius, who scolds
Noble for his failure as he keeps hitting the ice under them with his cane. Balisarius orders
Noble to capture Kora alive so he can kill her himself, then he finishes breaking the ice to
send Noble’s consciousness back to his body. The doctors don’t sense any kind of brain activity,
so they have to give him an extra strong shot to revive him, making him scream awake.