The Explorer arrives on Planet Drule, intent on helping the citizens evacuate. Professor Page discovers the real reason for the planet's imminent destruction, while Dorma and the rebellion free Hazar. Voltron reaches the surface, but is ambushed by three Robeasts sent by Throk. The team has never fought so many at once, and Jeff is knocked out!
The Drule council calls a meeting to deal with the rebels.
Supreme Commander Throk's plan to bury the Voltron Force on a remote ice planet kicks into gear, as Dorma tries to sway him in Hazar's place.
Emperor Zeppo takes personal control of the council's actions in the face of rebellion.
Dorma tries to convince Hazar to join a resistance movement to overthrow his superiors.
Hazar is stripped of command for disobeying the Drule council, leaving the cunning Borgam in charge.
Hazar, Hawkins and Newley meet to discuss the future of the new planet they've discovered.
The Voltron Force and the Drule attack fleet have a silent standoff as Hawkins and Hazar desperately work behind the scenes to arrange peace talks.
Jeff and the Voltron team descend to a planet to begin exploring.
Cilff and the Voltron Land Team are exploring a new planet when they come upon a human boy.
Voltron destroys a Drule supply base, and the Galaxy Alliance fleet is able to capture a number of Drule officers.
Embarrassed by her recent defeat, Captain Twyla makes a deal with Borgam to betray Hazar.
Jeff, Kirk, Cliff and the rest of the Voltron Force are busy exploring a new planet when Jeff and his Air Team are pulled underwater and captured!
As Hazar makes another desperate attempt to arrange peace between the Drule Empire and the Alliance, the Drule council sees this as an excellent way to trap Voltron. Setting up a fake peace conference, they ambush the Air Team when Jeff flies his men in to scout out the meeting place. Jeff's team ends up trapped in a cavern, and the entire planet is set to explode!
Jeff and the Voltron Force are sent to attack a Drule command base, but it's well protected by an impenetrable asteroid belt. In addition, the enemy has set up a field of space mines. Luckily, before Voltron can fly into the trap, one of the Drule commanders becomes impatient and launches a pre-emptive strike. Jeff takes the chance to disrupt the Drule's plans. It won't help if he can't get past the asteroids.
With the Explorer undergoing repairs after the last battle, Nerok launches an attack on the Galaxy Garrison's space station. The Alliance crew defends the station admirably, as both Hawkins and Carver desperately try to get their teams there in time. However, when a Robeast gets inside the station itself and begins to wreak havoc, it looks like they'll be too late.
The Explorer and the Voltron force are in bad need of additional funds to continue their operations. Steel and Newely appear before the Alliance council to get more support for the Explorer program. They also explore the option of building yet another Voltron Unit. Back on the Explorer, the team trains to be stronger for their next encounter.
Colonel Cross sets up a new Alliance supply base, but he is under heavy Drule attack. Because of his pride, he refuses to call the Voltron Force for help, but Krik senses that something is wrong. The Voltron Force rushes to the rescue, but they are ambushed by a new Robeast and Jeff is knocked out. Can Voltron fight without a head?
The Voltron Force discovers signs of an ancient civilization on planet Neb. However, the planet is unstable and Nerok is right behind them, ready for an ambush. Hazar meets with his father, Chancellor Mozak, to consider the fate of the Drule Empire. They realize that the empire will lose if they try to attack Earth, and peace is their only long-term option.
A mysterious comet passes very close to Earth, causing the populace to panic. Seemingly under the influence of the comet's strange radiation, General Steel orders the Alliance ships to stage a pre-emptive strike on the Drule Empire. Unfortunately, the Drules predicted this effect and are lying in ambush.
As the Explorer approaches the deadly planet of Itlon, they receive a mysterious distress signal. Risking their lives, the Voltron Force descends to the planet only to find the evil Nerok and his attack fleet. They are sitting in the middle of an electrical storm, and seem to be in trouble. Are they disabled, or is this Nerok's most risky trap yet?
Cliff and his Land Team find an ancient city on a forgotten planet. While exploring, Cinda and Modok find an army of strange bats. Modok goes berserk before finally collapsing, burning up with fever. It seems the bats have given him a strange virus. Then the Drule fleet attacks, but without Modok our heroes cannot form Voltron!
Working around the clock, the crew of the Explorer is at the point of collapse. Captain Newley and Commander Hawkins have no choice but to set down on a nearby planet and give everyone shore leave. Meanwhile, the supply convoy they are scheduled to meet up with is ambushed by a Drule attack!
The Explorer arrives at a new planet, only to find a strange Ghost Fleet appearing and disappearing around the globe. Intrigued, the Voltron Force begins a wild goose chase as the Explorer waits in a central lake. Hawkins has a bad feeling that the planet holds a terrible secret, but will they figure it out before the Ghost Fleet strikes?
The Galaxy Alliance's home planets have become overcrowded, and a fleet of explorers has been sent to search for new planets to colonize. Along the way, they attract the attention of the evil Drule Empire, long engaged in an ongoing war against the Alliance, and the Drules proceed to interfere in the mission of the explorers and the colonists. Since the Voltron of Planet Arus was too far away to help the explorers, a totally new Voltron is constructed to battle the Drule threat.