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On planet Petrasis, Queen Iolande, who is too a Green Lantern, visits her imprisoned brother Ragnar, who murdered their planet's sometime Green Lantern, Dulak, in a attempt to seize the power for himself.  She has brought him a meal, just he is too filled with rage and verbally attacks her.  Sadly, she walks away.  Every bit she does, nevertheless, Ragnar receives a gift… a Ruby Power Ring.

On Oa, Ganthet and Sayd watch as the full Green Lantern Corps is deployed to meet up with Hal Jordan and company.  Ganthet thinks this is a foolish motility and leaves the planet vulnerable.  It will also take them a yr and a half to reach their destination.

Hal Jordan contacts Appa, who informs him that the Corps has been deployed.  Jordan is shocked.  "You went right into attack mode?"  Hashemite kingdom of jordan informs Appa that the Red Lanterns believe the Guardians' Manhunters slaughtered their people in a calculated attempt to wipe them out.  Appa dismisses it as "propaganda."  (Hal learned this in the episode "Reckoning.")  "If this whole invasion is based on lies, wouldn't that exist a reason to attempt diplomacy?" Hal asks, naively.  Appa angrily tells Hal non to question the Guardians.

They are cut off when the transport receives a distress phone call from Iolande begging for aid confronting a Red Lantern invasion.  Hal turns the Interceptor toward Petrasis.  Only by the fourth dimension they get in, Ragnar and the Red Lanterns have already taken over and imprisoned Iolande.  Hal and the others are attacked by a pack of Crimson Lanterns and must flee.  Unfortunately, they discover the Interceptor is surrounded by Blood-red Lantern drones.  "That'south what we get for parking in a bad neighborhood," Hal quips.

They avert the Red Lantern forces but to exist surrounded by Kothak and the royal guards.  But information technology's non what it seems.  Kothak and the others catch them and muffle them, revealing that he has been leading the resistence since the Red Lanterns took over.  He shows them a devastating device known as the Liberator, which is capable of destroying the entire planet.

Hal and Kilowog contact Ganthet and Sayd for advice.  Hal in one case more asks why they don't try talking to the Red Lanterns and telling them that Atrocitus has been lying.  Ganthet however reveals that the story of the Manhunters is in fact reality.  The Guardians thought employing emotionless robots as enforcers was the logical choice, but without emotion the robots went rogues and destroyed unabridged civilazations, planets, fifty-fifty entire sectors resulting in what they refer to every bit The Forgotten Zone.

Ganthet says he may be able to aid them, only first he must speak with Appa.  He urges the heroes to focus on convincing the Liberator.

Appa however is willing to sacrifice Petrasis in guild to maintain the protection of the rest of space.  Ganthet doesn't agree.  He informs Appa that he placed an invention on the Interceptor before Hal "borrowed" it.  Appa calls the device "emotional madness" considering it is powered past hope, a useless emotion.

They convene the council, but Appa accuses Ganthet of betraying them.  He reveals that Ganthet allowed Hal to steal the Interceptor without council approval, but the biggest charge is his use of an "unreliable emotion."  Ganthet admits that he created something fueled by hope, urging them that they need hope.  Appa banishes Ganthet.

Back on Petrasis, Hal frees Iolande, then they join Kilowog and assail the Liberator.  Ragnar orders all their forces to the Liberator, including those that were guarding the Interceptor, assuasive Razer and Aya to reclaim information technology.

Hal, Kilowog and Iolande attack the Liberator merely the Blood-red Lanterns' forces are overwhelming. Hal attempts to telephone call Ganthet for assist, but Appa tells him they are on their ain.  Just and so, Ragnar and his fleet arrive and attack them from the other side.  Luckily, the Interceptor and Kothak and his army fly to the rescue to help even the odds.

Sayd draws Ganthet dorsum to Oa, in order to assistance Hal and his forces.  "We must have hope," Ganthet says activating his device, merely in fourth dimension, every bit the Cerise Lanterns accept all just conquered the heroic forces on Petrasis.  The Green Lantern on the Interceptor suddenly burns with bluish energy and bathes the entire area in blueish lite.  Hal, Kilowog and Iolande are engulfed in green flicking energy which boosts their power off the charts.  "It's like I'thousand super charged or something!" Kilowog exclaims.  The contrary happens to Razer, whose power fades to nothing.  (For whatsoever reason, Razer is the only Red Lantern affected.)

The power boost turns the tide and the Reddish Lanterns retreat.  The Liberator is well-nigh to actuate, merely the Green Lanterns use their enhanced powers to push information technology into space where it explodes harmlessly.  The blueish lantern and so flies into infinite and the blue aura fades.  Kilowog wonders if Ganthet was responsible.

On Oa, Sayd wonders if their efforts made a difference.  Ganthet says it did.  "Telepathy, Ganthet?"  "No.  Hope."  He then departs Oa, seemingly for practiced.

So we see the kernels of the Blue Lantern Corps popular up this episode, adding another color to the Lantern spectrum.  We also get to meet Iolande in activity every bit a Green Lantern and Ragnar taking up the ring as a Blood-red Lantern.  Overall, this was a pretty important episode, with Ganthet'due south banishment existence the biggest development.

What practice you think?  Are you excited to see the Blue Lanterns announced on this series?  Comment beneath.

If you missed the previous episode be sure to read our 'Greenish Lantern – The Blithe Series: In Dear And War' recap to catch up.