In an effort to bring peace between Galaxy Garrison and the Drule Empire, the alliance agrees to send Explorer into Drule territory to begin peace negotiations. The alliance offers an olive branch to the Drules by giving their word that they will not use Voltron. The Drules agree to meet for peace talks. An alliance squaron, lead by Commander Kio, escorts Explorer, but the Drules launch an attack. The hopes for peace were a trap. Seeing that Explorer and Commander Kio's forces can't fend off the Drule attack for long, Jeff and the rest of the Voltron Force debate whether or not to disobey orders and put Voltron into action