A prison ship had faced mechanical difficulties while transporting convicts to Pluto, causing the inmates to riot and take it over. Jet is contacted by Fad, his old partner in the ISSP, who reveals that one of the inmates was Udai Taxim, a former assassin for a syndicate in Europa who has a history with Jet; during his time in the ISSP, Jet and Fad attempted to arrest Udai in a sting operation, but were led into a trap in which Jet lost his arm. After replacing it with a mechanical arm, he left the ISSP to become a bounty hunter. Jet is initially reluctant to go back to working with Fad and the ISSP, but soon relents when he feels the need to settle the score.
I realise I made a slight mistake in an earlier post, saying that Jet's last ISSP posting was Ganymede. In actual fact, he left Ganymede when Alisa left him, but was still in the ISSP at that point. I've amended that now. Anyway, like the "Ganymede Elegy" session, this one is purely focussed on Jet and delves into his past.
Udai has a menacing presence, and is not somebody you'd want to meet on a dark night. Jet mentions he's old-fashioned, determining that he'll travel to Europa and attempt to contact his old syndicate. In a way, both Jet and Udai are similar in that they're both relics of a bygone age.
There's a great flying sequence as Jet and Fad attempt to infiltrate the prison ship, and it's great to see Jet confronting Udai. But the real twist adds a lot of depth to Fad, who carries the episode.
Plus, I love the song "Farewell Blues". The tune previously appeared as a music box tune in "Waltz for Venus", but now we get a sax version.
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