Showdown Concert at High Noon

Overview

Stick, Rey, and Mint happen upon a frontier town, run-down by the constant wars and apathy. A famous singer is performing at a local club, and the group walks in on a rather heated criticism of her performance. The local riff-raff are restless, and have chosen the famous singing star Yellow to torment. A woman, a customer of the club, intervenes in the dispute, causing the wrath of the thugs to fall upon her. She is able to handle herself, and more importantly, her attackers. Stick notices it was she who rode the red painted Ride Armor and saved their lives in the previous episode. The thugs, dealing with their defeat by Stick, Rey, Mint, Yellow, and Houquet Eroze the Ride Armor rider decide to kidnap a local man. His friend, though he has a sordid past with Mars Base, decides to join forces with Stick's group to rescue his friend. The rescue operation is noticed by the Inbit, and Stick realizes that this deserter, named Jim Austin, has a lot to offer his makeshift team, most notably a well-armed and maintained Legioss Armo-fighter. Jim decides to join Stick's group, as does Houquet and Yellow, who reveals that she is actually a he named Yellow Belmont: a disguise meant to shroud his attacks on the Inbit.