The Orville Season 2.5: Launch Day

<b>Board the starship Orville and adventure through space on these new missions set between seasons two and three of Seth MacFarlane's hit sci-fi TV show!</b><br><br>Executive Producer David A. Goodman writes a double feature that has Captain Ed Mercer and crew investigating an enigmatic alien device and contemplating the consequences of intervention when a primitive civilization faces an off-world threat.<br><br>In Launch Day when seemingly hostile Krill ships cross into Union space the Orville intercepts. Ed learns they are en route to a planet that left the Planetary Union decades ago under mysterious circumstances. Scans have discovered a moon-sized construct above the planet and the Krill intend a preemptive strike against the presumed weapon. But is it?<br><br>In Heroes Lieutenant Talla Keyali returns to a planet she surveyed as an Ensign when a quantum signature on the surface suggests significant technological advances since her last visit. Instead she discovers a spacefaring species has subjugated the locals transforming their once idyllic society into a grim mining operation. Stymied by the Union's hesitance to provoke hostilities Talla must consider how far she's willing to go to help these people and the repercussions of doing so. <br><br>Collects <i>The Orville #1: Launch Day Part 1 of 2</i> <i>The Orville #2: Launch Day Part 2 of 2</i> <i>The Orville #3: Heroes Part 1 of 2</i> <i>The Orville #4: Heroes Part 2 of 2</i>.