In this part three of Flash Gordon: the Sphere of Doom, "Cannonball Greetings" there has been tribulations and emergency hospitalizations among the group which made last night session even more enjoyable. Joining JerryTel, Iron Curtis, Peryton, and me was Kal Luin (Brett from Canada). After a quick, roll up the Stats session for the Head Type for Red Bat, I threw him into the roles of Zakov and General Kala, (Stats undefined until next session) chief of Security in Mingo City.
The opening was Flash, Zarkov, and Dale Arden in the life-boat from the Bon Fortuna traveling at speeds faster than thought possible by most of Earth's scientists. Our professor though had been working with theories on "dark gravity," along with Professor Gordon (Flash Gordon's father), for some time now. So harnessing the super-science forces of the dark gravity ray pulling them towards Mongo was rather simple work. Fashioning a Positive/Negative Polar Dark Gravity Harness (a buzzing engine) from some spare parts, those aboard the vessel could start to attempt to pilot it. Now when JerryTel rolled a CRIT FAIL, the joystick pulled up and off of the control board, things went a little topsy-turvy.
Aboard the War Rocket Fabuloso Klytus showed amazing restraint by not torturing her well-known and somewhat intimate but not friend High Priest Zogi. All evidence is pointing to the theocrat's betrayal of the authority of Mingo by shutting down the forces that was drawing Earth toward's the Mongo-sphere and its assimilation into the worlds of Mongo. Zogi was successful at even being convincing as to how he migh not have had something to do the process-- that is until Clock, the ever over talkative android, had to brag about how it and the High Priest worked so hard to save the doomed planet.
Upon arriving in Mingo City, surprisingly enough, the Merciless only wanted to see Klytus, leaving Zogi back to his own meddling. In these royal chambers, Ming and the cyborg spoke of the High priest being sometimes controlled by the great God TAO. Wherein, General Kala interjected how TAO should only serve Ming's vision and he, Kala once again gender-swapped, could make it happen.
What Ming did not know is that Zogi, with more than a little help from TAO, had full access to this conversation through his success hacking of the imperial security networks. A bit outraged, the high priest called up his twelve Templars of Mongo to go and speak to the Emperor of Mongo. At the same time Voltan and a Wing of Hawkmen showed up at the capitol's flight-zone border looking for Baylin.
Kala back in his internal security nook, was having no sudden moves along the perimeter that marks the central areas of power in Mingo City. Between the armed priests and the fluttering hawkmen, squads of security forces would appear to face them down. 
Meanwhile, Baylin, now hiding in the Great Temple of TAO, stumbled into a secluded Shrine of TAOS (TAO and TAOS meant be separately mentioned). She not only found access to something called "OFF-WORLD ports" but also got to see the TAOS tracking of Flash and Karkov's vessel approaching the Dyson sphere. It identified the careening space vessel as a "Possible Hostile Invasive Artifact" which she read as "Hostile Invader Army", so her pressing the button to authorize the docking bay cannons to start defending itself was no surprise to anybody.
Well, Flash, Zarkov, and Dale would not have to wait too long after crashlanding to meet with the princess of the Northern Verdid Clan. She'd ride the elevators outwards to Mongo's space-docks to meet the invaders. She'd almost swoon at seeing how sexy the newcomers were, because Earthlings, though quite frail in Mongo standards, are, because of pheromones, totally sexy to Mongokinds. So she decided to throw her dagger at Dale Arden, not the two hot men, in front of her.
Flash would fail his blocking movement, but that's okay. My Dale Arden is from New Jersey. In a bit of judo, Baylin was floored and then tied up.
That is where we stopped for the night. I did a cut away closing scene, where Klytus is notified about the where the Bon Fortuna is stored.
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