Episode 1: The Escape

"The Escape" is the first episode of the Project Infinity web series.

Plot Summary
The series begins in the year 2242 when the Union is in the process of overthrowing the Kingdom of Earth. Apolline, Gun Lambton's mother, attempts to escape a raid on their neighborhood while carrying a five year old Gun. Her words to Gun about how she believes there is still hope for the world and how he will live to see it change for the better are heard. She is soon cornered by Union soldiers and shot to death. The now 17 year old Gun narrates how the Union took over in less than a year. After losing his mother, he vows to himself he will live to see the world his mother spoke of, and he won't rest until he finds Union leader Val Winthrop and kills him.

Now in the year 2254, Gun is being held in a concentration camp outside of Royal City. He says after turning 18, the boys in his camp disappear. To avoid a similar fate, he devises a plan on the dirt floor of his cell. He causes a flood in the showers which causes a diversion. The guards watching him in a work field leave to tend to the flooding, and Gun slips away to the front gate of the camp. Gun noticed a supply truck makes deliveries at the same time every month. During this time, the gate is open. At just the right moment, Gun makes a run for it and manages to make it outside the camp walls. His younger cell mate, Dylan, isn't as fortunate. Gun quickly stumbles upon an unoccupied Fighter Bot and uses it to escape. Guards within the camp command the first generation L.I.A. to find and apprehend Gun Lambton immediately.

Word of Gun's escape reaches the Union headquarters. Harrison Acland is furious as a result and pushes Val to take action. Val holds a gun to Harrison's head and reminds him to never speak to him that way.

Gun lands the Fighter in a forest several miles outside of Royal City. Thinking he is alone, he stops to rest by a small river. However, he realizes a girl has just finished washing up nearby. Upon spotting him, she assumes he is a Union spy and attacks him. Gun insists he is just a kid, but the girl doesn't back down until she gets a closer look at his face. She gasps and steps back in surprise. It is assumed this is because she finds him attractive. Elise Davenport calls after the girl who is revealed to be Josephine Acland. Elise instantly recognizes Gun as her childhood friend and invites him inside the Adonais - the Rebels' ship.

Aboard the Adonais, Gun is reunited with Violet Stanhope - his childhood friend. He also meets the Rebel leader Hershel Morris. Morris recognizes Gun's clothing as belonging to a concentration camp prisoner and is impressed after learning he escaped flying a Fighter Bot for the first time. After hearing of the Rebels' plan to restore the Kingdom of Earth, Gun begs to join them. Morris says he has enough young people on the team already and doesn't want to risk another life. The team then receives a distress signal from their comrade, Lars Davenport, who is battling Octavia Hillgarth after a failed mission. Morris sends Josephine not to fight, but to distract Octavia long enough for Lars to escape. Gun, driven by his desire to eventually find Val, insists on taking part in the mission. Morris refuses to allow Gun to fly a Fighter and engage in combat, but he lets Gun ride in the storage compartment of Josephine's Fighter for observation. He says this will show him what battles are really like.

In Royal City, Lars is holding off Octavia with a damaged Fighter Bot. Just in time, Josephine arrives and aims several shots at Octavia. Before anyone can escape, Octavia starts battling Josephine and manages to destroy one of her thrusters causing her to crash. Octavia demands Josephine and Gun to exit the Fighter and show their faces. It is unknown how she knew Gun was inside. Josephine and Gun both keep their faces covered with masks, therefore, never revealing their identities. Gun's fear of death overtakes him, and he begs Octavia to spare him. In his mind, he asks his mother to save him. Immediately after, the first generation L.I.A. arrives and joins Octavia's side. Octavia commands L.I.A. to eliminate Gun and Josephine. L.I.A. begins walking slowly towards Gun and holds up her arm for an attack. Suddenly, she turns around and sends a blast at Octavia. L.I.A. then instructs Gun to flee. The Rebels flee the scene leaving Octavia surrounded by fire. Her men come to her aid, and she concludes the L.I.A. has malfunctioned.

Back on the Adonais, Gun reveals to the Rebels' that his mother was killed by Val's soldiers. He tells them about the world of compassion and understanding for others she believed he would see. He says he wants to believe it too. Morris welcomes Gun to the team.

When Val is informed the first generation L.I.A. malfunctioned and let Gun escape, he says L.I.A. must be destroyed, and he urges Octavia to successfully eliminate the Rebels as soon as possible.

Important Events

 * Gun's mother's death scene is shown in a flashback.
 * Gun escapes from his concentration camp and flies a Fighter Bot for the first time.
 * Gun meets Josephine in a forest.
 * Gun is reunited with his childhood friends Elise and Violet.
 * Gun learns about the Rebels.
 * The first generation L.I.A. turns on the Union and protects Gun for the first time.
 * Gun officially joins the Rebels.

Trivia

 * Filming for the series and this episode began in November 2017, nearly a year before the series premiered.
 * The scene in Royal City with Octavia threatening the Rebels was re-shot four times due to problems with Octavia's costume.
 * Morris was originally voiced by a different voice actor for the first three episodes. However, he had to leave the show shortly before it premiered. Not long before the series premiered, a new voice actor was cast in the role and all of Morris's lines for the first three episodes were re-recorded.
 * The work field of the concentration camp was completely covered in leaves prior to filming. Minutes before filming began, the leaves were swiftly removed.