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In Morestsu Pirates / Bodacious Space Pirates, The Parabellum is hired by
Gruier to make sure that Marika finishes her business with the Space Pirates
before her final exams begin.

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/lnpoS.jpg)

The ship makes a grand entrance at one stage, but during the show I couldn't
see any way that the ship/crew actively helped Marika and the Bentenmaru.

I might have missed something, but, what does the Parabellum and its crew do
to help Marika?


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What exactly was the Parabellum's role?


Towards the end of episode 22, the anti-pirate ship, Grand Cross has just
defeated the Big Catch and it was implied that it would have went after Marika
and the Bentenmaru next.

Marika had to make a decision on whether to attempt to rescue the crew of the
Big Catch, or escape.

It was that moment when the Parabellum FTL jumps in the battlefield and
engages the Grand Cross ultimately forcing it retreat.

This allows Marika the Bentenmaru to rescue the crew of the Big Catch. (which
eventually got destroyed because the fires couldn't be controlled and it
ignited the ammo cache)

* * *

So you can argue that without the help of Parabellum, the crew of the Big
Catch would likely have perished. It is also possible Marika and the
Bentenmaru would have perished as well if they decided to stick around to
rescue the crew of the Big Catch.


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