

What exactly is happening during the opening titles of _Crusher Joe: The
Movie_ (1983)?

I am not talking about the pre-credits chase, but rather the action that
happens right during the opening credits where the Crushers seem to be
swooping in on an asteroid/starbase combo, burst through some airlocks and
then send—what appears to be—a malfunctioning/failing part of the asteroid
into space where it explodes.

Based on what is shown, I am assume that the thing exploding was some reactor
connected to the starbase, but I am not clear about the action past what we
see on screen. Was this an event straight out of one of the original Haruka
Takachiho’s novels?

Screenshot below of the scene in question with the Crusher ships—Minerva and
those other ships Alvin and Crusher Joe pilot—flying towards the hunk of rock
in space.

[![The Crusher Joe team in
action!](https://i.stack.imgur.com/vMSRS.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/vMSRS.jpg)


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What exactly is happening during the opening titles of “Crusher Joe: The Movie” (1983)