Marvel: All New, All Different Chronicles/Thunderstruck

Thunderstruck is the 11th episode of the Guardians of the Galaxy's arc in Marvel: All New, All Different Chronicles.

Featured Characters

 * Guardians of the Galaxy
 * Star-Lord / Nathan Quill
 * Gamora / Zoe Gillan
 * Cougar
 * Mantis
 * Drax the Destroyer
 * Rocket Raccoon / Sebastian Allan
 * Groot
 * Nebula
 * Yondu Udonta

Supporting Characters

 * Asgardians
 * Thor
 * Midgard Enchantress / Jane Foster
 * Magni
 * Sif (first appearance)
 * Tarene the Midgard Valkyrie (first appearance)
 * Heimdall (first appearance)

Antagonists

 * Destroyer (single appearance; destroyed)
 * Ronan's Kree Faction
 * Ronan the Accuser
 * Minn-Erva
 * Sakaarian Soldiers
 * Korath the Pursuer
 * Kree Empire
 * Supreme Intelligence
 * Loki / Loren Williams (first appearance)
 * Robotic Frost Giants
 * Surtur (single appearance; flashback only; deceased)
 * Hela (single appearance; flashback only; deceased)
 * Thanos (mentioned only)

Other Characters

 * Invisible Woman / Susan Storm
 * Eitri (single appearance; flashback only; deceased)
 * Donald Blake (mentioned only; deceased)
 * Odin (single appearance; flashback only; deceased)
 * Loki (mentioned only; deceased)
 * Karnilla (mentioned only)

Plot
Nathan Quill / Star-Lord and Gamora / Zoe Gillan are battling a pack of robotic Frost Giants controlled by Loren Williams, a mentally ill Oscorp executive who believes himself as the reincarnation of Loki, Thor's deceased adopted brother and trickster of the Asgardians. They defeat the robots and confront Williams, whom they defeat by destroying his technologic scepter and hand over to a mental asylum. The young couple is met with Thor, who comes by inviting them and their fellow Guardians of the Galaxy for a visit in New Asgard, which they accept. Meanwhile, Ronan the Accuser is discussing with Korath the Pursuer about a plan to rescue Minn-Erva from the grasp of Thanos. Under Korath's suggestions that they need more powerful weapons to outmatch Thanos, Ronan opts in taking over the ones forged for Asgardians.

Followed by the rest of their fellow Guardians (Cougar, Mantis, Drax the Destroyer, Rocket Raccoon / Sebastian Allan, Groot, Nebula, and Yondu Udonta) Star-Lord and Gamora arrive at New Asgard, where they are also greeted by Thor's wife and queen Jane Foster, the half-human, half-Asgardian sorceress known as the Midgard Enchantress. Furthermore, they met with the leader of the Asgardian Valkyries Lady Sif and her brother Heimdall, the sentry of New Asgard and Pegasus Z, as well as young Asgardian S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy trainees and Thor's son Prince Magni and Sif's daughter Tarene the Midgard Valkyrie. The Guardians are given a tour around the realm while overhearing more about the story of the "Old Asgard", which was destroyed by the prophesied Ragnarok, and other Nine Realms of which Asgard is part of, including Earth (or "Midgard" as the Asgardians call it). They also overhear of Nidavellir, the home of a race of dwarves and blacksmiths among whose most notable works were the creation of Thor's hammer Mjolnir, as well as the sentient armor suit known as the Destroyer, which was forcibly locked away when it was proven to be too dangerous and beyond even Odin's control. Everything is well until they overhear an incoming Kree fleet sent by Ronan to attack New Asgard and obtain its weapons.

The Guardians and Thor's royal guard mount a defense against the invaders while taking the citizens to safety. Meanwhile, Ronan has an argument with the Supreme Intelligence, who is displeased with Ronan having abandoned his post during the Kree armada's scheduled assault against the Sovereign to assault Asgard. Ronan justifies that what he is doing is still for the good of the Kree Empire, although the Supreme Intelligence warns him that he will be banished should Ronan's plans to assault Asgard and rescue Minn-Erva from Thanos fail. The Guardians and Thor's forces manage to repel the invasion, although Yondu and Rocket are lost in the impending explosion of a gunship. On the wreckage, Star-Lord and Gamora find fragments of what was once one of the Norn Stones, enchanted stones belonging to the witch queen Karnilla with the capability to access the Nine Realms. Deducing that Yondu and Rocket were transported to other realms, Star-Lord, Gamora and Thor use a few fragments to track them down. Meanwhile, Yondu and Rocket are shown to have been transported into Nidavellir (which had become a wasteland since the Dwarf King Eitri sacrificed his own life to save his fellow dwarves during the Ragnarok prophecy), and encounter the Destroyer. They are confronted by Minn-Erva, who had escaped from Thanos’ grasp on her own and is seeking one of Asgard’s weapons for the Kree Empire. After a brief gunfight, the three accidentally free the Destroyer from its stasis pod, and it begins wreaking havoc, alerting both Thor and Ronan.

The Guardians and Thor arrive in time to help Yondu and Rocket on battling the Destroyer, and also prevent it from reaching Nidavellir's Bifrost Bridge. Ronan and his fleet arrive and fire at Nidavellir with the heroes still in there as Minn-Erva returns to the Dark Aster. Finding a Uru key which the Destroyer is connected with, Star-Lord manages to link it into the Destroyer's head, putting under Thor's control. Thor eventually charges the Destroyer with lightning and orders it to attack the Kree, by which the Destroyer manages to obliterate most of Ronan's fleet, dealing heavy damage on the Dark Aster and forcing Ronan and his fleet to retreat, during which he is again scolded at by the Supreme Intelligence (who banishes Ronan and his crew from the Kree Empire) and Minn-Erva informs him that Thanos had stolen her scientific researches during her escape, much to Ronan's ire. The Destroyer is sealed away in Nidavellir's core, as the Guardians vow to be prepared for the next threat of war by the Kree, with Thor and his fellow Asgardians offering their aid.

Voice Cast

 * Scott Menville as Star-Lord / Nathan Quill
 * Laura Bailey as Gamora / Zoe Gillan
 * Jessica DiCicco as Mantis
 * Troy Baker as Rocket Raccoon / Sebastian Allan
 * Travis Willingham as Groot
 * Erica Lindbeck as Nebula
 * William Salyers as Yondu Udonta
 * Travis Willingham as Thor
 * Catherine Taber as Midgard Enchantress / Jane Foster, Invisible Woman / Susan Storm
 * Jack DeSena as Magni
 * Vanessa Marshall as Sif
 * Ike Amadi as Heimdall
 * Greg Ellis as Loki / Loren Williams
 * Jonathan Adams as Ronan the Accuser
 * Kevin Michael Richardson as Supreme Intelligence
 * Nika Futterman as Minn-Erva

Trivia

 * The title of this episode is named after a song by AC/DC.

Featured Songs

 * "Immigrant Song" by Led Zeppelin