"Fertilizer."

The "buggo corpses" and that helmet Pool's wearing indicate the alien invasion might've come from the DC Universe: it's the Parademons and the Collect-n-Connect Steppenwolf's helmet! I doubt I'm ever going to finish him.

Our friendly civilian colonist the last few episodes has been Qi'ra, from Solo: a Star Wars story, played by Emilia Clarke, who of course was also Daenerys Targaryen in Game of Thrones. And we saw her figure just a bit ago with Kraven!

EDIT: Oh, and the idea of abandoning an entire continent for compost is almost certainly from Power Records Star Trek story, Alan Dean Foster's "The Logistics of Stampede." I listened to that about a million times as a kid, although "A Mirror for Futility" is probably my favorite: an anxious and agitated robot ship delivers a great reading of the line "Die, social misfit!"

I'm hoping to get back to Black Cat and Satana soon, but Pool and Kurt's apology tour for Gladiator is probably starting next week, as we catch up with someone we recently saw...briefly. Maybe two someones.