Space Pirates

Archer 1999: "Space Pirates" is the seventh episode of Season 10, and the one hundred and eighth episode overall.

PlotEdit

A voyage home gets interrupted by an alien battle cruiser carrying precious cargo.

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Starring (Edit)
- H. Jon Benjamin as Sterling Archer / Archer MVS (Dream Persona) (9/9 episodes)
- Judy Greer as Cheryl Tunt / Cheryl MVS (Dream Persona) (9/9 episodes)
- Amber Nash as Pam Poovey / Pam MVS (Dream Persona) (9/9 episodes)
- Chris Parnell as Cyril Figgis / Cyril MVS (Dream Persona) (9/9 episodes)
- Lucky Yates as Dr. Krieger / Krieger MVS (Dream Persona) (9/9 episodes)
- Jessica Walter as Malory Archer / Malory MVS (Dream Persona) (9/9 episodes)
Guest Starring:
- Sam Richardson as Bort the Garj (2/9 episodes)
- Dave Willis as Barry 6 (2/9 episodes)
- Jillian Bell as Glenda Price (1/9 episodes)
- Matt Berry as Mr. Deadly (1/9 episodes)
Co Starring:
- Adam Reed as Ray Gillette / Ray MVS (Dream Persona) (9/9 episodes)

Gene Krantz: Ray says he needs his "Crisis Management Vest," and we see one hanging in his closet. This is a reference to Flight Director Gene Krantz at NASA who wore vests hand-made by his wife Marta for each mission he commanded beginning with Gemini 4 in 1962. This was featured in the Ron Howard film Apollo 13 (1995) .
Star Wars (1977)
- "We've only got seven minutes to get off this death star. Lowercase D. Lowercase S." –Archer
- "He's the intruder you're looking for!" –Cheryl (from Star Wars (1977))
- "My blaster jammed!" –Ciril (from Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Deception (2012))
"space cowboy": Arguably both a reference to Cowboy Bebop (1998) and Firefly (2002) as some of the more influential creative works with the space western central theme.
Firefly (2002)
- Cheryl closes her eyes to make two stunning ace shots near the door in the same vein as River in "War Stories."

The above mentioned Crisis Vest is also a callback to S1E7 "Skytanic ": Ray is wearing his Crisis Vest when helping Lana and Archer to defuse the bomb on the Excelsior.
"Space ocelots !"

Reality (Non-Dream): Archer remains in a coma brought upon by the events of Deadly Velvet: Part II] (s7e10)

Archer: “Shit, we’ve only got seven minutes to get off this death star - lower case d, lower case s.”