Editing Episode 306: Blowing the Whistle, Part 2
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− | ''' | + | '''06 Oct 2520'''<br> |
'''Cathedral of Lorngaard'''<br> | '''Cathedral of Lorngaard'''<br> | ||
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'''Rina:''' December, 2518.<br> | '''Rina:''' December, 2518.<br> | ||
− | Twenty-two months since we’d dropped him off on Salisbury, but not since we’d seen him. However, Tanner doesn’t need to know that. Joshua risks a Read on Tanner: | + | Twenty-two months since we’d dropped him off on Salisbury, but not since we’d seen him. However, Tanner doesn’t need to know that. Joshua risks a Read on Tanner: They know more than they’re saying. It’ll come out sooner or later. <br> |
Rina is studying the screen, looking for and memorizing any data she can glean from it. It’s raw camera footage, with no sign of cropping. The date stamp on the feed says October 6 of this year, making the picture only a month old. The background visible in the picture confirms that the feed is from the interior of a ship. Rina can make out a fuel cell of some kind and there is a camera ID string showing but nothing else in the margins to tell her exactly which ship the feed is from.<br> | Rina is studying the screen, looking for and memorizing any data she can glean from it. It’s raw camera footage, with no sign of cropping. The date stamp on the feed says October 6 of this year, making the picture only a month old. The background visible in the picture confirms that the feed is from the interior of a ship. Rina can make out a fuel cell of some kind and there is a camera ID string showing but nothing else in the margins to tell her exactly which ship the feed is from.<br> | ||
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Meridian, where we’re going next. Coincidence? We all know what Rina’s thinking: '''no'''.<br> | Meridian, where we’re going next. Coincidence? We all know what Rina’s thinking: '''no'''.<br> | ||
− | The interrogations commence. And it’s got to be the gentlest interrogation on record. We’re taken off and asked questions. Nothing more. No waterboarding, much to Rick’s disappointment. No torture, much to Rina’s relief. At the end of her interview, Rina’s Twitchy gives her a loud hard | + | The interrogations commence. And it’s got to be the gentlest interrogation on record. We’re taken off and asked questions. Nothing more. No waterboarding, much to Rick’s disappointment. No torture, much to Rina’s relief. At the end of her interview, Rina’s Twitchy gives her a loud hard ping! on what she’s told as she’s released.<br> |
− | + | Interrogator: Well, it doesn’t look like we have anything here we can hold you on, so we’re letting you go. But, you know, try to stay out of trouble.<br> | |
And the unspoken message she perceives is very much a: ''we’ll be watching you''.<br> | And the unspoken message she perceives is very much a: ''we’ll be watching you''.<br> | ||
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She tries not to twitch as she leaves. <br> | She tries not to twitch as she leaves. <br> | ||
− | Arden | + | Arden want to know if he can get a copy of the medical records off the laptop. Tanner doesn’t think so. <br> |
'''Arden:''' Why not?<br> | '''Arden:''' Why not?<br> | ||
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− | Corone grudgingly but | + | Corone grudgingly but publically commends Jackson for his work in blowing the whistle on the practices at the mine. He’s given his old job as Mine Administrator, ostensibly to keep him in place to keep an eye on things. That takes care of Melvin Jackson’s life—it’s ready to take the man back. Joshua’s job is done here. <br> |
Arden starts setting up what he needs to give Joshua his old face back. Which would be Cmdr. Wyatt’s face. Joshua would like to go back to Wyatt’s face because it’s familiar to him and the crew. Arden agrees but admits if could have his druthers, he’ll never let Joshua be anyone else, ever again. <br> | Arden starts setting up what he needs to give Joshua his old face back. Which would be Cmdr. Wyatt’s face. Joshua would like to go back to Wyatt’s face because it’s familiar to him and the crew. Arden agrees but admits if could have his druthers, he’ll never let Joshua be anyone else, ever again. <br> |