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[[Episode 605: Devil's Compromise, Part Two| Part 2]]<br> | [[Episode 605: Devil's Compromise, Part Two| Part 2]]<br> | ||
[[Episode 605: Devil's Compromise, Part Three| Part 3]]<br> | [[Episode 605: Devil's Compromise, Part Three| Part 3]]<br> | ||
+ | [[Episode 605: Devil's Compromise, Part Four| Part 4]]<br> | ||
+ | [[Episode 605: Devil's Compromise, Part Five| Part 5]]<br> | ||
[[Episode 605: Devil's Compromise, Special Features| Special Features]]<br><br> | [[Episode 605: Devil's Compromise, Special Features| Special Features]]<br><br> | ||
− | '''Thursday, 15 | + | '''Thursday, 15 Oct 2522'''<br> |
'''Somewhere on Puck'''<br> | '''Somewhere on Puck'''<br> | ||
'''Kalidasa (Xuan Wu) System'''<br> | '''Kalidasa (Xuan Wu) System'''<br> | ||
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The rest of the crew is two ships over. The blast knocks them down and they pick themselves up. Kiera looks out the nearest porthole and sees the ship next door on fire, blazing away like a Roman candle. The bulk of it has also warped and collapsed and crashed onto ''Equinox'' parked alongside. The ground underneath the burning ship is cracked like a broken mirror and is spouting gouts of fire. The flames change color as they burn and where they touch ''Equinox'', they start crawling up her hull. Kiera turns from the porthole and helps Nika off the deck, cursing a blue streak as she goes.<br><br> | The rest of the crew is two ships over. The blast knocks them down and they pick themselves up. Kiera looks out the nearest porthole and sees the ship next door on fire, blazing away like a Roman candle. The bulk of it has also warped and collapsed and crashed onto ''Equinox'' parked alongside. The ground underneath the burning ship is cracked like a broken mirror and is spouting gouts of fire. The flames change color as they burn and where they touch ''Equinox'', they start crawling up her hull. Kiera turns from the porthole and helps Nika off the deck, cursing a blue streak as she goes.<br><br> | ||
− | '''Kiera:''' [[Episode 605: Devil's Compromise, Special Features#HOW TO SPEAK CHINESE| ''Gǒu shǐ, gǒu shǐ, gǒu shǐ, gǒu shǐ, gǒu shǐ, gǒu shǐ …'']]. (over her suit comm) | + | '''Kiera:''' [[Episode 605: Devil's Compromise, Special Features#HOW TO SPEAK CHINESE| ''Gǒu shǐ, gǒu shǐ, gǒu shǐ, gǒu shǐ, gǒu shǐ, gǒu shǐ …'']]. (over her suit comm) Beggar!! Get to the ship and get it away from here!<br><br> |
− | Once Nika’s upright, Kiera starts running for Beglan’s last known location the next ship over. Her suit slows her down, making her clumsy. She gets no response from Beglan on her comms. Arden tries to raise Rina and Joshua and gets no response either. He and Nika hustle for | + | Once Nika’s upright, Kiera starts running for Beglan’s last known location the next ship over. Her suit slows her down, making her clumsy. She gets no response from Beglan on her comms. Arden tries to raise Rina and Joshua and gets no response either. He and Nika hustle for Equinox to move her out of danger. Uncertain of the stability of the container bridge, Nika and Arden run across the top of it on the outside. It affords them a way to see any danger coming for them as well an unobstructed view of the chaos and the damage around them. A mixed blessing. The container bridge gives out on the blank hull of the next ship. They take a risk and leap for the ground. They both manage to land without injury or ripping their suits, then start running over land. <br><br> |
− | The ruined Bumblebee lies collapsed across | + | The ruined Bumblebee lies collapsed across Equinox’s dorsal hull. Only the lower portion of the Bumblebee seems even halfway upright, tilted at a crazy angle from the weight of the twisted decks above. Nika knows that she cannot let the wreck burn unchecked on her ship. Neither can she let her friends die. Which should she try to save first?<br><br> |
Nika realizes an instant later that she cannot hope to crawl through the wreckage to save her friends—the fire is to widespread and fierce and she’d die trying, stranding the rest of her crew to a slow death by the hostile elements. She has to save the ship first. She grabs Arden’s arm.<br><br> | Nika realizes an instant later that she cannot hope to crawl through the wreckage to save her friends—the fire is to widespread and fierce and she’d die trying, stranding the rest of her crew to a slow death by the hostile elements. She has to save the ship first. She grabs Arden’s arm.<br><br> | ||
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Nika: C’mon. We gotta get on our ship. Our ship at least has some fire suppression gear on it.<br><br> | Nika: C’mon. We gotta get on our ship. Our ship at least has some fire suppression gear on it.<br><br> | ||
− | As she runs, she tries again to raise her crewmates on her comms, but there’s nothing but static and distortion coming through. They have to run through a patch of flame blocking their path to | + | As she runs, she tries again to raise her crewmates on her comms, but there’s nothing but static and distortion coming through. They have to run through a patch of flame blocking their path to Equinox, getting singed in the process. Their suits hold and they make it through, evading most of the flames with only a little bit of stun. They run under the belly of the ship for the port airlock and start climbing the ladder to it. The manual controls for it are still working and they get inside. All the alarms on the ship are blaring, announcing the fact that Equinox is on fire.<br><br> |
Nika: Grab all the fire suppression gear together just in case we have to go in after then and meanwhile I’m going to go to the bridge to see if I can’t get the ship’s comms to get through to them.<br><br> | Nika: Grab all the fire suppression gear together just in case we have to go in after then and meanwhile I’m going to go to the bridge to see if I can’t get the ship’s comms to get through to them.<br><br> | ||
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Boston: You’re closer to them. <br><br> | Boston: You’re closer to them. <br><br> | ||
− | She is, actually, but that’s not the point. Getting past him to get to Beggar is. She doesn’t like the look in Boston’s eye and she doesn’t like the fact that she can’t get Beggar to answer her on the comms. Has something happened to Beggar? She points back the way she came and to | + | She is, actually, but that’s not the point. Getting past him to get to Beggar is. She doesn’t like the look in Boston’s eye and she doesn’t like the fact that she can’t get Beggar to answer her on the comms. Has something happened to Beggar? She points back the way she came and to Equinox beyond.<br><br> |
Kiera: Go help them. I’ll get Beggar.<br> | Kiera: Go help them. I’ll get Beggar.<br> | ||
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And he resolutely goes back to dragging his wife out of there. Seeing there’s no talking him out of it, Kiera tries to squeeze past him in the narrow passageway. Screw him. She’s going to find Beglan. And she’s not against using the fact Boston’s encumbered with the body of his wife against him, either. She pushes the woman’s dead weight against Boston and tries to squeeze past him.<br><br> | And he resolutely goes back to dragging his wife out of there. Seeing there’s no talking him out of it, Kiera tries to squeeze past him in the narrow passageway. Screw him. She’s going to find Beglan. And she’s not against using the fact Boston’s encumbered with the body of his wife against him, either. She pushes the woman’s dead weight against Boston and tries to squeeze past him.<br><br> | ||
− | + | Boston: Get your hands off her!<br><br> | |
He moves to smack Kiera down. She dodges, regretting she doesn’t have a weapon, and keeps on going. She makes it past him. She yells for Beggar, listening for his reply. It doesn’t come. She gains the compartment where she’d last left him and finds him on the deck, lying on his side. His helmet is dented as if it had been struck by something and there’s a crack in his faceplate. It looks like someone clocked him with a wrench. She’s on the deck next to him in a flash, trying to remove his helmet to check his vitals. Her suit gloves make it difficult and she can’t get the helmet off. She examines him the best she can by eye and all she can determine is that he’s sustained a head injury and might have a concussion. Jostling him around trying to get the damned helmet off might, as with shaken baby syndrome, make his injury worse. <br><br> | He moves to smack Kiera down. She dodges, regretting she doesn’t have a weapon, and keeps on going. She makes it past him. She yells for Beggar, listening for his reply. It doesn’t come. She gains the compartment where she’d last left him and finds him on the deck, lying on his side. His helmet is dented as if it had been struck by something and there’s a crack in his faceplate. It looks like someone clocked him with a wrench. She’s on the deck next to him in a flash, trying to remove his helmet to check his vitals. Her suit gloves make it difficult and she can’t get the helmet off. She examines him the best she can by eye and all she can determine is that he’s sustained a head injury and might have a concussion. Jostling him around trying to get the damned helmet off might, as with shaken baby syndrome, make his injury worse. <br><br> | ||
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Kiera is unable to revive Beglan and she’s got a nutcase running loose somewhere behind her. Beglan she can do nothing about. The nutcase, however … She rises and finds a different route off the ship. She finds a path through the ship that to the bottom of it, where the heat shield is still attached. She has to wrestle the access hatch open to eels out between the hull and the shield. The wheel on the hatch is stiff, unused for God knows how long. She puts her back into it and it moves an inch.<br><br> | Kiera is unable to revive Beglan and she’s got a nutcase running loose somewhere behind her. Beglan she can do nothing about. The nutcase, however … She rises and finds a different route off the ship. She finds a path through the ship that to the bottom of it, where the heat shield is still attached. She has to wrestle the access hatch open to eels out between the hull and the shield. The wheel on the hatch is stiff, unused for God knows how long. She puts her back into it and it moves an inch.<br><br> | ||
− | On | + | On Equinox, Nika and Arden take stock of the fire extinguishers we have on board. They’re made for smaller scale fires—nothing like the huge one engulfing the Bumblebee outside and threatening Equinox. Even if they gathered up every single extinguisher to hand and trained it on the fire, they would be insufficient to put the fire out. The extinguishers are not an option. <br><br> |
They’ll have to figure out something else to use. <br><br> | They’ll have to figure out something else to use. <br><br> | ||
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'''Kiera:''' ''Ow!''<br><br> | '''Kiera:''' ''Ow!''<br><br> | ||
− | She staggers back against the bulkhead. Straightening back up and blinking stars, she glimpses the figure of a man standing there with a wrench in his hand. It’s Boston. Kiera doesn’t stop to think but launches herself in a flying tackle at him. She plows into him and he fights back, delivering some momentary stun to her. She plows into him again in a grapple and she delivers a bit of stun to him—tit for tat. He recovers and gets a good punch in and she wobbles back. And so they continue, trading grabs and blows and shoves and punches, until he gets the upper hand and clocks her with a glancing blow on the head with the wrench. Dazed, she can’t resist him as he drags her back through the ship to Beglan’s side. Kiera knows she’s not going to win this fight with brute strength. She’s going to have to use guile. Kiera fakes a faint and | + | She staggers back against the bulkhead. Straightening back up and blinking stars, she glimpses the figure of a man standing there with a wrench in his hand. It’s Boston. Kiera doesn’t stop to think but launches herself in a flying tackle at him. She plows into him and he fights back, delivering some momentary stun to her. She plows into him again in a grapple and she delivers a bit of stun to him—tit for tat. He recovers and gets a good punch in and she wobbles back. And so they continue, trading grabs and blows and shoves and punches, until he gets the upper hand and clocks her with a glancing blow on the head with the wrench. Dazed, she can’t resist him as he drags her back through the ship to Beglan’s side. Kiera knows she’s not going to win this fight with brute strength. She’s going to have to use guile. Kiera fakes a faint and lets herself go limp, slowing him down.<br><br> |
As a ploy, it’s partially successful. Boston lets go and she drops to the floor. Kiera lies still, eyes closed, as Boston stands over her with the wrench in hand.<br><br> | As a ploy, it’s partially successful. Boston lets go and she drops to the floor. Kiera lies still, eyes closed, as Boston stands over her with the wrench in hand.<br><br> | ||
− | Boston: Your crewmate is unconscious. If you want, you can be unconscious, too. (a beat) | + | Boston: Your crewmate is unconscious. If you want, you can be unconscious, too. (a beat) Make a move.<br><br> |
Kiera plays dead, remaining perfectly still. Not that it seems to fool Boston for a minute.<br><br> | Kiera plays dead, remaining perfectly still. Not that it seems to fool Boston for a minute.<br><br> | ||
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Kiera: I’m sorry, sweetie.<br><br> | Kiera: I’m sorry, sweetie.<br><br> | ||
− | She starts pulling the screwdriver out, intending to take out Boston with it, when she realizes that if she does, Beglan will bleed out and die. She leaves the tool in his leg, using it to plug the hole it’s made in him, and looks for something to rig a pressure bandage or tourniquet with. | + | She starts pulling the screwdriver out, intending to take out Boston with it, when she realizes that if she does, Beglan will bleed out and die. She leaves the tool in his leg, using it to plug the hole it’s made in him, and looks for something to rig a pressure bandage or tourniquet with. Equinox has the equipment and supplies Beglan needs but Kiera cannot move him without killing him. The screwdriver’s pierced a vital blood vessel. Cursing, Kiera gets to work saving Beglan, using what little she’s got on hand. She takes her helmet completely off, needing the freedom to move and observe Beglan closely. She’s successful in that he doesn’t die, but he’s still leaking blood.<br><br> |
− | Back on | + | Back on Equinox, Nika and Arden manage to reroute the comms and boost the signal past the interference.<br><br> |
Nika: Rina, Joshua. Can you hear me? Kiera? Anybody?<br><br> | Nika: Rina, Joshua. Can you hear me? Kiera? Anybody?<br><br> | ||
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Kiera: Tell Arden to bring a gun.<br> | Kiera: Tell Arden to bring a gun.<br> | ||
Nika: Why?<br> | Nika: Why?<br> | ||
− | Kiera: That big [[Episode 605: Devil's Compromise, Special Features#HOW TO SPEAK CHINESE| fèifèi de pìgu's]] hit me in the head with a wrench and he’s gotten Beggar in the head with a wrench and stabbed him with a screwdriver. | + | Kiera: That big [[Episode 605: Devil's Compromise, Special Features#HOW TO SPEAK CHINESE| fèifèi de pìgu's]] hit me in the head with a wrench and he’s gotten Beggar in the head with a wrench and stabbed him with a screwdriver. Bring a gun.<br><br> |
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[[Episode 605: Devil's Compromise, Part Two| Part 2]]<br> | [[Episode 605: Devil's Compromise, Part Two| Part 2]]<br> | ||
[[Episode 605: Devil's Compromise, Part Three| Part 3]]<br> | [[Episode 605: Devil's Compromise, Part Three| Part 3]]<br> | ||
+ | [[Episode 605: Devil's Compromise, Part Four| Part 4]]<br> | ||
+ | [[Episode 605: Devil's Compromise, Part Five| Part 5]]<br> | ||
[[Episode 605: Devil's Compromise, Special Features| Special Features]]<br><br><br> | [[Episode 605: Devil's Compromise, Special Features| Special Features]]<br><br><br> | ||
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