Episode 615: Heart's Defense - Revision history

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	''Air date: 25 ~~Nov~~ 2011''<br>		''Air date: 25 Oct 2011''<br>
	''Present: Andy, Bobby, Kim, and Maer''<br><br>		''Present: Andy, Bobby, Kim, and Maer''<br><br>

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	Go back to: '''''[[Episode 614: Heart's Gambit\| Heart's Gambit]]''''' \| Go Foward to '''''~~The Next~~ Episode'''''<br>		Go back to: '''''[[Episode 614: Heart's Gambit\| Heart's Gambit]]''''' \| Go Foward to '''''[[Episode 616: Mulan Maersk\| ''Mulan Maersk'']]'''''<br>
	Go back to '''''[[Mutineers Season Six \| Season Six: Franc-tireurs]]'''''<br>		Go back to '''''[[Mutineers Season Six \| Season Six: Franc-tireurs]]'''''<br>
	Back to [[EPISODES]] or [[Mutineers Timeline\|TIMELINE]]<br>		Back to [[EPISODES]] or [[Mutineers Timeline\|TIMELINE]]<br>

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	'''~~Tuesday~~, 16 Feb 2523'''<br>		'''Monday, 15 Feb 2523'''<br>
	'''Nouveau Lyon, Beaumonde'''<br>		'''Nouveau Lyon, Beaumonde'''<br>
	'''Kalidasa (Xuan Wu) system'''<br>		'''Kalidasa (Xuan Wu) system'''<br>
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	'''~~Wednesday~~, 17 Feb 2523'''<br>		'''Tuesday, 16 Feb 2523'''<br>
	'''Maidenhead Bar'''<br>		'''Maidenhead Bar'''<br>
	'''Westhaven, Beaumonde'''<br>		'''Westhaven, Beaumonde'''<br>

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	'''~~Monday~~, 15 Feb 2523'''<br>		'''Tuesday, 16 Feb 2523'''<br>
	'''Nouveau Lyon, Beaumonde'''<br>		'''Nouveau Lyon, Beaumonde'''<br>
	'''Kalidasa (Xuan Wu) system'''<br>		'''Kalidasa (Xuan Wu) system'''<br>
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	'''~~Tuesday~~, 16 Feb 2523'''<br>		'''Wednesday, 17 Feb 2523'''<br>
	'''Maidenhead Bar'''<br>		'''Maidenhead Bar'''<br>
	'''Westhaven, Beaumonde'''<br>		'''Westhaven, Beaumonde'''<br>

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	'''Morning, early'''<br><br>		'''Morning, early'''<br><br>

	Nika revives and flies Equinox back to the other side of Beaumonde to Westhaven. We have some unfinished business with Fanty and Mingo. Joshua and Kiera/Beglan go to the Maidenhead bar to get our pay. Joshua is a man on fire. It doesn't matter that the bar is filled with people in Fanty and Mingo's employ. It doesn't matter that they could all turn on us in a heartbeat like a pack of hyenas. No. What matters is getting our satisfaction. Not only are we getting paid, Joshua tells them, but they’re going to pay our hospital bills. His friends and his fiancée got seriously injured on their behalf. The least the twins can do is pay for what they’re responsible for. The twins demur and try to weasel out of it. Joshua is adamant. Fanty and Mingo see there is no arguing with him. They give Joshua a tip on a good surgeon on Urvasi at Heaven and recommend that we mention he got the recc from them. They fork over 1600 in pay and Joshua leaves. <br><br>		Nika revives and flies Equinox back to the other side of Beaumonde to Westhaven. We have some unfinished business with Fanty and Mingo. Joshua and Kiera/Beglan go to the Maidenhead bar to get our pay. Joshua is a man on fire. He’s not surprised when Fanty and Mingo admit they turned us in to the Blue Hands when they came looking. It doesn't matter that the bar is filled with people in Fanty and Mingo's employ. It doesn't matter that they could all turn on us in a heartbeat like a pack of hyenas. No. What matters is getting our satisfaction. Not only are we getting paid, Joshua tells them, but they’re going to pay our hospital bills. His friends and his fiancée got seriously injured on their behalf. The least the twins can do is pay for what they’re responsible for. The twins demur and try to weasel out of it. Joshua is adamant. Fanty and Mingo see there is no arguing with him. They give Joshua a tip on a good surgeon on Urvasi at Heaven and recommend that we mention he got the recc from them. They fork over 1600 in pay and Joshua leaves. <br><br>

	With money in our pocket and a completed job behind us, we pull stakes and burn atmo for Urvasi and Heaven … and hopefully a respite where we can all lick our wounds and breathe.<br><br>		With money in our pocket and a completed job behind us, we pull stakes and burn atmo for Urvasi and Heaven … and hopefully a respite where we can all lick our wounds and breathe.<br><br>

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	What happened here?<br><br>		What happened here?<br><br>

	He tries to get outside. The building is in security lockdown. Why? Going back deeper into the building he encounters the cafeteria and there he finds people who are awake. The ones nearest the door look up at his entrance and comment mildly oh look, he’s awake. They’re eating red meat, somewhat cooked. <br><br>		He tries to get outside. The building is in security lockdown. Why? Going back deeper into the building he encounters the cafeteria and there he finds people who are awake. The ones nearest the door look up at his entrance and comment mildly oh look, he’s awake. They’re eating red meat, somewhat cooked. What is it, Arden asks? Meat, they answer. Arden looks closer. It’s not just meat. It’s a human limb. <br><br>

	~~What is it, Arden asks.<br><br>~~		Come again?!?<br><br>

	~~People, they answer. <br><br>~~

	Come again?!?<br><br>

	He must be dreaming. Arden pinches himself. He’s not dreaming. He slowly gets the story—Sophie has been Paxed. No one here knows by whom. No one here can tell him when. No one can tell him how he got here. Some of the inhabitants are obviously immune. Some are unaffected. Some go catatonic. And some have died of it. <br><br>		He must be dreaming. Arden pinches himself. He’s not dreaming. He slowly gets the story—Sophie has been Paxed. No one here knows by whom. No one here can tell him when. No one can tell him how he got here. Some of the inhabitants are obviously immune. Some are unaffected. Some go catatonic. And some have died of it. <br><br>
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	The man offering it to him shrugs: suit yourself. The alarm continues to sound and as he waits and watches, he sees other Erewhon colonists—now Reaverized—scrambling down from above over roofs and walkways, running for the prey they can see inside. Arden asks for the inhaler and takes a hit. He waits for the Chempliant to speed him up but instead he has a bad reaction. The entire world goes bendy. Sight and sound attenuates and warps. He can’t speak at a proper speed, instead going extremely slow-mo. What the heck is happening to him?<br><br>		The man offering it to him shrugs: suit yourself. The alarm continues to sound and as he waits and watches, he sees other Erewhon colonists—now Reaverized—scrambling down from above over roofs and walkways, running for the prey they can see inside. Arden asks for the inhaler and takes a hit. He waits for the Chempliant to speed him up but instead he has a bad reaction. The entire world goes bendy. Sight and sound attenuates and warps. He can’t speak at a proper speed, instead going extremely slow-mo. What the heck is happening to him?<br><br>

	Outside, the Reavers are still advancing. Before they can actually touch the door or the window, a high-pitched whine pierces the air. ~~A spray hits the~~ Reavers ~~from above and they~~ start to writhe and scream. ~~It’s acid~~ and it’s burning them alive. <br><br>		Outside, the Reavers are still advancing. Before they can actually touch the door or the window, a high-pitched whine pierces the air. The Reavers start to writhe and scream. The air around them bends and shimmers like a mirage. Arden realizes it’s a microwave weapon and it’s burning them alive. <br><br>

	Which explains the dead bodies out there. <br><br>		Which explains the dead bodies out there. <br><br>
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	Damn. Now what?<br><br>		Damn. Now what?<br><br>

	Downstairs in the lobby, our crew quickly runs through their options. Surrender to Blue Sun? Hell no. Escape? How? And can it be done without bloodshed? Do we take a third as-yet-unformed option and run with it? Standing to one side, Dr. Joan Guan, née Drake, watches all of this unfold, her face inscrutable. Right now, absent the ~~Director—also Dr. Jonathan Guan~~, her husband—Joan is our only chance at negotiating our freedom and right now, she’s a very hard sell. She’d given Rina a choice earlier: drop everything to save Joshua, or abandon Joshua to his fate and save her friends. Rina, being Rina, took a third unoffered option—rescue her friends so they can help her rescue Joshua—and failed the implicit loyalty test. Convinced that Joshua would be safer in her own hands than that of the crew, Joan Guan refuses to release him to us. She insists that we give ourselves up and leave Joshua with her. <br><br>		Downstairs in the lobby, our crew quickly runs through their options. Surrender to Blue Sun? Hell no. Escape? How? And can it be done without bloodshed? Do we take a third as-yet-unformed option and run with it? Standing to one side, Dr. Joan Guan, née Drake, watches all of this unfold, her face inscrutable. Right now, absent the Director—Guan Zwang, her husband—Joan is our only chance at negotiating our freedom and right now, she’s a very hard sell. She’d given Rina a choice earlier: drop everything to save Joshua, or abandon Joshua to his fate and save her friends. Rina, being Rina, took a third unoffered option—rescue her friends so they can help her rescue Joshua—and failed the implicit loyalty test. Convinced that Joshua would be safer in her own hands than that of the crew, Joan Guan refuses to release him to us. She insists that we give ourselves up and leave Joshua with her. <br><br>

	Joshua argues against it. Arden tries, but fails. Rina demands to know why Joan gave her son up to Blue Sun’s experiments. Joan strikes back by demanding how Rina—herself a professed parent—could abandon her child on a Rim world with no guarantee for his safety. That shuts Rina up and Joshua tries again to get free. Or barring that, more information from Joan while we can still talk to her. <br><br>		Joshua argues against it. Arden tries, but fails. Rina demands to know why Joan gave her son up to Blue Sun’s experiments. Joan strikes back by demanding how Rina—herself a professed parent—could abandon her child on a Rim world with no guarantee for his safety. That shuts Rina up and Joshua tries again to get free. Or barring that, more information from Joan while we can still talk to her. <br><br>
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	BRRRRZZZZZZAP!!<br><br>		BRRRRZZZZZZAP!!<br><br>

	Once, twice, thrice ... and the ninja finally falls. We quickly search the ninjas for weapons, find stun and smoke grenades. ~~Rina is rocky but insists we can use the grenades~~ to ~~set off~~ the ~~sand~~ and ~~bring the tunnel down, cutting~~ off ~~further pursuit. We set the grenades~~. Rina crumples. Joshua curses. He picks her up and gets her around the corner out of the blast zone. Kiera and Arden grab Nika and follow. Once everyone’s out of the way, Raven goes back and pulls the pins, runs back under cover before everything explodes. <br><br>		Once, twice, thrice ... and the ninja finally falls. We quickly search the ninjas for weapons, find stun and smoke grenades. Raven, for reasons known only to him, picks up one of the ninjas and sets off on his own. Rina crumples. Joshua curses. He picks her up and gets her around the corner out of the blast zone. Kiera and Arden grab Nika and follow. Once everyone’s out of the way, Raven goes back and pulls the pins, runs back under cover before everything explodes. <br><br>

	BOOOOOOM!!<br><br>		BOOOOOOM!!<br><br>
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	We don’t linger to watch but haul ass for the nearest surface access and crawling out into the open air again, we hail Beglan on our comms to pick us up. Raven’s limo arrives minutes later and we run, stagger, and drag ourselves over to it. Piling in we drive straight for Equinox only to find it surrounded on the pad by fifty burly men with nasty looking wrenches and pipes. They see us coming, smile, and part to let us in. At the closed ramp of our ship, James Brion is waiting for us. Apparently he somehow got word of our predicament and set himself and his men to guard our ride out. <br><br>		We don’t linger to watch but haul ass for the nearest surface access and crawling out into the open air again, we hail Beglan on our comms to pick us up. Raven’s limo arrives minutes later and we run, stagger, and drag ourselves over to it. Piling in we drive straight for Equinox only to find it surrounded on the pad by fifty burly men with nasty looking wrenches and pipes. They see us coming, smile, and part to let us in. At the closed ramp of our ship, James Brion is waiting for us. Apparently he somehow got word of our predicament and set himself and his men to guard our ride out. <br><br>

	We exit the limo. Raven takes possession, thanks us for the databook, and peels out. We thank Brion as ~~we board and~~ his men depart, and get our injured to med bay. Which would be Arden, Kiera, and Rina. The engineer is bad off, but thanks to Arden’s quick thinking in the tunnels, she’s not dead. Working in turns, the two docs keep Rina from dying and once she’s out of the woods, turn their medical attention on themselves. The balance of the night is spent patching up our hurts and getting rest as we can.<br><br>		We exit the limo. Raven shows up unexpectedly and takes possession, thanks us for the databook, and peels out. We thank Brion as his men depart, and we get our injured aboard to med bay. Which would be Arden, Kiera, and Rina. The engineer is bad off, but thanks to Arden’s quick thinking in the tunnels, she’s not dead. Working in turns, the two docs keep Rina from dying and once she’s out of the woods, turn their medical attention on themselves. The balance of the night is spent patching up our hurts and getting rest as we can.<br><br>

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	We’re armed only with the stun sticks we took of the guards earlier in our botched escape. Kiera and Arden rush forward and engage the ninja on the left. Raven tears open his guard uniform and slaps some small liquid tubes into three little ports centered in his chest. He draws a deep breath and exhales in ecstacy---AH! That’s the ticket! and he launches himself at the ninja on the right.<br><br>		We’re armed only with the stun sticks we took of the guards earlier in our botched escape. Kiera and Arden rush forward and engage the ninja on the left. Raven tears open his guard uniform and slaps some small liquid tubes into three little ports centered in his chest. He draws a deep breath and exhales in ecstacy---AH! That’s the ticket! and he launches himself at the ninja on the right.<br><br>

	Rina falls back and ~~starts hauling~~ handfuls of the explosive sand remaining in her pockets, mixing them to arm their explosive properties. She dribbles it in a pile on the floor and picks up a rock to throw at it and ignite it.<br><br>		Rina falls back and dips up handfuls of the explosive sand remaining in her pockets, mixing them to arm their explosive properties. She dribbles it in a pile on the floor and picks up a rock to throw at it and ignite it.<br><br>

	Mixing it takes a precious minute and the ninjas make fast work of her friends. Kiera suffers sword wounds, as does Arden. They get their licks in too, but the ninja is still up. She’s disarmed of her sword but keeps on fighting. Raven gets several solid blows in, lightning fast, but he’s also unarmed against the ninja’s sword and suffers wounds as well. The drugs in his system enable him to remain upright and fighting. Joshua grabs up a dropped stun stick and runs to Raven’s defense. At which point Rina looks up and sees her fiancée running headlong into combat. <br><br>		Mixing it takes a precious minute and the ninjas make fast work of her friends. Kiera suffers sword wounds, as does Arden. They get their licks in too, but the ninja is still up. She’s disarmed of her sword but keeps on fighting. Raven gets several solid blows in, lightning fast, but he’s also unarmed against the ninja’s sword and suffers wounds as well. The drugs in his system enable him to remain upright and fighting. Joshua grabs up a dropped stun stick and runs to Raven’s defense. At which point Rina looks up and sees her fiancée running headlong into combat. <br><br>

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	Damn. Now what?<br><br>		Damn. Now what?<br><br>

	Downstairs in the lobby, our crew quickly runs through their options. Surrender to Blue Sun? Hell no. Escape? How? And can it be done without bloodshed? Do we take a third as-yet-unformed option and run with it? Standing to one side, Dr. Joan Guan, ~~nee~~ Drake, watches all of this unfold, her face inscrutable. Right now, absent the Director—also Dr. Jonathan Guan, her husband—Joan is our only chance at negotiating our freedom and right now, she’s a very hard sell. She’d given Rina a choice earlier: drop everything to save Joshua, or abandon Joshua to his fate and save her friends. Rina, being Rina, took a third unoffered option—rescue her friends so they can help her rescue Joshua—and failed the implicit loyalty test. Convinced that Joshua would be safer in her own hands than that of the crew, Joan Guan refuses to release him to us. She insists that we give ourselves up and leave Joshua with her. <br><br>		Downstairs in the lobby, our crew quickly runs through their options. Surrender to Blue Sun? Hell no. Escape? How? And can it be done without bloodshed? Do we take a third as-yet-unformed option and run with it? Standing to one side, Dr. Joan Guan, née Drake, watches all of this unfold, her face inscrutable. Right now, absent the Director—also Dr. Jonathan Guan, her husband—Joan is our only chance at negotiating our freedom and right now, she’s a very hard sell. She’d given Rina a choice earlier: drop everything to save Joshua, or abandon Joshua to his fate and save her friends. Rina, being Rina, took a third unoffered option—rescue her friends so they can help her rescue Joshua—and failed the implicit loyalty test. Convinced that Joshua would be safer in her own hands than that of the crew, Joan Guan refuses to release him to us. She insists that we give ourselves up and leave Joshua with her. <br><br>

	Joshua argues against it. Arden tries, but fails. Rina demands to know why Joan gave her son up to Blue Sun’s experiments. Joan strikes back by demanding how Rina—herself a professed parent—could abandon her child on a Rim world with no guarantee for his safety. That shuts Rina up and Joshua tries again to get free. Or barring that, more information from Joan while we can still talk to her. <br><br>		Joshua argues against it. Arden tries, but fails. Rina demands to know why Joan gave her son up to Blue Sun’s experiments. Joan strikes back by demanding how Rina—herself a professed parent—could abandon her child on a Rim world with no guarantee for his safety. That shuts Rina up and Joshua tries again to get free. Or barring that, more information from Joan while we can still talk to her. <br><br>

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	FLASH!<br><br>		FLASH!<br><br>

	The databook emits a blinding flash and a loud bang, stunning the guards. The new guard remains unaffected. It’s Raven~~. Saving~~ Kiera’s bacon. He grabs the datapad and Kiera ~~and hustles~~ toward the elevator. It’s biolocked down.<br><br>		The databook emits a blinding flash and a loud bang, stunning the guards. The new guard remains unaffected. It’s Raven, saving Kiera’s bacon. He grabs the datapad and both he and Kiera hustle toward the elevator. It’s biolocked down.<br><br>

	Damn. Now what?<br><br>		Damn. Now what?<br><br>

Taimdala at 18:00, 26 October 2011

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