Alliances - Season Two

Episode 2.01/2.02 "Badger of Death - Part 1 & 2"

01/08/11

Director: Josh Grumble

Cast: Marcus Daskar, Nufae Daskar, CDR Jessian Wetal, Dr. Ken Nobuyoshi, Anthony

Lewis, Ernie Mazziferri, Xavier Grey, William Rowe III; Janice Lang, Dr. Emil Lang, Lron,

Zor Derelda, Mr. Anderson (VP at Crosswave Technologies), FADM Max Sterling, GEN

Dr. Randall Stiller, SMAJ Malcolm (Sgt. Major of the ADF), Ishtar Gate Facility Sergeant

Date: 28.08.2094 - 01.09.2094

Synopsis: With the refit of the Brokko Ankou completed at Arkelstran Shipyards, Marcus

and Nufae make a final visit to see President Bold, where their contract is finalized and

payment is negotiated. Marcus has the others meet them at Fokker's Tavern in Epsilon

where Ernie is successful at getting tossed into jail - and taking William with him. Lewis is

sent by Marcus to drag him out, and Janice arrives late by taxi. Finally, everyone meets at

Fokker's to discuss what's going on in the near future. Marcus tells Ernie that he's cut off

from booze for at least two weeks. The crew take an hour, passing the time doing various

things, and then they meet at a civilian transport that is bound for Praxis.

Arriving at Praxis on 31.08.2094 at 2200 hrs, the crew enters the reception area at

Arkelstran, where they are greeted by a very loud and gregarious Lron, who tells them

things are ready to go, and seems a bit sad that they have to take the ship so quickly.

Jessian complains about her new sleeping arrangement, to which Lewis replies, "are we

going to start doing this already!?"

The crew is then gathered in the lounge where a Mr. Anderson of Crosswave

Technologies gives a presentation on the company's products and a summary of what has

been installed in the Brokko. Afterwards, the crew receives a visit from FADM Sterling,

GEN Stiller, and SMAJ Malcolm; Sterling gives them a proper send-off, and hands Marcus

a bottle of champagne to christen his new vessel. After the entourage departs, Marcus

suits up in the Spartan and smashes the bottle over the bow. A course is soon set for the

Ishtar Gate Facility, and everyone gets to hear the new AI system, Annie, for the first time

as the QSD and engines are spun up for their first flight. The Brokko arrives safely at the

Gate Facility on Ishtar, and everyone gets some sleep.

The next day (01.09.2094), the crew gets suited up to head into the Gate Facility and

begin exploring what they found at the Praxis/"old" Optera coordinates. Janice stays

behind to support the team. Marcus activates the gate, and the ROV is sent in to

investigate. They find what appears to be a large cavern with low ceilings, apparently

carved out by an ancient river. There are a few dozen fossilized remains of what are

discovered to be Stage 1 and Stage 2 Invid in the middle of the cavern upon a raised

mound area. The ROV reports that the area is highly alkaline and the air unbreathable.

The crew then steps through the gate, entering the area. On Marcus' orders, Lewis begins

taking samples of the skeletons and surrounding rock. To the "south" there is a possible

egress point - the strata changes, and it would seem that the area has caved in at some

point in the near past. There are also a few more Stage 2 skeletons here as well. Ernie

and Marcus begin cutting and removing the rocks. At the gate entrance, Nufae, Jessian,

and Lewis see that the gate is partially obscured by rock from the ceiling, and that there

appears to be several fossilized fruits and plants of the Flower of Life laid out in front of

the gate. By this point, Ernie has managed to clear a hole, which opens into another cave

ceiling some 8-10 meters up. There is an influx of breathable air, and the sounds of

dripping water and ocean tidal action. The team moves up the hole and into this new area,

which looks to be the lower portion of sea bluffs. As nav systems begin coming online,

they realize that they are in fact on Praxis - but on the opposite hemisphere from Enagra -

a place that Xavier and Ken remember to be completely unpopulated. Historically, the

Invid have stayed away and do not discuss the area.

With the tide quickly coming in, Marcus gets words back to Janice that they need cement

to construct a water-retaining wall to protect the cavern from the incoming sea water. The

team works quickly and creates something that works fairly well. Marcus then leads the

crew out to explore the beach that is just ahead, and they spot a plateau above them.

Upon investigation, the area is covered by malnourished Flowers of Life, which appear to

become more barren as they move in closer. Lewis begins to wander aimlessly about 80

meters ahead, and then promptly collapses after mumbling something incomprehensible.

Ken and Nufae run up and drag Lewis out of this barren area, where he slowly recovers

from the episode. Marcus then take Lewis back to the gate.

Ken and Nufae begin scanning the area while the others fly around the perimeter. The two

receive brief flashes on their sensors - radiation - followed by feelings of intense hatred,

fear, and rage. Ken takes out a thermal blanket, and begins cutting it into squares for soil

collection and comparison. Again, he and Nufae receive a flash, then a twinge of pain;

Nufae collapses. Ken then drags her out of the area, and the two watch each other for

additional signs as they move out.

Everyone regroups back at the gate and heads back though, now seeing an

archaeological team setting gear in the gate entrance. The crew all head back to the ship

to drop off their samples and clean up. Interestingly, there are now decontamination

alarms as the team moves through the entrance.

Janice debriefs everyone on what happened, then contacts Dr. Lang, who is seen with

Zor. Ken begins to explain what happened on the surface and shows their recorded

footage; when Zor sees the area, he appears horrified, then ashamed and quickly leaves.

Janice is dumbfounded by the reaction; Lang makes a hasty apology and cuts the

transmission.

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Episode 2.21/2.22 "Hell On Earth - Part 1 & 2"

06/18/11

Director: Josh Grumble

Cast: Marcus Daskar, Nufae Daskar, CDR Jessian Wetal, Dr. Ken Nobuyoshi, Ernie

Mazziferri, William Rowe III; Tony Lewis, Xavier Grey, President William Bold, FADM Max

Sterling, ADM Rick Hunter, ADM Miriya Sterling, Dr. Emil Lang, Dr. Randall Stiller, CAPT

Donovan, Bill Rowe, CDRE Jackson, Capt. Reese Whedon (Infinite Sky), Karissa

Davies/"Little Swan" (Infinite Sky)

Date: 29.10.2094

Synopsis: Aboard the Stingray, while there is no physical damage but the slipstream

drive and communications are offline. Believing that the Covenant forces are heading to

Epsilon, Jessian pleads with Jackson to go to the planet. Though Jackson is hesitant, he

allows her to take a Strega down to the facility. Once on the planet, she contacts the

Stingray and ties it into the base's subspace communication. Afterwards, she tries to learn

the secrets of the array. After a bit of work and time, she manages to get the array up and

running, using herself as an operating system. While there are no files or schematics,

using her unique abilites, she discovers that the array is “key” to opening a wormhole.

Jessian activates the array, creating a wormhole. This is however different from the one

made moments ago. Jackson calls frantically down to the surface to contact Jessian,

showing her the results of her experiment. Where the wormhole should be, it instead

shows a familiar scene: the “home” of Lucifer Hawk, the hellish landscape they have seen

through the gate once before. She quickly closes the gate and tries again, getting the

same result. After she suggests to Jackson that they use the array for parts, he sends a

crew down to the planet to cannibalize one of the drives. With no other alternatives left,

Jessian enters the dimensional gate and reunites with the crew.

Annie informs Marcus that she has arrived and that there is a distinct lack of fleet activity

around the planet. Shortly after, Jessian appears in front of the gate. Jessian starts in on

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her theories, met with objections from Marcus and Ken who know a little more. Wetal

attempts to contact the ADF on Earth. She does not get through, which the crew takes as

being jammed. As Annie lands, the crew eventually gets onto the ship. As they put in the

coordinates, the ship’s red alert goes off for a brief moment. Marcus asks the ship what

was going on; Annie informs him that a "priority one override" has been activated. Despite

protest, Annie launches, navigation set to a course near Earth's Moon, Luna. She then

slipstreams to this point while still in the Earth’s atmosphere.

A moment later, the ship is at its destination. As soon as the instruments re-sync

themselves, the radar picks up 26 ADF vessels. Before the crew can react, there is an

incoming transmission from the SDF-3 Pioneer. On screen, Admiral Hunter appears,

greeting those on the bridge with an apology for the abrupt arrival. They arrive in the

hangar and are greeted by a rather irregular procession of Admiral Hunter, Admiral

Sterling and Miriya Sterling, Dr. Lang and Dr. Stiller, as well as Captain Donovan and

William’s father, Bill Rowe. The crew of the Brokko break off and greet the members that

they know. Quickly, the entire group makes their way to a large conference room. They all

take seats and begin to discuss the matter.

They waste little time in telling the crew of the Brokko the origins of the “glyph” they have

recently seen. The glyph has been seen before, on the original Praxis before it was

destroyed. They confirm that Donovan, Bill Rowe, and Lucifer Hawk did serve together as

part of a watchdog special division. The group then turns their attention to recent events.

Jessian shows them the destruction of the wormhole by the Tassadarian fleet. After that,

the footage of her trying to use the array to make a new wormhole. Lang, in a bit of fury,

yells at Wetal for her single-minded actions and irresponsibility.

Turning from Wetal’s actions, they begin to discuss the clone Daskar and his ties to Smith

and Tassadar. They make it clear that the formed fleet are all volunteers and currently

stand to be considered deserters (or worse). During the conversations, Hunter gets a

phone call, to which he shares the grim information that the observed gravimetiric

disturbances on Earth are increasing in frequency. Ken excuses himself to assist Lang

and Janice with gathering readings. They do not get much, and the information from the

glyph found in 2064 was mostly useless. What they do succeed in doing is scanning

Marcus, finding that he has a pure 565 Hertz tone.

As more is discussed, Jessian falls into a fit about the constant scolding and shooting

down of her plans. As she starts to leave, Bill Rowe, who has remained mostly quiet until

now, yells at her, challenging her resolve and demeanor. She eventually storms off and

the plans for a recon mission are put into place: Marcus, Ken, Jessian, and William are to

head a good distance from Stonehenge and see what information they can gather. As

they prepare, Rowe quickly makes his way back to the ship to see Nufae, who was left in

the care of Ernie and Xavier (the former giving her a few too many pain killers). He

informs her of the situation and after a brief moment with her, he begins to gear up. Up in

the medbay, Nufae is greeted by Tony, who does a checkup on her. Meanwhile in the

hangar bay, Wetal tries to convince Rowe to stay behind, but he is adamant about going.

Marcus heads up to medbay at the same time Tony comes down to the hangar bay,

missing each other. Wetal and Rowe try to wrap their heads around his sudden

appearance, and whatever they say, Tony seems to be on top of it. He quickly goes up to

medbay, leaving the two in slight shock.

After his conversation with Marcus, Tony comes back down and gears up. Rowe takes a

moment to question Tony about his arrival, getting only a little vague information. Tony

himself seems surprised about his insight to current situations, like Rowe’s father being on

board. Jessian tries to theorize how he got there, much to Tony’s amusement. Soon

thereafter, the group meets at their designated rally point to start the mission.

The five crewmates start their mission. Trying to figure out the best way to get to the

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surface, Tony volunteers to lead the way. Instead of folding, he becomes enveloped in a

yellowish light and disappears. They get coordinates relayed back and as they fold, find

themselves in Lafayette, Louisana - Tony’s hometown. Doc does a quick calculation, and

gets the group relatively close to Stonehenge. Closer to the glyph, strange phenomena

start to occur. The compass in most the mechs fails to work properly and Doc picks up low

level gamma radiation bursts as well as random tachyon and graviton bursts.

Occasionally, the ground seems to shift, causing several members of the team to catch

their footing. The Spartans also find their thermoptic camoflauge partially failing

occasionally. As they get closer, they catch a glimpse of a few members of the Covenant

running patrol, as well as the frequency of the radiation bursts increasing. The find a small

treeline to take cover in and finally steal a glimpse of Stonehenge and the glyph. What

they see is a bit unnerving, the amassed forces far outnumber the group of five. Near the

glyph, they spot the clone Daskar; Marcus then pulls a surprise: the Belkin Cell from the

Landmate with four spider mines attached to it. Ronin and Titan begin to argue with

Centurion about his plan, trying to convince him that it is not a good idea; Ronin asks,

"whatever happened to a recon mission!?" to which Doc agrees. Centurion contacts

Hunter on the Pioneer, updating him on the situation on the ground; comms are lost

before he can finish the update. Just as Centurion is about to try his plan (send the Cell to

the glyph via a spider mine), Awesome convinces him to let him take the bomb there.

Ronin argues with Centurion to not drop the cell on the glyph; Centurion is not only

adamant about following his orders to pull out, but also to drop the cell. Once in his hands,

Awesome reveals that Adonnia told him that Marcus 'would kill them all' and he

disappears with the bomb. Titan, still trying to get a sniper shot, catches a creepy, direct

stare from Clone Daskar - nearly two miles away. The glyph apparently activates and a

large blast of energy emits from it as the team quickly flies away. As the energy spreads,

the familiar hellish landscape appears on Earth.

As the wave washes over the crew, Doc’s system fails and he starts to fall to the ground.

Titan makes a grab for him, but misses horribly and bounces off the ground himself. Just

as it seems Doc is done for, the systems show an unknown IFF appear, an orange color.

It registers quickly as Doc, showing two of him for a brief moment. The new Cyclone

corrects Doc, then disappears.

Back at the glyph, the clone Daskar looks at the retreating group as waves of energy

wash over him and his ilk. As the wave washes over General Smith and the other clones,

they turn to ash, though clone Daskar and the Covenant forces are unharmed and

cheering. Just as it seems they cannot get out in time, the Infinite Sky appears, with cargo

bay doors open, ready to catch the four fleeing crew. Once aboard, they quickly fold to the

rest of the fleet. The ship is in bad condition, but is quickly aboard the SDF-3 next to the

Brokko. Once aboard the SDF-3, the crew leaves the area. Doc asks for everyone to

excuse him for a moment and does a quick fold, lasting only a moment. When asked by

Marcus what is going on, Doc tells him that it is just him taking care of him. This does not

sit well with Marcus, and he demands to know more. Trying to diffuse the situation, Rowe

tries to divert Nobuyoshi to check on the Landmate, causing a stressed Marcus to pin

Rowe against the wall of the SDF-3. With only a brief argument, Rowe tells Marcus that

he is no longer a part of his crew and moves to the Brokko to get his gear. As he does

this, Admiral Hunter comes to assess the situation, getting not much of a response with

the commotion going on.

Marcus informs Nufae vaguely of the situation then goes to the hangar bay to talk to

Rowe. As he does this, Annie informs him that there is a visitor on the Brokko, the

cameras showing it to be “Little Swan” from the Infinite Sky. Marcus asks her why she is

here, and she casually states she is here to see Rowe, that she wishes to know him. As

Rowe exits his room, she surprises everyone by grabbing him and kissing him. As she

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exits, happy with the situation, she simply states “And I am glad you are all okay.”

As Rowe and Marcus go to leave, they get an alert over the Alliance Emergency

Broadcast System. It is President Bold, giving an explanation of the attack on Earth. It is

not an accurate account:

"Citizens of the Alliance, we stand now on the brink of war. The enemies who

have attacked us previously at Nova Porilad, have shamelessly attacked

Earth. I'm working with the JDF to ensure that no more lives are lost and this

unforseen attack on our Alliance....we've made all efforts to move all Alliance

and civilian vessels away from the area. It seems that this enemy has used

technologies unknown to us....must declare the Sol System restricted

aerospace until further notice for the safety of all....I must ask you to comply

with any and all requests made by the strong leadership the PKC has shown

us through this crisis....you will see increased security at all starports....once

we have further information about the situation on Earth....continue to be

vigilant and be strong..."

Nobuyoshi checks in with Lang, and they go over the new data from Earth, comparing it to

a soap bubble. Clone Daskar makes another call to Daskar, alluding to the fact that he still

has the "SQuID" warheads from Project Brightstar; his demeanor suddenly becomes

sincere, and says that "they are coming...Lucifer Hawk understood it, as I do. This world is

coming to an end...everything you know will be gone."

Later, aboard the ship, Jessian and Nufae discuss where Tony might be, and Marcus'

state of mind as of late. She shows Nufae the fate of Clones Wetal and Tanverr; Nufae

continues to confide in Jessian her fears, and they discuss the craziness of everything

that has happened lately, hug, then bond over ice cream. After Marcus returns from his

talk with Rowe, he informs the crew that Rowe is leaving to rejoin Donovan on the

Elbrus. Jessian continues to chastise Marcus about him bringing the Belkin Cell on the

recon mission; Jessian then abruptly gets up, hugs Nufae, kisses her forehead, and tells

Marcus that she can no longer be under his command, and then packs and leaves.

Marcus is left with Nufae sitting in the galley, lamenting the fact that "everyone is leaving"

and talking about his desire to basically be a martyr. She goes to leave to find Jessian, but

he asks her to not chase after Wetal and Rowe just yet, to stay with him for the evening.

Episode 2.20 ""

06/10/11

Director: Josh Grumble

Cast: Marcus Daskar, Nufae Daskar, CDR Jessian Wetal, Dr. Ken Nobuyoshi, Xavier

Grey, William Rowe III; CDRE Kenny Jackson, LT Brendan "Hot Dog" Costanza, sketchy

Clone Daskar thug leader, Clone Daskar

Date: 29.10.2094

Synopsis: At the Ishtar facility, the heated discussion between Rowe and Daskar comes

to an end as Rowe steps off to take a message. Xavier, having had enough of the

situation, asks Marcus if he has a death wish for Rowe. Xavier and Daskar have a brief

exchange, Xavier snapping Marcus out of his stupor. After getting his mind back, Rowe

and Marcus head back to the ship, Marcus to set Annie on a course and Rowe to get into

his Spartan. Rowe makes it back first, to which he takes the time to ask about Marcus’

insanity; the only reply he gets is from Doc, who simply states “This is nothing new to me.”

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Meanwhile, above Dhivnei Prime, a dogfight breaks out between the Stingray and a

Covenant ship. With Jackson leading the Roughnecks and Wetal, the group of fighters

easily overtake the enemy attackers. They manage to take out most the smaller fighters,

with Wetal chasing after the mothership.

The ground crew make their way through the Dhivnei Prime gate. On the other side, there

is simply a pair of blast doors that are closed. With Annie on her way to Earth, Centurion

goes to the blast door and opens it just wide enough to fit a Cyclone through. As Marcus

moves forward, Wrecker and Titan take point, keeping the others behind them. With the

door open, a small amount of weapons fire is heard as a HIVAR opens fire, the bullets

hitting somewhere behind Doc. Soon after, a grenade blast is heard outside the door.

Marcus calls out that he wishes to speak, but it is answered with more HIVAR fire.

A Devestator Cyclone is seen by Centurion and Titan. The same Cyclone opens fire at

Doc, hitting Titan instead. He calls out that they are camoflauged, and Marcus charges,

calling for his troops to approach the doors.

On the other side of the door, Centurion sees a squad of six Devestators. As Marcus

charges, he fires a volley of six mini-missles at the lead Devestator, causing it to shut

down. He enters amongst the other five as Titan reaches the door, just in time to see one

of the enemy buttstrike another with their rifle. Titan charges the group opening fire with

his rifle as Centurion begins to slash and hack at them with his energy blade. As the rest

of the team pours through the door, Titan calls out to check their fire and he grabs the

Devestator who attacked the rest. The rest of the crew opens fire, showing their combat

prowess, with nearly every shot hitting its mark. Centurion, in the fray of it all, takes a

good amount of fire, but not as much as he gives out. With Titan taking the seemingly

friendly Devestator back to the gate room, Doc and Wrecker finish off the rest of the group

as Centurion pulls the arm off of the last Devestator.

Centurion screams at the injured Devestator while Titan tries to remove the friendly's

helmet, though it is stuck. The friendly Devestator tries to signal something which is lost

on Titan. He hands him his P-14 so they can communicate. The text says “Suit is hacked

in environmental lockdown, can’t remove. By the way, its Nufae.” Titan, overjoyed, shares

a brief moment with her before calling for Doc to come fix the suit and announcing to

Centurion that he has Nufae. Doc, who had made his way towards a large area of

slipstream drives, makes his way back to Bastet and Titan to hack her armor. Centurion,

who has given up his “interrogation” of the one-armed pilot, makes his way to Bastet.

Once Doc hacks her suit, she tells Marcus that his clone is heading to Earth with

Tassadar and an army. As they head back towards the facility, Centurion tells Doc that

they will be back for the interesting technology here.

As the ground crew heads back through the gate and waits for the Brokko, above Dhinvei

Prime, Wetal and the crew of the Stingray face an amassed fleet of Tassadar's Covenant

heading towards the coordinates of the wormhole. As the last one leaves via fold, it

launches a Veritech-sized cylinder towards the wormwhole. As it hits the space, the

wormhole opens, taking the cylinder in. Moments after, the Stingray picks up extreme

gravimetric interference. The Stingray calls in all its fighters to avoid losing anyone. The

Stingray experiences a bit of chaos as there is an explosion from the wormhole and she

gets caught in the propagating blast wave.

Meanwhile on Earth, as the rest of the crew waits for the Brokko to show up, Marcus gets

a call from his clone. After the normal taunting, the clone switches to video, very elated

with the current situation. After their typical back and forth, the clone Marcus makes an

odd request, to hand the phone to Rowe. Daskar complies, and after a quick taunt, the

clone holds up his phone to show Stonehenge, complete, and with the large obelisk-like

structure from the photo Rowe got from Hawk. The clone invites them to come have “a

front row seat” to the show. As the phone call ends, the last words of the clone echo in

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their minds, prompting Marcus to ask his “friends” in the Alliance why they are holding so

much back from him.

Episode 2.19 ""

06/03/11

Director: Josh Grumble

Cast: Marcus Daskar, Nufae Daskar, CDR Jessian Wetal, Dr. Ken Nobuyoshi, Ernie

Mazziferri, William Rowe III; Davin LaPlant, GEN Lucas Smith, Adonnia, Agent Roark

(AIB), LT Hayworth (Detective, Huntersville APD), LT Marsden (Detective, Huntersville

APD), SGT K'rin (Huntersville APD), CDR Anthony Madera, LT Brendan "Hot Dog"

Constanza, SGT Rissa Raines, CPT Danny Fierstien, Clone Daskar

Date: 29.10.2094

Synopsis: With Nufae gone, Rowe and Ernie rush to the scene. While in transit, Marcus

begins his own investigation. Spying a security camera, Marcus tracks down the owner

and calls, trying to get access to the footage but gets rejected. With his avenues closed,

he gets a phone call from LaPlant.

LaPlant, having been filled in on the situation by Wetal on Praxis, contacts Marcus and

begins to hack into a satellite feed to start to monitor the situation. He reviews the footage,

getting an overhead look at the events leading up to her abduction, including how many

people entered the building, but not the direction the vehicle left. Before he can get more

details, he gets kicked from the system and hangs up the phone.

A few minutes after the phone call, Rowe and Ernie make it to the scene. As Marcus fills

the two in, Wetal gets ahold of the PKC to try to figure out the situation on their end. Wetal

calls Marcus, though the call does not end well as the two erupt into another argument.

Shortly after, two PKC vehicles pull up. Two uniformed officers begin to tape off the

scene, and Daskar is approached by an Agent Roark from the Alliance Intelligence

Bureau. As the officer begins his investigation, Marcus hands the card to Rowe trying to

get info on the officer, but Rowe is unable to get any information.

Marcus contacts Jackson to give him authorization to check the R13 orbital recon satellite.

The feed goes to Marcus’s P-14. As this happens, Agent Roark comes back to inform him

that he has access to the security camera. Rowe calls Ken to inform him of the situation

and tells them to get ready to be picked up. Rowe and Marcus head inside with Roark to

view the footage.

The footage shows little, but enough for Marcus to get an idea of who it is: the clones and

General Smith. Once Smith is recognized, Marcus and William are asked to leave the

room. After a brief argument, they comply. Outside, things turn for the worse as Military

Intelligence show up and takes over the investigation. The trio head back to the ship and

leave the planet for Optera.

On Optera, Ken has made his way to the hive housing Tony and meets with Adonnia.

Their meeting is brief, but meaningful. Adonnia notices Doc’s agitation, and figures out

before he speaks, the request he is going to make. During the meeting, Rowe calls

Nobuyoshi to request that, if possible, the three on Praxis get orbital to make the pick up

go more quickly. Nobuyoshi asks Adonnia, who is happy to provide means for them.

Meanwhile on an unknown ship, Nufae gets a visit from General Smith as she sits in a

brig. After a small conversation, he warns her that “The Galaxy is a dangerous place.”

After a bit of taunting from Nufae, Smith grows tired of her and has her put on a hood and

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the works. She is lead off the ship, catching the smell of fresh air. The clone of Marcus

calls the crew of the Brokko to taunt them. The call is brief, the two Daskars having their

typical threats. After taunting the clone of Marcus, she kicks at him, missing horribly,

prompting the clone Wetal to ram her rifle butt into Nufae’s gut, knocking her unconscious.

While this is going on, back on Praxis, LaPlant and Wetal race to a nearby spaceport.

Once there, they board a hidden shuttle, crewed by some of the old Roughnecks. The

shuttle makes off and docks on the Stingray, meeting up with Commodore Jackson,

running a skeleton crew of loyal soldiers.

The crew of the Brokko land on Ishtar at the Gate facility. There, Marcus reveals his plan,

which includes covering Rowe (in the Landmate) with the “bioraptors” and opening the

gate to Dhivnei Prime. Rowe protests, and the two start to argue the validity of the plan.

As they do so, the Stingray enters into space near Dhivnei Prime. As the time to act

closes, the fate of the crew is uncertain.

Episode 2.18 "Stranger Than Fiction"

05/20/11

Director: Josh Grumble

Cast: Marcus Daskar, Nufae Daskar, CDR Jessian Wetal, Dr. Ken Nobuyoshi, William

Rowe III; Tony Lewis (as Stage One/Two Invid), Ernie Mazziferri, Janice Lang, Dr. Emil

Lang, Dr. Randall Stiller, CDRE Kenny Jackson, Adonnia

Date: 26.10.2094 - 29.10.2094

Synopsis: As the crew looks on in amazment, the stage one Invid version of Tony begins

to wobble about the room. Nufae, Rowe, Marcus, and Ernie all leave the room, leaving

Ken and Jessian to care for him. Jessian asks if Ken knows about them, provoking a quick

response that Doc is an Astronomer, not an Invid Specialist. She thens contacts Dr. Stiller

to explain the situation and ask for help and advice.

After a brief meeting, Jessian returns to the ship waiting for Dr. Stiller and Dr. Lang to

show up. Nufae has left the ship in hysterics, with Marcus catching up to her to calm her

down. When the doctors arrive, they make their way to medbay to talk with Nobuyoshi and

Wetal. Ken begins to explain the situation, though Dr. Lang seems distracted. Daskar

joins the group in medbay and continues to explain how he came to possess the chrysalis.

Dr. Lang mumbles “The brother of the fallen leader will be reborn to the nine,” catching

most off guard. Dr. Lang leaves the Brokko leaving the crew with Stiller. Dr. Stiller notes

that in his twelve years of working with Dr. Lang, he has never seen him act as strangley

as he was. Marcus decides that the crew is going to head to Optera in the morning to

seek out advice and care for Lewis.

Plans are made for Marcus and crew to meet up with Commodore Jackson to get an

escort to Optera, since he has “more of an 'in' with Miss Adonnia.” Stiller gives Wetal five

days of leave. Ken and Janice begin to talk about Dr. Lang. Janice admits that the last

time she saw Dr. Lang look that way was 57 years ago, on the original Optera, the day

she lost her Mark I body.

Meanwhile, Rowe has left the ship and checked into a hotel in Essyria. He takes a look at

the photo that Lucifer Hawk gave him. He sees a large obelisk-like structure, taken from a

helm camera from his father. Around the structure are several Cyclones, designated as

people Rowe knows through his father. William calls Marcus, letting him know that he

needs to go to Epsilon. After a brief exchange, Rowe searches for a flight, finding a ride to

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Epsilon with a Horizon V dropship. On Epsilon, Rowe confronts his father about the photo,

getting no clear answer. He heads out to catch a flight to Optera, luckily finding one on the

same Horizon V dropship.

In the morning on Praxis, the crew aboard is treated to breakfast from Marcus - a large vat

of oatmeal. Tony manages to exit his room, causing a bit of commotion, as he is now a

Stage Two Invid. After a frantic Wetal is calmed by Doc, the ship takes off for Optera.

Once there, the Stingray comes out of slipstream. Commodore Jackson clears the bay

and the Brokko lands inside. After a brief catching up in the old Roughnecks Ready

Room, they land on Optera. Within minutes after they land, Marcus gets a call from Rowe,

letting him know that his is on Optera. The crew picks him up on the way to meet Miss

Adonnia.

Arriving there, they meet with Adonnia and after a discussion, she seems more than

happy to take Tony and care for him and reconnect with him. The crew takes a evening to

relax, having something go well for a change. In the morning the crew leaves for Epsilon,

leaving Ken, Janice, and Xavier behind.

On Epsilon, Marcus takes Nufae to an interview. Rowe has headed back home and Ernie

elects to stay on the ship. After an hour or so, Marcus goes to check on her to find the

office empty. All evidence points to one thing, Nufae has been kidnapped!

Episode 2.17 "They Called Him Lucifer"

05/13/11

Director: Josh Grumble

Cast: Marcus Daskar, Nufae Daskar, CDR Jessian Wetal, Dr. Ken Nobuyoshi, Ernie

Mazziferri, Xavier Grey, William Rowe III; Tony Lewis (as Stage One Invid), Janice Lang,

Dr. Randall Stiller, Lucifer Hawk, "Protoss-like being"

Date: 23.10.2094 - 26.10.2094

Synopsis: After the latest series of events, the crew takes a moment to take in the

relative peace between the chaos. Taking a few days for repairs and relaxation, the crew

takes the Invid chrysalis to the medical bay to monitor it. As for the rest of the crew, many

of them split off once again to clear their minds. Jessian takes the two damaged Spartans

to get repaired and check in with Dr. Stiller. Rowe takes the time away from the ship,

leaving early in the morning and returning late at night. Marcus spends most of his time off

ship too, taking long walks in the Ishtar wilderness.

Most of the crew interaction takes place between Xavier and Janice, the former

having come back from the mission with a bit more boldness towards the latter. The two

spend a good deal of time together while Nufae remains busy cleaning the ship from top

to bottom, with Ernie and Justin close in tow for most hours.

Three days pass and the morning of October 26th comes. At breakfast, the entire

crew is assembled save for Jessian who is due to return shortly. Janice makes her way in

and gives Xavier a small kiss on the cheek. This action is witnessed by Nufae and Ken, as

is the look that Janice gives Ken while she does so. The crew gets the message that

Wetal is now back on board, giving William the excuse to leave the table, taking her down

a mug of coffee. The rest of the crew begins to discuss the chrysalis, though this line of

conversation is quickly changed as Ernie decides to focus more on the behavior of Janice.

The rest of the crew makes their way down to the hangar bay, where Jessian

reveals her latest gift to the crew, an anti-missile system for the Cyclones! Jessian also

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shares the footage of her locked hard drive, a new file showing the helm cam footage of

their battle in the past. Marcus lets the crew know there will be an announcement at noon

and for all to be present. Nufae, in an attempt to thank Jessian for saving her, makes

cookies though the first batch goes horribly wrong. This causes her to have a bit of a

breakdown and prompts a tender moment between Marcus and her, leading to him

helping her make a new batch. Ernie attempts to sneak one, but is thwarted by Nufae who

breaks a spoon over the back of his hand.

At lunch, Marcus announces that the company is being sued by Grayson-Brandt for

unfair business practices. Daskar then apologies for his behavior during the finale of last

mission and informs the crew that he thinks it is time to investigate the Super Gates.

During their discussion, Lucifer Hawk calls the crew from the hangar bay asking if he can

come up. This prompts a quick discussion among the crew and Hawk comes up to join the

crew. He engages with Marcus about his plan to explore the super gates, giving his typical

cryptic warnings. He warns the crew that every time they try to dig something up, it

resonates, that he can feel it. He then offers one bit of “straightforward information” - that

he is just as bewildered to be there as the crew is to see him. He also warns Ken that he

is perhaps a little too clever for his own good. He then asks if he can be taken to the gate

and the crew gears up to join him there. After a brief talk, the amassed group takes hold of

Marcus as he enters the gate. For the first time for most, they witness the maintenance

mode, save Doc who has been there before and Xavier who seems lost. They travel down

the corridor to what appears to be the ready room aboard the Stingray.

The crew eventually sits down and Hawk begins to explain a few things, though

with much difficulty as he seems to be degrading quickly. He begins by explaining that his

father could be considered a “demi-god,” very much NOT like Marcus’s father. Where the

Xel’naga were order and light, Lucifer Hawk’s breed were chaos and entropy. The

Karu’naga, those he talks of, he warns the crew they are not ready to meet. After giving

his warnings, he takes from his pocket a folded photo, giving it to Rowe to hold onto and

look at when he would like to. He then gets up and moves to the exit, another airlock type

door that opens, showing a strange ship piloted by a strange and magnificent humanoid

creature. Jessian, who has seen the creature before, talks to him though it only informs

her that he told her nothing. Turning his attention to Ken, the alien creature warns that

Nobuyoshi has the power to change everything. Hawk then exits into the ship, closing the

airlock behind him.

The crew makes a silent retreat back to the ship. Xavier and Janice start off

towards the spa, though once Ken suggests going over research she bows out, leaving

Xavier and Wetal to go to the spa without her. At dinner time, the crew gathers in the

galley to discuss things. The crew, hesitant to bring up the events of the day, begin to talk

about the condition of the chrysalis. As they do, an alarm goes off, letting them know that

the medbay has movement. As they rush there, they see what they believe to be Anthony

Lewis, only as a stage one Invid!

Episode 2.16 "Past and Present - Part 2"

05/06/11

Director: Josh Grumble

Cast: Marcus Daskar, Nufae Daskar, CDR Jessian Wetal, Dr. Ken Nobuyoshi, Ernie

Mazziferri, Xavier Grey, William Rowe III; Tony Lewis, Janice Lang, Dr. Emil Lang, Gen.

Daryl Fernandez, Dr. William Flighter, William Lewis, Anthony Loren, Carl Barlow, Sam

Holtz, Lucifer Hawk

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Date: 22.10.2094

Synopsis: With Tony no longer in sensor range, the crew of the Brokko Ankou head

through the gate themselves, minus Ronin who stays behind. Through the gate, they are

met with the same group Centurion and Ronin had seen, now talking with a still rather

dazed Awesome. The groups raise arms to each other, but only for a moment before both

men in charge order an at ease. Marcus makes his way up to where Tony is seated and

talking with General Fernandez. Asking for a word in private, Tony puts his helmet back

on to discuss with the group his eagerness to be here. While the group listens to the

exchange between the two, Jessian comes through, though camouflaged. She takes

position in the corner as Dr. Flighter and Barlow approach the gate.

Fernandez admits to Marcus that they have come across something they do not

understand, though Flighter makes the case that they have known about the gate for a

while. Meanwhile Carl Barlow seeks reassurance that it is because of him that the gates

work. Using dated hardware to dial in, the scene changes to a desolate landscape that

many of the Roughnecks recognize, but cannot quite remember the details of an

encounter in the wasteland through the gate. Eager to leave, Marcus presses Tony to give

an answer to why he wishes to be here.

Holtz, one of the Dark Unit from the past, takes a call and informs those gathered

that there are enemies about to enter the area. Daskar urges Flighter to change the gate

back to where it was and prompts Lewis to go through the gate once it changes. The crew

takes up position with Doc carefully checking his fold waypoints, making sure to set a new

one.

A brief calm is shattered as Ronin detects seismic activity moments before the

large tunnel blast door is blown away, showering the fighters with debris. Systems indicate

more than a dozen mixed units of full sized Zentraedi mecha making their way into the

facility. As they breech the doorway, they are met with fire from the amassed forces. As

the warriors from the past make a retreat through the gate, the crew of the Brokko

engages the Zentraedi.

The Zentraedi front line is quickly decimated by small arms fire and spider mines,

though not before inflicting a bit of damage on the crew. With the Zentraedi males

defeated, the remaining force of female power armor starts their advance. Centurion calls

for Titan to follow his lead, going thermoptic and advancing on the giant mecha. The duo

begin a daring operation of grasping onto the larger mecha and timing a spider mine to go

off on a weak point near the neck of the armor. Doc, Awesome, and Bastet begin to

advance as Ronin covers the group with sniper fire. Wrecker makes an attempt to fold in

front of two of the armor who have flown above the others to advance into the room. He

miscalculates, ending up behind them with just enough time to fire off one shot.

The first of the spider mines goes off, taking out several of the power armor.

Unable to see the cause, the Zentraedi fire volleys of missiles at the available targets.

This time a full volley finds Awesome, obliterating him and sending Jessian into a panic.

As she runs in disbelief, another volley bears down on Bastet. Her nature getting the best

of her, Ronin jumps in front of Bastet, shielding her from the blast but ruining her Spartan

in the process. A third volley, heading at Doc, is deftly shot down by Wrecker, who then

drops his gun, latches onto a Zentraedi armor, and begins to savagely assault the cockpit

with his CADS-3 blades.

The two advancing elite power armors land and begin to engage combat with Doc

while Wrecker continues his relentless assault. With the second set of spider mines going

off, the missiles housed within the Zentraedi armor explode, making a chain reaction that

takes out most of the remaining armors, leaving only one very injured one in the back and

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the two elites up front, Wrecker having punched through and killed the pilot of his armor.

The crew makes short work of the remaining armors, with Doc having taken care of one of

the mechs and the combined assault of Doc and Ronin make quick work of the other.

Shortly after the combat, the crew notices a massing army closing in on the ramp.

Retreating through the gate, they rejoin the past warriors. Barlow mentions to Marcus that

the crystals must be out of sync, that the system is based on harmonics. As they discuss

the frequency of those who can access the gates, Nufae breaks down over the death of

Tony. Rowe offers a few words of comfort, though they are of little use.

After enough time has passed for the reinforcements to chase off the remaining

Zentraedi, the assembled group goes through. Barlow and Markus enter the maintenance

mode where Barlow, in a bit of a taunting manner, shows Marcus what he means by the

gate being out of sync. He hints to go down the hallway and leaves. Marcus takes his

advice, coming to an air hatch that opens, revealing the Regess herself. After a brief

exchange of words, she gives him a large chrysalis-like object and leaves. Marcus then

puts his hands through the lattice and meditates, getting the gate back into sync. Through

the gate and frustrated with the days events, Marcus snaps at Rowe for not dropping the

remains of Tony without reason. The crew of the Brokko, all exhausted, get through the

gate, only to have Lucifer Hawk waiting for them on the other side.

Episode 2.15 "Past and Present - Part 1"

04/22/11

Director: Josh Grumble

Cast: Marcus Daskar, Nufae Daskar, CDR Jessian Wetal, Dr. Ken Nobuyoshi, Ernie

Mazziferri, Xavier Grey, William Rowe III; Tony Lewis, Janice Lang, Dr. Emil Lang, Gen.

Daryl Fernandez, Dr. William Flighter, William Lewis, Anthony Loren, Carl Barlow, Sam

Holtz, Rec. Center Thug, Rec. Center Owner

Date: 17.10.2094 - 22.10.2094

Synopsis: After the events with the Necromongers, the crew of the Brokko Ankou is given

a several day leave of absence on Epsilon. The crew spends time apart falling into a

somewhat predictable series of events. Jessian takes Rowe to get trained to use a

Spartan, a task that takes most the time and proves fruitful as they return with a new

Spartan for Rowe to pilot. Ernie spends a good deal of his time at a local recreation

center, and in very little time manages to offend some of the patrons. Nobuyoshi checks in

with Dr. Lang and after a bit of discussion, requests to get a sample of Elemental DNA

from the car she rode in with Max Sterling for genetic analysis. The rest of the days are

spent in leisure and relaxation.

On the third day, in the early hours of the morning, Ernie runs into a local he

trounced during his boxing exercises only a few days before. After a small screaming

match, he returns to the ship, being asked to leave the rec center. Back on the ship, Ken

has received his sample and Jessian has treated everyone to breakfast. During the meal,

Wetal informs everyone about her ability to access the gate to a degree while Janice and

Ken talk about the similar bodies of Janice and Areon. Deciding to compare the Elemental

DNA to that of Marcus and a Human, Janice runs to the bridge to take a sample from

Marcus. Taking the opportunity, Xavier decides to have a brief and private conversation

with Ken about Janice’s feelings towards the latter. When she reappears, Doc asks her if

she would like to join him for the analysis. Before he can finish the question, she blurts out

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a loud YES and the two are off.

About lunch time, the whole crew is invited out to “The South Hampton” by Rowe

for a lunch away from the ship and all the drama surrounding it. All come along save for

Ken and Janice, whom are busy working at the lab and share a small but professional

lunch together. Pirates so brave on the Seven Seas. The results show that Marcus and

Areon share 14 sequences not found in the human genome, and that Areon’s DNA

contains two more sequences unique to hers. The crew then gathers for dinner on the

Brokko and discuss their plans from there.

With a destination at hand, the crew enters the gate facility and activates it. The

image shows the Antarctica facility on the other side. When the tone is played for the new

gate, there is no change in the image. Centurion orders the rest of the crew to be on alert

and he touches the gate. He is taken to the maintenance room and is shocked to see he

is not alone. Inside is an individual in a well used VR-052 Battler Cyclone. After a brief

exchange it becomes obvious that the individual is from the year 2059. Saying that his

general will want to hear of this, Marcus grabs the intruder and exits them both from the

room, only to find himself in a much different version of the Antarctica gate facility, one

that is new and running! He finds himself surrounded by 11 individuals, all in various bits

of RDF uniform and mecha. Strangely, Marcus can identify most of the men in the room,

and the one in his grasp is none other than Carl Barlow!

On the other side of the gate, the rest of the crew witness Centurion disappear and

not seen on the other side of the gate. Even when passing through the gate, there is no

trace of the captain. Ronin accesses the maintenance mode herself to find Centurion, who

has now exited the old Antarctica facility after a strange conversation with General

Fernandez. Looking at the crystal lattice structure that seems to control the gate,

Centurion closes it and the two leave together, only to be transported back into the old

Antarctica facility with the General in mid speech. The two crewmen ignore the threats of

the general and exit one more time, finally reappearing with the rest of the crew.

Meanwhile, Awesome seems to have drifted away, saying cryptic phrases as he looks at

the gate. This is the tale of Tony Montana. Centurion orders the crew away from the gate,

though it does not shut off once he leaves the normal twenty foot access perimeter. Tony

meanwhile says “She is on the other side.” and walks through the gate, not showing up on

the other side and out of sensor range!

Episode 2.14 "How Fragile the Mind - Part 2"

04/15/11

Director: Jason Shaffer

Cast: Nufae Daskar, CDR Jessian Wetal, Dr. Ken Nobuyoshi, Ernie Mazziferri, Xavier

Grey, William Rowe III, Tony Lewis; Marcus Daskar, Janice Lang, The Purifier, Lord

Marshall Riddick

Date: 17.10.2094

Synopsis: The crew wakes up one by one in a strange stone cell, most wearing dim grey

robes. After a bit of a search, most the crew (minus Jessian and William who sit rather

still) find various compartments as well as a bowl full of black liquid with Latin engravings.

All who find it leave it well enough alone, minus Xavier who reaches for the liquid inside.

In doing so an orb forms and Xavier reaches for it. He hears a voice, pondering after who

he is and why he is here. After a brief interaction, the stress of using the liquid overcomes

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him and he falls to the ground, unconscious. Lewis gets a warning from Maria, letting him

know that he has to go along with their captors for now.

One by one, the crew is visited by one of the Necromongers, a man who holds the

title of Purifier. After visiting Jessian and asking her to remove her Spartan, the Purifier

collects William, taking him to a large circular room with a large contraption in the middle,

surrounded by the Quasi-dead. When activated, the “lift” gives Rowe a sickening feeling.

He is then taken to a room with a large stone table inside. Left alone, the Purifier goes to

collect Nufae.

During her march, Nufae questions the Purifier as to the hostilities that they have

shown towards the Alliance. The Purifier reminds her that the Alliance has always fired

first. Upon entering the interrogation room, Rowe rushes to embrace her, asking if she has

seen any more of the crew.

Xavier, having come to, is the next to be taken. Upon arriving at the interrogation

room, things become slightly complicated. When the Purifier tells him to sit, Xavier

becomes defensive, yelling at the man for ordering him. Despite the protests from Nufae

and Rowe, Xavier continues to challenge the Purifier. Enraged, the Purifier pushes Xavier

into a chair, though his attack is horrific to see as he seems to send a projection of himself

to physically put Xavier in his place. The experience leaves Xavier sobbing and

frightened, prompting him to relax with some meditation.

Tony is the next on the list, and still in his Cyclone, he is asked to remove it. After a

good amount of argument, he eventually complies. When taken on the lift, he is the first to

realize it as a type of fold. After hearing of Xavier’s “heroics”, Lewis simply shows his

exasperation and sits down. Ken follows suit, giving a small amount of sass before

agreeing to come. At the interrogation room, they assembled crew begins to discuss their

situation.

The Purifier returns to Wetal, finding her still in her armor. Even after threatening

her, she refuses. Countering with her own questions about the Killer of Men, she

eventually complies and removes her Spartan, taking it with her in a large coffin-like box.

Once there, the Purifier begins to speak but does not get far when the crew mentions that

several are still missing. Ernie and Janice have not yet recovered and they find out that

Marcus has escaped from his cell. The Purifier then begins to question the actions taken

by the EDF eleven years ago with the initial conflict between the Necromongers and

humans. The crew, with the help of Maria via Lewis, manages to convince him that it was

a mistake and the actions of a small group of people who were at the right place at the

right time made the decisions, but they do not speak for the whole of the Alliance.

After this talk of the initial contact is done, Ken suggests that they allow Nufae to try

to contact Marcus as all other attempts to subdue him had failed. Before they are allowed

to do so however, the Lord Marshall enters to discuss his return to Furya. It is in these

talks that Nobuyoshi gets the Lord Marshall to tell his tale of being told not to get near

Epsilon under any circumstance and that it was Carl Barlow who released both the Lord

Marshall and the Killer of Men. The crew also discovers that the Lord Marshall has no love

for the Killer of Men and that they share him as a common enemy.

With the promise of making an attempt to allow for peaceful negotiations, the crew

is led to the bridge of the ship to use the communication systems to contact Marcus.

Rowe urges Nufae to be careful with the tech as she is handed a device which she is told

to speak to or think at. She calls for Marcus to stand down as they have entered into

peaceful negotiations before she is overcome with a massive headache.

After the message is broadcast, the Purifier leads them to the passengers of the

S.S. Midnight Star as well as the others that have been taken over the years. They live

somewhat comfortably in towns, though many have been “converted.” Most of them show

signs of the stress of living out a life like this, but no one has been converted against their

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free will. Shortly after, the crew is reunited with Marcus and after carefully preparation; the

Necromongers enter Alliance space and are escorted to a safe place to being

negotiations. The crew of the Brokko Ankou, no longer needed in the situation, fly off to

get some much needed relaxation.

Episode 2.13 "How Fragile the Mind - Part 1"

04/08/11

Director: Jason Shaffer

Cast: Nufae Daskar, CDR Jessian Wetal, Dr. Ken Nobuyoshi, Xavier Grey, William Rowe

III, Tony Lewis; Marcus Daskar, Janice Lang,

Date: 09.28.2094 - 17.10.2094

Synopsis: The crew of the Brokko Ankou leaves the base at Antarctica with haste racing

towards Dr. Lang’s research facility orbiting Praxis. Upon arriving a medical team comes

to attend to Jessian who is still unconscious from her experience with the dimensional

gate. After a brief check, Dr. Lang checks in with the rest of the crew about their latest

adventure. After showing the doctor their report and the power source, Rowe walks the

Landmate off the ship. Dr. Lang comments that it looks familiar, while Nobuyoshi suggests

he think back to 20th century Earth. With a crew member on bed rest, the crew takes on

some small transport missions, save for Rowe who stays behind to run tests with Dr. Lang

and the Landmate. During this “downtime,” the crew is haunted with a recurring

nightmare. The dream varies from person to person, but the general situation is the same:

they find themselves on a desolate planet as a war breaks out between Alliance mechs

and a shadowy adversary. Most of the crew hears a warning message, though the

deliverer of that message varies from dreamer to dreamer.

As the crew comes back to collect Rowe and Wetal, there is a noticeable

uneasiness on the ship. Rowe, after much debate, convinces Marcus to allow the

Landmate to stay aboard the ship for field testing. Shortly thereafter, a small argument

about the effectiveness of Cyclones breaks out, causing Tony and Marcus to defend the

mech against Wetal’s claims of being obsolete. The conversation leads them to Epsilon to

refit the Cyclones with new weaponry, as most of the crew has slightly outdated variants.

While there, Rowe visits his old CO Cpt. Donovan to get a bit more information on Lucifer

Hawk and Jessian Wetal. Meanwhile on Earth, Donald Mason holds another rally, this one

leading to the death of 126 people due to a suicide bomber.

The crew, though no stressful missions, seems fatigued and on edge.

Nevertheless, they sit down to enjoy a meal. The usual conversations start up as Ken and

William discuss where to go next and Xavier, concerned for Janice’s well being, asks her

to tell him what is wrong. In their conversation, Xavier mentions his dream which catches

the ears of Nobuyoshi, causing him to ignore Rowe and get involved in Xavier’s

conversation. As they talk, most of the rest of the crew begins to admit to having

essentially the same dream. After some discussion, Nufae suggests maybe staying off the

ship as the only two who did not admit to having a dream were Marcus and Rowe. Rowe

offers his family’s estate up for a safe place to relax for a few days, though the dream

returns to them.

Back on the ship, the crew gets a message from a Northampton-class vessel near

the Super Gate in the Altair System. Its captain explains that he “has a problem that

should be your problem,” and shows the crew the Super Gate, which is on! The crew

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takes off and joins the vessel at the gate. Ken asks Annie to identify the region of space

on the other side of the gate, but she cannot. Ernie asks, “Why can’t we just look at star

charts,” to which Nobuyoshi explains the implausibility of doing so. The technical speech

lost on Ernie, William dumbs it down to the analogy “it's like trying to figure out what bar

you are in by trying one drink,” to which Ernie immediately understands the difficulty.

Shortly after, the subspace alarm signals showing a ship called “The Basilica”

exiting subspace roughly two miles from the Brokko. A hail comes from it, showing

Necromongers. They inform the crew that a boarding crew is coming aboard. Marcus tells

them that is an unacceptable procedure and the ship opens fire with EMP blasts. Nufae

races towards the gate to avoid the blasts and the subspace sensors show a large

contingent of the Advance Fleet coming to aid. The Brokko gets hit by one of the blasts

and loses all electronics. After a bombardment, the ship is drifting into space, on the other

side of the gate dead in the water and the crew unconscious.

Episode 2.12 "Seeds of War - Part 2"

03/25/11

Director: Robb Grounds

Cast: Marcus Daskar, Nufae Daskar, Dr. Ken Nobuyoshi, Xavier Grey, William Rowe III,

Anthony "Tony" Lewis; CDR Jessian Wetal, Ernie Mazziferri, Janice Lang, LT Henshaw

(Earth Gate Facility), Dr. Fuji (Lead Scientist)

Date: 28.09.2094

Synopsis: As the dust settles in the aftermath of the battle between Awesome, Titan, and

the froglike Landmates, Nufae and Nobuyoshi see the entrance to the science facility

completely blocked off by the debris. Centurion, now on the ground with the rest of his

crew, searches for the commanding officer of the American Coalition forces. After brief

introductions, the rescue team discovers that the Coalition has now taken over, blocking

off the area and claiming a hostage situation. General Athena arrives on the scene as

Lewis and Rowe exchange their badly damaged Cyclones for Nufae's and Ken’s.

Meanwhile, an increasingly-impatient Marcus argues to be allowed into the dome for

reconnaissance.

Inside the dome, the captured crewmen overhear the terrorist forces discuss their

current situation. After hearing that the terrorists are going to use a research scientist as

leverage to get the upper hand, one of the soldiers frisks Nufae and Nobuyoshi. Finding

his P-14, the armed man proceeds to crush it having no idea how to turn it off. All of the

hostages are then moved further into the atrium. The guards spread out to cut off all

avenues of escape.

With no headway into getting back into the facility for another rescue attempt, the

trio of Marcus, Tony, and William get approached by a cyborg sergeant from the Olympian

forces. As they go over the schematics of the building, the trio find an unlikely companion

in the Olympian solider, who is as eager to get the situation taken care of as the Brokko’s

crew. They begin to evaluate potential entry points and strategies to get into the facility

without unwanted attention from the Poseidon terrorists or the Coalition/Olympian forces.

As they talk, Centurion gets a message from Ronin, stating that she and Wrecker had

made it through the gate! Marcus informs the General of the situation as Tony races

towards the facility with his medical equipment so that Jessian can be tested for

pathogens. When testing Jessian, Tony carefully pulls some of his own blood, making

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sure that her “unique” condition gives them no problems during testing. As they test the

two newcomers, Ernie decides to get some equal treatment from one of the nurses by

slapping her backside, causing a small incident before he is scolded by Marcus.

While the three make their way back to the dome, Marcus and Rowe scout out

good waypoints for the group to fold to in case a quick escape is necessary, and Ken and

Nufae learn that one of the captives is General Athena’s daughter, Elyssa. As tensions

mount, the demands of the terrorists are finally revealed. They wish for the Zentreadi

turret housed underneath the science facility. Marcus, fed up with the wait, offers to

provide the Coalition forces better schematics if they give into the demands and let the

terrorists have the weapon. After a quick contract is signed, the terrorists rejoice as they

think they have won the day. True to their word, the captives, including Nufae and

Nobuyoshi, are released.

Doc quickly gets back to work in setting up a time frame for departure, estimating

that the crew has three more days until a strong enough solar flare hits the Earth, much

like the one that allowed Ernie and Jessian to come across. In the remaining days, the

group is granted “temporary citizen” status, allowing a much more relaxed few days.

Marcus provides the schematics to the Coalition forces, as well as equally powerful but

different schematics to the Olympians. Most of the crew tries out the Coalition Landmate,

with all but Doc getting a decent grasp for it. Rowe spends most his time getting familiar

with the mech, which can hold its own against Marcus in his Spartan (with and ace pilot,

not Rowe piloting.) The flare hits the Earth and the crew makes their way back to the

Antarctica facility on their own Earth with the prize of a Landmate in tow. Jessian, once

across the gate, collapses into a coma, being rushed off to the ship. The crew is quickly

debriefed and load up onto the Brokko at last, their homecoming cut short by an

emergency flight to Dr. Lang so that Jessian can be treated.

Episode 2.11 "Seeds of War - Part 1"

03/18/11

Director: Robb Grounds

Cast: Marcus Daskar, Nufae Daskar, Dr. Ken Nobuyoshi, Xavier Grey, William Rowe III,

Anthony "Tony" Lewis; CDR Jessian Wetal, Ernie Mazziferri, Janice Lang, LT Henshaw

(Earth Gate Facility), Dr. Fuji (Lead Scientist)

Date: 28.09.2094

Synopsis: Shortly after getting word of the attack on Nova Porilad, the crew gets a

message from the Antarctica Gate Facility. Lieutenant Henshaw from the team stationed

there informs Marcus that the gate has been "partially-activated" and a Zentraedi coded

distress signal has been coming through. The message is from The Red Death - a female

Zentraedi warship that was not registered as part of the attack on Earth in 2011. The

Brokko quickly makes it way from Epsilon to Earth to investigate. The base is now alive

with activity with many troops being dropped off. A few Cyclone Cavaliers escort the team,

prompting Tony to reminisce a bit about his time as a cavalier. The crew is briefed on the

way down to the gate and Jessian, Ernie, and Janice stay behind to monitor the situation.

In the gate room, the team meets up with Dr. Fuji who provides the team with what little

knowledge they have been able to gather as well as a makeshift ROV. Marcus tries to

send the ROV through, but it cannot break the plane of the gate. When Marcus gets

closer, the gate resolves revealing a large clean metal room. A quick scan by the ROV

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shows nothing but the room with a large pair of blast doors at the end.

The crew moves through the gate and secures the room. Bastet moves forward to

the blast door. Once close, it begins to open. The team readies themselves and is greeted

by nearly fifty troops in power armor and fifteen larger mechs all at the ready. One of the

large mech demands that the crew surrender which engages Marcus in a shouting match.

Shortly thereafter, a voice comes over the facilities intercom identifying herself as

Ambassador Nike of the American Coalition. After another long argument with Daskar, the

crew moves to leave the facility through the gate. They are unable to leave due to the gate

not letting them through. With no way out, Marcus strikes a deal to remove the Cyclone

and Spartan armors and meet with members of the American Coalition.

As they begin to talk, it soon becomes clear that this is in fact Earth, but with a

different past. There are a good amount of differences, ranging from Cosmonauts being

the first on the moon to two manmade landmasses. The mecha of this Earth, called

Landmates, are used not only in combat, but for most other aspects of life as well. It

dawns on Nufae that many things in this Earth reference old mythology. The crew gains a

good deal of knowledge about the current situation, being a world war of three nations.

Most disturbingly, the crew discovers the fate of The Red Death. It seems that instead of

the SDF-1, it was The Red Death that crashed on Earth. Instead of gaining from this

incident, this Earth was ravaged by the debris and one Zentraedi survivor that rampaged

through most of Russia. They also discover a probable cause for the gate’s malfunctions:

a large solar flare washed over the Earth at the same time the gate became active. After

the interviews, the crew returns to the gate to try to repair it with no success.

A long day behind them, the crew is treated to dinner. Nufae makes a curious

friend of one the cyborg guards. After a quiet dinner in the empty cafeteria, Nike informs

the crew that they will have access to scientists tomorrow to try to figure out the problem

with the gate. Escorted to rooms, the crew spends a restless night in uncomfortable beds.

In the morning, Marcus, Xavier, and William keep up with their daily exercises. Marcus

shows off his strength a bit to the cyborgs. At breakfast, most of the crew is horrified with

the discovery that there is no coffee! The American Coalition puts strict restraints on

caffeine or any other addictive substances. Ken and Nufae are escorted to a large dome

that houses the American scientific community while the rest of the crew returns to renew

the attempts to fix the gate. While there, Tony gets a few stimulants for the crew. The two

cyborgs who are keeping watch are also treated to some of the supplies.

Meanwhile at the science facility, Nobuyoshi gets to work preparing the science

team there for what he needs. Using helioscpoes and other technology, his plan is to time

when another sizeable solar flare will hit the Earth and hopefully open the gate. Just as he

gets to work, the dome rumbles and red lights go off. The dome is under attack! Ken gets

a screen of the ground floor and calls up Marcus. Showing him the image, there are

several soldiers as well a large unknown mecha. The four at the gate room suit up as

Nufae and Ken grab lab coats in an attempt to hide amongst the scientists. Nobuyoshi

stashes his P-14, leaving it on and dialed-in so Marcus and the other crew members have

audio on the situation.

Some soldiers and one mech enter the room where Ken and Nufae are hiding.

They demand the “outlanders” be turned over to them. Spotting no nametag on Ken, they

demand to know where the other outlander is. With a gun leveled on him, Ken calmly

points out Nufae. The two are escorted down to the courtyard and held with ten soldiers

and one odd-looking landmate.

Once the rest of the crew hears that Nufae and Ken have been taken, they leave

their escort and speed towards the dome. Centurion and Refund head towards the roof to

gain access while Awesome and Titan rush the front door. The latter two are met with four

of the enemy landmates! The battle begins on the ground as Marcus begins to cut through

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the roof with his blade. At the entrance, Awesome and Titan manage to destroy one of the

landmates but take a good deal of damage themselves. As they fall back, Awesome

collapses the roof above the enemy with his missiles, crushing one and forcing the other

two back into the facility. The two damaged Cyclones take up behind a line of advancing

ally cyborgs as Refund and Marcus move from the roof to the ground. The fate of Nufae

and Ken remains in the hands of the assailants.

Episode 2.10 "On The Backs of Angels, From The Mouths Of Demons"

03/11/11

Directors: Tim Foster, Josh Grumble, Jason Shaffer

Cast: Marcus Daskar, Nufae Daskar, CDR Jessian Wetal, Dr. Ken Nobuyoshi, Ernie

Mazziferri, Xavier Grey, William Rowe III, Anthony Lewis; Janice Lang, Davin LaPlant,

Aylandra Wetal, Alana Loren, Zor Derelda, Donald Mason, Dr. Layensh (Attending

Trauma Surgeon, WBGH), Shira (Furyan Ambassador), Aereon (Quintessan

Ambassador), Mason technician

Date: 14.09.2094 - 28.09.2094

Synopsis: The Brokko races towards West Bay General Hospital. With Nufae at the

helm, Marcus and Xavier carry Lewis to the med bay, Ken's hand plugging the hole in his

chest. With an impressive display of skill, Nobuyoshi inserts an IV into Lewis' arm. As

Lewis fights for his life, the trio begins to treat the mortal wound. With Ken's careful

guidance, Marcus and Xavier prove to be an apt first-response team. Each in turn take

crucial actions that keep Awesome from dying (Ken with defibrillators, Marcus with careful

chest compressions, and Xavier with a rather impressive finding and insertion of

an intraosseous line). As he begins to stabilize, Nufae contacts the hospital and patches

them through to Nobuyoshi. As he reports the condition to Nurse Ratchet, Xavier keeps

talking to the now-unconscious Lewis, urging him to stay alive. Nufae lands at the hospital

as the Wetals and LaPlant take Jessian's comatose body to her room. As the hospital

team boards to take Lewis, there is a bit of a slip, causing Marcus to nearly enrage. The

captain however calms himself as one of the team compliments Xavier on his skills. Ken

makes his way to the bridge to treat Justin, who inhaled a good deal of the CS gas.

As the medical team leaves, a PKC officer, one Lt. Murphy, comes aboard. He informs

Marcus that the ship will now be a crime scene. Concerned with the advanced hardware

on the Brokko Ankou, Marcus warns the Lt. then shows him the contract. The PKC officer

eases Marcus' mind that his team is really only doing this so he can make a report. Rowe

(who has recovered from his own CS gas encounter and has gotten into his Cyclone in

case of an ambush) manages to put the PKC team on edge, but stays aboard to monitor

the ship while the rest of the team goes into the hospital. LaPlant takes the civilians,

minus Aylandra who stays with her mother, back to the farm with the shuttle.

As the investigation continues, Xavier manages to find a friend with a slightly overlyfriendly

nurse. Marcus and Ernie talk the situation over, while Nufae and Nobuyoshi do the

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same. After a small amount of time, Nufae makes her way to the gift shop to get some

flowers and a card for Lewis once he recovers. Both Ernie and Nufae complain about the

coffee as the time goes on. After about two hours, Xavier talks up his new friend to see

how Lewis is doing. As she pulls up the information, Xavier receives a report that some of

the medication is not taking like it should. At nearly the same time, Marcus realizes that no

one let them know that Lewis was Invid. He demands to speak to the head surgeon taking

care of Lewis. Though she does not want to, Nurse Ratchet lets him into the OR - only

after Marcus manages to intimidate an entire security team. In the OR, the surgeon

demands to know why Marcus has been let in. Bluntly stating that Lewis is Invid, Marcus

is told by Dr. Layensh to stay put while the surgical team changes out many of the

medications they had just started. After another three hours worth of surgery, they

manage to completely stabilize Lewis. Dr. Layensh comes out to the crew of the Brokko to

compliment them. He impresses that without the quick thinking and careful handling of the

situation, Anthony Lewis would not have survived. After a brief private chat with Marcus,

the doctor gives the entire crew passes that will allow them to visit their injured shipmate

as he heals.

Two weeks go by while Lewis recovers (each and every day Nufae drops off a new get

well soon card). During that time, not much happens aside from a new installment

of Rapid Fire featuring Donald Mason. The show is a lively one, being apparently ended

as Mr. Mason becomes increasingly agitated during his rant. Wetal also contacts Dr.

Stiller to fill him in on the situation. Stiller does not like the report and tells Wetal to resume

her post. On the morning of his release, the crew (minus Janice and Ken) goes to collect

Lewis from West Bay General. Both Nufae and Ernie give Lewis a hug and the crew

begins to pack up to head back to the ship. As they are doing so, Ernie and Rowe notice

that a ridiculous amount of people are out and about for this time of day. All of them seem

to be heading towards the military base. Rowe runs up to a group to figure out what is

going on. As it turns out, Donald Mason is holding a rally at the base! The crew decides to

go back to the ship to regroup before they decide what to do. As they get into the vehicles,

Lewis tells the crew to call him “Tony.” While stunned, only Wetal seems overly concerned

by this sudden change. Deciding it best to send someone sooner rather than later, Ernie

and Rowe head to the rally while Marcus, Nufae, Tony, and Wetal get back to the Brokko.

As they get on the ship, Marcus gets a phone call informing him that Shaira has requested

the crew come to the gate on Epsilon to meet someone who is coming to visit. Just as that

phone call ends, he gets a call from Rowe. who describes the scene. At the main gate of

the base, a large stage and screen have been erected. At the stage, a large portrait of Mr.

Mason complete with a printed banner stating, “A Wonderful Little Production” can be

seen. Many civilians as well as a good amount of PKC are present. Marcus tells Rowe to

see what they can dig up and report back. Meanwhile, Marcus and the rest head to the

gate facility on Epsilon. The crew gears up and folds to the site, making sure the Brokko is

far away from the city.

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At the gate, Wetal takes over the military team stationed there as the rest of the crew rides

down to meet Shaira and await the visitor. Shaira meets them at the hub, and informs

them to simply be respectful and that they should be honored, and then she dismisses the

military telling them they will not be needed. When the gate opens, a lush rainforest is

seen before them. Out of the gate steps a shorter older woman, very wispy and

translucent until she touches down on the Epsilon side. Nufae welcomes her only to have

the woman respond with “I know who you are. I am Aereon.” Each in turn, she looks at the

crew. All but Jessian and Xavier seem to be moved by her in one way or another; each

feeling like the whole of their life has been put on display and judged. After the small

welcome, she looks to the ambassadors and states she does not need to talk to them as

they only delay things and she must talk to Admiral Sterling. After a brief time, Jessian is

able to arrange to get her to Max. As they exit the facility, Aereon regains her rather

strange and wisp-like consistency. At the facility, Max Sterling gets out of a motorcade. As

he gets to the elemental ambassador, they embrace and get back into the car to talk.

Meanwhile at the rally, Ernie blends in with the crowd of civilians keeping an eye out for

possible hostiles while Rowe goes “undercover” as one of the fanatics who are handing

out literature and pumping up the crowd. With not much to go on, they meet up at the

Brokko to figure out what to do. As they talk, Donald takes the stage. As he begins his

speech, Rowe and Ernie run back to the crowd to keep an eye on the situation. Nufae

keeps in contact with Rowe as the crowd gets increasingly pumped up. At her suggestion,

Rowe checks the satchel given to him and finds a gun buried deep in it. As Mason finishes

his speech, one of the fanatics opens fire!

Hysteria breaks out as the PKC try to get to the fanatics in the rioting crowd. Ernie begins

to attack the fanatics as Rowe races backstage. Nufae ushers Lewis back into the ship to

keep the rioting crowd from noticing him. The crowd charges the gates of the base,

though at the main gate Jessian makes sure nothing comes of it. Backstage, Rowe comes

across a lone van. Inside, a technician reveals that Mason and his inner circle have left

planet. Ernie, now getting a little too much attention, retreats to the ship as Rowe also

gets to the ship. Rowe gets Annie to track the shuttle, and as he, Awesome, and Refund

suit up, Ken and Nufae make anonymous calls to media outlets, giving out all the

information that they can.

After the situation is resolved, Marcus rejoins the crew as Jessian escorts Max and

Aereon back to the ship. Aereon informs the crew that they should watch the news. Ken

and Nufae, already keeping an eye out, patch the image to the cargo bay. The news is

grim indeed - the Necromongers have attacked Nova Porilad.

Episode 2.09 "The Bigger Picture - Part 2"

02/25/11

Director: Josh Grumble

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Cast: Marcus Daskar, Nufae Daskar, CDR Jessian Wetal, Dr. Ken Nobuyoshi, Ernie

Mazziferri, Xavier Grey, William Rowe III; Anthony Lewis, Janice Lang, Davin LaPlant,

Aylandra Wetal, Alana Loren, Zor Derelda

Date: 13.09.2094 - 14.09.2094

Synopsis: As the night continues, Ernie informs those gathered on the porch that he

needs to go take care of something in town. After a brief plea from Nufae to stay and a

reminder from Marcus, Ernie speeds off on his bike to meet Rowe in town. Meanwhile on

the Brokko, Xavier and Janice have a quiet evening of talk and dinner. Back on the farm

more small talk and much need relaxation continue, interrupted only by a brief argument

between Marcus and Nufae, prompting Nufae to walk off to cool her head.

After their business in Huntersville, Rowe returns to the ship and Ernie to the farm. Xavier

asks Janice what she thinks of his chosen profession. After a brief encyclopedaic

description, the two share a conversation, leading to Janice stating that she "feels sorry

for his clients." Meanwhile on the farm, Marcus tells Ernie that Nufae would like to speak

with him. Still stone sober, Ernie goes off to find her. In typical Ernie fashion, he manages

to search everywhere she is not. A frustrated Ernie nearly heads back to Huntersville to

try to find her until Marcus reminds him to look in the barn. Nufae urges Ernie that he is no

longer alone and does not need to keep things to himself.

As the crew tucks in for a peaceful night of sleep, Jessian receives a secure message

from General Stiller on her P-14. It states that as of 0900 hours on 13 September 2094,

General Lucas Smith as been reinstated as Commander of the Special Operations

Division as well as a member of the Joint Defense Council. Wetal forwards the message

to the rest of the crew, prompting everyone (minus Ernie who is still asleep) to start

moving. Those at the farm gather on the porch while Marcus prompts Rowe to get the

ship to the farm. Doc reminds Rowe to flip the transponder to mask the flight while

the Brokko flies to the farm and touches down on the other end of the field. The now full

crew, having roused Ernie from his slumber, discuss what actions to take. Just as the

group begins to head back to the ship (a final toast between Doc and LaPlant ending with

LaPlant stating "a rare vintage and rarer company"), a canister of gas falls in front of the

porch! The crew begin to move away from gas; Xavier and Rowe head towards the ship,

and everyone else towards the Daskars' Silverback. Rowe succumbs to the gases and

begins to cough violently. Marcus picks him up and a shot is heard. The bullet finds its

target and Lewis is left with a large hole in his chest. As Marcus picks up Lewis on his

other shoulder, three armed men wearing unknown armor emerge from the tree line. As

they approach, another shot from unknown coordinates hits the ground near Doc.

Nufae takes the wheel as Doc gets into the back seat with Janice. Marcus gets Rowe and

Lewis into the bed of the Silverback. Doc and Janice take over the treatment of Lewis as

Nufae begins to drive off; leaving Marcus, Ernie and Jessian to face off against the three

soldiers. Jessian gets hit with sidearm fire, but no real damage is done. Each combatant

squares off against an opponent. No matter what the tactic, be it Ernie's grappling,

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Jessian's attempts to shut off the armor, or Marcus simply beating his foe with the butt of

his own gun, no damage seems to get through. Even Jessian and Ernie fire and hit the

enemy, the bullets simply mushroom and drop even at point blank range. After a quick

command by Marcus, Annie scans the area reporting ADF transponders totaling 20

targets consisting of two ADF Scorpion-class drop ships and 18 "Myrmidon" soldiers!

Marcus orders Annie to open fire prompting him and Ernie to hit the deck. The newly

equipped "Badger of Death" shows her teeth by firing on the Myrmidons in combat with

the crew. As she fires on them, she breaks through the shields and armor of one with

ease. Jessian runs to get the downed assailant but gets hit by one of the others with a

stun shot, dropping her to the ground. Meanwhile Nufae finally gets close enough for

Xavier to get in the Silverback. In the back, Doc and Janice continue to keep Lewis alive.

As Annie finds her second target, Ernie makes a dash for the house. Opening the door he

sees LaPlant in full CVR carrying two HIVAR assault rifles. As they move from the house,

Annie drops her second target. The last aggressor tries to grab Marcus who continues to

artfully dodge, as the sniper fire turns on the Brokko itself. Meanwhile Nufae and the rest

of the crew have reached the ship. As Doc and Janice continue to keep Lewis alive, Nufae

makes her way to the bridge. Annie takes out the last melee combatant as Jessian drags

one of the downed foes to the porch. As another sniper shot pierces the hull of

the Brokko, Annie turns her turret towards the sniper and the combat ends.

While Nufae flies to the porch, Doc and Janice transfer Lewis to the med bay. Jessian,

LaPlant, Ernie and Marcus have a brief discussion before boarding the ship with Aylandra,

Alana, and Zor. As the ship chases after the fleeing ADF dropships, Jessian attempts to

make contact with the Myrmidon armor that she brought aboard. In doing so, she

screams, bleeds from the eyes, and passes out. Leaving her there for the moment,

LaPlant and Xavier toss the body from the ship. Annie reports that she has detected a

Chimaera-class ADF vessel, the UAS Raksasha. Annie tries to get the ship's roster as per

Marcus’s request but cannot access it. As the Brokko follows, another ship flies up beside

them - it is the Infinite Sky, the ship of Reese Whedon! The captain calls Marcus and tells

him that he was told it would be a good idea to come here and that Marcus does not want

to pursue the Raksasha. As the Raksasha flies off, Reese tells Marcus that he was told to

come here and "she says your doctor will be fine." Marcus asks who, to which Reese

replies "Oh - Little Swan."

Episode 2.08 "The Bigger Picture - Part 1"

02/19/11

Director: Josh Grumble

Cast: Marcus Daskar, Nufae Daskar, CDR Jessian Wetal, Dr. Ken Nobuyoshi, Ernie

Mazziferri; Anthony Lewis, Janice Lang, Davin LaPlant, Aylandra Wetal, Alana Loren, Zor

Derelda

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Date: 13.09.2094

Synopsis: Back on the Brokko, the gathered crew sits in a stunned silence,

contemplating the earlier events of Reese and his crew, the connection with Lucas Smith,

and what this could mean for their future. Ernie emerges from several days of

"deconpressing" and treatment by Lewis, looking infinitely better than he did a few days

ago. Marcus decides that instead of exploring today, they are going to Epsilon to seek the

guidance and wisdom of Davin LaPlant; it also won't hurt to visit with a relative (in

Jessian's case) or to get a good home-cooked meal. Before leaving, Marcus has a

conversation with Ernie about his recent behavior and their future.

Around 1700, arriving at Epsilon without incident, most of the crew set off for the home of

Alayndra Wetal, Jessian's sister. Rowe stays behind on the ship with Xavier and Janice.

While trying to get his motorcycle, Ernie has an unfortunate run-in with a long-term

parking agent and the local impound officer.

Now at "the farm," everyone is greeted by a very pregnant Alayndra, Alana - and to

everyone's suprise, Zor - and finally LaPlant, who emerges from the kitchen grinning

slightly. A wonderful country dinner is layed out, much to everyone's enjoyment. The

surprises continue: Marcus gives Alana a brand-new mobile as a belated birthday

present, and she hugs him tightly for it. After asking Nufae to walk Justin, Alana grabs a

somewhat beleaguered Zor, dragging him away from the crowd.

After more than an hour of good conversation and swapping old war stories, Alayndra

clears the table, and LaPlant, Jessian, Marcus, Nufae, Ken, and Ernie step out to the

large, wrap-around porch as LaPlant produces a humador for those interested to enjoy a

fine cigar. Then, everyone tells LaPlant everything happened yesterday: Reese's crew

and the breach of the Ishtar Gate Facility, the curious nature of "Little Swan" (Karissa), the

Lucas Smith connection, the Dimensional Gateways, and Carl Barlow's connection to the

Necromongers and "the Furians." Ernie poses a stunning question: "How much did

General Smith benefit from Morrow's death." This seems to trigger a memory in LaPlant,

and he promptly excuses himself. Returning minutes later with old paper files, he tosses

one to Marcus, noting that years ago, Then a junior Senator, Bold served on a Senate

Subcommittee that reviewed and approved Defense spending and contracts - on which

(then Colonel) Smith sat as well. The possibility of Morrow being assassinated is

discussed, but Lewis and Ken both agree that it would be a very complicated method (his

illness). After the discussion, everyone seems to come to a consensus: there is an

obvious parallel between what happened to Reese, his crew, and the Daskars and their

crew; Morrow wanted the Daskars and their crew to do this job, to have this contract, for a

reason; and that everything from their past - Majestic, Smith, Kaala, the Gates, the

Necromongers - are all connected.

Episode 2.07 "Cat and Mouse"

02/18/11

Director: Josh Grumble

Cast: Marcus Daskar, Nufae Daskar, CDR Jessian Wetal, Dr. Ken Nobuyoshi, Xavier

Grey, William Rowe III; Anthony Lewis, Dr. Lang, Dr. Stiller, Ishtar Gate Facility Sgt, Ishtar

Gate Facility Cpl, Reese (Infinite Swan Captain), Angel, Dirk, "A"/Aanya, Sunny (Infinite

Swan mechanic), "Little Swan"/Karissa, Morris

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Date: 12.09.2094 - 13.09.2094

Synopsis: The morning starts early for most members of the Brokko, and this morning,

Xavier has an "early call" to attend to nearby in Esyrria at 0700. Everyone eats breakfast

as usual and Xavier soon leaves. Marcus announces that the and Nufae have a meeting

at 0900 with Stiller and Lang, which may take several hours. Later in the lounge, Ken and

William get an early start on discussing the Gates and the Haydons.

Marcus and Nufae return around 0945, and everything continues in a strangely normal

way for the rest of the day. Nufae decides to go into Esyrria to the local markets to pick up

fresh food. Ken and William continue their talks. Jessian, apparently still miffed at Lewis'

"dismissal" of their encounter, tries to boost her ego by throwing on a slinky swimsuit and

washing her bike - at the outposts' motor pool - which attracts a good share of onlookers.

She also attempts, albeit unsuccessfully, to grab the attention of the two Gate guards.

Xavier finally returns around 1230, and things stay quiet the rest of the night. Marcus does

later send a message via his P-14 to the crew: they are going to explore the Gate at

Caprica via Haydon IV tomorrow.

The next morning begins even earlier for most. Marcus, Xavier, Ernie, William, and

Jessian conclude their morning workouts by 0600 (Jessian a bit later) and breakfast is had

by 0700. Lewis still appears a bit bedraggled, but very focused. They all soon get geared

up and head to the Gate room. Where the first of a couple odd occurrences happens: it is

not the two normal guards, but apparently a pair of relief guards that they've never seen

(the male even appears a bit "military nonstandard" accoring to Wetal.) After Nufae

passes some cookies to the guy (who loves them), they don't think anything else of it and

go through the airlock.

Passing inside, Marcus and the others quickly see two science team members in the far

corner, apparently working or cataloging things. A female with dark, pulled-back hair looks

at Marcus after being addressed, having a strange, dreamy stare, which she snaps out of

to reply. The male has not turned around yet to see the team. Within minutes, the decon

cycle in the airlock is heard again, and Jessian, Ken, and Xavier turn to see who appears

through the doors: it's the two guards from outside, now brandishing their automatic

weapons! The male half-whispers to his female counterpart, "let me take her" (indicating

Jessian) - and then all hell breaks loose. Marcus had started moving towards the darkhaired

female, prompting her to scream in horror; a half-second later, Jessian doesn't

hesitate in firing off a round from her sniper rifle, which had been trained on the male's

head, replacing his face with not much else. Jessian moves in and secures the female

while Lewis attends to the man that Jessian dropped.

At the same time, Marcus has moved in to subdue to dark-haired girl as the other male

turns, bringing up his own weapon - it is the "pirate ship" captain that had chased the

Brokko months earlier! He tries to take control of the situation, but Nufae has already

thrusted up and over, landing behind. Xavier begins heading back towards the Gate,

following William, and Ken moves up to assist Nufae. With one down and two others

covered, the pirate captain lowers his weapon (and Nufae quickly knocks it out of his

hands), and he says, "no one else here has to die."

With combat seemingly over, Marcus asks him what they are here for, to which the

captain replies, "rich boy," nodding towards William. He also tells Marcus that, if they don't

hand him over, they will destroy his ship in one minute. Marcus laughs this off, but the

captain remains unphased. Ken calls up Janice, who assists him in folding back to the

cargo bay, checking the status of Annie and the ship. Marcus then convinces the captain

that its in his best interest to move out and talk aboard the Brokko. Heading through the

airlock, the team is faced with over a dozen armed guards. Jessian, who had alerted them

in the first place, are told to stand down; she soon modifies the base security records so

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that it appears the incident never happened. Marcus instructs William to take the body and

place it in the mule, and that Xavier will drive back with the dark-haired girl, with Jessian in

stealth covering in the back. The captain, named Reese, eventually provides the

coordinates of their ship, and Xavier heads off.

In the lounge now with the captain, his tall female compatriot, Marcus talks to him,

surrounded by William, Ken, Nufae, and Lewis. Reese asks him, "would you do you

anything for your family?" He soon lets on that he needs 220 million credits - the reason

he needs William. He is also very, very hesitant to reveal his employer. The captain tells

Marcus that he and Angel (the female companion) were in the EDF and served in the TDU

(the Marines), and this name is Reese.

About 20 minutes later and a few tense moments at Reese's ship, Xavier and Jessian

encounter five armed individuals waiting for them. Xavier, against Jessian's urgings,

deposits the body at their ramp; Xavier sees his "client" from earlier aboard the ship! A

younger male grabs the body, then looks at the dark-haired girl, named Karissa - the one

Reese calls his "Little Swan." He calls her, and asks Xavier if she's okay. She's then

allowed to exit the mule, but not before turning and looking DIRECTLY at Jessian - who is

completely hidden in active camo. The girls runs up the ramp, and everyone else falls

back, closing the door and powering engines. Unbeknownst to Reese and his crew, Ken

has been sent on a covert op - to fold to Jessian's coordinates, and provide her with two

CrossWave modules that they have enabled to track Reese's vessel, the Swan-class

Infinite Sky. He quickly attaches them, then folds back to the Brokko's cargo bay. Jessian

reports that Reese's ships is preparing for dust-off, and Marcus has her shut it down;

someone over the open comm can be heard yelling, "no, no, no, NO!" Marcus tells Reese

that they will never leave unless he gets that name; Jessian enters the Infinite Sky, waiting

for Marcus' instructions. Reese tells Marcus that "Little Swan" is a wild card, and that it

probably isn't a good idea for Jessian to be aboard his vessel. He also tells Marcus that

their employer was simply called "Carter" and that he was military contractor of sorts.

After much deliberation, Reese waits until Xavier returns, then simply asks him for his

mobile. Taking the device, Reese pops out the "battery" and tosses it as it smokes on the

deck; the mobile, however, still has power. Reese pulls up an image on Xavier's phone,

apparently able to connect to his own ship, and tosses the device to Marcus. The image is

a picture that he recognizes: former General Lucas Smith of Special Operations. Reese

tells Marcus that they were hired months ago to grab him, Nufae, Ken, and Jessian

because they were "fugitives" from the military. After Reese was unsuccessful, he tried to

back out of the deal, but was blackmailed by "Carter" because of their loaned military

boarding vessel ("Carter" told them, "it's a federal offense to steal a military ship). Reese

felt his only option was to buy his way out of the contract, which led him to this. Marcus

says that Smith would have never let him out of this situation alive; he also tells Reese

that he seems to think, "a big war is coming soon."

With this, Marcus tells Jessian to release control of Reese's ship, and she does, folding

back to the cargo bay; she also contacts the outpost and has the alert removed from

Ishtar, allowing outbound traffic to recommence. Marcus offers help against Smith, but

Reese tells him rather cryptically, "she'll see him coming...she always sees him coming."

Marcus then reveals that the record of this incident has been ereased. He lets Reese go,

and the two seem to have an understanding - and Reese says he owes him. Nufae tries to

get Reese to accept money for Dirk, their fallen comrade, to have a funeral, but Reese

declines, saying they'll take care of it themselves.

Soon afterwards, the team is able to find "Biggs" and "Wedge," the two normal guards,

nearby in a grove of trees; they are without armor, and seem completely unharmed, albeit

dazed, confused, and a bit child-like in their behavior.

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Episode 2.06 "Night Terrors"

02/11/11

Director: Josh Grumble

Cast: Marcus Daskar, Nufae Daskar, CDR Jessian Wetal, Dr. Ken Nobuyoshi, Xavier

Grey, William Rowe III; Anthony Lewis, Janice Lang, Ishtar Gate Facility Sergeant, Ishtar

Gate Facility Corporal, Ishtar Gate Facility Science Officer

Date: 10.09.2094 - 11.09.2094

Synopsis: After nearly three days of First Contact formalities, the crew of the Brokko

Ankou head back to Ishtar via the Gateway and relax aboard the ship. It is now early

evening. For some reason, Lewis has been obsessed over a new inventory system.

Meanwhile, Ken relaxes in the lounge, and others eat and discuss things in the galley.

Jessian goes into the medbay, and minutes later, a loud metallic clanging and crashing is

heard as Jessian leaves, heading forward of the ship. Marcus then goes in to see what is

wrong, but Lewis brushes it off, appearing very scattered and distracted. Janice is then

seen moving quickly through the galley towards her room. Jessian sees that she appears

upset, and talks to her for a bit; it would seem that Janice has been watching old romantic

comedies based on Nufae's suggestions. Janice flushes at Jessian's comment of, "you

are just like Nobuyoshi," but she recovers, saying that they are "respected

colleagues." Meanwhile, Marcus, who is paranoid as ever, puts some taps on a few of the

crew's transmission, and have Annie report to him every 48 hours if various keywords are

detected. He also asks Annie if the military is able to remotely disable his ship, to which

she replies, "that is not possible."

Dinnertime nears, and Marcus announces that there is a meeting in the galley. Nufae has

prepared a brightly-colored Marduk seafood dish, which is hearty and substantial. Marcus

tells everyone that, "if Lucifer Hawk shows up, you are not to provoke him." He also

mentions that the military are looking into the Lucifer Hawk sighting, and that Dr. Lang and

President Bold have advised not to go poking around the Super Gate found at Altair.

Curiously, Hawk's visit to the Brokko lasted about as long as the Super Gate remained

open...

Ken, William, and Marcus discuss Gateway coordinates for a time, and something occurs

to Marcus: he goes into old Dark Unit footage of him talking with General Tassadar at their

first meeting, and is able to reference a race name (the Voth), with a name that appears

on the Haydon Files. Marcus says, "here's the plan: we're going to Earth, then we are

going to go to another Earth." They plan to investigate what the "V" in R04V might be.

Jessian requests to stay behind and keep Janice company, who has been upset.

It's now 0700 the next morning. Nufae makes a great breakfast of meat pies. The team

then gets suited up and ready, heading through the Ishtar Gate, then to Antarctica.

Marcus plays the "G28" tones, and the images ripples. Unlike every other time, the image

does not immediately resolve, but instead shows a view of stepped mountains at dusk,

which quickly turns into a night sky, with hills in the distance and strange termite-mound

structures scattered ahead and to the right. Two moons, one with a ring system, appear

on the horizon and are very, very close.

Marcus sends in the ROV, revealing the planet's atmo to be breathable but very warm.

The termite mound-like structures are large, measuring some 10m - 12m tall. The night

sky is very clear, revealing stars that are totally unfamiliar from an Earth standpoint...

The ROV is sent to look at one of the mounds, at a blur of motion is detected. Marcus

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steps through the Gate, followed by William, then the rest. It is noticed that, all around the

base of the Gate, the vegetation seems to have been recently cut. As Marcus and the

team moves away, the Gate image shows a very brief view of space, then nothing. A little

worried what that may mean, he walks up to it again, and it quickly and sharply resolves to

the Antarctica facility. He sends everyone back to Earth, and then touches the Gate.

Inside the "maintenance area" of the Gate, he has an interesting experiece. The others

see the Gate image flicker briefly, but Marcus still stand there on the alien planet. As the

team steps back through, Lewis notices that Marcus' eyes are dilated; Marcus asks that

Lewis give him something for a migraine.

Giving Xavier control of the ROV, he and William take it out about 100m towards one of

the mound structures. They both use their cables and lower it into one of the openings,

exploring the strangely smooth, matte-finish glaze of the tunnels below. Another blur of

motion is detected, and Rowe nearly loses his footing as something quickly grabs and

tugs the ROV. On the way out, they see on the camera a strange creature running away.

The ROV now has three gouges on the front left corner. And now, animal screeches and

cries are heard in the distance, slowly building in number and intensity.

Marcus decides to send spider mines towards the mound opening as William and Xavier

thrust back quickly towards the Gate. Behind it, the two can see a group of seven "things"

flying quickly - creatures that look like what they saw underground. William fires a volley of

missiles, but totally misses, sending the creatures in a frenzy after the missiles! As they

explode, other creatures go into a feeding frenzy on the carcasses. The team uses the

distraction to step back through the Gate to Antarctica. They all watch as Marcus' mines

skid under the returning William and Xavier, hitting a group of the creatures, causing

explosions and triggering another feeding frenzy. One of the creatures spots Marcus, and

charges the Gate, but he quickly unloads on it, ripping the thing apart. Spotting a piece of

the critter near the base of the Gate; he walks back through to grab it, but two of the

"bioraptors" converge on his position. Marcus gets the drop on them, cutting one in half,

which distracts the other. He then quickly folds back into the Antarctica Gate room,

holding the chunk of bioraptor. The image of the alien planet now fades.

Walking back to the Gate, the dark planet reappears. Marcus plays the tones for Ishtar,

and it appears with no further problems. He then decides to show Ken what he has seen

in the "maintenance room" of the Gates. Marcus has Ken grab his armor, and then he

touches the Gate. They both now appear in the white nothingness, but Ken reports a

dreamy quality about the visit when they return. The other note that Marcus and Ken don't

appear to have gone anywhere, but a few notice that there was a slight "shift" in their

expressions suddenly. Ken notices that he has no recording on his P14 of the event,

although the time did pass for him.

Now back on Ishtar, Marcus contacts the Science Officer of the Gate Facility, who arrives

with specimen containers and does not appear pleased at the site of these remains. After

the science team leaves, a slight ripple appears through the image of Antarctica in the

Gate. It is then that Lucifer Hawk is seen standing next to Marcus, like he had been there

the whole time. He admires the bioraptor head, and comments about its appearance.

Marcus engages him in conversation, and Hawk tells them that he's trying to help. He also

notes that Marcus should "exercise a little caution in [his] experiment," indicating the Gate.

Marcus ask him about the image in the Super Gate at Altair, to which Hawk replies, "oh,

you mean home?" Hawk then says, "Good luck to you Marcus, and especially you...

(pointing to Rowe)...definitely you." He then casually walks through the decon doors; Ken

spots the image in the Gate ripple again...

Marcus decides that the others should see "inside" the Gate, and tries to take everyone

with him. Nufae, Xavier, and William eventually all go, and they all report a daydream-like

quality about their visit, barely recalling anything when they "return." With this, everyone

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heads back to the Brokko.

Episode 2.05 "Epsilon Revisited"

02/04/11

Director: Jason Shaffer

Cast: Nufae Daskar, CDR Jessian Wetal, Dr. Ken Nobuyoshi, Anthony Lewis, Ernie

Mazziferri, Xavier Grey, William Rowe III; Marcus Daskar, Janice Lang, President Bold,

FADM Max Sterling, Dr. Lang, Judicator Aldaris, "Shirah", Ishtar Gate Facility Sergeant,

Ishtar Gate Facility commander

Date: 07.09.2094

Synopsis: It's 0800, and the crew is having breakfast. Lewis still looks a bit agitated from

last night. Marcus tells those assembled that he has a meeting with the President at 0900,

and that he has a mission for them - to explore the gate at Epsilon for two hours. Jessian's

transport lands and she returns, quickly stowing her gear.

With everyone now in the galley, Marcus plays back the footage of when Hawk first

appeared on the ship; not surprisingly to some, it shows Hawk simply walking out of the

bathroom and heading downstairs. Jessian then advances to the conversation they all

had, and everyone notes that Hawk said specifically, "someone in this room." Jessian

asks if they "ash" that Hawk spat is still on the floor; it is, and Lewis collects some for

analysis. Everyone else has a discussion about the old Red Squadron (which both Hawk

and Wetal were part of), and then Lewis returns with an answer: the material is

undoubtedly volcanic ash. This prompts and argument between Marcus and Jessian

about exactly what Lucifer Hawk is, and his intentions.

Breakfast is concluded, and the team moves to the Cyclone Bay to suit up. Lewis, at first,

appears somewhat...off, but dismisses it. During checks, something happens with Ernie's

Cyclone, and it must be repaired by Janice in the ship. Marcus leads the ROV and the

team to the Gate Facility, telling Nufae that the team is hers, and Jessian is 2nd. He

opens the Gate to Antarctica, then from there, successfully opens the Epsilon Gate...

The area they see is very dark, but the side walls appear to be steel with a high, arched

roof. GPS shows current time in a remote part of Epsilon. The team fans out to secure the

area, and interesting things happen - everyone except Jessian and Nufae begin to feel

excessive levels of anxiety and fear...like they are being watched. The team keeps moving

forward, seeing a set of large blast doors flanked by gun and missile pod turrets. Scans

reveal that they are not active. A nearby control panel bears writing - it is in Latin. Jessian

approaches the control panel, and Lewis suddenly stops, distracted. Jessian reports that

there is no power to the weapons; Lewis states that "she [Jessian] is making HER mad."

Lewis tries to explain that it's Maria - his ghost - is somehow aware of "another presence"

here.

Suddenly, Nufae and Ken begin feeling a deep sense of dread. At the same time, lighting

begings slowly kicking on, filling the room with light; indicators on the turrets also come

on, and a distinct hum can be heard from them. Jessian quickly fires on the power control

for the turrets, and they begin targeting her and in various directions. At this point, Lewis

yells to her, "make it stop!" All the turrets promptly lose power, as does Jessian's weapon.

Nufae then has Ken hack the controls for the blast doors, which he does successfully. The

doors hiss and open. Nufae and William enter the doors, revealing a central hub that has

two other sets of similar doors.

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Back on the Brokko, Janice has repaired Ernie's Cyclone, and he is sent through the gate

with Jessian's Personal Fold Device (PFD). Nufae tries to talk to Marcus before the Gate

closes again, but is too late. Ernie walks forward, tossing the PFC to Jessian, simply

saying, "here, catch." She turns in time to see it skitter across the metal floor. Ken reports

that the PFD is okay. However, Ernie starts feeling the same sense of anxiety and dread,

and bolts for the blast doors, nearly bowling over Nufae and William. He begins pounding

on a set of the closed doors. Jessian runs up to him quickly, disabling his Cyclone; Ernie

freaks out, manually unlocking the armor pieces and screaming. Lewis is able to get to

him in time and dose him with a tranquilizer. Lewis pulls Ernie aside, who is still uneasy,

but calm, and tries to figure out exactly what his problem might be.

Nufae and Ken head to the other set of doors, and find a map of this facility; the first room

is called "Gate Complex," tot he left is 'Medical R&D," and to the right is "Security

Command Center." Ken then sets up Jessian with the PFD and explains how it works.

Ken then hacks these doors, and the enter the pod-like room, which is three times as

large as the first. William moves forward noticing a glow from the center of the room;

closer inspections reveals the low hum of a fusion-type reactor. The lights suddenly begin

coming on, and several parked vehicles - ground and air - are seen all around, some even

mecha-sized. The tech level appears eerily Human and is labeled, "Kartok Industries."

Everyone now gets the eerie feeling again, and William notices a computer terminal

activate briefly...

Nufae tells Ken and William to inspect the rear of the room, and they find another set of

blast doors, which Ken opens. They see in front of them a long corridor nearly two long,

which they find has yet anothe set of sealed doors at the end guarded by a ceiling-mount

cannon, but no controls for the door. Both Ken and William set fold waypoints.

During this time, Jessian has been manually interacting with the computer terminal; she

tells everyone that the "last entry was 300 years ago - 'Necromongers have arrived. We

are going to the surface. The stasis chambers are safe.'" At this, Ken and William fold

back to the central hub, and Ken hacks the "Medical" doors. Nufae, Ken, William, and

Lewis go in, finding a room containing a large chamber. Lewis once again looks distracted,

apparently talking to no one at times. He says it is Maria, his "ghost" in his P-14. She says

that the "Furian" who is here will talk with us...

Lighting now kicks on in the large chamber, revealing four stasis pod mounts as Ken,

Lewis, and William walk in. The glass of the statis pods appears to be missing. Above

where the pods should be located, plaques read "Alpha Male, Riddick," Alpha Male, Killer

of Men," Alpha Female, Zylia," and "Alpha Female, Kartok." Several "emitters" along a

raised, circular area of the floor illuminate, and a very real image of a strikingly beautiful

and stern female appears: she says, "Turn around - what do you want?" Nufae talks to

her, and she reveals that her name is Shirah, and that they are "on Furia," but that

another called this place Epsilon - one by the name of Carl Barlow - who temporarily

disabled Shirah's systems and stole the stasis pods.Further conversation reveals that the

"Dark Ones" are called the Necromongers, and that they know of the Xel'naga (who

Shirah references as "ancient ones"), amongst other things. Shirah does not have a good

conversation with Wetal, whom she feels was disrespectful, but does think Nufae to be

"an ambassador of [her] people." However, Shirah continues to seemingly push Jessian.

and she pushes back; this line of conversation continues for a bit, and her terminal goes

dark; she then moves to plant a spider mine on the fusion reactor. Lewis looks distraught

at...something...and yells at Wetal to stop. She then storms out of the Command Center.

Everyone eventually meets at the central hub, heading back to the Gate. Marcus soons

opens the Gate; Nufae introduces him to "the Furian Ambassador." They have a lengthy

conversation, then agree on landing coordinates just outside the facility, where the

President and his entourage will eventually depart from. Having already folded there,

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William sets up a picnic on a thermal blanket. On the long walk up the two mile-long

corridor to the outside, Lewis makes a rather bold and hasty move - he kisses Jessian! To

his suprise, she returns the favor in spades. As soon as the moment ends, they both

rather awkwardly move quickly.

Marcus has Ernie and Lewis accompany him to escort "the brass" through the gate and

over to greet Shirah - a duty Lewis is very happy to perform right now.

Episode 2.04 "Mr. Hawk, I Presume? - Part 2"

01/28/11

Director: Josh Grumble

Cast: Marcus Daskar, Nufae Daskar, Dr. Ken Nobuyoshi, Anthony Lewis, Ernie

Mazziferri, Xavier Grey, William Rowe III; CDR Jessian Wetal, Janice Lang, Ishtar Gate

Facility Sergeant, Lucifer Hawk

Date: 06.09.2094

Synopsis: The team continues to investigate what is apparently the original Dark Unitdiscovered

Dimensional Gate in an old facility on Earth. Marcus soon turns his attention to

the large set of doors in the facility, which appear to be the only way out besides the two

large tubular elevators. He opens the doors to reveal a perfectly-shaped "corridor" of ice,

leading up, which appears to stretch off for several miles. Deciding not to go this direction,

he closes the doors and locks the controls. The team then moves to the left-side elevator.

Meanwhile, William inspects the old mecha to the right, which seem to have no power and

are nonfunctional; Marcus walks back near the gate to the left, inspecting some old

shelving and crates, but finds nothing of use. Jessian receives an emergency

communication from her chain of command, and excuses herself, leaving through the

Gate and back to Ishtar where she is picked up by a military transport.

Xavier walks back towards the direction of the now-active Gate, and notices that a lone,

black CVR-clad figure stands across from the team in the Ishtar facility. He is holding two

large cases. Xavier initially brings up his weapon, but within a few seconds, the figure's

IFF signal comes across the team's radar - it is Ken!

Ken passes through the Gate and shows off what he is carrying - and explains what he

has been doing for the past five days: he has been putting the finishing touches on

Personal Fold Generators, which he gives to everyone. These replace a part of the CVR

utility belt; there is also an update that is applied to the internal sensory equipment in the

helmet. He demonstrates its effects by folding app. 20' away from them within the room.

He also shows that his CVR armor is unique, as he changes the outer coloration to match

the rest of the team's armor. The team takes some time to discuss these fold generators;

Ken and Janice warn against any exotic uses of the equipment. Janice makes an

observation that the air is now breathable, and gets a very cold first experience with 15

degree temperatures.

With the tech conversations out of the way, Marcus and the team explore the elevator to

the right. Entering the lift, he presses the "up" button, and the lift starts climbing. Before

the lift climbs to high, he finds an access hatch above, and flies up to check it out,

revealing a shaft climbing several miles above. He decides to go back down and check

out the other elevator, taking it up. After about 11 minutes or so, the elevator comes to a

stop, and the doors open slightly, revealing a cavern of ice and a bit of light coming

through an opening ahead. They have also discovered that they are, in fact, at the South

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Pole.

Marcus and Xavier pry open the doors, and the team makes their way into the small

cavern, through the opening, and into the cold Antarctic summer air. To their west, they

can make out the remains of some sort of facility, which after trekking a couple of miles to

it, discover it to be the old Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. The team investigates the

facility for nearly 30 minutes and then return to the elevator heading back down. They

check out the second elevator, realizing it leads up as well, but no to the same cavern as

the other one; it is, however, nearby. Returning to the Gate facility underground, Marcus

requests a team of mechanics come in with heavy equipment to move the VFs and extract

the black boxes; two hours later, they arrive at around 1500 hours. Marcus stays to keep

the Gate activated and oversee the operation.

The rest of the crew return to the Brokko on Ishtar, waiting for the mechanic team to finish

their work. From 1300 hrs - 1700 hrs, various conversations take place. Xavier once again

attempts to talk to Janice, who becomes upset at something he says. Ken walks into the

galley to hear the very end of their conversation, and he and Xavier discuss their

fundamental differences and how it relates to her; Nufae enters the scene later and adds

her perspective. Janice then has a "heart to heart" talk with Nufae, and receives some

relationship advice. During this time, Marcus fills in William on just about everything they

have ran into over the past several years, including some classified Dark Unit missions.

With the mechanic team finishing up their work (the black boxes were found to be

removed), Nufae makes a pasta dinner for everyone; Janice is curiously absent from the

galley. As they are sitting down to eat, Marcus receives a recorded priority message from

Dr. Lang. The message is rather short: "Mr Daskar, the ADF 8th recon fleet has found

something intriguing" - along with some video showing the Altair System...and a Super

Gate, hanging in space! Just in front of the Gate, a nebula-like gas cloud is issuing forth,

and as the shot pans around, a highly-damaged quarter of a Dhiveni Space Hive is seen -

one that is highly familiar to Marcus and Nufae. Looking inside the ring, a hellish image

can be viewed: a large settlement, everything burning and on fire, including several ships.

After 20 seconds, the imagery fuzzes out. Marcus quickly calls Dr. Lang, only to get his

voicemail. As he ends his phone call, footsteps are heard coming down to the galley; as

Marcus and the others turn, they see a man - not someone on their crew - walking casually

towards them...it is Lucifer Hawk. Everyone seems too stunned to talk.

The "man" known as Lucifer Hawk simply sits down at the table and talks to Marcus; as he

does so, he attempts to eat some food, but spits it up as a pasty, grey ash. Hawk seems

to know who Rowe is; he also relays to Marcus that they have "opened a Pandora's

box....long ago" and that one of his crew isn't telling the truth, that their "real boss" has

another agenda. He gets up to walk back up to the Lounge, and Marcus attempts to

follow; however, Hawk has already disappeared at the top of the steps.

William leaves quickly, heading to his room, and ends up sending a subspace message to

his parents. Marcus now becomes paranoid, asking everyone what they have been doing

over the last several years, particularly William. Ken also states that it is not a secret that

Dr. Lang has another agenda. Lewis is looking anxious about the whole situation; he

mentions that "this whole thing is messed up." Nufae inadvertently sets him off with an

earlier comment about his "shady" background; Marcus reiterates that his character isn't

in question, but Lewis excuses himself anyway. Marcus apologizes for being accusatory

and also leaves them with very serious statement - that if he is being betrayed, he will end

them.

Episode 2.03 "Mr. Hawk, I Presume? - Part 1"

01/21/11

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Director: Josh Grumble

Cast: Marcus Daskar, Nufae Daskar, CDR Jessian Wetal, Anthony Lewis, Ernie

Mazziferri, Xavier Grey, William Rowe III; Dr. Ken Nobuyoshi, Janice Lang, Dr. Emil Lang,

Ishtar Gate Facility Sergeant, Lucifer Hawk

Date: 01.09.2094 - 06.09.2094

Synopsis: Around 1300 hrs, after the earlier events on Praxis, Dr. Lang calls Marcus and

crew to Cabell Outpost at Haydon IV, where the RRG has one of its three labs. There,

Lang first discusses with Marcus that, on future missions, they take more care in

preserving sites like what was found at Praxis; Lang reiterates that Janice is the science

officer for the team. They all discuss what exactly they may have found; their reactions to

the phenomena on the surface; and the implications of this discovery and how it relates to

Earth's history. The theory is put out that this site may in fact be the place where the split

of the "Invid All-Mother" occurred. It is revealed that Ken will be staying at Cabell Outpost

with Dr. Lang during their next mission. Ernie decides he is done with the conversation

and leaves. Wetal talks with Lang and the others about the Haydon planetoids; Lang

urges caution in any future dealings with these unknown, ancient machines, but Wetal

doesn't understand his hesitance. Lang is shocked to discover that Marcus never

mentioned that he was able to communicate with Haydon VI, and Marcus and Jessian

disagree over his withholding of information.

With the crew back on the ship, Wetal checks the Omniculture cells in their equipment and

finds that it was not affected by the events on Praxis. Meanwhile, Marcus, Nufae, William,

Ernie, and Xavier discuss various topics. William has an "interesting" encounter with

Janice, which he shares with the rest of the guys. Xavier asks Janice about her new body;

she replies with a rather playful response. Later, they all gather in the lounge and discuss

the Dimensional Gateways and the document containing the information; Janice helps

Marcus and the others discover more correlations with the data and possibly the

relationships between the "hub" and "standard" type gates. A decision is made to test

some of their theories regarding how the hubs are connected to other standard

gates. Janice confirms that, by the schematics, Haydon I and IV were the only ones

constructed with a Gateway inside.

Now it is app. 1600 hrs, and the Brokko is making way for Epsilon, where the crew gets

some R&R and drop Jessian off to see her daughter during her birthday. During these four

days, Ernie and William hang out and get into various bits of trouble (mainly of the Ernie

getting into trouble and William getting him OUT); Xavier has various degrees of luck with

his advertisements; and Janice and Lewis assist Marcus and Nufae on a large transport

run, getting some extra credits.

The Brokko arrives at Ishtar around 0700 on 06.09.2094; the ride into atmo is rather

rough, but Marcus is able to pull the ship out of the steep descent, arriving at the Gate

Facility. The archaeological team is now able to come in and begin there survey of Praxis.

Marcus makes the decision to check out the hub that is on Mars. They also attempt to use

DNA from Marcus to open the gate, but this doesn't work. Janice hums three crystal-clear

tones, and the image changes, revealing a strange, brightly-lit very alien room with a

hexagonal ceiling structure. The ROV enters, revealing the atmosphere to be breathable

with no other problems; the Gateway stands in the "middle" of the room, in pristine

condition. The team enters, with Marcus going last. However, everyone sees a strange,

opaque area form around where Marcus enters, and it disappears just as quickly with

Marcus falling to the ground, a bit stunned. Marcus relays to the group that he just had a

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"run in" with Lucifer Hawk, who he explains was a former Red Squadron member (and

someone that Wetal flew with), and that Hawk gave him a warning that they "shouldn't be

here." Marcus also shows the two times in the past that he (and Nufae) had encountered

Hawk, which is a bit...supernatural. As they all enter this chamber, the hexagonal ceiling

somehow opens up completely, revealing a red, Martian sky above them. Marcus then

has Janice quickly sound the tones for the Earth hub, and the image in the gate changes

again to reveal a dilapidated RDF facility, complete with old VF-1 series Veritech fighters,

VAF-6 Alphas, and even Southern Cross and REF-era equipment. The entire area is in

bad repair, the atmosphere is stale and unbreathable, and there are water leaks

everywhere. Marcus and Jessian put together that this is the first gate that Dark Unit

discovered under Antarctica. A thought enters Wetal's mind: how did Dark Unit activate

the gate over 30 years ago?

Janice leaves the group with another stunning piece of info: the image of the sky above

Mars would coincide with the year 2010 or 2011...