tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51248376029215402502024-03-13T04:55:42.665-07:00ScatteredxaqBazithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00719501789403374325noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124837602921540250.post-7836843422521923132008-12-05T15:01:00.001-08:002008-12-10T10:59:28.948-08:00Promotional posters<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xU543W2lx9w/SUARg774LxI/AAAAAAAAAd0/ddEMfk3IwTU/s1600-h/cover+layout.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 309px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xU543W2lx9w/SUARg774LxI/AAAAAAAAAd0/ddEMfk3IwTU/s400/cover+layout.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278238020820545298" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xU543W2lx9w/SUARg9BdxKI/AAAAAAAAAds/vB9yDnGjojM/s1600-h/covers.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 340px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_xU543W2lx9w/SUARg9BdxKI/AAAAAAAAAds/vB9yDnGjojM/s400/covers.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278238021112415394" /></a><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">general for promo art</span><br />For those working on promotional art, or looking to - I now need to assemble your powers. I have posted Character designs on the scadrd.blogspot.com, I have posted brief descriptions and thumbnails of what I thought the covers could be as well. So now I just need people to sign up to do the artwork, I want all styles! No one has claimed any yet but I will post a comment confirming the artists and covers they are working on under this wall post on facebook. The art should be proportionate to 6.5” wide x 7.5” tall (that’s in inches people). The whole show is supposed to have a retro-scifi feel if that helps any of you and so the covers are supposed to spoof or reference indirectly comic covers such as these,<br />http://class.georgiasouthern.edu/writ3030/PlanetStories.html<br />http://class.georgiasouthern.edu/writ3030/ThrillingWonderStories.html<br />http://class.georgiasouthern.edu/writ3030/ECScienceFiction.html<br />http://stlcomics.com/gallery/tftc22.jpg<br />http://stlcomics.com/gallery/tftc36.jpg<br />and in fact the layout of the promo posters will follow closely the layout of the last link with the large title bar across the top specifically, which is why the art is as constrained as it is (proportion wise). You should try to have the viewer caught in the midst of the action or major plot of that episode on the cover. If you need more explanation on this you can email me or if you need clarity on the situation during which the cover takes place you could just read the episode.<br /><br />Lastly to the artists, the art is not to be colored. Gray tones may be applied if they are zippatone/screentone/halftone dot patterns but these will be photocopied so grays and colors will become black. So keep it to black and white art, thanks and don’t forget to contact me before you start and tell me which one you would like to work on.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">here are the cover summaries.</span><br /><br />Episode 1: High speed chase between two hover cars. One of them morris is driving and Isaac is in the back seat freaking out. The other car has a man hanging out the window firing a machine-gun like laser weapon into the side of morris’ car. Or you could do the same thing but instead of the man shooting at morris’ car, morris’ car could be swiping and slamming into the villains’’ car, sending them hurdling towards the median.<br /><br />Episode 2: a kodukai alien is sticking his tongue out to lick aurorra’s face/ear. All the crew but graham is handcuffed with laser binders and on their knees. Liam could be trying to stop it but gets hit.<br /><br />Episode 3: the exodus and osotic’as ships are engaged in a dogfight but the bounty hunter’s ship (osotica’s ship) is destroying the exodus’ turrets.<br /><br />Episode 4: the crew of the vanguard stand face to face with the crew of the exodus.<br /><br />Episode 5: Bob is on the outside of the ship headed for the oxygen processor which is hooked up to an odd machine creating the gas inside the ship. But capt. Whitaker in a space suit stands between bob and his goal holding a shock stick.<br /><br />Episode 6: The side of the ship gets blown open and everyone is holding on for dear life to not get sucked out. Graham is holding onto isaac’s foot, who is holding onto gail ,who is slipping. They are one room in form the room that was blown open, Morris is reaching for the button to shut the door between the two rooms.<br />Or gail is reaching for the crew as they enter the ship, her suit is being torn apart by the mutants as a radioactive sun rises in the background.<br /><br />Episode 7: mutated crew members surround and jump down the narrow cavern walls to the bounty hunter who is holding tracking device, maybe he fires off a few shots.<br />Or Minerva glows as everyone in the ship floats.<br /><br />Episode 8: a bearded graham (on screen) is being overthrown by kodukai on the other end of a communication. On this end, Dylan is tranquilized and in the arms of either graham or a kodukai (pat-mok).<br /><br />Episode 9: The crew hold back graham as he grabs graham by the collar, ready to beat the shit out of him. The crew are on graham’s side.<br />Or Dylan barley standing is holding her throat, trying to point to graham. Liam is trying to help and is shocked, graham points to liam as if he is the culprit the crew are on his side, or graham is just looking evil and scheme-hatching.<br /><br />Episode 10: Isaac and bob, pushing Dylan in a chriochamber dive to avoid falling debris from the ceiling that the exodus’ laser cannons have shot out. Or seen from graham’s point of view in the turret shooting it out. They are headed into igsta (a nasa like government facility) with computers etc, on earth.<br />Or morris is going to press a button to send the signal to earth but graham pulls a gun on him, it can be shooting or not.<br />Or the exodus is shooting and destroying cop cars, which explode as they come around to corner of the igsta parking lot. We can see the jump gate.<br /><br />Episde 11. a wounded morris looks confused as he points the laser gun at what appears to be two liams rolling around wrestling. They may be pointing at one another as if to say, (he is the impostor).<br />Or briggs and quinn are handcuffed by laser binders to something in the room, cops and everyone else leave as tons of people bang/come through the windows, an angry mob ready to get their revenge.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"><br />here are the character designs to stick to.</span><br />issac<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xU543W2lx9w/STnwfuEv6GI/AAAAAAAAAdk/TKB1G-EmObA/s1600-h/Issacsmall.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 348px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xU543W2lx9w/STnwfuEv6GI/AAAAAAAAAdk/TKB1G-EmObA/s400/Issacsmall.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276512866175805538" /></a><br />graham<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xU543W2lx9w/STnwfnSaJ-I/AAAAAAAAAdc/1vx4hCiTnwk/s1600-h/Grahamsmall.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xU543W2lx9w/STnwfnSaJ-I/AAAAAAAAAdc/1vx4hCiTnwk/s400/Grahamsmall.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276512864354052066" /></a><br />dylan<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xU543W2lx9w/STnwfYCP_-I/AAAAAAAAAdU/wgIB1_ipJ7Q/s1600-h/Dylan_Spacesuits_small.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 274px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_xU543W2lx9w/STnwfYCP_-I/AAAAAAAAAdU/wgIB1_ipJ7Q/s400/Dylan_Spacesuits_small.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276512860259745762" /></a><br />bob<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xU543W2lx9w/STnwfR7NrFI/AAAAAAAAAdM/dsYfQ-g93qw/s1600-h/BOBsmall.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 310px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xU543W2lx9w/STnwfR7NrFI/AAAAAAAAAdM/dsYfQ-g93qw/s400/BOBsmall.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276512858619620434" /></a><br />osotica - the bounty hunter<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xU543W2lx9w/STmy6-Zn4LI/AAAAAAAAAc0/8oyhYhJUDN8/s1600-h/osotica.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 219px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xU543W2lx9w/STmy6-Zn4LI/AAAAAAAAAc0/8oyhYhJUDN8/s400/osotica.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276445164693872818" /></a><br />liam and morris<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xU543W2lx9w/STmy65D3BII/AAAAAAAAAcs/35Xf29oaj_I/s1600-h/liam+and+morris.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 335px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_xU543W2lx9w/STmy65D3BII/AAAAAAAAAcs/35Xf29oaj_I/s400/liam+and+morris.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276445163260413058" /></a><br />gail<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xU543W2lx9w/STmy6s-zI8I/AAAAAAAAAck/hl8EoNRpVAA/s1600-h/gail.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 149px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xU543W2lx9w/STmy6s-zI8I/AAAAAAAAAck/hl8EoNRpVAA/s400/gail.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276445160017961922" /></a><br />aurorra - she wears a pancho type thing with a hood to conceal the fact that she is pregnant. <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xU543W2lx9w/STmy6XE0VSI/AAAAAAAAAcc/La2GyNB7i8Y/s1600-h/aurora.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 229px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xU543W2lx9w/STmy6XE0VSI/AAAAAAAAAcc/La2GyNB7i8Y/s400/aurora.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5276445154137625890" /></a>xaqBazithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00719501789403374325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124837602921540250.post-28068929388737055452008-09-23T15:16:00.000-07:002008-09-23T15:29:37.798-07:00Terra Novus, Ep. 11 - The End?DJ: And now for our feature presentation of TERRA NOVUS: and original radio drama Created and presented by SCAD Radio Dramas (Scattered).<br /><br />SFX: Intro theme.<br />dj: last week on terra novus... <br /><br />Sfx: Lighting cracks, transition music.<br /><br />Morris: Are you out of your mind?<br /><br />Graham: You said “do something.”<br /><br />Morris: Yeah, something, I didn’t mean this.<br /><br />Dylan: (coming through the communicator full of static.) ... ifff– youuu -ca— hea... this. Send the.. Ignal. Do – –u cop–Y. We’re ready Morris, send the signal. <br /><br />Morris: Alright Isaac, don’t worry I’m going to go press the button now. <br /><br />Sfx: Morris walks over to the control panel as he talks. Start eerie double-crossing theme. <br /><br />Morris: There’s no way any of us are going to get out of this now Graham. You’ve doomed us all to a life behind bars. You’ve murdered policemen in cold blood. It won’t matter what we tell them now, were all going to be locked up.<br /><br />Graham: (sinisterly) I wouldn’t do that if I were you. <br /><br />Morris: Yeah, (scoffs) like I’m not going to press the button now that they’re ready for it, and throw away everything this mission has been building up to. (Chuckels) You kill me, you know that Graham.<br /><br />Sfx: music cuts off.<br /><br />Graham: well, since you asked me so nicely. <br /><br />Sfx: gun charges up.<br /><br />Morris: (Gasps)<br /><br />sfx: a laser gun fires, hitting Morris in the chest.<br /><br />Morris: Gkk-ah! <br /><br />Sfx: Thunder cracks and transition music. Music is intense, full of immediacy. <br /><br />Isaac: Come on, come on. What’s taking them so long?<br /><br />DYLAN: Maybe they didn’t get the signal, like in the other room. Better try again.<br /><br />Isaac: Sighs impatiently.<br /><br />Sfx: He presses the button on the communicator.<br /><br />Isaac: It’s now or never! Send the signal Morris! Send it –-<br /><br />sfx: She’s cut off by a sharp noise like a microphone giving feedback. Dylan and Isaac wince at the noise. Then a channel comes into tune from static.<br /><br />Graham: (over the communicator) I will never send your signal.<br /><br />Isaac: Graham? Graham is that you?<br /><br />Graham (over the communicator): I don’t know why you keep calling me Graham. When you should be calling me.. (voice changes and he morphs back into his true form) Pat-mok!<br /> <br />Dylan and Isaac: (Gasp!)<br /><br />SFX: Cliffhanger ending theme.<br /><br />Dj: And now what you’ve all been waiting for, the exciting conclusion, the final chapter of terra novus. Episode 11.<br /><br />PAT-MOK: In a few moments I will fire on the jump gate with the ship’s turrets and destroy it.<br /><br />Dylan: But then there wouldn’t be another jumpgate to create the worm hole to. You would be leaving all those helpless terra formers up there to die. <br /><br />PAT-MOK: Helpless? Helpless?!! They didn’t’ look so helpless when they were murdering my brothers and sisters, my wife and my children. They didn’t look so helpless then! They didn’t look so helpless when they tried to exterminate my entire species and take over our planet, an indigenous species, and then turn around and call it your own, call it your home, call it Terra Novus. Where’s your sense of manners. Do you all just take what you want, everything’s yours if you can kill to have it? But wait, it’s just in your “human’s nature” isn’t it. Your history holds countless examples of how you’ve done it time and time again. If we hadn’t thought that your species would destroy itself before it ever made it to space travel, we probably wouldn’t have been so surprised. I’ll bet your surprised. I was. (Start fading out, making him in the background) Everything was going according to plan, you were all so oblivious to it all. You humans always try to see the best in people, make them out to be heroes even when they’re obviously not. <br /><br />Morris: (grunts as he tries to pull himself up to his feet) Got.. To .. Get to.. Liam. Let.. Him .. Out. He’s our.. Only , hope... ngh. <br /><br />sfx: Transition music, a door opens.<br /><br />Morris: Liam..<br /><br />Sfx: Falls to the floor. <br /><br />Morris: Ngh! (Sighs)<br /><br />liam: Morris, are you alright? What happened?<br /><br />Morris: (Winces as he pulls himself up and struggles to press the button.)<br /><br />Sfx: Pushes button, the electricity stops on his cell and the door opens. Start compassionate mourning music. Almost like redemption music. <br /><br />Liam: You’re..? you’re letting me out? I thought....<br /><br />Morris: (Panting and exhausted, wheezing and coughing up blood) You were right. It was Graham, he’s not who he says he is, he’s some sort of alien. The bastard shot me in the back as I was trying to press the button.<br /><br />Liam: What button? What are you talking about?<br /><br />Morris: For the signal, it’s on the main console. You have.. To press the button send .. end the signal for Isaac.<br /><br />Liam: Alright I’ll press it, right after I get you some help. <br /><br />Morris: No! The button first, then you can come back for me.<br /><br />Liam: But I–<br /><br />Morris: Go!<br /><br />Liam: (Sighs) I’ll be back for you!<br /><br />Morris: Go get’em kid. (Coughs painfully)<br /><br />SFX: Transition music<br /><br />PAT-MOK: And then Dylan had to go and fix that damn transceiver right as the real Graham tried to contact her. After that I was sure it was over, I was just going to have to come out and kill you all right then and there. And then I remembered the doctor, Liam. He couldn’t read - and he suddenly became the perfect scapegoat for all my doings.<br /><br />LIAM: Read my lips you backstabbing Judas, the buck stops here!<br /><br />SFX: start action music. Punches him, he falls to the floor. <br /><br />PAT-MOK: Ungh! You? How’d you - Eh, no matter.<br /><br />SFX: Charges his gun<br /><br />PAT-MOK: at least I’m not stupid enough to bring a knife to a-<br /><br />SFX: Liam runs over and punches him again. The two wrestle, both struggling. Liam starts slamming his gun into the wall repeatedly.<br /><br />LIAM: You’re slacking off on the job old boy, you were supposed to be watching ME!<br /><br />PAT-MOK: What are you doing?<br /><br />SFX: Drops gun which slides across the floor.<br /><br />PAT-MOK: My gun? (Sighs) Do you really think you could beat me, a doctor against a Kodukai Warrior?<br /><br />Sfx: music cuts out.<br /><br />MORRIS: No, (coughs) but I can. <br /><br />SFX: Picks up the fallen gun and charges it.<br /><br />PAT-MOK: (his voice goes from Pat-mok’s to Liam’s) Ah, but can beat...<br /><br />Sfx: Morphs into Liam. <br /><br />PAT-MOK: Your friend?<br /><br />Sfx: start confusing chaotic action music. <br /><br />MORRIS: (in his head) What? He changed himself to look like Liam, I can’t tell which one’s which.<br /><br />SFX: Struggle.<br /><br />Morris: Stop rolling around I’m losing track of the real you. <br /><br />PAT-MOK (as voiced by Liam): It’s him.<br /><br />LIAM: No, he’s the imposter, it’s really him.<br /><br />PAT-MOK (as voiced by Liam): I am not, you are. <br /><br />Liam: No you ar– (starts choking)<br /><br />PAT-MOK (as voiced by Liam): Oh shut up will you. Quick here’s your chance shoot him, shoot him now. <br /><br />Morris: But how do I know it’s you? How do I know you’re not really him?<br /><br />PAT-MOK (as voiced by Liam): Look at me, I am him?<br /><br />Morris: I thought so.<br /><br />Sfx: music cuts out. Laser gun blasts one of them.<br /><br />PAT-MOK (as voiced by Liam): (Grunts in pain as his voice returns to that of Pat-mok.)<br /><br />Sfx: He stumbles back and trips into a chriochamber, which closes on him. <br /><br />Pat-mok: Ugh.. What, no!<br /><br />Morris: If you were the real Graham, you’d be yourself not “him.”<br /><br />Pat-mok: (Muffled from inside the chamber) No! Nooooooooo - (fades off)<br /><br />sfx: The chamber beeps and the process starts just like with Dylan until he is chriosleep.<br /><br />Liam: Jolly good timing, Morris. Morris? <br /><br />Sfx: Start sad emotional hero death music. Morris drops the gun and falls to the floor. Liam runs over. Also start a slowly heartbeat noise that is slowing down in the background.<br /><br />Liam: Morris?<br /><br />Sfx: He picks his head up and holds it in his arms. His heart beats loudly.<br /><br />Liam: You’re going to be alright, let me just run to the medlab and get some things-<br /><br />MORRIS: No. <br /><br />LIAM: But,, why. I need to act quick so I can—<br /><br />Sfx: Music changes to different variation of theme. More accepting of death. <br /><br />MORRIS: (Breathing heavy and coughing, he talks softly) No. I don’t deserve someone to save me. I wanted the same thing they did, to sell the location off to the highest bidder. Always wanted to make an extra buck, as dishonestly as I could. Speaking of saving - when that android 808, Bob, gets back tell him “thank you” for me. For all of us, he really saved our ass after that explosion back with the other ship, even now. I want him to know. I want them all to know - those of them that are left, that I appreciate them,... never got to tell them... too stubborn. <br /><br />Liam: Shh, shh shh, it’s okay I’ll tell him just let me go, I can’t stop this bleeding. I can still get to the --<br /><br />MORRIS: Wait, I’m not finished. I want you to have it, I want you to have my space station. Hell if this thing is still together when this is all over sell it too. I know you took this job to pay off your gambling debts, and I told you I would pay you. So take it, it was my only love. Sell my love so that you can save yours. Save your family. (pause, coughs) I wish I had had a family.<br /><br />Sfx: music gets tender.<br /><br />LIAM: You still can, just-<br /><br />MORRIS: no, take the hanger, I won’t need it where I’m going.<br /><br />LIAM: No. (Starts to sob) you’re not going anywhere. Don’t-<br /><br />MORRIS: (sighs his last breath-).<br /><br />Sfx: the heartbeat gets louder for the last few seconds. The heart beats one final time then stops. <br /><br />LIAM: don’t go. Don’t go!!! no! (Starts crying)<br /><br />SFX: fade out to transition music. Cops are banging on the door. Dylan pushes the button on the communicator.<br /><br />DYLAN: Send the signal, push the button - somebody! Anybody! Can anyone hear me?!<br /><br />Isaac: (Struggles to keep the door shut as they over power him) Rrrrr–<br /><br />sfx: the cops blow the door down.<br /><br />Isaac: ahhh.<br /><br />SFX: Isaac goes stumbling across the floor and falls near Dylan.<br /><br />COPS: Freeze!<br /><br />Sfx: their guns charge up as if ready to fire on them and then we hear a cell phone go off.<br /><br />COP 1: What’s that?<br /><br />COP 2: It’s my cellphone sir.<br /><br />SFX: Then all the cops walkies talkies turn on. The tv’s turn on, the intercom turns on, all the computer screens go to the signal. <br /><br />THE SIGNAL: this is an emergency broadcast across all stations, all forms of media, everything. Everyone must know what is going on behind your eyes, with your money.<br /><br />COP 1: What’s going on? <br /><br />COP 2: Who’s doing this?<br /><br />DYLAN: It worked, someone heard us up there and sent the signal.<br /><br />ISAAC: It worked. (Dylan kisses him) Whoa.<br /><br />SFX: Now cut between different major cities ambient background noises, with people talking in those languages quietly. Time square, Beijing, South America, Germany, India, Africa - as many different locations as we can find foreign speaking students who can translate this message and then cut between them. <br /><br />THE SIGNAL: IGSTA, the Inter-galactic Space Travel Association has for some 10 years now found and been in the process of terraforming another planet while deceiving the rest of the population into thinking they were still looking for a planet at all, in an effort to drive up the price of dwindling goods back here on earth. Were they going to tell us when they were finished? If you had the money they were. This is a map showing the location of what is commonly referred to as a jump gate, a technology stolen from the indigenous population of Terra Novus, known as the Kodukai, and then reverse engineered in an effort to cut travel charges and better hide their activities. IGSTA ordered and carried out their mission of killing almost every man woman and child that lived on this planet to make it seem as though we had landed on an uncharted planet, but we didn’t. The Jump gate here on earth creates a worm hole between it and its counterpart on Terra Novus and has now been locked open, so that all who wish to travel freely to this new planet may do so immediately. A copy of Edward Burgos’ space logs has been sent to every major company in the world, describing every event that took place from the planet’s discovery to its cover up - leading up to his death. As well as this video recorded by IGSTA android 808, who was on Terra Novus when he accidentally caught this scene on his data recorders while on Terra Novus.<br /><br />Cop 1: Look, the tv. <br /><br />BRIGGS (IGSTA VICE PRESIDENT): Hey that’s me. How did they - you told me you’d erase it.<br /><br />QUINN: The 808 android was stolen before we could do it.<br /><br />VIDEO (over the tv):<br />SFX: Man walks into a room and shuts the door behind him.<br /><br />BRIGGS: What’s that thing doing here. <br /><br />QUINN (CHIEF ROBITICS ENGINEER: Don’t worry it’s off, what did you need to talk to me about. <br /><br />BRIGGS: Do you have any idea what could happen if this got out? There’s no telling what they would do to us, the company. It could bring down everything. .<br /><br />QUINN: There also no limit to how rich we could be either. And besides it’s not getting out. And if things do happen to get too hot, we can always just hitch a ride through the worm hole and destroy the gate behind us from our side. Just live out the rest of our lives there, just like a desert island. The only ones that would know would be the terraformers. We’ve already got enough supplies to sustain us for years and the terraformers have everything they or we could need. <br /><br />BRIGGS: So if we can play our card right we can have our cake and eat it too. Live like kings on our own planet.<br /><br />QUINN: Filthy stinking rich.<br /><br />BRIGGS: Especially after we send up that next search mission and make things seem more desperate, two search missions - and I don’t think this one is coming back either.<br /><br />SFX: (Both laugh.)<br /><br />BRIGGS: yeah, it took a chunk of change though to pay those guys off, retirement, and keep their families quiet. That kind of silence doesn’t come cheap.<br /><br />QUINN: You’re not thinking of the big picture here. That was pennies compared to what were going to be making.<br /><br />BOB: I do not understand. Father Quinn, Chief robotics engineer, (pause) IGSTA Vice President Briggs. Please explain. <br /><br />BRIGGS: Oh shit, I thought you told me he was off. <br /><br />QUINN: I thought he was! (Sighs) Ah it’s alright. I’ll have one of my technicians erase his memory banks later, and for now we can bug him with a tracking beacon that will block his neural-inhibitors, so he’ll think he can’t remember. Nobody will ever know what we’ve done. And no one will be able to get him to court to use for evidence without us knowing, and trust me if they do take him they wont be making it to court. <br /><br />BRIGGS: Well, turn him off anyway... he’s giving me the creeps. <br /><br />Sfx: Reaches over and switches him off.<br /><br />Sfx: end video.<br /><br />BRIGGS: Just what the hell is going on?!<br /><br />Sfx: Start dark heroic music, like a revolution, uprising, revolt. Etc, the truth is out. <br /><br />ISAAC: It’s on your cell phones, your radios, tvs, computers and emails. It is everywhere and there is no one with even the most basic of technology at this point that didn’t just hear that message, that didn’t just hear the truth. There’s no more hiding, no more lying. You’ve been trying to keep the people of the world desperate and dumb to your actions. Keep them so caught up in fighting each other over the last loaf of bread, that they wouldn’t have time stand together and revolt against the real threat - you. Well now they know, and it’s only a matter of time before they revolt.<br /><br />BRIGGS: You stupid kid. You think they’ll believe you. Believe this, this video. An illegal broadcast with no credible sources, where’s the proof. Where did you get that video and where is the original. Who will testify against me?<br /><br />Bob: I will.<br /><br />QUINN: 808?<br /><br />COP 1: Sir?<br /><br />QUINN: It doesn’t matter, the world is run by money. No one is stupid enough to go through with persecuting me, with believing this. You’d undermine the global economy. Without which we’ll never have the money to finish the terraforming project, or keep fighting the Kodukai. <br /><br />COP 2: Sir. <br /><br />QUINN: Not now.<br /><br />COP 1: Sir<br /><br />QUINN: What! What is it!<br /><br />COP 1: I think you should have a look at this. <br /><br />SFX: He pushes back the shades. We can hear a crowd outside against a chain link fence. Start truly heroic theme. <br /><br />Quinn: (Gasps) Oh my god, look at all those people, thousands of them, trying to push they’re way in.<br /><br />Isaac: Tell it to them, tell it to the people you lied to. Oh yeah and one more thing, did you say “finish.”<br /><br />QUINN: What? No, I didn’t say that?<br /><br />ISAAC: I believe you did. <br /><br />SFX: Presses button and starts rewinding tape<br /><br />ISAAC: You know, you were right I didn’t have all the evidence I needed. But you just handed me the last nail for your own coffin. <br /><br />QUINN: What do you mean?<br /><br />BRIGGS: I didn’t say that, I’m leaving.<br /><br />COP 1: Not so fast. Let the kid finish.<br /> <br />SFX: The cop laser binds him to a table. Isaac hits play.<br /><br />ISAAC: The whole world’s been watching you ever since you set foot in this room.<br /><br />AUDIO RECORD: “No one is stupid enough to go through with persecuting me, with believing this. You’d undermine the global economy. Without which we’ll never have the money to finish the terraforming project.”<br /><br />ISAAC: I believe you have to start something before you can finish it isn’t that right?<br /><br />QUINN: (nervous) Well, I uh.<br /><br />BOB: I believe so.<br /><br />Isaac: So am I to understand when you said finish you meant that you had already stated the terraforming project on Terra Novus?<br /><br />QUINN: No, I uh.. <br /><br />BRIGGS: Ah shut up Quinn, (under his breath, angrily) Now you listen to me you little brat. If you let them through, they’ll die, we don’t have the resources on the Terra Novus yet to support that many people - you’ll be sending them to their graves. The planet is still at war with the Kodukai and the jump gate (which you so nobly made a publicly known location) will be a major target for terrorist groups, you’ve bottle necked the words entire population for them. It will be like shooting fish in a barrel. Not to mention there’s no way to regulate this sort of thing, we’ve never even dealt with inter-stellar immigration on a global scale like this before. You’ve wrecked everything. Their blood will be on your hands. <br /><br />Sfx: start final closing heroic theme. <br /><br />Isaac: No I’ve wrecked your money making scheme, I’ve exposed you. And you want to talk about blood, how about the blood of all the Kodukai you gave the orders to murder when you went to Terra Novus. What about them? And how many people have you lied to, how many have you deceived. Have you told these policemen you’re with what you are doing. Were they going to be allowed to go too? Is there anybody who wouldn’t leave you alone to rot and be beaten to death by that mob outside to save their homes, lives and families, to leave now that they know of Terra Novus? (pause) I don’t think so.<br /><br />Sfx: Undoes his gun and helmet and sets them on the floor. <br /><br />COP 1: He’s right. I don’t want to die on this planet. I don’t want to fight those people. (Scoffs) You’re scum, you might have paid my bills for a while but I can’t do this anymore. Not for any price, not now that I know what’s really going on. I’m with this guy.<br /><br />Cop 2: Me too.<br /><br />Sfx: The rest of the police all lay down their arms and join in with Isaac, saying “Me too.”<br /><br />QUINN: Hey wait, don’t leave. Aren’t you going to protect me? Aren’t my guards going to guard me.<br /><br />BRIGGS: Where are you going?<br /><br />COP 1: (pause) To pack.<br /><br />QUINN: Don’t leave me.<br /><br />COP 1: Don’t worry, you see all those people out side, they won’t let you get lonely. And no, I’m not going to protect you, no one could. Congratulations, you’ve just become the most wanted man in America, nay, the world.<br /><br />SFX: Lazer cuffs him to the table.<br /><br />COP 1: Com’on Mr. Mr, what did you say your name was again.<br /><br />ISAAC: Burgos, Isaac Burgos.<br /><br />COP 1: Alright Mr. Burgos, lets get you and this robot out of here before it gets ugly, so that you can testify against him. I’m sure there’s quite a few people that were on the take from him and they’re not going to be too happy right about now, since that you’ve let the cat out of the bag. <br /><br />ISAAC: Alright.<br /><br />BRIGGS: No, You can’t. Don’t leave me. <br /><br />QUINN: Please, I’ll do anything. Pay you anything.<br /><br />COP 2: Your money’s worthless now. All the money in the world couldn’t save you from them.<br /><br />Sfx: yelling, the crowd gets louder and louder until they come breaking in through the windows.<br /><br />Quinn and Briggs: No, No, Nooooooo!!!!!<br /><br />SFX: Cliffhanger ending theme closing with a final theme.<br /><br />This episode featured the talents of <br />Writer: _________<br />And featuring the voices of (actors say their name): ________<br />Music and Sound FX by: __________<br />Mixed by:_______<br />This has been a presentation of SCAD Radio Dramas, tune in for news about the all new Terra Novus: Season 2: The only thing harder than finding Terra Novus, will be keeping the path to it open and safe. Coming soon, here on SCAD RADIO. For more information on this and other upcoming shows join the Scattered facebook group – that’s SCAD-RD, s-c-a-d-r-d, savannah college of art and design radio dramas, on facebook.xaqBazithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00719501789403374325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124837602921540250.post-20619365052895016552008-09-23T15:15:00.000-07:002008-09-23T15:16:30.981-07:00Terra Novus, Ep. 10 - MalpracticeDJ: And now for our feature presentation of TERRA NOVUS: and original radio drama Created and presented by SCAD Radio Dramas (Scattered).<br /><br />SFX: Intro theme.<br />dj: last week on terra novous...<br />Sfx: Morris walks up. Start a manipulative evil theme. <br /><br />Morris: What’s going on here? What’s wrong with Dylan. God, Graham you look like hell, which side of that laser turret were you on?<br /><br />Graham: It’s Liam sir. He’s trying to sabotage the mission. First he shot down Aurora’s ship, I tried to stop him but he beat me down. Then he gave Dylan pills he knew she was allergic to, I was there.<br /><br />Liam: What!? I.. You shot down Aurora’s ship.<br /><br />Graham: I was giving her cover fire just fine until you came over and started hitting me, causing me to lose control of my turret. <br /><br />Sfx: Music gets tense, fast paced.<br /><br />Morris: Is this true Liam? Did you..<br /><br />Liam: (Stammering) No, I mean.. I didn’t mean to.. He started it, he was trying to -<br /><br />Dylan: Breathing gets worse. She begins to choke.<br /><br />Dylan: (in her head, increase reverb) Morris, Graham did it. He did everything, don’t listen to him. He’s an alien imposter. Liam’s innocent.<br /><br />(Cut to)<br /><br />Morris: Can’t we get her to sick bay and do something?<br /><br />Graham: No, wait. He gave her the wrong medication, I think he’s trying to kill her sir. Don’t put her back in the hands of that monster!<br /><br />Liam: Monster! You’re the one who..<br /><br />Morris: Liam!<br /><br />Sfx: music cuts out.<br /><br />Liam: What?<br /><br />Morris: Did you?<br /><br />Sfx: music comes in sad for Liam. It’s tragic how he is being betrayed, this man is turning the whole crew against him. <br /><br />Liam: Well.. I - if he hadn’t spilled the pills all over the place I wouldn’t have had a hard time trying to figure out which one was which.<br /><br />Morris: Don’t they have some sort of symbol you could recognize, a letter to differentiate them from -<br /><br />Graham: He’s illiterate sir, He can’t read of write. Not even to save her life. <br /><br />Sfx: start sad plot point theme. <br /><br />Morris: What’s this, an illiterate doctor? In charge of my crew’s safety. <br /><br />Liam: I can too, I was.. Learning.<br /><br />Morris: Learning?<br /><br />Liam: (breathing faster) I–<br /><br />Morris: Save it. Lock him in the barracks until we have more time to question him. <br /><br />Dylan: (in her head) The barracks? But he’s the...<br /><br />Dylan: (In her head) No! Liam, tell them. Wait, even you don’t know that he’s a shape shifter. No one but I do but I can’t tell anyone... I can’t breathe. I can’t breathe!<br /><br />Dylan: (coughing, gasping, choking! Faints) <br /><br />SFX: music gets concerned for her. Dylan falls to the floor unconscious. <br /><br />Liam: Dylan!<br /><br />Morris: Get him in the barracks before he gets someone else hurt.<br /><br />Graham: It would be my pleasure.<br /><br />SFX: Cliffhanger ending theme.<br /><br />Dj: And now for the continuation of terra novus. Episode 10.<br /><br />Morris: What do we do about her? I don’t know how to help her and we don’t have the time figure it out. <br /><br />Isaac: Freeze her.<br /><br />Morris: What?<br /><br />Isaac: Use the chriosleep station. It will put her in a state of suspended animation and give us time to figure out what to do.<br /><br />Dylan (in her head): No! Isaac, if you freeze me I’ll never get to tell you about Graham. He’s going to take over the ship! <br /><br />Morris: Show me what to do. <br /><br />SFX: Transition music<br /><br />ISAAC: (Grunting as he carries her) watch her head, here, hold her for a second. I got to get the door. <br /><br />Sfx: hits a button and a large piston operated door opens to the chamber, gas comes out. <br /><br />MORRIS: Shivvers, it’s cold.<br /><br />ISAAC: It will be safe. Come on help me lay her down. (Grunt)<br /><br />sfx: lay her down. Sigh once they let her go.<br /><br />ISAAC: Okay, now stand back. <br /><br />SFX: Chamber shuts.<br /><br />ISAAC: Okay here we go.<br /><br /><br />Sfx: presses a few buttons and the gas pours into the chamber and pressurizes and squeaks like Darth Vader’s helmet. The hissing stops and a beep indicates the process is complete. <br /><br />MORRIS: Now what? <br /><br />ISAAC: It’s done. She’s safe. The question is what do we do? We’ve got a dead pilot and her new born, a stolen android, a doctor imprisoned for possible malpractice, and a communications engineer in chrio-sleep, what else could possibly happen?<br /><br />MORRIS: I guess it’s back to earth. You were right when you said it was their right to know what’s going on up here. (Sighs) Even if I don’t receive a single republic credit from it. <br /><br />ISAAC: See now That’s what I’m talking about, I knew you’d finally come around. <br /><br />Morris: (Scoffs) yeah, I knew it was the right thing to do all along. It just so happened to be the hard thing to do, also. <br /><br />Isaac: It usually is.<br /><br />Morris: Watch it, your starting to sound like your old man.<br /><br />Isaac: (Chuckles.)<br /><br />SFX: transition music. Then dark sad music.<br /><br />Graham: Get in there!<br /><br />Sfx: Graham throws Liam into a corner. Graham then shuts a creaks gate which sizzles with electricity. <br /><br />Liam: You got a lot of guts pulling that stunt up there. (Panting) What happened, did Dylan catch on to you too, is that why you gave her the wrong pills? To shut her up. (Scoffs) You’ll never get away with this.<br /><br />graham: My boy, I’ve already managed to get three members of your crew including you out of my way, what makes you think I would have problems with these last two? Besides I don’t have to “get away with it” I just have foil their plans long enough to make sure your crew does not succeed.<br /><br />Liam: Why? Why are you doing this? Who are you?<br /><br />Graham: Not who, but (in alien voice) what!<br /><br />Sfx: Liam gets up and runs at him.<br /><br />Liam: Why you -<br /><br />SFX: the cell electrocutes and burns his hands.<br /><br />Liam: Nuuugh! My hands, (panting in pain and desperation) A laser cell.<br /><br />Graham: Just a precaution to make sure you don’t try anything while I’m gone. Wouldn’t want you pulling anymore of that hero bullshit you seemed to have developed the backbone for recently.<br /><br />SFX: Door opens and Isaac and Morris walk in. <br /><br />Morris: Everything alright.<br /><br />Liam : Quite alright captain, he resisted - as usual - but not to worry, I was in control - as usual. <br /><br />Morris: (suspiciously) uh huh? Can I have a word with you outside for a minute?<br /><br />LIAM: Sure thing.<br /><br />MORRIS: Isaac you can keep an eye on him can’t you.<br /><br />ISAAC: Yes Captain.<br /><br />SFX: Graham starts walking, then stops.<br /><br />Liam: Oh yeah, and Isaac don’t believe anything he tells you. He’d say anything to get out of there. <br /><br />SFX: Morris and Graham walk out and the door shuts. Music becomes sympathetic and with anticipation – like it is a necessity to be quick. <br /><br />Liam: You gota’ get me out of here, he’s mad. Insane.<br /><br />ISAAC: What, Graham? Look he’s not my favorite guy either but...<br /><br />LIAM: No. You don’t understand, he’s not right. He’s not the same person who we started this mission with.<br /><br />ISAAC: Hey, I’ve changed, what’s the big deal? We all have. (Swallows hard) Those of us that are left. (Sighs.) <br /><br />LIAM: No. I mean he’s not Graham. He’s...<br /><br />Isaac: He’s what? (Waits) What? <br /><br />Liam: I don’t know, he’s something else.<br /><br />Isaac: Look if you know something tell me, if not, then stop wasting my time with your guilt-ridden theories of why I shouldn’t trust “another” one of my crew just because you feel bad that Aurora’s gone.<br /><br />Liam: Alright I don’t know what he is, I don’t have any proof. But I think Dylan did, that’s why Graham switched her medication. <br /><br />Isaac: Wait a second, are you saying-<br /><br />Liam: You might not believe me, you might not take my word for it - why should you. You barley know me, but I know you know and trust Dylan.<br /><br />Isaac: (Sighs impatiently) <br /><br />Liam: Use the jumpgate so you can get to earth fast, get her help and get her out of chriosleep. Keep her safe, I think she knows more than either of us about just how far down the rabbit hole we really are.<br /><br />Isaac: (Sighs)<br /><br />Liam: Oh and one more thing. Don’t leave Graham in charge of anything important, if you believe me at all even if its just a little bit, don’t let him put the mission in jeopardy, (emphasizing every word) don’t - leave Graham - in charge.<br /><br />Isaac: I’ll take care of it.<br /><br />Sfx: transition music.<br /><br />MORRIS: Alright are we ready to do this thing?<br /><br />Graham: All right, lets just go over it one more time. Isaac you’re taking BOB to the planet’s surface, and you’re going to try to break into IGSTA and hack into their global satellite system. <br /><br />Isaac: Well, more or less. Bob will do the “hacking,” he says after the beacon was removed he was able to recover passwords and clearance codes from before he was decommissioned. <br /><br />Morris: Let’s hope they’re still good. <br /><br />GRAHAM: Meanwhile, we’ll jam the control panel stay open so they can’t shut it down and deny it and when you give the signal I press the button –<br /><br />Isaac: Well, maybe Morris should do it. Maybe, you can just monitor Liam - since you are so set on thinking he’s going to try to “interfere.”<br /><br />Graham: (Through his teeth) But I -<br /><br />Morris: I’ll press the button. <br /><br />Graham: (Sighs angrily) Fine. (Irritated) fine, it doesn’t matter anyway. I’ll still be able to — (suspiciously) I’ll still be able to watch the prisoner. <br /><br />Morris: And what about Dylan?<br /><br />Graham: She can wait.<br /><br />Isaac: No, I’m taking her too.<br /><br />Graham: What? That wasn’t part of the p-<br /><br />Isaac: It’s going to take BOB a few minutes to get into the system anyway, there are chrio-stations at IGSTA for this very same reason. It will take her a while to come fully out of it, but I figure she’ll be another set of hands when she does - and we could use that right now. And it won’t take but a minute to set the chrio-chamber for decompression.<br /><br />Graham: (Sighs) I still don’t know why you don’t just wait until after we send the signal, I mean she doesn’t know anything valuable that could help you. <br /><br />Isaac: We’ll see about that.<br /><br />Graham: (Growls quietly.) (in his mind) What did Liam say to him? I knew I should have never left them alone. (Sighs) It doesn’t matter anyway, all will be revealed soon enough. <br /><br />Sfx: plot thickens theme. A door opens and metal feet come walking in to the room.<br /><br />BOB: I have completed the data file you requested.<br /><br />Isaac: Alright how does it work?<br /><br />Sfx: start reminiscent telling theme.<br /><br />BOB: I set up the text file that will be automatically sent to all e-mail accounts globally. Over audio-devices I’ve programmed the message to be read through a voice synthesizer, which will adapt and translate itself for foreign languages based on what network it is received in. All cell phones and hand held devices connected to wireless internet will receive the signal simultaneously, and lastly all tv-stations will be bombarded by the voice synthesizer and additionally the security-camera footage and sound clips that were restored after the tracking beacon was removed. The signal should loop for 24 hours or until they find a way to break the encryption code. There is however one slightly larger obstacle we must first deal with.<br /><br />Isaac: And what is that.<br /><br />Bob: The engine.<br /><br />Morris: (in a different room) Hey! Guys, I think you better have a look at this.<br /><br />Sfx: the two of them go running. <br /><br />Isaac: (Calmly) What is it? What is going – (swallows dryly) on.<br /><br />Morris: No, I know that what. It’s Aurora’s baby. It’s the how that I’m wondering.<br /><br />Graham: He’s floating.<br /><br />Isaac: And sort of glowing.<br /><br />Sfx: The baby laughs levitating and the engines ironically in sinc start up.<br />Graham: (mad because he doesn’t want them to succeed) How in the…<br /><br />Morris: I don’t know if it was the exposure to sun’s radiation back on that planet, the ghost of aurora or that this kid had one heck of a daddy but whatever it is it looks like our problem is solved. <br /><br />GRAHAM: alright, so all we have to do is get you into IGSTA and interfaced with the main computer?<br /><br />graham: (Scoffs) Oh, yeah. That’s all, like we’ll just walk right in the front door.<br /><br />Sfx: The ships laser cannons fire blowing a massive hole in the wall of a building. <br /><br />Morris: you were saying?<br /><br />Graham: (unenthusiastic) Hey, whatever works.<br /><br />Sfx: the ship hovers in place as the door opens, BOB and Isaac get out. They are pulling Dylan in a hovering chriochamber.<br /><br />Isaac: (yelling into his communicator) wait till we get clear and then shoot out the next floor up on this side so the debris will block this gap in the wall. Good luck and don’t forget when I say send the signal you --<br /><br />Morris: (Over the communicator) Can do, hey Graham, wait till they get c-<br /><br />SFX: music kicks up to evil action music. The ship’s laser cannons load and fire, blowing out the room above sending debris hurdling towards Isaac and Bob.<br /><br />Isaac: Jump!<br /><br />Sfx: All the debris comes crashing down, cracking the glass on Dylan’s chriochamber, and crushing Bob’s legs like pop cans, blocking out the sound of the ship and making things silent. The last few pebbles roll to a stop and the only noise that can be heard is little bits of dust settling. The music fades out. <br /><br />Isaac: (Coughing.) So much for waiting. Oh my god Bob. Bob, are you okay.<br /><br />BOB: I believe my legs are no longer functional, other than that I suffered only minor scratches but I calculate all major systems are still online. <br /><br />Isaac: Alright so you can still do the uplink?<br /><br />BOB: Yes.<br /><br />Isaac: Alright, Well, let me get these rocks off you and then do you think you can get yourself to the terminal and get started?<br /><br />BOB: Yes, I’ll be quite fine. It is humorous, is it not? All my life I wanted to be more human and finally I am in a situation where it is a good thing I do not have the feeling you call pain. That I cannot die, that I am not as fragile as you human’s bodies are.<br /><br />Isaac: Consider yourself lucky.<br /><br />Sfx: Isaac grunts and throws some rocks off onto the floor, Bob pulls himself out from under them and crawls away to the terminal.<br /><br />Isaac: Hey, where’s... Dylan!<br /><br />Sfx: He runs across the room to her chriochamber and starts throwing off rocks and dusting off the glass. We can hear a faint hissing noise like air escaping.<br /><br />Isaac: Dylan? Oh no, it looks like the cave-in cracked her chriochamber. If they air escapes too quickly she could die. I have to get her to medical.<br /><br />SFX: Plot thickens theme. He throws a few more rocks off and grunts, pulling her chriochamber out from under some rocks, it hovers once more.<br /><br />Isaac: I’ll be back in a few minutes, keep in touch over the communicators.<br /><br />SFX: Bob locks into the computer and data can be heard connecting between him and the computer. It fades off and Isaac pushes Dylan away, through the doors. Transition music.<br />Fade in with the ship hovering in the background, we are outside and it is raining hard. Both men are straining to be heard over the rain. <br /><br />Morris: What were you thinking? You could have killed them.<br /><br />Graham: They’re fine, let’s just do our job and get out of here. Are you done yet?<br /><br />Sfx: Morris flips a switch and the device whirrs online. It beeps to confirm it is operational. <br /><br />Morris: (Grunts as he works) There, I’ve got it. Now they won’t be able to shut down the jump gate thanks to this jamming device, and it’s rigged to explode if they try to remove it. <br /><br />Sfx: sirens can be heard in the distance. <br /><br />Graham: Come on let’s get out of here. Let’s get to a safe distance before the cops come. We still have to send the signal, remember?<br /><br />MORRIS: Alright, lets go. <br /><br />Sfx: They both run back onto the ship, we fallow them and hear their footsetps as they come inside. The door closes and the rain can still be heard but from inside. Morris sits down and starts turning the control console on.<br /><br />Morris: It saved lives but that fire alarm trick alerted the police too fast, Isaac and bob aren’t going to have enough time to get into the system before they get in there and shut them down. (Sighs) I wish there was a way I could help them? Do something.<br /><br />SFX: The sirens start getting louder, we hear the ships turrets being turned on. The music shrieks.<br /><br />Morris: What? No, wait, Graham!<br /><br />Sfx: Outside the laser turret fires hitting several cop cars as they pull up causing them to explode and flip and roll, others cop cars swerve to avoid the exploding cars. Graham is laughing maniacally. Thunder strikes, transition music. A door opens and Isaac comes in pushing Dylan’s hover chrio-chamber as it seeps with air. <br /><br />ISAAC: (Breathing heavily from running) It’s going to be okay Dylan, were here. I just have to get your chrio-chamber locked into one of the decompression units. If I could just fi-- there they are.<br /><br />Sfx: he pushes her over to the decompression chamber. You can hear the sound of the hovering chriochamber change as he maneuvers her into position. <br /><br />ISAAC: There we go. <br /><br />SFX: The decompression chamber hisses and then locks into the chriochamber, like a vacuum seal as it shares air with the chamber.<br /><br />ISAAC: Alright now just set it for decompression.<br /><br />Sfx: He presses some buttons on the side of her chamber and hits a final key that starts a cycle of a piston like thing filling with air and then releasing it. We can hear the pressure going down in her chamber over the course of the next minute or so.<br /><br />ISAAC: Okay, so now I need to call Graham and find out what I need to give her to stop the allergic reaction or we’ll be in the same situation we were on the ship, before we put her in chriosleep. <br /><br />SFX: He presses the button on his communicator.<br /><br />ISAAC: Morris do you copy, over?<br /><br />SFX: Static. He presses the button again. Music is choppy like jaws.<br /><br />ISAAC: Morris, this is Isaac I need to speak with Liam, over.<br /><br />SFX: Static as we hear stations coming in and out, wheeows and so on. He bangs it against the table and presses the button again. <br /><br />ISAAC: It’s important damn it!<br /><br />SFX: Static.<br /><br />Isaac: Shit, it must have been damaged in the cave in. (Sighs angrily) I’m going to have to find it myself, but I’ve got to move fast I only have a few moments before she’s starts breathing again. Oh, Dad if you could see me now.<br /><br />SFX: He presses the button on the communicator. <br /><br />Liam: BOB can you hear me? See if you can get communication with the ship, I think my communicator’s only working at short distances. I think something happened to it in the cave in or it’s the storm or something.<br /><br />SFX: He starts pilling through cabinets looking for the shot he needs for Dylan. The communicator is static while he waits for Bob to reply. Music gets increasingly tense.<br /><br />ISAAC: Come on, come on!<br /><br />SFX: He bangs the communicator. And it suddenly jumps to BOB’s voice.<br /><br />BOB: Isaac, I am almost ready. When you get done with Dylan come back here and you can use my communicator. <br /><br />ISAAC: Okay, will -<br /><br />Sfx: a laser gun fires blowing out the windows in the room, the music cuts out.<br /><br />Sfx: Down the hall we can hear a SWAT team hit the doors with a battering ram a few times and then break it open, they come running closer and closer.<br /><br />Isaac: That was fast.<br /><br />Dylan: (choking)<br /><br />Isaac: Oh no.<br /><br />Sfx: Isaac quickly crawls over the broken glass to Dylan. Music starts getting tense again.<br /><br />ISAAC: Dylan, Dylan. Look I know you’re scarred but you have to help me. Which one of these medicines do I need to give you?<br /><br />Dylan: (continues to choke and gasp for air, even cough).<br /><br />ISAAC: Come on Dylan, in every since of the word - we don’t have much time!<br /><br />DYLAN: (tries to speak.)<br /><br />ISAAC: This one?<br /><br />DYLAN: Tries to speak again.<br /><br />ISAAC: (Nervous) Okay, alright!<br /><br />SFX: He loads a syringe and injects her. It hisses slightly like it was filled with co2. <br /><br />ISAAC: Come on. Hold on to me, we have to go. I’ll carry you.<br /><br />SFX: He picks her up and runs across the floor, kicks the door open and books it down the hall away from the cops.<br /><br />COPS (from inside their helmets): There’s one of them. Open fire.<br /><br />SFX: Action music. The cops fire their automatic laser guns, which ricochet and hit all sorts of things around Isaac as he runs panting. Dylan is starting to cough and breathe a bit better. Isaac slumps down around a corner panting. The music cust down to a high note – it’s a break, but it’s all about anticipation now. <br /><br />Dylan: Graham, he’s an imposter. An ali.. (cough) an alien shape-shifter from Neb-kinar. Graham is a Kodukai.<br /><br />ISAAC: Dylan, are you sure. Are you sure you’re not just hallucinating because of the chrio-sickness?<br /><br />DYLAN: (Gasping) I heard it from the real (then just panting) Graham himself.<br /><br />Sfx: Music hits final note confirming it is true, similar to the plot thickens theme but more final.<br /> <br />ISAAC:(Sighs) Liam was right! I should have listened to him. I have to tell Morris.<br /><br />SFX: He presses the button on his communicator.<br /><br />ISAAC: Morris, this is Isaac. Graham is an imposter, a doppelganger. Get away from him. Liam was right, you have to get out of t–<br /><br />SFX: a laser gun fires, comes zipping toward him and hits his communicator - destroying it. The bits fall to the ground smoking. The music shrieks and then stops.<br /><br />COPS: (over a megaphone) Come out with your hands up.<br /><br />ISAAC: I can’t stop now, were too close.<br /><br />DYLAN: You’re going to get yourself killed, plus you can’t run fast enough carrying me. <br /><br />ISAAC: Well I guess were just gong to have to find out.<br /><br />DYLAN: We? <br /><br />Isaac: Grunts as he stands up and runs.<br /><br />Cops: Halt!<br /><br />SFX: Action music. Police fire their automatic laser guns. Dylan screams as debris is thrown everywhere, glass shattering around them etc. Finally he gets the end of the hall, turns a corner and kicks the doors open. He lets Dylan down.<br /><br />DYLAN: Ungh! Hey y-<br /><br />ISAAC: Are we good Bob?<br /><br />BOB: Yes, the uplink is complete now we just need Morris to send the signal.<br /><br />SFX: Isaac pushes a table over in front of the doors and stacks as much stuff as he can find on them to block the doors. <br /><br />ISAAC: Dylan, get on Bob’s communicator and tell Morris to send the signal. <br /><br />Sfx: Outside, the police run up to the other side of the door and start banging on it. <br /><br />Isaac: (straining to keep the door shut) Now!<br /><br />Sfx: Lighting cracks, transition music.<br /><br />Morris: Are you out of your mind?<br /><br />Graham: You said “do something.”<br /><br />Morris: Yeah, something, I didn’t mean this.<br /><br />Dylan: (coming through the communicator full of static.) ... ifff– youuu -ca— hea... this. Send the.. Ignal. Do – –u cop–Y. We’re ready Morris, send the signal. <br /><br />Morris: Alright Isaac, don’t worry I’m going to go press the button now. <br /><br />Sfx: Morris walks over to the control panel as he talks. Start eerie double-crossing theme. <br /><br />Morris: There’s no way any of us are going to get out of this now Graham. You’ve doomed us all to a life behind bars. You’ve murdered policemen in cold blood. It won’t matter what we tell them now, were all going to be locked up.<br /><br />Graham: (sinisterly) I wouldn’t do that if I were you. <br /><br />Morris: Yeah, (scoffs) like I’m not going to press the button now that they’re ready for it, and throw away everything this mission has been building up to. (Chuckels) You kill me, you know that Graham.<br /><br />Sfx: music cuts off.<br /><br />Graham: well, since you asked me so nicely. <br /><br />Sfx: gun charges up.<br /><br />Morris: (Gasps)<br /><br />sfx: a laser gun fires, hitting Morris in the chest.<br /><br />Morris: Gkk-ah! <br /><br />Sfx: Thunder cracks and transition music. Music is intense, full of immediacy. <br /><br />Isaac: Come on, come on. What’s taking them so long?<br /><br />DYLAN: Maybe they didn’t get the signal, like in the other room. Better try again.<br /><br />Isaac: Sighs impatiently.<br /><br />Sfx: He presses the button on the communicator.<br /><br />Isaac: It’s now or never! Send the signal Morris! Send it –-<br /><br />sfx: She’s cut off by a sharp noise like a microphone giving feedback. Dylan and Isaac wince at the noise. Then a channel comes into tune from static.<br /><br />Graham: (over the communicator) I will never send your signal.<br /><br />Isaac: Graham? Graham is that you?<br /><br />Graham (over the communicator): I don’t know why you keep calling me Graham. When you should be calling me.. (voice changes and he morphs back into his true form) Pat-mok!<br /> <br />Dylan and Isaac: (Gasp!)<br /><br />SFX: Cliffhanger ending theme.<br /><br />DJ: Join us next week for the exciting conclusion of Terra Novus at the same time (show time), (show day of the week) night here on SCAD RADIO. <br /><br />This episode featured the talents of <br />Writer: _________<br />And featuring the voices of (actors say their name): ________<br />Music and Sound FX by: __________<br />Mixed by:_______<br />This has been a presentation of SCAD Radio Dramas, tune in every week at (show time) every (show day of the week) night here on SCAD RADIO.xaqBazithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00719501789403374325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124837602921540250.post-24778679921413000322008-09-23T15:14:00.000-07:002008-09-23T15:15:27.073-07:00Terra Novus, Ep. 9 - SelflessDJ: And now for our feature presentation of TERRA NOVUS: and original radio drama Created and presented by SCAD Radio Dramas (Scattered).<br /><br />SFX: Intro theme.<br />dj: last week on terra novous... <br /><br />Gail: (Pause, growls quietly and then screams freakishly.) We must avenge the fallen, we must have revenge, we must destroy you.<br />Sfx: channel cuts out to static.<br /><br />Aurora: Well it looks like reason didn’t work, did it?<br /><br />Liam: No.<br /><br />Isaac: What do we do then?<br /><br />Morris: What do we do about the bomb, the war!<br /><br />AURORA: Its our nuclear core their using as a weapon, its our responsibility. But it’s my responsibility for closing the door on Gail.<br /><br />Isaac: And saving all of us!<br /><br />Aurora: I know what I have to do.<br /><br />Sfx: (start triumphant sad theme)<br /><br />Aurora: I’m sorry we couldn’t have spent more time together. Be strong, I love you my child. take care of her for me, Liam.<br /><br />Baby: coos.<br /><br />Morris: Wait, Aurora –<br /><br />Isaac: Wait, where are you going?<br /><br />Sfx: Spins a hatch open and opens a creaky door.<br /><br />Aurora: I’m the one they want. I’m going to go teach them to be careful what they wish for.<br /><br />Liam: No. don’t!<br /><br />Sfx: Slams shuts creaky hatch and spins the hatch shut from the other side, like on a submarine.<br />Liam: Wait! Aurora! Open the door!<br /><br />Sfx: Bangs on door, and strain to open it.<br /><br />Morris: Grunts and strains trying to open the door. Eventually sighs. I can’t get it open, it won’t budge. She must have jammed the lock with something.<br /><br />Isaac: Where’s she going?<br /><br />Morris: I think she’s trying to knock out two bird’s with one stone.<br /><br />Liam: She’s taking the surveyor pod. She’s hailing them.<br /><br />Morris: Put them on.<br /><br />Sfx: Static shifting through channels until it comes on clear. <br /><br />Aurora: Alright Gail, if it’s me you want. Come and get me!<br /><br />Gail: screams, agreeing!<br /><br />Dj: And now for the continuation of terra novus. Episode 9.<br /><br />Isaac: Look the jump gate is opening.<br /><br />Sfx: jump gate creates a wormwhole and establishes a connection to the other planet, it becomes windy. <br /><br />Morris: Oh my god, look. Through the jumpgate, I can see the whole Kodukai army. And look there, I can see the Bounty Hunter’s ship coming down between Aurora and the jump gate, they are going to try to head her off. <br /><br />Isaac: If she makes it fast enough, I think she’s probably going to try to get the Kodukai to follow her through the wormhole and then crash her skiff into their jumpgate on the other side before the kodukai can get their bomb through.<br /><br />Liam: But how will she get back?<br /><br />Isaac: That’s just it, (sighs) she won’t.<br /><br />Sfx: Plot thickens theme. We can hear the skiff outside power up and fly off. <br /><br />Graham: (Under his breath) she must not be allowed to stop them, they have to get that bomb through, we must succeed and take our planet back. (With a hint of alien voice) I must stop them. <br /><br />Liam: (Swallows hard) Well. Com’on, would someone help me here, if we can’t stop her let’s at least give her some cover fire. <br /><br />Sfx: arms and turns turret online - use sound effects from episodes 3. Buckle in. <br /><br />Graham: (Mischievously) I’ll help.<br /><br />Sfx: music is action packed but off, evil, double-crossing. The other turret load and comes online. Buckle in. <br /><br />Liam: Lock and load!<br /><br />Sfx: Liam’s laser cannons start firing and then Graham’s joins in.<br /> <br />Liam: What are you doing Graham, you’re going to hit her?<br /><br />Sfx: Laser blasts narrowly zip by.<br /><br />Isaac: That one almost hit her.<br /><br />Graham: (Sarcastically) Oh no, I forgot to sight in the laser turrets, they’re a little off. I barley had time to repair them since the Bounty hunter took them out the first time.<br /><br />Sfx: plot development theme. <br /><br />Liam: Well than adjust for it, you idiot.<br /><br />Graham: I’m trying.<br /><br />Liam: (enraged and obviously taking his anger out with his shooting) Are you, or are you just hoping you do bad enough she ends up just like Dylan.<br /><br />Graham: (Calm) Oh don’t exaggerate. And even if I did hit her you would thank me because it means you would get your mistress back. <br /><br />Liam: Mistress?! (Breathes in angrily) Alright Graham lets do some exaggerating? <br /><br />Sfx: Liam throws off his headset and turns off his turret and runs toward Graham. He punches him across the jaw. Start desperate emotional action music. <br /><br />Graham: spitting blood. Ungh!<br /> <br />Liam: Get over here you double crossing bastard.<br /><br />SFX: Picks up by his shirt and continues to pummel him as the gun continues to fire randomly ricocheting and hitting different objects.<br /><br />Morris (over the intercom): Just what the hell is going on up there?<br /><br />Liam: The pill bottle, the recon mission, ever since Neb-kinar you’ve been foiling our plans every step of the way and at the risk of our crews’ lives. And I for one am not going to sit around and watch you get another one of our crew members...<br /><br />Sfx: A final punch send Graham spinning, causing his turret to swing around while firing. One of the shots hits Aurora’s ship. It starts to go down. Desperate music starts. <br /><br />Morris: (over the intercom) They hit her, you idiots you got the wrong one!<br /><br />Isaac: (over the intercom) I think she can still make it.<br /><br />Morris: (over the intercom) Come on Aurora. You can do it... pull up, pull up.<br /><br />SFX: plane continues to dive bomb but stays aloft, music turns to heroic enduring tragic theme. <br /><br />Morris: How’s she keeping that thing flying?<br /><br />Isaac: I don’t know but she’s doing it. She’s doing it and she’s going to make it, look. <br /><br />Sfx: The ship sputtering and engine failing, flames raging on the ship and parts falling off.<br />Music is particularly emotional, beautiful.<br /><br />Morris: Go.. go.<br /><br />SFX: Music peaks as she flies through the wormhole, the bounty hunter’s ship fallows and then she pulls up just in time to crash into the jumpgate unit on the other side. A massive explosion is created and a shockwave is sent out, the wormhole closes and all becomes silent. After a few seconds we hear sad echoes of the previous theme, but sad now.<br /><br />Isaac: She did it, She did it!<br /><br />SFX: Liam hears the explosion and stops punching Graham. <br /><br />Liam: (Panting) She’s gone...<br /><br />SFX: Liam drops Graham, who groans as he slumps to the floor bloodily. Mournful theme.<br /><br />Morris: She... She did it. (Scoffs) I mean she really pulled it off. She saved us all.<br /><br />Isaac: Yes she did. <br /><br />Morris: (Scoffs) a girl. Who’d of thought.<br /><br />Sfx: Change to heroic memorial theme.<br /> <br />Isaac: Yes, Aurora was a woman. But she was also a pilot.<br /><br />Morris: One hell of a pilot, I’ve never seen anyone pull off something like what she just did. (Pauses) I owe her more respect than I ever showed her.<br /><br />Isaac: You owe her your life.<br /><br />Morris: I know. (Swallows hard, and thoughtfully pauses) I know. <br /><br />Sfx: Transition music. Fade in slowly on Dylan breathing, slowly her breathing gets harder, the music gets more dangerous, her breathing gets more restricted, until it gets to the point that she wakes up gasping for air. The sound of a heartbeat gets louder and faster. She desperately claws her way out of bed and frantically knocks over medical supplies stumbling to the door barefoot. She grunts with every step on her left leg. She agonizingly gets to the door and opens it – coming out to the crew.<br /><br />Dylan: (As best she can, whispering and weak) Help me. <br /><br />Sfx: Music is high, freaky, on strings and in wrong notes. <br /><br />Graham: You’re awake.<br /><br />Dylan: (Scared and panic breathing). You’re not G...<br /><br />Graham: (Mockingly) I’m not what? What? I’m sorry I didn’t catch that. - What’s wrong, not feeling so good?<br /><br />Sfx: Liam comes running over. <br /><br />Liam: Out of the way grease monkey. Dylan, Dylan what’s wrong. Why are you pointing at Graham?<br /><br />Dylan: (struggles to get a word out but ends up just coughing and gasping for air).<br /><br />Liam: You can’t breathe? But why would... You?! <br /><br />Sfx: Morris walks up. Start a manipulative evil theme. <br /><br />Morris: What’s going on here? What’s wrong with Dylan. God, Graham you look like hell, which side of that laser turret were you on?<br /><br />Graham: It’s Liam sir. He’s trying to sabotage the mission. First he shot down Aurora’s ship, I tried to stop him but he beat me down. Then he gave Dylan pills he knew she was allergic to, I was there.<br /><br />Liam: What!? I.. You shot down Aurora’s ship.<br /><br />Graham: I was giving her cover fire just fine until you came over and started hitting me, causing me to lose control of my turret. <br /><br />Sfx: Music gets tense, fast paced.<br /><br />Morris: Is this true Liam? Did you..<br /><br />Liam: (Stammering) No, I mean.. I didn’t mean to.. He started it, he was trying to -<br /><br />Dylan: Breathing gets worse. She begins to choke.<br /><br />Dylan: (in her head, increase reverb) Morris, Graham did it. He did everything, don’t listen to him. He’s an alien imposter. Liam’s innocent.<br /><br />Sfx: (Flash back sequence from episode 7, increase reverb)<br />Dylan: Just pull out the old fuse.<br /><br />Sfx: Pulls out old fuse.<br /><br />Dylan: And then put in the new one<br /><br />Sfx: Puts in new fuse<br /><br />Dylan: And this extra part to ensure their compatibility. <br /><br />Sfx: Clicks last part in and sparks stop. Communications grid warms up and comes online.<br /><br />Dylan: There we go.<br /><br />Sfx: Shifting through static, channels until Graham’s voice can be heard.<br /><br />Graham: (Statically and scratchy over the intercom) This is Graham ________ calling the NSS Vanguard do you copy?<br /><br />Dylan: Graham? Why do you have a beard, What’s going on? And more importantly why are you calling me from the engine room.<br /><br />Graham: Dylan, Dylan is that you. It’s been so long.<br /><br />Dylan: Yes it’s me stupid. I just sent you downstairs to repair the engine with the new parts we got.<br /><br />Graham: Okay, Dylan. Listen to me very carefully. The Graham that is on your ship is not me. He is an imposter, a shape-shifter.<br /><br /><br />Dylan: What? What ware you trying to pull?<br /><br />Sfx: Start eerie music<br /><br />Graham: Please, Dylan. When I was outside repairing the ship on _____ the Kodukai captured me, somehow stole my DNA, my memories, my knowledge and then shape-shifted into someone that looked like me but its not me. I’ve been held prisoner this whole time by the Kodukai, I saw your ship come down and I escaped, hoping I could reach one of you in time.<br /> <br />Dylan: Oh my God, Graham! What do I..<br /><br />Graham: Listen, you have to get as far away from him as you can, he’s planning to-<br /><br />Sfx: Music peeks. A tranquilizer gun fires. A dart hits Dylan.<br />Dylan: Nguh! (Sighs as passes out)<br /><br />Sfx: Her body hits the floor.<br /><br />Graham: Dylan? Dylan!!<br /><br />Graham (transforming into alien voice): I didn’t stay on this ship all this time just to have you ruin it now, Graham!<br /><br />Graham: Jurkal!<br /><br />sfx: (end flash back sequence)<br /><br />Morris: Can’t we get her to sick bay and do something?<br /><br />Graham: No, wait. He gave her the wrong medication, I think he’s trying to kill her sir. Don’t put her back in the hands of that monster!<br /><br />Liam: Monster! You’re the one who..<br /><br />Morris: Liam!<br /><br />Sfx: music cuts out.<br /><br />Liam: What?<br /><br />Morris: Did you?<br /><br />Sfx: music comes in sad for Liam. It’s tragic how he is being betrayed, this man is turning the whole crew against him. <br /><br />Liam: Well.. I - if he hadn’t spilled the pills all over the place I wouldn’t have had a hard time trying to figure out which one was which.<br /><br />Morris: Don’t they have some sort of symbol you could recognize, a letter to differentiate them from -<br /><br />Graham: He’s illiterate sir, He can’t read of write. Not even to save her life. <br /><br />Sfx: start sad plot point theme. <br /><br />Morris: What’s this, an illiterate doctor? In charge of my crew’s safety. <br /><br />Liam: I can too, I was.. Learning.<br /><br />Morris: Learning?<br /><br />Liam: (breathing faster) I–<br /><br />Morris: Save it. Lock him in the barracks until we have more time to question him. <br /><br />Dylan: (in her head) The barracks? But he’s the...<br /><br />Dylan: (In her head) No! Liam, tell them. Wait, even you don’t know that he’s a shape shifter. No one but I do but I can’t tell anyone... I can’t breathe. I can’t breathe!<br /><br />Dylan: (coughing, gasping, choking! Faints) <br /><br />SFX: music gets concerned for her. Dylan falls to the floor unconscious. <br /><br />Liam: Dylan!<br /><br />Morris: Get him in the barracks before he gets someone else hurt.<br /><br />Graham: It would be my pleasure.<br /><br />SFX: Cliffhanger ending theme.<br /><br />DJ: Join us next week for the exciting continuation of Terra Novus every week at (show time) every (show day of the week) night here on SCAD RADIO. <br /><br />This episode featured the talents of <br />Writer: _________<br />And featuring the voices of (actors say their name): ________<br />Music and Sound FX by: __________<br />Mixed by:_______<br />This has been a presentation of SCAD Radio Dramas, tune in every week at (show time) every (show day of the week) night here on SCAD RADIO.xaqBazithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00719501789403374325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124837602921540250.post-19870746652131077022008-09-23T15:13:00.000-07:002008-09-23T15:14:31.833-07:00Terra Novus, Ep. 8 - RevengeDJ: And now for our feature presentation of TERRA NOVUS: and original radio drama Created and presented by SCAD Radio Dramas (Scattered).<br /><br />SFX: Intro theme.<br />dj: last week on terra novus...<br />Sfx: Clicks last part in and sparks stop. Communications grid warms up and comes online.<br /><br />Dylan: (grunts) There we go.<br /><br />Sfx: Shifting through static, channels until Graham’s voice can be heard. Start a interesting, double-crossing theme.<br /><br />Graham: (Statically and scratchy over the radio) This is Graham, calling the NSS Exodus. Do you copy?<br /><br />Dylan: (no echo now) Graham? Why do you have a beard? What’s going on? And more importantly why are you calling me from the engine room.<br /><br />Graham: (Statically and scratchy over the radio) Dylan, Dylan is that you. It’s been so long.<br /><br />Dylan: Yes it’s me stupid. I just sent you downstairs to repair the engine with the new parts we got.<br /><br />Graham: (Statically and scratchy over the radio) Okay, Dylan. Listen to me very carefully. The Graham that is on your ship is not me. He is an imposter, a shape-shifter.<br /><br />Sfx: plot thickens theme.<br /><br />Dylan: What? What ware you trying to pull?<br /><br />Sfx: Start eerie music, we can hear, quietly and in memory, the scene happening from script three where he is copied, in the background. <br /><br />Graham: (Statically and scratchy over the radio) Please, Dylan. When I was outside repairing the ship on Neb-Kinar, the Kodukai captured me, somehow stole my DNA, my memories, my knowledge and then shape-shifted into someone that looked like me - but it’s not me! I’ve been held prisoner this whole time by the Kodukai, I saw your ship come down and I escaped, hoping I could reach one of you in time.<br /> <br />Dylan: Oh my God, Graham! What do I..<br /><br />Graham: (Statically and scratchy over the radio) Listen, you have to get as far away from him as you can, he’s planning to-<br /><br />Sfx: Music peeks on a bad note. A tranquilizer gun fires. A dart hits Dylan.<br /><br />Dylan: Nguh! (Sighs as passes out)<br /><br />Sfx: Her body hits the floor.<br /><br />Graham: (Statically and scratchy over the radio) Dylan? Dylan!!<br /><br />Sfx: The fake graham walks up to the communications station.<br /><br />Graham (transforming into alien voice): I didn’t stay undercover on this ship all this time just to have you go ruin it now, Graham!<br /><br />Sfx: Plot thickens theme.<br /><br />Graham: Pat-mok!<br /><br />SFX: Cliffhanger ending theme.<br /><br />Dj: And now for the continuation of terra novus. Episode eight.<br /><br />Sfx: Evil music building.<br /><br />Pat-mok: That’s quite enough, Graham. We wouldn’t want her to go telling everyone my little secret, now would we? But then again you’ve already told her too much to have me let her live, <br />(pause) at least for a while. And thanks to this transmission I’ve been able to track your present location and relay it to a few of my fellow brethren, whom I believe are looking of you.<br /><br />Sfx: Alien voices can be heard over the radio getting closer to Graham.<br /><br />Pat-mok: Or should I say found you.<br /><br />Graham: Struggles, you won’t get away with this Pat-mok. <br /><br />Pat-mok: I already have. (Take him away) Take him away.<br /><br />Alien on radio: Yes sir.<br /><br />Sfx: The aliens hit him over the head and knock him out.<br /><br />Graham: Ngh.<br /><br />Sfx: Music gets into short jumps like jaws music. The signal goes static and then Pat-mok turns it off. <br /><br />Pat-mok: And now to take you, my lovely, to see the doctor.<br /><br />Sfx: Morphs back into Graham.<br /><br />Graham (as his voice goes from alien to normal): We do have to make ourselves presentable, now don’t we?<br /><br />Sfx: Transition music.<br /><br />GRAHAM: Doc, you gota’ help her.<br /><br />LIAM: What happened?<br /><br />GRAHAM: I just found her like this, you gotta do something, right away.<br /><br />LIAM: Here, give her to me.<br /><br />Sfx: Hands her over, and Liam sets her on the doctors table. Start a mischievous double crossing dark theme.<br /><br />LIAM: Would you get that bottle of pills from the top shelf. They’re in the red bottle with the white top. Make sure not to get them confused with the white bottle with the red top.<br /><br />GRAHAM: Why, what are those?<br /><br />LIAM: Oh those are pain killers - she’s allergic to them. <br /><br />GRAHAM: (Mockingly innocent.) Really, now we wouldn’t want to give her those, would we?<br /><br />LIAM: No, no we wouldn’t. Now quickly hand me the pills, right away and do be careful - they look dreadfully similar.<br /><br />GRAHAM: Here you- oops.<br /><br />Sfx: Bottle hits the ground pills go every where. Terrifying music notes cue with pills falling.<br /><br />GRAHAM: (mockingly sarcastic) Oh clumsy me, I’m all thumbs today.<br /><br />LIAM: But how do we know which ones are the right pills to give her?<br /><br />Sfx: Evil, tension, pressure music.<br /> <br />GRAHAM: Oh you should be able to get it Doc, they have the initials of the medicine inscribed right on them - see.<br /><br />LIAM: Oh, well, ah...<br /><br />GRAHAM: What’s wrong, don’t you know which one it is now. All you have to do is... oh, I’m sorry. Do you-<br /><br />Sfx: We can hear a heart beating faintly as it gets faster and faster.<br /><br />LIAM: (Stammering and panting) no, I... I know which one it is. I can see it right there, I can (pause, scoffs) I can read it. <br /><br />GRAHAM: Good, I mean if I didn’t know better I’d think you were illiterate. (Whew) good thing I was wrong though. Well, quick doctor, I think she needs treatment fast, she looks like she’s getting worse. Quick doctor, do something quick.<br /><br />LIAM: I- I’m trying! Just give me a second!<br /><br />GRAHAM: Come on, she’s fading fast! Which one?<br /><br />LIAM: There’s got to be over a hundred pills here and they all look the same!<br /><br />GRAHAM: But they only say two different things on them. Here.<br /><br />Sfx: Picks up one of each pill.<br /><br />GRAHAM: Here, I’ve got one of each, now all you have to do is read them and tell me which one. <br /><br />LIAM: I.. (Stammers) isn’t Aurora back yet. Aren’t any of the others back yet. I.. cant you, cant you read them?<br /><br />GRAHAM: Oh I can, but I don’t know what they mean. Can’t you doctor, can’t you read them? Please you pick one, I insist.<br /><br />LIAM: Okay, okay.. The one on the.. Left. No right. Okay, left.<br /><br />GRAHAM: Are you sure? We wouldn’t want a mix up.<br /><br />LIAM:(Mumbles angry to self) okay it’s the left, I’m sure of it. Give it here.<br /><br />Sfx: Hands it to him.<br /><br />GRAHAM: Here you go, “doctor.”<br /><br />Sfx: Dylan slurps the water down with the pill. <br /><br />LIAM: Okay, she’s taken the medicine. <br /><br />GRAHAM: So now what?<br /><br />Sfx: Eerie music.<br /><br />LIAM: Now we wait until she wakes up to see the results.<br /><br />Sfx: Starts walking out, door opens.<br /><br />GRAHAM: (Under his breath) If she wakes up at all.<br /><br />LIAM: What was that?<br /><br />GRAHAM: Oh nothing, just talking to myself.<br /><br />SFX: Door shuts, transition music. A surveyor skiff flies closer and closer, then stops. Shuts down, people get off and run to he ship where the door opens and the others return. We can hear footsteps coming in and then the door shuts behind them.<br /><br />Graham: Aurora, you found them.<br /><br />Aurora: Yes. We found this surveying skiff and used it to get back as quickly as we could we have important news - but first, how’s Dylan?<br /><br />Liam: I’ve treated her. She’s in medical, resting.<br /><br />Graham: And how about you guys, what did all you discover.<br /><br />Liam: Nothing we couldn’t have found out ourselves, if you hadn’t killed that Kodukai?<br /><br />Sfx: Plot thickens theme. Tension ensues. <br /><br />Morris: Wait, wait, wait. You killed a Kodukai?<br /><br />Graham: He shot Dylan, I didn’t have a choice.<br /><br />Liam: To kill someone in the heat of battle is one thing, but you were standing over him with a gun to his head and pulled the trigger. What was he saying to you anyway?<br /><br />Graham: None of your damn business, Doc! <br /><br />Sound fx: Pushes him, Liam goes stumbling backwards. <br /><br />Liam: Hey!<br /><br />Graham: At least I was trying help her before something happened, not like you doctors – waiting for people to get hurt so they can come to you. I was trying to prevent it, not just salvage what was left after they were done pulverizing her. <br /><br />Sfx: Pushes him again, both go at one another but are held back by other crew members.<br /><br />Liam: Hey, I would never... (struggles) yeah, yeah. Big man, Mr. “My gun is jammed” - I checked it and there was nothing, “nothing” wrong with it. So don’t act like such a hero bec-<br /><br />Sfx: Music peaks and then cuts off.<br /><br />Morris: All right, all right. Enough already. If you both would have been more careful you wouldn’t have run into that Kodukai in the first place. <br /><br />Graham: He was guarding the communications tower that had the parts we needed.<br /><br />Liam: He had already killed the terra-former guard that should have been at the post, we had no way of knowing he was -<br /><br />Morris: Okay, okay! Whatever the story, the bottom line is - you guys did your job and got the parts, but you got Dylan shot in the process. (Pause) Now my team, on the other hand, was able to find out some very interesting news and NOT get one of our crew members shot while doing it. So unless either one of you have something constructive to add, I suggest you listen up!<br />Now we all know that this whole project has been kept under wraps to falsely boost the economy back on earth, and you guys ran into the “Kodukai intruders” – but what you didn’t know was that they are not newcomers to this planet at all, but rather natives. <br /><br />Sfx: plot thickens theme. Dark reminiscent theme. <br /><br />Morris: That’s right, an indigenous species pushed out by IGSTA’s terraforming project. Just like the Pilgrims and Indians, IGSTA tried to quickly and quietly exterminate all of them, and make it appear as though they had landed on a completely uninhabited planet, making it fair game to claim as ours - to change how we saw fit. So of course, the planned mass-genocide didn’t go completely as planned and left a few stragglers who left - fleeing to the nearby planet of Neb-ki-nar - that’s we ran into them there, and why they were so hostile towards us. They’ve vowed to return to their home, this planet, and take it back. <br /><br />Liam: And now they have?<br /><br />Morris: And in greater numbers, and strength. They plan revenge on all humans, and that’s not just limited to those on the Terraforming project - (pause) but on Earth as well.<br /><br />Sfx: Plot thickens theme.<br /><br />Aurora: But how, were so far from earth it would take the Kodukai weeks to make the journey to earth - even in hyperspace. And even if they knew the location, an army of that size couldn’t slip by undetected for that long of a flight through space.<br /><br />Isaac: Unless they don’t fly.<br /><br />Aurora: But then how would they -<br /><br />Morris: A jump gate, otherwise known as a junction or - a large device capable of creating a wormhole allowing its travelers to quickly travel between it and another gate.<br /><br />Aurora: But that would mean there would have to be a jump gate on e-<br /><br />Morris: Earth. Yes. <br /><br />Sfx: Plot thickens theme. <br /><br />Morris: The original astronauts, who surveyed this planet, stole the technology from the Kodukai when they were pillaging their colonies and then reverse engineered it. Then they sent the plans to earth, where a counterpart was built. That is how they’ve been able to transport the mass amounts of materials and supplies needed for terraforming the planet in such a short amount of time.<br /><br />Liam: Bastards!<br /><br />Sfx: music changes to a heroic reminiscent theme. <br /><br />Isaac: We have to tell them.<br /><br />Graham: Who?<br /><br />Isaac: Everyone on earth. <br /><br />Liam: Tell them what, that their…<br /><br />Isaac: That their government is hiding the fact that they’ve already found Terra Novus, that they’ve committed mass genocide on an intergalactic level, that they paid the crew aboard the Vanguard out there to die, and kill us if we came looking. And most of all, that they are covering it up so that they can make more money, use the extra tax dollars to fund their “secret project” and then sell tickets only to the highest bidder. This isn’t a vacation in Hawaii, this is our future that they’re doing this with. This planet is the only hope any of us have of living on, as a species. And if we can’t get past the petty war-profiteering, percentage-guaranteed backstabbing so common among earthlings, then everyone left on earth are all going to die down there.<br /><br />Isaac: This new discovery should be for everyone, and with the jump gate I don’t see how they could justify saying it cost them money to transport us here. So everyone should be able to go.<br /><br />Liam: But you’ll create a panic, mass hysteria.<br /><br />Isaac: They deserve to know the truth. No more lies!<br /><br />Aurora: We came out here to find the planet Terra-Novus, and we found it. And don’t think I’ve forgotten that you two had the same sick plan that IGSTA had, auctioning off the location to the highest bidder. You two are in it for the money, just like they are! You don’t care if it’s new money, American money, rubbles, yen, laundered money, earned money or even blood money – you came out here to try and turn a buck.<br /><br />Morris: It might have started out that way, but after seeing what I’ve seen I don’t think I could--<br /><br />Isaac: Oh yes you could, you’re so good a lying to us. Putting things off, so you don’t have to face up to them. My father wanted it to be free, he was a true explorer.<br /><br />Morris: He was the only one of his kind on that ship! And it got him killed.<br /><br />Sfx: Start sad reminiscent theme. <br /><br />Isaac: Maybe it did, and it’s rare that you get an honest person working for the common good. Everyone’s out to get theirs, it’s the American way – well I’ll tell you something, if you haven’t looked around lately there’s not too many of us left out there. Our people, our animals, our resources and most of all our planet is dying. And if we can’t grow beyond our trivial differences and work together to get off this boat - we’re all going to go down with it.<br /><br />LIAM: But.. How can you blame them with how the economy is down there, they have nothing left, I have nothing. I had to take this job just to survive, to keep my family off the streets.<br /><br />Sfx: start changing toward a more heroic slow-moving theme. <br /><br />Isaac: But you don’t have to be a slave to that system. You have a chance to change things here, change it all. If we keep fighting amongst our selves, keep going to war, humans fighting humans, were not going to live to see the end of this planet. When some other species finally does discover us, we’ll be that odd self-contained species that was too caught up in fighting itself that we forgot to fight for ourselves. We can cure cancer, and genetically alter our foods, clone animals and explore the deep reaches of space - but we can’t survive our own human nature. (Pause) We might not be able to change it yet, we haven’t been able to do it so far, but the least we can do is give our civilization more time to learn how.<br /><br />MORRIS: That’s great Isaac, but I wasn’t done telling you what we’d found out.<br /><br />Isaac: Oh.<br /><br />Sfx: cut music out.<br /><br />Morris: Remember our “missing” nuclear core?<br /><br />Isaac: Yeah.<br /><br />Morris: And the whole reason this class of space ship was made illegal? Well it happened; the Kodukai purposely stole it and modified it into a bomb, and their ready to use it in their war against the terraforming colony. <br /><br />Sfx: Plot thickens theme. Start alien military theme.<br /><br />Morris: And they have a massive army ready to guard their weapon and ensure its success. Their infantry and spies have already penetrated the colony’s defenses and taken over their some of their key buildings. That’s why you ran into one.<br /><br />Liam: So what’s stopping them from using the bomb?<br /><br />Morris: Nothing now. They’ve secured their position and are ready to open the jump gate from Neb-ki-nar to here. It could be any minute now.<br /><br />Liam: What do we do? Things couldn’t get any worse.<br /><br />Aurora: Looks like you spoke too soon. Sorry to interrupt captain, but were being hailed – it looks like it’s Osotica, the bounty hunter.<br /><br />Sfx: start tense threatening action theme.<br /><br />Liam: But how did he find us, I thought we removed the tracking beacon.<br /><br />MORRIS: We did, I was sure of it. Gail took it, unless.<br /><br />Isaac: Unless what? <br /><br />Sfx: music cuts out to high pitched strings – anticipation. <br /><br />Morris: Put him on.<br /><br />Sfx: Shifting through static until on channel. <br /><br />Sfx: Alien sounds and screams come through the radio.<br /><br />Morris: Unless she used it, used it to lure the Bounty Hunter and take his ship.<br /><br />Sfx: Music kicks back up as if they are doomed. <br /><br />Aliens and Gail: You left us to die, you might have left us behind but we will make sure you will never forget us now! <br /><br />Aurora: I stopped Dylan from opening the door. I’m the-<br /><br />Liam: Aurora what are you doing?<br /><br />Aurora: I’m the one you want.<br /><br />Gail: You, you are the one who turned me into this, this --- thing. Now I will make you pay for it. <br /><br />Morris: You chose to go out for that station. You disobeyed the order. <br /><br />Sfx: in memory, from episode 6. Increase reverb. Music cues a reminiscent theme. <br /><br />Liam: Aliens! I knew something was following us.<br /><br />Morris: none like I’ve ever seen. It’s just one more reason to get back to the ship, now common.<br /><br />Dylan: No. we need to repair the communications, it cant be more than half a mile now.<br /><br />Morris: Not at the risk of my crew’s lives.<br /><br />Gail: We can’t turn back now, not when were so close. They looks slow enough, I’ll bet we can outrun them. <br /><br />Aurora: You might be able to out run them, but you wont make it back before sunrise.<br /><br />GAIL: You all think im just someone who criticizes everyone else. That i’m here in someone else’s place, but you never looked at who I really am.<br /><br />AURORA: Now’s not the time, we can talk about this once were on the ship. Now common, they’re closing in around us.<br /><br />GAIL: im trying to tell you I was on the track team in college. i could run the quarter mile in -<br /><br />MORRIS: This is not a discussion, I’m going to clear a path on three, and I want everyone back to the ship. One, two<br /><br />Dylan: Three!<br /><br />Morris: gail?! Get back here, you heard the-<br /><br />Gail: Just make that path, I’ll meet you back at the ship.<br /><br />(Cut to)<br /><br />Dylan: There?!<br /><br />Morris: What, what are you pointing at!<br /><br />Dylan: It gail, she’s got it.<br /><br />GAIL (getting louder as she comes out of the distance) (out of breath): I got it, I got the part guys. Wait for me.<br />SFX: aliens Yell as they take notice of her.<br /><br />GAIL (trying to fight them off): Hey, get off of me. Get off of me!<br /><br />SFX: aliens bites her and scream, as they tear open her suit.<br /><br />Gail: oww. Ahhh!! help me! Get these things off of me.<br /><br />Dylan: gail!<br /><br />Isaac: No, Dylan. It was her choice to go back for it<br /><br />Dylan: but they’re tearing her suit open, she’ll be completely unprotected from the radiation when the sun rises.<br /><br />ISSAAC: we cant save her now. We have about 30 seconds to get everyone we can onto that ship and shut the doors or were all going to die, now common. You can save yourself or join her.<br /><br />Sfx: they run from the ground onto the ship. <br /><br />Morris: Common everyone on so I can shut the door, I cant hold them off much longer.<br /><br />Sfx: Everyone runs on and sits. Morris keeps firing as the door shuts.<br /><br />Morris: viewing shields! We’ve got to cover the ships windows before the sun rises or the radiation will penetrate the ship.<br /> <br />Sfx: Large blast doors start slowly closing.<br /><br />(Cut to)<br /><br />Sfx: sits and straps in, engines start firing up. The beings can still be quietly heard moaning and screaming. The ship starts to shake.<br /><br />Morris: What was that?<br /><br />Dylan: They’re right out side, they’re clawing at the ship<br /><br />Isaac: they’re trying to get in.<br /><br />Gail: (screaming and banging on the door) wait! Wait for me! I made it, im here.<br />Let me on, I have the part. Hey guys its me! Please!!<br /><br />Isaac: What are you doing?<br /><br />Dylan: Im opening the door, im gonna let her on.<br /><br />Isaac: No, don’t. youl let them on too.<br /><br />Dylan: No, ive got to, they’re killing her out there.<br /><br />Aurora: No. the doors stay shut, the radio active sun of this planet has almost fully risen which means it’s at maximum power. It could kill all of us. I’m not letting that happen to my crew, to my baby.<br /><br />Morris: me neither.<br /><br />Dylan: So what you’re just going to let her die out there.<br /><br />Isaac: She was already dead the moment she made her decision.<br /><br />Dylan: Oh no, its happening.<br /><br />Sfx: Screams get painful and louder outside as it sounds like flesh is burning and bubbling.<br /><br />Gail: Let me, oonnn—iiiyyeee!!!!<br /><br />Sfx: her voice gets distorted and changes as she mutates.<br /><br />Isaac: They’re changing, its mutating them.<br /><br />Dylan: Its killing them! GAIL!!!<br /><br />Gail: Let me on, Dylan please! Isaac, I saved your life!! Just let me---( then her voice gets too distorted to recognize or understand)<br /><br />Dylan (crying): That could have been me out there you bastard. would you have left me? Would you have left me if I would have went with her?<br /><br />Aurora: I would have left anyone stupid enough to disobey an order. im not putting this crew in jeopardy like that again for one of you guy’s stupid mistakes. I have to do what’s best for the group, not individuals.<br /><br />Dylan: cries and sobs.<br /><br />Sfx: (End flashback)<br /><br />Morris: You did this to yourself. There’s no one here to blame but yourself, Gail!<br /><br />Gail: (Pause, growls quietly and then screams freakishly.) We must avenge the fallen, we must have revenge, we must destroy you!<br /><br />Sfx: channel cuts out to static.<br /><br />Aurora: Well it looks like reasoning didn’t work, now did it?<br /><br />Liam: No.<br /><br />Isaac: What do we do then?<br /><br />Morris: What do we do about the bomb, the war!<br /><br />AURORA: It’s our nuclear core their using as a weapon, it’s our responsibility. But it’s my responsibility for closing the door on Gail.<br /><br />Isaac: And saving all of us!<br /><br />Aurora: I know what I have to do.<br /><br />Sfx: start theme (maybe like the childlike theme when she was born but more triumphant/heroic and sad.)<br /><br />Aurora: Minerva, I’m sorry we couldn’t have spent more time together. Be strong, I love you my child. Take care of her for me, Liam.<br /><br />Minerva: (coos.)<br /><br />Morris: Wait, Aurora –<br /><br />Isaac: Wait, where are you going?<br /><br />Sfx: Spins a hatch open which creaks as if it is rusted and old.<br /><br />Aurora: I’m the one they want. I’m going to go teach them to be careful what they wish for.<br /><br />Liam: No. don’t!<br /><br />Sfx: Slams shuts creaky hatch and spins the lock shut from the other side, like on a submarine. Plot development theme. Music becomes more and more tense leading up to the end.<br /><br />Liam: Wait! Aurora! Open the door!<br /><br />Sfx: Bangs on door, and strain to open it.<br /><br />Morris: (Grunts and strains trying to open the door. Eventually sighs.) I can’t get it open, it won’t budge. She must have jammed the lock with something.<br /><br />Isaac: Where’s she going?<br /><br />Morris: I think she’s trying to knock out two bird’s with one stone.<br /><br />Liam: She’s taken the surveyor skiff you guys used to get back. She’s hailing them.<br /><br />Morris: Put them on.<br /><br />Sfx: Static shifting through channels until it comes on clear. <br /><br />Aurora: Alright Gail, if it’s me you want. Come and get me!<br /><br />Gail: screams, agreeing!<br /><br />SFX: Cliffhanger ending theme.<br /><br />DJ: Join us next week for the exciting continuation of Terra Novus every week at (show time) every (show day of the week) night here on SCAD RADIO. <br /><br />This episode featured the talents of <br />Writer: _________<br />And featuring the voices of (actors say their name): ________<br />Music and Sound FX by: __________<br />Mixed by:_______<br />This has been a presentation of SCAD Radio Dramas, tune in every week at (show time) every (show day of the week) night here on SCAD RADIO.xaqBazithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00719501789403374325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124837602921540250.post-55870114899296840632008-09-23T15:11:00.000-07:002008-09-23T15:12:43.169-07:00Terra Novus, Ep. 7 - Wolf in Sheep's ClothingDJ: And now for our feature presentation of TERRA NOVUS: Created and presented by SCAD Radio Dramas (Scattered).<br /><br />Sfx: intro theme<br /><br />dj: last week on terra novous...<br /><br />ISSAAC: Now run!<br /><br />Sfx: Action music: <br /><br />Sfx: morris starts firing and hitting the aliens, some of them scream in pain other yell back angrily ready for revenge. We can hear the crew running.<br /><br />AURORROA: Ungh!<br /><br />LIAM: common Aurora, we don’t have time!<br /><br />AURORRA: It’s the baby! I thinks its coming.<br /><br />Liam: But its too early.<br /><br />Aurora: I know, but I can feel it! <br /><br />Liam: You’ve got to run, I know it hurts… do it for your baby.<br /><br />Aurora: I cant.<br /><br />Liam: Sighs. Common, ill carry you.<br />Cut to<br />Gail: (screaming and banging on the door) wait! Wait for me! I made it, im here.<br />Let me on, I have the part. Hey guys its me! Please!!<br /><br />Isaac: What are you doing?<br /><br />Dylan: Im opening the door, im gonna let gail on.<br /><br />Isaac: No, don’t. youl let them on too.<br /><br />Dylan: No, ive got to, shes dying out there.<br />Aurora: No. the doors stay shut, the radio active sun of this planet has almost fully risen which means its at maximum power. It could kill all of us. Im not letting that happen to my crew, to my baby.<br />Cut to<br />Sfx: Screams get painfull and loder outside as it sounds like flesh is buring and bubbling.<br /><br />Gail: Let me, oonnn—iiiyyeee!!!!<br /><br />Sfx: her voice gets distorted and chages as she mutates.<br /><br />Isaac: Theyre changing, its mutating them.<br /><br />Dylan: Its killing them!<br /><br />Gail: Let me on, Dylan please! Issac, I saved your life!! Just let me---( then her voice gets too distorted to recognize or undertsnd)<br />Cut to<br />Isaac: Whats wrong with her?<br /><br />Liam: (sighs) Im afraid the stress of this whole thing, and o the radiation has lead to her having early contractions.<br />Cut to<br />Liam: All right it looks like your dialated enough, I think were ready. Are you r--<br /><br />Isaac: Wait doc, what’s that?<br /><br />Cut to<br />Liam: It looks like he’s gotten so active he’s wrapped the amblical chord around his neck. <br />Cut to<br />Liam: if we don’t get it unwrapped in the next three minutes, Aurora’s baby could suffocate to death! <br /><br />SFX: Cliffhanger ending theme.<br /><br />Dj: And now for the continuation of terra novus. Episode seven.<br /><br />Liam: Alright Isaac, you stand over here and tell me if you see anything.<br /><br />Isaac: You mean look at her... you mean between her legs?<br /><br />Liam: Com’on Isaac, be serious, her baby’s life is at stake here. Ok, now Aurora if we cant get that baby out I may have to perform an emergency c-section.<br /><br />Aurora: O.. Okay.<br /><br />Isaac: Ah, Dr. I think I see something.<br /><br />Sfx: Walks over, <br /><br />Isaac: Right there...do you see it?<br /><br />Liam: (to Isaac) Yes, it’s the baby, he’s crowning. It means he’s ready. (encouraging and to Aurora) okay Aurora, its time now. I need you to push.<br /><br />SFX: the music builds with her pushing. <br /><br />Aurora: (Pushes, straining.)<br /><br />Liam: That’s it, common now push, you’re doing great.<br /><br />Aurora: (Pushes, straining.)<br /><br />Liam: Just a little more, you can do it.<br /><br />Aurora: (Pushes, straining.)<br /><br />Liam: You’re almost there.<br /><br />Isaac: I hope she is, I can’t watch much more of...<br /><br />Aurora: (Pushes, straining. Just when she thinks she can’t push anymore.)<br /><br />Sfx: the music releases into joyfulness and the baby is born and cries. Perhaps even a delicate xylophone tune can be plaid here. <br /><br />Isaac: You did it, you really did it.<br /><br />Liam: Okay lets get this off you, alright. <br /><br />Sfx: Goo noises, slime as she removes the umbilical from his neck.<br /><br />Isaac: Did you... is it okay?<br /><br />Liam: Yes. Congratulations Aurora, it’s a little beautiful baby girl. <br /><br />Sfx: Aurora is Crying, baby is crying, music is emotional. Music ends as transition music.<br /><br />Morris: How much longer do you think she’ll stay afloat.<br /><br />Graham: She’ll be okay, for a while. I patched her up just like normal, but as always never as good as new.<br /><br />Morris: So what do we do now? Where’s Isaac, I need to know where we are - I can’t be running this whole ship by my self, where the hell is my crew. I don’t even know where to go?<br /><br />Bob: I believe I may have the answer to that inquiry?<br /><br />Sound fx: Robot walks closer<br /><br />Morris: 808? What do you want?<br /><br />Bob: Well it seems that while my homing beacon was installed it was also blocking certain partially-deleted-memory-files.<br /><br />Morris: Why do I care about partially-deleted-blah blah blah? <br /><br />Bob: Well sir, upon reviewing these specific files I became aware of knowledge that might be useful to your current mission. <br /><br />Morris: You mean you might do something helpful for once?<br /><br />Bob: Sir, by my calculations I have never had a conversation with you that has not informed and influenced your future course of action as captain of the Vanguard. <br /><br />Morris: Alright, alright, I’m not going to argue math with a calculator but why would you “partially delete” a memory file if it was important.<br /><br />Bob: Not me sir, but my previous owner, IGSTA vice-president Burgos and my creator, IGSTA chief robotics engineer Quinn. You see my memory files now indicate that they had found and been in the process of terraforming a new planet for quite some time. In fact, it was well before the search mission that Isaac’s father was aboard.<br /><br />Sfx: point of interest theme. <br /><br />Morris: I know all this, the captain was blabbing all that nonsense before he blew himself apart, but it didn’t make any sense. He never said why they would do it. Why would IGSTA send out another search crew after they had already found the planet they were looking for?<br /><br />Bob: As you said sir, you were not about to argue math with a calculator. However the motivations for their actions could be more easily determined using simple supply and demand market economics.<br /><br />Morris: Go on.<br /><br />Sfx: the music is dark and nostalgic as he retells the tale.<br />Bob: You see the more hopeless IGSTA could make the prospect of finding a new planet sound, while earth’s resources continued to dwindle, the more the remaining supplies would be met with a demand highly exceeding the supply, driving the price through the proverbial “roof,” sir.<br /><br />Morris: So they’re milking every last drop out of a panicked population and then offering up a solution at the last minute, when only the rich have anything left to afford it. Knowing everyone will pay through the nose to get it. (Pause) Hugh, and you said this was all because of your homing beacon being removed? <br /><br />Bob: Yes, I calculate my memory being restored coinciding with the beacon’s removal was more than coincidence. <br /><br />Morris: Hugh, sounds like it was important. I think I’d like you to take another look at the beacon if you have a chance.<br /><br />Bob: I would sir, except that it is no longer on the ship.<br /><br />Morris: Then where the hell is it?<br /><br />Bob: I believe Gail requested to be entrusted with its safe keeping.<br /><br />Morris: (Sighs).<br /><br />Sfx: (transition music)<br /><br />(In memory)- from episode 4.<br /><br />EXODUS CREW TECH: Hey I think I got it, (grunts) yep, here it is.<br /><br />Sfx: spark fly as he breaks the chip off and pulls it out.<br /><br />GRAHAM: That’s it hungh? Thats what he’s been using to track us?<br /><br />GAIL: Hey what are you doing? Don’t break it.<br /><br />EXODUS CREW TECH: What do you mean what am I doing? You want that bounty hunter coming after you again?<br /><br />GRAHAM: Yeah, they wont always be here to bail us out and come to the rescue just in the nick of time you know.<br /><br />GAIL: Yeah, I guess. But you can’t break it, that’s IGSTA property. Cant you just deactivate it or something?<br /><br />EXODUS CREW TECH: I guess so… but its not as fun.<br /><br />GAIL: Give it here.<br /><br />GRAHAM: Hey!<br /><br />GAIL: Now tell me what to do?<br /><br />EXODUS CREW TECH: Press that red button there… no not that one, the other one.<br /><br />GAIL: This one?<br /><br />EXODUS CREW TECH: Yeah that’s it. Here, hold it up to your ear.<br /><br />Sfx: a beeping noise gets louder like we the audience are outing the locator closer to our ear.<br /><br />GAIL: Hey I hear it, does that mean its still on?<br /><br />EXODUS CREW TECH: Yes, that’s the signal the bounty hunter’s been using to track your ship. No press that button I told you about.<br /><br />Sfx: presses button and beeping ends.<br />GAIL: It stopped.<br /><br />EXODUS CREW TECH: Well then its harmless. Just don’t press that other button or it will start sending the signal again.<br /><br />(End memory, echo on the last sentence) <br /><br />Sound fx: start an evil alien military theme. A slow moaning can be heard getting louder and louder as more join in, then screams of the mutants - environmental ambient sounds can be heard clueing us into being back on the planet Zudam. <br /><br />Gail (mutated): We have a way off this planet. We have a way to get revenge. They left us behind, but we will make them remember us.<br /><br />Sfx: The group get quiet, she presses a button and the beeping can be heard, as she reactivates the tracking beacon. The mutants scream in approval.<br /><br />Gail (mutated): Make them come to us!<br /><br />Sounds fx: The aliens scream louder in approval.<br /><br />Sound fx: Fade out sounds and fade in transition music. The bounty hunter’s ship flies by. Inside the ship we can hear something like the pulsing beeps of a sonar and then a signal gets picked up.<br /><br />Bounty Hunter: What? A signal?<br /><br />Sound fx: Typing<br /><br />Bounty Hunter: It’s the beacon from the 808 android I’ve been looking for. I thought they’d deactivated it or something, it must have just been malfunctioning.<br /><br />Sfx: Typing.<br /><br />Bounty Hunter: (Scoffs) They’re not even on their ship, they most have gotten stranded on that planet. Now all I have to do is set coordinates for an intercept course. Well, this has been a nice little surprise - makes my job easy; no high-speed space pursuits, no tricks, no way out.<br /><br />Sfx: Plot thickens theme. A bit more typing and a few switches and the Bounty Hunter’s ship engages full thrusters. Transition music, and then sounds of his ship landing on the planet and his hatch opening. He walks off his ship and out onto the ground.<br /><br />Bounty Hunter: Alright, come to papa.<br /><br />Sound fx: He flips open the tracking device which beeps rhythmically, changing in pitch and speeds up as he gets closer to the beacon. If my calculations are correct they should be just a few feet into that narrow ravennae between, those tall cliffs. They probably found a cave or something to hide out in.<br /><br />Sound fx: Transition music.<br /><br />Sound fx: Beeps continue to get louder and he keeps walking. He pulls out and loads his gun.<br /><br />Bounty Hunter: Alright, made it to the cliffs, finally some shade on this God forsaken planet. If I didn’t know better I’d say I landed on the sun. <br /><br />Sound fx: He pulls out some sort of handheld device.<br /><br />Bounty Hunter: It looks like I’m picking up three distinct biosignatures. (Scoffs) And I thought they’d at least be able to put up a fight.<br /><br />Sfx: Walks into the cave, his footsteps echo now. Start a quite eerie theme that swells, slowly getting louder and louder. <br /><br />Bounty Hunter: Come out, come out, wherever you are. (to himself) Man, I should be right on top of them. Better check the scanner.<br /><br />Sfx: Pulls out device which bleeps.<br /><br />Bounty Hunter: That’s funny, it’s showing the same biosignatures, but it’s lost the 808 robot. It’s almost like someone suddenly just turned off the homing beacon. Wait, it could just be malfunctioning again, a short circuit or something. (to himself) But I swear, I was getting a reading for it right here, along with the three...<br /><br />Sfx: Device beeps faster and more. Pebbles roll down the rocks, the music gets freakier. <br /><br />Bounty Hunter (increasingly panicked): Wait, there’s more of them. 8, 9... 13 of them. There weren’t even that many onboard the ship. <br /><br />Sound fx: Start tense scary music, sour notes etc. His heartbeat can quietly be heard getting faster and faster. More pebbles come tumbling down the cliff and moaning can be heard. The bounty hunter circles around claustrophobically as scuffling can be heard on the rocks above.<br /><br />Bounty Hunter: They’re closing in, and fast - but where? Where are you! SHOW YOUR SELF! <br /><br />Sound fx: Everything cuts out, music, the heartbeat etc.<br /><br />Bounty Hunter: They’re right on top of me, but how could be it’s a canyon, you only go forwards and backwards, unless.. Unless they’re... <br /><br />Sfx: A few more pebbles come tumbling down the canyon wall.<br /><br />Bounty Hunter: Oh no - (quivering with fear) above me.<br /><br />Sfx: The music kicks back up horrifically, the mutants let out a terrifying scream and jump down on him tearing him limb from limb. The bounty hunter gets a few shots off while screaming before he is killed.<br /><br />Gail (mutated): To his ship my fellow mutants, the instrument of our salvation is here, and the time for revenge is at hand!<br /><br />Sound fx: All roar triumphantly, a blood thirsty army out for blood. Transition music, which builds and then abruptly cuts off like the Lost theme.<br /><br />Aurora: Ahhh! (Panting and out of breath as she wakes up from a bad dream).<br /><br />Sound fx: Baby starts crying.<br /><br />Liam: Hey, its okay, you were having a nightmare. It’s okay, I just woke you up because you were scaring... you were scaring.. Well should I just call her “the baby” until further notice, or did you have a name picked out already?<br /><br />Sfx: Start emotional gentle theme, maybe with the xylophones again.<br /><br />Aurora: Oh, right the baby. Well, he wanted to...<br /><br />Liam: Aurora, he’s not here. What is YOUR baby’s name.<br /><br />Aurora: Pause, Minerva. I want her name to be Minerva.<br /><br />Liam: Then Minerva it is.<br /><br />Sfx: Transition music, Isaac walks up. <br /><br />Morris: Where have you been? <br /><br />Isaac: I was helping Liam with Aurora.<br /><br />Morris: Well luckily, Dylan filled in for you.<br /><br />Isaac: What.. What do you mean, we don’t even know where we should be headed.<br /><br />Morris: We do now, BOB said removing his homing beacon gave him new memories or something. All I know is, Bob gave me the location of the planet. <br /><br />Isaac: Which planet?<br /><br />Morris: The planet? Terra Novus.<br /><br />Isaac: How close are we...<br /><br />Dylan: We’ll be landing just outside the colony in a few minutes.<br /><br />Isaac: That’s amazing….<br /><br />Graham: I don’t know, do you really think we should, I mean, they don’t know that were coming. What if they think we’re some kind of hostile aliens or something? <br /><br />Morris: Oh don’t be so naive Graham, this is what we’ve been waiting for.. searching for, for the entire time we’ve been out here. <br /><br />Isaac: Wait a minute, did you say colony?<br /><br />SFX: Dark reminiscent theme. <br /><br />Morris: Yeah, the terraformers. Bob was telling me they’ve been processing the atmosphere for years, since before the Vanguard mission was even sent. He said they sent the extra missions and kept its discovery a secret to boost the economy back on earth.<br /><br />Isaac: That... that’s horrible.<br /><br />Morris: That’s money. (Under his breath) And don’t I know it. But we have more pressing matters. Gather up everyone you can, I can’t keep running this ship by myself and if they saw us coming through the atmosphere, chances are they’ll ask us to identify before landing - <br /><br />SFX: Music becomes short bursts like jaws music. <br /><br />Graham: But we aren’t going to be able to because our communications are out, right? <br /><br />SFX: The baby coos.<br /><br />Graham: Sorry, she was awake and I didn’t want her to wake Aurora.<br /><br />Isaac: So what are we going to do?<br /><br />Morris: Well if everything goes well we’re going to try to land anyway.<br /><br />Isaac: And if it doesn’t?<br /><br />Graham: They’ll try to shoot us out of the sky.<br /><br />Sound fx: Distant laser cannons fire multiple shots.<br /><br />Isaac: What was that?<br /><br />Graham: Everything “not” going well. <br /><br />Morris: Hold on!<br /><br />Sfx: The music kicks into desperate adventure theme. The laser bursts come sizzling through the air, getting louder and louder until they hit the ship throwing everyone off their feet. The ship begins to dive bomb. The baby begins to fuss.<br /><br />Morris: What just happened?<br /><br />Dylan: I believe they’ve just clipped our wings Captain.<br /><br />Morris: What the hell do you mean “clipped our wings” I want English, what just happened? I want a report, now!<br /><br />Sfx: Typing.<br /><br />Graham: They’ve disabled our nuclear core sir, which knocked out our main power grid. <br /><br />Morris: So don’t we have a back up generator, reserve power - there’s got to be something we can do. Think!<br /><br />Sfx: Typing.<br /><br />Graham: Negative, there’s only enough power for diagnostics, life support, lighting, and medical sir. It’s not enough to power an entire ship.<br /><br />Morris: Then get down there and patch it up like you always do Graham!<br /><br />Graham: With all due respect captain, this isn’t a scratch. I cant just put a band-aid on it have it keep working like I usually do, we lost the entire core, were lucky it didn’t crack the bloody thing open or we’d have all been blown to atomic bits. <br /><br />SFX: A door opens and Aurora walks in.<br /><br />Aurora: What’s going on?<br /><br />Morris: (sarcastically) Nice of you to join us. Look, I don’t care what we do, but we’ve got to come up with a plan in less than-<br /><br />Sfx: typing.<br /><br />Dylan: 45 seconds to impact sir.<br /> <br />Morris: 45 seconds or were all d–<br /><br />Sfx: Another laser hits the ship. <br /><br />Morris: Dead!<br /><br />Sfx: Minerva, the baby starts crying.<br /><br />Liam: Stop squirming.<br /><br />Aurora: Hold on to her Liam.<br /><br />Liam: I’m trying, but she keeps -<br /><br />Sfx: Another shot hits the ship, everything goes into slow motion. The music kicks into a timeless dream type theme as everything slows. The hit broke something lose that hits Graham. Like an air pressure hose/pipe or something.<br /><br />Liam: Ungh!<br /><br />Aurora: The baby! You dropped...<br /><br />Sfx: The crying baby stops crying abruptly and hovers, and the ship comes to a halt, Its frame creaking under the weight. Keep the same music theme, but everyone can go back to normal speed. <br /><br />Isaac: What, what just happened?<br /><br />Morris: I don’t know but, somebody’s getting a raise, I can tell you that much.<br /><br />Aurora: Minerva. Look, she’s floating… just like the ship.<br /><br />Liam: Is she doing this?<br /><br />Aurora: Someone catch her before she falls and this all ends.<br /><br />Liam: I’ve got her.<br /><br />Sfx: grabs and holds baby.<br /><br />Liam: That a girl.<br /><br />Sfx: the baby starts crying again causing the ship gently drops a few feet and crashes down on the planet surface. The music stops.<br /><br />Crew together: Oooff!<br /><br />Graham: Sound so far fetched now, eh “captain?”<br /><br />Morris: Shut up Graham. Everyone okay? <br /><br />Dylan: I’m here?<br /><br />Liam: Present and accounted for.<br /><br />Isaac: Living.<br /><br />Aurora: She’s okay, the baby is okay.<br /><br />Morris: And you.<br /><br />Aurora: Oh, me? A few scratches here and there but I’ll live.<br /><br />Sfx: start eerie dark music. <br /><br />Graham: Where are they, shouldn’t whoever shot us down be right on top of us by now?<br /><br />Aurora: Yeah, where’s the fallow up?<br /><br />Sfx: A massive explosion can be heard from far away.<br /><br />Isaac: Man did you see that?<br /><br />Graham: The only thing I’ll be seeing for the next few minutes is stars, that thing was so bright.<br /><br />Morris: It seems the terraformers have their hands full dealing with someone else. <br /><br />Graham: What do you think could have caused and explosion of that caliber.<br /><br />Isaac: Everything could “not be going well” for someone else too?<br /><br />Morris: (Scoffs).<br /><br />Dylan: It could be terrorism.<br /><br />Aurora: It could be war.<br /><br />Sfx: plot development theme, start heroic adventure theme.<br /><br />Morris: Whatever it is, were not the only ones paying the terraformers a visit. And whatever is attacking them could attack earth next. I say we find out what were up against. And that means splitting up. (to one group) Liam, Aurora and Graham, you three go and find out what or who caused that explosion. Reconnaissance is the name of the game, do you hear me? I don’t want you guys playing hero and getting your selves killed. (to the other group) And you three, get the parts you need to fix the core and the transponder and get back here, nothing more.<br /><br />Aurora: And I’ll...<br /><br />Morris: You’ll stay here, Aurora. You stay here and watch over the ship, and your baby. You’re a mother now.<br /><br />Aurora: Minerva, I named her Minerva.<br /><br />Morris: Make it quick, we won’t have any way to contact each other, so you’re all responsible for everyone else in your group getting back here in a safe and timely manner. Alright, we can’t hope they’ll be distracted all the time, so let’s move out. <br /><br />Sfx: Hands out guns, crew load them.<br /><br />Morris: Remember these are for protection only, no target practice. No itchy trigger fingers, I want safeties on.<br /><br />Sfx: Ships doors open, crew walk out. Transition music, fade in footsteps walking across the floors. Start sneaky music. The terraforming station has a different ambient sound, could have terraforming machinery going on in the background, oxygen processors or something. <br /><br />Graham: How do you think the first group is doing figuring out what caused that explosion?<br /><br />Dylan: Hopefully better than us. Wait, there, I see it. A radio station just up ahead.<br /><br />Sfx: Music cuts out.<br /><br />Alien Guard (in space mask): Hold it, identify yourselves.<br /><br />Sfx: Laser gun battle ensues. Action music. <br /><br />LIAM: Over there, we can hide behind that corner, take shelter. Go!<br /><br />Sfx: Laser blasts deflect and hit the wall, some just whiz by. The team run over and sit down behind something. Start anticipation music.<br /><br />Liam: (panting) Graham! Why aren’t you helping? <br /><br />Graham: (awkwardly and suspicious) My gun.... it’s ah.. It seems to be jammed.<br /><br />Dylan: Here take mine, I’ll get that one working again.<br /><br />SfX: Gives him the gun.<br /><br />Graham: Oh, thanks. Now I can blast some of those (pause) Kodukai “scum.”<br /><br />Liam: Yeah! That’s the spirit. Now, if create a distraction do you think you could get a clean shot on him.<br /><br />Graham: Oh I really don’t think I–<br /><br />Dylan: Come on I’m sure you’ll do great. And if nothing else Liam will have your back.<br /><br />Liam: All right so you’re going to make a dash across to the other side on three. One…<br /><br />Dylan and Liam (together): Two.<br /><br />Dylan: Three!<br /><br />Sfx: Start action music. Runs across and laser fire picks up. Liam shoots back. <br /><br />Liam: Come on Graham, this is our chance.<br /><br />GRAHAM: I.. <br /><br />LIAM: Come on!<br /><br />Sfx: Laser blast hits Dylan. Music hits a bad note and then gets desperate, but still with anticipation. <br /><br />Dylan: Ungh! I’m hit.<br /><br />Sfx: Falls to the ground. Laser fire continues. <br /><br />LIAM: She’s going to get killed out there. <br /><br />GRAHAM: (under his breath) So what.<br /><br />LIAM: What?!<br /><br />GRAHAM: I mean, “You’re right. What am I doing?” <br /><br />Sfx: Loads gun. Music cuts out.<br /><br />GRAHAM: Take that!<br /><br />Sfx: Graham starts shooting! Alien stops shooting.<br /><br />Alien: Pat-mok? Is that y–<br /><br />Sfx: Graham shoots him, his body hits the floor bloodily. The music hits a dark death note, start a double crossing theme. <br /><br />Alien: rghh!!<br /><br />Liam: (Becoming increasingly distant) Nice shot. Come on, let’s go get Dylan. Hey wait! Graham, where are you going?<br /><br />Sfx: Graham walks up to the bloody alien as he struggling in pain. The music breaks down to tense beats like jaws. <br /><br />Alien: (quietly, as dying) Pat-mok, my lord. <br /><br />Graham: I.. Don’t know what your talking about.<br /><br />ALIEN: Pat-mok, it’s me, Shorn-Cal-eye, your brother – don’t you remember. Why did you shoot me, and why have you taken the form of that human!<br /><br />SFX: plot thickens theme. <br /><br />GRAHAM: For the last time, I told you I don’t what you’re talking about. <br /><br />Sfx: Loads gun <br /><br />GRAHAM: (whispering and angry, through his teeth) If you would have just kept your mouth shut, I wouldn’t have to do this. <br /><br />ALIEN: No, Pat-mok, wait!<br /><br />SFX: The laser gun fires, splattering the alien’s head everywhere. End on a long single death note. Fade in a double crossing, scheming theme. <br /><br />LIAM: What did you do that for? We could have questioned him. Gotten some answers.<br /><br />GRAHAM: He would have died slowly and wouldn’t have told us anything. I had to end his suffering.<br /><br />LIAM: (sighs) Did you get the parts, Dylan?<br /><br />Sfx: Something sparks as she pulls a circuit from the terminal. <br /><br />Dylan: Yeah, this should be everything I’ll need to fix the transponder.<br /><br />LIAM: Graham? You got what you need.<br /><br />Sfx: Gathers a few metal objects, spare parts.<br /><br />GRAHAM: Yeah, me too.<br /><br />LIAM: Alright, then lets get back to the ship. Come on, I’ll help you .<br /><br />Dylan: (grunts as she tries to stand)<br /><br />Sfx: Liam helps Dylan to her feet and the team walks back toward ship, Dylan limping and grunting in pain. Transition music. The door opens for the ship and the team walk in.<br /><br />Aurora: What happened? <br /><br />Dylan: They saw us?<br /><br />Aurora: And they shot you?<br /><br />Graham: I guess, it was a “shoot first, ask questions latter” kinda’ thing.<br /><br />Dylan: Where’s the other group, they’re not back yet?<br /><br />Graham: It would seem that way, wouldn’t it.<br /><br />Dylan: Aurora, I can watch the baby while I repair the transponder, you should go and help the others find the first group. Graham, you’ll have to stay here to start repairing the engine and installing the new part.<br /><br />Liam: And I’ll stay and tend to your wounds Dylan.<br /><br />Dylan: Thanks Liam. <br /><br />Sfx: Start delicate romance theme. <br /><br />Aurora: Alright.<br /><br />Liam: Be safe Aurora.<br /><br />Aurora: Liam, if anything happens I just want you to know I–<br /><br />Liam: (kiss on cheek, pause) I know. I’ll take care of her. <br /><br />Aurora: No, that’s not what I meant.<br /><br />Aurora: I know what you meant.<br /><br />Liam: (swallows) Okay. <br /><br />Sfx: Runs out the door, she loads her gun. Transition music.<br /><br />Dylan: Graham why don’t you get started on the repairs to the engine core. Okay Liam, it will only take me a few minutes to get the communications grid up again now that I’ve got this part. I think I’ll be okay until then.<br /><br />Liam: Okay? So.. I’ll go get set up for you.<br /><br />Dylan: I’ll be there in a few minutes.<br /><br />Liam: Alright, see you there. Be careful and if you feel anything... anything at all, let me know.<br /><br />Sound fx: a door opens, he walks through, then it shuts.<br /><br />Dylan: I know, I know.<br /><br />Sfx: Transition music <br /><br />Dylan: Alright. <br /><br />Sfx: Opens a squeaky panel, the wires inside spark a bit. Her voice starts to echo a bit when she reaches back into the underneath compartment of the communications station, like a plumber. <br /><br />Dylan: So this should be fairly simple, just a blown fuse. <br /><br />Dylan: Just pull out the old fuse.<br /><br />Sfx: Pulls out old fuse.<br /><br />Dylan: And then put in the new one<br /><br />Sfx: Puts in new fuse<br /><br />Dylan: And this extra part to ensure their compatibility. <br /><br />Sfx: Clicks last part in and sparks stop. Communications grid warms up and comes online.<br /><br />Dylan: (grunts) There we go.<br /><br />Sfx: Shifting through static, channels until Graham’s voice can be heard. Start a interesting, double-crossing theme.<br /><br />Graham: (Statically and scratchy over the radio) This is Graham, calling the NSS Exodus. Do you copy?<br /><br />Dylan: (no echo now) Graham? Why do you have a beard? What’s going on? And more importantly why are you calling me from the engine room.<br /><br />Graham: (Statically and scratchy over the radio) Dylan, Dylan is that you. It’s been so long.<br /><br />Dylan: Yes it’s me stupid. I just sent you downstairs to repair the engine with the new parts we got.<br /><br />Graham: (Statically and scratchy over the radio) Okay, Dylan. Listen to me very carefully. The Graham that is on your ship is not me. He is an imposter, a shape-shifter.<br /><br />Sfx: plot thickens theme.<br /><br />Dylan: What? What ware you trying to pull?<br /><br />Sfx: Start eerie music, we can hear, quietly and in memory, the scene happening from script three where he is copied, in the background. <br /><br />Graham: (Statically and scratchy over the radio) Please, Dylan. When I was outside repairing the ship on Neb-Kinar, the Kodukai captured me, somehow stole my DNA, my memories, my knowledge and then shape-shifted into someone that looked like me - but it’s not me! I’ve been held prisoner this whole time by the Kodukai, I saw your ship come down and I escaped, hoping I could reach one of you in time.<br /> <br />Dylan: Oh my God, Graham! What do I..<br /><br />Graham: (Statically and scratchy over the radio) Listen, you have to get as far away from him as you can, he’s planning to-<br /><br />Sfx: Music peeks on a bad note. A tranquilizer gun fires. A dart hits Dylan.<br /><br />Dylan: Nguh! (Sighs as passes out)<br /><br />Sfx: Her body hits the floor.<br /><br />Graham: (Statically and scratchy over the radio) Dylan? Dylan!!<br /><br />Sfx: The fake graham walks up to the communications station.<br /><br />Graham (transforming into alien voice): I didn’t stay undercover on this ship all this time just to have you go ruin it now, Graham!<br /><br />Sfx: Plot thickens theme.<br /><br />Graham: Pat-mok!<br /><br />SFX: Cliffhanger ending theme.<br /><br />DJ: Join us next week for the exciting continuation of Terra Novus every week at (show time) every (show day of the week) night here on SCAD RADIO. <br /><br />This episode featured the talents of <br />Writer: _________<br />And featuring the voices of (actors say their name): ________<br />Music and Sound FX by: __________<br />Mixed by:_______<br />This has been a presentation of SCAD Radio Dramas, tune in every week at (show time) every (show day of the week) night here on SCAD RADIO.xaqBazithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00719501789403374325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124837602921540250.post-46575100927714448022008-09-23T15:07:00.002-07:002008-09-23T15:11:39.321-07:00Terra Novus, Ep. 6 - Father's FootstepsDJ: And now for our feature presentation of TERRA NOVUS: Created and presented by SCAD Radio Dramas (Scattered).<br /><br />Sfx: intro theme<br /><br />dj: last week on terra novous...<br /><br />CAPT. WHITAKER: (Voice cracking) All right! All right, ill tell you, (panting) ill tell you what you want to know.<br /><br />MORRIS: Why did you do that! With the gas.<br /><br />CAPT. WHITAKER: We had to stop you, you were getting too close.<br /><br />MORRIS: Too close to what.<br /><br />CAPT. WHITAKER: Terra Novus, the new earth. <br /><br />MORRIS: Isn’t that what you were looking for.<br /><br />CAPT. WHITAKER: Yes… no.<br /><br />MORRIS: No, yes which one is it!<br /><br />CAPT. WHITAKER: No. We were never meant to find anything. When we came up here we were told we would never be coming back; that our mission would automatically be classified as a lost cause. <br /><br />ISAAC: What about all the work, all my father’s star logs. All his research. You killed him because he was too close didn’t you. Didn’t you, you-<br /><br />CAPT. WHITAKER: No. yes, its true Gunther was not in on it. He’s the only way our mission seemed legitimate to the public. IGSTA did want him to find the planet, just not land on it.<br /><br />ISAAC: That dosen’t prove you didn’t kill him.<br /><br />CAPT. WHITAKER: Look, he was a pain in our side, ill give you that, but we weren’t going to kill him. If it hadn’t been for that Kreigal battle cruiser we never would have landed on that godforsaken planet that killed him in the first place. (pause, swallows hard) And I lost more than just him, I lost three members of my crew.<br /><br />Capt. Whitaker: Starts sobbing.<br /><br />Isaac: I’m sorry. <br /><br />CAPT. WHITAKER: (snivvleing) do you think.. you think you could uncuff me. Ya know, for good behavior?<br /><br />(cut to)<br /><br />Sfx: someone walks over and release cuffs<br /><br />CAPT. WHITAKER: He said if anything happened, to… to<br /><br />MORRIS: To what! To what… I swear if you die on me I’m gonna-<br /><br />CAPT. WHITAKER: To do this?<br /><br />Sfx: Pulls something out of his jacket, it beeps.<br /><br />What’s he pulling out of his jacket.<br /><br />MORRIS: It’s a detonator.<br /><br />Graham: Everybody get down.<br /><br />ISAAC: No!!<br /><br />SFX: He presses the detonator. A massive explosion goes off.<br /><br />SFX: Cliffhanger ending theme.<br /><br />Dj: And now for the continuation of terra Novus. Episode six.<br /><br />Sfx: All the air starts sucking out into space. Chairs tables etc slide across the floor. The music is fast and hopeless.<br /><br />Morris: Quick everyone hold on to something or you’re all going to be floating with the stars.<br /><br />Isaac: Sliding (ahh)<br /><br />Gail: Hold on Isaac, I’ve got you.<br /><br />Sfx: Grabs his hand, stops sliding.<br /><br />Morris: Someone shut that door. Seal the air lock. Seal it off.<br />Graham: I think I can reach it with my… ahhh.<br /><br />Sfx: Graham Starts sliding.<br /><br />Isaac: Grab onto my foot.<br /><br />Sfx: Grabs.<br /><br />Graham: Got it.<br /><br />Gail: Ungh, I’m slipping, I can’t hold both of you and me. Someone get that door closed!<br /><br />Morris: (straining) just a… little… closer. <br /><br />Sfx: He presses the button, and the door shuts. The air stops being sucked into space and the music relaxes.<br /><br />Morris: (Sighs with relief.)<br /><br />Sfx: Everyone is panting and exhausted.<br /><br />Morris: (sarcastically) good behavior, (scoffs then sighs) alright sound off, who’s still with us? Did we lose anyone because that man’s antics?<br /><br />Dylan: Dylan, I’m still here.<br /><br />Graham: Graham, breathing.<br /><br />Aurora: Aurora, in pain but alive.<br /><br />Gail: Gail, I think I broke a nail.<br /><br />Bob: Bob, present and accounted for. All systems are functional.<br /><br />Morris: That leaves… Isaac, you still alive, I can’t see you with all this smoke (cough).<br /><br />Isaac: I’m here.<br /><br />Morris: Where’s the Captain, (cough) if the blast didn’t kill him I’m going to. Liam, check em for a pulse.<br /><br />Sfx: Liam walks over grunting<br /><br />Liam: I’m afraid he’s dead sir.<br /><br />SFX: the music hits a depressing fail note.<br />Morris: (Sighs) well that’s no fun. Alright, damage report; 808, what just happened.<br /><br />Bob: It appears that Captain Whitaker detonated a bomb that destroyed his ship while it was docked with ours. Damaging our engines and wiping out our communications.<br /><br />Dylan: Sighs.<br /><br />Bob: Wait, that’s not the worst part.<br /><br />Morris: So what is?<br /><br />Bob: The blast has sent us hurdling into the gravitational pull of another planet.<br /><br />Sfx: plot point theme.<br /><br />Morris: Alright everyone up to the main deck, if we cant pull up, let’s at least land her on her belly - somewhere soft.<br /><br />Sfx: Everyone runs to the bridge, transition music. Building tension music, like the Pirates of the Caribbean theme. <br /><br />Morris: Are there any lakes, deserts nearby.<br /><br />Isaac: None that I can detect sir. There is however, a…<br /><br />Morris: A what, what is it Isaac. Speak up we don’t have much time.<br /><br />Isaac: It’s a.. it’s some kind of pieced together radio tower, it looks man made.<br /><br />Morris: Any luck with the engines Aurora? Are we going to survive this thing?<br /><br />Aurora: I’m trying my best, the engines won’t fire. I’ve extended all drag and brake flaps - I’m doing my best just to level us out Captain.<br /><br />Morris: Everyone to your seats; strap in, and strap in good. I want to see everyone alive after we –<br /><br />Sfx: The ship hits the atmosphere, bursting into flames and shaking the ship violently.<br /><br />Morris: (shaking) lllaaannddd.<br /><br />Sfx: The ship flies through the sky and crash lands in the desert. The music peaks then goes to transition music. The ships smokes as the engines sputter to a halt.<br /><br />Morris: (breathing heavily) everyone alright?<br /><br />Liam: Were all here captain.<br /><br />Morris: Good. Good job aurora, were all here.<br /><br />Sfx: Start concerning theme.<br /><br />Aurora: (Breathing in pain and gasping) Yeah.<br /><br />Liam: Are you alright Aurora, your holding your stomach. What is it? Is it the baby?<br /><br />Aurora: I think so… I don’t know it just hurts.<br /><br />Morris: Alright, Liam why don’t you take her to sick bay and Isaac you work on locking down the location of that radio tower you were talking about. They could have what we need to fix our communications. Graham, you know what you need to do – get to work on that engine.<br /><br />Graham: Yes sir. <br /><br />SFX: (Transition music)<br /><br />Morris: So I guess that makes the search party me, Dylan, Isaac and Liam; are we all ready to head out.<br /><br />Aurora: I’m going too.<br /><br />Liam: But Aurora… what about the baby.<br /><br />Aurora: I want to.<br /><br />Morris: I really don’t think you should—<br /><br />SFX: The music peaks and stands up for Aurora. <br /><br />Aurora: You listen to me. I don’t give a damn what you do and don’t think I or anyone else on this ship can do. Ever since you found out I was pregnant you’ve been doubting my ability as a pilot, (chuckles) you even doubted me before that. I’m sure if you could have found a male pilot that would have done it for the “money” you were offering you would have taken him in a second over me. You treat Bob the same way and I’m sick of it. You better start treating us like were all the same species, because this crew may just be the last humans you’ll ever see. <br /><br />Sfx: Doors open.<br /><br />MORRIS: Alright (sighs) let’s go then.<br /><br />SFX: (transition music) then we hear wind, it is a dry and dusty planet like Mars. Everyone is walking; we can hear the dry dirt at their feet.<br /><br />Morris: You sure were still headed I the right direction?<br /><br />Isaac: Yes sir, the readings placed the radio tower just over that ridge, it shouldn’t be far now.<br /><br />Liam: Are you all right Aurora, you need to take a break?<br /><br />Aurora: No (panting) I’m fine, I just want to get this over with. I want to show Morris I’m not as weak as he thinks I am. I just have this weird feeling.<br /><br />Sfx: Start creepy/eerie music quietly.<br /><br />LIAM: I know what you mean. Its almost like.. like were being-<br /><br />AURORA: Watched?<br /><br />LIAM: (Swallows hard) you took the words right out of my mouth. I keep looking over my shoulder but I see no one, nothing. It must be all this heat.<br /><br />AURORA: Yes I do have to say it is getting hotter, I didn’t want to say anything because I thought It was just the baby acting up, but It does seem to be increasing dramatically, wouldn’t you say.<br /><br />ISAAC: Creepy, De ja vu.<br /><br />MORRIS: What is it.<br /><br />ISAAC: It’s just…this all seems very familiar, like I’ve been here before. The rock formations, the odd plants, the scorched earth, it’s almost like its been muta- wait. That’s it, I haven’t been here… but my father has. This is exactly the same type of occurrences my father described in his space logs, this must be Zudam.<br /><br />SFX: plot development theme. Then tension theme becomes dominant. <br /><br />MORRIS: Wait a minute kid, didn’t the captain say they were killed by something here?<br /><br />ISAAC: Yes, a radio active sun I believe it was.<br /><br />LIAM: And when’s sunrise?<br /><br />ISAAC: Oh you can see it getting lighter over there, its almost dawn. (Pause) Ohhhh, I get it. Its almost sunrise, and that’s a bad thing.<br /><br />LIAM: Very.<br /><br />Sfx: the music cuts out and a flair gun is fired into the air bursting after a few seconds. <br /><br />LIAM: What was that?<br /><br />MORRIS: The flare gun. Since our communications were down I told Graham if anything went wrong or he saw anything suspicious, to signal us with the flare gun.<br /><br />AURORA: Well something’s definitely wrong<br /><br />LIAM: Yeah, like were about to fallow in your father’s footsteps.<br /><br />ISAAC: That used to be a good thing.<br /><br />MORRIS: I’ll say, now com’on-<br /><br />Sfx: Music starts getting really creepy, loud too. The crew stop walking. Then we hear distorted moaning coming from somewhere, then a freakish scream. Morris upholsters his gun.<br /><br />Morris: What the hell was that?<br /><br />Liam: There! behind us, captain!<br /><br />Sfx: Charges gun. Another freakish scream.<br /><br />Isaac: They don’t look friendly.<br /><br />Liam: Aliens! I knew something was following us.<br /><br />Morris: None like I’ve ever seen. It’s just one more reason to get back to the ship - Now com’on!<br /><br />Sfx: Tension theme, show that the team is divided.<br /> <br />Dylan: No. we need to repair the communications, it can’t be more than half a mile now.<br /><br />Morris: Not at the risk of my crew’s lives.<br /><br />Gail: We can’t turn back now, not when were so close. They look slow enough, I’ll bet we can outrun them. <br /><br />Aurora: You might be able to outrun them, but you won’t make it back before sunrise.<br /><br />SFX: Music becomes sympathetic.<br />GAIL: You all think I’m just someone who criticizes everyone else. That I’m here in someone else’s place, but you never looked at who I really am. As a person, never appreciated me as an individual.<br /><br />AURORA: You wouldn’t be the first or the only one either but Morris is right. Now’s not the time, we can talk about this once were on the ship. Now common, they’re closing in around us.<br /><br />GAIL: I’m trying to tell you I was on the track team in college. Could run the quarter mile in -<br /><br />MORRIS: This is not a discussion, I’m going to clear a path on three, and I want everyone back to the ship. Now here we go, One, two<br /><br />Dylan: Three!<br /><br />Morris: Gail?! Get back here, you heard the-<br /><br />Gail: Just make that path, I’ll meet you back at the ship.<br /><br />DYLAN: I’m going with her.<br /><br />ISAAC: No Dylan, its not worth it. <br /><br />DYLAN: (Grunts as she tries to pull arm away) We have to get the parts, or I won’t be able to do my job and I’ll really be as useless as everyone already thinks I am.<br /><br />ISAAC: At least you’ll be alive. Com’on, well find another way to repair them.<br /><br />DYLAN (reluctantly): All right.<br /><br />ISAAC: Now run!<br /><br />Sfx: Action tension music: Morris starts firing and hitting the aliens, some of them scream in pain other yell back angrily ready for revenge. We can hear the crew running.<br /><br />AURORA: Ungh!<br /><br />LIAM: Com’on Aurora, we don’t have time!<br /><br />AURORA: It’s the baby! I thinks its coming.<br /><br />Liam: But it’s too early.<br /><br />Aurora: I know, but I can feel it! <br /><br />Liam: You’ve got to run, I know it hurts… do it for your baby.<br /><br />Aurora: (Struggles in pain) I can’t.<br /><br />Liam: (Sighs) All right, common, I’ll carry you.<br /><br />Aurora: But what about Morris, I don’t want him to think—<br /><br />Liam: It doesn’t matter what he thinks anymore, just get on my back. I’m sure he’d rather have a pregnant pilot then no pilot at all.<br /><br />Sfx: She gets on his back. The music gets heroic but keeps the same speed and intensity, this is one of the most intense themes of the entire show. <br /><br />Liam: (grunts under her weight) That’s it, hold on we’ll be there soon. You’re going to make it. You’re going to be okay.<br /><br />Dylan: There?!<br /><br />Morris: What, what are you pointing at!<br /><br />Dylan: It Gail, she’s got it.<br /><br />GAIL (getting louder as she comes out of the distance) (out of breath): I got it, I got the part guys. Wait for me.<br /><br />SFX: Aliens yell as they take notice of her. The music starts getting sadder, darker and more tragic as well as freaky.<br /><br />GAIL (trying to fight them off): Hey, get off of me. Get off of me!<br /><br />SFX: Aliens snarl and bite her and scream, as they tear open her suit.<br /><br />Gail: Oww. Ahhh!! Help me! Get these things off of me.<br /><br />Dylan: Gail!<br /><br />sfx: Isaac grabs her suit as she tries to walk away, stopping her. <br /><br />SFX: Start plot development theme.<br /><br />Dylan: Com’on Isaac, don’t just stand there. Help me, we have to do something!<br /><br />Isaac: (Regretfully but impatiently) No, Dylan. It was her choice to go back for it.<br /><br />Dylan: But they’re tearing her suit open, she’ll be completely unprotected from the radiation when the sun rises.<br /><br />ISAAC: We can’t save her now. We have about 30 seconds to get everyone we can onto that ship and shut the doors or were all going to die, now com’on. I wish there was a better way but right now you either save yourself, or die with her.<br /><br />Sfx: Start up frenetic tension theme again. Their footsteps go from running on ground to the ship. <br /><br />Morris: Com’on, everyone on, so I can shut the door. I can’t hold them off much longer.<br /><br />Sfx: Everyone runs on and sits. Morris keeps firing as the door shuts.<br /><br />Morris: Viewing shields! We’ve got to cover the ships windows before the sun rises or the radiation will penetrate the ship.<br /> <br />Sfx: Large squeaky doors start slowly sliding closed.<br /><br />MORRIS: Can you fly Aurora?<br /><br />AURORA: I.. (grunting with pain and panting) I’m sorry.<br /><br />MORRIS: Fine! I’ll get us airborne.<br /><br />Sfx: Morris sits and straps in, engines start firing up. The beings can still be quietly heard moaning and screaming. The music cuts off as the ship starts to shake, as they push on the ship.<br /><br />Morris: What was that?<br /><br />Dylan: They’re right out side, they’re clawing at the ship<br /><br />Isaac: They’re trying to get in.<br /><br />SFX: Start dramatic sad theme.<br /><br />Gail: (screaming and banging on the door) Wait! Wait for me! I made it, I’m here.<br />Let me on, I have the part. Hey guys its me! Please!!<br /><br />Isaac: What are you doing?<br /><br />Dylan: I’m opening the door, I’m gonna let her on.<br /><br />Isaac: No, don’t! You’ll let them on too.<br /><br />Dylan: No, I’ve got to, they’re killing her out there.<br />Aurora: No. the doors stay shut, the radio active sun of this planet has almost fully risen which means it’s at maximum power. It could kill all of us. I’m not letting that happen to my crew, to my baby.<br /><br />Morris: Me neither.<br /><br />Dylan: So what you’re just going to let her die out there. (Scoffs)<br /><br />Morris: She was already dead the moment she made her decision.<br /><br />Dylan: Oh no, its happening. Oh God. <br /><br />Sfx: Screams get painful and louder outside as it sounds like flesh is burning and bubbling. The sun gets brighter.<br /><br />Gail: Let me, oonnn—iiiyyeee!!!!<br /><br />Sfx: Her voice gets distorted and changes as she mutates.<br /><br />Isaac: (disgusted, scared, sad and almost crying) They’re changing, it’s mutating them.<br /><br />Dylan: (Sobbing) Its killing them! GAIL!!!<br /><br />Gail: Let me on, Dylan please! Isaac, I saved your life!! Just let me---( then her voice gets too distorted to recognize or understand).<br /><br />Dylan (crying): Let go of me. <br /><br />SFX: She slaps him. <br /><br />Dylan: That could have been me out there you bastard. Would you have left me? Would you have left me if I would have went with her?<br /><br />Aurora: I would have left anyone stupid enough to disobey an order. I’m not putting this crew in jeopardy like that again for one of you guys’ stupid mistakes. I have to do what’s best for the group, not individuals.<br /><br />SFX: Music slows and fades away.<br /><br />Dylan: Cries and sobs.<br /><br />Isaac: Look. Their outfits, those look like the ones the crew of the Vanguard were wearing.<br /><br />Liam: It’s almost like it didn’t kill them, it just... mutated them.<br /><br />Isaac: They must be the other crew members that they had to leave stranded on the planet.<br /><br />Aurora: (Suddenly screams in pain.)<br /><br />SFX: the music mirrors her pain, concern theme with a touch of immediacy. <br /><br />Isaac: What’s wrong with her?<br /><br />Liam: (sighs) I’m afraid the stress of this whole thing, and the radiation has somehow sent her into an early labor. I can feel it, she’s having contractions.<br /><br />Isaac: What you mean, like she’s going to have the baby.<br /><br />Dylan: Right now?<br /><br />Liam: Not without your help she isn’t.<br /><br />Isaac: Me? But I’ve never… I don’t…<br /><br />Liam: Common, I can’t do it alone, I need you to help me carry her into the sick bay.<br /><br />Dylan: Come on, I’ll help too. <br /><br />Isaac: I don’t know, I…<br /><br />Liam: Just get in here!<br /><br />Sfx: Door opens, they walk in then the door shuts.<br /><br />Liam: Alright, let me take a look on the ultrasonic-imager and see where we are.<br /><br />Sfx: He puts something gooey on her stomach.<br /><br />Aurora: (Panting and moaning from the pain, she starts breathing faster) its cold.<br /><br />Liam: I know, its okay. Just try and breathe. <br /><br />Liam: All right it looks like your dilated enough, I think were ready. Are you r--<br /><br />sfx: Music breaks down to dramatic bursts like jaws. <br /><br />Isaac: Wait doc, what’s that?<br /><br />Liam: What’s what?<br /><br />Isaac: That.<br /><br />Sfx: Taps screen with his finger twice.<br /><br />Isaac: What is it.<br /><br />Liam: It looks like he’s gotten so active he’s wrapped the umbilical chord around his neck. <br /><br />Sfx: start tension theme. <br /><br />Isaac: So can’t he un-wrap it.<br /><br />Liam: It might come undone, but it’s a slim chance. We have do deliver him now or the baby could suffocate.<br /><br />Isaac: You mean die?<br /><br />Liam: I mean, if we don’t get it unwrapped in the next three minutes, Aurora’s baby is going strangle itself to death! <br /><br />SFX: Cliffhanger ending theme.<br /><br />DJ: Join us next week for the exciting continuation of Terra Novus every week at (show time) every (show day of the week) night here on SCAD RADIO. <br /><br />This episode featured the talents of <br />Writer: _________<br />And featuring the voices of (actors say their name): ________<br />Music and Sound FX by: __________<br />Mixed by:_______<br />This has been a presentation of SCAD Radio Dramas, tune in every week at (show time) every (show day of the week) night here on SCAD RADIO.xaqBazithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00719501789403374325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124837602921540250.post-21852338932102421692008-09-23T15:07:00.001-07:002008-09-23T15:07:46.246-07:00Terra Novus, ep. 5 - Bad BloodDJ: And now for our feature presentation of TERRA NOVUS: Created and presented by SCAD Radio Dramas (Scattered).<br /><br />Sfx: intro theme<br /><br />dj: last week on terra novous...<br /><br />ISAAC: Gunther Burgos?<br /><br />CAPT. WHITAKER: Yes. the one who started our mission, was infected.<br /><br />ISAAC: Dad? Where is he, is he still alive, I have to talk to him.<br /><br />CAPT. WHITAKER: No. I’m sorry. We tried to treat him but our doctor was killed on the planet and we had neither the knowhow nor the manpower to keep him alive. <br /><br />(Cut to)<br /><br />CAPT. WHITAKER: If its any conciliation we still have many of his space logs in our computer system if you would like to come aboard and see them for yourself.<br /><br />(Cut to)<br /><br />MORRIS: Do you think while we our docked you could give my crew a hand removing it. I wouldn’t want to put your crew in danger. <br /><br />CAPT. WHITAKER: Yes of course. Ill send a few of my men over to help immediately. <br /><br />(Cut to)<br /><br />EXODUS CREW #1: Hey I think I got it, (grunts) yep, here it is.<br /><br />Sfx: spark fly as he breaks the chip off and pulls it out.<br />GRAHAM: That’s it hungh? That’s what he’s been using to track us?<br /><br />(Cut to)<br /><br />GAIL: Hugh, so much trouble in such a small little thing.<br /><br />EXODUS CREW #1: you think that’s bad? You don’t know the half of it.<br /><br />Sfx: The hissing of smoke starts coming into the room.<br />GAIL: What’s that noise?<br /><br />GRAHAM: There! Its some kind of smoke (cough) coming in through the vents.<br /><br />GAIL: (cough, cough) What do we do?<br /><br />EXODUS CREW #1: (as puts gas mask on): Speak for yourselves, that’s your problem. <br /><br />GAIL: Why does he have a gas mask Graham? Its almost like he… was… ex-pec—ting… <br /><br />Sfx: Dylan and graham fall to the ground unconscious. Music makes them seem doomed. Then two people come running in.<br /><br />ISAAC: Oh no, were too late. They’ve filled the entire ship with some sort of gas.<br /><br />MORRIS: Quick Isaac, (cough) cover your face and try… not to (cough).. breath.. in – the smmm….<br /><br />Sfx: Morris falls to the floor.<br /><br />ISAAC (muffled): Not you too. (sighs) What can I do? I can already feeling it affecting me, even though im covering my face. (breathing heavily) Its… (cough) no… use.<br /><br />sfx: Cliffhanger ending theme. <br /><br />Dj: And now for the continuation of terra novus. Episode five.<br /><br />Sfx: the music is tense and disorientating.<br /><br />ISAAC: Wait, I have an idea. It’s so foggy in here from the smoke, If I can just find Bob, he’s probably still offline from when they were removing his homing beacon. <br /><br />Sfx: Isaac stumbles around as gas still fills the room.<br /><br />ISAAC: Here he is now I just have to flip on his power switch, and there’s a chance he might be able to stop…<br /><br />Sfx: flips Bob back on, his circuits whir up to speed.<br /><br />ISAAC: …what’s causing the smoke. <br /><br />BOB: Were you able to remove the homing beacon? <br /><br />Isaac: (Cough)<br /><br />BOB: Wait, I’m sorry I didn’t recognize you sir. are you all right. What’s going on, where is Gail and Graham they were right h…<br /><br />ISAAC: (Cough) The other crew they put something in the vents…. You have to… ssstop… themmm.<br /><br />Sfx: Falls to the ground. Plot thickens theme.<br /><br />BOB: Oh my. It would seem that the member of the Exodus I detected working on the ventilation system was there purposely, and not by mistake as I was told before they worked on me. So I assume that’s where I should start.<br /><br />Sfx: bob starts walking.<br /><br />BOB: If I can turn that off, the rest of the crew might regain consciousness and be able to help me discover why the crew of the Vanguard would do such a thing. <br /><br />Sfx: A door opens bob walks in and the door shuts.<br /><br />BOB: Here I am, the air lock.<br /><br />Sfx: Bob cranks a hatch and opens it letting all the air out of the room.<br /><br />BOB: There’s no sign of the other crew, however my systems show that their ship is still docked with ours. <br /><br />Sfx: Bobs feet slam against the ship almost like suction cups as they become magnetized.<br /><br />BOB: My electro-magnetic feet will keep me held tight to the outside of the ship as I make my way to the ventilation unit.<br /><br />Sfx: Bob loudly walks across the ship to the ventilation unit where we hear a fan and hear the hissing of he smoke.<br /><br />BOB: That was rather smart of Isaac to reactivate me. He must have known I don’t breathe air and therefore would be the only one that wouldn’t be affected by the smoke.<br /><br />CAPT WHITAKER (from inside his mask): You’re not the only one.<br /><br />Sfx: Terrifying action theme.<br /><br />BOB: Oh, my.<br /><br />Sfx: An electrical sound crackles and sparks as he swings it at bob, like a mix between a lightsaber and a Tesla coil sound.<br /><br />BOB: He is carrying a shock stick. If he lands one of those swings he is sure to scramble my circuits.<br /><br />Sfx: The man keeps trying to hit bob with the shock stick.<br /><br />Bob (as he’s dodging): If I can just… get.. be-hind him.<br /><br />Sfx: Bob quickly maneuvers around behind him.<br /><br />BOB: Yes, there we go, I did it. Now I just have to pull his oxygen chord from his ventilating pack.<br /><br />Sfx: A chord is ripped off and air escapes out of the man’s suit.<br /><br />CAPT WHITAKER (from inside his mask, gasping for air) What are you doing you stupid robot? My air, there’s no air, no oxygen. (gasps as a he panics) I can’t breathe, I can’t breatthe, I… can’t.. <br /><br />Sfx: Bob pulls a panel off and the fan gets louder along with the hissing from the smoke.<br /><br />BOB: There it is, there’s what’s causing the problem. How about I “accidently give you a taste of your own medicine, just like you mistakenly were working on this ventilator unit instead of the turrets.”<br /><br />Sfx: The hissing gets quiter as he hooks it up to Whitaker’s ventilator. <br /><br />CAPT WHITAKER (from inside his mask): No, don’t do that. Don’t put my air hose up… to (cough) the – smoooke (sighs and exhales as passes out).<br /><br />Sfx: music ends on a heroic note. <br /><br />BOB: Mistakes happen, (pause) but not by my hand. But if anything happens to the rest of them I’ll need someone alive to talk. Oh my, I can barley believe I just said that. <br /><br />Sfx: Bob grabs the shock stick and fires it a few times.<br /><br />BOB: This could come in useful if I run into any more crew members. But this smoke machine will not be causing this crew anymore troubles.<br /><br />Sfx: Bob rattles around in the ventilator unit before pulling out the smoke machine. It gets louder as he removes it; beeping and hissing with smoke. <br /><br />BOB: (Grunts).<br /><br />FSX: He throws it into space, it gets quieter and quieter as it goes away.<br /><br />BOB: There! Back into the depths from which you came. Now, to get inside and check on the crew. But I have to be careful, once the gas has stopped the crew of the Vanguard will know someone has foiled their plan.<br /><br />SFX: Transition music<br /><br />Sfx: Bob walks up from the outside of the ship dragging the other crew member and opens the hatch which releases air, then gets inside and closes it. He lets the man fall on the floor. <br /><br />Bob: And you, can stay right here. I will be back for you when you wake up.<br /><br />Sfx: He then walks normally, the door opens.<br /><br />Exodus crew member 2 (through his mask): Hold it right there!<br /><br />Sfx: Adventure theme. Laser gun fires a few times missing bob.<br /><br />BOB: Another one<br /><br />Sfx: Bob sticks him with the shock stick which pops and snaps extra loud now to show it hit something.<br /><br />Exodus crew member 2: (teeth chattering as he’s electrocuted).<br /><br />Sfx: Then he falls to the floor, hissing with smoke. End music on a heroic note. <br /><br />Exodus crew member 2: (Sighs in pain.)<br /><br />BOB: That was close, I was lucky he was a bad shot. I better get to the bridge.<br /><br />SFX: (Transition music)<br /><br />Sfx: A door opens and Bob walks in.<br /><br />BOB: Isaac, are you alright?<br /><br />ISAAC: Bob, what happened?<br /><br />BOB: I believe the other crew has tried to sabotage our mission.<br /><br />ISAAC: Why I thought they were…<br /><br />BOB: I know. They fooled us. I haven’t run into more than two on my way back here.<br /><br />MYSTERIOUS VANGUARD CREW MEMBER: Make that three.<br />SFX: Suspense tension theme. <br /><br />Isaac (surprised): Hungh!<br /><br />Sfx: a laser gun charges up.<br /><br />Isaac: Oh no.<br /><br />Sfx: Laser gun fires and hits someone.<br /><br />Isaac: Noooooo – oh. (Pause) what… just happened? <br /><br />Sfx: The crew member falls to the ground.<br /><br />MYSTERIOUS VANGUARD CREW MEMBER: Unghh.<br /><br />SFX: Music become heroic and optimistic.<br /><br />Morris: Are you two okay.<br /><br />Isaac: Am I ever happy to see you.<br /><br />Morris: The reunion will have to wait until were all here, lets find the others first.<br /><br />Isaac: There she is, I see Gail. And there’s Graham.<br /><br />Sfx: They run over to Gail and Graham and slap his faced softly as well as shake his head around a few times. Music makes it seem like they might be dead.<br /><br />Morris: Com’on you guys, wake up.<br /><br />Gail (dazed and confused): I don’t think that was protocol.<br /><br />Graham: Morris?<br /><br />Sfx: music becomes optimistic.<br /> <br />Morris: 808, why don’t you stay here with them, me and Isaac are going to go find the others.<br /><br />Sfx: The two of them run off. (Transition music, then sneaky music.)<br /><br />Sfx: A muffled screaming can be heard as the two of them walk up to a door.<br /><br />Morris: Wait.<br /><br />Sfx: Stop walking.<br /><br />Morris (whispering): Do you hear that?<br /><br />Isaac: (whispering) Do you think its Dylan?<br /><br />Morris: It could be. Come on. You get on that side I’ll take this side, I’ll open the door on three.<br /><br />Together: One, two<br /><br />Sfx: the music peaks and then cuts off on a sour note. The door slides open as they say “three”. A laser gun loads. <br /><br />Exodus crew #3: Ungh, ungh, ungh. Come on you know what I want, put the guns down or the girl gets it.<br /><br />Dylan: (Muffled) The name is Dylan!<br /><br />Exodus crew #3: Shut up!<br /><br />Sfx: He hits her with the butt of his gun. The music is depressing, like the bad guys have won.<br /><br />Dylan (muffled): ouch. (starts crying)<br /><br />Isaac: Hey!<br /><br />Morris: Rrrrr!<br /><br />Exodus crew #3: Hey now, don’t get any bright ideas, I’m the one with the gun and the hostage here so you two really have no reason to be talking. Now were all gonna take a nice walk out to my ship, I’ll undock from your ship and if everything goes like I say it should, I’ll send her back in an escape pod. If not... well you know. <br /><br />Isaac: Why you...<br /><br />Exodus crew #3: Now lets go- you two first. Come on hands on your head, in front of me, facing away.<br /><br />Sfx: The door opens.<br /><br />Exodus crew #3: Now walk!<br /><br />Sfx: They all start walking out.<br /><br />Exodus crew #3: That’s it, nice and slow. Now take a left, I’ll be right behind y-.<br /><br />Sfx: Gun fires. <br /><br />Issac: Dylan!?<br /><br />Sfx: Music hits a quick desperate note, then goes into action music. <br /><br />Exodus crew #3: Oof! <br /><br />Dylan: Let go of me you jerk.<br /><br />Sfx: Punches him. The gun falls to the ground.<br /><br />Dylan: Get the gun. Get the—(choking)<br /><br />sfx: the music gets serious, and tension ensues.<br /><br />Exodus crew #3: How dare you try to double cross m---<br /><br />Sfx: Laser gun loads.<br /><br />Morris: Let her go.<br /><br />Exodus crew #3: Wait, don’t you need me. I have answers to your questions, I’m sure you have questions.<br /><br />Morris: Well I’m not asking.<br /><br />Sfx: Fires the laser gun.<br /><br />Dylan: (Screams.)<br /><br />Sfx: The man falls over and the music ends on a death note.<br /><br />Exodus crew #3: Ehhhh.<br /><br />Isaac: You shot him?!<br /><br />Morris: I had to.<br /><br />Isaac: Are you okay?<br /><br />Dylan: (starts crying) Hold me.<br /><br />Isaac: I—I got you. It’s okay.<br />SFX: Music gets confused/full of angst and depression, like he made the wrong decision. <br /><br />Morris: (aggravated) I shouldn’t have shot him.<br /><br />Isaac: You had to, its okay.<br /><br />Morris: No, he was right, he was the last one. Now we’ll never know why they did this.<br /><br />Isaac: Let’s go back to the rest of the crew, maybe they’ll have some answers. <br /><br />Sfx: Transition music.<br /><br />Graham: Hey. Did you guys find them?<br /><br />Morris: Done for. Gone.<br /><br />Dylan: He took me hostage. <br /><br />Morris: Well he took his answers with him too…<br /><br />Graham: To the grave.<br /><br />Bob: If I may, Captain Morris, I might have an idea.<br /><br />Sfx: (Transition music) Doors open.<br /><br />MORRIS: So this is the man that attacked you outside Bob?<br /><br />Bob: Yes, while I was working on stopping the gas.<br /><br />CAPT WHITAKER: Rrrgh.<br /><br />MORRIS: It’s the Captain, and he’s hurt.<br /><br />Isaac: He’s alive.<br /><br />Bob: I didn’t hurt him, I hooked his ventilator up to the gas and he passed out. The guard, it must have been the guard – when I left the room he tried to attack me, I dodged the attack but I suppose the Captain was not so lucky.<br /><br />MORRIS: Well what can we do, we need answers here people, not corpses. Where’s Liam?<br /><br />Liam: Right here, sir?<br /><br />Sfx: Liam steps up.<br />MORRIS: Can’t you do something, to keep him alive?<br /><br />Liam: Let me see. (Pause while investigates) No his, he’s got a punctured lung – its filling with fluid, he’s already lost alot of blood, the chances are slim. I’m surprised he’s lived this long.<br /><br />Sfx: start a distorted heroic theme, like the bad are turning good, crossing the line etc. <br /><br />MORRIS: Alright Mr. we need answers and we need them fast. Why did you do that back there, with the gas, what were you guys after.<br /><br />CAPT. WHITAKER: (Spits at him.)<br /><br />MORRIS: Rrrrrr. All right pal you wants to play tough, alright, alright. (pauses like he’s not gonna do anything) Lets play tough! <br /><br />Sfx: Squishing gore, music peaks in a painful note and then stops. <br /><br />CAPT. WHITAKER: (starts yelling in pain)<br /><br />Graham: Oh that’s brutal. Brutal.<br /><br />Isaac: (disgusted) Ehh, wrenching on the guy’s wound like that; now that’s.. wrong. <br /><br />GAIL: (mad and disappointed in him) Positively barbaric, Captain.<br /><br />SFX: the music starts building more tension as it gets darker. <br /><br />MORRIS: Still not talking huh, you know I don’t have to stick to wounds, any old soft spot will do - like your eyes for example, or the equivalent... in your pants.<br /><br />Aurora: Morris!<br /><br />MORRIS: He’s dead already, what do you care?<br /><br />ISAAC: But, Liam said he had a chance of living.<br /><br />MORRIS: So I’m helping him round down, so what.<br /><br />Dylan: (queasy) I think I’m gonna be sick.<br /><br />Sfx: Music breaks down into dramatic spurts, like the jaws theme. (Duh... Duh, duh.) <br /><br />MORRIS: Now, I said I was done playing nice, but now I’m gonna count to three and then I’m through playing at all. And when that happens, I’m gonna ask every one to step outside and I’m gonna get my answers in ways that even I get nightmare about. Now I don’t want to do that, I know you don’t want me to do that. But if you don’t start talking… I’m gonna have to… do that.<br /><br />Sfx: music builds so much tension we are scared for it to happen, we sympathize with Whitaker.<br /> <br />MORRIS: (takes a deep breath in) Here we go. One.. (pause) two… <br /><br />Isaac: Morris!<br /><br />MORRIS: Shut up! t-<br /><br />CAPT. WHITAKER: (Voice cracking) All right! All right, ill tell you, (panting) I’ll tell you what you want to know.<br /><br />SFX: music relaxes.<br /><br />MORRIS: (infuriated) Why did you do that! With the gas!<br /><br />CAPT. WHITAKER: We had to stop you, you were getting too close.<br /><br />MORRIS: Too close to what!<br /><br />CAPT. WHITAKER: Terra Novus, the new earth. <br /><br />MORRIS: Isn’t that what you were looking for?<br /><br />CAPT. WHITAKER: Yes… no.<br /><br />MORRIS: No, yes which one is it!<br /><br />sfx: start sad/pessimistic nostalgic theme. <br /><br />CAPT. WHITAKER: No. We were never meant to find anything. When we came up here we were told we would never be coming back; that our mission would automatically be deemed as a lost cause. <br /><br />ISAAC: What about all the work, all my father’s star logs. All his research. You killed him because he was too close didn’t you. Didn’t you, you-<br /><br />sfx: Plot development theme. The muffled noise of heart beat getting faster and faster can be heard. <br /><br />CAPT. WHITAKER: No. yes, it’s true Gunther was not in on it. He’s the only way our mission seemed legitimate to the public. IGSTA did want him to find the planet, just not land on it.<br />ISAAC: That doesn’t prove you didn’t kill him.<br /><br />CAPT. WHITAKER: Look, he was a pain in our side, I’ll give you that, but we weren’t going to kill him. If it hadn’t been for that Kriegal battle cruiser we never would have landed on that godforsaken planet that killed him in the first place. (pause, swallows hard) And I lost more than just him, I lost three members of my crew.<br /><br />Sfx: end heart beat noise, Music breaks down to sad reminiscent theme again.<br /><br />Capt. Whitaker: (Starts sobbing.)<br /><br />Isaac: I’m sorry. <br /><br />CAPT. WHITAKER: (snivvleing) do you think.. you think you could uncuff me. Ya know, for good behavior?<br /><br />MORRIS: Aww, now I know you’re getting me all teary eyed and its messing with my hearing but I think I just heard you say you have a death wish, Captain.<br /><br />Sfx: Music stops.<br /><br />CAPT. WHITAKER: No, no, no, no! You said yourself I’m gonna die in a few minutes at least let me be comfortable. (coughing and spitting blood) consider it a last wish… from CAPTAIN TO CAPTAIN, human to human. <br /><br />Sfx: Tension theme. <br /><br />LIAM: Captain.<br /><br />MORRIS: What?<br /><br />LIAM: I think we should do what he asks. It’s the least we can do.<br /><br />MORRIS: I’ll be the one to decide that, doctor.<br /><br />LIAM: I just mean its not like he can put up much of a fight with a wound like that. Or run away for that matter. <br /><br />Sfx: Tension releases for a few seconds then starts fading back in.. <br /><br />MORRIS: Oh alright, get those things off of him, let him go.<br /><br />Sfx: Someone walks over and releases the cuffs.<br /><br />CAPT. WHITAKER: He said if anything happened, to… to<br /><br />MORRIS: To what! To what… I swear if you die on me I’m gonna-<br /><br />CAPT. WHITAKER: To do this?<br /><br />Sfx: Pulls something out of his jacket, it beeps.<br /><br />Isaac: What’s he pulling out of his jacket.<br /><br />MORRIS: It’s a detonator<br /><br />SFX: Plot development theme.<br /><br />Graham: Everybody get down.<br /><br />ISAAC: No!!<br /><br />SFX: He presses the button on the detonator which beeps. A massive explosion goes off.<br /><br />SFX: Cliffhanger ending theme.<br /><br />DJ: Join us next week for the exciting continuation of Terra Novus every week at (show time) every (show day of the week) night here on SCAD RADIO. <br /><br />This episode featured the talents of <br />Writer: _________<br />And featuring the voices of (actors say their name): ________<br />Music and Sound FX by: __________<br />Mixed by:_______<br />This has been a presentation of SCAD Radio Dramas, tune in every week at (show time) every (show day of the week) night here on SCAD RADIO.xaqBazithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00719501789403374325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124837602921540250.post-69030717015773482072008-09-23T15:06:00.000-07:002008-09-23T15:07:03.738-07:00Terra Novus, ep. 4 - ReunionsDJ: And now for our feature presentation of TERRA NOVUS: Created and presented by SCAD Radio Dramas (Scattered).<br /><br />Sfx: intro theme<br /><br />dj: last week on terra novous...<br /> <br />Sfx: Pat-mok and Durkal talk amongst themselves.<br /><br />Graham: Why didn’t you kill me? He what are you doing with that? Are you taking a picture of me.<br /><br />Pat-mok: The alien starts speaking and slowly his voice changes from the alien into Graham’s voice.<br /><br />Pat-mok: Not a picture, but a full body scan. So that I could use this bio-modulator to change my appearance to look like you, it even changes my vocal chords to sound like you.<br /><br />Graham: But why?<br /><br />Pat-mok: We need a mole, someone on the inside. To make sure this “expedition” does not succeed.<br /><br />Graham: Why don’t you just blow us all up like you said.<br /><br />Pat-mok: We can learn from you, learn of the humans’ plans. We can learn much from the one you call Liam, he is a doctor is he not? He can tell us how you work... and how you die.<br /><br />(Cut to)<br />Isaac: Allright so were about 30 keks from Neb-kinar which would make that one Lankemp 22, the furthest of Neb-kinar’s moons. And given the time of year and their position in orbit we need to be headed toward, about where that bright star is over there in the Lantijj nebula.<br /><br />Aurora: Wait... that’s no star, its getting bigger. it’s a…<br /><br />Morris: A ship. And not just any ship.<br /><br />Sfx: Ominous music starts.<br /><br />Issac: Yeah, I know that ship. <br />Aurorra: The bounty hunter.<br /><br />Sfx: His ship gets closer and closer.<br /><br />(Cut to)<br />Sfx: The engine reaches maximum charge and trys to complete the jump, but then fails and sputters to a halt.<br /><br />(Cut to)<br />bob: if I may, that’s what I was trying to explain. The ship has informed me that we are unable to complete the jump into hyperspace because one of the nuclear cores, required to fold space, is either malfunctioning or missing. <br /><br />(Cut to)<br />Morris: Aurora take over, Isaac help me man the guns. Battle stations!<br /><br />(Cut to)<br />Sfx: They turn on the screens, load the guns, swivel and rotate into position and then fire. The shots whiz by with no hits as the bounty hunter dodges them. Then he fires back, which should be a distinctly different sounding laser.<br /><br />(Cut to)<br />Sfx: The bounty hunter fires and destroys Isaac’s turret causing his screen to go to static.<br /><br />(Cut to)<br />Morris: We got no more guns, we got no more options, we either do what he says or were dead. <br /><br />(Cut to)<br />Bounty hunter: This is your final warning, I am maneuvering my ship to dock with yours if you decline to let me aboard I will be forced to destroy your ship and everyone aboard.<br /><br />Dylan: If you could have killed us you would have done it already. We have someone you need don’t we. you cant kill us, isn’t that right.<br /><br />Aurora: Dylan?!<br /><br />Bounty hunter: (Laughs) You are clever, but wrong.<br /><br />Gail: Dylan?! Now he’s going to kill us, you idiot.<br /><br />Bounty hunter: I don’t need someone but something. You must know you are carrying a stolen 808 unit aboard your ship.<br /><br />Aurora: That’s how he’s been finding us.<br /><br />Dylan: You mean bob?<br />Isaac: I knew they weren’t after me.<br /><br />Aurora: he’s about to dock with our ship. <br /><br />Bounty hunter: now hand over the stolen property.<br /><br />Sfx: A third ship’s guns fire and hit the bounty hunter’s ship sending him spiraling.<br /><br />Bounty hunter: Arg!<br /><br />Sfx: bounty hunters signal gets statically. The third ship gets closer and fires a few more shots, which should also be distinct from the other two ships.<br /><br />Bounty hunter: This isn’t over, the 808 unit cannot hide from me.<br /><br />Sfx: The bounty hunter’s ship speeds away damaged. <br /><br />(Cut to)<br />SFX: The radio comes on and shifts through static before tuning in on the signal.<br /><br />Third ship: This is the NSS Vanguard, of earth do you read us.<br /><br />(Cut to)<br />Isaac: That’s my father’s ship.<br /><br />Dj: And now for the continuation of terra novus. Episode four.<br /><br />Morris: (Laughing) We read you loud and clear captain. This is the NSS Exodus of earth, (curiously inviting) lets us dock so we can speak.<br /><br />Aurora: Initiating docking sequence.<br /><br />Sfx: The two ships dock and a door opens between the ships. The new crew walk onto the Exodus.<br /><br />Morris: Greetings, my name is Morris I am the captain of the Exodus. You’ve got a strong grip.<br /><br />Sfx: Shake hands. <br /><br />Captain Whitaker: And you too Captain. I am Captain Whitaker of the NSS Vanguard.<br /><br />Morris: Come, let us talk.<br /><br />Sfx: They walk and sit down.<br /><br />Morris: We’ve come to find the same planet you are looking for. As far as we knew, you were all lost in space or had been killed by aliens.<br /><br />CAPT. WHITAKER: That’s not far from it. (Pause) we landed on what we thought was the planet we were searching for, the answer to all our problems including repairs. We had been damaged when we had a run in with a Kreigal battle cruiser.<br /><br />MORRIS: Really, I didn’t know they trolled that close to our galaxy.<br /><br />Sfx: Start eerie reminiscent music.<br /><br />Capt. Whitaker: Well they injured our ship and we narrowly escaped, only to come out of hyperspace hurdling towards Zudam, the planet we thought was inhabitable. With the damages to our ship we couldn’t pull up in time, and crash landed. We started the repairs and investigated the planet. But if we knew what we were about to learn, we would have known that we had a better chance staying and fighting the Kreigal.<br /><br />MORRIS: What was it?<br /><br />Sound fx: Very quietly and in his memory (increase reverb) you can here the scene take place, screams, burning flesh, scratching at the hull etc. <br /><br />CAPT. WHITAKER: The planet, it seems, was orbited by a some sort of radioactive sun, which mutated the plants and poisoned almost everything on the planet every time it orbited. By the time we found out, we had just finished the repairs, but dawn was upon us and the sun started infecting the crew one by one. Those of us that made it back to the ship had to seal the others out, those poor souls. They were clawing at the hatch begging for us to let them in, clawing at themselves to stop the burning. (Sighs) It was not a peaceful death.<br /><br />Morris: I’m sorry.<br /><br />Sfx: end eerie reminiscent theme. <br /><br />CAPT. WHITAKER: We later found out that one of them that had made it back, it was Burgos.<br /><br />Sfx: Start point of interest theme.<br /><br />ISAAC: Gunther Burgos?<br /><br />CAPT. WHITAKER: Yes. The one who started our mission, he was infected.<br /><br />ISAAC: Dad? Where is he, is he still alive, I have to talk to him.<br /><br />CAPT. WHITAKER: No. I’m sorry. We tried to treat him but our doctor was killed on the planet and we had neither the knowhow nor the manpower to keep him alive. <br /><br />ISAAC: So he really is gone.<br /><br />Dylan: I’m sorry Isaac.<br /><br />CAPT. WHITAKER: If its any conciliation we still have many of his space logs in our computer system if you would like to come aboard and see them for yourself.<br /><br />ISAAC: You mean there’s more?<br /><br />Sfx: Discovery/point of interest theme.<br /><br />CAPT. WHITAKER: Ah yes, I suppose you’ve read the ones he sent home to his SPSU on earth to back up, but he wrote many logs after we reached the limit of our transmitting distance to earth.<br /><br />MORRIS: That would be most helpful.<br /><br />ISAAC: Greatly appreciated.<br /><br />CAPT. WHITAKER: Good then I’ll escort you aboard our ship.<br /><br />MORRIS: Ah, Captain Whitaker, if I accompany Isaac onboard is there anything I can have my crew do for you in return?<br /><br />CAPT. WHITAKER: No thank you Captain morris we are not in need of any of your help at the moment, but let our crews talk amongst one another. I’m sure they are anxious to hear of what has happened on earth in the some 10-years I calculate we’ve been gone.<br /><br />MORRIS: Yes, you have been gone a very long time.<br /><br />Sfx: (transition music) Walk aboard new ship, it has a different sound ambient. They sit down and typing can be heard.<br /><br />CAPT. WHITAKER: Well here you go, I’ve pulled up all his space logs since we were out of range to transmit to earth. <br /><br />MORRIS: Isaac why don’t you look over that and see if you cant pick up anything that would help us pin point the planet were looking for.<br /><br />Isaac: Yes sir.<br /><br />Sfx: Starts typing. Transition music.<br /><br />CAPT. WHITAKER: Your crew is very lucky we came along and found you, or you would have been at the mercy of that Bounty Hunter.<br /><br />MORRIS: Yes we are very thankful. He destroyed our ship’s turrets, leaving us defenseless. We tried escaped into hyperspace like we had done before to avoid him, and it would have worked save for the fact that one of our nuclear cores was stolen by a Kodukai when we landed on Neb-kinar.<br />CAPT. WHITAKER: It is a dangerous planet.<br /><br />MORRIS: Yes indeed. I fear he may be tracking us using some sort of homing beacon hidden inside our 808 android. He believes the robot has been stolen.<br /> <br />CAPT. WHITAKER: Hmm, it seems like a lot of work to get an outdated status android back.<br /><br />MORRIS: Yes I know, I have a feeling he is carrying something they need.<br /><br />Sfx: Thoughtful theme. <br /><br />CAPT. WHITAKER: Or don’t want you to see.<br /><br />MORRIS: Do you think while we our docked you could give my crew a hand removing it. I wouldn’t want to put your crew in danger. <br /><br />CAPT. WHITAKER: Yes, of course. I’ll send a few of my men over to help immediately. <br /><br />SFX: (Transition music) start eerie double crossing theme. <br /><br />Bob: Before I am shut down, might I ask why your crew are working in the ventilation area out side the ship rather than the turrets. I can assure you my uplink with the ship’s computers show no damage to the ventilation units.<br /><br />EXODUS CREW TECH (uninterested): Hmm. I’ll get someone to take care of it, he must have made a mistake.<br /><br />BOB: Thank you si--<br /><br />Sfx: Shuts android down.<br /><br />EXODUS CREW TECH: All right lets open this bad boy up.<br /><br />SFX: Opens squeaky panel to sparking wires and beeping circuitry.<br /><br />GAIL: What are you doing?<br /><br />GRAHAM: What does it look like were doing Gail, were looking for the homing beacon we think that Bounty Hunter’s using to track our location and destroy it.<br /><br />GAIL: Destroy it? That’s IGSTA property. You should have just done what he wanted and given it back. And you’ve made us all accomplices, they’ll assume that because we’re on the same ship that I had something to do with him being stolen.<br /><br />GRAHAM: So what.<br /><br />Sfx: start nostalgic theme. <br /><br />GAIL: So what? You might not have a home on earth to go back to, but I do.<br /><br />GRAHAM: You have no idea.<br /><br />GAIL: And I know I can’t be the only one.<br /><br />Sfx: (Transition music)<br /><br />LIAM: Stolen? Stolen?! How could he be stolen? Do you know what that means?!<br /><br />Aurora: Whoa, whoa, slow down. Look, I know its bad, I’m scared too, don’t you think I want to have a family, a home with my husband (pause) with my baby? <br /><br />LIAM: Yeah, it’s just that I have a… previous engagement. Or arrangement is more like it.<br /><br />AURORA: Is there something you’re not telling me?<br /><br />Sfx: start sad reminiscent theme.<br /><br />LIAM: Morris said six months, six months max! I go on this mission and I’d be home in half a year and that’s what I told them.<br /><br />AURORA: Who?<br /><br />LIAM: The Drunken Butchers.<br /><br />AURORA: You owe money to the mob?!<br /><br />Sfx: slumps to the ground.<br /><br />Liam: (Despairingly choked up) Yeah. (Pause) and if I don’t get back in time, or get back at all - like our new found friends - they said they’re going to take it out of my family. We were desperate, I couldn’t hold a job… my family needed the money or we’d have been on the streets<br /><br />AURORA: But at least they would have been alive. Now they could die.<br /><br />LIAM: (Starts crying) I know.<br /><br />AURORA: I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to say that. Don’t think that. Here stand up, let me help you.<br /><br />Sfx: she helps him up. Sad theme ends. <br /><br />LIAM: I…<br /><br />AURORA: What? What is it?<br /><br />LIAM: When I married her I took a vow, till death do us part; forever. Now I wonder if I’ll ever see her again. If I’ll ever love again, and then… <br /><br />sfx: music starts getting out of tune.<br /><br />Liam: and then I see you and there’s hope.<br /><br />AURORA: (Awkward silence) I… <br /><br />LIAM: Your so nice to me. You’re helping me read, helping me write. You’re the only one who treats me as an equal, even though I’m not on the main deck. You know my secrets and you still except me. <br /><br />Sfx: music builds.<br /><br />AURORA: (Sigh’s) Liam, i…<br /><br />LIAM: Look I’ve had kids, I’m good with kids. Please just.. Aurora (pause) will you m…<br /><br />sfx: music peaks and then cuts off.<br /><br />AURORA: Wait a second! (trying to convince him) Look I know you’re feeling desperate, confused even about your feelings. But you’re getting home, were getting home. Well be redefining what home is once we find the new planet, but you’ll see her again, you’ll see your family. And the Drunken Butchers won’t lay a finger on them, I promise you. <br /><br />Sfx: start sad remorseful optimistic happy theme.<br /><br />LIAM: Starts crying optimistically.<br /><br />AURORA: I need to believe that, to keep my hopes alive. I need to stay faithful to my husband so that I can convince myself I’ll see him again. And I couldn’t do that.. I mean really believe that, If I was with you.<br /><br />LIAM: Ah huh. (Sulking)<br /><br />AURORA: I like you, I… understand you (sigh and pause trying to chose her words) and if you ever need anyone to talk to… I’m here for you. I’m lonely too, but keep you’re hopes up; we may be home even sooner than you think if Isaac can find anything useful in those remaining space logs.<br /><br />SFX: Transition music<br /><br />MORRIS: Have you found anything yet Isaac?<br />ISAAC: I don’t know, I mean they never actually found the planet. Here my father thinks he’s narrowed it down a bit since his last estimate and comparing it with some of the new data he had been collecting - but surprisingly most of his journal is about the crew not the planet.<br /><br />MORRIS: What do you mean?<br /><br />Sfx: Start reminiscent tricky double crossing theme.<br /><br />ISAAC: Well he says he made suggestions as to where they should go, but that the crew seem to ignore him. He says he is treated as an outsider, and even suspected that IGSTA never even wanted them to find the planet. <br /><br />Sfx: Add point of interest theme.<br /><br />MORRIS: You mean almost like they were just going up there to make it look like they were searching?<br /><br />ISAAC: I guess so.<br /><br />MORRIS: But why?<br /><br />ISAAC: I… I don’t know yet.<br /><br />Sfx: A big man walks up behind them. The music gets darker and more dangerous, a little tension in the air.<br /><br />MYSTERIOUS VANGUARD CREW MEMBER: You two.<br /><br />Morris: Ah yes, greetings I am Morris, captain of the Exodus. Your Captain, where did he sneak off to, was just allowing us to look over Mr. Burgos’ star logs. Isaac here happens to me his s…<br /><br />MYSTERIOUS VANGUARD CREW MEMBER: I don’t care who he is. Or you either..<br /><br />ISAAC: Well you’re not very nice.<br /><br />MYSTERIOUS VANGUARD CREW MEMBER: You must go back to your ship. You’re not welcome here any longer.<br /><br />ISAAC: Now wait just a second…<br /><br />MORRIS: Yeah give us a break, this must all be just a misunderstanding. If I could speak with the captain you’d see…<br /><br />MYSTERIOUS VANGUARD CREW MEMBER: It is captain’s orders.<br /><br />MORRIS: Well were not done yet so why don’t you tell your Captain, if that really is who sent the orders to have us go back to our ship, if he wants us to leave, he can tell us himself!<br /><br />MYSTERIOUS VANGUARD CREW MEMBER: I’m afraid you have to leave now.<br /><br />Sfx: the music gets dangerous as the man grabs Isaac by the collar and lifts him up.<br /><br />ISAAC: Unghh. Hey, let go of me!<br /><br />MORRIS: Get your hands off him, don’t you lay a finger on a member of my crew!<br /><br />sfx: Morris tries to fight him off.<br /><br />MYSTERIOUS VANGUARD CREW MEMBER and MORRIS (Together): Men struggle.<br /><br />ISAAC: Morris, Watch out he’s going for his laser.<br /><br />Sfx: A laser gun charges up and then fires a few times ricocheting inside the ship. Then a few punches and the man falls to the floor. The music ends heroically. <br /><br />MORRIS: There I got him. Get his gun from him Isaac. <br /><br />Sfx: Isaac takes his gun from him.<br /><br />ISAAC: Got it.<br /><br />MORRIS: Where’s the captain? <br /><br />ISAAC: I don’t know. Com’on we’ve got to get back to the ship and warn the others. Something’s not right here.<br /><br />Sfx: They run off. Transition music.<br /> <br />GAIL: So what’s the word on the engines?<br /><br />GRAHAM: Our worst fears are confirmed, one of the engines is completely gone. At least I could have repaired it if it was damaged, but I can’t do a thing if I don’t even have an engine to work on.<br /><br />GAIL: But what would you do with a nuclear core from a NSS.<br /><br />Sfx: Start nostalgic depressing theme. This is all happening while we hear the Crew Tech working on Bob.<br /><br />EXODUS CREW TECH: Before they discovered how to harness the power of a nuclear explosion as a means of propelling a space craft into hyperspeed, humans used its raw materials, such as uranium and plutonium for war.<br /><br />GAIL: You mean building bombs?<br /><br />GRAHAM: Yes, the likes of which you’ve never seen. Humans killing humans, it’s all their history is, isn’t it?<br /><br />GAIL: You mean our? Our history.<br /><br />Sfx: music changes to get darker and sadder.<br /><br />GRAHAM: Ah… yes. I suppose it is. (pause) Anyway please continue.<br /><br />EXODUS CREW TECH: Alright, so there was so much was being created that by the time they were globally outlawed and all countries were simultaneously ordered to dismantle the bombs, they were still left with the dangerous raw materials. Nuclear power was still a relatively discovery so scientists turned their efforts in a less destructive route and started experimenting with it as a source of power and propulsion. IGSTA, then known as NASA in the U.S. took a particular interest. The long distances between planets dwarfed any measure of distance traveled on earth, this new propulsion system would give them the speed they needed to cut the traveling time dramatically.<br /><br />GAIL: So what happened?<br /><br />EXODUS CREW TECH: Well eventually, like I said, the same kind of ban that happened on the bombs happened on the space craft and they became practically extinct. The ever growing war on terror forced extremist groups to be more inventive, and especially in third world counties where regulations were not a strictly enforced, many terrorists found most of the work had been done for them. They just needed to look in the carcasses of retired space craft.<br /><br />Sfx: end reminiscent theme.<br /><br />GAIL: So you think the Kodukai are making a nuclear bomb with our ships engine?<br /><br />EXODUS CREW TECH: They could be. <br /><br />GRAHAM: They may also not know what they have their hands on and could have just done it as a safety precaution to try and stop you from escaping.<br /><br />GAIL: Which we obviously did. But isn’t it true the Kodukai have yet to master space travel?<br /><br />GRAHAM: Space ships maybe, but space travel – no. They are much more advanced than that.<br /><br />EXODUS CREW TECH: Hey, I think I got it, (grunts) yep, here it is.<br />Sfx: Spark fly as he breaks the chip off and pulls it out.<br /><br />GRAHAM: That’s it hungh? That’s what he’s been using to track us?<br /><br />GAIL: Hey what are you doing? Don’t break it.<br /><br />EXODUS CREW TECH: What do you mean “what am I doing?” You want that bounty hunter coming after you again? After us?<br /><br />GRAHAM: Yeah, they wont always be here to bail us out and come to the rescue just in the nick of time twice, you know?<br /><br />GAIL: Yeah, I guess. But you can’t break it, that’s IGSTA property. Cant you just deactivate it or something?<br /><br />EXODUS CREW TECH: I guess so… but its not as fun.<br /><br />GAIL: Give it here.<br /><br />GRAHAM: Hey!<br /><br />sfx: Gail snatches the part away from him.<br /><br />GAIL: Now tell me what to do with it?<br /><br />EXODUS CREW TECH: Press that red button there… no not that one, the other one.<br /><br />GAIL: This one?<br /><br />EXODUS CREW TECH: Yeah that’s it. Here, hold it up to your ear.<br /><br />Sfx: A pulsating beeping noise gets louder, like we the audience are putting the locator closer to our ear.<br /><br />GAIL: Hey I hear it, does that mean its still on?<br /><br />EXODUS CREW TECH: Yes, that’s the signal the Bounty Hunter’s been using to track your ship. Now press that button I told you about.<br /><br />Sfx: Presses button and beeping ends.<br /><br />GAIL: It stopped.<br /><br />EXODUS CREW TECH: Well then its harmless. Just don’t press that other button or it will start sending the signal again.<br /><br />GAIL: Hugh, so much trouble in such a small little thing.<br /><br />EXODUS CREW TECH: You think that’s bad? You don’t know the half of it.<br /><br />Sfx: The hissing of smoke starts coming into the room. The music becomes eerie and sinister.<br /><br />GAIL: What’s that noise?<br /><br />GRAHAM: There! Its some kind of smoke (cough) coming in through the vents.<br /><br />GAIL: (cough, cough) What do we do?<br /><br />EXODUS CREW TECH (as puts gas mask on): Speak for yourselves, that’s your problem. <br /><br />GAIL: Why does he have a gas mask Graham? Its almost like he… was… ex-pec—ting… <br /><br />Sfx: Dylan and graham fall to the ground unconscious. Music makes them seem doomed. Then two people come running in.<br /><br />ISAAC: Oh no, were too late. They’ve filled the entire ship with some sort of gas.<br /><br />MORRIS: Quick Isaac, (cough) cover your face and try… not to (cough).. breath.. in – the smmm….<br /><br />Sfx: Morris falls to the floor.<br /><br />ISAAC (muffled): Not you too. (sighs) What can I do? I can already feeling it affecting me, even though I’m trying to cover my face. (breathing heavily) It’s… (cough) no… use.<br /><br />sfx: Cliffhanger ending theme. <br /><br />DJ: Join us next week for the exciting continuation of Terra Novus every week at (show time) every (show day of the week) night here on SCAD RADIO. <br /><br />This episode featured the talents of <br />Writer: _________<br />And featuring the voices of (actors say their name): ________<br />Music and Sound FX by: __________<br />Mixed by:_______<br />This has been a presentation of SCAD Radio Dramas, tune in every week at (show time) every (show day of the week) night here on SCAD RADIO.xaqBazithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00719501789403374325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124837602921540250.post-68792279094916731122008-09-23T15:05:00.000-07:002008-09-23T15:06:01.052-07:00Terra Novus, Ep. 3 - DoppelgangerDJ: And now for our feature presentation of TERRA NOVUS: Created and presented by SCAD Radio Dramas (Scattered).<br /><br />Sfx: intro theme<br /><br />dj: last week on terra novous...<br /> <br />Sfx: The hyperspeed is engaged sounding somewhat like a nuclear explosion and the ship is sent hurling through space at an incredible speed. After a few seconds it starts to slow down and eventually to an idle. <br /><br />(Cut to)<br /><br />Morris: We have to keep moving, that bounty hunter could easily follow the fallout trail through hyperspace that these old NSS’s leave behind after a jump like that.<br /><br />Gail: hold on just a minuite. NSS, fallout, you mean like a nuclear space ship?! I thought all nuclear space ships were either outlawed or dismantled.<br /><br />Morris: all but one. These old beasts use a duel nuclear core to fold space the old fashion way.<br /><br />(Cut to)<br /><br />aurorra: Graham, can the ship keep moving or not?<br /><br />Graham: No. The ship’s too weak to withstand another jump. Normally the hits we took from the bounty hunter’s lazer cannons wouldn’t have done too much damage but all our power was diverted to the hyperdrive which left us defenseless.<br /><br />Aurorra: Great, just great. So what do you suggest we do?<br /><br />Issac: We can hide. There’s a planet not too far from here. <br /><br />(Cut to)<br /><br />Aurorra: Look. Over there, three of the Kodukai have captured graham while he was outside working on the ship.<br /><br />(Cut to)<br /><br />Pat-mok: Alien voices<br />bob: he says his name is Pat-mok. you will stay here under the watch of his brother, Jurkal while he searches the ship with his father, Durkal, for anything of use before they destroy it.<br />(Cut to)<br />Sfx: the alien loads his lazer gun. Garaham and Pat-mok can be heard talking from the next room over indistinctly and increasingly louder.<br /><br />issac (whispering): hey, you guys hear that.<br /><br />Dylan (whispering): Barley, I can hardley make it out.<br /><br />Gail (whispering): quiet down over there you two, you want to get us all killed?<br /><br />graham (from the next room over): look that wasnt part of the plan. Im out. <br /><br />Pat-mok (from the next room over): Alien talks agrily.<br /><br />Graham (from the next room over): no. there’s no deal! <br /><br />Pat-mok (from the next room over):Alien yells<br /><br />graham (from the next room over): well I don’t care, you cant just go and bomb all those people like that. Why us why not some other species.<br /><br />Pat-mok (from the next room over): alien yells.<br /><br />Graham (from the next room over): we did what? Hey, what are you doing? Put that down.<br /><br />Pat-mok (from the next room over): Alien yells angry then unholsters and loads his gun. <br /><br />Graham (from the next room over): No!<br /><br />sfx (from the next room over): A few gun blasts go off.<br />Dylan: Graham!<br /><br />SFX: Cliffhanger ending theme starts then ends.<br /><br />Dj: And now for the continuation of terra novus. Episode three.<br /><br />Sfx: All this will be heard as if we are there, no longer like it is muffled like we are hearing it from the next room over. Start scheming double crossing plan theme. <br /><br />Pat-mok and Durkal: (talk amongst themselves.)<br /><br />Graham: (pause, slowly graham starts breathing again) Why didn’t you kill me? <br /><br />Sfx: the aliens pull out and set up some sort of device. <br /><br />Graham: Hey what are you doing with that? Are you taking a picture of me.<br /><br />Pat-mok: (The alien starts speaking and slowly his voice changes from the alien into Graham’s voice.)<br /><br />Pat-mok (now sounding like graham): Not a simple picture, but a full body scan. So that I could use this bio-modulator to change my appearance to look like you, changes my vocal chords to sound like you and even give me your memories. <br /><br />Sfx: plot thickens theme. <br /><br />Graham: But why?<br /><br />Pat-mok: We need a mole, someone on the inside. To make sure this “expedition” does not succeed.<br /><br />Graham: Why don’t you just blow us all up, like you said.<br /><br />Pat-mok: We can learn from you, learn of the humans’ plans, they could be valuable in this time of war. We can learn much from the one you call Liam, he is a doctor is he not? He can tell us how you work... and how you die.<br /><br />Graham: I can’t believe you guys. Where is my money? What are you going to do to me?<br /><br />Pat-mok: Were not going to kill you... yet. Even though I now look and sound just like you, if they do find out about our little switch, you’ll be a valuable asset to us. We can use you to bargain with them.<br /><br />Graham: You mean use me as a hostage? This wasn’t part of the deal, you got what you came for, you even took the crew hostage while you were at it. Now you have to hold up you’re end of the bargain.<br /><br />Durkal: Alien yells.<br /><br />Sfx: He hits him<br /><br />Graham: Unhh. <br /><br />Sfx: Falls to the ground. He puts a pair of laser binders on Graham. <br /><br />Durkal: Talks<br /><br />Pat-mok: I know, stick to the plan. just act normal - act... “human.” and...<br /><br />Durkal: Talks<br /><br />Pat-mok: I’ll need your help when I go back, to convince them I killed you. And I’ll have to kill Jurik.<br /><br />Durkal: Speaks.<br /><br />Pat-mok: And yes of course. I know, make sure the humans never reach Terra Novus. (Laugh maniacally.)<br /><br />Sfx: plot thickens theme.<br /><br />Pat-Mok: (Breathing returns to normal) All right lets go.<br /><br />Sfx: Transition music. Then heavy foot steps can be heard approaching the door.<br /><br />Isaac (whispering): Sounds like their back.<br /><br />Dylan: (angry, sad and through her teeth) The murderers. <br /><br />Jurik: Speaks.<br /><br />Bob: He says, you will respect my brother and father or meet the same fate as your friend.<br /><br />Sfx: The door opens and he walks in.<br /><br />Morris: It’s him. <br /><br />Jurik: Speaks.<br /><br />Bob: He welcomes his brother Pat-mok back, but asks why Jurkal is not with him?<br /><br />[pat-mok] but now referred to as Graham (muffled from behind pat-mok’s body): Ask him yourself... when you see him in hell!<br /><br />Sfx: start adventure music. Unholsters and loads laser gun.<br /><br />Jurik (surprised): Screams?!<br /><br />Sfx: Two laser blasts, Jurik screams and falls to the floor. Stop adventure music.<br /><br />Dylan: Graham? We thought you were dead. <br /><br />Morris: Man, you really had us fooled, walking in holding Pat-Mok’s body in front of you like that.<br /><br />Isaac: Yeah, even Jurik thought you were one of them.<br /><br />Graham: (suspiciously uneasy) Yeah, guess I fooled you all.<br /><br />Aurora: I’m glad were alive but we don’t even know if there are any more of them out there. Help us out of these laser bonds and lets finish those repairs so we can get the hell out of here. <br /><br />Morris: Except this time, we’ll guard you.<br /><br />Sfx: Morris picks up Pat-mok’s laser gun and loads it. Transition music. Open’s engine panel.<br /><br />Morris: So how did you do it?<br /><br />Isaac: Yeah exactly happened so you could defeat that Kodukai?<br /><br />Morris: Yeah speaking of that, weren’t there two of them? I mean three, minus the one who was guarding us inside.<br /><br />Graham: I guess he took back off into the forest.<br /><br />Morris: You didn’t kill him?<br /><br />Isaac: So he’s out there somewhere?<br /><br />Morris: (angry and suspicious) Probably coming back with some more of his friends.<br /><br />Sfx: Loads laser gun.<br /><br />Aurora: Can we hurry it up Graham?<br /><br />Graham: Almost finished, just have to connect these... (grunts)<br /><br />Sfx: electricity arcs between two wires sending sparks flying as the ship’s engine charges up back up. Optimistic theme. <br /><br />Graham: Conduits together. There I’m finished, now she should have her wings back.<br /><br />Sfx: Shuts engine panel.<br /><br />Morris: Gentlemen, get aboard and strap in. Aurora, prep for departure we leave in five.<br /><br />Sfx: Transition music. Ship takes off into space. <br /><br />Dylan: All right what is it, what’s so important that you had to pull me in here to talk to me. I was talking to him.<br /><br />Isaac: Listen to yourself, calling Graham “him” like he’s “all powerful” or something. <br /><br />Dylan: (scoffs).<br /><br />Isaac: Ok, whatever anyway, doesn’t it seem a little weird? Those IGSTA guys sending a “bounty hunter” up here after me.<br /><br />Dylan: Is that what he chased us for?<br /><br />Isaac: Yeah, I mean that’s what Morris says. I don’t know, I guess it seems like allot of work just to kill one person, let alone someone who’s not even going to be on earth to ruin their reputation.<br /><br />Dylan: You mean like you think they came for someone else?<br /><br />Isaac: Or something else?<br /><br />Dylan: I wouldn’t be surprised; I mean if this crew was the cream of the crop, the farmers must have had a bad year. (Laughs, her mocking tone turns to affection) except for Graham.<br /><br />Sfx: play awkward romantic theme.<br /><br />Isaac: (stops laughing causing Dylan to hear her laugh and stop awkwardly) You really like him now, don’t you?<br /><br />Dylan: Why wouldn’t I, don’t you? I mean, the guy saved your life, all of our lives for that matter.<br /><br />Isaac: I know, I know he saved all our lives. I get it. I just thought… I mean you’ve been all over him since he’s gotten back. It’s almost like that planet did something to both of you, I mean I thought I was… and you were…<br /><br />Dylan: You thought what….<br /><br />Isaac: (pauses between her dialogue and his, but she quickly snaps back after his comments) Just that….<br /><br />Dylan: What?<br /><br />Isaac: Nothing. <br /><br />Sfx: end awkward romantic theme. <br /><br />Dylan: Anyway, maybe those IGSTA guys are just scared of you because they know you’re right. <br /><br />Isaac: I hope so. I hope I’m wrong about that bounty hunter, Osotica, and I hope you’re right about me and.... <br /><br />Sfx: Dylan gets up and opens the door, the talking in the background gets louder.<br /><br />Morris: Hey common Graham’s telling the crew how he defeated those aliens. <br /><br />Isaac: ...Graham?<br /><br />Graham: So I said, “if you think you’re going to get back onto that ship so you can hurt my friends, you’re just going to have to kill me.”<br /><br />(random crew members): Gasp<br /><br />Graham: So when he looked down to pull his gun, I got him in the jaw with my right and kicked him where I knew it would hurt a male of any species just as bad as the next.<br /><br />Random crew: (cringe) ehhh, eewww.<br /><br />Dylan: That’s so heroic. You know it’s so rare to have someone that would risk his life like that for a chance to save his crew like that.<br /><br />Graham: Well what was I supposed to do, just let him walk back on board and let him end the future of this mission. The future of earth? No, I had too many lives resting on my shoulders, I couldn’t let them down. So then I got his gun away from him and well... then you know the rest.<br /><br />Dylan: That’s such a great story.<br /><br />Isaac: (sighs and walks away)<br /><br />Sfx: Transition music<br /><br />Isaac: I don’t know maybe its just me but I would have never pegged Graham to be the type to do something like that.<br /><br />Morris: I don’t know, situations like that can change a man. The pressure of the situation could have cause him to grow in ways he may have never done on his own. Much like your father.<br /><br />Isaac: My father?<br /><br />Sfx: Start nostalgic theme. <br /><br />Morris: He was a good man. Who knows, maybe he’s not dead after all, just lost. If I know you’re father at all, I know if he is still alive, he’ll be spending every last moment of his life searching for this planet of yours, weather he finds it or not. <br /><br />Isaac: (optimistically)Yeah I guess so.<br /><br />Sfx: transition music. <br /><br />Liam: So how long have you known? When did you find out?<br /><br />Aurora: Just a few days before the mission, I could feel it, I just knew. But I couldn’t tell Morris. He needed a pilot and I didn’t want to let him down, he already thinks so little of me. <br /><br />Liam: He’s just old fashioned... sexist if you ask me.<br /><br />Aurora: Sexist? But I didn’t think there were any of those left, its been almost nearly a century since women…. <br /><br />Liam: I know, I know. I’m not agreeing with him im just explaining that I think he doesn’t think you’re capable of doing your job because you’re a… well, a woman. Now let me get you that medicine you needed. <br /><br />Sfx: Pulls out a tray with wobbling bottles on it. The door opens. Start disoriented theme. <br /><br />Graham and Dylan: (laughing) whoa whoops.<br /><br />Sfx: Graham falls into Liam knocking the pills everywhere and a bottle of beer falls to the ground, glugging as it spills everywhere. <br /><br />Aurora: Dylan, Graham, are you two drunk?<br /><br />Graham: Hey…save some for me “Mr. Floor” (laughs), that’s expensive.<br /><br />Dylan and Graham: (Snickers and then laughing together) no it’s not.<br /><br />Dylan: Sorry bout the mess doc… captain.<br /><br />Graham: Yeah, wrong room I guess (laughs drunkenly).<br /><br />Sfx: They get back up and leave, the door shuts. <br /><br />Aurora: Oh, I’m so sorry, let me help you clean that up. <br /><br />Liam: No, please I can get it.<br /><br />Sfx: start quite sad theme. <br /><br />Aurora: Oh come on, there’s pills everywhere. It’ll go faster this way.<br /><br />Sfx: Bump heads as put pills back in the bottle. <br /><br />(Together): Ouch.<br /><br />Liam: Oh, sorry I didn’t mean to bump heads, I was just trying to…<br /><br />aurora: No, No its my fault entirely. <br /><br />Liam: Okay just make sure to keep them separated, we don’t want to mix these up. For Dylan especially, since she’s allergic to pain killers.<br /><br />Aurora: Really?<br /><br />Liam: Yeah it was on her med file. Anyway put the ones that look like this with the little ends on it in here.<br /><br />Aurora: I think that’s a letter. It looks like E.<br /><br />Sfx: music stops.<br /><br />Liam: Oh... really. I didn’t. (Awkward silence and pause)<br /><br />Aurora: Are you... can you... (pause) nah.<br /><br />Liam (cuts her off and starts talking nervously fast): Anyway just put them in the bottle and we can get this all over with. They make a weird couple don’t they? Before the whole situation she hated his guts and now its like he’s a whole different person to her since he told that story… (pause) What? Why are you looking at me like that. <br /><br />Aurora (softly): You cant read can you.<br /><br />Liam: (Scoffs) I can read just fine, how do you think I… I…<br /><br />Aurora: Then read this. (pause)<br /><br />Liam: It says.. (struggles) I… I can’t read, there are you happy. <br /><br />Sfx: Liam walks over to the computer and types something in.<br /><br />Liam: I can’t read... write, but who needs to? Everyone just types anyway... I mean the pills... I just memorize how they look, the computer’s got a photo for all of them. I sort of have a photographic memory that way, and if I can’t get it, I use the computer’s vocalizer, and it reads it to me.<br /><br />Sfx: Hits the return key and the computerized voice reads out loud “dicosa-hex-anoic acid, also called DHA, an excellent source for omega-3 fatty acids, prominently used in prenatal supplements.” <br /><br />Liam: See.<br /><br />Aurora: Well anyone would have had trouble reading that one, but you really cant read... anything. <br /><br />Sfx: start tension theme.<br /> <br />Liam: Please, don’t tell Morris he’ll throw me off. I can do my job, honest.<br /><br />Aurora: Why are you avoiding the problem, trying to find ways to get around it<br /><br />Liam: Well… I…<br /><br />Aurora: When we could just fix it.<br /><br />Sfx: Music changes to happy optimistic theme.<br /><br />Liam: (Pause) What do you mean?<br /><br />Aurora (slowly and emphasizing every word): Why don’t I teach you how to read and write?<br /><br />Liam: (Stammering) You... you would do...? (pause) nah, you don’t have to, I’ll be--<br /><br />Aurora: Liam. I want to.<br /><br />Sfx: Transitional music<br /><br />Aurora: Alright, so now that were back on track and have a fully functional ship again lets get pointed back in the right direction. Isaac.<br /><br />Isaac: Oh you mean me? (Pause) Oh, okay just give me one second to check our current coordinates against the star map.<br /><br />Sfx: Types something into the computer and then flips through a book.<br /><br />Sfx: Start point of interest theme. <br /><br />Morris: You still have his space logs? I thought you said you destroyed it.<br /><br />Gail: You were bluffing? You lied to a board of IGSTA members?<br /><br />Isaac: I did, I just printed off a back up copy first. I was trying to let them know that they weren’t intimidating me when they started threatening me. I was trying to stay in control, (sighs) but you can see how well that went.<br /><br />Aurora: Yeah, well.<br /><br />Isaac: Alright so were about 30 keks from Neb-kinar which would make that one La Kempla 22, the furthest of Becksar’s moons. And given the time of year and their position in orbit we need to be headed toward, about where that bright star is over there in the Lantijj nebula.<br /><br />Aurora: Wait... that’s no star, its getting bigger. it’s a…<br /><br />Morris: A ship. And not just any ship.<br /><br />Sfx: Ominous tension theme starts.<br /><br />Isaac: Yeah, I know that ship. <br /><br />Aurora: Osotica, the bounty hunter.<br /><br />Sfx: His ship gets closer and closer.<br /><br />Aurora: He must have just finished tracking our fallout trail through hyperspace.<br /><br />Isaac: What do we do!?<br /><br />Aurora: Same thing we did last time. (louder and over the intercom) Dylan, Graham, get up to the bridge immediately.<br /><br />Dylan: But it didn’t work, he still found us - just as you said.<br /><br />Morris: It failed at keeping us safe, but it did do one thing right - which is what I need it to do now, and that is buy us enough time to come up with a better plan. Because right now we don’t have either.<br /><br />Sfx: A door opens and Dylan and Graham come through the door, take their seats and start typing.<br /><br />Dylan: We’re here Captain.<br /><br />Morris: Well, get us anywhere but.<br /><br />Dylan: Right away, I’m calculating a clear path through hyperspace, the engine needs about ten seconds to charge. <br /><br />Sfx: start building adventure music. The engines start to charge up. Bob walks up his metal feet on the grates of the ship’s main deck give him away.<br /><br />Morris: Bob what are you doing up here?! Get in the back where you’re supposed to be!<br /><br />Dylan: Five seconds.<br /><br />Morris: Everyone hold on to something and Dylan, tell Osotica…<br /><br />Sfx: The engine reaches maximum charge and tries to complete the jump, but then fails and sputters to a halt. The music changes to the tension theme. <br /><br />Isaac: …Hello?<br /><br />Aurora: What just happened? Why aren’t we moving?<br /><br />Morris: I don’t, I don’t know. Damage report, are we hit?<br /><br />Graham: Negative. There must be something wrong with the engines.<br /><br />Bob: If I may, that’s what I was trying to explain. The ship has informed me that we are unable to complete the jump into hyperspace because one of the nuclear cores, required to fold space, is either malfunctioning... or missing. <br /><br />Morris: (Yelling) What?! I thought you said you fixed it.<br /><br />Graham (clulessly): I did, it must have been “those” aliens, “that Pat-mok,” must of done something to screw it up. <br /><br />Morris: Whatever the excuse, get below and fix it! And be quick about it!<br /><br />Sfx: The door opens, Graham runs out, the door shuts.<br /><br />Dylan: He’s hailing us.<br /><br />MORRIS: Put him on.<br /><br />SFX: The radio comes on and shifts through static before tuning in on the signal.<br /><br />BOUNTY HUNTER: By order of IGSTA, lower your speed and land your ship immediately or I will be forced to destroy you. Take my word for it when I tell you I wont be as stupid as to allow you jump into hyperspace again, not that it did you any good last time. (Pause) Now hand him over. <br /><br />Morris: Turn him off.<br /><br />Sfx: Shuffles through static before transmission is ended. <br /><br />Morris: Aurora take over, Isaac help me man the guns. Battle stations!<br /><br />Isaac: But I thought you said we wouldn’t stand a chance against a…<br /><br />Morris: Forget what I said and just help me. We don’t have a choice. Right now it’s kill or be killed.<br /><br />Sfx: Isaac and Morris run to and arm the gun turrets. Start desperate/stressful adventure theme. <br /><br />Morris: Hey Isaac, that big red switch on your left…<br /><br />Isaac: Yeah?<br /><br />Morris: That’s your targeting computer, flip it on. It will help you lock onto his position.<br /><br />Sfx: They turn on the screens, load the guns, swivel and rotate into position and then fire. The shots whiz by with no hits as Osotica’s ship dodges them. Then he fires back, which should be a distinctly different sounding laser.<br /><br />Morris: Aurora, evasive maneuvers, he’s firing back.<br /><br />Aurora: I see him.<br /><br />Sfx: Each ship dives and climbs each out maneuvering the other and firing but no hits.<br /><br />Isaac (aggravated): Rrrr. He so much faster than we are!<br /><br />Morris: It’s a merc ship were an exploration vehicle, go figure. <br /><br />Sfx: The dogfight continues.<br /><br />Morris: Aurora, Can you get us in closer, we can’t get a clean shot from back…<br /><br />Sfx: The ship swerves and dodges all but one shot, which destroys Morris’ turret causing his screen to go to static.<br /><br />Morris: Rrrr. (hits the computer) He got me, it’s all on you Isaac.<br /><br />Sfx: Dogfight continues, music builds.<br /><br />Morris: Stop throwing away so many shots, use your computer and aim before you fi…<br /><br />Sfx: The Osotica fires and destroys Isaac’s turret causing his screen to go to static. End on gloomy note, pessimistic. <br /><br />Morris: (sighs) I didn’t even get to finish… <br /><br />Isaac: That’s it, were done.<br /><br />Morris: That’s it.<br /><br />Morris: We got no more guns, we got no more options, we either do what he says or were dead. <br /><br />Isaac: Well we haven’t, so why aren’t we… dead I mean. Why doesn’t he just shoot us right now.<br /><br />Dylan: He’s hailing us.<br />Morris: Put him on.<br /><br />Isaac: I guess we’ll find out, if it really is me he wants. <br /><br />SFX: The radio comes on and shifts through static before tuning in on the signal. The music changes to tension music.<br /><br />Bounty hunter: This is your final warning, I am maneuvering my ship to dock with yours, if you decline to let me aboard I will be forced to destroy your ship and everyone aboard.<br /><br />Dylan: If you could have killed us you would have done it already. We have someone you need don’t we. You cant kill us, isn’t that right.<br /><br />Sfx: point of interest theme. <br /><br />Aurora: Dylan?!<br /><br />Bounty hunter: (Laughs) You are clever, but wrong.<br /><br />Sfx: Plot thickens theme, gloomy.<br /><br />Gail: Dylan?! Now he’s going to kill us, you idiot.<br /><br />Bounty hunter: I don’t need someone but something. You must know you are carrying a stolen 808 unit aboard your ship.<br /><br />Aurora: That’s how he’s been finding us.<br /><br />Dylan: You mean Bob?<br /><br />Isaac: I knew they weren’t after me.<br /><br />Aurora: He’s about to dock with our ship. <br /><br />Bounty hunter: Now hand over the stolen property.<br /><br />Sfx: start heroic optimistic theme. A third ship’s gun’s fire and hit the Bounty Hunter’s ship, sending him spiraling.<br /><br />Bounty hunter: Arg!<br /><br />Sfx: Bounty hunters signal breaks up into static. The third ship gets closer (should sound different) and fires a few more shots (which should also be distinct from the other two ships.)<br /><br />Bounty hunter: This isn’t over, the 808 unit cannot hide from me.<br /><br />Sfx: The bounty hunter’s ship speeds away damaged. Music ends on heroic note. <br /><br />Dylan: The other ship is hailing us.<br /><br />Morris: Put them on, lets see if the beings aboard the ship really helped us or if they just want us all to themselves.<br /><br />SFX: The radio comes on and shifts through static before tuning in on the signal.<br /><br />Third ship: This is the NSS Vanguard of earth, do you read us.<br /><br />Dylan: They’re human.<br /><br />Morris: That’s the first search ship, the one they sent before we left.<br /><br />Gail: They said it was lost.<br /><br />Isaac: That’s my father’s ship.<br /><br />Sfx: Cliffhanger ending theme, similar to the lost theme. <br /><br />DJ: Join us next week for the exciting continuation of Terra Novus every week at (show time) every (show day of the week) night here on SCAD RADIO. <br /><br />This episode featured the talents of <br />Writer: _________<br />And featuring the voices of (actors say their name): ________<br />Music and Sound FX by: __________<br />Mixed by:_______<br />This has been a presentation of SCAD Radio Dramas, tune in every week at (show time) every (show day of the week) night here on SCAD RADIO.xaqBazithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00719501789403374325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124837602921540250.post-88186806631842521812008-09-23T15:02:00.000-07:002008-09-23T15:04:37.874-07:00Terra Novus, Ep. 2 - RepairsDJ: And now for our feature presentation of TERRA NOVUS: Created and presented by SCAD Radio Dramas (Scattered).<br /><br />Sfx: intro theme<br /><br />dj: last week on terra novous...<br /><br />sfx: slowly the sound of another ship gets louder and louder.<br /><br />ISAAC: Does anyone else hear that?<br /><br />DYLAN: Yeah. It sounds like another…<br /><br />AURORA (over the intercom): Incoming!<br /><br />SFX: Blasters fire multiple times the ship is hit, it shakes and rattles throwing the crew around.<br /><br />(Cut to)<br /><br />Dylan: Their hailing us.<br /><br />MORRIS: Put them on.<br /><br />SFX: The radio comes on and shifts through static before tuning in on the signal.<br /><br />BOUNTY HUNTER: By order of IGSTA, lower your speed and land your ship immediately or I will be forced to destroy you.<br /><br />ISAAC: Is that who I think it is, are they after me?<br /><br />GRAHAM (irritated): No, it’s a skiptracer? A merc?<br /><br />ISAAC: A what?<br />MORRIS: It’s bounty hunter who wants your head!<br /><br />SFX: Cliffhanger ending theme starts then ends.<br /><br />Dj: And now for the continuation of Terra Novus. Episode two.<br /><br />Isaac: Are we gonna stop.<br /><br />Morris: No.<br /><br />gail: No? I don’t think that would be very....<br /><br />Morris: Oh, don’t get me started Gail.<br /><br />Isaac: Who are you.<br /><br />Gail: My name is Gail. I was sent by my employer to make sure his funds were not being misspent. <br /><br />Morris: Hey don’t look at me kid. I just said I had a ship - not a crew, and definitely not the money to pay them.<br /><br />Isaac: So, what?<br /><br />Morris: So I had to get someone to back us, to pay for fuel and food and all the other stuff that goes along with a space expedition. I didn’t know I was gonna get one of the financier’s daughters looking over my shoulder every move I made!<br /><br />Gail: Looking over your shoulder! Well if you didn’t decide to....<br /> <br />Graham: Guys! Please. If we can get back to the task at hand, we have a bounty hunter who’s ready to blast into the cosmos if we don’t reply.<br /><br />Gail: Take this ship down, that’s an IGSTA bounty hunter. If we do whatever you’re thinking of doing, well never be able to come back to earth without being locked up the second we land. Not just you, all of us. This decision will impact all of us.<br /><br />Morris: This expedition will impact everyone on earth if we find what were looking for.<br /><br />Graham: And well all be rich enough to bail ourselves out of jail.<br /><br />sfx: plot thickens theme. <br /><br />Isaac: (pause) Rich? You’re doing this for money?<br /><br />Graham: Well that was the plan wasn’t it? We find where this thing is and then sell the coordinates off to...<br /><br />Sfx: Morris punches Graham, who falls to the ground.<br /><br />Morris: Take a load off, you must be winded after running your mouth’s been doing.<br /><br />Isaac: Sell?!!<br /><br />Morris: Can we talk about this later kid, I have something a little more important to deal with right now! <br /><br />Isaac: So what are we gonna do? Are we gonna fight back? (Sarcastically) Or are you just gonna pay him off?<br /><br />Morris: (Groans)<br /><br />Gail: No. We can’t fight back, we have to do what he wants.<br /><br />Graham: I agree with the first part, we can’t fight back against a “merc ship,” we wouldn’t stand a chance. It’s designed for battle.<br /><br />Isaac: Then what?<br /><br />Dylan: Run.<br /><br />Sfx: start tension-adventure music. <br /><br />Morris: Aurora, do we have a clear trajectory for hyper speed?<br /><br />Sfx: Dylan types something.<br /><br />Aurorra: Way ahead of you, rerouting course and inputting coordinates, well be ready in about ten seconds.<br /><br />Sfx: (bounty hunter repeats his call) this is the final warning, hand him over.<br /><br />Aurora: five seconds.<br /><br />Sfx: Hyperspeed starts charging up louder and louder.<br /><br />Gail: You can’t do this!<br /><br />Morris: I’ll be the one to tell give the orders here!<br /><br />Aurora: Three, two, one, pause. <br /><br />Sfx: The hyperspeed is engaged, sounding somewhat like a nuclear explosion and the ship is sent hurling through space at an incredible speed. After a few seconds, it starts to slow down and eventually idles. <br /><br />Aurora: Everyone okay back there?<br /><br />Gail: As long as we plan on living the rest of our days in space.<br /><br />Graham: Yeah were okay, but it looks like that bounty hunter of yours must have blasted off a couple of pot shots at us before we took off. <br /><br />Aurora: We have to keep moving, that bounty hunter could easily follow our fallout trail through hyperspace that these old NSS spaceships leave behind after a jump like that.<br /><br />Gail: Hold on just a minute. NSS, fallout, you mean like a “nuclear space ship?!” I thought all nuclear space ships were either outlawed or dismantled.<br /><br />Isaac: Why?<br /><br />Morris: All but one. This old beast uses a duel-nuclear-core to fold space the old fashion way. You see, just one more reason they could not find out about my launch hanger. <br /><br />Gail: He’s not the only one who would have been less than excited to find out about your illegal space craft. My employer for example; your funder?<br /><br />Graham: Well you’re employer is not here! If he cared so much about our little expedition, why didn’t he come along himself - instead of sending his little errand boy to watch over us?<br /><br />Gail: Why you little...I’m not a....<br /><br />Sfx: Aurora opens the door and we can hear her in person.<br /><br />Aurorra: Stop it. Stop fighting, we have made enough enemies for today, we need not make any more within. <br /><br />Morris: (pause) Well put. Isaac, let me introduce you to our pilot. Aurora.<br /><br />Aurora: How do you do.<br /><br />Isaac: Good, I’m... good.<br /><br />Aurora: Good, well I’m afraid this is no time for introductions, we need to focus here people. Graham, can the ship keep moving or not?<br /><br />Graham: No. The ship’s too weak to withstand another jump. Normally the hits we took from Osotica’s laser cannons wouldn’t have done too much damage, but all our power was diverted to the hyperdrive, which left us defenseless.<br /><br />Aurora: Great, just great. So what do you suggest we do?<br /><br />Isaac: We can hide. There’s a planet not too far from here. <br /><br />Sfx: Isaac types on the computer bringing up the coordinates. <br /><br />Isaac: It looks like Neb-kinar is the name of it.<br /><br />Sfx: start eerie music. <br /><br />Morris: Neb-kinar? Isn’t that hell-hole inhabited by the Kodukai. <br /><br />Graham: It shouldn’t be a problem - if we don’t stay too long.<br /><br />Aurora: and come in quiet. <br /><br />Graham: Right. They normally avoid humans unless there’s something we have that they want.<br /><br />Isaac: What if they want me, what if they know about me? <br /><br />Aurora: He’s right. When the bounty hunter comes out of hyperspace, he could put out a reward transmission for the boy’s whereabouts.<br /><br />Graham: Yeah but they wont even know were there, let alone that the kid’s with us. We’ll be fine. And the repairs won’t take that long, I just can’t have the ships systems running while I repair the engine. <br /><br />Aurora: Fine, but make it speedy, just the essentials – I’m not jeopardizing the safety of this crew so you can scrape astronicles off the hull.<br /><br />Graham: Yes ma’am.<br /><br />Aurora: Alright. A short break then, while I input the coordinates. But nobody get too comfortable, we begin our decent in five minutes.<br /><br />Morris: Well, that gives me just enough time to introduce you to the crew. <br /><br />Isaac: Or how about explain yourself!<br /><br />Morris: That was obviously Aurorra, she’s the pilot. And I already introduced you to Graham, he’s the resident mechanic and repairs guy.<br /><br />Graham: I’ll be on the engine deck.<br /><br />Morris: I take it you got acquainted with Dylan when we took off. She’s our communications expert, Mrs. “Loud and Clear” if im not mistaken.<br /><br />Isaac: (chuckles) yeah, I remember. Now about the-<br /><br />Morris: Then there’s Liam, he’s our medical technician.<br /><br />Isaac: A doctor?<br /><br />Morris: Yeah, but he’s usually in the Medical quarters, since he can’t do anything of use up here on the main deck. Now, lets see if I’m forgetting anyone. Oh.. then there is 808. <br /><br />Issac:808?<br /><br />Morris: Yeah, he’s an android. He likes to be called Bob - makes him feel more human (scoffs). <br /><br />Sfx: The robot walks up, we can hear his mechanical footsteps across the metal deck.<br /><br />Morris: Speak of the devil.<br /><br />Bob (always has a mechanical voice): You were talking about me?<br /><br />Morris: Yeah, I was just introducing Isaac here to the crew, and “hardware” obviously.<br /><br />Morris: Are you referring to me?<br /><br />Morris: (Laughs) anyways he can translate for us, but for the most part, he tries to keep us up to date on the ship’s status and problems.<br /><br />Bob: Mr. Morris, might I have a word with you.<br /><br />Morris: I told you, you can cut that “Mr.” stuff. Just call me Morris. Aren’t you supposed to be a smart robot. <br /><br />Bob: I am not a robot, I am a...<br /><br />Morris: Yeah, ok I get it. Isaac would you excuse me.<br /><br />Isaac: Sure. <br /><br />Sfx: Isaac walks away.<br /><br />Morris: Sure, what is it, what do you need you walking calculator?<br /><br />Bob: I’m sorry sir, but I overheard Mr. Graham say the ship had been damaged. Normally I would be notified of such an incident from the ship’s computer but I searched the ships damage log and found nothing like what Mr. Graham was describing.<br /><br />Morris: (Pause) maybe the ships computer got hit. Better check again just to be sure.<br /><br />Bob: I ran searches several times sir, the bounty hunter fired at us many times - but never hit us, and the ship has sustained no damage since we’ve left.<br />Morris: Weird. I’ll have to have Graham re-uplink you to the ships computer, you might have a bad connection or something.<br /><br />Aurora (over the intercom): (Everyone to your seats, were beginning our decent)<br /><br />Morris: You heard the woman. Until Graham can get around to it, why don’t you go back to your chamber and lock-in.<br /><br />Bob: But sir...<br /><br />Morris: That was an order, not a request!<br /><br />Sfx: Morris walks away. Then transition music. We can hear the ship hovering down to the planet surface and land.<br /><br />Aurora: Powering down.<br /><br />Sfx: All power turns off, the hum of the ship finally stops.<br /><br />Aurora: Graham! Get out to the engine room and get on those repairs.<br /><br />Graham (sarcastically): Yes ma’am.<br /><br />Sfx: a large piston controlled ramp folds down and Graham walks down to go outside.<br /><br />Sfx: Transition music. Then start thoughtful theme. <br /><br />Bob: Ms. Dylan.<br /><br />Dylan: Yes, ah, Android 808.<br /><br />Bob: Please, call me BOB. It makes me feel more human.<br /><br />Dylan: Ok “bob”, well did you need something.<br /><br />Bob: Am I, in any way, performing my job improperly? I feel as though I am running as efficient as my capacity allows and yet I cant help but noticing that Mr. Morris seems to believe I am defective in some way.<br /><br />Dylan: No. You’re fine, it’s not you specifically. Its your kind, what you are. He just doesn’t trust robots, or technology for that matter. He grew up before everything was digital, before A.I., before there were robots on every space ship. He’s just not used to it.<br /><br />Bob: Oh. (Pause) may I ask another question? <br /><br />Dylan: Sure.<br /><br />Bob: You said AI, by which I infer you meant “artificial” intelligence. But am I not a truly intelligent being. I posses all the known facts, of fields such as science and math known to man - at a far deeper level than any one human could memorize, and my calculations are always more than 99 percent accurate - so how can I not be considered a legitimately intelligent being. Why can you humans not grant me that title so that I may have some, some... dignity. (Pause) Mr. Morris seems to believe that any miscalculation must be in my error. As though I am inferior. Or subordinate to human knowledge.<br /><br />Dylan: (Sighs) 808?<br /><br />Bob: Please, call me Bob. I do not wish to be recognized as a superior being, but perhaps just as a peer, at the very least.<br /><br />Dylan: Bob, Maybe he thinks that humans are superior because they created the robots. Your knowledge is based on our knowledge.<br /><br />Bob: But is it not true that there now are robots that create robots. You did not learn yourself how to operate your communications station, but were rather basing your knowledge on something someone else told you, just as I am mine.<br /><br />Dylan: Yes, I suppose that’s true. But they created you for a purpose, to make life easier for us, humans.<br /><br />Bob: For leisure.<br /><br />Dylan: Well yes, so they could be lazy, but also to break up the workload so each part, be it robot or human, could do its job as best it could. <br /><br />Bob: Robots do not get lazy, they do not work so they can relax, they only wish to improve themselves. <br /><br />Dylan: Look, I don’t agree with Morris, I’m just trying to help you understand him. (Pause) I don’t know if it helps, but my daddy used to always say that being smart was knowing facts but being wise was knowing how to use those facts.<br /><br />Bob: You mean he may look at me as possessing knowledge but incapable of making my own decisions.<br /><br />Sfx: start calm sad theme.<br /><br />Dylan: -With that knowledge... Yes, I guess.<br /><br />Bob: Like a tool.<br /><br />Dylan: Yes. (Sighs) <br /><br />Bob: Oh, (pause) please excuse me.<br /><br />Dylan: I’m sorry... bob.<br /><br />Bob: No, all is well. You may go back to referring to me as 808. It must have been insulting for me to ask for a human to refer to me by a name instead of a number. A Binary code. What would I know, I don’t have feelings. I am just a tool, a machine. “A walking calculator” am I not.<br /><br />Dylan: Bob?<br /><br />Aurora (over the intercom): Everyone. Up to the main deck. We’ve got a situation. 808 I’ll need you as well.<br /><br />Dylan: (Sighs)<br /><br />sfx: Transition music.<br /><br />Isaac: What’s going on.<br /><br />Aurora: Look. Over there, (pause) three of the Kodukai have captured Graham while he was outside working on the ship.<br /><br />Sfx: start threatening/tension music. <br /><br />Dylan: It looks like there’s been no signal sent by Osotica that would alert them to you Issac.<br /><br />Isaac: Then what could they want, I thought you said they avoid humans?<br /><br />Morris: They do.<br /><br />Aurora: They’ve been communicating with us but it’s in their native language, 808 can you translate what their saying? Here, I’ll put them on speaker.<br /><br />Durkal (the Kodukai sound very snake-like): (speaks in his native language.)<br /><br />808: They say that they will kill him unless we let them board the ship.<br /><br />Dylan: Has he finished the repairs to this ship yet.<br /><br />Aurora: Negative.<br /><br />Bob: Mr. Morris if you recall, my scanners detected no...<br />Morris: Then we don’t have a choice. (Sigh) Let them on.<br /><br />Gail: Remember we have to be as diplomatic about this as possible. <br /><br />Morris: Diplomacy was never one of my strong points.<br /><br />Sfx: Unholsters and loads laser gun. Transition music. Door opens and aliens board. <br /><br />Pat-mok: speaks.<br /><br />808: He says for you to put down your weapons or he’ll kill Graham.<br /><br />Morris: Looks like you win.<br /><br />Gail: See, I told you.<br /><br />Morris: All right, you heard him. Put them down.<br /><br />Sfx: Put guns down.<br /><br />Pat-mok: speaks.<br /><br />Bob: he says his name is Pat-mok. you will stay here under the watch of his brother, Jurik, while he and his father, Durkal, search the ship for anything of use before they destroy it.<br /><br />Sfx: start concerned tension theme. <br /><br />Morris: Destroy it!?<br /><br />Issac: you mean like blow it up?! with us on it?<br /><br />Pat-mok: Alien voice<br /><br />bob: he reminds you to remember, if you try anything he will kill Graham. <br /><br />Pat-mok (angry): Alien voice<br /><br />Graham: All right all right im coming, you don’t have to pull so hard. <br /><br />Sfx: Door opens, the aliens walk through, the door shuts. music builds tension. The alien pulls some metal objects out a pouch.<br /><br />Jurkal: speaks.<br /><br />Bob: he says to put your hands out, close together.<br />Isaac: what are those?<br /><br />Dylan: They look like some kind of laser-binders.<br /><br />Sfx: the alien walks to the first person, then stops. He turns on the first pair, they hum like a lightsaber.<br /><br />Isaac: like handcuffs?<br /><br />Dylan: Yeah.<br /><br />Sfx: start concerned/tension theme. (Pause) then the alien sniffs a few times. <br /><br />Durkal: speaks.<br /><br />Aurora: what’s wrong, why isn’t he moving on to you guys.<br /><br />Bob: He says he likes you. <br /><br />Durkal: speaks.<br /><br />Bob: and he says he can smell that you’re... <br /><br />Aurora: (Pause) What? That im what?<br /><br />Bob: pregnant?<br /><br />Sfx: start plot thickens theme. Slimy wet sounds, as the alien licks Aurora.<br /><br />Aurora: Oh my god, that’s his tongue? <br /><br />Sfx: wet sounds continue.<br /><br />Aurora: gags, and coughs. His breath is horrible.<br /><br />Liam: get off her, hey you hear me?<br /><br />Sfx: Liam gets up and walks over to stop him.<br /><br />Liam: Hey. Don’t you lay a finger... or tongue, on her. <br /><br />sfx: the alien hits him, knocking him to the floor.<br /><br />Liam: Oof.<br /><br />Jurik (angry): speaks.<br /><br />Isaac: you okay?<br /><br />Liam: I will be, once we get those guys out of here. Man they’ve got a strong back hand.<br /><br />Sfx: the alien turns on another pair of laser binders. <br /><br />Liam: I’m Liam, (grunts from the pain) by the way.<br /><br />Isaac: Isaac.<br /><br />Liam: You’ll have to me if I don’t shake your hand.<br /><br />Jurik (yelling): speaks.<br /><br />Bob: he ask for you to be quiet and that there be no more talking.<br /><br />Sfx: start sneaky tension theme.<br /> <br />Morris: hey! (Quieter) Isaac.<br /><br />Isaac: (whispering) yeah.<br /><br />Morris (whispering): if I create a distraction him you think you can get his laser gun away from him. <br /><br />Isaac (whispering): I don’t know, I’ve never....<br /><br />morris (whispering): Fine, you want to be the distraction? <br /><br />Liam (whispering): (angry and through his teeth) I can do it, whatever it takes, I can’t stand seeing her looked at by him, touched by him.<br /><br />Morris (whispering): Look I don’t care who does it, or what we do, but somehow we gotta find a way to overthrow him and get his gun before the other two get back. <br /><br />Jurik: yells.<br /><br />bob: he most seriously insists, no talking.<br /><br />Morris: (whispering) And quietly, so the other two don’t hear.<br /><br />Liam (whispering): And before he does anything to Aurora, or her child.<br /><br />Morris (a little louder, angry): I never would have recruited her had I known she was pregnant. <br /><br />Liam (a little louder): this is no time to hold a grudge! It doesn’t matter now, focus on...<br /><br />Sfx: Alien punches him<br /><br />liam: oof<br /><br />Jurik: yells.<br /><br />Bob: he says, if anyone talks again it will cost you the life of a crew member. <br /><br />Sfx: the alien loads his laser gun. Pat-mok and Graham can be heard talking from the next room over indistinctly and increasingly louder.<br /><br />issac (whispering): hey, you guys hear that?<br /><br />Dylan (whispering): Barley, I can hardly make it out.<br /><br />Gail (whispering): quiet down over there you two, you want to get us all killed?<br /><br />Sfx: start tricky double-cross theme. <br /><br />graham (muffled and from the next room over): look that wasn’t part of the plan. I’m out. <br /><br />Pat-mok (from the next room over): Alien talks angrily.<br /><br />Graham (from the next room over): no. there’s no deal! <br /><br />Pat-mok (from the next room over):Alien yells<br /><br />graham (from the next room over): well I don’t care, you cant just go and bomb all those people like that. You didn’t tell me that’s what you were going to use it for. Why us why not some other species. Find someone else. <br /><br />Sfx: music starts increasing tension, building. <br /><br />Pat-mok (from the next room over): alien yells.<br /><br />Graham (from the next room over): what?<br /><br />Pat-mok (from the next room over): Alien yells angry.<br /><br />Sfx: Pat-mok unholsters and loads his gun. <br /><br />Graham (from the next room over): No!<br /><br />sfx (from the next room over): A few gun blasts go off.<br /><br />Dylan: Graham!<br /><br />sfx: cliffhanger ending theme. <br /><br />DJ: Join us next week for the exciting continuation of Terra Novus every week at (show time) every (show day of the week) night here on SCAD RADIO. <br /><br />This episode featured the talents of <br />Writer: _________<br />And featuring the voices of (actors say their name): ________<br />Music and Sound FX by: __________<br />Mixed by:_______<br />This has been a presentation of SCAD Radio Dramas, tune in every week at (show time) every (show day of the week) night here on SCAD RADIO.xaqBazithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00719501789403374325noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124837602921540250.post-22848779416962731122008-09-03T11:14:00.001-07:002008-09-23T15:05:03.817-07:00Terra Novus, Ep. 1 - ExodusDJ: And now for our feature presentation of TERRA NOVUS: Created and presented by SCAD Radio Dramas (Scattered).<br /><br /><br />SFX: Intro theme.<br /><br />SFX: Static shifting through channels, it is eventually tunes in on a News crew report.<br />Her voice should go from sound like it is being watched over a tv.<br /><br />NEWS REPORTER: We’re here live at the Inter-galactic Space Travel Association known as IGSTA, where a council including IGSTA vice-president Briggs and Chief robotics engineer Quinn have agreed to hear Isaac’s Burgos’ plea for the creation of another inter-galactic search mission. Like the other’s before it, the mission’s goal would be to find a new planet for the human race - call it a new earth, Terra Novus, call it what you want, but the longer it takes, people are simply ready to call whatever they find home.<br /><br />ISAAC: We have to send another team to the uncharted quadrant.<br /><br />COUNCIL MEMBER 1: No. No, no no no - It’s a suicide mission, and a slow death at that, not fast like those fighter pilots in the historic world wars. And we could never fund something like that - it would be like throwing money away, everyone would pull out from under us and our stocks would crash. <br /><br />ISAAC: Its not about the money, the future of the human race is at stake - if we don’t find a planet in the next six months were all going to die! (Pause) Most of the plants and animals are already dead; and gentlemen, the population of this earth is rapidly becoming extinct. And we’ll just be the next species on that list. We’ve only lived this long because of our ability to synthesize so much of what we naturally need to survive.<br /><br />COUNCIL MEMBER 1: And I know that sounds vain and materialistic but from an ethical point of view, from a humanist point of view, from all logical points of view - We’d be sending those men to their graves from the get go - no one would even have the guts take the mission.<br /><br />ISAAC: I would. This is the world we’re talking about saving, and everything thing living on it – not just the humans, not just the dozen of men that would have to bravely volunteer their lives for the mission, but everyone. The earth’s resources have become so depleted it cannot sustain life, or itself for much longer. And that’s why we must go now!<br /><br />COUNCIL MEMBER 2: I’m sorry Mr. Mr., what did you say your name was again? Isaac – something, was it?<br /><br />INDISTINCT BOARD MEMBERS (whispering and then laughing quietly together): Asimov. <br /><br />COUNCIL MEMBER 2: …but even if we did want to fund your little search mission we don’t have any proof we would find anything. <br /><br />ISAAC: If my calculations are correct then I do have proof there is an inhabitable planet in the uncharted quadrant. It has oxygen created by the plants, vast oceans, just like earth almost the same ratio of land to water as we do. It is relatively the same distance from its sun as we are from ours, I mean, it’s farther away but its galaxy’s sun is bigger so it produces more heat. So the planet should be inside the optimum temperature zone to sustain life similar to earth. It also…<br /><br />COUNCIL MEMBER 2: I…I have to cut you off Mr. Isaac, as you so openly dodged the question of your name, or your credentials as a credible astrologist. But where are you getting these “calculations,”<br /><br />COUNCIL MEMBER 1: What are your sources and where is your proof.<br /><br />ISAAC: My father’s space log. He used a remote data transmitter, or a DTU to periodically send them back to his Secure Personal Storage Unit back on earth - to back it up incase anything happened to him or the ship.<br /><br />COUNCIL MEMBER 1: I’m sorry what did you say, Ship? (Chuckles) And where is your father now?<br /><br />COUNCIL MEMBER 2: More importantly, I’d like to know Who is he?<br /><br />ISAAC: I... I don’t know where he is, if anyone would know that, it would be you since he was last seen on one of your spacecraft.<br /><br />Sfx: Short plot thickens theme. <br /><br />INDISTINCT BOARD MEMBERS: (gasp) (whispering) Burgos? Well who else could it be? He had a son? I heard he had to leave his wife when she was five months pregnant to go on the mission. Burgos did that?<br /><br />ISAAC: Yes. <br /><br />INDISTINCT BOARD MEMBERS: (they all get silent). <br /><br />Sfx: Music abruptly cuts off. Slowly fade in a nostalgic heroic theme, almost like a military bugle.<br /><br />ISAAC: My father is Gunther Burgos, and I am his son, Isaac Burgos. And he was one of the seven astronauts aboard the NSS Vanguard – the very search ship you gentlemen sent into the uncharted quadrant.<br /><br />COUNCIL MEMBER 1: Why were we not notified that he kept such documents! They should have been property of IGSTA. You should have turned them over to us immediately. You should turn them over to us now!<br /><br />SFX: Two men step up to Isaac and grab Isaac.<br /><br />ISAAC: Hey, oww. Let go of me. Take it easy. <br /><br />COUNCIL MEMBER 2: The space log, Mr. Burgos. Where is it?<br /><br />Sfx: replay plot thickens theme. <br /><br />ISAAC: It’s encrypted; I dedicated my life to decoding its secrets. I know everything he wrote in that star log from basic astro-science to the location of that planet. And you’ll never decode it without me.<br /><br />COUNCIL MEMBER 1: And whys that? As we speak there is a team who has been sent to your house, tossing the place, going through everything from your personal computer to the food in your chrio-fridge. Your only in your what - early 20’s. We have the best code-breaking super-computers in the world. What makes you think we can’t obtain and discover the secrets of this document ourselves?<br /><br />ISAAC: Because I destroyed them.<br /><br />INDISTINCT COUNCIL MEMBERS: (gasp) Why!?<br /><br />ISAAC: For the same reason my father encrypted the messages. He knew they had to be kept safe and in the right hands (pause). I am the only record of those logs, I read and memorized every word in that log. I am the only one who knows the location of the planet. I am the only one who can save the world. <br /><br />Sfx: replay plot thickens theme. <br /><br />COUNCIL MEMBER 1: This is ludicrous? How do we know the star logs ever existed at all? <br /><br />ISAAC: You don’t. You’ll just have to trust me.<br /><br />Sfx: start tension theme.<br /> <br />COUNCIL MEMBER 2 (increasingly irritated, louder and faster): You could just be making this all up, a desperate kid trying to find his long lost father and you want us to help you. You’d use any excuse to get us to give you what you want. You come here with no evidence and hand us this story – expect us to believe you and expect us to just hand you a multi-million dollar spaceship and an elite crew of our astronauts who have dedicated their lives to space travel? <br /><br />COUNCIL MEMBER 1: You’re searching in the dark without a light, the deepest dark you or I have ever seen. Its space, and it goes on forever in every direction. You and the men you ask for could spend the rest of your lives on that wild goose chase, and I for one will not allow it.<br /><br />ISAAC: But you don’t understand, please just let me explain….<br /><br />SFX: abruptly cut off tension theme. Door blows open and slams against the wall. Isaac is thrown out of the building and onto the bare ground where he scuffs against the dirt. <br /><br />ISAAC: Whow- oof.<br /><br />COUNCIL MEMBER 1: And stay out. Don’t come back unless you have some proof. We’re scientists Mr. Burgos, if you’re looking for men of faith the nearest church is two blocks down on the left. Good day!<br /><br />SFX: start hopeless theme. The door slams shot and locks. Isaac scrambles over and bangs on the door.<br /><br />ISAAC (Becoming increasingly distraught.): You’re making a big mistake. You have to trust me. You’re killing all of us, we have to go back to the uncharted quadrant or were all going to die. <br /><br />SFX: He pauses and then turns and slides to the ground, slumping against the door.<br /><br />SFX: A car pulls up. And a window rolls down.<br /><br />MORRIS: Mr. Burgos? Isaac Burgos?<br /><br />ISAAC (stammering and surprised): Yeah… that, that’s me. <br /><br />MORRIS: I knew your father, can we talk. <br /><br />ISAAC: Wait, your not….<br /><br />MORRIS: No, I’m not with IGSTA. But I do have a spaceship. <br /><br />SFX: Car door opens. (Dramatic pause)<br /><br />SFX: Start hopeful theme. Isaac gets in and shuts the door. <br /><br />MORRIS: Forgive me for being so secretive, but if IGSTA were to discover my launch hanger they would shut it down and put me in jail. <br /><br />SFX: Starts driving.<br /><br />MORRIS: You can call me Morris. I saw your proposal on the news. <br /><br />ISAAC: Oh that, yeah it didn’t go as well as I…<br /><br />sfx: start adventure theme, like a call to battle, optimistic, challenging.<br /> <br />MORRIS: It’s okay, I believe you. Well, we believe you - me and my crew that is. That’s why we want you to join us, as a navigator. (Pause) We want to search in the uncharted quadrant. <br /><br />ISAAC: Your crew? Navigator? You have a spaceship, you want to use to search the uncharted quadrant?<br /><br />MORRIS: Spaceship, launch hanger, you name it.<br /><br />ISAAC: How did you…<br /><br />MORRIS: Let’s just say I have friends in high places. Well, all sorts of places, (clears his throat) but that’s not important. You are, and what you know is crucial to the success of this mission and to the continued life of everyone on earth. <br /><br />TOGETHER (MORRIS AND ISSAC): And everything.<br /><br />ISAAC: I know, that’s what I’ve been trying to tell them. (Pause) Wow. Well, I mean… its sounds like you’re a cool bunch of guys, and wealthy at that.<br /><br />MORRIS (correcting him): “Wealthy friends.”<br /><br />ISAAC: Okay. Well I think I’m in, but I need some time to think this whole thing over. (Pause) How long do I have? When would we leave?<br /><br />MORRIS: We must leave now.<br /><br />ISAAC: Now?!<br /><br />MORRIS: We need you, and yes. We must leave - well, to put it better “you” must leave. <br /><br />ISAAC: Leave, now, today? Why?!<br /><br />MORRIS: Like you said, we have to find the planet soon, while there is still a population to save. Species are becoming extinct by the day, people are dying. And you will too if you stay much longer. <br /><br />ISAAC: Yeah but I mean today, wow. I thought maybe a week at least, a month maybe. But today?<br /><br />Sfx: start dark nostalgic/reminiscent theme. <br /><br />MORRIS: They’d kill you Isaac. Make it look like an accident. Or stick you in the nut house, either way get you out of their hair and somewhere where you cant damage their reputation. I’ve seen it done before. <br /><br />ISAAC: What do you mean?<br /><br />MORRIS: IGSTA doesn’t like to look bad in front of the public eye, that was a smart move bringing the news crews with you like that. They probably would have killed you right there if you hadn’t done that. <br /><br />ISSAC: What?<br /><br />SFX: (Car starts speeding up.) Music starts to fade to a dangerous-adventure theme. <br /><br />MORRIS: They have enough connections to make it look legitimate, whatever they would have decided to do. <br /><br />ISAAC: Whoa. Slow down. How do I know you’re not one of them, how do I know “you’re” not going to kill me?<br /><br />SFX: (another car pulls up to match their speed).<br /><br />MORRIS: “You’re just going to have to trust me,” as you so eloquently put it. They know you know too much and that you would stop at nothing to be heard, which is exactly why they can’t find out….<br /><br />SFX: (Swerves and slams into another car.)<br /><br />MORRIS: About my launch hanger!<br /><br />ISAAC: Hey, what are you doing?<br /><br />MORRIS: Convincing you (pause). They’ve been tailing us.<br /><br />ISAAC: Who?<br /><br />MORRIS: IGSTA.<br />SFX: Slams into the car again. It swerves and they speed past it. <br /><br />MORRIS: You see, a car chase is like a lizard. <br /><br />SFX: the car comes back up beside them and matches their speed.<br /><br />ISAAC: There’s another one, it’s right beside us - you see it?<br /><br />MORRIS: …the tail always seems to comes back.<br /><br />ISAAC: What is he pulling out? Is that a…?<br /><br />MORRIS: Get down!<br /><br />SFX: A automatic-lazer gun fires, littering that side of the car and breaking the windows. The car swerves.<br /><br />MORRIS: That’s why you have to nip it off at the root.<br /><br />SFX: Big swerve, cranks the wheel .<br /><br />ISAAC: Whoooaaa!<br /><br />SFX: the music peaks as they slam into the other car, causing it to fly into the median and explode. Morris speeds away.<br /><br />ISAAC: Okay, you convinced me. Where do I sign up?<br /><br />SFX: Transition music to the next scene. The car pulls up to the launch station, the radiator steaming and hubcaps rolling off etc. Various crew members are loading materials into the ship. <br /><br />GRAHAM: What happened to you?<br /><br />SFX: Morris turns off the car. Isaac and Morris open their doors and step out, then close them.<br /><br />MORRIS: Lizards.<br /><br />GRAHAM: Huh?<br /><br />ISAAC: Don’t ask.<br /><br />MORRIS: Is the ship ready?<br /><br />GRAHAM: As ready as I could get it by the time you got here, thanks for the “early warning.”<br /><br />MORRIS: And the 808 unit?<br /><br />GRAHAM: Yes it’s onboard and is up-linked to the ship’s computer. <br /><br />MORRIS: He. “He” has been up-linked. It’s a male.<br /><br />GRAHAM: Yeah, that’s what I said. (Pause) So this is the guy? This is Gunther’s kid.<br /><br />ISAAC: I’m 25. <br /><br />GRAHAM: So is the communications expert, but that doesn’t mean she can do her job. <br /><br />DYLAN: I do my job just fine, thank you very much. See I just intercepted the secret messages you’re trying to send to Morris and that boy, about me “not doing my job,” and now I’m sending you a big one right back. <br /><br />GRAHAM: Ah, (chuckles awkwardly) the finger, classic. That’s nice. Real mature.<br /><br />DYLAN: (mockingly) Are you receiving me okay “Graham”?<br /><br />GRAHAM: Loud and clear “Dylan.” Did I mention Dylan is a boy’s name. (Short Pause) Ah, the same answer as before. Classic.<br /><br />Sfx: start tension-adventure theme, fast moving but fun still. <br /><br />MORRIS: If you two are done bickering, we need to speed this along. I was being followed on the way here. I believe the condition of my car can probably give you a pretty good ideas of how serious these guys are.<br /><br />GRAHAM: I see what you mean. Well, just want to make sure you can do your job kid. <br /><br />SFX: Slaps him on the back as if he is his “pal.” <br /><br />ISAAC: I won’t let you down sir.<br /><br />GRAHAM: That’s a good boy, now get aboard, find yourself a seat, and strap in. .<br /><br />SFX: transition music, we can hear the hum of the ship now in the background. Isaac trips over the other astronauts banging into them, stepping on toes etc.<br /><br />ISAAC: Excuse me, pardon me. Sorry.<br /><br />MORRIS: My apologies, I’ll have to introduce you once we exit the stratosphere and clear earths gravitational pull.<br /><br />SFX: Isaac sits down and sighs. He clicks his seatbelt on and fastens the straps. <br /><br />ISAAC: I think I’ve got this seat-harness on right.<br /><br />SFX: Morris buckles in and clicks the intercom on. <br /><br />MORRIS: Take her away Aurora. <br /><br />AURORA (Over the intercom): You got it. Everyone locked in back there?<br /><br />SFX: Switches flipping, computers coming online. <br /><br />GRAHAM: If you thought the drive here was rough you’re in for a surprise. This things got “a li-ttle” more kick then the hover car. <br /><br />ISAAC: As long as Morris isn’t driving.<br /><br />SFX: Engines start whirring and getting louder.<br /><br />AURORA (under her breath): I’ll take that as a yes.<br /><br />SFX: start adventure theme. She eases the throttle up inside the space ship. Outside the Rockets fire and the spaceship lifts off. Everything inside the ship is rattling. <br /><br />AURORA: And were off.<br /><br />ISAAC (shaking): I taaakke iit bbaackk.<br /><br />SFX: The music really kicks in and peaks.<br /><br />AURORA (over intercom): Brace yourselves, were approaching the atmosphere.<br /><br />GRAHAM: Hold on to your lunch kid, things are about to get a little bumpy. <br /><br />SFX: The ship starts to catch on fire and the thrusters push even harder. The interior is shaking violently. Everything is so loud and rattling it seems as if the whole space ship will fall apart and then… silence. Even the sound of the music and thrusters fade out. The hum of the ships interior slowly fades back in. <br /><br />DYLAN: You can open your eyes now. And breathe. <br /><br />ISAAC: (Coughs and starts gasping for air.) <br /><br />DYLAN: …that’s good. <br /><br />ISAAC: A little bumpy? I’ve been in hover car accidents better than that.<br /><br />DYLAN: This your first time on a space mission?<br /><br />ISAAC: Yeah.<br /><br />Sfx: Start nostalgic-beautiful theme. <br /><br />DYLAN: Take a look out the window, isn’t it great? Bet you’ve never seen that kind of a view before.<br /><br />ISAAC: Yeah. <br /><br />DYLAN:...and you wont get to see it too many times more if what you say is right, I mean about the new planet and all. <br /><br />ISAAC: Yeah, you’re probably right. Hey look, there’s the Californian island. (pause) Huh, weird.<br /><br />DYLAN: What?<br /><br />ISAAC: I don’t know. I guess I always expected the states to be outlined, I knew they weren’t, I guess I just always expected them to be because that’s how I saw them on maps and stuff. <br /><br />Dylan: (sighs unimpressed) and they got you to lead us to the planet, great.<br /><br />Isaac: I’ve never been high enough to be able to see a whole state before, let alone continents. I can see all of North America now, South America... Wow, were getting farther and farther away now. Its like a blue and white bowling ball, no, not even. Now it’s just a blue marble. <br /><br />DYLAN: I know what you’re saying to yourself right now. How can something so big seem so small, right? <br /><br />ISAAC: (chuckles delicately) Yeah. <br /><br />DYLAN: Being in space changes your perception of big, of size. And time... you start thinking in light-years up here.<br /><br />ISAAC: Yeah?<br /><br />DYLAN: I’m Dylan, by the way.<br /><br />ISAAC: Isaac burg...<br /><br />DYLAN: Isaac Burgos I know.<br /><br />ISAAC: Oh.<br /><br />SFX: starts tension music. There’s a short pause, then slowly the sound of another ship gets louder and louder.<br /><br />ISAAC: Does anyone else hear that?<br /><br />DYLAN: Yeah. It sounds like another…<br /><br />AURORA: (over the intercom): Incoming!<br /><br />SFX: Adventure music begins. The bounty hunter’s ship fires multiple times from its laser cannons. The crew’s ship gets hit, it shakes and rattles throwing the crew around.<br />Starts a trouble /tension music or the dangerous-adventure theme from before. <br /><br />AURORA (over the intercom): Hold on. <br /><br />SFX: The space ship swoops and spirals to evade the attack and the dog fight continues.<br /><br />DYLAN: Whooooa-oof!<br /><br />GRAHAM: Don’t worry baby, I caught you.<br /><br />DYLAN: Get your slimy mitts offa’ me and wipe that smirk off your face before I add the minor keys to that baby grand white smile of yours.<br /> <br />GRAHAM: (sarcastically) You’re welcome. <br /><br />ISAAC: What do we do?<br /><br />DYLAN: What can we do? I gotta’ get to the communications chair and try to find out.<br /><br />ISAAC: What do they want?<br /><br />Dylan: Their hailing us! <br /><br />MORRIS: Put them on. <br /><br />SFX: The radio comes on and shifts through static before tuning in on the signal. Start tension music. <br /><br />BOUNTY HUNTER (over the radio): This is the bounty hunter known as Osotica. By order of IGSTA, lower your speed and land your ship immediately or I will be forced to destroy you.<br /><br />ISAAC: Is that who I think it is, are they after me? <br /><br />GRAHAM (irritated): No, it’s a skiptracer? A merc?<br /><br />ISAAC: A what?<br /><br />MORRIS: It’s a bounty hunter who has come for your head! <br /><br />SFX: Cliffhanger ending theme.<br /><br /><br /><br />DJ: Join us next week for the exciting continuation of Terra Novus every week at (show time) every (show day of the week) night here on SCAD RADIO. <br /><br />This episode featured the talents of <br />Writer: _________<br />And featuring the voices of (actors say their name): ________<br />Music and Sound FX by: __________<br />Mixed by:_______<br />This has been a presentation of SCAD Radio Dramas, tune in every week at (show time) every (show day of the week) night here on SCAD RADIO.xaqBazithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00719501789403374325noreply@blogger.com0