4. The Signal and the Message
6/2/202641 min
Further investigation of their cargo raises more questions than it answers. And can the Strega get across Dominion territory without being noticed?
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This episode starred:
- Neill Fleming as Franklin
- Areille Skye as Alice
- Mike Castoro as Henry
- Kirsty Woolven as Roya
- Alexis Vandom as the Strega AI
- Catherine Pip as Gun AI
- Pete Barry as Gary
- Peter Elliott as Dr Bob
- Carl Brooks as One Eye the Dominionist Priest
- Alain F D’Regel as the Dominionist soldier
- Additional voices by Scott Rampage, Alain F D’Regel and Jack Sloan
Original series music by Sounds Suspect
Character Art by Leonie Braddick
‘The Renegade Scientist John Wilder’ was written and performed by Kelly Down
Written, directed and produced by Sean Mulligan
Editor and story consultant was Madeleine Slatford
Transcript preview
First 90 secondsFranklin0:01
[rain falling] I can't believe you fell for sweet talk, Henry. Oldest trick in the book.
Henry0:10
Well, at least she has ideas on what the hell's in the damn hold.
Franklin0:13
Yeah, man, but half the skill of a good hacker is not coding news, but social engineering skills. She probably has data spikes with neuro-optic behavioral overlays and social cues. If I trusted her, I think I'd begin to like this girl.
Henry0:28
What about Alice? I thought she agreed to ignore it.
Franklin0:31
Did she, though? She reckons it was stalking her again last night, she's pretty riled up by it, especially by the fact she doesn't know how it could be doing it.
Henry0:40
You okay? You look a bit rough.
Franklin0:47
Oh, I stayed up too late with some corp veterans, swapping tall tales. Jesus, but those two L1s could drink.
Henry0:55
Well, no puking in the Striga. She smells bad enough as it is. [instrumental music] How are we doing? But not too loud, though, our Franklin here is a bit delicate.
Franklin1:17
Sod off.
Alice1:17
[laughs] Any sign of Sally and Lanell?
Henry1:21
Gone. Beds are cold, so a while. Hopefully, they were considerate enough to steal a Salerman's car and not some poor nomad's truck.