Ghost Signals, Episode 1: Part 3.3
STEGGY Then you remember how puffed up the boyo was after the Three accepted his Shocla.
FLASHBACK #1
INT. HALL OF THE THREE, TA SCIENCE CONSORTIUM- Last Year
We see Dr. K'Son, a bookish rail thin creature with skin like a catfish and a white beard that droops down like he whiskers on a catfish.
He's smiling in front of the Three, gratefully nodding his head to them; the drone clutched firmly in his arms. During Steggy's narration, we also see a brief glimpse of the Three for a second, and only in outline from behind a massive desk.
STEGGY (Cont., narration) He thought it would be the start of his ascension as a premiere scientist. That he'd get the Yanchen Prize, maybe even run the Consortium one datum.
FLASHBACK #2
INT. COMMON ROOM- The Next Day
We see the young man in a common room in another part of the Consortium, celebrating his recent achievement with a group of his compatriots; some of them holding food, others drinks. You can see behind them a collection of food and drinks on the table behind them.
STEGGY (Cont., narration) He talked about his long-time buddo prince over in Sealan 5, and how he could probably craft a seat in Parliament after it breaks out publicly.
RAIVEN (narration) Gods! K'Son was dumber than a bag of Titanian Eggels...
FLASHBACK #3
INT. LAB- One Month Later
It moves to K'Son building a working version of his device, going off of a 3-D set of schematics located just above the machine. Then the door opens, and a group of soldiers from the Alliance's Sky Force comes in and takes the device off the table.
STEGGY (narration) Just as he was working on a model for distrib, a bunch of warbos came in and quickly took control of the project to launch
Niooks at peeps more effectively. Male of his ego- that didn't set well, giving up his brain child.
Dr. K'Son charges at the group and tries to wrestle control of the device from the soldier holding it.
STEGGY (Cont., narration) He tried to fight back, had a little success. But...
After a few moments of tug and war, the man is shot by a powerful laser blast just below his chest; the force of which causes K'Son to let go of the device.
STEGGY (narration) Boyo never stood a chance.
The camera focuses squarely on the young Doctor's face for a few moments for Dr. O'Ozahl's last line; the last of the soldiers heading out of the room through the doors seen in the distance of the shot.
RAIVEN (narration) And the point of this little history sesh...?
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INT. THE STUDY- Present Day
Steggy back in the Study, finishing the rest of the story and the moral to it. In the foreground of the shot, we see Raiven focused intently on a screen in front of her, typing and editing something as she speaks.
STEGGY (explanatory) It doesn't take long for a good idea to become bastardized in the "Glory of the Tristellar Alliance." And with a finding as shiny as we've just uncovered...
RAIVEN (jumping on to his point, to Steggy) Someone higher up the governmental food chain is gonna get a sniff of this and try to manipulate it for their own goals.
STEGGY In a tidy shell. Just...keep that bit in mind this go round.
RAIVEN (encouragingly) I'll be fine. I've been dreaming of this since I was a youngling...
There's a silence for a brief period between the two, with Steggy examining the screen as she works. Just as he speaks again, near the walls, we see the Sentry coming into view looking at the two of them.
STEGGY You sure you want to go down that route?
RAIVEN What?
STEGGY (pointing to the issue) That part in the middle of the "Greater Societal Use" section.
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The screen filled with lines of text, comprising the whole of her Shocla presentation. It's divvied up into separate sections: Intro, Inspiration, Science Bit, Greater Societal Use. We see Raiven's hand zooming in that section for greater examination by the two of them.
STEGGY (Cont., explanatory V.O.) You're talking about the work of Dr. Filyai in deep space communication and how it contributed to the comm sats the TA's used for decarohtlas as well as in those in HV sats.
RAIVEN (not seeing his point) Yeah, because it's the truth.
STEGGY It also played a role in the mass death of radicals in Agxix- 4. You want a grunt in some corner of the M.o.D. reading it getting ideas about invading whatever backwards species is behind the Signals?
RAIVEN (pause followed by a nod of acknowledgment) Fair point. So what should I replace it with? I gotta find find something else that'll get the Three's attention and show off the research's importance.