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In Gryffen House, Darius tells the team about Freddie Maxwell, aka "Freddie the Entertainer", a two bit hustler. According to Darius' contacts, he is the mastermind behind [[Crashclub]], old robots modified and forced to fight in an arena for the entertainment of rich "toffs". Gryffen congratulates Darius and hopes that at last he can put an end to the man who has made a mockery of his [[Thought Matrix]], a revolutionary robotic brain that allows a robot to think for itself rather than to be programmed. When K9 doubts it's that revolutionary, Gryffen explains that while such sophistication may be common in the future, before Gryffen came along, robots were nothing more than | In Gryffen House, Darius tells the team about Freddie Maxwell, aka "Freddie the Entertainer", a two bit hustler. According to Darius' contacts, he is the mastermind behind [[Crashclub]], old robots modified and forced to fight in an arena for the entertainment of rich "toffs". Gryffen congratulates Darius and hopes that at last he can put an end to the man who has made a mockery of his [[Thought Matrix]], a revolutionary robotic brain that allows a robot to think for itself rather than to be programmed. When K9 doubts it's that revolutionary, Gryffen explains that while such sophistication may be common in the future, before Gryffen came along, robots were nothing more than wind-up toys. They moved on thanks to him and they would have moved on even further if the Department hadn't confiscated his technology. Jorjie suggests they alert the Department; he's using banned technology. Gryffen has tried already, but according to June the Department has got "bigger fish to fry". Gryffen worked long and hard on the technology and he did it for humanity, not to facilitate this "revolting" entertainment. As he leaves, Starkey decides to do something about it - undercover work. | ||
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At the Department Mobile HQ, Thorne speaks with [[Lomax (K9)|Lomax]]. He assures him the Department will have no recorded connection with Crashclub. Freddie will take the whole fall. K9 knows of Thorne's intent to take his regeneration technology, which will make acquiring it harder, but not impossible. They will get it and their plans will succeed. Lomax orders him to use all the powers at his disposal. Thorne assures that he intends to. | At the Department Mobile HQ, Thorne speaks with [[Lomax (K9)|Lomax]]. He assures him the Department will have no recorded connection with Crashclub. Freddie will take the whole fall. K9 knows of Thorne's intent to take his regeneration technology, which will make acquiring it harder, but not impossible. They will get it and their plans will succeed. Lomax orders him to use all the powers at his disposal. Thorne assures that he intends to. | ||
== Cast == | == Cast == | ||