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|image=Short Cicuit (comic story).jpg | |image = Short Cicuit (comic story).jpg | ||
|main character= [[K9 Mark 2]] | |main character = [[K9 Mark 2]] | ||
|illustrator= [[Lee Adams]] | |illustrator = [[Lee Adams]] | ||
|enemy= [[Sporraxx]] | |enemy = [[Sporraxx]] | ||
|featuring= | |featuring = | ||
|setting= | |setting = | ||
|writer= | |writer = Paul Tams | ||
| | |anthology = The Essential Book of K9 | ||
|prev= Stranger On The Train (short story) | |release date = July 2015 | ||
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}}'''''Short Circuit''''' was a comic story in the [[K9]] book ''[[The Essential Book of K9]]''. It was written by [[Paul Tams|Paul M. Tams]]. The original character visuals were provided by [[Lee Adams]]. | }}'''''Short Circuit''''' was a comic story in the [[K9]] book ''[[The Essential Book of K9]]''. It was written by [[Paul Tams|Paul M. Tams]]. The original character visuals were provided by [[Lee Adams]]. | ||
== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
Someday [[K9 Mark 2|K9]] is free falling in space and awaiting any passing vessels that having being | Someday [[K9 Mark 2|K9]] is free falling in space and awaiting any passing vessels that having being accused of being a stowaway on the flagship of the [[Trodos]] Empire. He enters a space ship of which he thinks is a trader ship. However, it turns out to be a [[Sporraxx]] space ship. | ||
The Sporraxx imprison K9 when they realise that his general reference capacity is far beyond any computer that they have ever come across. Then they try to extract his memory core. K9 wants to distract them by referencing totally useless information. He tries to fight the Sporraxx back but they get deeper and deeper into his memory core. Memories that K9 assumed to be erased are slowly coming back and the Sporraxx get to know more and more about K9's past. They get information about [[Earth]] and want to maraud the planet. | The Sporraxx imprison K9 when they realise that his general reference capacity is far beyond any computer that they have ever come across. Then they try to extract his memory core. K9 wants to distract them by referencing totally useless information. He tries to fight the Sporraxx back but they get deeper and deeper into his memory core. Memories that K9 assumed to be erased are slowly coming back and the Sporraxx get to know more and more about K9's past. They get information about [[Earth]] and want to maraud the planet. | ||
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== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* The [[Sporraxx]] want to extract K9's [[memory core]]. K9 tries to distract them by referencing: manuals on | * The [[Sporraxx]] want to extract K9's [[memory core]]. K9 tries to distract them by referencing: manuals on Trigellan goat herding, the 19th century straker census' and the tax return systems of the [[Jixen]]s. | ||
* K9 refers to [[Alistair Gryffen]], [[Starkey]], [[Jorjie Turner]], [[June Turner]] and [[Darius Pike]], remembering their adventures. | * K9 refers to [[Alistair Gryffen]], [[Starkey]], [[Jorjie Turner]], [[June Turner]] and [[Darius Pike]], remembering their adventures. | ||
* K9 remembers [[Gryffen Manor]]. | * K9 remembers [[Gryffen Manor]]. | ||
* K9 remembers [[K9 Mark I|himself]] before his transformation. | * K9 remembers [[K9 Mark I|himself]] before his transformation. | ||
* K9 is free falling in space and awaiting any passing vessels that having being | * K9 is free falling in space and awaiting any passing vessels that having being accused of being a sto-away on the flagship of the [[Trodos]] Empire. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* As of | * As of 2018, this is the only officially released comic story that features [[K9 Mark 2]]. | ||
* Since K9 remembers his time with [[Alistair Gryffen]], [[Starkey]], [[Jorjie Turner]] and [[Darius Pike]] this story has to take place sometime after [[2050]]. However, it isn't exactly clear if it takes place soon after 2050, or if the story takes place considerably later. | * Since K9 remembers his time with [[Alistair Gryffen]], [[Starkey]], [[Jorjie Turner]] and [[Darius Pike]] this story has to take place sometime after [[2050]]. However, it isn't exactly clear if it takes place soon after 2050, or if the story takes place considerably later. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* K9 has already told [[Starkey]], [[Jorjie Turner]] and [[Darius Pike]] about the [[Sporraxx]], the scariest creatures in the universe. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Fall of the House of Gryffen]]'') | * K9 has already told [[Starkey]], [[Jorjie Turner]] and [[Darius Pike]] about the [[Sporraxx]], the scariest creatures in the universe. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Fall of the House of Gryffen (TV story)|The Fall of the House of Gryffen]]'') | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:07, 10 January 2024
Short Circuit was a comic story in the K9 book The Essential Book of K9. It was written by Paul M. Tams. The original character visuals were provided by Lee Adams.
Plot[[edit] | [edit source]]
Someday K9 is free falling in space and awaiting any passing vessels that having being accused of being a stowaway on the flagship of the Trodos Empire. He enters a space ship of which he thinks is a trader ship. However, it turns out to be a Sporraxx space ship.
The Sporraxx imprison K9 when they realise that his general reference capacity is far beyond any computer that they have ever come across. Then they try to extract his memory core. K9 wants to distract them by referencing totally useless information. He tries to fight the Sporraxx back but they get deeper and deeper into his memory core. Memories that K9 assumed to be erased are slowly coming back and the Sporraxx get to know more and more about K9's past. They get information about Earth and want to maraud the planet.
Then they reprogram K9 to protect a device, which turns out to be a small spherical marauder bomb, that would destroy Earth. However K9 is able to break free of their control, because deep in his memories a sense of right and wrong prevailed. He takes the bomb back into the Sporraxx space ship which explodes.
Characters[[edit] | [edit source]]
Worldbuilding[[edit] | [edit source]]
- The Sporraxx want to extract K9's memory core. K9 tries to distract them by referencing: manuals on Trigellan goat herding, the 19th century straker census' and the tax return systems of the Jixens.
- K9 refers to Alistair Gryffen, Starkey, Jorjie Turner, June Turner and Darius Pike, remembering their adventures.
- K9 remembers Gryffen Manor.
- K9 remembers himself before his transformation.
- K9 is free falling in space and awaiting any passing vessels that having being accused of being a sto-away on the flagship of the Trodos Empire.
Notes[[edit] | [edit source]]
- As of 2018, this is the only officially released comic story that features K9 Mark 2.
- Since K9 remembers his time with Alistair Gryffen, Starkey, Jorjie Turner and Darius Pike this story has to take place sometime after 2050. However, it isn't exactly clear if it takes place soon after 2050, or if the story takes place considerably later.
Continuity[[edit] | [edit source]]
- K9 has already told Starkey, Jorjie Turner and Darius Pike about the Sporraxx, the scariest creatures in the universe. (TV: The Fall of the House of Gryffen)
