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|name= Metafiction | |name= Metafiction | ||
|image=kaldor-metafiction.jpg | |image=kaldor-metafiction.jpg | ||
|series= [[Kaldor City (audio series)| | |series= [[Kaldor City (audio series)|The Walker Brothers - Make It Easy On YourselfKaldor City]] | ||
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|main character= [[Kaston Iago]] | |main character= [[Kaston Iago]] | ||
|featuring= [[Justina]] | |featuring= [[Justina]] | ||
|enemy= | |enemy= | ||
|year= [[Kaldor City]], | |year= [[Kaldor City]], [[2889]] | ||
|writer= [[Alan Stevens]]<br />[[Fiona Moore]] | |writer= [[Alan Stevens]]<br />[[Fiona Moore]] | ||
|director= | |director= | ||
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"A reputation? What as? A bunch of crooks, killers and mindlessly destructive psychopaths?" | "A reputation? What as? A bunch of crooks, killers and mindlessly destructive psychopaths?" | ||
Company Chairholder Uvanov has tasked his personal assistant Justina with finding out everything she can about the mysterious assassin Kaston Iago. But is his tale of criminality, revolutions, galactic war, and mindless violence, the truth... or some kind of strange space-operatic fantasy? | Company Chairholder [[Kiy Uvanov|Uvanov]] has tasked his personal assistant [[Justina Kessel|Justina]] with finding out everything she can about the mysterious assassin [[Kaston Iago]]. But is his tale of criminality, revolutions, galactic war, and mindless violence, the truth... or some kind of strange space-operatic fantasy? | ||
''First performed as a short stage play at the Sci-Fi London Film Festival in 2011, "Kaldor City: Metafiction" is a must-hear for all fans of the series, answering the question of who Kaston Iago really is.'' | ''First performed as a short stage play at the Sci-Fi London Film Festival in 2011, "Kaldor City: Metafiction" is a must-hear for all fans of the series, answering the question of who Kaston Iago really is.'' | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
* [[Kaston Iago|Iago]] is a member of the [[Assassin's Guild]]. [[Company Security]] have no record of any such organization. The Assassin's code is not to reveal to any details about the Guild. | * [[Kaston Iago|Iago]] is apparently a member of the [[Assassin's Guild]]. [[Company Security]] have no record of any such organization. The Assassin's code is not to reveal to any details about the Guild. | ||
* [[Kaldor]] is a colony planet of earth. | * [[Kaldor]] is a colony planet of earth. | ||
* Iago was born on [[Earth]]. [[Justina Kessel|Justina]] is unfamiliar with the planet, as presumably most people in [[Kaldor City]] are. Iago likens [[Kaldor]] to Earth in the sense that it’s a closed minded zenophobic society around which it’s convinced the universe revolves. | * Iago was born on [[Earth]]. [[Justina Kessel|Justina]] is unfamiliar with the planet, as presumably most people in [[Kaldor City]] are. Iago likens [[Kaldor]] to Earth in the sense that it’s a closed minded zenophobic society around which it’s convinced the universe revolves. | ||
* On Kaldor, the usual protocol when it comes to Bank Fraud is for the guilty party to be bailed out with taxpayers’ money, with the banker returning to work after a decent interval. According to Iago, this is usually the situation on Earth too. | * On Kaldor, the usual protocol when it comes to Bank Fraud is for the guilty party to be bailed out with taxpayers’ money, with the banker returning to work after a decent interval. According to Iago, this is usually the situation on Earth too. | ||
* Iago postulates that the single greatest failing of the human race is the desire to be subjugated, freeing one from the tyranny of choice. | * Iago postulates that the single greatest failing of the human race is the desire to be subjugated, freeing one from the tyranny of choice. | ||
* The | * The Federation had 12 battlefleets crewed by highly trained professional killers. | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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*** Accquired a vast amount money which turned out to worthless. ''(D10: Gold)'' | *** Accquired a vast amount money which turned out to worthless. ''(D10: Gold)'' | ||
*** Visited a planet whose entire surface was covered in sentient sand. ''(D9: Sand) | *** Visited a planet whose entire surface was covered in sentient sand. ''(D9: Sand) | ||
*** Encountered a huge glitter-ball hanging in space | *** Encountered a huge glitter-ball hanging in space containing a gigantic brain with all the knowledge of the universe. ''(C10: Ultraworld)'' | ||
*** Travelled deep into the twelfth sector and came across the people who had built their starship. There they discovered the craft had an identical sister-ship ''(B1: Redemption)'' | *** Travelled deep into the twelfth sector and came across the people who had built their starship. There they discovered the craft had an identical sister-ship ''(B1: Redemption)'' | ||
*** Were approached by an outside party to rescue a scientist from his employer, but ended up recusing a killer robot duplicate by mistake. ''(D6: Headhunter)'' | *** Were approached by an outside party to rescue a scientist from his employer, but ended up recusing a killer robot duplicate by mistake. ''(D6: Headhunter)'' | ||
