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** Iago was once convinced of embezzlement, he defrauded the Federation bank for either five million or five hundred million. One of those sums refers to the amount he was convicted for, the other the amount he got away with. ''(In Blake's 7, Avon once attempted to steal 500 million credits from the Federation banking system.)'' He was sentenced to life on a penal planet. Fourth months into an eight month journey to the planet, Iago managed to escape from the prison ship along with two fellow prisoners when the ship became involved in a salvage operation to recover an alien spacecraft. ''(A2: Space Fall)'' | ** Iago was once convinced of embezzlement, he defrauded the Federation bank for either five million or five hundred million. One of those sums refers to the amount he was convicted for, the other the amount he got away with. ''(In Blake's 7, Avon once attempted to steal 500 million credits from the Federation banking system.)'' He was sentenced to life on a penal planet. Fourth months into an eight month journey to the planet, Iago managed to escape from the prison ship along with two fellow prisoners when the ship became involved in a salvage operation to recover an alien spacecraft. ''(A2: Space Fall)'' | ||
** Once in control of the alien spacecraft, Iago, along with his two comrades, set course for the penal planet to rescue additional crew members, arriving three hours later just as the prison ship was docking. ''(A3: Cygnus Alpha)'' Justina questions how the prison ship could have only taken three hours to arrive when it originally had fourth months left to its journey. Iago suspects they made a jump through negative hyperspace, but he isn’t exactly sure what that means. ''(A humorous attempt at addressing a glaring error in Blake’s 7 continuity)'' | ** Once in control of the alien spacecraft, Iago, along with his two comrades, set course for the penal planet to rescue additional crew members, arriving three hours later just as the prison ship was docking. ''(A3: Cygnus Alpha)'' Justina questions how the prison ship could have only taken three hours to arrive when it originally had fourth months left to its journey. Iago suspects they made a jump through negative hyperspace, but he isn’t exactly sure what that means. ''(A humorous attempt at addressing a glaring error in Blake’s 7 continuity)'' | ||
** Iago’s starship could travel at ‘standard speed’. One standard unit is about half a time distort unit, or | ** Iago’s starship could travel at ‘standard speed’. One standard unit is about half a time distort unit, or possibly two thirds of a time distort unit. Iago doesn’t know how fast a time distort unit is, its not his field. ''(In Blake’s 7, it was never specified what "standard speed" meant. The Federation used a "time distort" scale.) | ||
** One of Iago’s comrades said he was a revolutionary who’d been wrongly convicted. ''(The Blake's 7 character of 'Roj Blake'.)'' Although most of the prisoners he met also said they’d been wrongly convicted. Iago was seemingly the only genuine criminal there. | ** One of Iago’s comrades said he was a revolutionary who’d been wrongly convicted. ''(The Blake's 7 character of 'Roj Blake'.)'' Although most of the prisoners he met also said they’d been wrongly convicted. Iago was seemingly the only genuine criminal there. | ||
** Iago along with his fellow crew members: | ** Iago along with his fellow crew members: | ||
