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* [[Kaston Iago|Iago]] is apparently a member of the [[Assassin's Guild]]. [[Company Security]] have no record of any such organisation. 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 organisation. 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 | * 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 xenophobic 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 | * 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 Federation had 12 battlefleets crewed by highly trained professional killers. | * The Federation had 12 battlefleets crewed by highly trained professional killers. | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* The story was made available only as a download from www.kaldorcity.com. An alternate ending to this play was also made available with the purchase of 'The Time Waster', humorously linking the [[Kaldor City (audio series)|Kaldor City]] series to 'The Time Waster', an otherwise unrelated [[Magic Bullet Productions|Magic Bullet Production]]. | * The story was made available only as a download from www.kaldorcity.com. An alternate ending to this play was also made available with the purchase of 'The Time Waster', humorously linking the [[Kaldor City (audio series)|Kaldor City]] series to 'The Time Waster', an otherwise unrelated [[Magic Bullet Productions|Magic Bullet Production]]. | ||
* The title of the story, meaning a fiction in which the author self-consciously alludes to the story's artificially, refers to the idea that [[Kaston Iago]] might in fact be Kerr Avon from [[Blake's 7]], and as such the story plays with the | * The title of the story, meaning a fiction in which the author self-consciously alludes to the story's artificially, refers to the idea that [[Kaston Iago]] might in fact be Kerr Avon from [[Blake's 7]], and as such the story plays with the listener's expectation of this. (See notes section in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Occam's Razor (audio story)|Occam's Razor]]'' for additional reasons as to why this might be so.) | ||
* The final seconds of the story can be interpreted as a '[[Fourth wall|breaking of the fourth wall]]'. This is supported by [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Prisoner (audio story)|The Prisoner]]'' in which both stories feature characters seemingly aware they are part of a fictional world. | * The final seconds of the story can be interpreted as a '[[Fourth wall|breaking of the fourth wall]]'. This is supported by [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Prisoner (audio story)|The Prisoner]]'' in which both stories feature characters seemingly aware they are part of a fictional world. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
* It is mentioned that [[Kaston Iago|Iago]] has recently become part of [[Kiy Uvanov| | * It is mentioned that [[Kaston Iago|Iago]] has recently become part of [[Kiy Uvanov|Uvanov's]] personal staff, which places the events of this story between [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Occam's Razor (audio story)|Occam's Razor]]'' and [[AUDIO]]: '' [[Death's Head (audio story)|Death's Head]]''. | ||
* [[Justina Kessel|Justina]] and Iago's discussion as to whether the human race is part of some cosmic plan being thought up by a divine and omnipresent being post-foreshadows the emergence of the [[Fendahl]] in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Checkmate (audio story)|Checkmate]]''. | * [[Justina Kessel|Justina]] and Iago's discussion as to whether the human race is part of some cosmic plan being thought up by a divine and omnipresent being post-foreshadows the emergence of the [[Fendahl]] in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Checkmate (audio story)|Checkmate]]''. | ||
* Uvanov recently made a proposal to the company board concerning the opening up of trade links between Kaldor and other colony worlds. (This would seemingly help reconcile the continuity of the ''[[Kaldor City (audio series)|Kaldor City]]'' series with [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Robophobia (audio story)|Robophobia]]'' in which Kaldor City has a massive interstellar robot trade; as the plot of [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Occam's Razor (audio story)|Occam's Razor]]'' is dependent on the notion that Kaldor City has no contact with other worlds). | * Uvanov recently made a proposal to the company board concerning the opening up of trade links between Kaldor and other colony worlds. (This would seemingly help reconcile the continuity of the ''[[Kaldor City (audio series)|Kaldor City]]'' series with [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Robophobia (audio story)|Robophobia]]'' in which Kaldor City has a massive interstellar robot trade; as the plot of [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Occam's Razor (audio story)|Occam's Razor]]'' is dependent on the notion that Kaldor City has no contact with other worlds). | ||
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* Iago describes his life before he arrived in Kaldor City, in doing so he makes reference to many episodes of ''[[Blake's 7]]'' and fills in some of the blanks from the continuity of that series. (The following is written assuming that any similarities are all a happy coincidence, the Blake's 7 episode it corresponds to is written in brackets, episodes written by Kaldor City series consultant [[Chris Boucher]] are denoted with a '*'). These include: | * Iago describes his life before he arrived in Kaldor City, in doing so he makes reference to many episodes of ''[[Blake's 7]]'' and fills in some of the blanks from the continuity of that series. (The following is written assuming that any similarities are all a happy coincidence, the Blake's 7 episode it corresponds to is written in brackets, episodes written by Kaldor City series consultant [[Chris Boucher]] are denoted with a '*'). These include: | ||
** 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 | ** 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 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 | ** 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: | ||
*** Liberated a group of dwarfs whose oppressor was another dwarf in a tank. ''(A5: The Web)'' | *** Liberated a group of dwarfs whose oppressor was another dwarf in a tank. ''(A5: The Web)'' | ||
*** Shut down an operation involving an enslaved population forced to mine a radioactive substance known as 'Monopasium 239'. ''(B4: Horizon)'' | *** Shut down an operation involving an enslaved population forced to mine a radioactive substance known as 'Monopasium 239'. ''(B4: Horizon)'' | ||
*** Instigated a war with an alien battlefleet from another galaxy bent on genocide resulting in the death of billions. ''(B13: Star One*, | *** Instigated a war with an alien battlefleet from another galaxy bent on genocide resulting in the death of billions. ''(B13: Star One*, Blake's 7 series creator Terry Nation's original intention was for the invading force to be revealed as the [[Dalek]]s)'' | ||
*** Stole some energy crystals from a mine which turned out to fake. ''(D8: Games)'' | *** Stole some energy crystals from a mine which turned out to fake. ''(D8: Games)'' | ||
*** Accquired a vast amount money which turned out to worthless. ''(D10: Gold)'' | *** Accquired a vast amount money which turned out to worthless. ''(D10: Gold)'' | ||
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*** Caused their second ship to crash land on a planet known as Gauda Prime where they encountered their former leader. ''(D13: Blake*)'' ''From an in-universe perspective, [[Cuttin' Edge]] said he was born and raised on Gauda Prime. (''[[PROSE]]:'' [[Prisoner of the Daleks (novel)|Prisoner of the Daleks]]'') | *** Caused their second ship to crash land on a planet known as Gauda Prime where they encountered their former leader. ''(D13: Blake*)'' ''From an in-universe perspective, [[Cuttin' Edge]] said he was born and raised on Gauda Prime. (''[[PROSE]]:'' [[Prisoner of the Daleks (novel)|Prisoner of the Daleks]]'') | ||
** Iago believes Freedom City was blown up during the war ''(B11: Gambit)'', along with Space City. ''(B2: Shadow*)'' | ** Iago believes Freedom City was blown up during the war ''(B11: Gambit)'', along with Space City. ''(B2: Shadow*)'' | ||
** On Gauda Prime, moments after Iago's entire crew were killed, he himself was surrounded by a force of fifty heavily armed Federation Guards. ''(D13: Blake*)'' He escaped by shooting out the lights in the room. ''(In | ** On Gauda Prime, moments after Iago's entire crew were killed, he himself was surrounded by a force of fifty heavily armed Federation Guards. ''(D13: Blake*)'' He escaped by shooting out the lights in the room. ''(In Blake's 7, Avon's fate is never revealed.)'' | ||
** After Gauda Prime, Iago busied himself with gunrunning, taking on contract work as a mercenary, and organising the occasional revolution. (''Events previously referred to in the audio Blake's 7 adventure The Logic of Empire.'') | ** After Gauda Prime, Iago busied himself with gunrunning, taking on contract work as a mercenary, and organising the occasional revolution. (''Events previously referred to in the audio Blake's 7 adventure The Logic of Empire.'') | ||
** The money Iago acquired during the bank-fraud disappeared before the war. For safe keeping, Iago arranged for the money to be transferred to a special account held aboard a space-station that had been constructed by a consortium of neutral planets which meant that technically it existed outside of normal legal jurisdiction. By accident, it was blown up. ''(A10: Breakdown)'' | ** The money Iago acquired during the bank-fraud disappeared before the war. For safe keeping, Iago arranged for the money to be transferred to a special account held aboard a space-station that had been constructed by a consortium of neutral planets which meant that technically it existed outside of normal legal jurisdiction. By accident, it was blown up. ''(A10: Breakdown)'' | ||
* Iago also goes by the name of Frank Archer, although on some days he's known as Paul Darrow. ''(Frank Archer being the character [[Paul Darrow]] plays in ‘The Time | * Iago also goes by the name of Frank Archer, although on some days he's known as Paul Darrow. ''(Frank Archer being the character [[Paul Darrow]] plays in ‘The Time Waster'.)'' | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [http://www.kaldorcity.com/audios/metafiction.html Official website] | * [http://www.kaldorcity.com/audios/metafiction.html Official website] | ||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Blake's_7_episodes A list of | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Blake's_7_episodes A list of Blake's 7 Episodes] | ||
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