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* Iago mentions "the great illusion". In [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Death's Head (audio story)|Death's Head]]'' Iago and Carnell both make reference to a great illusion. A prominent theme of [[Kaldor City (audio series)|the series]] is the nature of reality and fiction. | * Iago mentions "the great illusion". In [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Death's Head (audio story)|Death's Head]]'' Iago and Carnell both make reference to a great illusion. A prominent theme of [[Kaldor City (audio series)|the series]] is the nature of reality and fiction. | ||
* 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 | ** 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 A2: Space Fall, the amount Avon attempted to steal from the Federation banking system was given as five million credits but later in C10: Ultraworld the amount was reported to be five hundred million credits.)'' 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 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.)'' | ** 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.)'' | ||
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** 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 Waster'.)'' | * 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' another audio production by Magic Bullet produced and released alongside 'Metafiction'. Anyone who purchased both plays at the same time also received a version with this alternate ending.)'' | ||
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