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Having travelled through a [[warp tunnel]], [[Vienna Salvatori]] is on the edge of [[Earth]]'s [[mesosphere]] and dives towards the ruins of [[Canary Wharf]], ready to deploy an [[anti-gravity|anti-grav]] chute after passing the planet's proximity sensors. | Having travelled through a [[warp tunnel]], [[Vienna Salvatori]] is on the edge of [[Earth]]'s [[mesosphere]] and dives towards the ruins of [[Canary Wharf]], ready to deploy an [[anti-gravity|anti-grav]] chute after passing the planet's proximity sensors. | ||
{{Roberts|c}}, who has been posing as [[Magnus Drake]] for several months, observes his [[shark]]s and wonders if he could make them any more interesting by introducing a shark-eating creature into the tank. [[Lila Kreeg]] sets up a video connection to [[Li Zhao|Chancellor Li Zhao]] of the [[ | {{Roberts|c}}, who has been posing as [[Magnus Drake]] for several months, observes his [[shark]]s and wonders if he could make them any more interesting by introducing a shark-eating creature into the tank. [[Lila Kreeg]] sets up a video connection to [[Li Zhao|Chancellor Li Zhao]] of the [[Zhongguo Alliance]] to discuss the Alliance's supply of [[promethium]], which the Master claims is inadequate for [[Drake Interplanetary]]'s needs. Threatening to go to another supply chain, he demands more than half of the Alliance's total output a month at the same price, an arrangement which she has no choice but to accept. | ||
Vienna arrives at her destination, communicating with [[Artie (Prey)|RTPL54777]] and freeing him from a freezer to assist her in her mission. After she decides to call him Artie, they head to the main [[Limehouse]] [[sewer]] outlet to access a weapons cache. | Vienna arrives at her destination, communicating with [[Artie (Prey)|RTPL54777]] and freeing him from a freezer to assist her in her mission. After she decides to call him Artie, they head to the main [[Limehouse]] [[sewer]] outlet to access a weapons cache. | ||
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The Master tells Lila that he wants the promethium to maintain an advantage over everybody else on the planet, reminding her that Drake was at the top of the food chain before he was killed. They are aware that Li Zhao will be unhappy with having lost her profit margin and the Master says that, in her position, he would be ready to kill. | The Master tells Lila that he wants the promethium to maintain an advantage over everybody else on the planet, reminding her that Drake was at the top of the food chain before he was killed. They are aware that Li Zhao will be unhappy with having lost her profit margin and the Master says that, in her position, he would be ready to kill. | ||
Vienna and Artie arrive at the sewer outlet and descend into the tunnel to the weapons cache. | Vienna and Artie arrive at the sewer outlet and descend into the tunnel to the weapons cache where Vienna arms herself with a [[bazooka]]. Artie informs her that the headquarters of their target, Magnus Drake, are at [[Ludgate Citadel]] and they depart. | ||
Lila informs [[Cutlass Leader]] that the delegation from Zhongguo will be arriving at [[Limehouse Spaceport]] and that they will be in his protective custody upon landing. The Master, distrusting of everybody, orders him to arm himself and head to the spaceport immediately. | |||
Artie scans the penthouse and detects two life forms there, deterring Vienna from going through with her plan to take out Drake with her bazooka. However, she wonders if she might be able to use her rifle. | |||
The Master plans to treat the Zhongguo delegation well until after they deliver the promethium, at which point he will withhold payment from them, which Lila determines is to force them to negotiate from a point of near bankruptcy. The aggressive takeover of the last of the world's major power blocs to stand against Drake Interplanetary would leave the Master as ''de facto'' emperor of Earth. | |||
An impact sensor is set off in the office below the penthouse. The Master sends Lila to investigate and, once she is thirty metres from the Master, Vienna fires her bazooka at the top floor. The Master spots the projectile and hides under the table, leaving with Lila in his penthouse flier when she came looking for him. Artie informs Vienna of the flier, which she damages with her bazooka, sending it on a crash course for the slums of [[Notting Hill]] with an 82% likelihood of the passengers' survival. Vienna and Artie steal a [[skimmer]] and head there. | |||
At the crash site, the Master and Lila are largely unhurt and prepare for a siege from the people of Notting Hill. The Master makes contact with Cutlass Leader and orders him to come and collect him, an order which he is hesitant to comply with but eventually agrees to. The Master believes that an [[assassin]] paid by Li Zhao is after him. He and Lila exit the wreckage when [[Sassparilla]] threatens to set it aflame and are taken to [[King Muggy]]. | |||
Vienna and Artie arrive at the Notting Hill gate, which Vienna successfully flies over in the skimmer using the sloped roof of a [[recycling]] plant. | |||
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* [[Vienna Salvatori]] - [[Chase Masterson]] | * [[Vienna Salvatori]] - [[Chase Masterson]] | ||
* [[Lila Kreeg]] - [[Laura Aikman]] | * [[Lila Kreeg]] - [[Laura Aikman]] | ||
* [[Sassparilla]]/ [[Li Zhao]] - [[Susan Hingley]] | * [[Sassparilla]] / [[Li Zhao]] - [[Susan Hingley]] | ||
* [[Artie (Prey)|Artie]] / [[King Muggy]] - [[Andrew James Spooner]] | * [[Artie (Prey)|Artie]] / [[King Muggy]] - [[Andrew James Spooner]] | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
=== Animals === | |||
* [[Geront]]s are violent, mutated [[boar]]s which tripled in size after the [[Dalek]] plagues. They have terrible digestion. | |||
=== Individuals === | |||
* [[Cutlass Leader]] works for a corporate militia. | |||
* [[Jexie Reagan]] is Vienna Salvatori's business partner. | |||
=== Locations === | |||
* Vienna lands in the ruins of [[Canary Wharf]]. | |||
* [[Notting Hill]] is run by gangs and off limits to the rest of London. | |||
* The Zhongguo delegation are due to land at [[Limehouse Spaceport]]. | |||
* The [[London Underground]] is inhabited by human mutants called [[Trogs]] which have incredibly good night vision. | |||
=== Science and technology === | |||
* Vienna mentions Earth's [[mesosphere]]. | * Vienna mentions Earth's [[mesosphere]]. | ||
* The Master makes [[promethium alloy]]s. | * The Master makes [[promethium alloy]]s. | ||
* Artie is a fully-equipped [[war droid]] with rapid fire [[plasma gun]]s, timed [[limpet mine]]s, [[electromagnetic pulse|EMP]] charges and electroshock wraps. He is disguised as a menial bot. | * Artie is a fully-equipped [[war droid]] with rapid fire [[plasma gun]]s, timed [[limpet mine]]s, [[electromagnetic pulse|EMP]] charges and electroshock wraps. He is disguised as a menial bot. | ||
* The cache contains [[anti-grav pack]]s, [[flash grenade]]s, a [[sniper rifle]] and a short range surface-to-air laser-guided bazooka. | * The cache contains [[anti-grav pack]]s, [[flash grenade]]s, a [[sniper rifle]] and a short range surface-to-air laser-guided bazooka. | ||
* Vienna requests a thermal lance and comes across an [[Anti-grav propellant unit|anti-grav pack]]. | * Vienna requests a thermal lance and comes across an [[Anti-grav propellant unit|anti-grav pack]]. | ||
