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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 the process referencing many episodes of ''[[Blake's 7 (series)|Blake's 7]]'' and filling in some blanks from the continuity of that series: | * Iago describes his life before he arrived in Kaldor City, in the process referencing many episodes of ''[[Blake's 7 (series)|Blake's 7]]'' and filling in some blanks from the continuity of that series: | ||
** Iago was once convinced of embezzlement. He defrauded the Federation bank for either five million ( | ** Iago was once convinced of embezzlement. He defrauded the Federation bank for either five million ({{iw|blakes7|Space Fall (episode)|A2: ''Space Fall''}}) or five hundred million; ({{iw|blakes7|Ultraworld (episode)|C10: ''Ultraworld''}}) this discrepancy is explained as one number being to the amount he was convicted for, the other the amount he got away with. | ||
** 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, [[Roj Blake|a revolutionary]] and one other, when the ship became involved in a salvage operation to recover an alien spacecraft. ( | ** 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, [[Roj Blake|a revolutionary]] and one other, when the ship became involved in a salvage operation to recover an alien spacecraft. ({{iw|blakes7|Space Fall (episode)|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. ( | ** 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. ({{iw|blakes7|Cygnus Alpha (episode)|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. | ||
** 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, as it's 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, as it's not his field. (In ''Blake's 7'', it was never specified what "standard speed" meant. The Federation used a "time distort" scale.) | ||
** [[Roj Blake|The revolutionary]] said he'd been wrongly convicted, but most of the prisoners Iago met also said they'd been wrongly convicted. Iago was seemingly the only genuine criminal there. | ** [[Roj Blake|The revolutionary]] said he'd been wrongly convicted, but most of the prisoners Iago met also said they'd been wrongly convicted. Iago was seemingly the only genuine criminal there. | ||
** Along with his fellow crew members, Iago | ** Along with his fellow crew members, Iago | ||
*** liberated a group of dwarfs whose oppressor was another dwarf in a tank; ( | *** liberated a group of dwarfs whose oppressor was another dwarf in a tank; ({{iw|blakes7|The Web (episode)|A5: ''The Web''}}) | ||
*** shut down an operation involving an enslaved population forced to mine a radioactive substance known as [[Monopasium 239]]; ( | *** shut down an operation involving an enslaved population forced to mine a radioactive substance known as [[Monopasium 239]]; ({{iw|blakes7|Horizon (episode)|B4: ''Horizon''}}) | ||
*** instigated a war shortly afterwards with an alien battlefleet from another galaxy bent on [[genocide]], resulting in the death of billions; ( | *** instigated a war shortly afterwards with an alien battlefleet from another galaxy bent on [[genocide]], resulting in the death of billions; ({{iw|blakes7|Star One (episode)|B13: ''Star One''}}<ref name="CB">An episode written by [[Chris Boucher]], who served as creative advisor for the ''[[Kaldor City (audio series)|Kaldor City]]'' series.</ref>); | ||
*** stole some energy crystals from a mine which turned out to be fake, after departing from their firebrand leader; ( | *** stole some energy crystals from a mine which turned out to be fake, after departing from their firebrand leader; ({{iw|blakes7|Games (episode)|D8: ''Games''}}) | ||
*** accquired a vast amount money which turned out to worthless; ( | *** accquired a vast amount money which turned out to worthless; ({{iw|blakes7|Gold (episode)|D10: ''Gold''}}) | ||
*** visited a planet whose entire surface was covered in sentient sand; ( | *** visited a planet whose entire surface was covered in sentient sand; ({{iw|blakes7|Sand (episode)|D9: ''Sand''}}) | ||
*** blew up a huge glitter-ball hanging in space containing a gigantic brain with all the knowledge of the universe; ( | *** blew up a huge glitter-ball hanging in space containing a gigantic brain with all the knowledge of the universe; ({{iw|blakes7|Ultraworld (episode)|C10: ''Ultraworld''}}) | ||
*** travelled deep into the twelfth sector and blew up the people who had built their starship, and blew up their craft's identical sister-ship; ( | *** travelled deep into the twelfth sector and blew up the people who had built their starship, and blew up their craft's identical sister-ship; ({{iw|blakes7|Redemption (episode)|B1: ''Redemption''}}) | ||
*** were approached by an outside party to rescue a scientist from his employer, but ended up rescuing a killer robot duplicate by mistake; ( | *** were approached by an outside party to rescue a scientist from his employer, but ended up rescuing a killer robot duplicate by mistake; ({{iw|blakes7|Headhunter (episode)|D6: ''Headhunter''}}) | ||
*** blew up an experiment on the edge of the sixth sector to reveal the ultimate destiny of the human race, ( | *** blew up an experiment on the edge of the sixth sector to reveal the ultimate destiny of the human race, ({{iw|blakes7|Terminal (episode)|C13: ''Terminal''}}) which Iago says is to [[evolve]] back into [[monkey]]s; and | ||
*** crash-landed their second ship on the [[frontier world|frontier planet]] [[Gauda Prime]], where they encountered their former leader. ( | *** crash-landed their second ship on the [[frontier world|frontier planet]] [[Gauda Prime]], where they encountered their former leader. ({{iw|blakes7|Blake (episode)|D13: ''Blake''}}<ref name="CB" />) | ||
** Iago believes Freedom City was blown up during the war, ([[w:c:blakes7:Gambit (episode)|B11: ''Gambit'']]) along with Space City. ( | ** Iago believes Freedom City was blown up during the war, ([[w:c:blakes7:Gambit (episode)|B11: ''Gambit'']]) along with Space City. ({{iw|blakes7|Shadow (episode)|B2: ''Shadow''}}<ref name="CB" />) | ||
** On Gauda Prime, moments after Iago's entire crew were killed, he himself was surrounded by a force of fifty heavily armed Federation Guards. ( | ** On Gauda Prime, moments after Iago's entire crew were killed, he himself was surrounded by a force of fifty heavily armed Federation Guards. ({{iw|blakes7|Blake (episode)|D13: ''Blake''}}<ref name="CB" />) He escaped by shooting out the lights in the room. | ||
** After Gauda Prime, Iago busied himself with gunrunning, taking on contract work as a mercenary, and organising the occasional revolution. (''Blake's 7'' fan audio ''The Logic of Empire''<ref>[http://www.kaldorcity.com/audios//b7/logic/logicscript.html ''The Logic of Empire'' script] at the [[Magic Bullet Productions]] website.</ref>) | ** After Gauda Prime, Iago busied himself with gunrunning, taking on contract work as a mercenary, and organising the occasional revolution. (''Blake's 7'' fan audio ''The Logic of Empire''<ref>[http://www.kaldorcity.com/audios//b7/logic/logicscript.html ''The Logic of Empire'' script] at the [[Magic Bullet Productions]] website.</ref>) | ||
** 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, meaning that technically it existed outside of normal legal jurisdiction. However, his crew accidentally blew it up. ( | ** 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, meaning that technically it existed outside of normal legal jurisdiction. However, his crew accidentally blew it up. ({{iw|blakes7|Breakdown (episode)|A10: ''Breakdown''}}) | ||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
