From 4779a0771fd53e2ab8c2c2873a8a13a6fbd465b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Steven Grimm Date: Mon, 27 May 2024 21:17:09 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Fix non-UTF-8 character in synopsis --- synops/117 | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/synops/117 b/synops/117 index 7b15fc68..c63ada22 100644 --- a/synops/117 +++ b/synops/117 @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@

Tannier, the Ranger conducting the pike training calls brusquely for water. "More quickly this time." Martel brings him a bowl of water and advises Tannier that he is leaving his right side open. Tannier responds poorly to criticism, and they get into an argument. Dulann stops Tannier from taking a swipe at the unarmed Martel with his pike. Sarah and Malcolm, two other crewmembers of his previous ship begin get involved, but Martel tells them to calm down. As they walk away, Tannier taunts Martel one last time: "And again he runs from a fight."

Martel stops short, his jaw set. "And we're not supposed to do that, are we, Tannier?" he says, grabbing a pike. They fight, and Martel defeats Tannier by exploiting the weakness on his right side he had warned him about. On his way out of the dojo, Martel comments to Dulann "You know, you're right. This job has completely calmed my mind."

Later, on a balcony outside the training area, overlooking a large landing field, Martel is watching a big ugly ship land. Sarah walks up and asks, "So what do you think of the Valen? They say it's faster than anything else in the fleet." -

Martel responds "Yeah, sure I suppose. You know, things in space don't have to be aerodynamic. You could put a really big engine on a brick, which pretty much looks like what they've done here, and it would be fast…" +

Martel responds "Yeah, sure I suppose. You know, things in space don't have to be aerodynamic. You could put a really big engine on a brick, which pretty much looks like what they've done here, and it would be fast..."

Martel is disappointed that he didn't get assigned to command the Valen. He comments that he joined the Rangers to be part of something bigger than himself. It had been his dream ever since his parents died. He had grown up reading mythology, and when he heard about the Rangers, he had wanted to be part of a myth himself.

Martel breaks himself out of his reverie with a start, looking at a new ship on the landing field: "Is that the Liandra? I can't believe she's still flying."

"Word is, her last crew died on board. And nobody knows who or what killed them. They couldn't even find the ship for a week afterwards, she just fell off the charts. She's been through hell, that's for sure. Some folks think she's cursed." @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@

On the bridge, the crew take part in the ceremony of the Naming of Names. Taking hold of a star-shaped emblem, the crew members each recite their name, their place, and their truth:

Sarah Cantrell of Mars. Weapons and Tactical Combat Specialist. I live to serve, I serve to live.

Tafeek of Minbar. Political and First Contact Specialist. I come to the stars by a difficult road. -

Kitaro Sasaki of Earth. Navigation, Communications and Translations Specialist. I'm… just really glad to be here, sir. +

Kitaro Sasaki of Earth. Navigation, Communications and Translations Specialist. I'm... just really glad to be here, sir.

Firell of Minbar. Healer. My heart speaks quietly, and infrequently.

Malcolm Bridges of Beta Colony. Infiltration and Covert Operations Specialist. In dreams, I never see my face.

Na'Feel of Narn. Engines, Environment and Weapons support. I understand nobody else would have me. @@ -60,7 +60,7 @@

Martel orders Sasaki to recover the escape pods using the engine repair bay "since it has a big enough airlock."

The Liandra's tachyon communications are down, leaving only short-range ship to ship radio, and Sasaki isn't holding out much hope at getting them online again. The jump engines are offline, and the ship can only maneuver at half speed in normal space. Worse yet, the enemy is sure to come looking once their ship fails to report in.

Martel orders Tafeek to go with Na'Feel and deal with the hysterical diplomats. There are no first-class accommodations, only "some long hallways and a number of very nice closets." The diplomats protest unhappily. -

Dulann is badly injured: concussion, injury to internal organs, and internal bleeding. He needs more extensive care than Firell can provide on the Liandra. As they talk, Dulann wakes up suddenly. He has had a dream of the last crew of the ship. "They are not at peace here, David. Something here is disturbing them… Something is wrong." +

Dulann is badly injured: concussion, injury to internal organs, and internal bleeding. He needs more extensive care than Firell can provide on the Liandra. As they talk, Dulann wakes up suddenly. He has had a dream of the last crew of the ship. "They are not at peace here, David. Something here is disturbing them... Something is wrong."

Two enemy ships jump into the system and begin scanning the wreckage.

In Medbay, Dulann sees a vision of one of the last crew, wearing the older B5-style Ranger costume. The crewman stretches his mouth open grotesquely, and we can hear the unhappy voices of the last crew. Prominent among them is the phrase "The bastard sold us out!"

"I couldn't get out to where the air was." the specter says grimly, "I never saw his face." @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@

The Drazi ambassador talks to Tirk. "That isn't a Drazi name." he points out.

"My mother created it. It means 'Don't touch me, I'm not having another child after this ever.'"

G'Kar arrives at Martel's quarters. He asks G'Kar for his input as a former military tactician. When the enemy jumped out of hyperspace, they targeted the Valen's engines first, then blew up Beta Durani 7, hit their weapons, then hesitated. This is odd: normally you go for the biggest ship first, and target the weapons systems: they're fairly volatile, whereas engines are heavily shielded to protect the crew from radiation, and thus a target of last resort. It's almost as if they were trying to capture the diplomats alive and find out how much they know. -

"How much they know about what, G'Kar?" Martel asks. "…If we're going to survive, we need to know what we're up against." +

"How much they know about what, G'Kar?" Martel asks. "...If we're going to survive, we need to know what we're up against."

"That's what we were trying to find out ourselves. Until recently, all we knew was that ships identical to the ones that attacked us have been trying to destabilize the Alliance by attacking its weaker members. Then we learned that some information that was relevant to this new race had been found at Beta Durani 7... They found a city, eight miles below the surface of the planet, a city billions of year old, older than anything found before. According to the hieroglyphs, this city was built by an ancient race that drove off the forces of darkness a billion years ago. They indicate that the enemy was driven from normal space to a place of eternal darkness."

They theorize that this is a parallel dimension. The translators weren't sure what to believe, then they found a doorway to another place, another space, set into the side of a pyramid. [Illuminati, anyone?] They sent a probe through the door, but it came back distorted beyond recognition. "The hieroglyphs warned of a time when the enemy would return. We have reason to believe that there is a connection between this and the ships that attacked us."

Exiting his quarters, G'Kar runs into: himself! It's a sheepish Malcolm Bridges, who was using a "holosuit" [changeling net!] to impersonate G'Kar and put down utter panic among the diplomats.