A* Episode 3 Script smbhax.com Characters: Vero - bald guy Sig - longer-haired guy Mick - older guy on the monitor screen Computer - computerized voice of Vero & Sig's ship [supertitle] Episode 3 [supertitle] "Near Tempus 477" [supertitle] "One year ago" #### scene 1 - on freighter AX71120: Vero's quarters to hallway VERO Uhn. VERO No thrust? SIG Vero! Vero, you up? VERO Sig, are we at the station already? Why didn't you wake me earlier? SIG No, we haven't even hit Tempus slingshot yet. There's-- VERO Ugh! What the hell?! SIG That's what I'm trying to tell you! Suit up and get in here! VERO Damn... #### scene 2 - control module VERO What the hell's going on, Sig? SIG Look at this! VERO What? SIG A meteoroid cluster, right across the lane! VERO Holy--! VERO We gotta divert! Get out of this! SIG Can't! That's why I woke you. SIG A meteoroid got under the shield and took out forward attitude control. Can't even get the program to respond. VERO Okay... I'll rig up the rear jets to compensate. VERO Scan that field and find the shortest way out. SIG Right. SIG Weird... VERO What? SIG There are...organic compounds out there. VERO Huh? SIG Yeah. This isn't just rock, there's also...dirt? VERO I don't care what it is, just find the way out! SIG I know, I know... SIG Okay, there's the edge of the cluster. We should be-- SIG Whoa! VERO What?! SIG Ships! There are ships just ahead of it! #### scene 3 - control module continued VERO Who is it? SIG I don't know... No identification. VERO Looks like corp haulers. SIG No markings. VERO This is freighter AX71120 calling any ship in the vicinity of Tempus 477. Please respond. SIG Maybe they... MICK Copy, freighter AX71120. What can we do for you? VERO Who is this? MICK What's your status, AX71120? SIG Mick? MICK Uh... VERO Son of a bitch, it is! VERO Mick, you gotta help us out. MICK Ahah... Sig! And Vero! MICK What're the odds of running into the two of you out here? SIG You back working for Core Sys, Mick? MICK Hey, mum's the word, Sig old boy. VERO We took a meteoroid hit. This lane was supposed to be clear, but-- MICK Hah, yeah, but you two treasure hunters are the only ones crazy enough to come out here in ages. VERO Can you help us get clear of this crap? Our nav control's out. MICK Gee, sorry to hear-- COMPUTER Warning... [repeats] SIG Vero--! SIG That one hit the reactor! VERO I'll go take a look. Get Mick back on the line. #### scene 4 - hallway/space VERO What? VERO Great. Now we've got a leak. VERO Oh, crap. VERO That got the engine, all right. VERO We're dead in space. #### scene 5 - control module MICK Well sure I'd like to come pick you up, but you guys are going pretty fast there. VERO No alternative, Mick. Our engine just bought it. MICK Oh...yeah? Boy, tough break. SIG Come on, Mick, what're you worried about? You know we're good for the fuel. MICK Hey, hey, I got a budget and a schedule. How would I explain that expense to the boss? SIG Well, unless he's a total-- VERO Wait... Organic compounds... VERO These aren't meteoroids. VERO And it can't be coincidence that you're here matching speed with them, Mick. SIG Vero, what--? VERO You son of a bitch! You're dumping this crap! MICK Hey, orders are orders, V. Gotta make a buck, don't I? VERO You goddamn bastard, this is a shipping lane! MICK Yeah, an ancient one. Nobody with any sense runs the binary slingshot anymore. It ain't my fault you're here. VERO Damn it, we'll have you-- SIG Vero, we're getting engine radiation. VERO Damn. VERO Better kill the reactor, Sig. SIG Right. COMPUTER Warning... [repeats] VERO No-- //end