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"Titans" -Warriors of Virtue

Re: \"Titans\" -Warriors of Virtue

Don't worry, I'm not taking the bait.

Instead, I'm figuring out my next post, which will be up sometime today, depending on when my lunch hour is.

Durn that thing called "work," right?

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Re: \"Titans\" -Warriors of Virtue

Ok, I lied. I'll get it up tomorrow. My in-box is practically overflowing with work to do.

Where'd Warren go?

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The writer's life is not meant to be a happy one. We all accept that going in. -JMS
 
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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, arial">quote:</font><HR> Where'd Warren go? <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

to Work?

Work IS a 4 letter word, after all.
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Re: \"Titans\" -Warriors of Virtue

"Home" is also a four-letter word!
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I'm visiting my folks for Turkey Week, and as they have a very unstable internet connection and my defense is fast approaching, I'll post... when I can...

Hmm. Starting December 4th, I should be full steam ahead...

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[This message has been edited by channe (edited November 18, 2001).]
 
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INT. CSS SHADOW - BRIDGE

A few moments after we saw it last. Langley yanks off the VR apparatus like it's hurting her, and stares at it with the eyes of someone who has just been reborn in fire.

She performs a few quick hand movements, and FILES DELETED appears on her monitor.

LANGLEY (swallowing)
Mr. Andrevin. Our ETA to Ishnu.

ANDREVIN (turning to look at her)
About one hour. Are you all right?

LANGLEY
Of course, Andrevin.

She gets up and walks to a wall of instruments. She looks them over, and then to either side. She does this to stop, to catch her breath, to hide from the rest of the bridge a face that is haunted by the billion ghosts of humanity's recent past.

EXT. ISHNU - FOREST - TWILIGHT

What Chenei was alarmed at lies before her: muddy, lain in the dust, nearly buried under vegetation, is a human form, dressed in a Titan jumpsuit and jacket and almost indistiguishable.

As soon as the other two arrive, the form moves, and Daly's face looks up from the mire.

DALY
I thought you three -

MAR
We were on the shuttle when the Titan was attacked.

DALY
The ship? My crew?

Chenei moves to help Daly up, but Daly shakes his head and gets up himself. He could use a shower.

MAR
The bridge and port side of Titans was blown away, sir. However, life support systems remained unharmed and there are still crewmembers alive in the sealed research section...

Daly swears profusely in a gruff, pained voice. A moment later, he shakes his head, as if shaking cobwebs from his mind. This is not the time for grief.

DOWNEY
Sir, they're still alive, and will be, when the rescue ship is dispatched.

DALY
If, Len, if. How far are we from the shuttle?

DOWNEY
About one klick, give or -

DALY
Which way?

Mar points.

DALY
It'll be better shelter than what I was just doing, and we might just survive the night.

He sets off. The three of them follow, after a look is exchanged between Downey and Mar. The pace is brisk, the sounds kept to a minimum as the Bloodsong descends quietly on the forest.

As they walk, an inhuman scream is heard.

DOWNEY
Is that -

DALY
Our new friends.

CHENEI
Does - that thing - do they have the others?

DALY
Shut the hell up, Doctor.

With a worried glance, Chenei continues. She's out of her element with the other two; they glide over the forest like they belonged in it; she lumbers, breaking twigs and swearing softly underneath her breath. She's a researcher, not a Company grunt like these...

CLOSE on Chenei's angry face.

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The writer's life is not meant to be a happy one. We all accept that going in. -JMS

[This message has been edited by channe (edited November 20, 2001).]
 
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Watch out - I had a JMS moment (i.e. had a epiphany while in the shower) this morning, and will be posting when I get Internet access...

The following goes in front of everyone else. A proposed beginning.

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EXT. ISHNU - FOREST - NIGHT

This forest is dark, dismal, and in every way frightening - archetypally frightening. Climbers hang from ancient trees and brush the cheeks of the three human figures running pell-mell through the underbrush, branches whipping at their jackets and jumpsuits. They carry guns, and packs. A slightly misty night masks the forest, and in the distance, something makes an inhuman, bloodcurdling howl. The scene is jumpy, unstable, lingering on nothing but the frightened yet determined faces of the three.

HORTON
Go! It's getting closer! Go!

DAVIES
The shuttle's too far!

HENDERSON
Keep moving! Keep moving!

The howl sounds closer, and this time it's joined by two more; something moves above in the trees. Henderson looks up, gulps. Behind her, HORTON falls to the ground with a crash.

DAVIES
Horton! Bill! Get up!

HORTON
My ankle's broken. Go. Get the samples to the ship. That's what we're here for. I'm not important.

HENDERSON
Yes, you are. I'd rather have you around than some samples. Help me.

The other two drag Horton to his feet and slowly but surely push their way through the forest.

Something black - large, black, and evil - sideswipes Davies, and this destabilizes the three. After putting Horton down, the other two begin firing into the foliage, Henderson gritting her teeth. Something falls to the ground; desperately, they pick up the injured Horton and attempt to move once more towards the shuttle.

A few seconds later, a few black shadows emerge from the foliage nearby and knock Davies out cold, dragging him out of Henderson's sightline. She plunges through after him, but there's nothing, nothing at all but the blackness and the sounds of Bloodsong. She twirls, but Horton's gone, too.

CUT TO: Original scene on-ship.

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INT. SHUTTLE - NIGHT

With great haste, Daly and Mar manually pull shut the doors to the shuttle, and the four set about engaging the clamps docking it into place. When they finish, a sound is heard, a thumping on the top of the shuttle. Daly turns toward the front of the shuttle. He sets up a small, round flare in the center of the shuttle.

DALY
You all right up there, Len?

DOWNEY
Yes, sir. Blast doors are secured and tight. We're closed. Orders?

DALY
Keep your gun close and your eyes on the shuttle. Just in case those things out there have the ability to tear this apart.

Daly begins to rifle through his pack, and comes out with a ration bar. He sits, and props his gun *very* close.

CHENEI
But these things are built of solid alloy.

DALY (through a mouthful)
We don't know what we're dealing with.

CHENEI
Yes, but -

MAR
Captain, what happened out there? After we lost your signals?

Mar and Downey do the same, and are eating as well. The shuttle shakes a bit, and Chenei, startled, draws her own weapon closer.

DALY
We came upon a city, a city that moved across the land. It was beautiful, iridescent - and totally unexpected, as Chenei's department told us Ishnu had no intelligent life - native or otherwise. The gates of hell opened and swallowed the others.

MAR
Pardon?

DALY
The gates of hell. That's all I can... say to describe it. The ground opened and they were gone.

He pauses, and looks at Chenei, handing her a ration bar.

DALY
Eat something.

CHENEI
I don't think this is quite the time.

DALY
Might be your last meal, Doctor. Eat up, and then you can tell us what's going on.

Chenei reluctantly takes the bar and bites it.

CHENEI
I don't know what you mean.

DALY
Come on, Doctor. I didn't get where I am by being blind. You're the highest-ranking Company representative on this mission.

CHENEI
I suppose I was transferred here because of my experience...

DALY
I suppose so, as well. I know my crew. What is the only known expert in Vai nanotechnology and genetic engineering doing on a half-assed mission to a backwater planet? Who's stringing us along, Chenei? Why are my people dead, my ship destroyed? What is here?

CLOSE on Chenei, apparently unable to respond.

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INT. SHUTTLE

As before. The tension level has just risen more than a tiny bit.

CHENEI
I don’t know.

DALY
Want to take a walk, Doctor?

CHENEI
Pardon?

DALY
A walk. With our new friends outside. Downey.

DOWNEY (finishing off the last gulp of ration bar)
Yessir.

DALY
Show the good Doctor to the door.

Downey begins to rise. Chenei breaks in, obviously considering the threat.

CHENEI
I don’t know why I was assigned to this mission. I just was. Like you.

DALY
I was assigned to this mission because I have considerable experience commanding missions in forest settings and getting results with a minimum of damage to crew or equipment. You, Doctor? You worked directly with Schneider, didn’t you? With the Director of Operations?

CHENEI
Well, yes, but I don't see -

DALY
Why is the mind behind the Vai Offensive on this mission?

There’s a palpable silence.

DOWNEY
Bloody hell.

MAR
You’ve got to be kidding me.

Daly’s won this one. He has Chenei in a rabbit trap, and she knows it.
CHENEI
I don’t know.

DALY
That’s a pretty unacceptable answer. Downey, show her the door.

Downey begins to rise to his feet. With this revelation, it seems like he’s more than willing to leave her to the degenerate denizens of the Bloodsong. Mar looks like she’s about ready to help.

CHENEI
You wouldn’t, Captain.

DALY (rising to his feet)
I would. I’ve had a bit of time to think about this, Doctor, face-down in the mud waiting to die, watching what’s left of my ship burn up in the atmosphere, wondering if my people are alive or dead.

Downey wrenches Chenei’s hands behind her, propelling her towards the back airlock of the small shuttle. She fights him the entire way, but his training and strength are far greater. Mar flanks Daly, her gun at the ready, her expression halfway between carefully neutral and radically angry.

DALY (cont.)
This is a set-up.

CHENEI
No!

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The writer's life is not meant to be a happy one. We all accept that going in. -JMS
 
Re: \"Titans\" -Warriors of Virtue

Useless filler-post, to whet the appetite of those of you still actually tuning in to the unfolding drama while I wait for Obsessed to tell me about the Vai. (No, I literally can't write any more until that's posted, 'cause of where I want to go with this current scene.)

I hope this thread continues to be entertaining to all.

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MEMORANDUM

To: Harold Schneider, Dir.Ops
From: Arianna Schenke, Public Relations

PRIVATE

Harry,

Missed you at the holiday party! It was quite the to-do this year - the Hilton was decked out from top to bottom with red and gold ribbon, and you should have seen the gorgeous, gorgeous tree. Mr. Callenegra really outdid himself this time.

Your project has recieved top priority in our office. We've already contacted major media outlets, and three of the major networks - Hay, GajNet, and Reuta - have promised to wait on breaking the story pending a news release. A draft of that release has been written, and is attached to this message.

It's unfortunate that we couldn't have controlled the CSS Shadow situation a little better, but our news crew currently in residence on that vessel should be able to put a good spin on the salvage work. They have instructions as to what to show, and what not to show. The new captain - Langley - has been issued orders not to interfere with their progress. We should have a list of survivors by tomorrow night.

Everything so far looks good. Any questions fielded by the Company about the source of the blast that destroyed the Titans should be answered as if we know nothing at this time. I've forwarded a copy of the plan to all departments - consistency is key.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to call or drop a line, here or at home - until this blows over, I'm unfortunately on call twenty-four hours a day (and this, directly after the holidays, and all that shopping...)

Don't forget to erase this message and strike the track when you're finished.

-Arianna

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The writer's life is not meant to be a happy one. We all accept that going in. -JMS
 
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I'm still here, just had some coursework to complete for University. Ah, the joys of psychology ! Anyway, without further ado !

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EXT. CSS SHADOW

Pushing through space at a noticeably impressive sublight clip. It's in empty space for a moment until ...

KLANG !

Wreckage from somewhere strikes her bow, other objects follow, hit and create some damage but most is deflected.

KLAAANG !

A big piece of wreckage moves past the camera and upon it we can see terran lettering spelling out ...

CCS TITANS !!!

SMASH CUT TO:

INT. BRIDGE

KLAAANG !

The deck rocks from an impact. LANGLEY and her, now, crew sit at their stations and wait patiently. LANGLEY considers options, purses her lips and then speaks ...

LANGLEY
Life signs ?

A male TECHNICIAN scans his console, licks his lips and wipes a bead of sweat from his drenched forehead.

TECHNICIAN
Nine.

LANGLEY
Prepare a shuttle. I want to go
over there and get them, bring
them back here ...
(then, as if she doesn't know)
Find out what's going on here.
Novokavich, with me. Ibsen, you
have the deck.

NOVOKAVICH ( female, african, startlingly attractive BUT the sort of character that you can't help won't make it throug the episode ) stands and follows LANGLEY out.

IBSEN (male, caucasian) stands and moves to the Captain's chair.

EXT. CCS SHADOW

A shuttle is lowered from the assault bay into our view. It's running lights gleam in readiness to rescue the Titans crew.

PULL BACK ...

The CSS SHADOW in the debris field.

PULL BACK ...

The debris field orbiting ISHNU.



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*rescues the thread from getting buried among the part-ones and part-twos.*

I'll post soon. I've gots myself a thesis defense to do, so until the fourth or so, Daly and the others are gonna have to cool their heels.
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sorry, am I burying the thread???

I keep getting requests to keep going!!

*considers cheekily asking for her own board so she doesn't drown this thread!!*

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No, don't worry, Sharenn!
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I didn't mean it in that way. Keep on posting.

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I was thinking ; what we need is a themetune for this 'show' ( if we ever finish this story, it might be interesting to see if it could sustain more 'episodes' and become like a 'virtual series' ) so that got me thinking.

Let's assume regular characters for the series would be:

DALY - ED HARRIS
KELLER - MARIA BELLO
HENDERSON - ANGELINA JOLIE
MAR - NATASHA HENSTRIDGE
DOWNEY - ?
KAHEEL - JUDE LAW
LEE - ?
CHENEI - LUCY LUI

Here we go:

FADE IN

Darkness, deathly silent for a moment and then we hear a heartbeat ...

DALY
Thought much is taken,
much abides -

KELLER
And though we are not
that strength that in
old days moved heaven
and Earth -

SMASH CUT TO:

ISHNU ! Large and omnious, close and foreboading. And still, all we can hear is the heartbeat ...

KAHEEL
That which we are, we
are -

HENDERSON
One equal temper -

DOWNEY
Of heroic hearts -

MAR
Made weak by time

LEE
And fate -

CHENEI
But strong in will -

We fall towards Ishnu, slowly ...

KAHEEL
To seek.

CHENEI
To strive.

HENDERSON
To find.

Dissolve into whiteness and still, all we hear is the heartbeat !

DALY
And not to yield.

SMASH CUT TO:

A rapid secession of action shots from the series. The ship in all kinds of trouble. Crewmembers slashing through jungles and avoiding laser blasts ...

PULL BACK AT TREMENDOUS SPEEDS

Until we realise we are looking at someones eye. PULL BACK until we realise we are now looking at CAPTAIN JAMES DALY !

DALY is standing in front of his command chair with the remainder of his crew in their positions around him ...

SUPERIMPOSE: TITANS

MUSIC UP ( chorus of Dido's 'Hunter' )

An action shot of each character accompanies the credit and a front facing shot ( think something like B5's Season 4 ) ...

(LYRICS)
If you were a king up there on your throne,
Would you be wise enough to let me go?

For this queen you think you own
Wants to be a hunter again,
Wants to see the world alone again
To take a chance on life again, so let me go

DISSOLVE OUT:

END OPENING SEQUENCE


Hopeless I know, and the music, feel free to change it, but I had the idea ( read the quote on an ANDROMEDA web site ) and thought that TITANS could do with a credit sequence.

Paul,


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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, arial">quote:</font><HR>( read the quote on an ANDROMEDA web site )<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Are you referring to the song or to the preceeding Tennyson quote? Because the Tennyson quote was featured in Babylon 5, just recently on "Messages frim Earth, in fact.

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"Draal gave Zathras list of things not to say.
This was one. No.... *tsk tsk*
No. Not good.
Not supposed to mention... "one", or... THE one.
Hmmmm.
You never heard that."
 
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Obsessed is right, Six. Although one of the best things ever written in the English language, Tennyson's Ulysses is associated with Babylon 5. We shouldn't be using it here. I also have a personal aversion for using other people's works in my own, other than passing references, puns, and the like - if someone else can say it, I can say it myself, in my own words. But that's just my own personal preference.

Here's a good thing to do when writing a post here: just keep in your mind that they started off doing this for money, not to move earth and heaven. Now they're doing it to stay alive. They still don't want to move earth and heaven. These guys, except Kaheel, really don't have any motivations outside a paycheck and a skin-save.

Ah, and Henderson. Henderson definitely has motivations outside her paycheck. To find out what happened to her father, of course - she's been doing that for quite some time.

I think these latest developments might change them, though.

Hmm?
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The following post is to get Reg back into action. He's not doing much good where he is, and I definitely know where he could do a bit of good...

Question is, for whom?

*evil writer-grin*

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INT. REG'S CELL

Reginald Lee, recent Company recruit, is despondently running his hands methodically over the walls, tapping every so often. What he finds is not making him very happy - that's evident, as he turns, back against the wall, sliding down with a hand over his face.

REGINALD
And it's almost Christmas, too...

He checks the "bandage" on his leg. Blood seeps through the flimsy covering.

Then, he hears a sound - it begins softly, like a far-off avalanche, and then crescendoes into the sound of a thousand thunderstorms.

A shadow slowly seeps into the frame. Reg, alarmed, begins to scramble to his feet, a look of horror on his face -

After a moment of blackness, we

CUT TO:

EXT. FOREST - ISHNU

Reginald Lee plunges stumblingly through the forest, wielding a gun behind him, firing wildly. He wears the same exact clothing as before, as well as carrying his pack. Everything is consistent - right down to the bandage around his thigh. The wound is slowing him.

REG
Mutant bastards - you're not coming to *my* party - AAAAHHHH!

He ducks and rolls to one side and springs to his feet from this position. Two seconds later, a black THING careens into the frame and Reg guns it down from his new position. As he screams, it staggers backwards, and falls to the ground with a muffled sound.

REG
Shit. God, it smells.

He gets up, walks over to the thing - and fires one more shot at its head with a disgusted twist of his mouth.

By now the audience should notice that there's something very wrong with Reg being out and about.

CUT TO:

Reg walking through the forest, a scanner held out in front if him, his gun at the ready. Ducking behind a tree, he peeks out and sees -

A shuttle from the Titans: bruised, broken, and battered, it sticks out from within the trees.

REG
About time.

He takes out his rifle and holds it before him, making his way into the clearing, ready to shoot. When he makes it to the shuttle, he reaches up to punch the access code.

Imagine his surprise when it opens seconds before he touches the panel.

The following happens very quickly. The interior of the shuttle is as we left it; Downey has Chenei by the metaphorical scruff of the collar, about to tell him lies. Reg, expecting Hell to pour out of the door, primes his gun and almost shoots - when Chenei, at whose chest Reg has the gun pointed, screeches.

CHENEI
Mr. Lee!

REG (after a second)
Doctor?

DOWNEY
Reg!

DALY
Reg?

Downey and Chenei, their tussle forgotten, lean out to help the young man into the shuttle.

INT. SHUTTLE - ISHNU

Daly is leaning against the wall as Chenei fixes Reg's field dressing.

REG
I must have killed seven of those things. It's horrible out there. Like a bad dream.

DALY
Do you know what happened to Keller and Kaheel? You never were inside the complex?

REG
No - I don't know. I felt myself falling, and then I just - woke up - in the woods. I had to fix up the scanner, of course, but I found you after about seven hours - and the city was gone. God, I'm surprised I'm alive. I got this thing (motioning to the wound) by ramming myself into one of those goddamn thorny trees...

Daly nods, deflated.

DALY
You can walk; that's good. Sunrise, we head out.

Daly, of course, can't know that Reg, for some reason, didn't tell him the truth...

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[This message has been edited by channe (edited November 30, 2001).]
 
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*Brings thread back to top of list*

So, now that your thesis work is mostly out of the way, think you'll have time to continue? And the same goes for the others as well. (read: Warren
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Ivanova: No sir, wouldn't dream of it.
Sheridan: Good, I hate being cheered up. It's depressing.
Ivanova: So in that case we're all going to die horrible, painful, lingering deaths.
Sheridan: Thank you, I feel so much better now.
 
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Give me a few more days, CB0 - I'm still so loaded down with work that I'm pulling 18-20 hour days. I just have to clear this backlog. And then? Expect a lot of "Titans" to roll from my fingers. There's a reason I'm posting at this godawful hour in the morning and not sleeping in my nice, warm bed...

Heh, it's nice to know that we still have readers!
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Are we keeping you folks interested?

The return of both Warren and B5_Obsessed are eagerly awaited here in serial-storyland. A lot of what I write next depends on Obsessed's backstory for Krrzkadd...
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The writer's life is not meant to be a happy one. We all accept that going in. -JMS
 
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I agree. We need Takeuchi-san back. I liked the mix and the division of duties made the story move quickly.

We are three. We are one. We are THE ONE!

Much thankings!

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"Draal gave Zathras list of things not to say.
This was one. No.... *tsk tsk*
No. Not good.
Not supposed to mention... "one", or... THE one.
Hmmmm.
You never heard that."
 
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We need *both* of you back. I've had a great time feeding off and bouncing off the neat ideas exuding from you two...
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Ok, if we're the One, which One am I?

A question to ponder.

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The writer's life is not meant to be a happy one. We all accept that going in. -JMS
 

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