CAPTAIN SCARLET AND THE MYSTERONS
"The Representative"
(set before "Lunarville 7")
By Andrew Hsieh
CHARACTERS
LIEUTENANT GREEN
COLONEL WHITE
CAPTAIN BLACK/REPRESENTATIVE TURNER
CONTROLLER
ORSON
SID
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FX: COMPUTER HUMMING.
WHITE:
Lieutenant Green, is the tape ready yet?
GREEN:
Yes, Colonel. Should we resume without Captains Scarlet and Blue?
WHITE:
Go ahead. We’ll have to listen to it carefully more than once. I don’t want there to be any misinterpretations, just in case. It’s our only way to verify what really happened on Lunarville 7.
GREEN:
SIG.
FX: TAPE PLAYS. STATIC. MUFFLED VOICES TRANSITIONING INTO CRYSTAL CLEAR CONVERSATIONS.
CONTROLLER:
Bring him in, Orson.
FX: DOORS SLIDE OPEN. FOOTSTEPS.
ORSON:
Representative Turner from the World Security Council.
CONTROLLER:
Welcome, sir.
REPRESENTATIVE:
It’s a pleasure.
FX: BEEPING.
SID:
Good day, Representative Turner. I am SID: Speech Intelligence Decoder.
REPRESENTATIVE:
Good. Just what we need.
CONTROLLER:
Excuse me?
REPRESENTATIVE:
I was saying that SID is perfect for… monitoring progress on the Moon. (BEAT) Is the Humboldt Sea ready for surveying yet?
CONTROLLER:
Yes. Here are the coordinates.
FX: PASSING PAPER.
ORSON:
Should I get a moon mobile prepared?
REPRESENTATIVE:
(DEEP VOICE) That would be very helpful, Earthmen. Or should I say “Moonmen”?
FX: COCKS PISTOL.
CONTROLLER:
Wait a minute, I’ve heard that voice before. You’re Captain Black!
BLACK:
Stay where you are.
CONTROLLER:
SID, put the base on lockdown. Orson, radio Earth at once.
FX: GUNSHOTS.
ORSON:
(SCREAMS)
CONTROLLER:
(GROANS)
MUSIC: MYSTERON THEME.
BLACK:
My mission here is complete. You will broadcast an announcement to declare that the Moon intends to remain independent from Earth. A new Mysteron-Human alliance will soon bring peace to the universe…
FX: TAPE CRACKLES AND STOPS.
END