Forum Fanfic (OCS): Operation Snoopy - DISCUSSION
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Besides, I don't have a clue what the Beagle's all about. I thought it was still on Mars - but now it seems to be heading to the earth - so I've given up.
Besides which, I'm trying to pummel my own fic into shape...
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Apparently, Topaz's idea was that it was hiding on Deimos, one of Mars' moons, because of the parasite - which was fine, by the way, but THAT, neither Spectrum and Saunders would know.
My choice of suggesting Beagle II is heading back to Earth is a strategic one, in fact. Because this is Original Captain Scarlet, and the Mysterons in OCS don't seem to want Earth to check on them with satellites (remember Shadow of Fear), and probably even less to let any Earthmen to set foot on Mars (aside from some stories in the strips, because Century 21 were mixing series at the time, and the Fireball XL5 strips had settlements around all the solar system - and beyond. But that didn't seem right for Captain Scarlet's Mars, because of the series background...) Anyway, would you risk the trip to Mars to finally end up like that first mini-sat in Shadow of Fear, if the Mysterons would spot you?
So, the logical solution, if Earth was to make physical contact with Beagle was to have it heading back to Earth - after, obviously, having left its hiding place on Deimos (I didn't dismiss Topaz's idea - it was there, so I respected it).
That way, at some point in the story, physical contact with Beagle, from a human being - or a man-made construction - will be possible... and believable.
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Maybe some one out there can run with the idea?
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