New Breed, New Blood

Episode 1

22
FEB/09

We played Episode 1 of “New Breed, New Blood”.

Previously on …

  • Boris in the sewer tunnel, blasting vampires with light gun.
  • Mary sees three figures on a clifftop with red aura.
  • Boris changes dressing and wound is healed.

Scenes

Prologue

Focus:Plot
Location:Underground cell
Agenda:Wallis is interrogated by new breed boss.
Cast:Wallis, new breed boss
Summary:Wallis, beaten and chained to the wall, is questioned by new breed boss. Behind the boss, something is lowered through the ceiling on a rope. It opens, a thick smoke pours out and the boss chokes and retreats. Commission team members break Wallis free; though he is groggy he seems unaffected by the smoke and is taken through the ceiling.

Scene 1

Focus:

Plot
Location:

Operations room
Agenda:

Discuss implications of light gun and other new technology.
Cast:

All protagonists, MacAllister, Dougal
Summary:

Debriefing of sewer tunnel raid, with steam-powered slide show by Fanny. Many science wonks interested in light gun technology and possibilities for new designs. Boris’s role in the battle is highlighted, and Mary again raises her vision of the clifftop figures.
Stakes:
  • Boris: Does Dougal assign me to more primary missions? (yes)
  • Fanny: Does Dougal grant a separate technology development budget? (yes)
  • Mary: Does the Commission acknowledge the possibility of different-natured vampires? (yes)
  • Producer: Does lab technician blurt out the truth of Boris’s wound sample? (no)

Scene 2

Focus:

Char
Location:

Fanny’s workshop
Agenda:

Development of prototypes and expansion of workshop.
Cast:

Fanny, MacAllister, Ava McDuff, workshop technicians
Summary:

New project designs are being constructed and more lights and prototypes are being tested; the workshop bustles with movement and activity. Fanny and MacAllister cross swords over technology but both appear to enjoy the exchange.
Stakes:
  • Fanny: Do I win the argument? (no)
  • Producer: Does Ava McDuff realise the attraction between MacAllister and Fanny? (yes)

Scene 3

Focus:

Plot
Location:

Commission library
Agenda:

The subject of Boris’s wound is raised.
Cast:

All protagonists
Summary:

Mary offers to help with Boris’s bandages, sees the wound is healed but Boris is oddly dismissive. Fanny, storming in from argument with MacAllister, realises Boris’s wound has disturbing implications.
Stakes:
  • Mary: Do I see the significance of Boris’s healed wound? (no)
  • Boris: Does my glib explanation convince the others to drop the matter? (yes)
  • Fanny: Do I keep my suspicions about the test results to myself? (yes)
  • Producer: Does MacAllister overhear the revealing discussion? (no)

Scene 4

Focus:

Plot
Location:

Back streets of Old Town
Agenda:

Wallis tries to meet with Fanny to discuss new breed.
Cast:

Fanny, Wallis, Mary, Commission patrol
Summary:

Fanny is assaulted by Wallis in a frantic state, describing his capture and torture by the new breed. A Commission patrol, with Mary, discover the scene.
Stakes:
  • Fanny: Do I recognise the location Wallis describes? (no)
  • Mary: Do I see that Fanny was talking with, not fighting, the vampire? (yes)
  • Producer: Does the patrol chase and catch Wallis? (no)

Scene 5

Focus:

Plot
Location:

Wallis’s lair
Agenda:

New Breed fight with Newbury Commission alpha team.
Cast:

Boris, MacAllister, new breed vampires
Summary:

Newbury Commission alpha team expects to find Wallis but instead finds (and fights) new breed vampires. They fight briefly but the vampires disengage and run off. The team search the abandoned lair for information; a framed photo of Fanny with a healthy Wallis is found by Boris.
Stakes:
  • Boris: Do I hide the photo from the others? (no)
  • Producer: Does MacAllister see that Boris was trying to hide the photo? (yes)

Next time on …

  • MacAllister confronts Fanny with framed photo.
  • Whole team in new outfit and gear, readying for a mission.
  • Jane and Fanny in fierce whispered discussion, “Leave her alone, she needs her rest!”

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