A scene for later on, using a couple of open characters...
The fighting was getting closer, but Noah stayed beside the computer. He had to finish making a copy of the Catalog for the Crystal Millennium, and he had to be seen to be finishing making the copy - anyone who was watching had to think these were the only copies in existence. If they didn't, they'd be hitting Stellvia as soon as they realized the master version of the Catalog was there. (They might hit Stellvia anyway, but better to keep laying the false trail despite that chance.)
"Mr. Scott, we have to leave! It's too dangerous for you to remain here!"
He looked up at the Senshi. "Thank you, Ms. Simmah, but it's more important that this information get out. You heard what the Boskonians said when they breached the perimeter - they want this data, and they aren't willing to share."
"It isn't worth your life, sir! Please, sir - what could I tell Sailor Stellvia if I let her best friends die when I could have prevented it? We have to leave! Now!"
Serenity I reached up and put a hand on the taller woman's shoulder. "Let him finish, Erin. In the name of Love and Justice, this is something he needs to do."
"But... is it really worth your lives?"
"It is. At least, Mr. Scott thinks it is." The Queen of the Crystal Millennium turned to the President of Stellvia Corporation. "And I trust you to have your priorities straight, Noah."
The computer chimed and ejected the memory stick. As Noah handed it to the Senshi's leader, he replied, "I think I do, Tanith."
"It's done. Can we please leave now?" Erin pleaded.
"You two can leave," answered Noah. "I'm going with someone else. We have to get both of these copies off-planet in different ships."
"But..." Erin Simmah started to complain, then realized the tactical sense of Mr. Scott's words. "All right. God speed, sir. Ma'am, this way, please."
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
The fighting was getting closer, but Noah stayed beside the computer. He had to finish making a copy of the Catalog for the Crystal Millennium, and he had to be seen to be finishing making the copy - anyone who was watching had to think these were the only copies in existence. If they didn't, they'd be hitting Stellvia as soon as they realized the master version of the Catalog was there. (They might hit Stellvia anyway, but better to keep laying the false trail despite that chance.)
"Mr. Scott, we have to leave! It's too dangerous for you to remain here!"
He looked up at the Senshi. "Thank you, Ms. Simmah, but it's more important that this information get out. You heard what the Boskonians said when they breached the perimeter - they want this data, and they aren't willing to share."
"It isn't worth your life, sir! Please, sir - what could I tell Sailor Stellvia if I let her best friends die when I could have prevented it? We have to leave! Now!"
Serenity I reached up and put a hand on the taller woman's shoulder. "Let him finish, Erin. In the name of Love and Justice, this is something he needs to do."
"But... is it really worth your lives?"
"It is. At least, Mr. Scott thinks it is." The Queen of the Crystal Millennium turned to the President of Stellvia Corporation. "And I trust you to have your priorities straight, Noah."
The computer chimed and ejected the memory stick. As Noah handed it to the Senshi's leader, he replied, "I think I do, Tanith."
"It's done. Can we please leave now?" Erin pleaded.
"You two can leave," answered Noah. "I'm going with someone else. We have to get both of these copies off-planet in different ships."
"But..." Erin Simmah started to complain, then realized the tactical sense of Mr. Scott's words. "All right. God speed, sir. Ma'am, this way, please."
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012