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5.
Horror of Kaldor
Holmes & Xara arrive at a Kaldor colony on the verge of
destruction.
Episode One
1. The TARDIS materialises in
a cave, the ground tremors... then shakes vilotently!
Rocks fall from the ceiling
and Holmes is partially covered, but Xara is able to avoid the
rockfall and pulls Holmes free. Dusting himself off Holmes
turns around and is confronted with a Voc Robot!
2. The Voc Robot advises they
are in a Quarantine Zone and are to be taken to Security. The
Robot escorts Holmes and Xara to security guards who refuse to hear
their story and immediately arrest and incarcerate them.
Guard "Do you have a legal
representative?
Holmes "Of course I don't, we
have only just arrived."
A legal representative is
assigned to them, and after a short wait Alfred Linquist introduces
himself. He hears their story and is convinced by Homes that
he is here to help.
After a routine medical check
to check for infection they are placed in Linquist's custody.
3. Linquist explains; they are
on the 7th Moon of Kandor. The moon is not actually in the
same star system as Kandor but a mining colony. Recently a
plague has broken out at the same time as quakes threatening the
stability of the whole moon. And evacuation is in progress.
Holmes convinces Linquist to
take him to the authority on the quakes. The travel by air car
is brief, but Holmes and Xara get to see the beauty of the golden
sands.
Homes meets with Alys
Fairchild, chief seismologist. She says no explanation can be
found for the quakes, the moon was surveyed hundreds of years ago.
Mining is the primary business of Kaldor so they are experts, but
are stumped.
When asked about the plague
Fairchild says they will need to go the to the medical complex and
speak with Doctor Senna Kane.
4. Linqusit again takes Holmes
and Xara by air car to the medical complex. Patients are being
taken in, but the complex is not seemingly busy. Senna Kane
allows a couple of minutes to speak with Holmes but is quite
obtrusive. She refuses to give any facts on the infection and
refuses Holmes request to examine a patient. She order Holmes
to leave, then walks away.
5. Holmes, not dissuaded,
tried to sneak in, but Robots guard the doors. Holmes accesses
a computer terminal, and smiles.
Holmes "Well, well, if one
will leave the back door open."
There is a site to site
Transmat which Holmes activates to transports himself and Xara into
on of the wards.
The Patients are at first
motionless, but all eerily rise, leave their beds, and in a
zombie-like state close in on Holmes and Xara.
Holmes keeps his resolve and
demand;
Holmes "Who are you?!"
Patients "We are the GELTH."
Episode Two
6. The Gelth close in on Holmes
who activates the Transmat, appearing once more next to Linquist.
Holmes is convinced now that this
is not a plague, but an alien invasion by the Gelth. But he
needs to find where and how they are getting through form their own
dimension.
Holmes convinces Linqust to take
him back to the Quarantine Zone. Once htere Linqust calls the
Robot Voc 5, who had first encountered Holmes. The Robot can
guide Holmes through the caves.
7. Making their way through the
caves something moves in the Darkness.
V5 "Sir, there are creatures in
these caves that can be quite harmful to organics."
Several such small creatures
known as Clawed-Mutts (clawed mutants, 30cm long frog like creature
that live in the sand and caves.) scurry towards Xara. Her
animal scent is attracting them.
Xara "Holmes, you go on, I'll
distract these critters." Xara runs off down a different cave,
the Clawed-Mutts following.
 The
critters snap at Xara's heels, the pain causing a transformation.
She tries to fight off the creatures but is overwhelmed, but that
triggers a full transformation into her Werewolf form!
GM Note: failing her combat roll
Xara was forced to use a Story Point here.
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8. Senna Kane contacts Fairchild,
asking if Holmes is there. Kane tells Fairchild that Holmes is
a revolutionary and may be behind the plague and is to be
eliminated!
9. Holmes nears the centre point
of the disturbance, a rift to the Gelth dimension with some kind of
machinery keeping the rift open.
Holmes attempts to get closer,
but is jumped by two Gelth possessed people.
10. Holmes is brought before
Senna Kane.
Holmes "I say, you got here
quickly... oh yes, the transmat. This has to stop. You
are killing hundreds of people."
Kane "I am killing millions so my
people may live... but you you are different, don;t think I don't
know the form of my enemy... Time Lord. Now I will take your
body as host and lead my people across space and time as gods!"
The Gelth spirit leaves Kanes
host body and enters Holmes!
Episode Three
11. The Gelth Kane tries to take
control of Holmes when... STORY POINT
1st Holmes "I say, hello there."
Kane "What? Who?
2nd Holmes "You really should be
careful into whose mind you trespass. A Time Lord is, more
than many, a sum of his past lives."
Kane "No! You cannot!"
Holmes "Contact."
1st Holmes "Contact."
2nd Holmes "Contact."
The mind of all three Holmes
fight against Kane, but even then the Gelth is too strong.
Kane "I win, Time Lord."
? Holmes "Do I really have to do
everything myself?"
Kane "Who are you?"
? Holmes "It's elementary.
A Time Lord is not merely an amalgamation of past and present... but
also future. Contact!"
With the power of the minds of
four Holmes the Gelth is destroyed.
Holmes "What thank you all.
But YOU, you really should not be here."
? Holmes "Yes, well it's my
future, so please try to protect my body, you have already lost it
twice."
12. Xara makes here way through
the caves in a murderous rage, until her scent finally finds Holmes.
Holmes is able to clam and subdue
here so she returns back to her human self.
13. Holmes and V5 investigate the
machinery when they are attacked by several Gelth possessed people.
Xara and V5 are able to hold them back.
14. Holmes uses his ingenuity and
reverses the polarity of the neutron flow.
The Rift goes into reverse.
The Gelth forces out of their host bodies and back into the rift
until the machine overloads and explodes, sealing the rift.
15. V5 is able to lead
Holmes and Xara back to safety, and the TARDIS, but the cave is
collapsing so Holmes bundles V5 into the TARDIS then
de-materialises.
V5 "Are you able to return me to
the company, sir?"
Holmes "Oh dear, you see the
navigation drive on this old TARDIS is not the best. It may be
difficult."
Xara "What he means is, welcome
aboard."
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