-- Live Video Feed Incoming --
-- Class: Urgent --
-- Patching through --
"There...the trasnponder's set up..."
There's a man on screen. He's filthy, his clothes tattered and worn. He carries a small laser carbine in his hand.
"Well...I sure hope yer gettin' this. Seems Im in a bit o' trouble."
He laughs, looking around the room. The room appears to be a cave.
"Suppose I should tell you how I got here. It's not much of a npvel, so dun' expect somethin' pretty. It all started some 7 years ago, jus' after I got fired...fired an' replaced, that is. Some Krauts who told 'em they'd work fer the minimum wage. It all just got...screwed up."
He leans back, pourinng himself a shot of whiskey. A quick smile crosses his face as he knocks it back.
"Well, I got involved 'en some proest rallies. Ya know, small stuff, peaceful stuff. After this one rally, where we were throwin' a few things, some rich man got hit by a rock. Barely even scratched tha' guy...but 7 eople were put in jail. Includin' me."
"Now, I just wasn't gonna have that. I had a life, friends...I couldn't just lose it all. So, I ended up makin' a plan with a few others from the rally. It wasnt pretty, but it got the job done. We managed to get to the Impounded Ships Bay and steal some old fighters. We split up, plannin' to meet up at a specified point on Erie, the enterance to an abandoned factory in the hills. It was so remote that we couldnt be found."
He sighs
"They never showed. Ive been hidin' out here for days, avoiding the LPI hover scouts lookin' fer me. Ive already had ta' cave in parts of the underground tunnels to keep 'em away."
He picks up the camera, pointing it towards a wall of rocks blocking a passageway.
"They already got my ship. Im not gettin' off this rock without some sorta help..."
You hear yelling coming from behind a closed door.
"Kelvin Silvetson, come out with your hands up! You will not be harmed."
The man presses a button on the camera.
"You should be getting the co-ords of a landing pad tehy havent gotten to yet. If you can..."
"Kelvin, come out!"
He smirks, and runs out the door. The police come into view
"Where is h-"
A bright explosion tears through the wall. The LPI officers are engulfed in the flames along with the camera