An aircraft conference.
Player says it's time to kick booty.


[link="Let us go then, and bloody our steel!"]
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<De Luca, look sarcastic>

"Someone's been reading too much David Gemmell."

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[page="blood2"]
<xxxxx some f15, look sad>

"If MY steel gets bloodied, that means someone
 got in the way while I was landing."

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[page="blood3"]
<austin, look annoyed>

"I must agree that action is needed.

 But I want you to know that I find your desire to
 kill other humans sickening."


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[page="blood4"]
[image="f16-00.cel"]

"We are aircraft; We do not just go around killing
 people.  If there is to be any violence, it must
 be done in a politically correct manner.
 
 We need a name to call what we are about to do."

<'Bob.'
 Not that kind of name, you idiot.>
 
<'Downsizing.'
 Possibly.. but I'm still not sure..>

<Austin:
 If there must be killing, we should not delude
 ourselves or try to hide behind names.  It should
 be done as quickly and as cleanly as possible.>

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<FISHER, a female falcon>

"You ever seen The Wizard Of Oz, kid?"

[yes]

"Good.
 Then you'll remember that the Wizard was bogus..
 it was just some guy who invented a holographic
 projector, and created a god which the people
 worshipped.  He used this sham to rule the city by
 proxy.
 
 Now I bet you anything you like, that what we have
 here is another Wizard Of Oz.  Pope Harris is the
 supreme ruler..  somehow he's found a way to make
 a pet God, which he's using as a front.
 
 And when we take him out, we'll find he's just
 another humbug."
 
[no]

"At the end of the film, it turned out that the
 Wizard, a terrifying minor deity, was bogus.
 It was just some guy who invented a holographic
 projector, and made a god which the people
 worshipped.  He used this sham to rule the city by
 proxy.
 
 Now I bet you anything you like, that what we are
 up against is another Wizard Of Oz.
 Pope Harris is the supreme ruler, and somehow he's
 fashioned a pet God, which he uses as a front.
 
 And when we take him out, we'll find he's just
 another charlatan."




[page="mad"]
[image="f16-00.cel"]

"No.  All the colonists went through psychometric
 testing to judge that they were suitable.

 At the time he arrived on planet, Harris was NOT
 likely to go off on a bender!

 He must have found something on the planet.."

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[page="mad-a"]
<De Luca, look thoughtful>

"Perhaps something on the planet found HIM.."

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Player: I've decided to abandon you all and serve the LORD.

De Luca: What?!?

Player: I'm going to merge with Xy'lan.  I shall become a God!

Death:  Let me kill him!

Ransome: Villani!  Think what you are doing.. No good can come of this!
         Xy'lan will destroy you!

Austin: That settles it.  We should surrender immediately.
        Uh, Mr. Villani, when you become one with Christ or whatever, can
	you put in a good word for us?  Do you think?
	I'll be quite happy to serve Xy'lan in a peacetime role..
