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The will to power is disguised in a hundred thousand ways – as service to the public good, or defending the faith, or protecting the nest from outsiders. But at the core it is always the same; exposed to the light, its features are unchanging: a naked lust to dominate and control. Not surprising then that on that fateful night locked away inside a small room at the top of the Towers did one man put all sham aside and try to anoint himself as the master of humanity’s destiny. .......................................................... From "Inside the Mind of a Mad Man, A Biography of Christian Spears." |
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Scene 27 - The Final Nightmare
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After word reaches the Troll Kingdom that the Terminator Factory is online Daystrom realizes that the crew of the Victory has failed and are most likely dead. In a last ditch effort to win the war Daystrom sets out with every available Troll for the Towers.The largest battle in the Wars history takes place at the base of the Towers as the Trolls and the machines clash for the final time.
Meanwhile inside the Towers, Red Whacker has finally reached the top of the North Tower. Instead of finding a deflector control room Whacker emerges into a large room which resembles some kind of high tech throne room. In the center of the room sits a figure that Whacker recognizes from history disks and who should long be dead – the former Trekk Corp CEO known as Christian.
Outside the Tower the battle goes poorly for the Trolls. No matter how many Terminators the Trolls destroy the factory just keeps making more. Daystrom and Capt Decker direct the battle from overhead in the Trolls largest arial troop carrier – the Valiant. As the Valiant reaches the Tower airspace its meet by a squad of incoming APCs.
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Script ExcerptInside the Tower Whacker approaches Christian. Its obvious he has survived the ages by modifying his failing organs with machine replacements As Whacker moves closer he wonders whether Christian is now more machine than man. Christian himself appears to be only vaguely aware of Whacker’s presence. He seems much more interested in watching the battle outside via several monitors suspended from the ceiling. Whacker can not only see the battle but also images of droids disposing of the Hitler Youth bodies.
Whacker: "Why?"
Christian: "Why not? They were mine to do with as I please. I created them."
Whacker: [Steps forward more forcefully with his weapon drawn] "Why !?"
Christian: "As a boy I saw disorder and chaos in the community wars. When my own family was murdered by Raiders and my home community burned to the ground I vowed to do whatever it took to end mankind’s history of petty bickering and fighting. I created the first Trekk Corp community and used the M.o.d.e.r. a.t.o.r.s to create order. But time after time order broke down and chaos swept in like a disease. I redesigned and retooled the M.o.d.e.r.a.t.o.r.s hundreds of times and even created the Hunter-Killers to provide a more heavy handed touch when needed. But nothing seemed to work. Then one day while looking down on the community the answer came to me like a bright light in the night showing me the path to mankind’s future. It wasn’t my fault or a fault in the machines…it was theirs [pointing to the piles of dead bodies on the video monitor]. The seeds of chaos had already been planted in the souls of all those before me, they had been infected. The only way to regain order was to start over. So I sent the machines to purify the Earth in preparation for my chosen few who live in the paradise I created."
Whacker: "My God. You murdered anyone who didn’t subscribe to your view of the future. You’ve brought all of humanity to the brink of extinction."
Chrisitan: "Not extinaction! Evolution!"
Whacker: "What’s left to evolve! You’ve murdered your own followers!"
Chrisitan: "The machines! The machines are the next step in humanity’s evolution. They are perfect, the pure embodiment of order. I’ll admit I didn’t see it at first. I tried to create another community with the ones you termed as the Hitler Youth. But even some of those reverted back to the chaos. When even the community leader forsaked the paradise I offered him then I knew that the chaos was part of man and could never be totally wiped from them. I realized the answer was to give the world to humanity’s children – the machines."
Whacker: "And what of you? Are you planning to sacrifice yourself to your cause?"
Christian: [In a loud voice that shakes the walls and seems to come form every direction at once] "I AM ETERNAL!"
[Christian jumps up much more alive than Whacker ever imagined and knocks his weapon from his hand. Christian picks up Whacker and tosses him across the room like a rag doll.]
Christian: "ONLY I CAN LEAD HUMANITY’S CHILDREN TO THEIR FUTURE!"
[Christian closes in on Whacker and despite his cold machine exterior Whacker can see murder in his eyes. Christian picks Whacker up and again and throws him into a wall. The force shatters a majority of the bones in his rib cage and one bone pierces his own lung. Whacker begins to choke on his own blood and his vision becomes blurry. He knows the end is near.]
Christian: "MY BODY IS POWERED BY THE MOST EFFICENT SEM EVER CREATED. I WILL SEE THE END OF TIME WHILE YOU WON’T SEE THE END OF THIS VERY DAY."
Whacker: "Go to hell..."
[With the last remaining once of his strength Whacker picks up one of the fallen metal rods from the wall and plunges it through Christian’s chest and directly into the center of the SEM. Whacker falls to the ground dead from choking on his own blood. Christian staggers back with the rod sticking out of his chest. The energy matrix begins to overload and Christian falls to his knees.]
Christian: "BUT..I AM A GOD..."
[The energy from the matrix erupts from its containment and the whole rooms disappears in a brilliant flash of light.]
End Script Excerpt
------------------------Outside the Towers...Capt Decker informs Daystrom that the ground assault teams have been wiped out and the Valiant’s systems are critical. With out warning the top of the North Tower explodes in a flash of white light, destroy the Towers central shield emitter and disabling the Tower's defense grid. Another attack by an APC causes Capt Decker's console to explode killing him instantly. With the Valiant’s power failing, the Troll ground forces dead, and the bridge burning in flames Daystrom realizes what he has to do. He pilots the huge carrier directly into the base of the South Tower – destroying both Towers and the Terminator Factory in a explosion so large that it shakes the ground a continent away.
