Adventures in the Clone Trade

Setting: High Rock

• Scene 1: Rest and Recreation
  • Eric Carson and Jon Hector lose sleep over past events.¹⁾
  • Dirk Richter shows Eight a good time.
  • Carson goes for a walk.
  • Hector meets someone from the ol' homeworld.
• Scene 2: Stop and I'll Shoot!
  • Hector and Eight investigate the Perseian.
  • Someone shoots at Eight!
  • Richter and Carson do not impress a taxi driver.
  • Eight escapes her pursuers, and Richter makes an impression after all.
• Scene 3: The Eagle's Nest
  • The team lays in wait for the bounty hunter - who gets rather more than he bargained for.
  • Eagle questions Eight's identity and integrity.
  • Carson conducts an eerie interrogation.
• Scene 4: A Cabin in the Woods
  • Eight meets a smug smuggler - a sister she didn't know she had.
  • The contraband seems happy enough to be sold.
  • A plan is explained, and the timetable is moved up.
  • Richter wins a friend and influences people.

• Scene 1: Claiming the cargo
  • Eight smiles for the camera.
  • Thirty robots, all alike.
  • Eight and Carson tangle with a Perseian cyborg strike force - and demonstrate the flaws in connecting technology to one's nervous system.
• Scene 2: The Doctor's Deal
  • Eight and Carson identify the weak point in Thirteen's plan.
  • Carson gets a well-earned promotion - to mob boss.
  • An offer is made, and not refused.
• Scene 3: Conning the Crimelord
  • A simple plan goes smoothly - for the most part.
  • The merchandise is judged acceptable, and the trade is made.
  • Eight captures a cloner's attention.
  • Eight plus Thirteen equals - trouble.

• Jon Hector: No, this is a hypoallergenic cat person.

• Yet again brilliant inventive ideas of Jon Hector are needlessly shot down as overly complicated and hazardous to life and limb. In this case: Cloning Eight to fake her own death.