"DNA Mad Scientist" Namtar's genetic experiments were discussed only in hushed tones by those who inhabited the seedier corners of the Uncharted Territories. His work was reputed to be as dangerous as it was brilliant. Had I known just how dangerous, however, I would never have agreed to our pilgrimage to his laboratories. Namtar and his assistant, Kornata, extracted quadra helix samples from D'Argo, Zhaan, Rygel and Crichton. Namtar claimed he could use those samples to provide star charts leading to the crew's respective homeworlds. They were overwhelmed. He was offering them their hearts' desires. But, alas, not without a steep price to pay. In exchange for those maps, Namtar demanded one of my four arms as payment. Zhaan, D'Argo and Rygel readily agreed; despite my protests and Crichton and Officer Sun's attempt to stop them, the trio brutally severed my arm from my body and delivered it to Namtar. It will...grow back. Eventually. The suffering they inflicted upon me turned out to be for nothing, because the goods they received were not all that Namtar promised. Instead of providing coordinates to Zhaan's, D'Argo's and Rygel's homes (Crichton's world, Earth, was beyond even Namtar's reach), Namtar's data crystal overwhelmed Moya's information systems, seemingly by design. Our only hope of retaining any data from the crystal was to excise all but a single star chart, permanently erasing the information pointing to the other two homeworlds. My three surgeons, it seemed, had some further "carving" ahead of them, but now their knives were pointed at one another. Namtar's true motives quickly surfaced. He wanted to incorporate my race's innate multitasking abilities into himself. In order to assimilate those traits, however, he needed a host body to act as an intermediary incubator. He tricked Aeryn Sun into becoming that intermediary and injected her with my stolen genes, causing her to undergo a radical and potentially fatal metamorphosis. While Crichton pleaded with Kornata, asking her to help him stop Namtar's insidious experiment, the others raged around Moya — each professing their sole right to be returned home. Those three, caught up in their own selfish schemes, appeared ready to abandon Officer Sun to Namtar's unnatural genetic butchery. Facing enemies without and within, our future together as Pilot, Leviathan and crew seemed destined to end tragically.... Adrian Getley  . . . . . .  Namtar [ Movement ] Julian Garner  . . . . . .  Namtar [ Voice ] Sarah Burns  . . . . . .  Kornata Writer  . . . . . .  Tom Blomquist Director  . . . . . .  Andrew Prowse << Previous Log Next Log >>