"The Flax" As it is in the entire crew's best interest that Crichton expand his limited knowledge and become more self-sufficient, Aeryn endeavored to teach the Human some basic piloting techniques using one of Moya's Transport Pods. For Crichton's first flight lesson, we chose a remote star system free of any apparent obstacles. However, the Uncharted Territories teem with hidden predators who regularly apprehend even highly accomplished pilots. And Crichton, while a most eager student, could not have been prepared to handle the Flax. Zenetan pirates in control of this region cast the Flax — an enormous and undetectable magna drift mesh — throughout the sector and were proceeding to loot the vessels netted therein. We learned all this from a renegade Zenetan named Staanz. No longer allied with the pirates, Staanz had become a self-styled "garbologist," following the space currents and collecting what other ships threw away. Hoping for a big reward, Staanz agreed to guide D'Argo through the Flax to recover our trapped Transport Pod and stranded crewmates. But when D'Argo learned there was also a Luxan Assault Piercer snared in the mesh and due to be melted down for scrap within minutes, he altered the rescue plans and set a new course for the vessel. The Luxan hoped he might find map fibers aboard that vessel which could ultimately lead him home, even though he was aware that his delay could cost the lives of both Aeryn and Crichton. Unfortunately, Staanz was not quite the navigator he claimed to be, and his ship, too, fell prey to the Flax. The situation was hardly better aboard the Transport Pod. The atmospherics system had malfunctioned, filling the interior with pure oxygen. In such an environment, the smallest spark or flare from a damaged console would ignite the ship and incinerate all inside it. Venting the oxygen and repairing the necessary lines was the obvious plan — except that the damage had left Aeryn and Crichton with only one working space suit. As if that were not bad enough, the pirate commander Kcrackic located Moya and boarded her in search of the renegade, Staanz. It was left to Zhaan and Rygel to distract him so that D'Argo and Staanz could free themselves from the Flax and rescue Aeryn and Crichton — that is, if the Human and Sebacean could survive long enough to be rescued.... Rhys Muldoon  . . . . . .  Staanz John Batchelor  . . . . . .  Kcrackic David Bowers  . . . . . .  Goon Writer  . . . . . .  Justin Monjo Director  . . . . . .  Peter Andrikidis << Previous Log Next Log >>