519 – Starhunter Redux – The Most Wanted Man

What turns an ordinary criminal into The Most Wanted Man? Find out as Kenneth and Eugene discuss the next episode of Starhunter Redux. Synopsis: A meeting happens between a man named Harman and the agents of Orchard.  He has what they want – himself – and he’ll turn it over to Darius.  When that’s not an option, he instantly renders the Orchard operatives unconscious and leaves at high speed. [expand title=”More…” swaptitle=”Less” tag=”strong”] On the Ship, Dante and team have been hunting for Harman, too.  The bounty on him is astronomical, but they have come up empty.  This is a problem for Rudolfo, who, like an idiot, told people they already had Harman in their custody in an effort to stave off his debt collectors. It fails to do that, and it attracts unwanted attention for the Trans-Utopian, and now everybody wants to take her and relieve  her of her prisoner.  There are some tense moments as Dante struggles valiantly to deal with a crew that keeps abandoning him, but, despite Percy’s sabotage (AGAIN!) and Lucretia doing back deals on her secret com line in her quarters, they get away, Track down Harman and take him.  Although, he seems to be willing. All he wants is a meeting on neutral territory with Darius.  Lucretia promises him this.  Dante vetos that idea.  So, he instantly renders Dante unconscious.  He cuts a deal with Lucretia because she’s Darius’ daughter and therefore he trusts her.  She takes him to the waiting Orchard ship and turns him over with their promises of a meeting with Darius. On the way, Harman gives a little info about the Divinity Cluster.  He first met Darius at the Evening Star site in Africa, where faint evidence of aliens was discovered, mostly corroded alien metals.  He obtained and became obsessed with a small disc with alien writing on it.  One day, it cracked open and had a liquid inside.  He dipped his finger in it and became what he is.  The destroyer of worlds.  Only he knows what the Divinity Cluster is about, and it’s going to happen to everyone and everything we know ends.  Spend the time you have left with what’s near and dear to you. She leaves him on the ship, and soon it blows up. Back on the Trans-Utopian, she’s received a coded Orchard secret message from the ship.  First the disposable villain of the episode, Charles, starts to report, then Harman shows up and says they’re all deaf to what he has to say and this way he’ll buy some more time for humanity.  He destroyed the ship, and presumably himself. Dante, pissed off at Lucretia’s obvious secret agenda in this episode, has listened in on the conversation.  When she returns to the bridge, he tells her he wants her off his ship.  OOOOOO, harsh words from the ineffectual loser of a captain. It’ll never happen. The end. [/expand]