Thread:ElectricFire 169/@comment-27182540-20150714012707/@comment-25867149-20160126183406

Okay, I'm gonna give you the plot for the Republik pilot.

It is a long time after Beyond the Killing. The monarchy has been overthrown, Rivatha is missing presumed dead, and Rothlyn has been arrested. A lowly security guard is stationed at a docking centre. A transport arrives and requests to be allowed in but the commander has forgotten the authority code and the security guard won't let him in without it. After several minutes of arguing, another guard comes in and allows the transporter in, and the original guard is given punishment notification.

Some time later, Eva walks through the city of Qeios and goes to a room overlooking the city. Inside is her superior. They talk for a while and he reveals something that shocks her; maybe he has grown tired of the deceit. In any case, whilst they are chatting, she walks behind him and pulls out a gun. A gunshot is heard and the glass is smashed, and when the guards arrive she is found standing over his dead body, gun nowhere in sight, but it is left unclear whether or not she actually shot him.

Meanwhile, up on a rooftop, an unnamed man free runs across the city rooftops, avoiding guards along the way. Meeting up with a small group of rebels, they plan to break his friend and several other inmates out of the prison block and start an insurrection. Among the "insurgents, terrorists and enemies of the democratic state of Qeios" is the reporter who tried to publish the article denouncing the rumours of Rivatha's death. She falls for the leader of the group almost immediately. They are separated during a gunfight which kills the other lead rebel however, and she is left wandering the corridors alone. She bumps into the guard from earlier, and they both get chased by guards. When they reach a locked exit she tries to use him as a human shield; he breaks free however and they both jump out of the way just as the guards destroy the door for them. They flee and run into the rebels, who rescue them. The rebels don't like the guard as it turns out he was originally an operative of theirs who apparently sold them out in a moment of cowardice.

The guards reach the main centre and the leader confronts the man claiming to be in charge; after a lengthy discussion he reveals that he is in fact a clone, the real one is already far away; and the building is laced with explosives as they had anticipated the attack. Realising it is a trap, the leader runs out just as the building is destroyed, killing the clone.

The rebels are driven back by opposing forces and forced to retreat. They manage to escape through a tunnel and are picked up by an airship piloted by the android. They fly off to a ruined city and look for places to eat and sleep.

In the epilogue, Eva and a group of soldiers observe an android firing squad executing a group of prisoners. When the demonstration is completed she has the androids kill the guards. She then walks out of the building to her apartment and gets changed out of her uniform, before standing out on the balcony and looking out into Qeios. At that same moment, the four main characters sit around a fire together and have a rest beneath a starry sky, wondering what challenges tomorrow may bring.