| From: | Brian Angliss <ANGLISS@****.PSU.EDU> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | THE MOB!!!!! |
| Date: | Sun, 3 Oct 1993 14:42:44 -0400 |
honor of being the one to show you all the effects of the rescue on the mob
outside the courthouse while I wait nervously for news on AJ's rescue.
*****Include Video Feed, TAPED*****
This is Charlie Fingers, live from outside the New York Metroplex Courthouse
where only 15 minutes ago began the sentencing of the now criminal Dr. AlexanderJackson.
The mood is very tense here in New York as several private indiviudalswith extensive
resources have raised a public feed to the courtroom where the
Judge is just finishing his monologue and beginning the sentencing. Let's go
to the courtroom...
{visual switch from outside the courthouse to the courtroom where can be seen
large numbers of Interpol guards ringing the area and Dr. Jackson as well.}
>voice of Charlie Fingers: it appears that the big eight megacorporations of
Saeder-Krupp, Ares Macrotech, Mitsuhama Computer Technologies, Aztechnology,
Shiawase Corporation, Renraku Computer Systems, Fuchi Information Systems, and
...Actually, it appears that this reporter fails to remember the last of the
big eight. But there are also representatives from Pueblo, the UCAS, the CAS,
the Carribean League, the combined nations of Salish-Shidhe, Souix, and Ute,
and also a large contingent from the Corporate Court. Ah, the Judge has begun.
>Judge: Will the Defendant pleas stand{AJ stands with a grim and sad look on
his face}. You have been found guilty on the following counts: Conspiracy to
Commit Murder, 1st degree Murder, Conspiracy to destroy Public Records for a
total of eight counts, Possession of Controlled Substances, Possession of
Military Weaponry, Use of Controlled Substances, and Menace to Public Safety.
In accordance with the combined laws of the Corporate Court and all the other
co-prosecuters of this trial, I sentence you to the following:
For Conspiracy to commit Murder, you are hereby sentenced to 25 years in jail,
effective immediately. For First Degree Murder, you are sentenced to 50 years
in prison with no opportunity for parole. For the combined charges of r
Conspiracy to Destroy Public Records, you are sentenced to at total of 80 years
in prison. For the Possession of Controlled Substances, you are sentenced to
20 years in prison. For Use of Controlled Substances, you are sentenced to
50 years in prison. For Possession of Military Weaponry, you are sentenced to
30 years in prison.
However, you have also been found guilty of Treason against the states of the
United Canadian-American States and the Confederated American States. For this
you are sentenced to death by lethal injection.
Finally, for Menace to Public Safety, I must digress shortly. You are a
Vampire. Your simple existance relies solely on the consumtion of human and
metahuman blood and life force. You and your kind are parasites{slow camera
shot pans to AJ's face, white, and a closeup starts} on the people of the world.It is for
this reason that I sentence you to the harshest penalty I am legally
allowed. Therefore, for the Menace to Public Safety, I sentence you to
imprisonment in the Levinworth Maximum Security Prison in a hermetically sealed
cell, there to serve out your sentence of death. However, as a lesson to otherssuch as
yourself, you will not be killed. Rather, your own hunger for the
inattainable food of life shall be what, in the end, finally kills you.
{A single clear tear runs down the cheek of Dr. Alexander Jackson as he closes
his eyes in grief and bows his head to his chest}
{a large hole appears in AJ's left chest as a massive explosive boom rings out
through the courtroom and a single searing beam of crimson light peirces his
lower left side and exits his lower right side, penetrating the jury box and
starting a small fire}
>Charlie Fingers: SPLIT SCREEN! SPLIT SCREEN IT NOW! It appears folks that
Dr. Jackson, criminal, has just been shot by a large calibre weapon and some
kind of laser. Explosions are going off all over{Internal video feed cuts out
to static. the last shot is of a fine mist of blood and AJ falling in slow
motion, peppered throughout his torso by wooden shards caused by the exiting
round's partially shattering the wooden lecturn in front of him. Smoke and
bright flashes and arcane energies of tremendous power fill the courtroom}
the courtroom...FRAG! GET IT BACK! Drek!
Please excuse my language. What's that sound?...Oh no! It appears that the
mob outside the courthouse, specifically the front lawn where we are now, has
begun to rush the police lines. There are explosions going off all over the
area, with large figures moving through the mob enciting them to riot, which
they are doing. The police, having turned to the courthouse when the explosionsand
gunfire started, are being forced back by the rioters. Watercannons and
machine gun fire can be heard and seen all around us as the NYPD is attempting
to hold back the rioters. More explosions and flashes, seemingly from weapons
somewhere in the mob, are creating massive panic and confusion, but it is still
pushing forward. A{sound of small explosion nearby immediately after a gunshot}DREK! It
appears that the mob, estimated to be around 30-35 thousand today,
has obtained weapons and we are getting shot at. The NYPD barricades are being
broken down and climbed over and removed and more and more of the rioters are
rushing forward toward us and the courthouse...the hovercraft provided by
Interpol continue to provide roving cover, but seem more concerned with the safety of the
NYPD officers that have disappeared into a veritable sea of people.
What's that whirring noise?.... Focus on the roof, John{camera swings onto the
roof of the Courthouse and focuses on the source of the sound-Interpol agents,
thought to be snipers, armed with mounted Vindicator Miniguns} Oh my God!
It appears that the Interpol snipers are in fact defense guards in the effect
that this riot ever began. The external audio links are broadcasting that the
Courthouse is not to be attacked, that anyone doing so will be shot or gassed!
But it appears that the noise down here is too loud for the rioters to even hearthe
broadcast, and I could only really hear it through the headset I am wearing.I can see the
riot gaining momentum and am hearing a second sound from off to
the north side of the building, where the ambulances are located... But we
have no video feed over that direction.
{sound of automatic gunfire from the roof, suddenly joined by several more
sounds, like a siren from the North and explosions from the south} Wait a
minute, transfer to Video South!{camera shot abruptly changes to the southern
side of the building where a press van is disgorging several uniformed figures}
My God, they're shooting into the crowd and dispursing it. That's the sound of
grenades going off...they're shooting at the guards and the snipers on the
roof too! But they're clearing a path from the doorway to the van.
{Bright flashes come from the doorway as it opens explosively outward, hitting
and crumpling a IP guard to the ground} That was magic!
{three figures, dressed in the same uniforms of those at the van, rush out of
the doorway with large amerindian bringing up the rear} What's he armed with?
A machine gun!? How'd he get THAT into the courthouse? {sniper fire from the
roof begins to rain down upon the cement around the feet of the three forms.
The big amerindian turns, raises the machine gun to his shoulder, autofires at
the roof and several screams stop immediately, although one continues as a form
in IP armor falls the five stories into the crowd}
My GOD! HE KILLED THEM{the sound of sniper fire is signifigantly reduced}!!!!
Two of the three are now within the van and the two outside are motioning the
big amerindian into the van, and he seems to be moving with inhuman speed!
But...An elemental has just appeared infront of the running amerindian and is
blocking his path. One of the{video feed cuts off to static}
NOT AGAIN!!!!!!!! Oh no! There are massive screams as the mob has surged
forward into a rain of bullets. One of them has hit the inside of our van here
and they appear to be made of rubber-gel. Gas clouds and coughs are covering
the lawn as more people rush toward the courthouse. The sounds you are hearing
are the lifting off of several helicoptors from the roof, removing the officialsof the
corporations and the Nations from this terrible scene. {camera lurches
ackwardly} Huh? We are leaving? Why, for God's sake? This is the story of a
lifetime! "Live to see another morning?" Oh......
Well, folks, this has been Charlie Fingers{Static cuts out video feed}
*****End Video Feed, TAPED*****
Well, we got a taste of what has gone down. I'm sure we'll get more as the
next days unfold and people show up again to report thier group's success or
lack thereof. Overall, I would say that they did ok...I hope...]<<<<<
-- Moriarity(14:41:10/10-03-54)
