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A Dismal Performance--B7 in The Weakest Link by Marian de Haan (G)
Fandom:BLAKES7
Pairing:None
Author on LJ:?
Author's Website:?
Why this must be read:
It's a year before The Way Back, and we are presented with two documents. The first supplements our knowledge of Federation popular entertainment (which mostly derives from DeathWatch) with a transcript of an episode of The Weakest Link. The nine contestants are FSA student Tarrant ("top of his class three times in a row'), communication specialist Cally, paamedic Gan, bodyguard Soolin, engineer Blake, free-lance pilot Jenna, "top computer consultant" Avon, weapons-design student Dayna, and "self-employed security systems specialist" Vila.
Gan is the first to be voted off, followed by Dayna, then Tarrant...It's clear they've voted me off because they fear me. I had a bad round this time, but I would have become too much of a danger to them later on. Vila is a coward for voting for me in the previous round! He deserves to go off next. And I'll be waiting for him round the corner!
Blake correctly answers the question about the drug that is considered the greatest threat to mankind ("Shadow"); Vila flubs the question of the hardest known substance in the galaxy (he said "diamonds" instead of "feldon"); Dayna passed instead of knowing the name of the Teal-Vandor convention; Tarrant correctly identifies the ex-captain of the Space Command rugby team invalided out with active-duty injuries ("Travis"). Avon displays the ethical sensitivity you'd expect when there's money on the line.
The second document is a memorandum giving quite a different spin on events...
A Dismal Performance
Pairing:None
Author on LJ:?
Author's Website:?
Why this must be read:
It's a year before The Way Back, and we are presented with two documents. The first supplements our knowledge of Federation popular entertainment (which mostly derives from DeathWatch) with a transcript of an episode of The Weakest Link. The nine contestants are FSA student Tarrant ("top of his class three times in a row'), communication specialist Cally, paamedic Gan, bodyguard Soolin, engineer Blake, free-lance pilot Jenna, "top computer consultant" Avon, weapons-design student Dayna, and "self-employed security systems specialist" Vila.
Gan is the first to be voted off, followed by Dayna, then Tarrant...It's clear they've voted me off because they fear me. I had a bad round this time, but I would have become too much of a danger to them later on. Vila is a coward for voting for me in the previous round! He deserves to go off next. And I'll be waiting for him round the corner!
Blake correctly answers the question about the drug that is considered the greatest threat to mankind ("Shadow"); Vila flubs the question of the hardest known substance in the galaxy (he said "diamonds" instead of "feldon"); Dayna passed instead of knowing the name of the Teal-Vandor convention; Tarrant correctly identifies the ex-captain of the Space Command rugby team invalided out with active-duty injuries ("Travis"). Avon displays the ethical sensitivity you'd expect when there's money on the line.
The second document is a memorandum giving quite a different spin on events...
A Dismal Performance