Pilot (Q11:I)

Pilot is the first episode of Quentin 11: Infestation

Teaser
[A Galvan stronghold. Everything in bathed in a red glow from the Red Alert warning lights. In the center of the room stands a female Uxorite, Aytha. She stares at the ground in front of her, hands twitching in strange patterns. Around her is a semi-circle of heavily armed Plumber Guards. Before them is Azmuth, the First Thinker. He's not his usual self—he's older, decaying, in pain. He is hooked up to some sort of mechanical apparatus, and further behind him is a relatively large, pulsating biological mass that's exact form can't be made out in the harsh lighting. When Azmuth speaks, he does so with difficulty.]

[Azmuth]: I am counting on you, Aytha. We are all counting on you.

[Aytha never makes eye contact when she speaks.]

[Aytha]: Why? Why me? There are others. I am not the most intelligent.

[Azmuth]: There is more to intelligence than sheer brainpower. Others may be able to build the device, but only you have the creativity to improve it.

[A pedestal rises from the floor in front of her, holding a glowing orb of data. Aytha picks it up and stares, transfixed.]

[Azmuth]: Take the schematics and retreat. If our galaxy is to survive, you must complete this task successfully, do you understand?

[Aytha]: Yes, First Thinker Azmuth.

[Azmuth]: No. That is not my title. My time has come. You are First Thinker now.

[Aytha]: [hesitates] Yes, Azmuth.

[Azmuth cracks a smile through the pain, though it soon becomes unbearable. He cries out, and the biological mass behind him shifts and quivers. The mechanical device cracks.]

[Azmuth, with great difficulty]: I don't have long. Go. Do whatever it takes. I have faith in you, Aytha...

[Azmuth fades away, and the apparatus shatters. The biological mass, apparently some sort of alien insectoid, wraps around his lifeless body. It's wings shoot out and lift it into the air. Azmuth's eyes shoot open—they're pupil-less and glowing orange. Hisses and flies right at them, aiming to kill.]

[One of the Plumbers shoots the insect, along with Azmuth, down before it reaches them. Behind them, something is banging against the door of the stronghold. Several things. They're denting the metal.]

[Plumber 1]: Hurry, we've got to—

[One of the dents in the door bursts open, and another bug, attached to another Galvan, squeezes through the hole. More quickly follow suit.]

[Plumber 1]: Go, go, go!

[Half the Plumbers hold the rear, trying to shoot down as many bugs as they can, but they're coming in faster than they can take them out. The rest herd Aytha down a hallway to the right.]

[Plumber 2]: Quick, the escape pod!

[Plumber 2 opens the escape pod and coaxes Aytha into it just as the bugs overwhelm the Plumbers holding the rear. The other Plumbers try to shoot them down, but one of them latches onto the back of Plumber 2's neck. In his last moments of clarity, Plumber 2 punches into the lock code. As the door closes, we see his eyes go orange. He throws himself at the door, but it slams shut before he can get inside.]

[Aytha is alone in the pod. The Plumbers outside, now possessed by the bugs, bang their fists against the door, but to no avail. The pod takes off and flies up into the skies of Galvan Prime. Outside, we can see the devastation. The entire surface of the planet is coated with bugs. There's probably not a living thing on the planet that hasn't been taken over.]

[Aytha examines the landscape, then looks away and stares at the orb in her hands. The escape pod leaves the planet's atmosphere, and we see that Galvan B has been taken over as well. It flies out of the solar system, leaving the fallen planets behind.]

Theme song!

Act 1
Coming soon.