If I'm not completely mistaken -- and if I remember my tech classes correctly -- that's an Anti-Gravity control unit. It looks fully intact.
It's an AG control unit.
It's a police officer. He's guarding the wreckage.
We'll be seeing this one on "When Hovercrafts Go Down IV", on Fox.
Scary. I always thought that gravity would some day look up, catch us cheating, and reassert her dominance. Horrible way to die, too.
It's a high-voltage laser perimeter fence. The color indicates that they're using military-grade lasers.
It's a high-voltage laser perimeter fence.
It's the police station.
It's the underground garage connected to the police station.
The garbage truck is making frequent stops inside the station. They must be throwing away a lot of garbage.
So the garbage gets into the station. Hmmm.
I can't pass through the fence without setting off the alarm...or worse, getting fried by that military-grade laser.
The AG control unit is fastened tight with a couple of big screws. Yanking it free might damage the unit.
Yanking it free might damage the unit.
I saw this on an episode of "MacGyver 2200".
I saw this in an old movie.
That would be the honorable thing to do. Unfortunately for him, I don't feel very honorable today.
That won't make the cop abandon his post. I need to come up with a better plan. And being a good samaritan may be the honorable course of action, but it won't help me save the world. Worlds.
No, I know he's thirsty, but I'm not in the business of being helpful when I've got a job to do. I need to find a way to get him to abandon his post.
I feel sooo bad...
And I love it.
Move along. There is nothing to see here (coughs).
Move along! Nothing to see! Keep it moving, ma'am.
(coughs) Damn dust.
Except for that crashed hovercraft.
Except for you, officer.
Except for that escaped convict right behind you!
Eh? Me?
I always did love a man in a uniform.
Sorry, ma'am, but I'm gay. Now -- move along. Nothing to see here (coughs).
I won't tell you again, so move along! There is absolutely nothing to see here. Nothing! Jeez, don't you people have anything better to do? (coughs)
I'm on special duty today, ma'am, so that escaped convict will have to take care of himself. After all, who'd guard this perimeter in my absence?
Uhm, me? I'll be good.
That was a rhetorical question, ma'am. You are not -- qualified. Now, move along. Nothing to see here.
Nah, you see those everywhere these days.
Sorry?
Dime a dozen.
Crashed hovercraft are a dime a dozen?
Fifteen a week, ma'am. At the very least. In this city alone.
But they say it's the safest mode of transportation available!
Statistically, yes. Unless you're aboard one of the buggers. Then your chance of survival drops drastically.
What?
They're the safest mode of transportation if you stay on the ground. The chances of being hit by one going down are relatively low.
Thanks for ruining my trust in modern technology.
We're here to protect and to serve.
Isn't it the other way around?
Just keep it moving, ma'am. Nothing to see here.
Except--
Are you feeling all right, officer?
Thank you, ma'am, I'm fine. All the dust from the debris is just choking me up.
Would you like a cold soda, officer? To wash away the dust?
Much obliged, ma'am.
Damn!
Damn it, I have to get to the service office before my suit short-circuits.
Step away from the fence, ma'am!
This is Lucinda Carlyle reporting live from just outside the Metro Precinct police station, and I bring you today a senseless and tragic display of technology gone wrong.
..that could and should have been prevented. Only hours ago, a Brave New World Airlines shuttle, carrying starry-eyed colonists to the Metro Tower, experienced an engine failure..
The cause of this human tragedy? As of yet, there are no official reports, and we can only speculate. And speculate we will. Was the pilot drunk? Was he hopped up on Amathin?
But whoever is responsible, and whatever the punishment, it won't bring any of those bloodied, mangled corpses to life. It won't bring Theresa Roseman, mother of three, back to her husband Marty.
The exact death-count is still under wraps, and work will continue throughout the day to identify the thousands of bodyparts that are being picked one by one from the twisted wreckage of BNWA Shuttle 709.
What repercussions will this accident have on our city? Probably none. You fly a shuttle, you take your chances. This is Lucinda Carlyle, reporting live, for the Metro Channel Action News. Back to you, Lisa and Dan...
In the carnage you see behind me, medical drones are digging through the rubble of a crashed shuttle for the remains of over one hundred people who lost their lives today in an accident..
..and came roaring down on this street without warning, crushing three cars and burying nine innocent pedestrians and two would-be carjackers.
Was someone aboard carrying a bomb? Did the manufacturers of the shuttle, Monster Ltd., skimp on a part and import it from a bootleg factory in Germany? The truth...could be any or all of the above.
That loss is forever. And a huge cash settlement can only ease the pain. It can never remove it altogether. Only expensive brain surgery or personality modification through proprietary drugs can do that.
Are we clear? How did I do? Uh-huh. And what are the ratings? Five million? That's it, five million? Jesus, we lost out to reruns of "Gilligan's Island". What the fuck, Gregory, why the hell did you...
Yeah, yeah, don't give me any of that shit, you were the one who said this would broaden my audience. I should've stuck with the gameshows. Jesus.
