As they watch, an explosion levels another building. They bring the damaged tape to Bryce, who reluctantly takes the time to process it to extract some grainy footage.įrank Braddock calls Cheviot back to gloat at the ratings bonanza they passed on, and is directed to a live interview with the White Brigades leader, Croyd Hauser, taking place on Breakthru.
With the Network 23 board backing the story, Carter and Martinez fly back to the explosion site and find an unusual item - a ruined tape clip from a Network 23 gun camera. Meanwhile, Janie Crane has been found by the terrorists and is being taken. Discussing the odd case, they conclude that the packager must be working directly with the terrorists. This turns out to be playing "Breakerball" with Murray - something much like racquetball, but with a scoring target on the wall. On return to the station, Carter is furious at having been blocked from the story by someone who had paid for the rights for it, and announces that he's taking the day off. Worst of all, Ped Xing of the Zik-Zak Corporaton is threatening to move his advertising to the hotter Breakthru-TV. The reporter from Breakthru is already on the scene, despite having lumbered in in a battered network bus. When the network scrambles Edison Carter with Martinez at the stick of the helicopter, they get to the explosion only to have the police chief send them packing. Cheviot turns him down.īut then, pipsqueak Breakthru-TV manages to get instant coverage of the explosion, and a huge ratings surge. Board member Ashwell has lined up a pitch from the sleazy program packager Frank Braddock, whose offer turns out to be the same old tired "urban guerrilla" connection he's had before. There is a global ratings sweep in progress, and the best Network 23 can do is a parade of trained poodles. Janie is left injured but alive by the blast.
Network 23 junior reporter Janie Crane is hiding out with a telephoto "gun camera" as two would-be terrorists blow up a huge empty building. 20 minutes into the future, we find ourselves out in an abandoned heavy-industry area north of Sector 7, where something strange is happening.
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