[SG] A View Of Genocide: The Ballad of Richard Less (Credits)
Whistling in the Dark
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The League Presents
A View of Genocide
The Ballad of Richard Less
by
Eric Burns-White
Struggling Against History
STARRING
Director Richard Less . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Himself
Dangerousgirl/Radian. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Danielle MacPherson
Egoiste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Anthony DuMarque
Agent Bankert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. B. Alacrity
ALSO STARRING
Oracle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Alanna Gordon
Adrian Wollstonecraft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Himself
Arsenal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gabrielle DuMarque
Stigmata. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dennis Babbage
Nimbus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drake L'Oathsomble
The Crimson Crowbar . . . . . . . . . . . .J. Frakes (Coincidence)
Psybernet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Geneva Roulette
Seraphim. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ford Bebee
Incendiary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Betty Bomberson
Artifact. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2XL-9000
Goldenrage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T. Harding
Stanley Unorthodox. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Himself
Doctor Unstable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Himself
Doctor Pepper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Himself
Pseudo Science. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Himself
Weird Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Himself
Doctor Chauvinist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .C. O'Conner
Abnormal "Abby" Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Herself
Helen Thomas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gorthar, Wearer of Hats
Andy Awesome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andrew Goodwin
Shanna Shannon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Herself
Annabelle/Doctor Green. . . . . . . . . . . . . Annabelle Martinez
Lisa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .L.B. Alacrity
Doctor Robert Unethical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Himself
Scholarman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . George Spelvin
Roger Nobody. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Himself
Transit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Herself
2007 FRAMING SEQUENCE
The Hawaiian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richard Less
Incandescence/The Chick . . . . . . . . . . . Cairistiona Richards
Parvenu/The Dead Kid. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roger Nobody
1997 PROLOGUE
Andy Awesome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andrew Goodwin
The Non-Biodegradable Trashman. . . . . . . . . . . . Bruce Rogers
Exemplar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dianna Potentiate
Unorthodox Lass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trudy Galloway
Unorthodox Girl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trudy Galloway
Dangerousman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lars MacPherson
Frigid Girl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lauren Bates
Superuser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .W. Paul
Figuremaster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dan Rossi
The Masked Bruce. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mike Green
Dangerousgirl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dani MacPherson
* * * * * *
January 5, 1998
Division 6
Newfoundland, Canada
"--think President Clinton's speech reflected the national mood,"
Nouveau Skunk was saying on TONN. Though he was mostly an expert on
superhuman affairs these days, he had seen some combat during the war and
indeed his arm was still in a sling even now. "The sense of relief and
jubilation is simply tremendous. At the same time, we can't ignore what's
happening in the war overseas."
"Is there any continuing threat from the ULA's forces?" Shanna Shannon
asked. Her battlefield reporting through the year, when she became the face
of the newly free press, had been good for her career. More and more she was
behind a desk presenting the news instead in the muck reporting it.
"Essentially, no," Nouveau Skunk said. "The vast majority of the ULA's
forces were under Psybernet's mind control. With the destruction of her
repeater network and -- as far as we know -- her death, their major military
presence essentially evaporated. With the death of the other super powered
members of the Unimaginable League Amoral--"
"Are all the members of the ULA dead?" Shannon asked.
"As near as can be told, yes."
"Turn it off." His voice was cool, but not cold when he spoke.
Abnormal "Abby" Science reached over and clicked the feed off.
"Have we got the secure cam footage unravelled?"
"Yes," Doctor Pepper said. "Here." He pushed a few buttons on his own
terminal.
Security camera footage came up, showing the last moments of the
Shoshoni Center. They watched, together, as Richard Less shot Adrian
Wollstonecraft. They watched the soldiers and agents evacuate. They watched
Richard Less set the scuttling charges. They watched him kiss Psybernet's
cheek. They watched him send Radian away.
They watched him leave.
"That's pretty definitive," Weird Science said.
"You can't pretend that video footage or even eyewitness accounts can
be trusted," his brother Pseudo said. "As you well know, the--"
"Shut up, the man said. The man not in a lab coat.
The Brothers Science shut up.
Abby looked at her brothers, and then looked back to the man. He looked
oddly unmarked after all the Hell he had been through. He'd replaced his
customary black uniform with one of the basic ULA jumpsuits -- but even
though it was the largest available, he couldn't zip it up. His dark,
sculpted muscles gleamed in the low light. His bald head did the same.
Somehow, the past twelve days of hardship had only enhanced his aura of dark
menace. "What's the plan, Nimbus," she asked. "Are we going to reopen our
front of the war?"
"Of course not," Nimbus said. "That chapter of our lives is over. We
need a new line of work. What did you call yourselves again? The League of
Unconcerned Scientists?"
"That's right," Doctor Pepper said.
"Well then. That makes sense. The Unimaginable League Amoral's dead. I
think I would enjoy being Unconcerned for a while." He smiled a cold smile.
"Do we know if Unorthodox made it out of Shoshoni?"
"We haven't heard," Abby said. "But since he's wheelchair bound--"
"We'll see," he said. "We're going to have to move. Less and most of
his men knew about this place. We're going to need to set up shop and come
up with our own plans. We can get resources, we can get funding, and we can
get facilities--"
"What's the point?" Doctor Unstable snapped.
Nimbus turned to look at the doctor. "Excuse me?"
"What's the point? We lost -- they won! They took Danielle back!
They're going to know it was us! They're going to *come* for us! Don't you
understand? Don't you see? We're doomed! We're doo--"
Nimbus burst forward like a gunshot, black energy flowing around him as
he snapped his fist forward. And Doctor Unstable's speech was interrupted by
his skull exploding into goo.
The League of Unconcerned Scientists, frozen into immovability, watched
as the corpse of their ally slumped to the floor.
Nimbus dropped his field of darkness, watching the corpse as it fell.
After a long moment, Abby spoke up. "So what's our primary goal?" she
asked, smoothly. "World domination seems passé."
Nimbus turned to face her. "We're going to carve a little niche out for
ourselves," he said. "We're going to do what we do best. We're going to
expand into new areas. We're going to get the good life for ourselves, and
we're going to have everything we ever wanted."
He smiled a truly frightening smile. "And along the way? We are going
to kill Richard Less. Make bank on that, Abby. Make bank on that."
* * * * * *
EASTER EGG
Nimbus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Drake L'Oathsomble
Doctor Unstable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Himself
Doctor Pepper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Himself
Pseudo Science. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Himself
Weird Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Himself
Abnormal "Abby" Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Herself
Shanna Shannon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Herself
Nouveau Skunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Skunk Nouveaux
Director of American Authority Richard Less
created by
Chris Wilcox
Stigmata and Weird Science
created by
Gary W. Olson
Incendiary and Shanna Shannon
created by
Jesse Taylor
Dreamweaver, Incandescence and Parvenu
created by
Mason Kramer
Team M.E.C.H.A
created by
Chris Meadows
Figuremaster and Andy Awesome
created by
Dominic White
Doctor Robert Unethical and Dangerousman
created by
William R. Dickson
Superuser and DefenseCo
created by
William Paul
Executive Producer
Wednesday Burns-White
Inspiration
by
Calliope, L.P.M.S
for
Mademoiselle Muse, Inc.
Special Thanks
to
Chris Angelini, Mason Kramer, Matthew Gerber
Gary W. Olson, Jesse Taylor
Celebrity depictions have been impersonated. Xolchipalian Action
supervised by the American Xolchipalian Defense Society. No Xolchipalian
was harmed in the making of this miniseries.
RICHARD LESS WILL RETURN
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