THE WANDERER

PRODUCTION BOOKLET
MADE BY

BRANDON EDWARDS
 SCRIPT

THE WANDERER
An original radio drama by
Brandon Edwards

THE WANDERER
Cast
NARRATOR JACKS JOURNAL READINGS.

JACK MAIN CHARACTER, INTERGALACTIC BOUNTY HUNTER, BEST

FRIEND TO DANNY.

DANNY JACKS PARTNER IN ACT ONE, BEST FRIEND TO JACK.

DENISE JACK AND DANNYS BOND AGENT, AND TRUSTED FRIEND.

THE LOTUS LEADER OF THE SYNDICATE, THE LOTUS. KILLS DANNY,

JACK HUNTS HIM FOR REVENGE.

CAROLYN JACKS EX. YEARS BEFORE THE STORY STARTS JACK

ABANDONS CAROLYN, FOR THE LIFE OF BOUNTY HUNTING INSTEAD.
ACT ONE SCENE ONE:

EXT: FARM, NATARUA, PLANET, EVENING

The day is slowly coming to a close on the planet of NATARUA.
It's cloudy, dark, and slightly foggy on the farm.
Two bounty hunters hide behind a cart, blasters drawn. JACK is
getting impatient.
JACK: Can't we just kill him already?
The other bounty hunter, DANNY, also JACKs bestest friend turns
to face JACK.
SOUND: DANNY SIGHING.

DANNY: Do you ever read the briefs I send you?

JACK: No not really. I’m more of a do the bounty, get
the money, ask questions later type of guy.
SOUND: DANNY SIGHING.
DANNY: The Lotus wants the target alive.
JACK looks over at DANNY.
JACK: The Lotus? They’ll kill him anyway.
DANNY: That doesn’t matter. We’re giving the target to
them alive. We only get the money if we give the
target to The Lotus alive and in one piece.
SOUND: DANNY STANDING UP.
DANNY: Just, don’t kill him. Please?
SOUND: JACK STANDING UP.
JACK: Fine.

SOUND: JACK AND DANNY WALKING TOWARD THE FARMHOUSE, MUDDY

GROUND, SLIGHTLY WET IN NOISE THIS CONTINUES UNTIL THE SHIP
APPEARS.
JACK: Did they say anything else about the target?
DANNY: No. Its classified apparently. And anyway, it's not
like this is the first job The Lotus wanted us to do, Jack. You
should know how they run by now.

JACK: Well-
SOUND: U.E.F SHIP FLYING OVER THEM.
DANNY: Get down!
DANNY and JACK both get down.
JACK: U.E.F shuttle?
DANNY: Yeah, that's strange. Bit far from the town centre.
SOUND: DANNY GETTING A CALL FROM THE LOTUS SYNDICATE, THE
SOUND VIBRATING IN HIS POCKET.
DANNY: Hold on. What is it?
THE LOTUS: Have you got the target?
DANNY: What? No. Don’t rush us. You hired the best; you
expect the best. We’ll take our time and contact you when it’s
done.
The Lotus: That target means a lot to us. Bring him back
alive. No Federation interference. Understood?
DANNY: Wait no Federation contact wasn’t part of the deal,
we-
SOUND: CALL CUTTING OFF.
DANNY: Damn it. That ship is going to be a problem now.
JACK: Thats fine. We’ll just go round the back.
DANNY: No. Too risky. Set off a distraction first, we need to
get those troops away from the building. I’ll await your signal.
JACK: Alright then. I have some detonators. I’ll blow up
that shed over there you go round back.
SOUND: THE SHIP LANDING AND THE OFFICER KNOCKING ON THE DOOR.
DANNY: Jack. Wait. There might be too many. We should wait
until morning. Federation troopers are no joke. You
more than anyone should know that.
JACK: No, Danny, this is the opportunity of a lifetime.
We’ve been through worse.
DANNY: Jack-
JACK walks away, determined to get that bounty, detonators in
hand.
DANNY: If anything goes wrong, tell me. Use your comlink for
once, Jack.
JACK: Right.
SOUND: JACK JOGGING TOWARD THE SHED, PLACING THE GRENADES ON
THE SHED WALLS, THEN JOGGING BACK OUT.
SOUND: THE DETONATOR CLICKING, RADIO CHATTER FROM THE U.E.F
TROOPS, THE SHED EXPLODING. THE SHED BURNING, JACK UNHOLSTERING
HIS BLASTER, A BLASTER SHOT, AND A BODY HITTING THE FLOOR. MORE
BLASTER FIRE FROM THE TROOPS. JACK PANTING.
MUSIC: INTENSE.
SOUND: JACK SHOOTING ANOTHER TROOPER, BODY HITTING THE FLOOR.
GLASS SHATTERING FROM IN THE HOUSE.
DANNY (over comlink): Jack, I have the target lets go.
JACK: Alright, I’m on my way.
DANNY exits the house, the target in front of him, blaster to his
head.
The Officer exits the house behind, the two troops trailing
behind him.
JACK sees this happening and rushes to the house.
JACK: HEY! DANNY! BEHIND YOU!
DANNY: Wait what?
THE OFFICER: Hey there, you two. What do you think you’re
doing?
DANNY: That ain’t any of your business, son.
SOUND: THE OFFICER SCOFFING.
OFFICER: Oh, but it is. You know bounty hunting isn’t legal in
these parts. Not without a bond agent.
JACK: Wait! We have a bond agent.
OFFICER: Oh really? Prove it.
JACK: Fine.
SOUND: JACK GETTING OUT THE HOLOPAD AND DIALING A NUMBER. IT
THEN STARTS TO RING BEFORE IT ANSWERS.
DENISE: Jack? Is everything alright? Is the target secure?
JACK: Well, we got into some issues with the Federation...we
need you to prove you are our bond agent.
DENISE: Federation? No. The Lotus said no Federation contact
You need to leave until they kill you. I’m sorry.
JACK: Wait. What? Denise!
SOUND: DENISE HANGING UP.
OFFICER: Huh. I guess you do have a bond agent. But it also
seems like you have other problems on your hands so g-
SOUND: THE OFFICER REACTING TO GETTING SHOT. BODY FALLING TO
THE GROUND.
SOUND: ANOTHER BLASTER SHOT, AND A SECOND BLASTER SHOT, BOTH
TROOPER'S BODIES HITTING THE FLOOR.
TARGET: No, no! They can’t take me, they can’t!
DANNY: HEY! Where do you think you’re going?
SOUND: BLASTER SHOT, THIS TIME GOING STRAIGHT THROUGH DANNY,
HIS BODY FALLS TO THE FLOOR.
JACK: NO! DANNY!
DANNY (DYING): Top left window...
SOUND: JACK SHOOTING HIS BLASTER TOWARD THE SHOOTER, KILLING HIM.
JACK: Danny? No, no, no! DANNY! I got him Dan! I-
DANNY (DYING): Hey. Jack.
JACK: Yeah?
DANNY(DYING): Just- don’t do anything stupid.
JACK: I- wait-no! Danny! Wake up! No, no, no, no... DANNY!

ACT 2 SCENE ONE:

EXT: A RUN DOWN TOWN ON THE PLANET OF DERIDIA.
NARRATOR: Danny died 2 years today. The Viper feels so empty
without him. Everywhere I go does. But today, I might
actually have a lead on his killer. The leader of The
Lotus gang.
SOUND: THE VIPER LANDING, JACK GETTING UP, OPENING A DRAWER,
GRABBING A BAG OF SOMETHING, OPENING THE SHIP DOORS, EXITING THE
SHIP, WALKING FOR A BIT, KNOCKING ON A LARGE DOOR. SOMEONE
ANSWERS.
PERSON: What business you on?
JACK: Meeting with Doug. I’ve got his bounty.
SOUND: PERSON GRUNTS AND OPENS THE DOOR. JACK WALKS INTO THE
BUILDING, AND THE DOOR CLOSES BEHIND HIM. JACK CONTINUES WALKING.
DOUG: *ALIEN LANGUAGE* Heyyyy! Jack! My favorite client!
JACK: You say that to all your clients, Doug.
DOUG: *ALIEN LANGUAGE* Nahhh, you’re special to me, Jack.
Now sit down, do you have the bounty I asked?
SOUND: JACK PLACING THE BOUNTY ON THE TABLE.

DOUG: *ALIEN LANGUAGE* Oh wow. How did it go?

JACK: Eh. So-so. Do you have the information I asked for?
DOUG: *ALIEN LANGUAGE* I-yes, I do, but-
JACK: But what, Doug?
DOUG: *ALIEN LANGUAGE* We’re broke, Jack. You’re too damn
good at your job, we can’t keep paying you.
JACK: I couldn’t care less Doug, just give me the
information.
DOUG: *ALIEN LANGUAGE* That isn’t even the main part, The
Lotus are not one to mess with. I have a family, Jack.
If The Lotus, hell, even The Federation catch wind of
where you got that information from, they’ll kill me
and my family.
JACK: Doug. You either give me that information or I swear
to God, I will kill you and go after your family
myself.
DOUG: *ALIEN LANGUAGE* I-
JACK: Would you rather they be killed swiftly or killed
painfully by me, Doug?
SOUND: DOUG SIGHS.
DOUG: *ALIEN LANGUAGE* Fine. Reports say that The Lotus
Syndicate is based on a planet in the Outer Rim called
Calnurus.
JACK: Calnurus? Never heard of it.
DOUG: *ALIEN LANGUAGE* I know, that's the point. They made
sure that it wasn’t on any galactic star map for
years, thanks to Federation funding.
JACK: Federation?
DOUG: *ALIEN LANGUAGE* Yes. Those dogs have been funding The
Lotus for years, ever since The Massacre of Sun-
Dun, The Federation has been using The Lotus to regain
control and support in the Outer Rim colonies.
JACK: Why not do it themselves?
DOUG: *ALIEN LANGUAGE* Because the colonies hate their guts,
Jack. Trust me, you’ll never see a planet in the rim
without anti-federation propaganda. Anyway, your
 coordinates have been sent to your nav-computer.
Good luck Jack.
SOUND: JACK WALKS BACK THROUGH THE BUILDING, THE DOOR OPENING,
HIM WALKING OUTSIDE TOWARD HIS SHIP, THE SHIP DOORS OPENING, HIM
WALKING IN, THE SHIP DOORS CLOSING, THE SHIPS ENGINES TURNING ON,
AND THE SHIP LIFTING OFF.

NARRATOR: Finally. After one whole year I can finally

get revenge on them killing Danny. Yet.
Something feels off. I finally got what I wanted.
But. I feel nothing.
ACT 2 SCENE 2:
EXT: THE PLANET OF CALNURUS. IT'S RAINING.
SOUND: JACK AS HE WALKS THROUGH THE JUNGLE TERRAIN OF
CALNURUS. AS HE GETS CLOSER, THE NOISE OF PEOPLE IN THE BASE GETS
LOUDER. JACK TAKES A DEEP BREATH.
JACK: Right at the entrance now. This is for you,
Danny.
SOUND: JACK SHOOTS HIS BLASTER TWICE, KILLING TWO GUARDS,
THEIR BODIES HITTING THE FLOOR. JACK THEN KICKS THE DOOR OPEN,
SHOOTING TWO MORE GUARDS ON HIS WAY IN, ONE ON THE STAIRS,
TUMBLES DOWN THEM.
GUARD 1: What!? How did he get in?
GUARD 2: SHOOT HIM!
GUARD 3: DON’T LET HIM THROUGH!
SOUND: JACK RUNS TO COVER, BLASTER BOLTS HAILING TOWARD HIM. HE
RESPONDS BY SHOOTING BACK, HITTING ONE OF THE GUARDS AND THE
GUARD CRIES OUT IN PAIN, AS THE BODY HITS THE FLOOR. THE BLASTER
FIRE CONTINUES, AS JACK MOVES AROUND THEM.
GUARD 2: HEY! Where did he go?
SOUND: JACK PUNCHES ONE, STABS ANOTHER AND SHOOTS THE LAST, THEY
ALL GO DOWN.
GUARD 2: *groans in pain*
SOUND: JACK SHOOTING GUARD 2, BEFORE MAKING HIS WAY UPSTAIRS,
KICKING DOWN THE MAIN DOORS INTO THE LEADERS ROOM.
THE LOTUS LEADER: What then? Who are you?
JACK: A year ago, you killed my best friend,
Danny. I’m here to avenge his death.
THE LOTUS LEADER: Who?
JACK: Who? WHO? ARE YOU SERIOUS?
THE LOTUS LEADER: Oh, I’m dead serious, my friend.
SOUND: IN A FIT OF RAGE, JACK TACKLES THE LOTUS LEADER TO THE
FLOOR, SCREAMING IN RAGE, BEATING HIM TO A PULP, EACH HIT
BLOODIER THAN THE LAST.
THE LOTUS LEADER: IS- THIS- WHAT- HE- WOULD'VE WANTED-
HM? REVENGE- IS A FOOLS GAME! FOR FOOLS!
*MANIACAL LAUGHTER*
JACK: UGH SHUT UP!
SOUND: JACK HITS HIM ONE LAST TIME, AND THEN STANDS UP, SHOCKED
AT WHAT HE HAS DONE. BLOOD DRIPPING FROM HIS FISTS.
JACK: Oh no, no, no. Damn it! Uh-
SOUND: HE GETS OUT HIS HOLO PAD, DIALS A NUMBER AND IT STARTS TO
RING.
DENISE: Jack? I haven’t heard from you in months, is
everything okay?
JACK: No, no, it isn’t. I-I messed up, Denise.
DENISE: What did you do?
JACK: I killed The Lotus.
DENISE: You what?
JACK: I did it. I got my revenge.
DENISE: Wow, Jack. Thats-
JACK: Shocking?
DENISE: Yeah. How do you feel?
SOUND: BLOOD DRIPPING FROM JACKS HANDS.

JACK: I- I feel...I feel the same.

DENISE: Jeez Jack. I don’t know what to say-

JACK: Its fine.
JACK: *SIGHS* Screw this. I can’t do this here. I’m
coming to yours.
DENISE: Wait what? Jack-
JACK: It just feels, like, you know...wrong, talking
about this over a call. So, I'm coming to yours.
To talk in person. Like people.
SOUND: JACK WALKING OUT THE BUILDING.
JACK: Damn it, I’m sorry.
DENISE: For what, Jack?
JACK: For snapping at you. It’s not right. I shouldn’t,
it’s wrong, I’m wrong I-
SOUND: JACK’S WALKING COMES TO A HALT, HIS BREATHING STARTS TO
TREMBLE.
JACK: There are so many empty bodies here. I-I killed so
many...what have I done...
DENISE: Jack, it’s fine, it's human to want revenge. It’s
foolish, I know, but it’s human nature. You’re
just human.
SOUND: JACK WALKS ON THE BLOODY FLOORBOARDS OF THE MANSION,
MOVING TOWARD THE DOOR, DOWN SOME STEPS AND ONTO THE OUTSIDE
MUDDY TERRAIN.
DENISE: Jack, are you still there?
JACK: I’m still here.
DENISE: Good. I need to get ready, since you’re coming,
so-
JACK: Thats fine, Denise. I’ll see you when I get there.
DENISE: Thanks, Jack. Safe travels. Okay?
JACK: Hmph.
DENISE: Alright. See you.
SOUND: DENISE HANGS UP. JACK OPENS THE DOORS TO THE VIPER AND
ENTERS THE SHIP. THE SHIP DOORS CLOSE.
DANNY: You gonna get her killed, too, Jack?
JACK: What? Danny? No, I-
DANNY: I told you not to do anything stupid and look at
what you’ve done.
JACK: Danny, please-
DANNY: Have you ever once thought about the lives we’ve
taken?
JACK: No, I-
DANNY: No of course not, but I did, Jack. Every single
day. It haunted me! Every time I took a life I
knew. I knew that they had families, Jack.
Everyone I killed had someone or something
they cared about. You had that someone, Jack.
JACK: Danny, please.
DANNY: No, Jack because, what about Carolyn, hm? Or the
daughter you left with her?
JACK: Shut up.
DANNY: No, Jack. You pushed them away! The only people
that gave a damn about you.
JACK: NO, I DIDN’T, I-I WOULDN’T! GET OUT OF MY HEAD!
DANNY: Oh, but you did. Then you got the last person that ever
cared about you killed. Me.
SOUND: JACK WALKS OVER TO THE PILOT SEAT, FLIPS SOME SWITCHES AND
THE SHIP POWERS ON.
DANNY: You’re the reason I’m dead, Jack.
JACK: AHHHHHG- SHUT UP!
SOUND: JACK UNHOLSTERING AND SHOOTING HIS BLASTER, IT HITS THE
METAL HULL OF THE VIPER. JACKS TAKES A DEEP BREATH, AS THE SHIP
LIFTS OFF.

ACT 2 SCENE 3:
INT: THE VIPER, NIGHT, VUDIM
SOUND: RAIN HITTING THE VIPERS HULL. A KNOCK IS HEARD ON THE
SHIPS HULL. THE DOOR OPENS.
DENISE: Jack?
JACK: Go away Denise.
DENISE: Jack, you know I can’t do that.
JACK: What was the point? I killed so many to avenge
just one person.
DENISE: Danny was your friend. Its normal to feel this
way.
JACK: Is it? I can’t even sleep without seeing his
face! Implanted in my brain like some parasite! And
when I look at my hands. All I see is the blood on
them. His blood, Denise. It’s all my fault. I-I more
than anyone else should know how dangerous The
Federation is, yet, I still went for it. I got him
killed and then tons more killed trying to avenge
him.
DENISE: This doesn’t make you a bad person, Jack.
JACK (angry): Really? You think so? I’m pretty sure I am,
Denise.
DENISE: No Jack, you’re just broken.
SOUND: JACK BEGINS TO SOB.
JACK: No! Broken?? No- A person can’t just be broken
that’s just not-
JACK: *SOBS* that’s just not how it works.
DENISE: Sorry to tell you, but that is totally how it
works, Jack. Look, do you want to come inside?
I’ll get you a drink or something.
JACK: Yeah. Yeah! I could use a drink I guess.
DENISE: Yeah! Thats the spirit. I’ll get you something
nice. Whiskey, perhaps?
SOUND: JACK SITS UP AND WALKS OUTSIDE, DENISE WALKING WITH HIM.
JACK: That was his favorite.
DENISE: Oh, don’t be a negative Nancy. Lighten up a
little. Did he ever give you whiskey?
JACK: Yeah.
DENISE: Did you like it?
JACK: I guess.
DENISE: There we go then! I’ll get you some whiskey.
SOUND: A LOUD BEEP AS DENISE SCANS HER CARD TO GET INTO HER
HOUSE. THE DOOR OPENS. THEY WALK INSIDE, AND DENISE OPENS UP A
CUPBOARD, GETS OUT A GLASS AND POURS OUT SOME WHISKEY.
DENISE: You want ice?
JACK: I’m good.
DENISE: Alright then.
SOUND: DENISE PLACES THE GLASS ON THE TABLE.
DENISE: Uh- how have you been?
JACK: Horrible.
DENISE: Right, right.
SOUND: JACK TAKES A SIP OF THE WHISKEY, AND PLACES IT BACK DOWN
ON THE TABLE.
JACK: Am I a bad person, Denise?
DENISE: No, Jack.
SOUND: JACK TAKES ANOTHER SIP OF WHISKEY. HE WINCES.
JACK: 17 years. I left my daughter and my girlfriend.
She gave birth to my daughter, and I panicked, and
I left. *BEGINS TO SOB AGAIN* I missed so much of
her life, Denise. Shes almost an adult.
DENISE: Jack. That doesn’t make you bad. One bad act
doesn’t define an entire person.
JACK: I guess.
SOUND: JACK SITS UP.
JACK: *SHOUTS ANGRILY* I SAID I WANTED ICE!
DENISE: No, you didn’t Jack I-
JACK: I just dealt with my best friend dying, and you
do this to me!
DENISE: Jack, please, stop, you didn’t ask for ice-
JACK: *SHOUTS ANGRILY AGAIN* STOP!
DENISE: Stop what?
JACK: JUST. *DEEP BREATH* I’m sorry Denise, that wasn’t
me, I’m sorry, I’m gonna leave.
DENISE: Jack...
JACK: No, Denise. I’m sorry. You don’t understand.
DENISE: What? I don’t understand. Seriously? Everyone has
their own story, Jack. You think you’re the only
one who struggles to sleep at night? Who has
regrets? So
don’t give me this “I’m a bad person” crap. Cos
I’ve been there, done that. And look at me now,
Jack.
JACK: Wait Denise… That’s not what I meant-
DENISE: *TAKES A DEEP BREATH* Go.
JACK: Ok. I’m sorry.
SOUND: JACK BEGINS TO LEAVE.
JACK: Wait, Denise. How did you do it?
DENISE: Do what?
JACK: *SIGHS* Get better.
DENISE: I didn’t, Jack. I drank my heart out. Almost flew
into the Sun a couple times.
JACK: *SIGHS* I- I'm sorry. I really am. Can I take those
flowers?
DENISE: I don’t really care to be honest, Jack. Not those
ones though, the other ones there will do.
JACK: Right. Thank you.
DENISE: Mhm. I can see what you’re doing, Jack.
SOUND: JACK GRABBING THE FLOWERS AND OPENING THE DOOR.
JACK: Right.
DENISE: Just go. Do what you need to do. Safe travels.
JACK: Thanks, Denise. I’m sorry.
DENISE: Whatever, Jack. Don’t bother coming back.
JACK: Right.
SOUND: JACK CLOSES THE DOOR.
ACT 3 SCENE 1:
EXT: PLANET, TARIDDIA. EVENING.
SOUND: JACK STEPS OFF THE SHIP, TAKES A DEEP BREATH AND WALKS
ONTO THE PAVEMENT, HAILING A TAXI. THE TAXI PULLS UP.
TAXI DRIVER: Where to, kid?
SOUND: JACK OPENS THE DOOR AND ENTERS THE TAXI.
JACK: Number 19 Apartment Complex 2467.
TAXI DRIVER: Alright.
SOUND: THE TAXI DRIVING AFTER A COUPLE SECONDS, THE TAXI DRIVER
TALKS.
TAXI DRIVER: Look at that, to your left. Looters. Horrible, isn’t
it? I blame the new Chancellor. The Federation is losing its
grip. I tell you what.
JACK: Yeah.
TAXI DRIVER: Actually, you hear what happened on Ediu the other
day?
JACK: No.
TAXI DRIVER: Another rebellion! They marched to the palace and
killed the Senator of the System there. It’s nuts.
There was one at the Centauri system too. It
wasn’t long ago either. Thats only a couple
light years from the capital system. It’s all
falling apart.
JACK: About time.
TAXI DRIVER: *LAUGHS* Right? Screw those pigs. They took my
kids, you know. In the Massacre of Sun-Dun.
Horrible it was, I lost my leg that day, too,
just to rub salt on the wound.
JACK: That...sucks.
TAXI DRIVER: It really does. But life keeps chugging. And I
ain’t gonna stop dancing until those curtains fall.
Anyway, here’s your stop. *CHUCKLES* I see the
flowers. Good luck, kid.
SOUND: JACK OPENING THE DOOR AND EXITING THE TAXI, THEN CLOSES
THE DOOR.
JACK: Thanks. And good luck to you.
TAXI DRIVER: *LAUGHS* Thanks kid!
SOUND: TAXI DRIVING OFF. JACK WALKS OVER TO THE DOOR TO THE
APARTMENT AND KNOCKS. A PAUSE. HE KNOCKS AGAIN. THE DOOR OPENS.
CAROLYN: Woah. Jack. I-
JACK: Carolyn! I got flowers.
CAROLYN: You did.
JACK: Yeah...
CAROLYN: I-
JACK: What is it?
CAROLYN: I’m sorry. It’s been so long, I thought you were
dead.
JACK: Yeah, sorry about that.
CAROLYN: You know, it made it easier.
JACK: What?
CAROLYN: Thinking you were dead.
JACK: Oh. Wow. I-I'm sorry.
CAROLYN: Sorry? Sorry isn’t going to regain the 17 years
you missed, Jack. You missed so much of her life.
She’s almost an adult, Jack.
JACK: I-How is-uh-
CAROLYN: Oh, that's right, you never got to name her. Its
*DISTORTED SOUND EFFECT* By the way.
JACK: Wait. What did you say?
SOUND: A DISTORTING EFFECT.
JACK: What was that?
CAROLYN: What are you talking about? Are you insane? You
left your daughter. YOU LEFT ME!
JACK: I know! I’m sorry, Carolyn! Please! I’M SORRY!
SOUND: DISTANT PHONE RINGING
JACK: What was-?
CAROLYN: What's what, Jack? You regretting anything?
JACK: No? I mean yes- but I-
CAROLYN: You regret leaving me, or the fact you never came
back?
JACK: What?
CAROLYN: You never came back, Jack.
JACK: What are you talking about? NO! THAT’S NOT TRUE!
I CAME BACK I DID- I WOULDN’T-
SOUND: THE DISTORTATION EFFECT GETS LOUDER AND LOUDER UNTIL IT
FADES OUT, THE PHONE VIBRATING GETTING LOUDER, AND A SHIP ALARM
REPLACING IT.
DENISE: Jack? Jack!
JACK: Where am I? Denise? Oh-woah-
DENISE: JACK!?
JACK: What's going on? Why am I staring into the Sun?
Wait. No. NOOO! Carolyn! I need to go to Carolyn-
COMPUTER: Hull integrity 25%.
DENISE: Jack, I-
JACK: I-I can’t.
DENISE: Jack-
JACK: I’m scared, Denise. What do I do?
DENISE: Whatever you want Jack. You gonna fly into it or
are you gonna suck it up?
JACK: *THE HEAT IS GETTING A BIT MUCH, FOR JACK* No- I-
Carolyn-
DENISE: It's a harsh galaxy, Jack. I was an Icarus just
like you. Stared down the Sun, the heat
blistering my face. But I didn’t. Now it’s
your turn. Will you?
JACK: I don’t know. I’m afraid, Denise.
DENISE: I’m not here to babysit you.
COMPUTER: Hull integrity 10%
JACK: I-I can’t do it. I want to. Danny’s voice rings
in my head like the plague, it's horrible
Denise, it’s torture.
DENISE: The voices will get quieter eventually. Give it
time, Jack. Whatever you do, I can’t be there
with you for it. I’m so sorry. I want to move on
from all this. Safe travels though. Goodbye,
Jack.
SOUND: DENISE HANGS UP.
JACK: *sighs*
DANNY: Well?
JACK: I don’t know, man.
DANNY: It wasn’t your fault, you know.
JACK: *sighs*
DANNY: I wouldn’t want this for you.
JACK: I know.
DANNY: You remember my last words to you?
JACK: “Don’t do anything stupid” yeah, I know.
DANNY: And what are you doing right now, Jack?
JACK: *chuckles* Something stupid.
DANNY: Move on Jack. Make your own story. Without me.
Without Carolyn. You’d make a good farmer, you
know.
JACK: *JOKINGLY* Shut up…
DANNY: Just do whatever you want. Without me of course.
Your daughter would be happier for it.
JACK: Would she?
DANNY: She would. You killed.
JACK: Right.
DANNY: Just don’t do anything stupid, Jack. Okay?
JACK: Yeah. *DEEP BREATH*
SOUND: SHIP POWERING UP, THE ENGINES ROARING TO LIFE.
NARRATOR: 2 years has passed since Danny’s death.
Scrapped The Viper. Well, I didn’t scrap it,
I just put it in storage. I know it meant a
lot to him but, I just couldn’t fly it
anymore. It was too painful to fly without him
there. Instead I've been taking star cruisers
if I need to go off world. And you know what?
Danny used to say, if he could go back in time, he
would go back to his days as a farmer with his
father. And I can see why. Its peaceful out here. No
blasters, no rioters, no death. *SIGHS* I miss him.
To be fair, I do miss him. I mean, who wouldn’t?
Sometimes stuff just doesn’t go to plan, I guess.
The whole experience taught me something. He always
said, life’s a bitch and then you die. But sometimes
life’s a bitch and you keep living. And then you just
have to suck it up. Life isn’t easy, you’re going to
lose someone you love, that’s just reality. Its how
you deal with that that matters. You either keep going or
you don’t. In this galaxy, no one cares. But there's
people who will. Now that sounds silly and all, but
its true. You’ll become lost; I know I did. Grief
is a horrible thing but it’s a normal part of life. I’m not
saying all this because I’m perfect and I
moved on easily, because I’m not. And I didn’t. I
still don’t know how Carolyn is. Maybe one day I’ll
go to her and my daughter. God, I wish I knew her name. You
know, I looked at that Sun 3 other times after that
day. I can’t sleep somedays because Danny’s dead body
haunts my dreams. I still see his blood on my hands. But
I guess that’s life. Now I’m just a wanderer. Wandering the
galaxy, going where life takes me. And you know what? I’m
cool with that. End Log.
END.

VOICE ACTOR CONFIRMATIONS

Auditions
Denise Audition 1
-Didn’t use. This is because I believed the voice was too soft,
not serious enough. Doesn’t fit the serious tone of my
production, the soft voice would just take the audience out of the
experience. I believe it would be even harder to edit, especially
during the times Denise is on the phone. You might end up
losing out on a couple words, just because of the soft voice.

Denise Audition 2
-Used. I believe it hits the perfect balance of soft and serious.
Not too soft like the first one, but not too serious that you might
as well be auditioning for Batman. It fits my production, and the
idea I had in mind for the character of Denise, and the role she
plays in the story. The voice also projects quite well, the person
who auditioned is obviously quite experienced, which helped the
quality of my production.
Danny Audition 1
-Didn’t use. Too generic and not grizzly enough. Danny is an
older, more experienced type of bounty hunter than Jack. This
does not show in this audition unfortunately.

Danny Audition 2
-Used. So much better. Obviously, the guy who submitted this is
a professional, and he is as it says on his profile. His voice is
perfectly grizzly, hitting the idea I had for Danny almost
perfectly. It’s how I imagined he would sound like. He sounds
experienced, like there is history in that voice, and I loved that.
He also did 3 takes for each line, so bonus points to the actor.

Jack Audition 1
-Didn’t use. Too energetic. Wouldn’t be serious enough for
when it got serious towards the end.

Jack Audition 2
-Used. It wasn’t as energetic as the last one, and it fit perfectly
with the character. Cocky at the start, and toward the end, more
serious, which I felt this audition hit both perfectly.

SOUND LIST AND FOLEY:

JOGGING SOUNDS
Here all I did was record in my local field, jogging back and
forth using voice memos on my phone. Quality could be
improved but overall, it got the message across.
BODY FALLING AUDIO
Back in the local field, I recorded me falling on the ground
multiple times, to get the effect of a body hitting the ground.
Again, quality was a bit off in some places, but overall, it did its
job as a body falling audio.
BING, BLASTERS, AND OUTSIDE AMBIENCE
The bing noise I recorded using the card readers, on the Henley
College doors, is actually a reused sound from my last radio
drama. The blasters is a royalty free blaster sound effect that I
found on YouTube and decided to use in my production. The
ambience was simply me stepping outside and hitting record on
voice memos, trying to get as much audio as possible for my
radio drama.
DETONATOR FOLEY
Detonators were yet again, a royalty free sound effect from
YouTube, which I used for a scene when my character uses
bombs to distract enemy soldiers. It blended well with the
explosion afterwards, and I believe the whole scene in general.
WALKING FOLEY
This was me recording different walking audios depending on
the sounds in that current scene, for example, there's a scene
where Jack is walking to the entrance of The Lotus’ base. I
showed this by recording myself walking through tall grass, to
try and emulate the foliage of the area around the base.
WHISKEY POURING AUDIO
This was me pouring water into a glass. Unfortunately, I
couldn’t use actual whiskey, so that's what I settled with. It isn’t
perfect, but I think you get the right message from it, especially
paired with the context of the scene beforehand.
TABLE SLAM, TACKLE TO THE FLOOR, SWITCHES,
AUDIO.
The table slam was an effect that I got from YouTube, as for
some reason, I couldn’t get the right effect I was looking for.
The tackling to the floor audio was just me hitting a table and
sliding my arm across it, and the switches was me just clicking
different switches around my house, especially my kitchen. This
was for the spaceship, where my main character needs to flip
switches for the ship.

CONTINGENCY PLAN
JACK-
Nick- [email protected]
-Micheal Kern- reach via Casting Call Club.
-Jaxson- reach via Casting Call Club or Discord-
TheDragonAlpha.
DANNY-
Alex- reach via Casting Call Club.
Grant Turner- Reach via Casting Call Club or Discord-
grant3turner.
DENISE:
writerhalo-Reach via Casting Call Club.
Natalia Chochlinska-Reach via email: [email protected]
Carolyn:
Viverz-Reach via Casting Call Club.
Isla Sykes-Reach via email: [email protected]
ANY OTHER CHARACTER IS A SIDE CHARACTER
AND COULD BE PLAYED BY ME IF ANYTHING GOES
WRONG.