A Dismal Performance - B7 in The Weakest Link
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| Title: | A Dismal Performance - B7 in The Weakest Link |
| Author(s): | Marian de Haan |
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| Genre(s): | gen, humor |
| Fandom(s): | Blake's 7 |
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| External Links: | on Hermit |
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A Dismal Performance - B7 in The Weakest Link is a Blake's 7 story by Marian de Haan.
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This story is written in script format but that works for this fic because it makes it easier to read the questions and answers as coming thick and fast. Some of the questions relate to actual episodes, which makes them quite interesting. The perfomance of each of them, and the questions they get wrong or right are interesting insights into their characters. The best part of the whole thing though, is what happens after the show, which of course I can't reveal here.[1]
It's a year before The Way Back, and we are presented with two documents. The first supplements our knowledge of Federation popular entertainment (which mostly derives from DeathWatch) with a transcript of an episode of The Weakest Link. The nine contestants are FSA student Tarrant ("top of his class three times in a row'), communication specialist Cally, paamedic Gan, bodyguard Soolin, engineer Blake, free-lance pilot Jenna, "top computer consultant" Avon, weapons-design student Dayna, and "self-employed security systems specialist" Vila.
Gan is the first to be voted off, followed by Dayna, then Tarrant...It's clear they've voted me off because they fear me. I had a bad round this time, but I would have become too much of a danger to them later on. Vila is a coward for voting for me in the previous round! He deserves to go off next. And I'll be waiting for him round the corner!
Blake correctly answers the question about the drug that is considered the greatest threat to mankind ("Shadow"); Vila flubs the question of the hardest known substance in the galaxy (he said "diamonds" instead of "feldon"); Dayna passed instead of knowing the name of the Teal-Vandor convention; Tarrant correctly identifies the ex-captain of the Space Command rugby team invalided out with active-duty injuries ("Travis"). Avon displays the ethical sensitivity you'd expect when there's money on the line.
The second document is a memorandum giving quite a different spin on events... [2]