Thursday 16 December 2021

Captain Tilly







Captain TILLY :
Any sign of Osyraa? 


Nothing. 

Captain TILLY
How did she even find us? 

BOOK :
If she wants your spore drive, 
she’s probably been tracking it. 

DETMER
You mean scanning for our jump signature? 

BOOK
She’d have gotten a read on it back at Kwejian. 

Captain TILLY :
Why didn’t she fire on us? 

BOOK
It’s not like her. 
Whatever she’s got planned, I’m guessing 
she’ll need us whole to make it work. 

Captain TILLY :
Engineering, what’s the status on shields? 

STAMETS
30 more minutes before we can jump. 

BRYCE
Uh, we’re being hailed. 
It’s Osyraa. 

Captain TILLY :
Tell Stamets we need shields in ten. 
Put her through. 

BRYCE
On screen. 

Osyraa :
Where’s The Captain? 

Captain TILLY :
I’m acting Captain. 

Osyraa :
(laughs
The Kelpien left you in charge? 

Captain TILLY :
Damn straight. 
I’m kind of busy right now, 
so could you get to The Point? 


Osyraa :
You are not really captain material


Captain TILLY :
Oh, nice try. 
You don’t know anything about me. 

Osyraa :
Oh, sure I do. 

Everybody’s Friend, right? 
Good with people, team player. 

But deep down in that 
pretty little heart of yours, 
you know that you’re just a fraud

How am I doing? 


Captain TILLY :
Mm, a certain 19th-century Earth neurologist 
would say that you’ve just proven 
the idea of Projection 
You tell me I’m a fraud 
because deep down inside, 
You kind of feel like a fraud. 

It’s interesting
It’s not just a human 
defence mechanism — It’s Galactic

Osyraa :
Don’t test me, Red. 

Captain TILLY :
Okay, we’ll skip Freud. 
What do you want? 

Osyraa :
Your ship, Your Spore Drive 
and Your Crew as Leverage. 

Captain TILLY :
Oh, no. Not gonna happen. 
You will not take this ship 
or anyone on it. 
Not now. Not ever. No.

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