====== Black Moon Over Virginia ====== An episode of //**[[stories:AH.com The Next Generation]]**//. **Season:** 1 **Episode:** 3 **Written by:** [[offtopic:August Akuma]] **Air date:** May 16, 2009 **Trivia:** First episode to be written by August Akuma. **[[http://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showthread.php?t=124223|Thread link]]** ---- ==== Plot ==== The episode opens as [[Hashasheen]] and [[godsown1991]] fail to go twenty-four hours without fighting. This happens to be just as the //Stranger// enters, surprisingly, a normal timeline: March 15, 1774. Unfortunately, something just "pops" into existence in Virginia. A flashback reveals that [[Big Tex]] has at some point granted [[catboy637]] the [[timelines:the_strangerverse|Stranger's]] equipment, including a personal crosstime-travel ring watch, for the purpose of [[alternate_history:Ameriwank]]. Apparently, said equipment had been stolen by the two of them from the actual Stranger and used as a test of low-level [[alternate_history:Alien Space Bats|ASB]] tech. A mysterious black orb (the //Black Moon//) shoots through space, reaching Earth at the same location as [[catboy637]]. The //Stranger//'s crew goes down to investigate. Meanwhile, on the planet, [[catboy637]] is just meeting with [[timelines:George Washington]] when the //Black Moon// hovers above Mount Vernon. The orb uses high-tech laser stuff to disable [[catboy637]]'s equipment, and beams down [[Stalin's Pipe Organs]] to collect it. Inside the orb, [[August Akuma]] instructs Cyborgs #19 and #21 to beam down and collect the equipment. He expresses dismay that the two Cyborgs nonchalantly kill Cyborg #1--it is the tenth such occurrence in a week. As the //Stranger//'s landing party approaches the planet in shuttles, the orb attacks Shuttle #1. [[Big Tex]], on Shuttle #2, contacts the ship; the only sober person on it is [[nikky]], who texts [[Analytical Engine]] to return fire. [[Stalin's Pipe Organs]] retrieves [[catboy637]]'s watch, but allows him to escape. Cyborg #19 throws [[Stalin's Pipe Organs]] straight up for his "dedication", where he crashes through the window of Shuttle #1, which subsequently crashes. [[Hashasheen]] and [[godsown1991]] emerge, and duel with Cyborgs #19 and #21, respectively. The duels intersect, but as Cyborg #21 is called back to the orb and [[godsown1991]] is at Cyborg #19's mercy, [[Big Tex]] destroys the latter Cyborg with a Fat Man mini-nuke catapult. There is an awesome explosion, and the //Black Moon// leaves. [[Big Tex]] then walks up to [[timelines:George Washington]], who has been standing there for the entire fight, and gives him an adaptation of the Stranger Speech. [[TheDarkServant]] repairs Shuttle #1, and the //Stranger// leaves the timeline with [[Stalin's Pipe Organs]] and [[catboy637]]. The penultimate scene shows "Emperor" [[August Akuma]] in a pub on Britwank World #3588079809871, offering employment to a Mysterious Man. A connection between [[August Akuma]] and [[crackersncheese]] is heavily implied, and, their agreement reached, the two vanish in a flash of blue light. ---- ==== Continuity ==== Please add a description if you have the time. ---- ==== Reception ==== Please add a description if you have the time. ---- ==== Behind the Scenes ==== Please add a description if you have the time. ---- ==== Easter Eggs ==== Please add a description if you have the time. ---- ==== Navigation ==== **[[stories:blasters of the neutral|Previous Episode]]** **[[stories:the caliphate of toronto|Next Episode]]** **[[stories:AH.com The Next Generation|AH.com The Next Generation Main Page]]** **[[stories:ah.com comedy index|Main AH.com-based Comedy Stories Page]]**