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Suspicion and Sabotage


Star Cops: Conflict 5.1


Nathan and Devis are on Earth, valuable minerals are running low, but an astroid belt holds the answer. A plan to mine it for the benefit of all is under discussion. As usual not all are on board.


Meanwhile Kenzy goes to the lunar pole; tapping into the ice sheets has been the target of sabotage. Luckily Paul is already under cover.


Alice isn’t present in this, we find out early on that she is bringing a prisoner back from Mars. On Earth Nathan and Devis meet Alexandra Myers, and there’s a nice bit of drama as Nathan follows someone and he gets into a perilous situation. The action sequences do suffer being on audio, but it's quite enthralling, bringing back memories and excitment I felt staying up late because I couldn't put my book down.


The Kenzy and Paul strand has its moments too, and it all comes together when Nathan, Devis and as it happens Alexandra return to the Moon.


Its enjoyable. The end does set things up for the series and resolves an issue that’s been hanging around for a while. It's intriguing as it's not quite how you think, and brings in the conflict element.


Flash lights - again in a British production - it's called a torch. It seems Big Finish are making audios solely for the US market, which I’m not. So as much as I've enjoyed the audios it may be some time before I buy the next series if at all.

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