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The Persistence OF Dreams


The War Master: Master of Callous 2.3



Alone on as asteroid, with a bulk load of Swenyo, a mind affecting substance, can Martine keep her sanity?


If you’d heard the last part then you’ll know. In order to hide the swenyo and stop Teremon taking all the profits, they snuck it aboard a small ship that went under the radars of the governor. Offloading in an an asteroid, Martine was left behind temporally, to guard it.


Very much a change in this part of the story, and as with the first part not so much of the Master. To be honest you are in the dark with what’s actually happening. The swenyo has psychic energy that can drive people mad - it certainly did with the Oods, which is what made it so difficult to mine.


This audio deals with the isolation, not knowing what going on back home and the loneliness. With only an Ood for company - and they’re not known for their conversation its not easy. Add the psychic effects of the Sewnyo and Martine is on the edge of insanity.


Martine doesn’t know how long she’ been stranded for and, nor does she know what’s real and what isn’t. The Ood offering one of their arms as food, seeing and conversing with people who aren’t there. 


The Master does make an appearance of sorts, as Martine climbs into a food machine, she finds it ‘bigger on the inside’. And the Master/Orman is inside and It makes for quite an interesting sequence. Albeit part of her delusion.


Its a nice rest from the plight of Callous, but with two parts with little of the Master it seems an odd decision.


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