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Script Year 3
Script Year 3
by Alison Chaplin
This extract is adapted from the short play script, Coronation Fleet, a soap opera set in
space. As the characters are completely imaginary you can create them in any way you
like. The scene is set at a workstation on a spaceship, where two of the technicians are
TELERAN: If we don’t get this finished we’re going to fail the inspection.
COSMOS: I thought we were going to fail it anyway because it’s like Alar is on another planet.
Well not another planet precisely, but you know what I mean.
TELERAN: What are you doing? We’ve got important work to do!
COSMOS: (Thinking about this) Well, in that case, wouldn’t it be better if we didn’t finish?
TELERAN: We won’t be doing any more work because we won’t exist. The inspectors will
COSMOS: Oh. (Pauses and looks off-stage) Where IS Alar with those connection chips?
TELERAN: Oh there you are, Alar. Where are those chips? We need them urgently. (S/he
listens to the reply) You dropped them on the stairs? Well what condition are they in? (S/he
listens again) Well it’s not much good if most of them are smashed. Nice one, Alar. What are
we supposed to do now? Is there another box? No, I knew there wouldn’t be. That’s great! Just
great. Go and see if any can be salvaged and get back to me fast. Fast! (S/he hangs up)
TELERAN: No there won’t be enough. We needed all of them. Oh I hate this sort of stress.
COSMOS: Well, what if we took some out of the other workstations and just sort of moved them
around a bit, you know, swap them over while the inspector wasn’t looking?
TELERAN: We couldn’t do that because they are designed individually for each workstation.
They don’t work in any others. Right! One of us is going to have to tell the captain about this.
TELERAN: No.
TELERAN: And I’m not doing it. I’ve already had to tell him about the fuse missing from the
COSMOS: Exactly.
COSMOS: Me too.
TELERAN: I’ll go and find Alar. (He starts to go then turns back) Cosmos….