MOONBASE PAPER ARMY by Terry Starker

217 Huskey Place Gatlinburg, TN 37738 (865) 436-6046

Paper Army/Starker Page One (Four Panels)

Panel 1: Place panel across the entire top third of the page. Close on REYAM SAAG XI, 28, tall, well built, short brown hair with blue eyes. She is standing near a large steel I-beam. We can see her from her waist, wearing her blue security jumpsuit. She is standing on the right side of the panel facing towards the left side of the page. On the left side of the panel we can see two men, an ARMS DEALER and ARMS SUPPLIER, standing on the lower level passing between them a small briefcase. A door is open next to the two men with a sign that reads, OFF LIMITS. 1. XI (THOUGHT): What, is going on down there? Caption: On a moon base far from any formal law enforcement, Xi stays busy keeping the peace. Panel 2: Middle third of the page left half side square panel. We see the right side of Xis face with her eyes squinting. She is looking past the page. 2. XI (THOUGHT): An illegal transaction of any kind is one thing I dont allow on my station. This must be stopped. Panel 3: Middle panel. QUINGONG shaved and bony shadowed in the third of the page right half side square TORQ SUINE, 31, tall, muscular man, clean cheeks, walks through the open door. He is distance.

3. XI: Its Torq. What business do you have onboard my station? Panel 4: Place panel across the entire bottom of the page. Xi is walking behind the man she noticed making the illegal transaction. Torq can be seen in the background looking in Xis direction. 4. XI (WHISPERS): The only way Im going to get to the bottom of this is to stop it now. 5. TORQ (THOUGHT): What is Xi up to?

Paper Army/Starker Page Two (Four Panels) Panel 1: Panel on top of the page, left quarter. We can see Xis right side with her arm and hand stretched out just about to touch the shoulder of the Arms Dealer she has been following. ACHOLAT OKI, 65, short male, wearing a dark jumpsuit walks by in the background. On the right side of the panel we see the darkened back of a mans head turned slightly to the right. The man is holding a wrench in his hand. 1. XI: Sir, you are being detained for questioning. Please, come with me. 2. ARMS DEALER (WHISPERS): Not if I can help it.

Panel 2: Panel on top of the page, right quarter. We see the arms dealer who is wearing the hood being punched in the face by Torqs fist. There is a swooping motion across the page trailing Torqs fist. The hooded mans jaw is angled from the hit. SFX: THWACK! Panel 3: Panel on lower left quarter of page. to the left of the panel, right side profile, from her mid-chest on up. Torq is seen in the holding the hooded man against the wall. They standing on the right side of the panel. Xi is seen off we can see her background are seen

3. XI: Thanks Torq, but I can handle myself. 4. TORQ: A simple acknowledgment of gratitude would suffice. Panel 4: Panel on the lower right quarter of page. Close on Torq holding the hooded man against the wall. 5. XI (Off panel): By the way, what are you doing on base the same time this arms deal is going down? 6. TORQ: I am completely innocent without any knowledge of any illegal transaction. 7. ARMS DEALER (WHISPERS): Yeah, right. 8. ARMS DEALER (THOUGHT): I know it had to be Oki who turned me in, that double crosser.

Paper Army/Starker Page Three (Three Panels)

Panel 1: Panel is placed across the top third of the page. This is a flashback scene. Torq and Oki, sit at a table with a stack of paper on it. The two men sit is a storage room folding pieces paper. 1. TORQ (Off panel): I had nothing to do with this illegal deal. The whole time I was with Oki. 2. XI (Off panel): You with Oki? That really sounds suspicious. Panel 2: Panel is placed across the middle third of the page. This is a flashback scene. Close in on table with the stack of paper in the middle. We see the hands of both Torq and Oki visible on the table. There are several origami animals already made sitting on the table. 1. TORQ (Off panel): Suspicious? Not in the least. I do know, that any other day this would be considered suspicious activity. 2. XI (Off panel): Can somebody collaborate your story Torq? Panel 3: Panel is placed across the entire bottom of the page. Flashback scene completed. Profile of Oki is seen on the left side of the panel. We can see Xi and Torq are standing from mid-thigh on up, near the right side of the panel. 3. OKI: Of course I can. I really dont want to, but in this case Torq makes a mean origami cat. Which brings up my idea about having the first moon base wide origami contest.

Paper Army/Starker Page Four (Six Panels)

Panel 1: Panel is on top, left side of page. The view is looking over the shoulder of a bounty hunter on the moon base. We see the bounty hunter holding a piece of paper with Okis picture on it. A small tablet is in his other hand with a three-dimensional image of Okis head and the words TERMINATE across the screen. 1. BOUNTY HUNTER (WHISPERS): This will be an easy target. Panel 2: Panel is on top right side of page. The Arms Dealer caught by Xi is in custody attempting to send a message through a device on his wrist. Message says TERMINATE. Panel 3: Panel is placed in middle of the page on the left side. Xi catches the man in custody sending the message. 2. XI: What are you doing? 3. ARMS DEALER: Youre too late. Oki will die soon. The only chance he has, is to keep the flame burning on the table as long as he can. If this flame burns out, a bomb will be set off. Panel 4: Panel is placed in the middle of page on the right side. Close in on Xi. She has a concerned expression. 4. XI: Bomb? 5. ARMS DEALER (Off panel): Yes, lets just say, it will be an explosive experience when Oki stands during the competition. 6. XI: (WHISPERS) Okis chair. Panel 5: Panel is placed on the bottom of page on the left side. Xi is seen running down a hallway. 7. XI: I must warn Oki somehow. (Beat) I know how. Panel 6: Panel is placed on the bottom of page on the right side. Xi is in the background making an unusual hand gesture at Torq as she holds three fingers in the air. Torq sits with Oki in a large room at a table. Several people stand watching the origami contest. Torq is in the foreground right profile of face on the left side of the panel. 8. XI: Torq, I hope you remember our old hand signals in an emergency. 9. TORQ (THOUGHT): Did I see Xi correctly, a bomb?

Paper Army/Starker Page Five (Six Panels)

Panel 1: Panel is on top left side of page. Oki is sitting at a table in the middle of an arena with a crowd of people around him and Torq. There is a small cauldron on the table with a small flame burning in it. A stack of paper is set to the side. Oki is already folding a piece of paper. 1. TORQ: Oki, dont stop making paper animals. 2. OKI: Whats the big concern? Youre not even trying. Panel 2: Panel is on top right side of page. Side view of Torqs face as he looks into the crowd. Oki is seen in the background. 3. TORQ (WHISPERS): Theres a bomb 4. OKI: A WHAT? 5. TORQ: Quiet and keep the flame burning or the bomb will explode. 6. OKI: And what are you going to do? Panel 3: Panel is placed in middle of the page, on the left side. Close on view of Torq. 7. TORQ: Look for the bomber. Panel 4: Panel is placed in the middle of page, on the right side. Oki is seen with sweat on his face and a flame in the cauldron still burning. 8. OKI: I dont know how many more types of animals I can think of to make out of paper. 9. TORQ: Just keep making them up. Panel 5: Panel is placed on the bottom of page, on the left side. Xi is seen near a man holding a small trigger device. She is standing directly behind him. 10. Xi (THOUGHT) There he is! Panel 6: Panel is placed on the bottom of the page, on the right side. Xi is holding the man with the controls to the bomb. 11. Xi: Your attempt to blow up Oki will not happen.

Paper Army/Starker Page Six (Five Panels)

Panel 1: Panel is on the top third of entire page. We see a close on view of Okis face, right side. To the right side of the panel we see the seat Oki was sitting on. Next to the table a small view of the bombs timer shows that it is at 10 seconds. Sweat can be seen on the face of Oki. 1. TORQ: Can you disarm the bomb? 2. OKI: This will be a piece of cake. Panel 2: Panel is in the middle of page, left side of page, one-third the width and height. We see a sophisticated bomb and a timer on the number 5. There is a portion of a hand visible with a pair of wire cutters. Several wires are visible. SFX: Tick Tock! 3. OKI (THOUGHT): Which wire do I cut? Panel 3: Panel is in the middle center, middle section of the page, one-third the width and height. We see a closer view of the bombs timer now on the number 3. There is a pair of wire cutters visible that are closer to the wires. SFX: Tick Tock! Panel 4: Panel is in the middle right side of the page, onethird the width and height. Close on view of the timer on the bomb with the number 1. There is a close view of the wire cutters and a single wire cut in half. SFX: Click! Panel 5: Panel is placed across the entire bottom third of page. Torq stands next to Oki on the left side of the panel with sweat on his forehead. Xi is in the background holding the man with the trigger device to the bomb. He is in custody (shadowed). 4. TORQ: I cant believe you actually disarmed the bomb. 5. OKI: I told you it was a piece of cake.