As said earlier the title of this episode was deliberate. Chekov's Gun is the literary premise that what is seen in the beginning MUST be used later on. So at the beginning of the story we had Anon fly out testing a new shield algorithm. So then is it any surprise at all that not only is the stolen tech about shields but that the resolution of the event would require Anon to go and do it again? And a reminder as well, I really went out of my way to be as selective as I could be on what was allowed in this episode as this is also a Chekov's gun for the entire story. So the Consortium ships shooting at Anon's fighter? Yeah, that's going to eventually come up again as well.

Not going to say that every single thing is going to be important. So don't go about something like "Oh, this character touched their favorite mug while eating breakfast. Clearly that means then that that particular mug has to be critical to some event later on." I'm not a mastermind. I'm not some genius writer. If I were I probably wouldn't be just posting these for free online but rather making a killing selling them as books. But I did go out of my way to try and include as little as possible that isn't important later on.

Also of note: My crappy thumbnail art actually pays off with this scene. Because not only could it be interpreted as two drones attacking Anon's fighter from the beginning, but also for the two Corewards and one of them shooting at her fighter as well.

Episode 1

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