Episode 2 Mission: 2110

Previously on Mission: 2110.

We're hopelessly outnumbered. The Roboidz are bigger than us,

stronger than us and they're intelligent.

-Three keys, three padlocks.

-You have to open it.

-You've got to move fast.

-I'm nearly there.

Those Shades are almost on top of you.

You'll find pressure switches.

Two on the arms and one on the centre of its chest.

-That's one bio-rod.

-Yes!

This is a far cry from your average remote-control toy.

Push!

The aim of this mission is to overload that Wardroid

-and destroy it before it finishes recharging...

-Let's go!

..and destroys you.

They're strong, almost unstoppable, but we can do it.

We can take back Earth if we work together.

Peaceful waters.

You could almost believe that everything is well with the world.

But this is 2110, and nothing is well with the world.

We built the Roboidz - commander, worker and battle class -

robots supposed to make the world a better place,

but something happened to them.

They turned on us and all but destroyed the Earth.

Now only one man stands between them and the annihilation of humanity.

Me. Caleb.

We have to find more of these precious bio-rods.

Vital fuel for the Roboidz and once, the life force of human beings.

Four missions are down, four to go,

but this time one recruit must be eliminated.

It's Mission 2110.

Well, it seems that somehow you scruffy bunch of recruits

have lived to battle the Roboidz another day.

So Serena, you did very well in Chain Break.

What were your tactics?

I stayed focused, didn't get distracted by the smelly Shades.

An excellent move.

Charlie, Alistair, you lads beat the girls at Overload.

How did that go down?

-We worked as a team and listened to each other.

-Oh.

-We stayed positive throughout.

-Excellent work.

Millie, what went wrong in Livewire?

I found it difficult to focus

on the rings and the target at the same time.

Well, not to worry.

Plenty more missions to go.

Well, four at least.

And you're about to come face to face with the Roboidz and the Shades

so remember to keep those noses pinched. Those guys are pooey!

The going gets tough in the next phase of your mission

as I will only be taking three of you with me to the next stage.

One of you will be saying adios, ciao,

auf Wiedersehen, au revoir, ta ra,

to Mission 2110.

But, the one with the most bio-rods will be spared the Vaporiser.

-Do you want to win?

-Yes!

-I know you do.

But in Mission 2110 winning costs

and here's where you start paying in bio-rods.

So keep your wits about you,

and try to grab as many of these babies as you can.

Onto the next mission, which of you has a messy bedroom?

Yeah, I thought as much. You'll need

that experience of finding stuff in the dark in our next mission.

Scavengers, follow me.

Ok, team, you know the score.

The only way we can defeat the Roboidz is by taking away

their power, and the only way we can do that

is to steal their bio-rods.

Fortunately for us, the upper engine room is riddled with them.

Unfortunately this area is also riddled with festering Shades.

Ah! You can smell them from here!

The mindless, shuffling, zombie-like servants of the Roboidz,

you must never touch a Shade.

If you do you're automatically out of the mission.

The Shades are working on some kind of generator

in the upper engine room.

It's powered by no less than 12 bio-rods. Steal them away,

and we turn their precious generator into junk.

All 12 of them are up for grabs, if you can find them.

They're hidden in security boxes throughout the room,

but keep your eyes peeled as some of the boxes

contain more than one, others are empty.

A word of warning, there's a guard operating at this end of the room,

So you'll need to move quietly, stealthily around the generator

if you want to avoid detection.

Finally, you must meet me at the other side of the room

before your time runs out.

If you don't you lose all your bio-rods. Are we clear?

ALL: Clear!

Now get stuck in. Go for it.

Mission on!

-Go, go, go!

-Go for it, recruits.

12 bio-rods to be found, get scavenging.

They're working solo on this mission

so it's every recruit for themselves.

Got one!

Excellent stuff, that's the first bio-rod scavenged and in the bag.

Serena, one bio-rod for you too.

That leaves ten more in the area to grab.

-Shade!

-Try not to get trapped by those Shades.

They're not only incredibly smelly but they're deadly too.

Some of those boxes have been well hidden so look high and low.

Keep an eye out for the special bio-rod boxes on the pulley chains.

These might contain more than one bio-rod. And some contain nothing.

No-one said this mission would lack frustration.

Alistair, you found a bio-rod, well done.

Shade! Shade!

Go, go, go!

Those ugly, smelly Shades are all around you, so keep away from them.

Be careful not to get trapped in any of the alleys.

Go, go, go!

That's your second, Alistair. Good work, recruit.

The bio-rod fuel boxes are everywhere.

It's just a matter of looking hard and exploring every nook and cranny

of this generator room.

Well done, Millie. You grabbed that bio-rod just in time.

ALARM

The Guard's been disturbed.

All recruits get out of that workshop.

We have to get out, clear the area.

Let's go!

Remember, it's the first recruit to the box that takes the bio-rods.

Try to avoid clustering up in just one area.

Alistair, that's one more to your bio-rod tally.

You've got to be out of this area within 30 seconds.

Remember, this is an individual mission,

so it's every recruit for themselves.

20 seconds to go.

Still bio-rods to find, but you must be out of here in about 15 seconds.

You've disturbed a Guard, be careful.

Five seconds, recruits, get out of there.

Mission over, recruits, let's tally up those bio-rod scores.

OK, a good bit of scavenging, recruits.

Got three bio-rods each. Girls, you got two apiece. Not bad.

Now follow me to the next mission.

Scavengers was probably

the most exhilarating mission

that we've done so far.

I got three bio-rods, really proud of myself.

The Roboidz and the Shades

were as scary as each other.

You had a big piece of Roboid metal just staring you in the face

and the two Shades with their gleaming red eyes trying to get you.

Scavengers was great because it

pumped adrenaline through your veins

and you never know when a Roboid

or a Shade will come and get you.

My tactics for Scavengers

was find every box,

don't work as a team,

it's every man for himself.

BUZZING

Come on, you little so-and-so.

Come here.

There.

A-ha!

There you are, my little beauty.

Gotcha!

Hmm...

Mmm, tasty.

What? Well what do you expect when all there is to eat

around Future Gate is a load of cockroaches

and stale pies from the year 2066.

You should see what those Shades consider a slap-up feed.

Basically, anything that drops off one of the other Shades.

Now that is gross.

Still, with a bit of ketchup goes down a treat.

Just don't ask what we use for ketchup.

Anyway, my recruits seem to have handled

their first mission of the day, Scavengers, with ease.

But I think we should up the ante by sending them down to the Cargo Hold

to tangle with more of those manky Shades.

Not to mention, a Worker.

By the way, no flies were harmed in the making of this weblog.

OK, recruits. Keep close to me, stay pressed against this wall.

We've relocated to Cargo Hold 1 in the many Future Gate ships.

More opportunities for stealing bio-rods,

and you'll dealing with the metal brutes of the Cycon Empire,

the Workers.

Now these guys were designed exclusively

for punishing manual labour.

They've got all the brains of a combine harvester,

they want to shred us like wheat.

If you look up there you'll see a Worker

experimenting with dangerous chemicals.

I think it's trying to create an explosive

to use against the Resistance.

It's got to be stopped - that's where you come in.

Contained in those drums on the upper level

are various toxic meta-molecules.

The Workers are mixing them together to make a compound - STP-60 -

which is so volatile it could case this whole place to blow!

You will work individually

to separate these catalysts from the other chemicals.

you can only carry one at a time - hold that -

because they're so incredibly unstable.

The recruit who manages to grab the most catalysts

will receive two bio-rods.

-Yes!

-Second place gets one bio-rod. Two of you will get nothing.

Good luck, recruits. Watch out for those Shades, and get grabbing!

Mission on!

It looks like the Worker's dropping

the first load of toxic meta-molecules

Here they come!

You need to separate those silver catalysts to avoid an explosion.

I've got two!

Keep grabbing those catalysts, recruits, watch out for the Shades.

They'll make this mission difficult.

You're working solo in this mission, recruits, so get grabbing!

Watch out for those Shades, Charlie! Don't get too close!

Well done, recruits. You're altering the chemical mix

and that will avoid any potential danger.

Good work, Alistair. Keep grabbing those catalysts!

The Worker's sending more meta-molecules over the edge.

Remember, you can only grab one at a time.

They're highly toxic and critically unstable!

Beware of those Shades mixing up the meta-molecules.

Touch them, you're out of the mission.

Charlie, you're neck-and-neck with Serena and Alistair.

Two bio-rods to the recruit who bags the most catalysts.

-If we don't succeed, this whole cargo hold could blow.

-Come on!

Watch out! There's another load of meta-molecules on the way!

Come on, Millie, you're lagging behind.

We've got to grab all of those catalysts before the mission ends.

Remember, two bio-rods to the recruit who's collected the most.

Look harder, recruits. There's plenty more catalysts to find.

You must avert an explosion by removing as many catalysts

from that mix as possible.

-Move faster, recruits.

-Come on!

I can still see four or five none of you have noticed.

We've got to get them!

Charlie and Serena, this is too close to call.

Remember, every catalyst counts.

-Just one or two more catalysts left!

-Go on, go on, go on!

That's it, recruits!

-You've averted a dangerous explosion.

-Yes! Come on.

Well done. Well done, recruits!

Congratulations, recruits. I'm very proud of your efforts.

Good work all round.

However, with just one mission left before you face the Vaporiser

for the very first time,

the recruit who collected the most catalysts, so the recruit

who will take away these two bio-rods was...

Charlie.

Excellent work, mate.

In second place, and receiving one bio-rod,

Serena. Good work.

Alistair, Millie, you receive a pair of special invisible bio-rods.

Oh, no. They're not invisible. They're not there.

You've got just one mission left.

One more chance to grab yourself some bio-rods,

before the Vaporiser.

Scattergrab was really fun, but it was really nerve-wracking

when the Shades were closing in

and the chemicals were coming down, scary stuff.

I think what went wrong is that I wasn't fast enough.

I didn't see all the balls there were to collect.

I feel a bit sad that I didn't get any bio-rods in Scattergrab

but hey, at least I stopped an explosion.

There was so many of the chemical balls all over the floor,

my team-mates were working at a faster pace.

I'm amazed I managed to get two bio-rods.

Ah. Up here, the air smells clean

and I feel safe in my vantage point.

Sadly, the same cannot be said of down there.

Air filled with oily fumes and the stench of rusty Roboidz. Urgh.

I thought all I had to do was defeat the Wardroidz leader,

but it turns out that wasn't enough.

No, I have to destroy Neuros,

the Roboid boss at the heart of this facility.

And to do that, I need the very strongest recruits,

bringing them here to 2110 with my makeshift time portal.

I'm pretty proud of putting this together, actually.

And in all the time I've used it, I've only lost a few recruits.

Look on the bright side, they're probably feasting with Henry VIII,

or hanging out with dinosaurs.

Yeah, kids love dinosaurs!

CLANGING

Cybele, I need to talk to you.

What is it?

The Roboidz. They're still so strong.

Then you have to be too.

That's fine for you to say.

You're not here risking the lives of those children that come to help me.

-I risk more than you could ever imagine, Caleb.

-I'm sorry.

Future Gate is where it all started. Once it was a good place,

-a place of dreams.

-It's kind of hard to believe.

When they returned after the revolt on Gamma Cephei 4,

the Roboidz came back here,

made it their base,

corrupted the brilliance that was here for their own ends.

Did they build V-lab? The Vaporiser?

What you call the Vaporiser is part of the V-lab energy system.

Without it, your recruits from the past would have no way here.

The time portal!

-Yes.

-But who built it?

Cybele?

Cybele!

Where did you go? Why don't you answer me?

VECTOR BEAM FIRES

OK, recruits. I think that Wardroid knows that someone or something

is in the area, so we have to stay quiet if we don't

want to get zapped with its vector beam.

Known to its Cycon creators as a battle-class Roboid,

combat strategists intent on destruction,

but with a surprisingly low robot IQ.

In just a few seconds, you will take up positions

on the shocker pads in front of you.

I think the Wardroid is testing some kind of time portal apparatus

by programming sequences of coloured lights.

You need to complete the sequence without errors.

If you step incorrectly, or fail to take a step when it's your move,

then you're out of the mission.

Last recruit standing gets two bio-rods, are we clear?

-Clear.

-Go for it, guys! Good luck.

-'Mission on.'

-OK, recruits.

You have to concentrate on the order of lights.

There is a sequence of seven colours.

One false step or one hesitation,

and that Roboid will open fire with its vector beam.

This is a true test of your memories, so concentrate.

Begin.

Yellow.

Yellow.

Red.

Red.

Blue.

Green.

Yellow.

Excellent work, recruits.

-Well done, goys.

-Well done, yeah.

The sequence will increase in number another time.

Keep your focus, recruits.

It's a sequence of eight colours.

It's not a team mission, recruits.

It's one against one, so try not to be put off by the others.

Begin.

Green.

Blue.

Yellow.

Green.

Red.

Blue.

-ALARM

-That's the wrong colour, Charlie.

The Wardroid's going to use his vector beam. Get out of there!

VECTOR BEAM FIRES

Keep your focus, guys. We're down to three recruits,

and this sequence returns to eight colours.

Watch closely.

So we're down to just three recruits. Which one of you

will be left standing at the end of this mission

and claim those two bio-rods? We shall see.

This is another eight-light sequence. Let's see

if you can complete it this time.

This is a true test of memory.

Begin.

Red.

Green.

Yellow.

Green.

Millie, that's the wrong step.

Watch out for that Wardroid! Remember your panic button!

Unfortunately, Millie stepped first,

and it was in fact a green light we were looking for. Serena,

Alistair, the two of you are now going head-to-head.

Can you overcome a sequence of eight lights?

-Yes.

-May the best recruit with the best memory succeed.

There are two bio-rods at stake here,

so it's well worth keeping an eye on those sequences.

Begin.

Green.

Red.

Green.

One of you must step, recruits.

You've got five seconds to take a step.

Alistair, you failed to step.

Watch out for that Wardroid. Use your panic button!

Congratulations, Serena, you've survived the Shocker.

Now grab that bio-rods, quick!

Fantastic stuff.

It was really close between me and Serena,

but I was timed out,

and I was really gutted that I didn't get those two bio-rods.

I think that Charlie is my biggest threat,

as he has the most bio-rods and has done well in other missions.

I'm absolutely gutted. I really needed Serena to lose.

I know that sounded horrible, but now she's level with me.

I am so scared of the Vaporiser.

I don't know what to expect,

but all I know is it's going to be tricky.

Come in, number five. Roboid number five, your time is up.

And you, Roboid number 3,122,

you can stop running, pushing and belly-flopping.

Feel free to go diving though, in the shallow end.

Yeah, that's not a problem at all. Take your friends.

Well, the recruits have all done brilliantly well to get this far.

But soon they will have to face the Vaporiser.

At the end of this,

unfortunately one of them will have to leave Mission: 2110 for good.

Where exactly they'll be leaving to, I really don't know.

But don't you worry, I'm working on that as we speak.

OK, recruits. Welcome to the Vaporiser.

This high-voltage horror, deep in the underbelly

of the Future Gate ships.

It's here that we'll be bidding a fond farewell to one of you.

The rules are simple.

You must make your way across the Vaporiser one step at a time,

from your starting corner to the doorway opposite.

But you won't be alone on the Vaporiser.

Also making their way across the grid are three big, ugly Roboidz.

You must not step into their paths, or allow them to step into yours.

If that happens, you WILL be vaporised.

The recruit with the most bio-rods at this stage will be safe,

but in this instance, we have a tie-break situation.

Charlie and Serena, you both have eight bio-rods each.

That's an impressive tally,

but we have to decide which of you will be safe,

and which of you will not.

Green will represent Serena.

Blue will represent Charlie.

The name of the recruit who will be safe at this stage is...

Serena.

And I'm sorry, recruits, but in this mission

you will not have your panic buttons to keep you safe.

Good luck, recruits. And to one of you, goodbye.

'Mission on.'

Recruits, prepare for the deadliest of missions, the Vaporiser.

The Vaporiser controls the directions of the Roboidz

by changing colour.

The next time the enemies step,

it will be forward because the grid is now blue.

Remember this when you take your first steps.

-Charlie, when you're ready, make your first move.

-Forward.

-Alistair.

-Forward.

-Millie.

-Forward.

The last time the Vaporiser changed colour,

the lights turned blue.

This means that the Roboidz now step forward.

Now the lights are green.

That means the Roboidz will step right next.

Only two of you will survive this mission.

The other one will be leaving us for good.

Time to make your first big decision, Charlie.

-Left or right?

-Right.

Alistair? The choice is yours.

-Make a move.

-Right.

-Millie, when you're ready.

-Right.

Watch out for the lights. They tell you the Roboidz' next move.

Last time the lights were green, so that's a right move.

It's green again, recruits.

You need to avoid these Roboidz at all costs, so make every step count.

-Charlie, take your step.

-Forwards.

Wardroid's vector beam is deactivated,

but that rip claw is definitely ready to lash out.

Alistair, how are you feeling?

Right now my heart's beating so fast,

but I know I can do this.

-Take a step, Alistair.

-Forward.

How you doing down there on the Vaporiser, Millie?

I'm nervous, but hopefully, I can do it.

Take a step, Millie.

Forward.

Those Roboidz are dangerously close so make sure

your next move is the right one.

The lights are green. That means the Roboidz will step right next.

Remember, you can never retrace your steps.

That Wardroid's pretty close to you. How are you feeling?

A bit nervous now,

but I'm not scared of him.

Another decision here, Charlie.

You look scared of him, Charlie.

Um, left.

Watch out for the Workers' metal pincers.

You know they could do some serious damage.

What are you thinking?

Well, I've seen when he's moved where he's moved,

so I'm going to avoid that.

Right.

Millie, the guard can sense something's in the area.

Try to keep cool.

Your move, Millie. How are you doing?

OK. I'm trying to figure out which way to go.

Make a move, Millie.

Um...right.

Charlie, I'm afraid you've made a serious error.

That last step you took was a foolish one.

The Wardroid is stepping right. You have fallen victim to the Vaporiser.

Congratulations, recruits. You join me in the next phase.

Get off the Vaporiser now!

Well, well, well.

A shocking conclusion as four become three.

Do you guys think I've chosen the best, the bravest,

the toughest recruits to take with me to the next phase?

ALL: Yes!

We are, of course, all sorry to see Charlie go.

He was a good recruit. He made an unfortunate mistake

that anyone could have made.

At least we know, wherever he is, he's safe from the Roboidz.

At least, I hope so. Who knows where the Vaporiser sent him?

Mission: 2110 continues, recruits.

Evil moves fast. We have to move faster.

Follow me!

You think you can move faster than my Roboidz? No chance, Caleb!

They are faster and stronger than you

and will make sure you and your lapdogs are destroyed.

Your recruits are no match for my metal servants.

And you are certainly no match for me, mummy's boy!