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<!-- TITLE Patterns of the Soul -->
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<h2><a name="OV">Overview</a></h2>
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<blockquote><cite>
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A group of refugees from Earth may be spreading the Drakh plague offworld.
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</cite>
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</blockquote>
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<pre>
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Production number: 110
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Original air date: July 7, 1999
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00061QJSK/thelurkersguidet">DVD release date</a>: December 7, 2004
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Written by Fiona Avery
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Directed by Tony Dow
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</pre>
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<p>
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<hr size=3>
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<h2><a name="BP">Plot Points</a></h2>
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<ul>
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<li>@@@931456768 Dureena's people didn't develop spaceflight on their own;
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they were taken offworld to act as workers for another race.
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<li>@@@931456768 Dureena is not the last of her race alive. A transport carrying
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workers for a new colony was attacked by the Shadows, and 100 of
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the workers managed to escape in lifepods. They formed a small
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colony on an otherwise uninhabited world, Theta 9.
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<li>@@@931456768 Dureena's race is more susceptible to the plague than
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humans are; their genetic makeup is apparently closer to the template
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the plague uses as a starting point.
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<li>@@@931456768 Gideon has access to top-secret materials thanks to a card
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game he played against a drunk Earth official some years earlier;
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the official put up his access codes as collateral and lost.
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</ul>
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<h2><a name="UQ">Unanswered Questions</a></h2>
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<ul>
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<li>@@@931456768 Are there other instances of the plague being
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exported intentionally from Earth?
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<li>@@@931456768 How did Max know about the Pro Zeta corporation?
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</ul>
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<h2><a name="AN">Analysis</a></h2>
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<ul>
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<li>@@@931456768 Was the cybernetic implant program related to the one
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involving Abel Horn
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(<a href="028.html">"A Spider in the Web"</a>)?
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The specifics were different, but may have been part of the same
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larger operation.
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<li>@@@931456768 Given the huge risk involved if even a single person
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outside the Earth quarantine is infected and able to travel freely,
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Gideon has a strong motivation to report this incident to someone,
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even at the risk of the General Thompson finding out about it. Will
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Gideon do so? Since the plague can easily jump species, he could
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legitimately take the approach of reporting it directly to the
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Interstellar Alliance rather than going through his normal chain
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of command.
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<li>@@@931456768 This episode has the first reference in the series to
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the Interstellar Alliance, though an oblique one: General Thompson
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claimed that his authority to redirect the Excalibur came directly
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from President Sheridan. Which implies that the Excalibur isn't
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entirely under Earthforce control; given the Alliance's founding
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principle of autonomy for member races, Sheridan presumably doesn't
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have the power to directly meddle in Earth's internal military affairs.
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<li>@@@933044642 Dureena's race hasn't had good luck with the Shadows
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and their cohorts; they destroyed the worker transport, then wiped
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her planet out. Just a coincidence, or did Dureena's people pose some
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kind of threat to the Shadows?
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</ul>
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<h2><a name="NO">Notes</a></h2>
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<ul>
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<li>@@@931456768 Theta 9 is Canada. The views from orbit are images of
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Earth landmasses: the Great Lakes, Hudson Bay, the St. Lawrence
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Seaway, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland can be seen.
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</ul>
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<h2><a name="JS">jms speaks</a></h2>
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<ul>
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<li>@@@933017794 <em>Chambers could be seen on the shuttle in the
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footage Gideon showed General Thompson. Won't people wonder why she's
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still alive?</em><br>
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It's only ever going to be seen by the general, and bear in mind
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that in that shot Chambers was WAY in the background, it was only seen
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for a moment on the monitor, with the General more concerned about
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what's happening in FG, and in any event he would have to instantly
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recognize her by sight, and he didn't know her.
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</ul>
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