NO ONE ITEM is more ubiquitous than the omnivision. From tiny portable units less than two centimeters square to the massive units used at sports stadiums, it is estimated that there are 1.3 omni broadcast receivers for every resident of the Alliance. Of those shows appearing on the omni, few are more popular than the adventures of Captain Hawk Talon of the Fleet. . .
Millions watch as the 4,032nd episode of “Hawk Talon of the Fleet” begins. Our hero is poised over the port, staring down at the Khalian admiral. Behind him you can see the hull of the barbarously painted mile-long Khalian superdreadnought.
“You’ve slaughtered your last innocent victim, Admiral Grrrh,” Talon declares, smashing through the ship’s view port. Shards of glass are everywhere. He lands on the bridge less than a meter from the hissing, growling Khalian officer. The Fleet emblem glitters on Hawk’s chest as the hero rips off his helmet and . . .
Suddenly the entire three-dimensional grid that projects over the top of the omni goes black. Just as abruptly, the actual Fleet emblem floats in the center of this new darkness. While less ostentatious than that worn by Captain Talon, it is somehow just as impressive. Martial music rises and then fades as a schooled voice explains, “We now interrupt this program for a special announcement.”