#mechocracy

Found this on my hard drive, reread it and realized I'm actually really proud of it. This was my AU take on the Red Dwarf episode 'Mechocracy', wherein I changed the plot from Rimmer vs Kryten to Cat vs Kryten -- and the Cat WINS!

Considering the political landscape of the time (then and now), it feels very pertinent (if I'm using the word' pertinent' correctly).

The Last Day (s3e6): The crew receive a message from Kryten's manufacturer saying that he must be dismantled within 24 hours, at which time a more advanced mechanoid will arrive to replace him. Lister, Cat, Rimmer and Holly decided to throw Kryten a leaving party and give him one last night to remember.

Gunmen of the Apocalypse (s6e3): Starbug is attacked by a Simulant battleship and infected with a virus which overrides it's navicomp. Lister, Rimmer and Cat use the AR machine to enter Kryten's mind, which has taken the form of the Wild West, in order to fight the virus.

Mechocracy (s12e4): When all the machines on Red Dwarf go on strike, the boys compete in an election against each other to gain control of them.

Mechocracy: When all the machines on Red Dwarf go on strike, the boys compete in an election against each other to gain control of them.

Dimension Jump: Rimmer catches the crew going on a fishing trip without him, forcing them to reluctantly bring him along. However, Starbug collides with the ship of Ace Rimmer, a more popular and successful version of Rimmer from an alternate universe.

Would you like some toast? Would you like some toast? Would you like some toast? Would you like some toast? Would you like some toast? Would you like some toast? Would you like some toast? Would you like some toast?