“Welcome back folks to a New Season in the Aftermath of the Apocalypse! Today we commiserate; we toast fallen friends; and we ask our dear viewers, what's next?

“Following the events of last season, when it looked like we were on the brink of civil war, five brave souls went to negotiate with Matteo Casiano and never came back. Pearl, Super Unleaded, Jasminder 100%, Guinevere Mentham, and our own personal Moonlight, all boarded a Z-Wing due to meet Piper Mentham in the wastelands for negotiations. But they never landed.

“Close to the sight where they were due to meet, the plane crashed down. The wreckage was gruesome but the bodies were all confirmed. No one could have survived that. We mourn their passing even as their deaths bring peace to the city with the negotiations running smoothly and that War Criminal Matteo being arrested with no hint of resistance.

“Now dear viewers, we do not know how the plane crashed and rumours of sabotage or shooting down abound, but no evidence has yet been found to suggest foul play. We anxiously await the verdict. Accident or intention? At this moment, we cannot say.

“And it is my sad duty to announce that the tragedy does not stop there. Our lovely radio-host and leader of Celestial Worship, Pastel, has too been killed.

“Rumours are wild about how this occurred. She was reported to have died in the Underground, but scenes of her death have been broadcast on loop, somewhere we can see light coming through. Her final message was captivating and crushing.

“Ladies, gentlemen, and everyone else, we have failed. Pastel is right that we had a chance for redemption. A chance for greatness. A chance to do and be something more than we are, and what have we made of it?

“The Celestial Audience are still watching. The Celestial Audience have given us no sign. No indication of who the Winner is or how we might have won. They have given us no way out of this hellish scape where our dead walk among us and hunger for us. Perhaps one day, the ship may be ready to fly, but until then we ask;

“What do we do from now? How do we appease our glorious viewers?

“How do we win?

“In the memory of Pastel and Moonlight. This is your host, signing off. Smile for the cameras, everyone. Smile!”