Gameplay - Bad Moon Rising Part One

Harketts eventually agreed, but the best he could promise was 24 hours for such a big set up.

The Judges then leave the retired accountant and head to Jon Bon Jovi.

JBJ Block is one of the "Rock Blocks" and as such is dedicated to the 20th Century's foremost rock-god-superstar, Jon Bon Jovi. Legend says the great man himself was born and raised in the old city that lies beneath JBJ's foundations.

The block blasts the man's music on a loop all day, currently playing a guitar fuelled song entitled "Wanted Dead or Alive"
Images of the man are everywhere and hanging in pride of place in Jonny B. Plaza, the main entrance hall, encased in transpasteen, is Jonny B's six string, once touched by the Great Man's own hand.

Noss leads the way to the lower levels in search of his informant and they find him eating a synthidog in the food court. He's a weaselly looking fellow with red hair and smiles as Noss approaches.

Wanted: Dead or Alive comes to an end and a new track starts. Almost everyone starts cheering and clapping and singing aloud. It's then the judges notice how many of the citizens are dressed in synthi-leather pants, synthis denim waistcoats and cowboy hats and almost all of them sport long shaggy haircuts. The noise of the music and sing-along is deafening.

With nothing else to go on, the team leave the investigation returning to Sector House to pick up on the Slabster crash and look into the forensics results.

The ride back is uneventful and parking up in the basement, they visit the Tek department to see what was learnt:

• The Slabster was running on pre-programmed collision co-ordinates: the Sector House was most definitely the target.

• The inside of the Slabster has been thoroughly swabbed with alcohol to eliminate prints. There is not a scrap of DNA to be found in the vehicle, save for the vehicle’s owners’ (see below). Chances are robots did the loading and gluing of the corpse.

• The Slabster was stolen from Sector 242 a week ago. It belonged to the Rutsey family of Heston Blumenthal block. The family has no previous history with Justice Department; Rory Rutsey is a munce-chef at a diner in the block; his wife, Rita, is unemployed. Two kids, both under six years old, in the block school. The car’s autodrive system has been reprogrammed from the ground-up with the co-ordinates, speed and trajectory for hitting the Sector House. This was a custom, professional job. Had the vehicle been pack with explosives, it could have caused a lot of damage.

• The stiff glued to the steering wheel is one Arlitch Ekhardt. Ekhardt is known to Justice Department: he was a Judge for 25 years, ten of which were with SJS. He took the Long Walk two years ago. Ekhardt was already dead when he was glued into the Slabster and an autopsy reveals that every bone in his body was broken over a prolonged period of time. In short, Ekhardt was
captured and tortured. It is impossible to tell the cause of death but as Ekhardt was a strong man, it took a great deal to kill him.

• There is nothing else in the vehicle linking it to Ekhardt. There is no message, no vid-slug, nothing.