Cybermen ambush Stratton and Griffiths escape route
Plot Beats
The narrative micro-steps within this event
Bates, Stratton, and Griffiths attempt to escape through a door, but Bates is killed, and then Stratton and Griffiths are shot by a Cyberman.
Who Was There
Characters present in this moment
Hopeful and determined initially, transitioning to sheer terror and agony as death overtakes him
Bates confidently strategizes using the map to locate an escape route, seizing a Cyber gun from Griffiths before leading their group forward. His brief triumph turns to horror as he is suddenly pulled against the unseen door by the cyber mat, his body reacting violently before dissolving instantly.
- • Navigate the storeroom to the launch pad using the stolen map
- • Acquire a weapon to defend against Cybermen pursuers
- • The cyber mat is not a threat he can anticipate or evade
- • The secondary exit on the map represents his group's best chance for survival
Emotionally neutral and mechanically precise, executing lethal commands without hesitation
Subordinate Cybermen act as sentinels in the corridor, executing orders to monitor potential escape routes and eliminate fleeing humans without hesitation. Their precision gunfire ends Stratton and Griffiths' lives seconds after Bates' death.
- • Monitor hidden exits and secondary routes for escape attempts
- • Eliminate human opposition before it undermines Cyberman plans
- • Human slaves are insignificant obstacles to be removed without remorse
- • Doctrinal adherence ensures mission success
Initially cautiously optimistic, then shocked and desperate as hope collapses into terror
Gripping a discarded Cyber gun, Griffiths attempts optimism as he and Stratton believe they have evaded immediate danger. His momentary hope curdles instantly when Bates is violently pulled against the door, screaming as the cyber mat dissolves his body. Griffiths is then shot in the back while attempting to flee.
- • Escape the Cybermen-controlled storeroom using the map's secondary exit
- • Survive long enough to board the launch pad ship
- • The map provides a viable escape route to the launch pad
- • Cybermen prioritize seizing the Vastial equipment over pursuing fleeing humans
Naively optimistic at first, then paralyzed by shock and despair as death approaches
Stratton briefly celebrates their supposed escape but is immediately silenced when Bates is killed by the cyber mat. He attempts to flee with Griffiths but is shot in the back with brutal precision by Cybermen standing guard.
- • Reach the launch pad following Bates' strategic plan
- • Survive the immediate threat by complying with escape route
- • Follow Bates' leadership to ensure safety
- • Cybermen have abandoned pursuit of escaping slaves
Flast is captured by Cybermen during interrogation before this event and executed outside in the corridor. As her death ends, …
The Cyber Leader oversees the storeroom's operations but remains off-stage during this event. Their orders to dispatch Flast and maintain …
Objects Involved
Significant items in this scene
The cyber mat, concealed beneath the door as a hidden trap, activates when Bates presses against it during his attempt to push the door open. Bates' body violently reacts to the mat's dissolution effect, disintegrating within seconds. The mat's hidden nature makes it a silent killer, bypassing conventional weapons and escape plans.
The map, smudged and annotated with Lytton's hasty markings, guides Bates' group toward the secondary exit on the storeroom wall. Its navigation marks lead them to the very spot where the cyber mat lies hidden, making the map both their salvation and doom as it directs them into the trap.
Griffiths' Cyber Gun, taken by Bates from Griffiths, briefly represents human defiance and potential protection. Its violet discharges and unstable power supply hint at lethal capability, but it fails to prevent Bates' death and is abandoned in the chaos.
Location Details
Places and their significance in this event
The Cryon storeroom becomes a death trap as the group's escape attempt collapses within its frozen confines. The door they aim to exit through conceals the cyber mat, turning the map's promise of escape into immediate annihilation. The room's claustrophobic cold and chains amplify the futility of their struggle.
The corridor outside serves as a corridor of death where Flast's execution occurs immediately before the group's failed escape. Cybermen sentinels patrol this space, turning it into an ambush zone where fleeing humans face lethal precision gunfire. The corridor's tight spaces and poor lighting make resistance impossible.
Organizations Involved
Institutional presence and influence
The Cybermen act with systemic ruthlessness to eliminate human resistance and maintain control over the storeroom and its Vastial equipment. Through subordinate enforcers, they execute Flast to preempt her defiance, then deploy hidden cyber mats and sentinel gunfire to ensure no escape succeeds. Their coordinated actions remove all human opposition, inadvertently clearing the path for Flast's delayed vengeance.
Narrative Connections
How this event relates to others in the story
"Flast’s knowledge of Vastial and its explosive potential leads to her discovery and torture by the Cybermen, resulting in her death as she refuses to yield—fulfilling the bomb’s purpose."
Doctor learns Cybermen comet plot details"The failure of Bates, Stratton, and Griffiths’ escape attempt results in their deaths, which freed Flast from interference and allowed the vastial bomb to proceed undetected until detonation, directly enabling the ultimate destruction of Cyber Control."
Cybermen execute Flast for her defiance"The failure of Bates, Stratton, and Griffiths’ escape attempt results in their deaths, which freed Flast from interference and allowed the vastial bomb to proceed undetected until detonation, directly enabling the ultimate destruction of Cyber Control."
Cybermen execute Flast for her defiance