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Always makes me feel a little meloncholy.
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A grand old warship being ignominiously hauled
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away for scrap.
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The inevitability of time, don't you think?
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What do you see?
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A bloody big ship.
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Excuse me.
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007...
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I'm your new Quartermaster.
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You must be joking.
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Why, because I'm not wearing a lab coat?
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Because you still have spots.
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My complexion is hardly relevant.
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Well, your competence is.
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Age is no guarantee of efficiency.
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And youth is no guarantee of innovation.
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I'll hazard I can do more damage on
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my laptop, sitting in pajamas
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before my first cup of earl grey,
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than you can do in a year in the field.
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Oh! So why do you need me?
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...Every now and then a trigger has to be pulled.
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Or not pulled.
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It's hard to know which in your pajamas.
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(Silence)
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Q.
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007.
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Ticket to Shanghai
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Documentation and passport.
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Thank you.
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And this.
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Walther PPK/S 9 millimeter short.
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There's a micro dermal sensor in the grip.
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It's been coded to your palm print
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so only you can fire it
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Less of a random killing machine, more of a personal statement.
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And this?
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Standard issue radio Transmitter.
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Activate it, and it broadcasts your location
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Distress signal.
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And that's it.
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A gun...
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...and a radio.
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Not exactly Christmas, is it?
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Were you expecting an exploding pen?
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We don't really go in for that anymore.
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Good luck out there in the field.
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And please return the equipment in one piece.
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Brave new world.