Suits story
A small community of farmers pilot mech suits to defend their land from an invading swarm of insectoids which they call "DeeBees". When the defense field fails, DeeBees pour in faster than they can be repelled, so the community heads for underground shelters. All arms are called in and one neighbor, Jake, sacrifices himself to kill a large portion of the swarm. A giant insectoid breaks through, but one of the farmers' wives destroys it with a well-aimed shot from a turret gun. Come dawn, the barriers are back to normal and the town has returned to a sense of safety. The camera zooms out to show that DeeBees populate the whole planet, and the farmers have set up isolated domed colonies across the planet. Cast: Neil Kaplan, G. K. Bowes, Scott Whyte, Courtenay Taylor, Tudi Roche Directed by: Franck Balson. Story by: Steven Lewis.
10 total · 2 choice · 4 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| piloted creature-shaped vehicle | choice | The farmers used heavily armed, humanoid walking vehicles to defend against swarms of hostile insectoid creatures. |
| threat from extraterrestrial life | choice | A community of farmers were fighting against insectoid creatures that threatened the planetary civilization that the farmers were part of. Although it is also possible, but never made clear, that the farmers had colonized the insectoids' planet, and that the insectoids' were defending themselves. |
| farming | major | The story is mainly set on Hank and Beth's farm. There they cultivated corn, raised chicken and cattle, and defended their land from hostile insectoid creatures. |
| human vs. monster | major | The story concerns a community of farmers trying to keep from being overrun by hoards of hostile insectoid creatures. |
| husband and wife | major | Hank and Beth were in a loving marriage, as were Helen and Jake. |
| neighbor and neighbor | major | Hank and Beth called on their loyal neighbors to aid him in fighting the insectoid creatures. |
| coping with the death of a spouse | minor | Helen mourned the death of her husband, Jake, who perished fighting the insectoid creatures. |
| domed city | minor | At the end of the story it was revealed that the farmers lived inside a domed habitat. |
| heroism | minor | In a final desperate and heroic move, Jake blew his fusion reactor in order to kill the insectoids off. |
| sacrifice to defeat an enemy | minor | In a final desperate and heroic move, Jake blew his fusion reactor in order to kill the insectoids off. |