Episode 8: "Now, The War"

For Varian, Isra and Ren, the adopted children of President Nathaniel Dex of the Dex Island munitions corporation, life is one long fight for survival. As genetically enhanced primary soldier prototypes, they have been raised between the military base and the lab, enduring torturous treatments and extreme training exercises, and now they’ve been given the chance to leave it all behind. To them, deployment looks like freedom and killing another country’s enemies is an easy price to pay, but it doesn’t take long for those enemies to teach them that war is not a transaction, and killing is always personal. Staring down the barrel of a grim future split between mistreatment at home and endless battles overseas, they are forced to find hope in the worst possible places. In Episode 8 of The Dex Legacy, you heard: Kam Elliott as Varian Dex Kelsey Griffin as Isra Dex Charlie Richards as Ren Dex Chris Gregory as Nathaniel Dex Eleni Aristeidou as Doctor Osa Srivastava Lewie Watson as Doctor Devek Za Warren Graham as Tristan Krail Alex White as Kit Johansson Tiffany Clare as Valentina Vardi David S. Dear as Idris Morrowether Stevie Skinner as Rhaya Danny Scott as Isaac and Jane Hanmer as Lab technician With music by Dr. Allen Stroud We would like to thank all the actors who have appeared in this season of The Dex Legacy. Production, sound design and editing are by Chris Gregory for Alternative Stories  The Dex Legacy is recorded at Orpheus Studio in London by Richard "Orpheus" Campbell  Our executive producer is Don Flinspach The Dex Legacy is written by Emily Inkpen and produced by Alternative Stories If you’d prefer to listen without the ads, why not join our Patreon? You’ll get our entire back-catalogue of episodes ad-free, plus new episodes 2-days early, plus bonus content and more for The Dex Legacy and all our shows, including Wasteland - A Dex Legacy Story, Burnout, Spec Fic Radio Theatre and Writing Worlds. Making an audio drama like The Dex Legacy isn’t cheap, and any support you can give goes straight back into making more content. Just follow this link to choose your membership tier: https://www.patreon.com/AltStories If you're a fan of the show you might be interested to know that our Season 2 Script and Commentary Book is out now.  It contains all the scripts for Season 2 as well as insight into the production process from me, Emily Inkpen, producer Chris Gregory, actor Charlie Richards – aka Ren – and long-time fan of the show and novelist Tim Hardie. Just follow the links in the shownotes, search for Emily Inkpen on Amazon, or go to thedexlegacy.com/support to find out more. If you've enjoyed this episode please give us a like, rating or review in your favourite podcast app.  It helps other people to find the show and means the world to our cast and crew.  You can also leave us messages and comments on Spotify, and we love to hear from you. Listen to more shows by Alternative Stories including our cyberpunk thriller Burnout, our audio drama anthology Spec Fic Radio Theatre, our podcast about writing and world building Writing Worlds and of course, our spin-off series, Wasteland: A Dex legacy Story here https://linktr.ee/AlternativeStories Follow The Dex Legacy on Instagram here https://www.instagram.com/thedexlegacy1/ And follow Alternative Stories on  Bluesky here https://bsky.app/profile/storiesalt.bsky.social It would not have been possible to make season 3 of The Dex Legacy without the help of our generous kickstarter backers, and we’re giving specific shout-outs to our supporters at the end of every main episode.   This time we would like to thank:  Tarl Cabbot Lorin Elizabeth Hemmings Jennifer R. Boyd Jennifer Daultrey Janet Frasier David D Trigger Warnings:  The following warnings apply to this episode Military conflict Illness and injury Some graphic descriptions of injury Threat, peril, coercion and controlling behaviour Human experimentation The impact of trauma on individuals Stressful work environment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices