History Recap / BlakesSevenS2E4Horizon

* FantasticRacism: Ro is encouraged to believe he's more enlightened than his primitive people, whose deaths are a NecessaryEvil for his planet's advancement. Selma also thinks she is superior even while working in the mines with them, as she was part of the old power structure before the Federation.

* WeWillUseManualLaborInTheFuture: Justified; bringing in labour-saving machinery might speed things up, but would also put the Primitives out of work, making them a potential breeding ground of resistance to the Federation. The mines are also being used as TheGulag for local resistors.

* TheQuisling / PuppetKing: Ro believes that the Federation is helping his people rise out of ignorance.

* ImpracticallyFancyOutfit = CostumePorn: Cally in her off-white long-sleeved tunic with ShouldersOfDoom, and Jenna in a pink split gauzy tunic over a white bodysuit with silver boots. Neither bother to [[ImpracticallyFancyOutfit change into something more practical]] when teleporting down to Horizon or slaving away in the mines. When Avon teleports down to make a stealthy infiltration, he's wearing a [[SpaceClothes silver tunic]] that makes him stand out like a bicycle reflector.

** The Federation is mining Monopasium-239 to power hyperspace starships to other galaxies. In "Star One" [[spoiler:it's revealed that aliens from Andromeda are planning an invasion. It's possible that one side or the other is hoping to launch a preemptive strike.]]

* CallBack / ContrivedCoincidence: Blake tells Ro he met his friend Paura on the prison ship to [[Recap/BlakesSevenS1E3CygnusAlpha Cygnus Alpha]].

-->'''Blake:''' [[NotSoDifferent I thought that was your strong suit.]]

* MeaningfulName: The planet Silmareno has been renamed Horizon by the Federation, and is meant to be a stepping point to the Federation expanding into another galaxy. At the end of the episode, Ro decides to keep the name rather than just return to the GoodOldWays. The name incidentally was adopted by the [[http://www.blakes7online.com/news.php official Blake's Seven fan club]].

* WeWillUseManualLaborInTheFuture: Justified; bringing in labour-saving machinery might speed things up, but would also increase resentment of the Federation by putting the Primitives out of work. The mines are also being [[MakeAnExampleOfThem used as a Siberia for local dissidents]].

* MindProbe: The Disorienter, though it's mainly a torture device.

* BrokenRecord

-->'''Zen:''' Negative information.

* CallBack / ContrivedCoincidence: Blake tells Ro he met his friend Paura on the prison ship to [[Recap/BlakesSevenS1E3CygnusAlpha Cygnus Alpha]].
* ChekhovsGun: The magnetic screen is used to destroy the pursuit ships.
* ClassifiedInformation: The Liberator encounters a planet on the edge of the galaxy protected by a forceshield. They try to find out more information from their MasterComputer, Zen. [[spoiler:Blake later gets a Federation flotilla to crash into the forceshield, betting their lives that the flotilla is no better informed than they are.]]
-->'''Blake:''' What are the surface conditions on Horizon?
-->'''Zen:''' Negative information.
-->'''Blake:''' Population?
-->'''Zen:''' Negative information.
-->'''Blake:''' Well, is there any information on Horizon?
-->'''Zen:''' Negative.
-->'''Blake:''' Well, is the information on Horizon classified?
-->'''Zen:''' Negative information.
-->'''Vila:''' Well, that was a whole lot of nothing.

* WeWillUseManualLaborInTheFuture: Justified; bringing in labour-saving machinery might speed things up, but would also increase resentment of the Federation by putting the Primitives out of work. The mines are also being used as a Siberia for local dissidents.

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* WeWillUseManualLaborInTheFuture: Justified; bringing in labour-saving machinery might speed things up, but would also increase local resentment by putting the Primitives out of work. The mines are also being used as a Siberia for local dissidents.

* ClassifiedInformation: All information on Horizon has been classified. Blake uses this to his advantage, betting their lives that the Federation flotilla doesn't know about the magnetic shield.

* ShirtlessScene: Blake and Vila, who unfortunately are a bit flabby after all their time stuck on the Liberator. Meanwhile Cally and Jenna keep their flowing gowns on even though they are sweating away in the mines alongside them.

* FaceNodAction: The Kommissar and his assistant exchange a MeaningfulLook when it looks like Ro has become too sympathetic to the Resister Blake. The assistant then walks off to send a message to any nearby Federation vessels.