Warrior's Longest Day

**Warrior's Longest Day** is the eleventh *TUGS: The Bigg City Chronicles* story in the SeventyVerse.

## Plot

Captain Star has given Warrior and Big Mac the job of taking stone from the quarry to the old quayside. Warrior takes the first load and starts his journey with his barge bumping into the back of him as he pulls off. Then, he nearly collides with some Shrimpers. After that, he meets up with Izzy Gomez. Warrior asks Izzy if he would like a tow, but Izzy tells him that he is going to try to get into port on his own for free. Warrior tells him that it is against the law, and leaves in a huff, accidentally hitting Izzy with his barge.

Warrior goes through the estuary, where Sunshine is working with Little Ditcher and Pearl. Warrior tells them about his new job, but then as he is leaving, his barge hits Little Ditcher, causing her to spin on the spot. Sunshine and Pearl find this very funny.

Warrior arrives at the old quayside, where Ten Cents, Zip and Zug are pulling down old buildings. The Coast Guard is also there keeping watch. As Warrior pulls up, his rock-filled barge bumps into the back of him, much to Zip and Zug's amusement. Since he is the first one to bring the rock barge in, Warrior has to go back to the quarry to pickup another one since there are no empty barges. Ten Cents also says that Warrior is too quick for them, to which Warrior thinks is great, saying he will do a couple more rock deliveries before he goes back, thus meaning getting more payment for Captain Star.

Meanwhile, Big Mac is making his way to the quarry to collect his load of stone. He meets up with a sleeping Izzy, who tells him that he doesn't want a tow, so Big Mac goes off. The Z-Stacks pass by and show no interest in towing Izzy. Izzy decides to go into port without a tug in tow.

At the quarry, Big Mac's barge is being loaded with stone from the loader. Zorran, Zebedee and Zak arrive to collect their load and notice Big Mac is taking on a large load of stone. Zorran tries to sabotage Big Mac's delivery by talking badly of Warrior, so that Big Mac will get angry, and forget about his barge still being loaded, and getting dangerously low in the water. It isn't until Grampus shows up and warns Big Mac that his barge is overloaded and low in the water. Big Mac notices this, but goes off out of the quarry anyway with the Z-Stacks encouraging him to do so, with Grampus close by. Zorran knows that with Big Mac's barge being overloaded, it could sink by any wave washing over it.

Back at the old quayside, Ten Cents, Zip and Zug are still pulling buildings down, when Izzy comes in, without a tow. Ten Cents tries to warn him about the bay, but Izzy (thinking he wants to tow him in) ignores him. Suddenly, he goes out of control, and crashes into the rock foundations. Ten Cents quickly runs up to Izzy and pushes against him. He asks Scuttlebutt Pete and Mighty Mo, who are close by, to hold onto Izzy. Zip offers to give Ten Cents to help, but Zug refuses, as it is not their salvage, as Zug blatantly tells Ten Cents. Zip knows that they really need to help Ten Cents, as he can see that Ten Cents is struggling. But Zug knows that Captain Zero won't approve.

Big Mac is now taking his barge slowly along the route to the old quayside. Grampus watches him to make sure his barge is okay. So far, Big Mac has done well, but suddenly, Warrior comes rushing straight towards them. Grampus ducks out of the way just in time, but as Warrior rushes past Big Mac, he causes a big wave, which washes over Big Mac's barge, and causes it to sink due to being overloaded. Big Mac (angry with Warrior) tells him to go and get a crane, and backs to mark the spot where the barge sank.

Meanwhile, Ten Cents is still making sure Izzy is okay. He has thrown a few ropes to keep him upright. Suddenly, Izzy starts sinking. Ten Cents and the cranes push against him to keep him upright, but his efforts aren't proving much good as one rope was starting to break. He pleads to Zip and Zug to help him, but Zug still refuses. The Coast Guard goes off to find Big Mac to help.

After Warrior sinks Big Mac's barge, Grampus resurfaces. He alerts Big Mac about his barge but it is too late. Big Mac's barge resurfaces from under the water right where Big Mac is, trapping him. Grampus brings the Coast Guard and Warrior. As they help Big Mac off of the barge, the Coast Guard tells Warrior that Ten Cents is going to sink if he keeps holding up Izzy by himself. Warrior rushes to help Ten Cents.

Warrior is on his way back when he encounters Peeper Pipes who explains the situation. Quickly, they go to find Big Mac. Back at the spot, Grampus resurfaces. He alerts Big Mac about his barge but it is too late. Big Mac's barge resurfaces from under the water right where Big Mac is, trapping him just as Peeper Pipes and Warrior arrive. Whilst Grampus and Peeper Pipes help Big Mac off of the barge, Warrior rushes to help Ten Cents.

Just then, Top Hat arrives with Lord Stinker. He can see Ten Cents needs help, and is angry with Zip and Zug for not helping him, saying that he will report them for this. Zug tries to hold to the scheme by claiming Ten Cents claimed salvage, only for Ten Cents to remind him he never said such a thing.

Since Top Hat is too tall to get in to push Izzy, he pushes Lord Stinker against him, to keep him upright; Izzy feels he would "rather sink" than suffer Stinker's smell. Zip convinces Zug that the scheme is useless and they prepare to assist, only for Warrior to rush past them to help. Ten Cents warns Warrior that it is too dangerous and tells him to back off or he'll sink with him, but Warrior refuses to abandon his friend in trouble, saying "Not if I can help it!", and starts to push. Sure enough, Izzy starts to move. But then, one of the ropes holding Izzy snaps, and Izzy starts to go over. But Warrior keeps pushing him, and firmly says, "I'm not gonna mess this up." Big Mac arrives to help, and can see Warrior is doing a great job. Then, Warrior tells Scuttlebutt Pete and Mighty Mo to pull. The two cranes do so, and the Star Tugs give one last push, and at last, Izzy is back to safety.

The Coast Guard and Grampus arrive, and can see that Izzy is safe. Everyone is proud of Warrior; he has saved the day. "I reckon this makes up for sinking my barge Warrior," says Big Mac. "I reckon it makes up for *everything,*" Ten Cents agrees. Just then, Zorran, Zebedee and Zak arrive. "What's up here? Another one of Warrior's disasters, eh?" asks Zorran. The Coast Guard explains that it Warrior was not to blame, but Zip and Zug were, as they cost the Z-Stacks the rock contract. He then reprimands Izzy for attempting to come in without a tow, saying he will have to pay a hefty fine.

Warrior feels very tired, and goes to make his way home, but on his way he falls asleep and bumps into the tramper Old Rusty. Initially, Warrior continues his streak of blaming others for his mishaps that day, only for Old Rusty to remind him he's been anchored in the estuary for nearly two years. Warrior finally apologizes "Sorry, it's been a long day, and I must have dozed off." As Warrior leaves, Old Rusty states that life would be rather dull without him around. Then Captain Star says that even though Warrior bumps into things, he still considers him to be an asset to the Star Fleet. ("A striker, you might call him.")

Meanwhile, Captain Zero puts Zip and Zug on garbage duties for two months and, through angry tears, wishes for one of his tugs to make him proud. Little does he know is that one of his tugs would end up doing some good.

## Differences Between *Warrior* and the SeventyVerse

* The adaptation adds in the missing scenes from the deleted 20-minute cut.

## Characters

* Ten Cents
* Big Mac
* Top Hat
* Warrior
* Sunshine
* Grampus
* Zorran
* Zebedee
* Zak
* Zug
* Zip
* Peeper Pipes
* Izzy Gomez
* Old Rusty
* Little Ditcher
* Mighty Mo
* Scuttlebutt Pete
* Lord Stinker
* Pearl
* Shrimpers
* Captain Zero
* Mr. Peter Stone
* Boomer (mentioned)
* Flotsam and Jetsam (mentioned)
* Little Owl (mentioned)
* Captain Star (narration only; mentioned)

## Voice Cast

### Official

* Simon Nash as Ten Cents
* Sean Barrett as Big Mac, Zebedee and Captain Zero
* John Baddeley as Top Hat, Shrimpers Mr. Peter Stone
* Lee Cornes as Grampus and Peeper Pipes
* Chris Tulloch as Zorran and Shrimpers
* Shaun Prendergast as Zak
* Nigel Anthony as Zug
* Paul Dobson as Old Rusty
* Lenore Zann as Little Ditcher
* Ian James Corlett as Lord Stinker
* JoAnne Good as Pearl

### Fan Chosen

* Peter Dickson as Captain Star
* Jeff Bennett as Warrior
* Michelle Creber as Sunshine
* Tara Strong as Zip
* John Leguizamo as Izzy Gomez
* William Hope as Mighty Mo
* Scott McCord as Scuttlebutt Pete