Astronomica

Team Meatbag continues to press forward as the battle for the Flooded Palace rages on. Anton and the Grace keep external security busy while Hilde, Big Nikki, and the team's assorted NPCs look to overwhelm the sultan's guards. Mackie gathers up the janitor bots and heads up to the join the fray and all seems to be going well until one judiciously thrown grenade changes the game. Will Mac...

The Mongos are revolting! The Mongos are revolting! As Anton strafes the Floating Palace, Mackie rushes to patch up the Grace. Meanwhile, Hilde is definitely leading the charge and not at all trying to break away to do something shady. Somewhere along the line Big Nikki realizes that the plan probably doesn't involve having a nice sit down with the Sultan to hash out a new union contract. If...

After tying up the last few loose ends on the surface, Team Meatbag is ready to bring the fight to the Sultan. Hilde and Big Nikki have a quick word with the leader of the Mongoes while Mackie performs the vital service of keeping their transport on the ground. Anton offers Sergei a chance to live out his dream of playing R2D2 to Anton's Luke and the Grace gets all aflutter as Nolan Ryan P Jr...

Y'all, it's time to plan a coup! This week the team ties up some loose ends and starts looking to the station to fix this whole sultan controlling all the resources nonsense. Anton gets a final word with Bridget while Big Nikki calls into the kitchen to let their people know what's up. Everyone gets just a tad tiny bit toasted there for a minute before we snap back to our usual, uh,...

Bridget is back and you're gonna be in trouble, hey ya hey yaaaa, Bridget's back! Did we mention that Bridget Sakamoto is back and she is suuuuuuuper not happy with Anton? Guess it's time for Team Meatbag to finish what they started low so many episodes ago and finally get these crazy kids to settle their differences. If you're looking for breathtaking romance, exciting combat,...

With Team Meatbag on the very precipice of getting the party back together, Stardaddy starts tossing curve balls left and right. The Grace is the first to spot a dangerous familiar face but nothing compares to the moment she finally gets Mackie back on coms. Big Nikki comes to a realization just in time for everyone else to gear up for a fight. Meanwhile, Anton reaps the unfortunate rewards of bei...

Ever wondered what we sound like when we don't have anything particular to record? Well you're welcome because this week is a special Thanksgiving extravaganza of nonsense, favorite youtube channels, and a very special discussion on muppets. We'll be back next week with a brand new episode for realzies but until then we hope you have a truly excellent Thanksgiving (or if you aren&ap...

This week Mackie continues applied research on the electrifying equipment he found in the Silver City Armory. Hilde scores some sweet officer gear while Anton deals with continuing feelings of Space Savior-itus and the Grace finally puts out a mayday on general coms. Guest starring Katrina Coleman. Check out her podcast, You Look Like, on all the platforms plus give her name a google and check out...

This week the crew gets in some quality communication time. Anton raises concerns about playing "space savior" without the Mongoes go-ahead while Hilde flexes her authority in getting a shuttle pick up direct from the Silver City. Meanwhile, the Grace makes a credible threat to anyone unwise enough to attempt a hull breach and Mackie finds another extremely useful room in the downed aero...

It's our first anniversary y'all! As of this week, we've been doing this thing for one whole year and we are mighty excited to share that with you, our loyal listeners. In lieu of our usual vague rundown of this week's episode we'd like to give a great big massive hardy THANK YOU to everyone who has supported us over the course of this year. We've gone from a bunch of...

With the team still split into their individual projects, Mackie finally remembers he's a scrounger by nature. Hilde gains a bit of insight into the origin of the mysterious Goonies and the team generally re-affirms their various goals. Meanwhile, Anton meets up with an unexpected acquaintance and gets some seriously bad news. Could this be the beginning of the end for our favorite fatalistic...

We're back! We hope you all enjoyed last week's chance to really pause and think about life but it's high time we checked back in with Team Meatbag. While Anton deals with the fallout from Hopper's mistrust, Hilde comes to terms with an unexpected side effect of applied linguistics. Big Nikki proudly shows off their recent discovery only for Mackie to raise some troubling quest...

Hey, y'all, we done goofed up this week so we're doing something a little different (and by different I mean apologizing for not having an episode). But have no fear! We'll be back next week with our usual brand of fart jokes, philosophy, and fucking up all of Stardaddy's best laid plans. We still love you, don't unsubscribe! Send us a message through this weird thing that...

This week Team Meatbag continues their brave stance on splitting the party (AKA why not make Stardaddy prep for two entirely different games at once?). Anton hops from a murder mystery to a disaster movie as he and his NPCs attempt to return a tanker full of gas to the Mongoes. Meanwhile, Mackie and Hilde roll some skill checks and Big Nikki makes an amazing discovery. Guest starring Katrina Colem...

What's the one cardinal rule of role playing games? That's right, this week we're ignoring everything we know about RPG survival and splitting the party. While Anton lives out his action hero dreams on a solo-ish mission back to the Mongos, the rest of the crew hangs out at the Silver City. Big Nikki and Mackie get up to some adorable shenanigans and Hilde and Hopper wax philosophic...

This week Big Nikki keeps the friendship train rolling with the addition of a brand new hench pers-er hench thing. Hilde also overcomes the last of Bashy's standoffishness while Mackie takes a look at what repairs might get the Silver City producing water again. Finally, the team engages in the oldest of player traditions: an in-depth discussion on how their actions might destabilize local po...

Welcome to the stunning conclusion of last week's cliffhanger! Now that we've got that out of the way, Hilde engages in some light linguistic body horror while Big Nikki makes pals with the glow baby. Unfortunately that rascal Bashy runs off in all the excitement, forcing the team to follow after into the darkness of the Silver City. It's our grossest episode yet so if you've b...

We kick this week off with a couple of new goals for Mackie and Hilde plus the team commits to a nonviolent contact strategy with the Goonies. Hilde, Big Nikki, and our shiny new NPC Bashy form an advance team while Anton, Mackie, Hopper, and all our boring old not new NPCs follow at distance in the Death Wag. Will Hilde's winning personality speed diplomacy with the notoriously nonverbal Goo...

This week the team gets their interrogation on with one judiciously applied squeal patch followed by a fist fight. Hopper raises suspicions about Brilliana, the team's surface Crocean guide, while Anton exchanges blows with the sniper who just ambushed the Death Wag. Big Nikki gets concerned about what their new friends are planning for the Sultan and Mackie offers a suggestion that could cha...

We've got a sniper! As Mackie deftly drives the Deathwag defensively, Anton seeks to surreptitiously snipe the sniper. Hilde and Hopper do their own thing, eschewing alliterative action in favor of sending the drone for a closer look and cheering Mackie on respectively. Big Nikki tries to decide if they can avoid committing violence but before they can figure out a kinder path a new danger em...

It's a road trip, y'all! As the team heads off to be big damn heroes, they hit a snag when Stardaddy decides we're gonna explore this planet or else. They meet a pretty cool dude who just wants to sell some meat, engage in a few philosophical discussions, and generally enjoy the majesty of the Crosean landscape. If you can read this sign, the robot fell off! Guest starring Katrina C...

The title really says it all this week as the crew heads planet side to meet with the surface Croceans. Unfortunately the water transfer hits a snag when it turns out the Croceans are missing a vital part of the exchange: a tanker full of gasoline. It seems a group of giants known only as The Goonies made off with the life-sustaining fuel just the other day and now the thirsty group just needs a r...

Now that the crew have a brand new mission to break up all this monotonous relaxation, Anton is pretty sure something suspicious is afoot. Mackie gives Hilde and Anton a stern talking to vis a vis getting too friendly with the Grace. Finally, the team clears up the last of their downtime projects before snagging their new besty, Big Nicki, and heading down to the planet's surface. It's t...

With the Grace badly in need of repairs, Team Meatbag limps out of the Glasir system in the hopes of laying low for a month or two. They wind up on a quaint little planet by the name of Crocea Mors and settle into an honest to Space Clam sky palace if you can believe it. Mackie makes friends with the jovial assistant to the assistant head baker while Anton, Hilde, and Hopper head out for a night o...

Welcome to the recap for (most of) our Glasir System arc! If you're looking to get into the show but all that back catalog is too intimidating, we've got you covered with this handy dandy recap. This summary covers everything from our last "Story So Far" until Episode 39 and will tell you pretty much everything you need to know to hit the ground running with our next arc. Enjoy...