Astronomica

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...

If you enjoy our rambling intros, then you'll LOVE this episode length behind the scenes chat. We answer questions from listeners, wax philosophical about the rigors of life in the end times, and even tease a few bits and pieces for our next adventure. We are extra excited to introduce our very first guest, Katrina Coleman! Katrina is a Memphis comedian with her own podcast (You Look Like - c...

We join the crew mid-battle in this, the concluding part of our Glasir System finale. We'd tell you more but then why would you listen? If you enjoy the show, please follow us on your favorite platform for new episodes every Wednesday.  We also love seeing your 5 star reviews over on Apple Podcast; it really helps us spread the word and find even more fantastic audience members just like you....

While Mackie and the Grace shake off the cobwebs from their recent trip down memory lane, the rest of the crew scrambles to reach their battle stations. Anton puts the "ace" in, uh, "space pilot" (look, we never promised to be clever, ok?). Mackie and Theophania try to patch up all these new holes and Hilde works on jamming the three pretech fighters on the ship's tail. It...

It's time for the main event! With all other options exhausted, the crew of the Admiral Grace starts chucking grenades at the enveloping Dove of Peace. We have just enough time to figure out that chicken f**king joke from last week's episode title before a massive explosion rocks the ship. Insert joke here about Anton's impending doom and keep your fingers crossed for the rest of th...

With the team as prepped as they're ever going to be, the crew of the Admiral Grace charges headlong into danger with only the barest haze of a solid drunk between them and the knowledge of certain death. It's time to suit up and, in the words of a beautiful and sacred ancient Aegean proverb, f**k this chicken! (Yeah, we have questions, too) If you enjoy the show, please follow us on you...

It looks like the crew is ready to ignore all logic and self preservation as they plan their attack on the ominously intelligent pre-tech  Dove of Peace. Hilde's clone sib reluctantly agrees to help with the preparations and the team works to duct tape a few special munitions together in the hopes that at least one of them might survive. Sure, Stardaddy warned us this was a great idea (DMs, a...

It's a long one, y'all, and we're not just talking about Anton's...stories about Aegea (what did you think we meant?). This week the extremely refined crew of the Admiral Grace sits down to dinner with a whole monastery's worth of nuns. Mackie chats a bit with Dr. Theophania about the Dove of Peace while Hilde engages in theological discourse with Mother Marwazi herself. L...

With their slight detour of hunting down and murdering GhostDotGov well and truly behind them, the crew finally makes their way to offload the artifact that brought them all together in the first place. Let it never be said that the Admiral Grace Limited Liability Corporation doesn't deliver...eventually! While Mackie gears up to wing man for Hilde with the Reliquary Institute's represen...

With vengeance served, the crew of the Admiral Grace realizes they're sitting on a ton of sweet loot. Mackie preps a special project while Anton gently loads up his brand new fighter and Hopper has serious questions about whether it's time to be a real boy. Meanwhile, Hilde and Grace attempt some very uncomfortable girl talk. The description is short but the shenanigans are plentiful so...

This week the crew gets down to business interrogating Data Geist (aka GhostDotGov) on his involvement with the increasingly ominous Jeff Cho. Anton and Mackie ask some insightful questions while Hilde's excitement over her first conversation with a non-terran sentient quickly fades.  Later, the crew gathers to mourn their first true casualty with an impromptu funeral for everyone's favo...

With our battle concluded, Team Meatbag regroups to deal with their primary objective: the likely location of the wily GhostDotGov aka DataGeist. But before they meet the mysterious potential mafioso, they've got to tend to Hopper and sort out at least some of this sweet loot just laying around. The newly liberated Squirtle Bells joins the team officially - well, is used as a meat shield in c...

If you thought part two of our epic train combat was intense, just wait till you click play on the final installment! This week ups the action with more explosions, more giant mooks cut down before their time, and more reasons NOT to blow up those enticing "fuel" tankers. Anton continues to live his best combat life while Hilde shows those ones and zeros who's boss. Meanwhile, Macki...

Combat mode engaged! As Anton makes his presence known on board the speeding train, the rest of the crew finally gets down to business. We've got dueling hackers, desperate sprints to hop on a moving train, and lots and lots of looking up the rules to make sure we're doing this thing right. Oh, and the ever present threat of the Dove of Peace ready to turn everything to goo just as soon...

Good thing we put an asterisk on that "most competent crew in the multiverse" claim. With Operation: Barn Owl completely screwed, the crew of the Admiral Grace flounders around trying to remember what Anton taught them about combat situations. Meanwhile, Anton himself gets his action hero on and kicks off some serious shenanigans down in the crater. Will we see our very first character d...

Leaving the cavern and vowing to eschew any further distractions, Team Meatbag continues further down the tunnels towards the last known coordinates of Ghost dot gov. After handily dispatching a suspicious looking tripwire, the team discovers a secret exit leading to the planet's surface. Meanwhile, Gracie's communications with the Dove of Peace are returned by a strange entity identifie...