Among the Stars and Bones

SYNOPSIS

In the season finale, Ben and Kathy reach the end of the line and the fate of the surviving members of The Herodotus Task Force is decided.

CONTENT WARNINGS

Gun Violence - There is a threat of gun violence during the first scene of the episode (2:23 - 19:03)

Gun Violence/Injury - Someone is shot and wounded (17:08 - 17:12)

Death/Loud Noise - A loud death via sudden electrocution occurs (18:56 - 19:03)

War/Conflict/Death - A recording of war between aliens is heard including weapons fire, explosions and a death scream (21:29 - 21:42)

Mass Murder/Death/Gas attack - A recording is played which implies (after the fact) the death of aliens due to suffocation by gas (21:42 - 21:55)

Murder/Death - A recording of an alien being murdered by stabbing (22:48 - 23:04)

Medical/Injury - A character receives first aid for a bullet wound (24:22 - 26:37)

Blood/Injury - A character injured "off-screen" reacts to the blood on them (34:23 - 24:37)

Twitter: @AmongStarsBones

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CAST

Kathy - Jordan Cobb @inkphemeral

Adrienne - Julia Eve @juliaeve_voice

Ben - Chris Magilton @chrismagilton

Gordon - Graham Rowat @GrahamNY

Celia - Shakira Searle

Harry - Sam "Raethr" Nguyen @Raethr_VO

Janine - Lucille Valentine @severelytrans

The Computer - Devin Madson @DevinMadson

Theme music by Oliver Morris @oliverrmorris

SYNOPSIS

Adrienne and the rest of her team scramble to escape, but time is running out, especially for an old friend. On the run from bots, Ben stumbles upon something he's long searched for, and Kathy is angry about secrets and cinnamon.

CONTENT WARNINGS

Distressing/Nightmarish Noises - Distorted audio with twisted speech and sound plays at intervals in the recordings (1:35 - 24:47)

Injury/Medical Trauma - A character describes how they came to be injured. Their state includes broken bones and dehydration and accompanying symptoms of confusion are evident in their speech. Other characters speculate on their prognosis (4:20 -10:30)

Twitter: @AmongStarsBones

Website: amongthestarsandbones.com

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CAST

Kathy - Jordan Cobb @inkphemeral

Adrienne - Julia Eve @juliaeve_voice

Ben - Chris Magilton @chrismagilton

Celia - Shakira Searle

Janine - Lucille Valentine @severelytrans

The Computer - Devin Madson @DevinMadson

Theme music by Oliver Morris @oliverrmorris

SYNOPSIS

As the countdown to explosion at the Alpha site ticks down, Adrienne and Laura, trapped in different sections, do what they can with the limited information and resources they have. Meanwhile in the Beta site Kathy and Ben are on the run...

CONTENT WARNINGS

Distressing/Nightmarish noises – Distorted audio with twisted speech and sound plays (Heard throughout all scenes of the episode)

Loud Startling Noises/Confined spaces – A loud, high stress sequence which includes the smashing of doors and walls and characters under threat. At one point characters also crawl through a confined space. (12:27 – 13:17)

Mass murder/Genocide – The deaths of many of the aliens and the fate of their remains are discussed but not portrayed. (20:43 – 23:58)

Death/Grief – A character makes reference, without detail, to the loss of their child and talks about its impact. (27:00 – 27:52 & 28:30 – 29:27)

Loud Startling Noises – A sequence in which there is an explosion followed by additional loud sounds for several seconds afterwards. (39:46 – 39:53)

Twitter: @AmongStarsBones

Website: amongthestarsandbones.com

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CAST

Kathy - Jordan Cobb @inkphemeral

Laura - Lindsey Dorcus @LindseyDorcus

Adrienne - Julia Eve @juliaeve_voice

Ben - Chris Magilton @chrismagilton

Harris - Anthony Morales @TonyrayVA

Jensen - Allison Brandt @WorstHeroEver

Gallini - Dylan Chambers @D33DAA

The Computer - Devin Madson @DevinMadson

Theme music by Oliver Morris @oliverrmorris

SYNOPSIS

Adrienne and Laura lead the search for survivors of the accident. Adrienne has learned that the accident was not the only thing that went wrong two days ago. Ben and Kathy are both AWOL, each looking for answers. And there are some new anomalies in the report files...

CONTENT WARNINGS:

Death/Medical Emergency/Grief - A character describes a past medical emergency that resulted in the loss of their child (15:03 - 17:02)

Blood/Injury - A character injured "off-screen" reacts to the blood on them (25:12 - 25:32)

Twitter: @AmongStarsBones

Website: amongthestarsandbones.com

Patreon: patreon.com/amongthestarsandbones

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CAST

Kathy - Jordan Cobb @inkphemeral

Laura - Lindsey Dorcus @LindseyDorcus

Adrienne - Julia Eve @juliaeve_voice

Ben - Chris Magilton @chrismagilton

Gordon - Graham Rowat @GrahamNY

Celia - Shakira Searle

Harry - Sam "Raethr" Nguyen @Raethr_VO

Harris - Anthony Morales @TonyrayVA

Jensen - Allison Brandt @WorstHeroEver

Gallini - Dylan Chambers @D33DAA

The Computer - Devin Madson @DevinMadson

Theme music by Oliver Morris @oliverrmorris

This episode is dedicated in loving memory to Calli - explorer, adventurer, protector and friend.

Apologies for the radio silence, dear listeners. The last few months have been a ride. But happy to say we're coming back next month!

ANNOUNCEMENT TRANSCRIPT

Chris: "Hi all, Chris Magilton here, creator of Among the Stars and Bones and voice of Ben Kelleher. I want to start by saying thank you to all of you who have listened, shared, rated, reviewed and supported the show. With your help and support we’ve made it to well over 60,000 downloads, which I've gotta tell you is at least ten times the audience I thought we’d reach.

I’d also like to thank you for your patience. As many of you are aware, the podcast has been on hiatus since July 2019, a hiatus that stretched out far longer than it was ever intended to. Life threw a curve ball at myself at my family, not a bad by any means, but the kind that meant there just wasn't the spare time needed to work on the show.

I’m here today on this Audio Drama Sunday to tell you that in exactly one month, that hiatus will end. Episode 7 will be released on Wednesday February 19, with the other three episodes of season 1 following fortnightly thereafter.

It’s been a great ride working with great people to get to this point, and I am so happy to be able to share the end of this phase of the Among the Stars and Bones journey with you all soon. And I have no intention of stopping at just one season.

If you want to keep up with our announcements and news in the meantime, the best place is through our Twitter @AmongStarsBones. Alternatively there’s our website – amonghthestarsandbones.com or our facebook page.

If you’d like to help us out financially, please consider backing us on patreon at patreon.com/amongthestarsandbones where I’m working on commentary tracks and other bonus content from the world of the show.

That’s it for now so, meet you back here in a month? 'til then, take care."

SYNOPSIS

In the mid-season finale, Kathy and Ben are looking for answers, one in the present and the other in the past. Adrienne is trying to walk the line between dangers to the crew. Meanwhile, Laura and Gordon begin an experiment to power up part of the terraformer...

CONTENT WARNINGS

Loud/Distressing Noises - A loud, high stress sequence which includes a loud alarm, four instances of explosions, two with accompanying distant screams. The same sequence also ends with a rising tone that peaks and distorts (31:13 - 31:49)

Twitter: @AmongStarsBones

Website: amongthestarsandbones.com

Patreon: patreon.com/amongthestarsandbones

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Episode Transcript

CAST

Kathy - Jordan Cobb @inkphemeral

Laura - Lindsey Dorcus @LindseyDorcus

Adrienne - Julia Eve @juliaeve_voice

Ben - Chris Magilton @chrismagilton

Gordon - Graham Rowat @GrahamNY

Jensen - Allison Brandt @WorstHeroEver

Logan - Dylan Chambers @D33DAA

The Computer - Devin Madson @DevinMadson

Theme music by Oliver Morris @oliverrmorris

SYNOPSIS

The investigation into what went wrong during the previous episode begins, with Kathy and Celia taking the lead. Adrienne and Laura are unimpressed by the responses they are getting from back home. Gordon pleads his case, and Ben is caught up in memories and grief.

CONTENT WARNINGS

Grief/Loss - The entire episode contains a general content warning as almost all of the characters are processing the loss of someone they knew.

Death/Violence/Medical Procedures - A human corpse undergoes a post mortem examination (10:07 - 19:54)

Grief/Loss of a Child/Emergency Birth - A past accident that resulted in the death of a premature baby is described (36:58 - 39:33)

Mass Death - Speculation on what the last moments of the aliens found dead around the site might have been like (39:39 - 40:14)

Twitter: @AmongStarsBones

Website: amongthestarsandbones.com

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CAST

Kathy - Jordan Cobb @inkphemeral

Laura - Lindsey Dorcus @LindseyDorcus

Adrienne - Julia Eve @juliaeve_voice

Ben - Chris Magilton @chrismagilton

Gordon - Graham Rowat @GrahamNY

Celia - Shakira Searle

The Computer - Devin Madson @DevinMadson

Raynor - Oliver Morris

Theme music by Oliver Morris @oliverrmorris

SYNOPSIS

A member of the crew is missing...

CONTENT WARNINGS:

Distressing/Nightmarish noises - Distorted audio with twisted speech and sound plays (3:17 - 4:56)

Reference to Violence/Death - Skeletons of aliens killed by suffocation and violence are described (8:20 - 8:37 & 10:32 - 11:00)

Discussion of Genocide/Mass Murder - Discussion and speculation on mass alien death, including the possibility of one group of aliens murdering the other due to political differences (20:12 - 24:15)

Death/Violence - A human killed by violence is discovered and described (37:06 - 37:55)

Twitter: @AmongStarsBones

Website: amongthestarsandbones.com

Patreon: patreon.com/amongthestarsandbones

Merch: TeePublic Store

Episode Transcript

CAST

Kathy - Jordan Cobb @inkphemeral

Laura - Lindsey Dorcus @LindseyDorcus

Adrienne - Julia Eve @juliaeve_voice

Ben - Chris Magilton @chrismagilton

Gordon - Graham Rowat @GrahamNY

Celia - Shakira Searle

Harry - Sam "Raethr" Nguyen @Raethr_VO

Janine - Lucille Valentine @severelytrans

Harris - Anthony Morales @TonyrayVA

Jensen - Allison Brandt @WorstHeroEver

Logan - Dylan Chambers @D33DAA

The Computer - Devin Madson @DevinMadson

Theme music by Oliver Morris @oliverrmorris

SYNOPSIS

Adrienne and Gordon are concerned about glitches with Herodotus tech. Ben and Harry try to unlock and translate alien recordings. And Kathy and Celia investigate the story behind the lone Proximan skeleton found in the control room with the cube.

CONTENT WARNINGS:

Violence/Death - Discussion of mass death by suffocation/gas (17:30-18:25 & 21:44-23:33)

Medical/Forensic Procedure - An alien skeleton undergoes analysis (18:25-21:44)

Threat of violence - A death threat is issued (34:20-34:25)

Twitter: @AmongStarsBones

Website: amongthestarsandbones.com

Patreon: patreon.com/amongthestarsandbones

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Episode Transcript

CAST

Kathy – Jordan Cobb @inkphemeral

Laura – Lindsey Dorcus @LindseyDorcus

Adrienne – Julia Eve @juliaeve_voice

Ben – Chris Magilton @chrismagilton

Gordon – Graham Rowat @GrahamNY

Celia – Shakira Searle

Harry - Sam "Raethr" Nguyen @Raethr_VO

The Computer - Devin Madson @DevinMadson

Theme music by Oliver Morris @oliverrmorris

SYNOPSIS

Adrienne, Ben and Gordon have various bones to pick over their orders. Laura speculates on the benefits of Proximan technology. Kathy and Celia begin unravelling the mysteries of the dead. And Gordon begins to probe "The Box."

CONTENT WARNINGS

Medical/Forensic procedure - An alien skeleton undergoes analysis (09:42-13:20)

Violence/Death - Discussion of mass death by suffocation (11:50-15:07)

Violence/Death/War - Discussion of development of a weapon of mass destruction (25:35-28:00)

Twitter: @AmongStarsBones

Website: amongthestarsandbones.com

Patreon: patreon.com/amongthestarsandbones

Merch: TeePublic Store

Episode Transcript

CAST

Kathy – Jordan Cobb @inkphemeral

Laura – Lindsey Dorcus @LindseyDorcus

Adrienne – Julia Eve @juliaeve_voice

Ben – Chris Magilton @chrismagilton

Gordon – Graham Rowat @GrahamNY

Celia – Shakira Searle

Harry - Sam "Raethr" Nguyen @Raethr_VO

The Computer - Devin Madson @DevinMadson

Theme music by Oliver Morris @oliverrmorris