Anything Could Happen

In this episode, we find ourselves in the Proxima Centauri B, the nearest star to Earth and originally established as a transit base by the Novakuma Consortium. The planet proved impractical to terraform, but residential and naval repair platforms sprawl across the orbit of the planet. The ruling council gathered to hear a report about the discovery of a large unknown object heading into the system at an extreme velocity and at an oblique angle to the solar plane.

What will the tream decide to do? What can they do about it?

Of course... Anything could happen!

CAST:

Chris Payne: Naval Liaison Commander James Vashon (he/him)
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Neil Byrne playing: Aurora District Representative - Dexter Coldwell (he/him)
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Lilith Wilde playing: Elected Governor Lucretia Storm (she/her/your excellency)
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Clare Gaskin: Terran Historical Society Rep. Mimsy Lowell (she/her)
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António Salreta: Trade Union Representative Guy Torres (he/him)

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HOST: Oscar Clark

EDITOR: Elliott Clark

SCENARIO: Oscar Clark

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NOTES: Format and narrative background are adapted from 'WestPoint: Extra Planetary Academy' created by Oscar Clark with additional material by David Hankins

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Anything Could Happen is presented by Stormlantern Productions, a trading name of Stormlantern Consulting LTD

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On the aging Pheonix Platform, a processing factory city on 55 Cancri E, the GeneralAI overseer program is failing. This rocky planet is 65 times closer to its sun than Earth and its surface is an ocean of lava andimaginably inhospitable. The Team have to choose a replacement before the AI fails taking down the complex array of protective systems that avoid a catastorphic collapse.

CAST:

Eric Janssen - Executive Officer: Chris Payne

Delta - GeneralAI Candidate Replacement: Karim Kronfli

Eve - GeneralAI Candidate Replacement: Emily Inkpen

Host: Oscar Clark

Editor: Elliott Clark

* Emily Inkpen is the author (and cast member) of the audio drama, The Dex Legacy, winner of BSFA Award for Best Audio Fiction; and the recently release new series Wasteland - set in the same universe. (https://www.emilyinkpen.com/thedexlegacyupdates)

* Karim Kronfli is currently performing in "It's A Wonderful Life" with the Madison is the Air show: https://www.madisonontheair.com/itswonderfullife50/ 

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In this episode, our intrepid players face what should be an easy decision. Save Lives or Save Data? We find ourselves near the Research Station Concordia 1560 light years from Earth observing an unusual binary System containing a G-Class Star and a dormant stellar mass “black hole”.

But of course... Anything Could Happen

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CAST:

Commander Lupard - Research Station Commander: Lucie Prunier

Captain Tilda Ryan - Commander of the ESV Magellan: Emily Inkpen

Dr Brett Engles - Alpha Research Team Leader: Karim Kronfli

Dr Peter Reinhardt - Replacement Beta Team Leader: Chris Payne

Host: Oscar Clark

Editor: Elliott Clark

Scenario: Oscar Clark
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* Emily Inkpen is the author (and cast member) of the audio drama, The Dex Legacy, winner of BSFA Award for Best Audio Fiction (https://www.emilyinkpen.com/thedexlegacyupdates)

* Karim Kronfli is currently performing in "It's A Wonderful Life" with the Madison is the Air show: https://www.madisonontheair.com/itswonderfullife50/ 

Music from #Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/kevin-macleod/new-direction License code: EOPCFS6UIIFJBVAL

NOTES: Format and narrative background are adapted from 'WestPoint: Extra Planetary Academy' created by Oscar Clark with additional material by David Hankins

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © Stormlantern Productions 2024 Anything Could Happen is presented by Stormlantern Productions, a trading name of Stormlantern Consulting LTD

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In this episode, we find ourselves aboard MSV Aquarius, a multi-role Vessel mandated for humanitarian aid within the UFR currently shadowing the Civilian Space Vessel St Louis. The largest refugee ship that managed to depart Billgrey in the Wolf 1069 system when it was hit by the SNP virus and a quarantine lockdown.

Killian, Refugee Representative: Hem Brewster

Bale Garullon of the UFR Exploration Committee: Karim Kronfli

Host: Oscar Clark

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In this episode, we find ourselves aboard MSV Lyme Bay, a multi-role Vessel mandated for humanitarian aid within the UFR on a mission to investigate Goddard a low gravity world formerly designated TOI-4527.01. 30 years ago, the KoruNova corporation abandoned the colony after a devastating climate collapse caused by exploiting its core minerals. Now, the Lyme Bay’s crew are responding to a distress call from the planet and rumours of a “Lost Colony” in the region.

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They discover something unexpected on the site of an archaeological project on Proxima Centauri B. An ancient experimental Stasis chamber... and the inhabitant is still alive!

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Archaeological ruins of a previous civilisation have been found on a moon that is heading inexorably under the gravitational impact of a nearby black hole. In the last days before evacuating the base one of the researchers triggers something.

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In this episode we find out what happened to the survivors of our very first episode... the Captain and Medical Officer from the fallen DSV Sheffield. However, some of the survivors from their Malanki attackers have managed to turn on the distress beacon.

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This episode we find ourselves on WayStation 173 on the border with Jebarr space as tensions are rising. Whilst the conflict with the Jebarr ended over 35 years ago, numerous issues remain, with displaced colonists, scavenger vessels and conflicts over property rights.

This committee is responsible for finding equitable solutions for the affected citizens on both sides.

The planet ownership is in dispute between a UFR mining colony extracting exotic heavy metals from the planet’s surface and a Jebarr clan who claim the world as a traditional training ground.

It is the committee’s job to resolve whose claim is the most valid.

And remember that anything could happen.

Committee Chairwoman K. Suliman - Mivi Studman-Badillo

Jebarr Ambassador Pluugrip: Jonas Gawe

CU Representative Jan Tomos: Chris Payne

Head of Reconciliation Survey Laub'Shtare: Shruti Bhat

Host: Oscar Clark

Editor: Elliott Clark

Writer: Oscar Clark

NOTES: Format and narrative background are adapted from 'WestPoint: Extra Planetary Academy' created by Oscar Clark with additional material by David Hankins

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © Stormlantern Productions 2024

Anything Could Happen is presented by Stormlantern Productions, a trading name of Stormlantern Consulting LTD

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