pFrustrated and disillusioned physicist Dave Crowell has found a temporary and undemanding job - #39;piloting#39; a flying saucer mock-up spaceflight simulator at a third-rate amusement park - to escape from his former Defense Department employers#39; demands to develop more effective weapons of mass destruction. However, an alien from the planet Empyria stealthily modifies the attraction into an actual interplanetary spacecraft; and, passing himself off as a weird roving sideshow, invites aboard a group of misfits, each of whom is refusing to confront unpleasant realities in his/her life. The Empyrian offers the group a second chance to better themselves - an opportunity to colonize a small planetoid called Tythra that, paradoxically, will threaten both the alien#39;s home world and Earth, just 82 years down the line; by inhabiting it, the colonists will alter its orbital path and thus avert the disaster. However, to turn this dream into a reality, each must overcome an entrenched unwillingness to face his or her own true nature to pull together as a group. As violence escalates quickly between the distressed abductees and the flight crew, with one passenger accidentally being ejected into space during a physical altercation, Crowell eventually manages to convince the Empyrian that the operation is doomed to failure; he explains that it is against human nature to expect someone to freely accept their shortcomings and admit their failures. Instead, he advises him to seek help directly from Earth#39;s governments and scientists, in order to initialize a proper collaboration for the sake of each individual, by asking for volunteers to accompany them to Tythra - he assures the alien that he would probably have a whole ship full of people willing to receive a second chance at life. Approving of Crowell#39;s choice, the Empyrian states that #34;he trusts his judgment#34;, reversing the course of the ship to return the reluctant abductees back to Earth./pbr/br/Support this podcast at — a rel='payment' href='https://redcircle.com/ghostman-radio-station/exclusive-content'https://redcircle.com/ghostman-radio-station/exclusive-content/abr/br/Advertising Inquiries: a href='https://redcircle.com/brands'https://redcircle.com/brands/abr/br/Privacy Opt-Out: a href='https://redcircle.com/privacy'https://redcircle.com/privacy/a