Astronomica

In which Hilde gets her time in Hopper's Brain Surgery Bonanza. Meanwhile, CB and Pepperwillow mop up on the station, making certain to ask all their most important questions before leaving this place no doubt forever. Later, CB brings a mysterious box to Hopper and asks an important question: should we open it?

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 Sure, the Seomgim have had a whole hour or whatever to prep this bodega for an ambush but that won't stop us from walking right on into it. Later, Auggie loudly begs Hopper for emergency brain surgery and Hopper is shockingly able to contain his glee.

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Team Meatbag continues on their quest to neutralize the consequences of their own actions. Fortunately, a bubbly new member of the (named) crew has some neat ideas your doctor definitely doesn't want you to know about.

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 With Hilde downed from a mysterious ailment, CB observes a potential connection with a group of Seomgim. Team Meatbag comes to some concerning conclusions about their recent box-related investigations.

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It's that special time in every sandbox game where the players run around collecting potential directions, plot hooks if you will. But don't let that stop you from enjoying this episode because it's very funny, we super secret double dog promise!

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First things first, we gotta get out of this Civilization Threat Level X jam or whatever. After that we can finally hit the dusty road and explore a brand new system. Silap Inua, here we come!

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 So...we picked up this box. And it *says* it's a Class X Civilization Threat and that obviously *means* we should just destroy it and collect our paycheck. But also, hear me out, what if we opened it? For science.

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Time to do what Team Meatbag does best: turn a simple mission to impersonate a bunch of space bigots and steal their super special techno treasure into a slightly less simple mission to shoot holes in a bunch of space bigots. Will we remember the mission and make it out with the cargo in tact? Your guess is as good as mine!

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With Yazid and the Azes ready to sale off in the great Spinoff in the Sky, Team Meatbag has a conundrum: Stick around to shepherd the newest member of their fleet through unknown weeks of bureaucracy or high tale it out of the system quick before the ship with the big guns figures out they aren't the Burt. Either way, Lydia is getting a distressing new therapy aid and Hopper is probably also doing something distressing with the captured Seom Gim hosts. Husks? People suits.

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Cole may be gone from our RV but they're still in our hearts and also your ears for this one last episode. Let us introduce you to our newest franchisee in the Admiral Grace/Irish Goodbye Zero Liability Pirate Fleet Corporation: the Good Ship Violence!

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In this week's extra long intro we say good bye to our favorite Violence Officer, Cole. If you're not into intros (or you're too sad to accept Cole's last out of game moments of banter), skip ahead to the 22 min mark for the recap. Meanwhile, in the actual meat of the episode, Yazid leads their crack team of marauders through a penetrating loss of their own.

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 Now that we know the space battle turns out okay, time to check in with the away team we tossed directly into the path of our own missiles or whatever it is we shoot. Hey, didn't we promise Yazeed and crew that we *wouldn't* fire directly at them?

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 Holy shit, you guys, this ship we're fighting sure is a lot better kitted out than we thought. Never fear, our definitely competent crew is for sure up to the task of not dying!

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After weeks and weeks of teasing a space fight, Stardaddy finally delivers.

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A new complication stands between our intrepid crew and their attempt at the storied double pay day.

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The first part of their plan completed with shocking competence, the crew of the Irish Goodbye tidies up some loose ends before jumping back to Argo. What will they find on the other side? Probably nothing, don't worry about it.

Note: The main episode this week has the last bit of our struggle bus audio during the tech change over. Next week will be back to a full episode with our usual sound!

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While Mackie fiddles with the Shadrack's mechanics just enough to make it look catastrophically broken, Hilde and Hopper attempt to scare the ship's crew into accepting an "inoculation" against their mysterious contagion.

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While CB takes the Irish Goodbye as an escort for the Basket in the Reeds, everyone else heads over to the damaged escort ship to see if they can't damage it a bit further. Don't worry, tho, if the away team succumbs to Stardaddy's machinations, it's all CB all the time ba-by!
 
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With a plan firm-ishly in place, Team Meatbag heads to Lingurium for some piracy adjacent shenanigans.

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Hilde takes a trip back "home". Auggie recruits a new mark. Finally, the crew takes a look at Yazid's shady envelope of potential piratical postings.

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The crew continues their time on Argo. Yazid runs into some fellow Kondalese expats. Mackie makes friends with his own particular brand of nerd.

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The team splits up to make the most of their time on Argo. Yazid hits the back allies to rustle up some mercenary work while Auggie goes in search of a wealthy patron. Meanwhile, Team Chopper-Bopper (CB and Hopper) takes another stab at storming a hospital.

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As Team Meatbag finishes up their journey through metaspace, Argo 2 waits in blissful ignorance of the various terrors about to descend.

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Hilde, Mackie, and Yazid deal with Lydia's sudden but inevitable attempt to break into the weapons locker. Auggie and Hopper continue testing on the obelisk.

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 It's that most special of times, the start of a brand new arc! We're kicking things off with a bit more testing on the ol' obelisk which leads to an actual, honest to Space Oyster discovery. Also there's some light betrayal afoot, don't worry about it, nothing major.

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Oh man, you guys, time to find out if Auggie's brother is any good at being a Space Patrol captain. Spoiler: It's complicated.

Special note: This one shot was recorded in the great hall of our accommodations and as such will sound very different from our usual show. Expect increased background noise in particular. If this isn't your jam, no worries and we'll catch you for the start of our next arc!

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In lieu of a chat episode between arcs, we've got an exclusive treat just for you: Space Patrol! This very special one shot takes place in the home system of everyone's favorite xenoarchaeologist and all around good dude, Augustus Novus. It was recorded by a group of willing guinea pigs at the 2024 Astronomicon and features bonus appearances by Chris (aka Auggie) as Step-Stardaddy and Colin (aka Mackie) as Auggie's much lauded older brother.

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As the arc comes to a close, Team Meatbag holds an empty base party. Mackie puts on his commodore hat while he figures out next steps. Hilde expresses some doubts about the team's new philosophical approach while Yazid learns about past exploits. Later, Augie and Hilde score some extra cash while Hopper and Yazid take some new recruits to a bar fight.

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It's time to build a base! Okay, it's time to PLAN a base using some neat extra SWN content and then go wrestle it out of the swampy wilderness. Will there be worms? Yes, yes there will be worms.

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Team Meatbag just finished up a successful mission on Menkaure and you know what that means: time for another Triumph through the corridors of Port Hughes! Later, Mackie puts in a request for lovely little slice of Menkaure to call our very own.

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Team Meatbag follows through on their plan to present a new revelation to the Cult of the Draggerdown. Hilde makes an offer the rest of the team really wishes someone would refuse.

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With the dungeon crawl pretty much wrapped up, Team Meatbag decides what to do about this whole Lydia situation. Maybe it's time for the Cult of the Draggerdown to get a brand new testament.

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It's a new year and we're kicking it off not with a bang but with a metaphysical discussion about what bangs might have been and might yet be. Hopper asks Site Computer 19 the big questions while Hilde and Augie wax poetic about the potential academic accolades in their future. Meanwhile, Mackie and Yazid do some weapons testing.

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It's time for our favorite tradition: the Holiday Clip Show Extravaganza! This year we take a peek at what might have been if the Admiral Grace had never found a way out of metaspace that one time Mackie trimmed the course. Strap in folks, it's about to get weird. Happy Holidays from the Great Space Oyster!

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Team Meatbag continues their rampage through the Ophanum's goo monsters.

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Team Meatbag re-emerges into the massive cavern filled with just loads of creatures that probably want to eat them. Thing is, that cavern is full of water and no one wants to take a swim. How will our intrepid adventurers solve this dilemma? Hit play and find out!

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 The team takes a moment to re-orient and decides to go ahead and check out that employee break room after all. Later, Auggie rolls a 1 and grabs a peach.

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This week Stardaddy does that classic D&D thing where you've got an alluring siren who turns into a monster who just wants to kill you. Sadly, no one recognizes the trope and it goes completely unremarked until this very summary.

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As promised, here's a lil bonus fun for you in honor of our 200th episode! Full disclosure, we got pretty toasted and this has the absolute most minimal editing. Also we were coming to grips with Trump's second successful election so if you like an Astronomica-themed descent into madness, this is the content for you!

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