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Episode Notes SYNOPSIS Adrienne does her best to keep everyone safe with the resources to hand, playing cat and mouse with the possessed. Meanwhile Ben, Kathy, Celia and others make an attempt to break out with the hopes of heading to the second site for answers. CONTENT WARNINGS Loss of Bodily Autonomy - Much of the episode involves discussion of people who do not have control of their bodies and who are being forced to hunt and capture others. In two specific scenes those characters are present. The first involves several characters involved in a plan to evade and escape those without control of themselves. In a second scene a person who does not have control of their body discusses what it is doing to them. (20:20 - 29:30) & (41:45 - 49:43) Use of Less-Lethal Munitions - During one scene, characters are fired upon with a weapon called a stunner, which while fictional is similar to the kinds of weapons often used (and abused) by law enforcement on protestors and demonstrators (27:30 - 28:30) Bluesky: @amongstarsbones.bsky.social‬ Facebook: AmongtheStarsandBones Website: amongthestarsandbones.com Merch: TeePublic Store Episode Transcript Kathy - Jordan Cobb @inkphemeral Adrienne - Julia Eve instagram.com/@juliaeve_voice Ben - Chris Magilton @chrismagilton.bsky.social Celia - Shakira Searle Captain Francis - Liv Smith @livsmithvavo.bsky.social‬ Janine Hattersley - Lucille Valentine @severelytrans Anatoliy Klymenko - Andrey Dragovich @AndreyDragovich Hudson Desha - Tarek Esaw @TarekEsawVO Remy Seng - Edwyn Tiong @edwyntiong.com (bsky) Indira Raju - Asha Lloyd @ashaactually Dr Chang - Alex Chew @voidburntflesh.bsky.social Alexis Konstantinidis - Maia Harlap @maia_harlap Sergeant Janowicz - Maia Harlap @maia_harlap Sergeant Keith Harris - Anthony Morales @TonyrayVA The Computer - Devin Madson @themattlacey.bsky,social Season 2 Theme music composed by Oliver Morris linktr.ee/oldermodal This episode was written and produced on the stolen land of the Dja Dja Wurrung people. We acknowledge their elders past, present and emerging. Sovereignty was never ceded.

Episode Notes It's been two years since we last released an episode, so for those who want to refresh their memory but don't have time to go back through the previous Season 2 episodes, here's a recap to get you up to speed before the story continues next week. CONTENT WARNINGS Discussion of loss of bodily autonomy Use of less lethal munitions and weapons Discussion of cannibalism

AtSaB is coming back! It's been a long time. A very long time, but we're proud to announce that Among the Stars and Bones will return to complete Season 2 after a very extended hiatus. New episodes will begin October 7. ANNOUNCEMENT TRANSCRIPT [First strains of the Season 2 Theme Music begin playing] Hello there listeners. It’s been a while. I’m sure many of you thought there’d be nothing new released on the Among the Stars and Bones feed ever again. And fair enough. After I had to take a break in the middle of Season 2 a couple of years ago things got bad. And then they stayed that way for quite some time. But not once did I ever abandon this story which has always been near and dear to my heart. It’s been a slow and often interrupted journey back to the light. But now we’re here. Starting in two weeks, on Wednesday October 7, the second half of Season 2 begins, releasing fortnightly until its conclusion. That’s five more episodes and a half hour epilogue coming your way over the next few months so you can finally learn the fate of Adrienne, Ben, Kathy, Celia and the rest of their team and whether or not they’re able to save the Nabonidus group they came to rescue. I hope you’re as excited to hear the rest of this chapter of the story as I am, because honestly the rest of the season only gets bigger and more ambitious from here. I hope a couple of weeks notice gives you a chance to listen back to some previous episodes to get you ready for what’s to come. I’d recommend going back at least three episodes, but you know, you do you. Of course if you’re sitting there listening to me and thinking life’s too short and my podcast queue too long, Next week I’m going to release a bit of a rundown of some of the main events from the season so far that should help. Til then, dear listeners I hope to see you out there Among the Stars and Bones. [Season 2 Theme Music kicks into high gear and plays until fade.]

Episode Notes SYNOPSIS Trapped in the mine, locked inside a lab, or now among the possessed, the team tries to figure out their next move with what resources they have. CONTENT WARNINGS Drug-Induced Break From Reality/PTSD - A character describes a traumatic experience from their past in which drug use resulted in a break from reality (15:33 - 20:50) Loss of Bodily Autonomy - Much of the episode references people who do not have control over their bodies and are controlled by technological means. In two scenes people affected by the phenomenon are describing events that have happened to them. In one they are punching a wall against their will and in the second they are being made to prepare for a fight (26:57 - 33:08) & (46:27 - 52:00) Twitter: @AmongStarsBones Website: amongthestarsandbones.com Patreon: patreon.com/amongthestarsandbones Merch: TeePublic Store Episode Transcript CAST Kathy - Jordan Cobb @inkphemeral Adrienne - Julia Eve @juliaeve_voice Ben - Chris Magilton @chrismagilton Celia - Shakira Searle Captain Francis - Oliver Smith @OliverSmithVAVO Janine Hattersley - Lucille Valentine @severelytrans Indira Raju - Asha Lloyd @ashaactually Johann Mueller - Jerron Bacat @JerronBacat Anatoliy Klymenko - Andrey Dragovich @AndreyDragovich Hudson Desha - Tarek Esaw @TarekEsawVO Remy Seng - Edwyn Tiong @Omahdon Victor Hollister - Karim Kronfli @BullshotUK Dr Chang - Alex Chew @voidburntflesh The Computer - Devin Madson @DevinMadson Season 2 Theme music composed by Oliver Morris @oliverrmorris This episode was written and produced on the stolen land of the Dja Dja Wurrung people. We acknowledge their elders past, present and emerging. Sovereignty was never ceded.

Episode Notes SYNOPSIS Both Ben and Celia speak to Victor Hollister after Kathy uncovers evidence raising questions about his involvement in what is transpiring. Ben seeks answers to the past while Celia seeks the story of what happened to Nabonidus all that time they were out in the frozen wilderness. CONTENT WARNINGS Loss of Bodily Autonomy - Much of the episode makes reference to the people who do not have control over their bodies and are controlled by unknown external means. In three scenes they are actually present and describing events that have happened to them while punching glass walls against their will (14:07 - 21:56), (27:27 - 39:41) & (40:56 - 44:31) Involuntary Murder/Cannibalism - A character gives a detailed and emotional recollection of his personal involvement in an act of mass murder and cannibalism while he and the others committing these acts are under control by an outside force (35:58 - 39:41) Twitter: @AmongStarsBones Website: amongthestarsandbones.com Patreon: patreon.com/amongthestarsandbones Merch: TeePublic Store Episode Transcript CAST Kathy - Jordan Cobb @inkphemeral Adrienne - Julia Eve @juliaeve_voice Ben - Chris Magilton @chrismagilton Celia - Shakira Searle Captain Francis - Oliver Smith @OliverSmithVAVO Vinh Duong - Brandon Nguyen @MisplacedTextVA Genevieve Meisner - Rebecca Owen @rowen_vo Victor Hollister - Karim Kronfli @BullshotUK The Computer - Devin Madson @DevinMadson MUSIC CREDITS Season 2 Theme music composed by Oliver Morris @oliverrmorris Schubert's Adagio to Fantasia in C Major Op 15, recorded by Bruno Freitas, licensed from Motion Array Chopin's Nocturne in C Sharp Minor, recorded by ChrisStudio, licensed from Motion Array This episode was written and produced on the stolen land of the Dja Dja Wurrung people. We acknowledge their elders past, present and emerging. Sovereignty was never ceded.

Episode Notes SYNOPSIS A return... CONTENT WARNINGS Loss of Bodily Autonomy - Two scenes in which a group of people are controlled and moved against their will by unknown means (4:54 - 10:40) & (18:31 - 24:45) Strangulation - Depiction of a moment when a character attempts to strangle another (6:01 - 6:15) Riot Police/Gun Violence/Tasering - A scene in which less-lethal weapons are deployed against civilians in a situation akin to riot police engaging with protestors (20:28 - 24:45) Delusional State/Sedatives/Medical Restraints - A scene with a character in a state of delusion and medically restrained being questioned (40:15 - 45:37) Cannibalism - The possibility of cannibalism to explain missing people is discussed (52:10 - 53:57) Twitter: @AmongStarsBones Website: amongthestarsandbones.com Patreon: patreon.com/amongthestarsandbones Merch: TeePublic Store Episode Transcript CAST Kathy - Jordan Cobb @inkphemeral Adrienne - Julia Eve @juliaeve_voice Ben - Chris Magilton @chrismagilton Celia - Shakira Searle Captain Francis - Oliver Smith @OliverSmithVAVO Alexis Konstantinidis - Maia Harlap @maia_harlap Janine Hattersley - Lucille Valentine @severelytrans Hudson - Tarek Esaw @TarekEsawVO Klymenko - Andrey Dragovich @AndreyDragovich Keith Harris - Anthony Morales @TonyrayVA Jensen - Whitney Johnson @EditrixW Private Hubert - Rebecca Owen @rowen_vo Private Trinh - Brandon Nguyen @MisplacedTextVA Sergeant Janowicz - Maia Harlap @maia_harlap Johann Mueller - Jerron Bacat @JerronBacat Doctor Chang - Alex Chew @voidburntflesh The Computer - Devin Madson @DevinMadson Season 2 Theme music composed by Oliver Morris @oliverrmorris Special sound design assistance provided by Alice Magilton This episode was written and produced on the stolen land of the Dja Dja Wurrung people. We acknowledge their elders past, present and emerging. Sovereignty was never ceded.

Episode Notes SYNOPSIS The team heads beyond the antechamber door and become increasingly frustrated with the contradictory evidence on where the Nabonidus crew might be. Meanwhile Celia and Kathy ponder the puzzle presented by Johann Mueller, with Kathy digging up a recording from his personal files that changes everything. CONTENT WARNINGS Delusional State/Panic Attack/Use of Restraints/Medical Sedation - A character experiencing a break from reality becomes agitated due to the handcuffs placed upon him and is sedated to prevent injury (12:12 - 14:01) Loss of Bodily Autonomy - A scene in which a group of people lose personal control of their bodies and are moved against their will by unknown means. The scene is both described and accompanied by sound effects (36:03 - 39:53) Twitter: @AmongStarsBones Website: amongthestarsandbones.com Patreon: patreon.com/amongthestarsandbones Merch: TeePublic Store Episode Transcript CAST Kathy - Jordan Cobb @inkphemeral Adrienne - Julia Eve @juliaeve_voice Ben - Chris Magilton @chrismagilton Celia - Shakira Searle Captain Francis - Oliver Smith @OliverSmithVAVO Indira - Asha Lloyd @ashaactually Hollister - Karim Kronfli @BullshotUK Dr Chang - Alex Chew @voidburntflesh Johann Mueller - Jerron Bacat @JerronBacat Private Trinh - Brandon Nguyen @MisplacedTextVA Sergeant Janowicz - Maia Harlap @maia_harlap The Computer - Devin Madson @DevinMadson Season 2 Theme music composed by Oliver Morris @oliverrmorris This episode was written and produced on the stolen land of the Dja Dja Wurrung people. We acknowledge their elders past, present and emerging. Sovereignty was never ceded.

Episode Notes SYNOPSIS The crew begins to piece together the story of the last four days before the Nabonidus crew went missing. Kathy notes strange behaviour in some of the recordings and finds evidence of what lies beyond the antechamber door. Meanwhile, Captain Francis plays a hunch that might result in their biggest lead yet. CONTENT WARNINGS Vehicular Accident/Panic Attack - Description of a vehicular accident and a related claustrophobia-based panic attack (6:13 - 7:12) Loss of Bodily Autonomy - Two short scenes involving characters being unable to control their limbs and subsequent discussion (26:01 - 28:56) Delusion/Hallucination - A scene involving a character in a state of delusion becoming worked up (44:10 - 45:15) Tasering - A character is incapacitated by a device akin to a taser (44:55 - 45:15) Twitter: @AmongStarsBones Website: amongthestarsandbones.com Patreon: patreon.com/amongthestarsandbones Merch: TeePublic Store Episode Transcript CAST Kathy - Jordan Cobb @inkphemeral Adrienne - Julia Eve @juliaeve_voice Ben - Chris Magilton @chrismagilton Celia - Shakira Searle Captain Francis - Oliver Smith @OliverSmithVAVO Indira - Asha Lloyd @ashaactually Hollister - Karim Kronfli @BullshotUK Jensen - Whitney Johnson @EditrixW Vinh Duong - Brandon Nguyen @MisplacedTextVA Genevieve Meisner - Rebecca Owen @rowen_vo Konstantinidis - Maia Harlap @maia_harlap Private Trinh - Brandon Nguyen @MisplacedTextVA Private Hubert - Rebecca Owen @rowen_vo Sergeant Janowicz - Maia Harlap @maia_harlap Johann Mueller - Jerron Bacat @JerronBacat The Computer - Devin Madson @DevinMadson MUSIC CREDITS Season 2 Theme music composed by Oliver Morris @oliverrmorris Schubert's Serenade, recorded by AudioGarden, licensed from Motion Array Erik Satie's Gnosienne No. 1, recorded by Joe O'Rourke Music, licensed from Motion Array This episode was written and produced on the stolen land of the Dja Dja Wurrung people. We acknowledge their elders past, present and emerging. Sovereignty was never ceded.

Episode Notes SYNOPSIS The team begins their investigation into the site where the Nabonidus Task Force went missing. Their disappearance has an air of a locked room mystery. The team finds warnings, questions, anomalies and a new mystery surrounding one of the Nabonidus team members. CONTENT WARNINGS None Twitter: @AmongStarsBones Website: amongthestarsandbones.com Patreon: patreon.com/amongthestarsandbones Merch: TeePublic Store Episode Transcript CAST Kathy - Jordan Cobb @inkphemeral Adrienne - Julia Eve @juliaeve_voice Ben - Chris Magilton @chrismagilton Celia - Shakira Searle Captain Francis - Oliver Smith @OliverSmithVAVO Indira - Asha Lloyd @ashaactually Hollister - Karim Kronfli @BullshotUK Remy - Edwyn Tiong @Omahdon Gallini - Dylan Chambers @D33DAA Konstantinidis - Maia Harlap @maia_harlap The Computer - Devin Madson @DevinMadson Season 2 Theme music composed by Oliver Morris @oliverrmorris This episode was written and produced on the stolen land of the Dja Dja Wurrung people. We acknowledge their elders past, present and emerging. Sovereignty was never ceded.

Episode Notes SYNOPSIS Six weeks after the events of Season 1, The Herodotus Task Force have been rescued and are on their way home via military vessel. Adrienne thinks her team safe and the worst behind them. But she is about to find out that her bosses have other plans... CONTENT WARNINGS None Twitter: @AmongStarsBones Website: amongthestarsandbones.com Patreon: patreon.com/amongthestarsandbones Merch: TeePublic Store Episode Transcript CAST Adrienne - Julia Eve @juliaeve_voice Captain Francis - Oliver Smith @OliverSmithVAVO Captain Mayhew - Emma Sherr-Ziarko @TheGreatDilemma Petty Officer - Chris Magilton @chrismagilton Season 2 Theme music composed by Oliver Morris @oliverrmorris This episode was written and produced on the stolen land of the Dja Dja Wurrung people. We acknowledge their elders past, present and emerging. Sovereignty was never ceded.

Episode Notes The members of the Herodotus Task Force have an unexpected new assignment... This trailer features the voices of: Jordan Cobb @inkphemeral Julia Eve @juliaeve_voice Chris Magilton @chrismagilton Shakira Searle Oliver Smith @OliverSmithVAVO Karim Kronfli @BullshotUK Brandon Nguyen @MisplacedTextVA Whitney Johnson @EditrixW Jerron Bacat @JerronBacat Maia Harlap @maia_harlap Rebecca Owen @rowen_vo Emma Sherr-Ziarko @TheGreatDilemma Devin Madson @DevinMadson Theme music by Oliver Morris @oliverrmorris TRAILER TRANSCRIPT [A few bars of the theme tune and the rumble of a spaceship in flight] MAYHEW: Nabonidus - What do you know about their current assignment? ADRIENNE: Some site miners found twelve miles below the surface of an ice ball of a planet in Sector 17 FRANCIS: Are you saying they've...disappeared? MAYHEW: I am saying the brass have made it your job to find out. FRANCIS: What? MAYHEW: Both your jobs. ADRIENNE: You can't be serious. We have 14 dead, and many of us are still recovering from... [Adrienne's voice and spaceship rumble fade, replaced by a computer sound effect] COMPUTER: For attention of Jennifer Connolly, Eudoxus Initiative... [The computer fades out to be replaced by the beginnings of the Season 2 theme] ADRIENNE: Initial hails failed to illicit a response. FRANCIS: Because despite all our best efforts, we've turned up nothing. CELIA: There is still a question over whether or not the people we are here to find are alive or dead. KATHY: We've been tasked with going through the data from Nabonidus to see what we can piece together. HOLLISTER: (on recording) Descending the ramp now. KATHY: We started noticing a few people doing weird things. HOLLISTER: (on recording) Did anyone see that? KATHY: There's a question of...behaviour. HOLLISTER: (on recording) Can they be opened? DUONG: (on recording) Should they be opened? KATHY: 88 missing people. Only 87 sets of personal logs. CELIA: We're still at a loss as to how this whole site was built 12 miles below the surface without a tunnel. BEN: Last time we had the ultimate xenoarchaeological murder mystery. This time it's the ultimate locked room. ADRIENNE: Covered in danger messages. BEN: That in two dozen ways are screaming, "Wrong way, go back." FRANCIS: They discovered evidence of sabotage. BEN: A host of contradictions. Warnings and signs and portents and clues and half-truths. ADRIENNE: Are you picking up on a general theme of wrongness? [The music builds up and switches to a different, bass-heavy version of the theme] JENSEN: (on radio) Captain, we've got something. Movement in the hangar area. MUELLER: Stay back! KONSTANTINIDIS: (crying) I'm sorry! ADRIENNE: Get to the mine! FRANCIS: Prepare to advance from the right flank! DUONG: Someone! Please! HUBERT: Swanson - Your two! KONSTANTINIDIS: (screaming) Don't you think we would if we could! FRANCIS: Do not approach! MEISNER: (crying) Someone, anyone...help. KATHY: (on radio) We're not going to make it to you! BEN: (shouting) The hell you're not! FRANCIS: I am compromised. Repeat: I am compromised. [The music drops intensity to an outro] COMPUTER: Among the Stars and Bones. Season 2. Coming February 14 2024. KATHY: Ms Connolly. Please make sure that you have a screen available. Because you need to see this recording. I can describe it, but even I don't believe it and I've seen it.

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 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

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

SYNOPSIS The crew of the Herodotus Mission broadcast their first report from the Alpha and Beta sites on the planet Tefen. As they begin to search the sites, they uncover a city, a terraformer, over 200 skeletons...and a box. CONTENT WARNINGS: NONE Twitter: @AmongStarsBones Website: amongthestarsandbones.com Patreon: patreon.com/amongthestarsandbones 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 Janine - Lucille Valentine @severelytrans The Computer - Devin Madson @DevinMadson Theme music by Oliver Morris @oliverrmorris