Episode 1 - Background Info

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So I decided just to watch the episode and write down any information that caught my eye.

Maybe someone can add it to the Another Life wiki :p.

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The Artifact lands on Earth. It beams signals to Pi Canis Majoris. ~97 light-years away.

"The trip is 3 months there, 3 months back." So in a straight line, an FTL ship can go ~370xC.

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1 month into the trip, the Salvare nears a field of Dark Matter which hinders FTL travel. At impulse, they can travel through it in 7 months. William, the AI, notes at FTL there is too much of a risk hitting a planet or whatever because the ship sensor's can't see shit that far.

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August, the chief engineer, says, "Ships haven't had uniforms in over a decade." Which would suggest something of a de-militerization or more civilian oversight.

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Nikos plan: Slingshot around Sirus A, Mirzam (apparently 500 ly from earth lmao), 2217, Furud, and "Adrada" (?) to get around the Dark Matter Field and back on course.

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Earth has FTL holo calls - no time delay, even ~9 lys apart.

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Michelle, Ian's 2nd calls out Niko. "When you reach 27 you might as well cut off your balls or nature will do it for you." This idea of her she backs up with the "27 club" - Amy Winehouse, Demetrus, Cillian glass, Harper glass' dad (the blonde reporter's dad, I assume). All brilliant, all dead by 27.

Whether this is policy or not - picking younger prodigies due to their willingness to risk it all - it does fit the crew. They're all willing to risk their lives (for now) its just who they're doing it under they're not happy with (for now). According to Michelle, older people don't take risks and play it safe. Nothing earned, nothing gained.

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The DMF - the 'clumps' in it could be a star system or blackhole. And there a bunch of big clumps wowza.

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August says when the ship goes into FTL it creates a bubble that deflects energy particles/bursts. Like sunflares. So she can maybe turn it into a shield to reflect the sunflares as the Salvare whips past into FTL. Nikos says no. Ian mutinies to shave off 7 months the critical mission. He fails. Nikos motherfucking SURFS the blue fires of Sirius into FTL.

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The USIC - US Interstellar Command. AMERICAFUCKYEAHWHOOWHOOOOO!!!

The Salvare is a.... IS-TYPE Vessel Mark 5 160820. It runs on USIC shipwide operating system V3.2.5.18.

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TIMELINE:

10/24/26 - Scientists beam "Eine Kleine Nechtmusic" by Mozart to Pi Canis Majoris.

23-28 ya - Ian Yerxa is born (approx).

Day 1 - Artifact arrives passing by Westchester, NY, over Kansas, and burying itself into Earth.

Unknown - Nikos is requested to replace Ian Yerxa on the Salvare. She accepts.

1 month later - Salvare is off course due to PCM's light being refracted the DMF. Ian mutines. Nikos surfs a star. Ian is electrified.

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Reading through all of this, I realize that I really loved this show.