In which the ship docks desert-side on planet Banoo, there's mayhem at the marketplace, and suspicions rise at the cop shop. Dr. Erin MacDonald and JG Hertzler guest star.

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BLURB:

Purser Sammi Love has achieved a quiet yet fulfilling life as the certified accountant aboard the not very important Mysterious CHIRP traversing the Caprimulgiform galaxy. After another typical day reconciling ledgers, Sammi stumbles upon a shocking discovery (hint: it's a dead body). There's more than meets the eye on this regular old boat ship carrying mid-level merchants, a group of traveling players, and a small handful of minor dignitaries barely worth mentioning. The stakes are get-lost-in-space high and the quirky crew are in way too deep.

This laugh out loud sci-fi meets mystery will delight science experts, Star Wars fans, and diehard nerds alike as a sweet, charming, and marginally scientifically accurate portrayal of travel aboard a spaceship of accidental chaos. Featuring the voices of Sanya Simmons, Julienne Irons, and John G. Hertzler and creator Holly Adams in partnership with the sound design majors at Michigan Tech University, you can't miss a single minute of The Mysterious CHIRP (Sammi is counting on you).

CREDITS

Cast, In Order of Appearance:

Andrew Joseph Perez as Skip Tanner

Joey Steinhagen as Lieutenant Luke Canon

Sanya Simmons as Purser Sammi Love

JG Hertzler as Ambassador Bartok

Dr. Erin McDonald as Dr. Svai Muir

Farrah Haidar as Lony Gyver

Connor Fleming as Dadita

Dan Pharis as Sevitt

Zayn Shafer & Brendan Sommer as The Assassin

Shaun Scott as Vegetable Merchant

Stephanie Johnson as Cop 1

Susan Cooper as Cop 2

Rainey Alexiev as Bulgarian Cop

Additional Voices provided by Rainey Alexiev, Isaac Bowman, Luigi Casadei, Kaleb Fresonke, Otto Nelson, Christopher Plummer, Zayn Shafer, Brendan Sommer

Post-Production Team:

Sound Effects Designed by Madison Brown and Jack Summers,
Dialogue Editing and Soundscaping by Rainey Alexiev,
Music Composition by Jonah Rady and Ryan Terrell

Sound Supervision by Christopher Plummer and Music Supervision by Jeff Sherwood

This episode was mixed and mastered by Katelyn Roblee and Bella Dimiceli

The Mysterious CHIRP is a monthly science fiction podcast written by Holly Adams and the cast of TMC and produced by Shearwater Productions and Christopher Plummer at Michigan Tech University.