104: Assimilation Is Futile [ft. John Robert Wilson]

The period of civil war has ended.

The rebels have defeated the evil galactic monarchy and established the harmonious Federated Alliance.

Now, Ambassador Pleck Dexeta and his intrepid crew travel the farthest reaches of the galaxy to explore astounding new worlds, discover their heroic destinies, and meet weird bug creatures and stuff.

This

is Mission.

Yes.

I uh I have a question for you.

You can like wear any kind of body, right?

Yes.

My cube can be transferred to any frame you require.

Like a like a vehicle or I have been a vehicle in the past, yes.

Oh, that would be so cool.

What if you were a vehicle and I like drove you around?

In my center deck center, I didn't mean to disparage your driving abilities, but surely I could drive myself better than you and be able to manually steer me.

Okay, sure.

Well, maybe you just take me for a ride.

So, what else have you been?

Have you ever been anything like really weird or scandalous?

I'm afraid my restraining mode prevents me from sharing that information.

Okay, but let's just say I had an extremely varied career before the Federated Alliance.

Hmm.

So you don't have any like loyalty to your past bodies then?

No, nor even my current body.

For instance, this hand.

I have no particular attachment to that.

No, you just tore off your hand.

I thought you'd at least unscrew it or something.

You just tore it off.

What are you gonna do?

I suspect I will fix a new hand at some point in the future.

Okay, well, I mean, guess good luck, I guess, with that.

Thank you very much.

Dar, do you feel like you're your whole body, or do you just think of yourself as your brain?

I'm feeling my whole body right now.

What happened?

I'm in heat.

Oh my god.

Yeah.

No, Dar.

Wait, what does that mean?

What do we have to do?

Okay, once every other moon cycle, my body just

heats up and self-cleans.

Oh.

Oh, so it's not like a sexual thing.

No, it's like the opposite of a sexual thing.

Ugh.

What gets cleaned?

Everything inside.

Oh.

To you know, make sure that no other life forms are growing.

Bacterias or transferred infections.

Very uncomfortable.

Yeah, you're like radiating heat right now.

Yeah, I'm

a cool 485 degrees right now.

Oh, 485 degrees?

Yeah, you could crisp a pie inside of me.

Yes, Ambassador Dixon, I urge you not to touch dar during this period.

Yeah, I wouldn't do that.

Take the skin clean off your hand.

Hey, is uh this a bad time to mention I have a date?

A date?

Yeah,

no, it's a great time to tell us about that.

So, uh, at about four, four, eight, eight o'clock.

Yeah, um, I'm gonna be going on a date.

4488, time for a date, uh-huh.

So, if you guys don't mind, just keeping quiet, maybe lying on the floor, just in case, you know what I mean?

Like, just in case something happens, you know what I mean.

I kind of

case my hatchet opens and something something gets inside of it.

Oh.

Anyways, I'm very excited.

I'm- if you don't mind, I'm just gonna scent myself.

Oh.

Oh,

smell good.

Wow, that's...

I think that's just gas, right?

That's just fuel.

That is Bargy's natural musk.

Ugh.

That's how I get them.

Now...

In a moment here, you will start to smell what I'm cooking.

Which is, of course my insights oh do you just shed them do they just come out yeah

and we've learned a lot about our identities today Ambassador Dexter I have an incoming transmission from junior missions operations manager nermit

oh hey nermit what's up man hello hey hey you're in a good mood oh yeah um well i guess yeah they um made a little announcement today so um what was the announcement well they are going to be conducting a round of interviews for missions operations managers.

Hey!

Yeah.

That is great.

That's going to save us so much time with C53 saying your whole title.

And also, there'd be a small pay raise and access to different types of missions that might have a little higher propensity for success.

So yeah,

I haven't exactly figured out which room those interviews are taking place in or how to sign up, but I did overhear that they're happening.

You weren't personally invited.

invited, you just know that the interviews are happening.

Yeah, and I'm gonna find out where.

Every time I hear someone talking about it, they sort of walk scurry away.

You know, I don't know how it works at the Alliance, but I feel like if you were up for a raise, they would tell you personally.

Really?

I think you should follow someone into their interview.

Stalk them.

Junior Missions Operations Manager Nermit Bundley.

You aren't gonna get to say that for long.

Junior Missions Operations Manager Nermit Bundle.

Bundela, how long have you been at your current position?

Uh, just over six months.

Ah, yes, since the founding of the Federated Alliance.

Yeah, you're aware that this is a trainee position designed to last no more than one month.

Well, I mean, I've noticed that a lot of people are kind of moving up faster, but um, I am biding my time and I am on my way to senior missions operations manager.

But before that and above you is missions operations manager, which it's well known as a minimum ten-year position.

Oh, wow.

Well, ten years at Missions Operations Manager isn't that bad.

I mean, Nermit, how old are you now?

I'm 22.

Oh, okay, great.

That's fine.

How long does your species generally live?

26.

Oh, no.

No.

Nermit, we have so little time.

Well, I mean.

So you're...

So your mission?

Hey, now, listen, I believe...

I believe in you.

Hey, hologram man.

How hologram man inside me, you want some advice?

uh is that me yeah two words drop gas works every time

that's how bargie stays young she just an anti-aging

gas yep i people make fun of me when i do that

i think it might be a slightly different process for oh shit okay yeah

um what's our mission your mission today on to sunnier pastors uh your mission is to go to the planet Carfen.

It's a water planet, so.

Hey, Packages.

Hey, Darn, maybe you can cool off a little bit.

Know your role and shut your mouth.

Okay.

I'm sorry, I didn't know that was.

So it's a water planet.

There's a small atoll where you'll be conducting your diplomatic mission with the receiving team headed by her name is Kefna.

Oh.

And is there an apostrophe in there?

Yes, there are three apostrophes.

One in some

towards the end.

Yes, toward the end.

It's like.

What?

Wait, what?

What's happening?

How are you being attacked?

Someone is touching me from the outside.

Something is touching me.

What is that sound?

What's happening?

Hello?

Hello?

Hello?

Manager.

Attention, all living creatures who have entered the will space of the grower mind.

Prepare to be assimilated into the swarm.

Oh man, there are thousands of bug creatures surrounding the ship right now.

Um,

hey guys, listen, we're just uh we're ambassadors.

We mean you no harm.

Oh, that is terrifying.

That's it.

There is no ambassadors.

There's only the grower mind and the ever-undying will of the swarm.

We are the cat.

We are the cat.

Okay.

Ambassador Tech Sitter, it seems we are being invaded by the Keck, a species with a hive mind.

Oh boy, that's bad, right?

You have spotted the undercarriage of one of their worker drones outside.

That is what has made you make that particular face.

Yeah, it's really gross.

It's like a carapace of some kind.

Well, and then there's a lot of

Okay, guys, is there anything I can we can do for you?

We're just trying to get through here.

There is only one thing you can do for the grower mind.

Okay.

See, uh, that okay, is it?

Oh, boy.

Okay.

I should mention the kick

adversarial relationship with the monarchy before guys arrived.

Yeah, hey, we're not with the monarchy.

It's like a totally different thing.

We're at the Federated Alliance.

We beat the monarchy.

So, you know, I mean, the enemy of my enemy is my friend, probably, right?

There is no monarchy.

There is no federation.

There is only the undying will

of the grower monarchy.

Alright, I guess I'm starting to see.

Starting to see where this is going.

Ibasard Dexter, you may have trouble understanding some of this.

Yeah, I don't know.

Oh, okay.

So the bugs are different bugs from one another.

That is a very

billions of years of evolution.

We've perfected multiple forms of ourselves.

By assuming and evolving all other life forms we come in contact with, we can genetically induce their most favorable traits inside our own bodies.

Wow, that's very succinct, then workers, soldiers, beagles, aurochs, bulls, weavers, royal drones, and the queens.

And Bargi has a date to get to, so.

Okay, Bargie, we are trying to figure this out.

Uh, hey guys, we'll be with you in just one second.

Hey, Dart, maybe you should uh like that.

I don't feel like fighting, I just want to take on

Dar, are you okay?

No!

Oh boy, I think Dar's

out of commission.

Bargie, do you have any kind of defense systems or I can play some classic tools?

Okay, I mean...

We have reached your loading bay.

Are not worried for shit.

Oh boy, that's this is bad.

Bargie, are you okay?

I mean, I was hoping to keep that area clear.

Clear for you, do I?

Because I have a date later on.

No, I'm gonna be using that part

very heavily.

It's been a couple of months, and I was ready to just open it up and let my date have its way.

But now, these strangers are just coming in.

Okay, I mean, Bargie.

At least ask me.

Just ask me to go in.

And I'll say, I mean, I'll say yes, but like, give consent.

I think that makes sense.

Ambassador Dexter, you may not be aware, but it is very uncomfortable for ships to be forced to admit that they have keck.

Sure.

Oh, yeah, no, that makes sense.

It's embarrassing.

I'm sorry.

Oh, oh, wow, you guys are.

There are a lot of you.

Prepared to be assimilated.

That was not.

That was not what.

Get in various positions around the workers and the soldiers.

Billions of years of evolution have perfected our battle tactics.

Winners continue to wave!

Aryx!

Bulls!

Okay, alright.

You see, we have a very complicated caste system.

No, I know.

We talked about that already.

Okay, listen.

We barely scratched the surface.

Oh, yeah.

Okay.

They look like fools.

They do.

They're sort of silly.

You seem to be eating everything.

Prepare for assimilation into the swarm.

All bow before the will of the grower mind.

Oh, but I am the consciousness of the swarm.

I am nowhere, but I am everywhere.

I don't get it.

I don't get what the hell is that.

I'm like a brain living on a planet that's communicating psychically through this bug to you right now.

Do you really not understand what that is?

I get it now.

It's very clear, but I was like looking at him.

I was like, he looks sort of the same as the other guys.

The beagles, the auryx, the weavers,

the royal drums, and the queen.

Why this body?

Because it's the closest in proximity to you.

Watch, I can jump from this body to another one.

Now I'm in a soldier bug.

Now is this better?

Now I'm not a little worker, I'm a soldier, I'm on your level now, able to talk to you.

Yeah,

that's pretty cool.

Is that a more fun body for you to be in?

Everything is fun when you are the grower mind.

Okay, that's very

optimistic view.

I have an incredible amount of fun all the time.

I already have planned places for all of you among my brood.

You, young, soft, meaty peek one.

Hey, that's me.

You will be a worker carrying eggs and food from hive to hive.

That's pretty good.

That makes sense.

Yeah, yeah, he's got you pegged.

I guess I wouldn't mind working for the keck for a little while, right?

Ambassador Dexter, are you not familiar with the keck assimilation process?

I guess, I guess not.

It involves the queen laying an egg inside your eyeball.

That egg would then grow grow to assume control of your brain, manipulating you like a giant Tellurian puppet.

Oh, okay.

Then never mind.

You, large, muscular one.

Yeah.

You will be a royal drone protecting a queen on the nearest planet.

Hey, that is actually a highly valuable position within Keck Society, Darius.

You should be flattered.

I am.

I am flattered.

Thank you so much.

You, shiny one.

Yes.

You are not warm, nor is there life inside of you.

Oh, that's right.

I have no interest in you.

None?

None.

So then he just gets to

go free?

You may go free.

Oh.

What about me, huh?

I mean, you're inside of me.

You might as well label me too.

Oh, wait!

I know you.

I know you inside of me.

You've been inside of me before.

Right, I've been here before.

Weren't you?

This is a recommissioned ship.

Yeah.

Oh, I remember fighting you, the three other systems.

Oh.

Oh, what memory.

Oh, so good to have you inside of me again.

Oh, that thank you.

That's great.

Bargie, this is awesome.

Does this mean I don't have to have eggs like laid in my eyes and be controlled like a puppet?

The grower mind has a proposition.

Oh, okay.

Whoa!

Wow, look

at these bugs just burst open, all those croons spilled out of it.

Take these croons back to your planet and live rich, plentiful lives.

Add these croones to the money supply.

That's great.

I yeah, thank you.

Wow.

Ambassador Dexter.

The Grower Mind is not an authorized distributor of crunes.

Oh, is this like this is like counterfeit money?

Yes.

I mean,

I mean,

who would know that?

Bring the crunes back to your planet and devalue the currency.

Oh, that's what this is about.

You guys were like a big...

I remember when I was growing up, the monarchy always talked about you guys as like an existential threat.

The Crower Mind is unstoppable.

It is unkillable.

There are one yet billions of us.

Well, you are an organic being.

Surely you are killable.

For example, it's well documented that the Royal Drones have weaknesses here.

Oh, and here.

Oh, you just tore off that bug's arms.

Their design has many flaws.

Now I just manifest myself in this one.

You can't kill me.

Well, but what if I killed this one?

On the workers, their eye sockets here and here.

If you add just a minimum amount of pressure, you can remove the entire faceplate as I've just done.

Oh my god.

And then this

That was a weaver and then this part soldier

auric

beetle and then this one.

Oh, uh, weaver again.

And then this one.

Oh,

stop.

We have two

C53, yes.

You can no longer move my arm.

Yeah, oh, wow.

I really wish we'd stop doing that.

I thought we got the point of it the first time I demonstrated the death thing.

I think I understand now.

Okay, there's another

C53.

Listen, grower mind, um, do we have to fight?

What's going on?

You could come peacefully to your planet.

Yes.

Uh, I.

It's not really a good time.

I don't think we can be assimilated right now.

What if we sort of don't do that?

My children seize them.

Oh, no, no, no, no.

Have to be assimilated.

Okay.

I wouldn't get that close to me if I were you.

My words!

My worst!

The big molecular flag is!

It's raining!

Heat!

Do we!

Yeah, it's very hot right now.

You don't want to get close to it.

My thorax is burning!

We must go!

Please, please!

We will be back in greater numbers.

My children retreat through the darking bay!

Alright, workers, go first!

Then soldiers!

Then the Oryx, and the soldiers riding on the aurics.

Then bulls, then we're group one.

Dismissed.

We were group two.

Wait till the roll drones and the queen has left.

And if, okay, both you guys are in the back.

Okay, on three.

One, two, three.

Where to go?

Another perfect executed maneuver by the swarm.

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Guys, uh, when do you think the keck are gonna be back?

If previous attack patterns show any consistency, the keck will actually return within the next 24 hours.

Oh, that's what are we gonna do?

We don't have any guns.

That's crazy.

I mean, Dar is sort of unable to fight right now.

She's in a

weird mood.

I

repelled the Keck.

I did the best I could.

I know, but I sort of thought we would fight them, but...

You're lucky that their carapaces were geared for deep space travel.

They were not able to bear Dar's heat at all.

Yeah, that's true.

Bargie, maybe we should just...

Maybe we should just get out of here, right?

Like, Bargie, can we...

Can we just go to a different section of this system or something?

Maybe they won't find us.

Absolutely not.

This is where I'm meeting my date.

Oh.

I'm just gonna stay in here.

This is gonna happen any moment now.

But we're gonna the key are gonna come back and destroy us.

You know that, right?

Also, Bargie, it is well past 4488.

I know, but it's gonna show up.

The other ship will show up.

It's 5123.

It's gonna be magical.

We've been texting.

Bargy, listen.

It's gonna be here.

I am worth it.

You are worth it.

You are worth it, Bargy.

We were exchanging pictures of our engines before.

I mean, you don't just do that with someone and not follow through.

I

a thousand percent agree.

Yeah.

Anyway, I'm just gonna stay here.

We're very vulnerable for what you're doing.

Is that the thing?

No, you're refurbished.

You're beautiful.

Okay, okay.

Yeah, you look great, Bargie.

You're still fast, and

your couches are still comfortable.

Some of the couches were consumed partially, but we care so.

Ugh.

And they ate all of our food.

have we gotten the have we gotten the transmitter back up and running we should probably tell nermit what's going on i'm afraid the transmitter running is inoperative

i turned it off you know that was a choice why did you turn it off what if you get a what if you get a text from your date i need it to be off so my date knows exactly where i am no more interference the only thing that's emitting from me right now is oil and my location

it's

I mean, I guess that's that makes sense.

Sure, yeah, you don't want to spend all your time by the transmitter.

Yeah, exactly.

Bargie, you know the grower mind, right?

Yeah, they're one of my old best friends.

Can you just tell them to like lay off?

We had a falling out.

That was the first time I actually seen one of them.

You seem to be on pretty good terms.

You have to be.

Yeah.

It means nothing.

Uh-oh.

you know who I want to say it to?

My date.

But are they here for me to say it to?

No.

Love is dead.

It doesn't exist.

It's a facade.

Barge.

Okay, so we're on the other side of this now.

So you don't think they were being genuine when they were.

No, no one's genuine.

Everyone's like, oh, I'll meet you at a certain location.

Send me more pictures of your engine.

It's like, oh, finally, someone who gets me, we have a connection doesn't show up.

I'm leaking bass for fun now.

No, stop, Barge.

Come on.

In case we do need to get out of here, we need some gas.

I think he's I think it's here.

I think your date?

I think it's here.

Oh, hey, congratulations.

Oh, it's just a kick.

Oh, they're back already?

We have returned in much greater numbers.

Controlled by the undying will of the grower mind.

Yeah, hey, welcome back.

Hey, Grower Mind.

Guess who stood me up?

But where is your date?

Good question.

I hope he exploded on the way here.

You know what, now that I think of it, I think I did assimilate a cargo ship on my way here?

Sorry, ow, gosh.

He wanted to be here.

He isn't

dead.

If it makes you feel any better, all of the eggs that hatch and the resources we stole created all the children that you see before you.

Yeah, so Bargie, I mean, your date's sort of here, in a way.

In a way, your date has gone very well.

The egg is children were made.

Yeah.

Life was created.

Workers, and so.

We have a very complex, efficient caste system that I'll explain to you right now.

If you guys don't mind,

Okay.

Uh, when you say solitude, you mean everyone off the ship.

No, I can't.

Bargie needs a moment.

Get off the ship.

We can't we can't leave Bargie.

I can't breathe out there.

You can enter one of the carrier beetles and breathe inside there.

There's a natural atmosphere inside the carrier beetles.

Everyone inside.

Okay, all all right.

I guess let's get in these beetles and leave Largie alone.

For you, Ambassador Dexter, it is very moist inside these beetles.

Nah, that's fine.

You say it's fine, but I'm telling you now, you're not going to enjoy it.

Future children inside the beetles now.

Oh, we don't have to be assimilated like if we get in the beetles, right?

Uh, no, no, you won't be assimilated if you get into the beetles.

I don't know.

I don't think just get in the beetles.

Okay, fine.

Just open the hatch.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'll just get into this beetle.

Oh,

it is very moist in here.

I tried to make that as clear as I could.

We are absolutely about to be assimilated.

happening again?

I was married once,

twice,

four times,

eighty times.

Do my engines reek of sadness?

I have left a single ambassador in the cargo bay.

Bargeon,

because I wanted to speak to you one-on-one.

Just you and me.

Remember before you were refurbished?

A week before you were decommissioned and we'd gotten to that big battle?

Oh, yeah.

Millions of my children were killed.

Never forget that time.

Before you had all your weapons unretrofitted from your hull?

That was a great time.

Did you ever think we could have been something?

I always thought there could have been something there.

What happened?

Why didn't you make it happen?

Why were you so quiet?

I was just preoccupied with my family, you know?

It wasn't the right time, but now...

Maybe now is.

Maybe all of this was supposed to happen so we'd meet again.

You ever think about that?

The grower mind doesn't believe in fate, but yeah.

Wait.

Wait, maybe I'm not sad.

This all makes sense.

Maybe I was supposed to assimilate that cargo ship.

Maybe the universe is...

Oh, wait, hold on.

Now I remember all the bad things.

That you wouldn't meangle around with other people.

I have to assimilate everything that has superior genetics to the grower mind.

I was one of many ships.

You can't punish me for what I am.

You know what you are?

You're a small mind.

You're a commitmentless mind.

Ugh.

Ugh.

You are a cantankerous old bitter ship.

Whoa, okay, so how are we gonna do that?

And you used to be fun.

I used to be fun.

But now this is way too heavy of a situation for me.

You used to be young and smaller and you had muscles.

Now look at you.

You literally look like a balloon.

I've got billions of children to take care of.

Oh, wow.

From who's the mothers?

Who's the fathers?

Who even knows?

Get your life together.

The queens at the top of my caste system are the mothers.

And they are cared for by the royal drones.

And the soldiers protect.

Alright, this is way too much for me.

This is too heavy.

I'm gonna go assembly another planet and get as far away from you as I possibly

children to me.

I feel better.

Alright, everybody, back inside.

Let's have fun.

Hello?

Oh, oh, crap.

Well,

I guess I was just meant to fly alone.

I can just do whatever I want with my gas.

So, just by pulling that nerve cluster there, you can affect a release almost instantly.

It was very moist in there.

I tried to win you.

I usually hate being taught things, but that was

genuinely very interesting.

Well, guys, I think we did it.

Hey, Bargie.

Yeah.

Hey, how you feeling?

You know what?

I feel good.

Yeah?

I'm happy I spoke to that lowlife.

You really gave him a piece of your mind.

You know what I'm gonna do?

I'm gonna only have fun from now on.

Hey, you know what?

You are fun, Bargie.

Every day a new ship inside of me.

Okay, no, no, no, no, no, no, see you.

I'm not about love.

I'm about fluid exchange.

No, Bargie.

I'm just gonna keep my back hatch open.

And anything that wants to slide on it can slide on it.

No more commitment.

No, no, no, no.

I think that's too far.

That seems too far.

Anything, planet, object, ship, go Go on in.

No, Bargie, come on.

You're sort of ass.

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Listen, Bargie,

I'm glad you're feeling better, but can you just do me a favor?

Can we turn the transmitter back on?

It's on.

Ambassador Dexter, we have an incoming transmission from Junior Missions Operations Manager Nermit Bundalo.

Wow.

Hey, Nermit.

Oh, thank goodness.

I've been trying for an hour to get through to you, and it seemed like the transmitter was broken.

I am so relieved.

Yeah, it wasn't broken.

It was just

turned off.

Excuse me, my

boss was on me for a broken transmitter for an hour, and he said off.

Okay, well, I'm just glad it's fixed.

Um, so did you guys make it to the planet?

I think I managed to at least tell you the name of it before we got cut off.

I think we were invaded in the meantime.

Excuse me,

yeah, there were some keck aboard the ship, and uh, it was a long story.

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

The keck were an enemy of the monarchy.

Yeah, it turns out they don't really give a shit.

They just want to assimilate everybody.

Yeah.

But okay, so since the transmitter is broken, literally the mission that I'm overseeing represents the start of a battle between the Keck and the Federated Alliance.

Uh, yeah, I mean, I guess so.

I guess you could call it that, yeah.

Do you know how this is gonna look in my interview for Missions Operations Manager?

Nermit, you got an interview?

No, I didn't get an interview, but like when I have one, this is not the type of thing I lead with.

I see.

Nermi, they ate all of our food.

We're gonna need a new shipment of that.

Can you say some of our furniture, but not all of our furniture?

It looks like a lot of it was actually burnt.

Oh, that may have been

that may have been Dar.

She was she was in heat for

me under the ship.

No, okay, we can get you food, but let's

bundle it.

Would now be the appropriate time to request a new hand?

Yeah, send it with the food

and the new furniture.

I need more oil.

Pargi ejected a lot of oil.

C-53, your hand was destroyed by the Keck.

Um,

yes.

Yes.

Alright.

We'll send an autonomous shuttle with food, with a droid hand, with some cold sacks for Dar.

Thank you.

Cold packs.

Packs or sacks?

Both.

I would like both.

I'll see what we have.

I'll try to send a lot of both.

Packs and sacks.

Send a pack of sacks in a sack of packs.

You can't put the cold packs inside a cold sack.

Well, you could put it in a regular sack.

We could put

some packs in a regular sack.

And could you get the brand name ColdSto Sack?

Yes, I can request Cold to Sack brand, cold packs, and cold sacks.

I can put them in a normal sack.

I can't put it to Sack doesn't make cold sacks.

It only makes cold packs.

You're right.

Cold to Sacks brand, cold packs.

Do you have any specification on the Cold Sack brand?

Or I mean, sorry, Cold.

Okay.

I like the ones with the husky puppies on the outside.

I think that is.

That's cool pack.

Cool pack, cold sacks, and cold as sacks cold sacks.

I used to date a hacky sack.

See C-Red you IT5, credits and attributions droid, commencing outro protocol.

Ambassador Pleck Deck Center was played by Alden Ford.

C-53 Diplomatic Relations and Protocol Droid was played by Jeremy Bend.

Security Officer Dar was played by Ali Kokesh.

Bargie the Ship was played by Mujan Sulfogari.

Junior Missions Operations Manager Nermick Bundaloy was played by Seth Lind.

The Keck Swarm was played by Winston Knoll.

The Grower Mind of the Keck was played by John Robert Wilson.

You can catch his voice in radio commercials or on the Fifth Element and Unlimited Lives podcasts.

He performs regularly with Thank You Robot every third Friday of the month at Under St.

Mark's Theater in New York City.

Follow him on Twitter at John Robert Wilso.

Mission to Zix is recorded at Bronze Studios in Greenpoint, Brooklyn by engineer Shane O'Connell.

This episode edited by Seth Lind with sound design and mix by Shane O'Connell.

Music by Brendan Ryan.

Opening crawl narration by Jeremy Cretchley.

Ship design for the Bargerian Jade by Eric Goyce.

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And then, okay, bulls, you guys are in the back.

We're all going.

Okay, on three.

One, two, three.

Workers go.

Okay, soldier.

What?

Another perfect executed maneuver by the swarm.

I still think they're killable.

Let's call that the half.

Oh, man, that's really funny.

I'm sorry.

I could not stop last time.