5.18: Juno Steel and the Terrible Waste (Part 1)

Out in the furthest reaches of the Milky Way float piles of things best left forgotten: trash, refuse, the runoff and leftovers of a society that wants too much and produces too much. What better place, then, to put an impossible dream: that dead bodies, what we leave behind when we eventually exit life, might start to walk and talk and love again?The Dokana group has chosen one of these trashteroids as their place to dream this dream. But be careful: it doesn't take much for a dream to become a nightmare.Welcome to the Penumbra, dear Traveler. We hope you enjoy your stay.(Trigger warnings can be found at the bottom of this episode description and at the end of the transcript.)-------You can find all of our transcripts here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OLddnnYamZuglgZc8pM2gqToPOwEBccM?usp=sharingTranscripts will come out along with the public release of the episode.On staff at the Penumbra:Ginny D'Angelo -- Head of Merchandise and OutreachMelissa DeJesus -- Script editing teamHarley Takagi Kaner -- Co-creator, Head of Episode Development, Director, Sound designerJoelle Kross -- TranscriptionistNoah Simes -- Production managerGrahame Turner -- Script editing teamKevin Vibert -- Co-creator, Head of Operations, Lead writerRyan Vibert -- Composer and performer of original musicJeff Wright -- Graphic designer--------Attribution: Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.“Error_04.wav” by distillerystudio https://freesound.org/people/distillerystudio/sounds/327735/“Designed Sci-Fi Atmospheres - Harmonic - 018.wav” by GregorQuendel https://freesound.org/people/GregorQuendel/sounds/638440/“Ambience_Sinister_Electric_Cello_Loop_05.wav” by LittleRobotSoundFactory https://freesound.org/people/LittleRobotSoundFactory/sounds/274167/“Pulsing Static 03 (w/ intermittent noise)” by clwhite https://freesound.org/people/clwhite/sounds/574310/“March over the desert” by Diegolar https://freesound.org/people/Diegolar/sounds/411772/“Monolith.wav” by _NOMINAL_ https://freesound.org/people/_NOMINAL_/sounds/124626/“Fading Clanking” by KodyTron https://freesound.org/people/KodyTron/sounds/641919/“CN_tower_02.flac” by tim.kahn https://freesound.org/people/tim.kahn/sounds/35540/--------Trigger warnings:- Sudden loud noises- Deception and betrayal- Violence and threats of violence- Use of firearms- Death- Abuse of the dead- Abuse of authorityFor early and ad-free episodes, production scripts, commentary tracks, blooper reels, livestreams with the creators, and much more, you can find The Penumbra Podcast: SPECIAL EDITION at: https://thepenumbrapodcast.supercast.com(In old episodes, you will often hear us mention Patreon, which was our old platform and is no longer live. Please feel free to ignore!) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.