Episode 5: May the 4th Be With You

In which a clandestine meeting offers new insights, an epic battle rages through the pub, and the suspects are held in storage closet AA-23.

This month's non-profit is The Trevor Project. The Trevor Project is the leading suicide prevention and crisis intervention nonprofit organization for LGBTQ+ young people. We provide information & support to LGBTQ+ young people 24/7, all year round.

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:

Carman Wilson as Chief Mate Weathers McQueen
Sanya Simmons as Purser Sammi Love
Dr. Erin MacDonald as Dr. Svai Muir
Joey Steinhagen as Lieutenant Luke Canon
Connor Fleming as Dadita
Jesika Cooney as R.A.V.E.N.
Tai Bennett as Malku
Jon Vertullo as Ian

Cindy Kay as Sergeant Boorsha
JG Hertzler as Ambassador Bartok of WARF, the water and air resources foundation
Farrah Haidar as Lony Gyver
Stephanie Johnson as Xavia Schledhammer
Stephen Benedetti as Tumbler
Andrew Joseph Perez as Skip Tanner
Yasmin Tuazon as Professor Lomin
Holly Adams as Marchand Yaru
Julienne Irons as DCI Ofelia Bridges
Emily Babin as Junia Michaels
Shaun Scott as Jacelyn Mox
And Susan Cooper as Fred
Special thanks also to Christopher Miles for content consultation and overall nerd
awesomeness.

Post-Production Team:

Sound Effects Designed by Rainey Alexiev, Jack Summers, and Madison Brown
Dialogue Editing and Soundscaping by Rainey Alexiev and Jack Summers
Music Composition by Jonah Rady, Ryan Terrell and Alex Hernandez
Sound Supervision by Christopher Plummer and Music Supervision by Jeff Sherwood
This episode was mixed and mastered by Katelyn Roblee and Bella Dimiceli
With sound effects from freesound.com and soundsnap.com

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.