3.00.25 Mini Episode: Getting Caught Up

The Strange Case of Starship Iris

Procyon Podcast Network

Science Fiction, Performing Arts, Arts, Fiction

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

The first episode of the third and final season of Starship Iris drops on June 12th. In the meantime, let Arkady take you through what happened in the first two seasons. This mini episode was made possible by our wonderful Patreon backers. If you'd like to throw a few bucks our way and get cool perks in return, visit https://www.patreon.com/starshipiris. If you'd like to read the transcript, it's available at https://www.procyonpodcastnetwork.com/post/3-00-25-getting-caught-up Be advised this episode contains discussion of mental health, war, and violence. Ishani Kanetkar as Arkady Written by Jessica Best Directed by Newton Schottelkotte Sound design by Jeffrey Nils Gardner Production coordination by Eleanor Hyde The closing credits music is “Rocket Science” by Amber Devereux of Tin Can Audio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	So, I've been thinking about how I got here.
0:06.4	I took a spaceship, but you know what I mean.
0:09.9	I've been thinking about every choice I've made in the last couple of months.
0:14.4	Every curveball we were thrown, and how I'd explain all the shit that followed to, I don't know, who I was at 12, 13, or hell, eight months ago.
0:27.8	Because in June of 2191, my life took a real sharp turn, and it feels like the whole damn universe has been dealing with it since.
0:38.3	Uh, hi, I guess.
0:41.3	My name is Arcady.
0:43.3	Well, it kind of is and kind of isn't.
0:46.3	Wouldn't mean a damned 12-year-old me.
0:49.3	But it's what I go by now when it comes to the ones I care about, so...
0:53.3	close enough.
0:55.7	I was told I should start journaling, that it had helped me figure out what's going on in my head if I spend more time thinking about what's going on in my head.
1:05.2	Go goddamn figure.
1:07.3	Actually, I was told to do it three months ago, and I'm only getting around to it now.
1:12.6	Nobody said to strap a recorder to my chest, but I can't exactly imagine lying on a bed with my feet kicked up writing
1:18.6	Dear Diary in big loopy letters, so here we are.
1:22.6	Something to do while I feed the goats, I guess.
1:26.6	Problem is, there's a whole lot of places you
1:29.3	could start this story. You could start it when the owners of Cresswin Landing decided to turn
1:36.5	their failed resort planet into a giant prison. You could start it 25 years later when a race of
1:41.9	space aliens known as Dwarneans started a war against all of humanity,
1:46.0	or a year after that, when the main human military let a coup and renamed themselves the IGR,
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