Steal the Stars 11: Checkpoints

Stories from Among the Stars

Macmillan Audio

Science Fiction, Fiction

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Getting Moss's body out of Hangar 11 is one thing. Getting it out of Quill Marine is quite another. And there's a lot of checkpoints - and angry people - standing between Dak & Mat and freedom. Learn more about Steal the Stars novelization here: http://bit.ly/STSNovel This week's episode is brought to you by Lore on Amazon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	So, what do I know about the harp? It's a power source, a generator from Moss's spaceship,
0:07.0	probably. Even when it's insulated, it steals power from every object around. And when it's not
0:14.0	insulated...
0:15.0	Dack, for fucking God's sakes! What do you want me to do?
0:18.0	It steals power from people. And that's the part I know backwards and forwards,
0:22.4	because I've felt it hurt me. I know all the different levels of hurt it can dish out. Should we rush her?
0:28.3	We might break the heart. I know 10 seconds of unprotected exposure from a distance puts you down for an hour.
0:34.0	Dak, if this has something to do with the Sierra letter, you better tell me right now. I know 20 seconds of exposure puts you down overnight, like when Matt and me tested the
0:42.7	Lloyd suits the first time.
0:44.2	Patty, I have a shot.
0:45.3	Do I take it?
0:46.3	Shit!
0:47.3	I know a full cycle of unprotected exposure makes you an apathetic zombie that'll lie on
0:51.9	the ground till it starves.
0:53.7	Hang on, no shot. Give me a second.
0:55.8	And I know when you pick it up and carry it around, it goes off.
1:00.2	Okay, next person with a clear shot.
1:02.8	What? Patty.
1:03.8	Or at least I hope I know that, because it sure is taken its time.
1:09.3	I got her.
1:11.6	Patty! Take the shot.
1:12.6	Wait! No, shit! Grab suits or...
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