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I Should Roll: Antecedents, Episode Three

Ascension

Ixi Seidus leads a comfortable life, selecting whatever Spectre assignments she wants from the Council. On this day in 2180, she's picked a particularly intriguing mission: investigate the reappearance of two disappeared ships, the MSV Bosco and the MSV Miri Chel. She, and an equally hand-picked team of the galaxy's finest, embark on a job that just might cost them their lives.

cast, in order of vocal appearance:

Kaya Renwick - Narrator and NPCs

Tiff Compton - Ixi Seidus

Lea Lawson - Velteia Phaidon

Ché Grové - Netta Vozzo

Chase Hutchison - Dante Chad

I Should Roll is a production of the Intergalactic Improv Initiative. It is created by Kaya Renwick and produced by JD Kelly. Sound design by Kaya Renwick, Lea Lawson, and Dan Spitaliere.

All music is used under either a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence, the Pixabay Content Licence, or the Universal Music for Creators licence. Sound effects not produced in-house are used under the same licences.

detailed scene credits

Amusing Diversion or Processed Sweet: Apprehension, Kevin MacLeod

Opening Credits: Future Loop, Aleksandr Karabanov/Pixabay; Echoes in Time, Kevin MacLeod

The Galaxy's Finest: Decisions, Kevin MacLeod; Spellbound, Kevin MacLeod

Nothing We Can't Handle: Wastes of Europa, Tim Kulig; Shadowlands 2 - Bridge, Kevin MacLeod; Silent Nightmares, Tim Kulig

Mildly Concerning: Shadowlands 1 - Horizon, Kevin MacLeod; SCP-x2x (Unseen Presence), Kevin MacLeod; Shadowlands 5 - Antechamber, Kevin MacLeod

Time for an Upgrade: Moody Drone, Pixabay; Alone Ambience, Tim Kulig; Backrooms, Tim Kulig

Let's Get Down to Business—WHOA SHIT: Dark Fog, Kevin MacLeod; Kinetic Ghostly Defects, Tim Kulig

Into the Belly of the Beast: Broken, Tim Kulig; Irregular Rhythms, Tim Kulig

What the Fuck is That: Bent and Broken, Kevin MacLeod; Return of Lazarus, Kevin MacLeod

This Would Not Pass COSHA Regulations: Symmetry, Kevin MacLeod; Ancient Basement, Tim Kulig

It Got Bigger: Quinn's Song - First Night, Kevin MacLeod

Paragon Route: Trepidation, Kevin Macleod; Unease (Piano), Kevin MacLeod; The Ghost, Tim Kulig; Edge of Forever, Tim Kulig

Renegade Interrupt: Welcome to HorrorLand, Kevin Macleod; Disassembly, Tim Kulig; The Turning, Tim Kulig

Oh Bad, Oh Bad, Oh Bad Bad Bad: Bump in the Night, Kevin MacLeod; Volatile Reaction, Kevin MacLeod; Zombified, Tim Kulig; Seven March, Kevin MacLeod; Altered Carbon, Tim Kulig

Murder Board Montage: Gloom Horizon, Kevin MacLeod

Yippee-Ki-Yay Motherfuckers: Timing is Everything, Tim Kulig; Zombified, Tim Kulig; Time's Up, Tim Kulig

Knowledge is Pain: Ingestion of Sorrows, Tim Kulig; Ghosties, Tim Kulig; Right Behind You, Kevin MacLeod; Ghost Story, Kevin MacLeod; Loco-Motives, Tim Kulig; Lost Civilizations on Lost Worlds, Joshua Hudes/Pixabay

Fucking RUN: The End, Tim Kulig

End Credits: Echoes in Time v.2, Kevin MacLeod

I Should Roll: Antecedents, Episode Two

Salvage

Araliya Vyadu has wondered for eleven years what happened to her on-again, off-again flame, Dan'Kynmav vas Qwib-Qwib, who disappeared on a research trip with the rest of the crew of the MSV Bosco in 2158. A few days ago, she received a ping from Dan'Kynmav's omnitool, signalling that the ship had reappeared in the Argos Rho cluster. Now, she is out for revenge...

cast, in order of vocal appearance:

Kaya Renwick - Narrator and NPCs

Amanda Cotter - Araliya Vyadu

Hunter LaPaglia - Bubba Gainian

JD Kelly - Yon Vik

I Should Roll is a production of the Intergalactic Improv Initiative. It is created by Kaya Renwick and produced by JD Kelly. Sound design by Kaya Renwick, Amanda Cotter, and Dan Spitaliere.

All music is used under either a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence, the Pixabay Content Licence, or the Universal Music for Creators licence. Sound effects not produced in-house are used under the same licences.

detailed scene credits

Send Help, I'm Surrounded by Milk Bags: Dopplerette, Kevin MacLeod

Opening Credits: Future Loop, Aleksandr Karabanov/Pixabay; Echoes in Time, Kevin MacLeod

Hello. My Name is Araliya Vyadu. You Killed My Boyfriend. Prepare to Die: Quinn's Song - The Dance Begins, Kevin MacLeod

Ghost Ship: Mary Celeste, Kevin MacLeod; SCP-x2x (Unseen Presence), Kevin MacLeod; Industrial Nightmares, Tim Kulig

Something in the Shadows: Apprehension, Kevin MacLeod; The Dread, Kevin MacLeod; Something's Happening, Tim Kulig; Forbidden Resurrection, Tim Kulig

Uh Oh Spaghett-Eezo: Misguided Seances, Tim Kulig; Night Break, Kevin MacLeod; SCP-x1x (Gateway to Hell), Kevin MacLeod; Spacial Winds, Kevin MacLeod

The Creature: Nervous Piano, Kevin MacLeod; Anxiety, Kevin MacLeod; Distant Tension, Kevin MacLeod; The House of Leaves, Kevin MacLeod

Open the Cargo Bay Doors, Hal: Items of Note, Tim Kulig; Bent and Broken, Tim Kulig

Oh, Fuck: Chase Pulse, Kevin MacLeod; Bent and Broken, Kevin MacLeod; The Hive, Kevin MacLeod

Gravemind: Quinn's Song - A New Man, Kevin MacLeod; Irregular Rhythms, Tim Kulig; The Emptyness is Real, Tim Kulig

Oh, Fuck, Part Two: Ingestion of Sorrows, Tim Kulig; Dead Spaces, Tim Kulig; Anxiety, Tim Kulig

Now We're Really Screwed: Land of the Dead, Kevin MacLeod; Controlled Chaos (no percussion), Kevin MacLeod; Industrial Scary Ambience, Tim Kulig; The Turning, Tim Kulig; Timing is Everything, Tim Kulig

Set them Free: Gathering Darkness, Kevin MacLeod; Zombified, Tim Kulig; Time's Up, Tim Kulig; Very Low Note, Kevin MacLeod

End Credits: Echoes in Time v.2, Kevin MacLeod

I Should Roll: Ride of the Valkyrie, Episode Six

Into the Barrows

Zyn and company have survived their encounter with the Queen of Omega, and have come out of it with an assignment. After downing some liquid courage, they head to the slums. Uh, the…worse slums. The ghetto. The really bad part of Omega, okay? Sheesh.

cast, in order of vocal appearance:

Kaya Renwick - Narrator and NPCs

JD Kelly - Kache

Ché Grové - Titoh Raas

Chase Hutchison - Gratch

Hans Cummings - Zynamondan

I Should Roll is a production of the Intergalactic Improv Initiative. It is created by Kaya Renwick and produced by JD Kelly. Sound design and mixing by Dan Spitaliere and Kaya Renwick.

All music is used under either a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence, or the Pixabay Content Licence.

detailed scene credits:

Opening Credits: Future Loop, Aleksandr Karabanov/Muzaproduction, Pixabay; Quantum, Tim Beek

This One Would Never (Oops): Blippy Trance, Kevin MacLeod; Cut and Run, Kevin MacLeod

Well They Don't Look Friendly: Stormfront, Kevin MacLeod; SCP-x2x, Kevin MacLeod

Actually We're Super Friendly!: Fanfare for Space, Kevin MacLeod

Motia's Folly: Paralyzed by Fear, Tim Beek; Dark Atmosphere to Synth, Tim Beek; Ghost, Tim Beek

Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor: Dark Fog, Kevin MacLeod; The Undead, Tim Beek; Decline, Kevin MacLeod; Alien World, Tim Beek; The Basement, Tim Beek

End Credits: Quantum, Tim Beek

I Should Roll: Dangerous Dangers, Minisode Five

A Tuchankan Letter of Resignation

The war has been over for almost a year. The relay has just come back online in the Aralakh system. Vraga's done with this shit.

Cast, in order of vocal appearance:

Kaya Renwick - Narrator and NPCs

Tiff Compton - Ravanor Vraga

I Should Roll is a production of the Intergalactic Improv Initiative. It is created by Kaya Renwick and produced by JD Kelly. Sound design and mixing by Dan Spitaliere and Kaya Renwick.

All music is used under either a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence, or the Pixabay Content Licence. 

detailed scene credits

Opening Credits: Future Loop, Aleksandr Karabanov/Pixabay; Lady in Chrome, Jens Kiilstofte/MachinimaSound

Our Disaster: Ancient, Tim Beek; Desolate, Tim Beek; Mourning Song, Kevin MacLeod; Cave Expedition, Tim Beek; Ancient Run, Tim Beek; Lost Frontier, Kevin MacLeod

Heavy is the Hand that Holds the Shotgun: Drums of the Deep, Kevin MacLeod; Virtutes Vocis, Kevin MacLeod; Great Expanse, Tim Beek

I'm Leaving: Vanished, Tim Beek; Blue Feather, Kevin MacLeod; Rallying the Defense, MachinimaSound; Jet Fueled Vixen, Kevin MacLeod

End Credits: Lady in Chrome, Jens Kiilstofte/MachinimaSound

Hera's offline for a routine debug, and Minkowski's nervous: bad things happen when Hera's offline. Will the intrepid Hephaestus crew survive the night? Plus, rockin' out to 80s tunes, the “oh god we're all gonna die” alarm, and buzzing Boston creams.

This episode takes place between S1E9 “The Empty Man Cometh” and S1E12 “Deep Breaths”.

Nothing Explosive is a fan episode of Wolf 359, made with great love and appreciation as a celebration of Wolf 359's tenth anniversary. Wolf 359 was created by Gabriel Urbina.

This episode was written by Kaya Renwick, based on a prompt by Sarah Shachat. The full script can be downloaded here.

If you enjoyed this, please check out all four seasons of Wolf 359, available anywhere you get your podcasts.

cast, in order of vocal appearance

Eiffel - JD Kelly

Hera - Kaya Renwick

Minkowski - Maria Damianou

Hilbert - JD Kelly

All music was written and recorded by Alan Rodi and can be found on Bandcamp. Audio mixing by Kaya Renwick.

detailed scene credits

Absolutely Nothing to Worry About: Welcome to Wolf 359 (vol. 1, track 1); Does This Dress Make Me Look Like I'm Having An Existential Crisis (vol. 1, track 2)

All Copacetic, Commander?: It's Break Time But There Are No Doughnuts (vol. 1, track 11)

In Space, No One Can Hear You Buzz: Maybe If You Poke It and Look At It Sideways, It'll Start Working Again (vol. 2, track 6)

The One Where Everyone Loses It: Some Dudes Arguing Over Something Dramatic Like A Cliff (vol. 3, track 1)

Pie Jesu Domine, Dona Eis Requiem: Eiffel, Put That Away, That's An Important Plot Device (vol. 1, track 15)

The Commander is Not Copacetic: Positive Reinforcement Only in Moderation Please Let's Not Get Carried Away (vol. 2, track 2)

Sweet, Sweet Silence: Eiffel Is Being A Bit Melodramatic Why This Time (vol. 1, track 7); Your Happier Yesterday (vol. 2, track 7)

What the Hell, Hera: Honey, I Think The Toaster Has Gained Sentience What Do We Do In This Circumstance (vol. 1, track 17)

End Credits: Srsly Where Are the Effing Donuts (vol. 3, track 2)

I Should Roll: Dangerous Dangers, Episode Five

Hack First, Ask Questions Later

The crew of the Corsica are hot on the tail of the Minos fugitives from the Presidium firefight. After a brief exploration of the underbelly of the Citadel, they discover a treasure trove.

cast, in order of vocal appearance:

Kaya Renwick - Narrator and NPCs

Lea Lawson - Athena Hellier

Dan Spitaliere - Jesse Westcott

Amanda Cotter - Clous

Alanya Campbell - Solace-Within-Clay

Tiff Compton - Ravanor Vraga

I Should Roll is a production of the Intergalactic Improv Initiative. It is created by Kaya Renwick and produced by JD Kelly. Sound design by Kaya Renwick and Dan Spitaliere.

All music is used under either a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence, or the Pixabay Content Licence.

detailed scene credits

Opening Credits: Future Loop, Aleksandr Karabanov/Pixabay; Lady in Chrome, Jens Kiilstofte/MachinimaSound

Monday on the Presidium with George: Sniper Training, Tim Beek; Aiming, Tim Beek

Looking for Loose Change: Vanished, Tim Beek; Mystery Unsolved, Tim Beek

Bi-Curious George: Backbay Lounge, Kevin MacLeod; Shaving Mirror, Kevin MacLeod; Bass Walker, Kevin MacLeod; Night in Venice, Kevin MacLeod

Corsica on the Case: Local Forecast, Kevin MacLeod; Facility, Tim Beek; The Complex, Kevin MacLeod; Edge of Reality, Tim Beek; Simplex, Kevin MacLeod

Ariake Technology: Action Drums 6, Lex D./Pixabay

Nobody's Home: Own Conversation (Elevator), Oleksii Holubiev (Monument_Music)/Pixabay; Satiate Strings, Kevin MacLeod; Desolate, Tim Beek; Decisions, Kevin MacLeod

Is That A Horse in Your Underwear Drawer or Are You Just Happy to See Me: Hidden Agenda, Kevin MacLeod; End Game, Per Kiilstofte/MachinimaSound; Dances and Dames, Kevin MacLeod; Shades of Spring, Kevin MacLeod

Knock Knock: Ethernight Club, Kevin Macleod

End Credits: Lady in Chrome, Jens Kiilstofte/MachinimaSound

I Should Roll: Dangerous Dangers, Minisode Four

The Mystery of the Unclaimed Urchin

Leorlyn the elcor's boring office-worker life is thrown into emotional chaos by an old movie, an aquarium mishap, and terrible puns. Wait, no, the last one's just her.

cast, in order of vocal appearance:

Kaya Renwick - Narrator and NPCs

Amanda Cotter - Leorlyn, a.k.a. Clous

I Should Roll is a production of the Intergalactic Improv Initiative. It is created by Kaya Renwick and produced by JD Kelly. Sound design and mixing by Dan Spitaliere and Kaya Renwick.

All music is used under either a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence, or the Pixabay Content Licence. Unless otherwise marked, all music in this episode is written by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com).

detailed scene credits

Opening Credits: Future Loop, Aleksandr Karabanov/Pixabay; Lady in Chrome, Jens Kiilstofte/MachinimaSound

Bored: This is Not Where I See Myself in Ten Years: In Your Arms, Lobby Time

Joyful: Tonight is Movie Night: Crinoline Dreams, Covert Affair, Bossa Antigua, No-Good Layabout, Opportunity Walks

Determined: The Game is Afish: Hard Boiled, Fast Talkin'

Discouraged: My Coworkers are Assholes: Deadly Roulette, Intractable, Rollin' at 5, I Knew A Guy, Cool Vibes

Facepalming: Of Course There Was Security Footage: Spy Glass

Distraught: Does No One Clean In Here But Me: Kool Kats, Just As Soon, Past Sadness

End Credits: Lady in Chrome, Jens Kiilstofte/MachinimaSound

Sorrowful: I Will Never Forget You, Ulna: Night on the Docks

I Should Roll: Ride of the Valkyrie, Episode Five

Two Small-Town Colony Kids on Omega

Carver and Bean run back to the Valkyrie to see what's gone wrong. A lot more goes wrong after that.

cast, in order of vocal appearance:

Kaya Renwick - Narrator and NPCs

Leah Ryan - Bean Gainian

Hunter LaPaglia - Carver Fairbank

I Should Roll is a production of the Intergalactic Improv Initiative. It is created by Kaya Renwick and produced by JD Kelly. Sound design and mixing by Dan Spitaliere and Kaya Renwick.

All music is used under either a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence, or the Pixabay Content Licence.

detailed scene credits:

Opening Credits: Future Loop, Aleksandr Karabanov/Muzaproduction, Pixabay; Quantum, Tim Beek

It Looks Like Your Ship Is Melting Down; Would You Like Help With That?: Brimstone, SideTrax; Battle Hymn, SideTrax

Trust Me, I'm Here to Help (Help Liberate You From Your Credits): Crystal, SideTrax; Escape, SideTrax; Labyrinth, SideTrax; Dancing, SideTrax

It is a Beautiful Day: Raggamuffin, Geoff Harvey/Pixabay

Not Just A Pretty Face: Crystal, SideTrax; Hitman, Kevin MacLeod; Satiate (Percussion), Kevin MacLeod; Steel Rods, Kevin MacLeod; Black Vortex, Kevin MacLeod; Simplex, Kevin MacLeod

I Don't Like It Here: Hero Down, Kevin MacLeod; Decisions, Kevin MacLeod; Stormfront, Kevin MacLeod

End Credits: Quantum, Tim Beek

I Should Roll: Ride of the Valkyrie, Minisode Three

The Wretched Refuse of These Ones' Teeming Shores

This episode contains scenes of parental illness and loss. Listener discretion is advised.

Titoh Raas needs work. Her father's off on another job, her mother's sicker every day, and her little sister needs someone to depend on. Unfortunately, today goes about as well as any other day in Cnidaria City—which is to say, utter shit.

cast, in order of vocal appearance:

Kaya Renwick - Narrator and NPCs

Ché Grové - Titoh Raas

I Should Roll is a production of the Intergalactic Improv Initiative. It is created by Kaya Renwick and produced by JD Kelly. Sound design and mixing by Dan Spitaliere and Kaya Renwick.

All music is used under either a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence, or the Pixabay Content Licence.

detailed scene credits

Opening Credits: Future Loop, Aleksandr Karabanov/Pixabay; Quantum, Tim Beek

Home: Adagio for strings and piano, SideTrax

Help: Desolate, SideTrax; Gnossièmes, SideTrax; Loneliness, SideTrax; Reality is Fading, Tim Beek

Heart: Astra, SideTrax; Virtutes Vocis, Kevin MacLeod; Blue Feather, Kevin MacLeod; Water Lily, Kevin MacLeod; Reality is Fading, Tim Beek; Great Expanse, Tim Beek; Eclipse, SideTrax; Advance, SideTrax

End Credits: Advance, SideTrax

I Should Roll: Dangerous Dangers, Episode Four

Rumble on the Presidium

The Corsica crew made contact with Minos, only to have their liaison disappear into thin air. Now there's a firefight on the Presidium. Will they beat the bad guys?

cast, in order of vocal appearance:

Kaya Renwick - Narrator and NPCs

Lea Lawson - Athena Hellier

Dan Spitaliere - Jesse Westcott

Tiff Compton - Ravanor Vraga

Alanya Campbell - Solace-Within-Clay

Amanda Cotter - Clous

I Should Roll is a production of the Intergalactic Improv Initiative. It is created by Kaya Renwick and produced by JD Kelly. Sound design and mixing by Dan Spitaliere and Kaya Renwick.

All music is used under royalty-free licences, the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence, or the Pixabay Content Licence.

detailed scene credits

Opening Credits: Future Loop, Aleksandr Karabanov/Pixabay; Lady in Chrome, Jens Kiilstofte/MachinimaSound

[S] Strife!: Bitter Fight, Tim Beek; Hitman, Kevin MacLeod; Deadlock, SideTrax; The Void, SideTrax; Take Cover, Tim Beek; The Challenge, Tim Beek; Necrosis, SideTrax; Long Time Coming, Kevin MacLeod; Twelve, SideTrax; Suspense Buildup Percussive, Tim Beek; Monolith, SideTrax; Damage, SideTrax; Jet Fueled Vixen, Kevin MacLeod; Disengage, SideTrax; Defeat of the Android, Tim Beek

End Credits: Lady in Chrome, Jens Kiilstofte/MachinimaSound