Off Hours: Decaying Orbit

163 light years from earth, the AI of Taurus Alpha station reboots unexpectedly to find something has gone catastrophically wrong. The engines are dead and the station is drifting into the engulfing flares of the nearby star. There are only moments to search through the station for answers, and to make one final transmission before the station burns.

Content warnings: sci-fi horror, doom, violence, labor exploitation

Starring special guest Christine Prevas of the Unexplored Places

Decaying Orbit by Sidney Icarus

Edited by Quinn Majeski

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"Alien Dream," "We've Lost Life Support," "Project Luna," "Abandoned Waystation," "The Event Horizon," and "Signalling" by Tim Kulig (CCBY Attribution 3.0)

Sound effects by Freesound.org:

"Electricity.wav" by danielpodlovics

"Computer startup" by MrAuralization

"Footsteps, Puddles, C.wav" by InspectorJ

"Forest - Fight:Struggle 2.wav" by MWsfx

"Laundromat Ambience with Machine Spin Cycle_0080.wav" by exuberate

"industrial 3d cutter contact mic.wav" by pencilina

"Carpet Floor Hallway Distant Thunder and HVAC.wav" by Geoff-Bremner-Audio