{"id":2445,"date":"2018-09-15T06:00:27","date_gmt":"2018-09-14T18:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?p=2445"},"modified":"2018-09-14T19:52:03","modified_gmt":"2018-09-14T07:52:03","slug":"episode-one-hundred-and-twelve-volcano-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/2018\/09\/episode-one-hundred-and-twelve-volcano-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode One Hundred And Twelve &#8211; Volcano Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3020\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2445-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-112-VolcanoDay.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-112-VolcanoDay.mp3\">https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-112-VolcanoDay.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-112-VolcanoDay.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?powerpress_pinw=2445-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-112-VolcanoDay.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"BRC-112-VolcanoDay.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_Images\/112-VolcanoDay.jpg\" alt=\"Volcano Day\" width=\"614\" height=\"461\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The tiny band of survivors are all that&#8217;s left of Humanity. They don&#8217;t have the right skills, or enough people, to rebuild, but they <strong>do<\/strong> have a time machine and the ability to pluck people out of history who&#8217;d otherwise have died in various disasters, and those people <em>would<\/em> have the skills.<br \/>\nEveryone in the past knew this sort of stuff, right?<br \/>\nAnd they&#8217;d be really grateful, and be happy to do what we said, wouldn&#8217;t they?<\/p>\n<p>Volcanic activity caused by the gravity of a nearby body moves across the planet in a regular and predictable way, so a sufficiently daring crew could take advantage of that to run their heist when they know that everyone will have cleared out.<br \/>\nOf course, that <strong>does<\/strong> mean dealing with the eruption.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s one thing to find that you&#8217;re living in a simulation &amp; try to step outside of it, to meet the entities who created you. What happens when you get access to the controls?<\/p>\n<p>Explorers find the under-construction robotic invasion fleet which someday soon will wipe out Humanity.<br \/>\nRight now, it has no idea they&#8217;re there, but that&#8217;s going to change if they&#8217;re not very careful indeed.<\/p>\n<p>The reason we&#8217;ve never found aliens is that humanity from an alternate timeline has been wiping them out to &#8216;protect&#8217; us, whether we want them to or not. The trail of genocide is, apparently, for our own good.<\/p>\n<p>Without money, the orphanage will close. The folks who should have solved the problem are in jail or on the run, so it&#8217;s up to a strange time-traveller and their companions to set things right.<\/p>\n<p><!--more Here are some links to stuff we nattered about --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Volcano\">Volcano<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Polydactyl_cat\">Polydactyl Cats<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Helensville\">Helensville<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.magpiegames.com\/masks\/\">Masks: A New Generation<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.edenstudios.net\/buffyrpg.html\">Buffy The Vampire Slayer<\/a> (rpg)<\/p>\n<p>London is still sinking as it recovers from the Ice Age &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Post-glacial_rebound\">Post-Glacial Rebound<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Millennium_(novel)\">Millennium<\/a>, by John Varley<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Agents_of_S.H.I.E.L.D.\">Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Taking_of_Beverly_Hills\">The Taking of Beverly Hills<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ken_Wahl\">Ken Wahl<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Matt_Frewer\">Matt Frewer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pompeii\">Pompeii<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Poor_Knights_Islands\">Poor Knights Islands<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Timeline_(novel)\">Timeline<\/a>, by Michael Crichton<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lemmings_(video_game)\">Lemmings<\/a> (game)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Krakatoa\">Krakatoa<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Taupo_Volcano\">Taupo Volcano<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elon_Musk\">Elon Musk<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Robert_A._Heinlein\">Robert Heinlein<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Auckland_volcanic_field\">Auckland Volcanic Field<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rangitoto_Island\">Rangitoto<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Joe_Versus_the_Volcano\">Joe Versus the Volcano<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Monkey_Island_(series)\">Monkey Island (game series)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kanamara_Matsuri\">Kanamara Matsuri<\/a> (&#8220;Festival of the Steel Phallus&#8221;)<br \/>\n<em>( and now &#8220;Japanese Penis Festival&#8221; is in my search history ~ T. Jones )<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dragon_Head\">Dragon Head<\/a> (manga)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cryovolcano\">Cryovolcano<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Enceladus\">Enceladus<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Titan_(moon)\">Titan<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Chronicles_of_Riddick\">The Chronicles of Riddick<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Mummy_Returns\">The Mummy Returns<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Plan_9_from_Outer_Space\">Plan 9 from Outer Space<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Stainless_Steel_Rat\">The Stainless Steel Rat<\/a>, by Harry Harrison<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/To_the_Stars_(trilogy)\">The &#8220;To The Stars&#8221; Trilogy<\/a>, by Harry Harrison &#8211; Wheelworld is the second book<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bullypulpitgames.com\/games\/fiasco\/\">Fiasco<\/a> (rpg)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hard_Rain_(film)\">Hard Rain<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Twister_(1996_film)\">Twister<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dante%27s_Peak\">Dante&#8217;s Peak<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Volcano_(1997_film)\">Volcano<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Morgan_Freeman\">Morgan Freeman<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Christian_Slater\">Christian Slater<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pierce_Brosnan\">Pierce Brosnan<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tommy_Lee_Jones\">Tommy Lee Jones<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/La_Brea_Tar_Pits\">La Brea Tar Pits<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?p=2441\">Big Red Couch Episode 110 &#8211; Good news, I have solved the Fermi Paradox. Bad news, I have solved the Fermi Paradox<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dark_Conspiracy\">Dark Conspiracy<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/lestersmith.com\/\">Lester Smith<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Appendix_(anatomy)\">The Appendix<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anim5.com\/IDDFOS\/TGS\/index.html\">The Gutterskypes<\/a> &#8211; Little Robots, Big World &#8211; &#8220;Magnificent Constructs&#8221;<br \/>\n<em>( episodes 191, 192, 193, &amp; 195 of The Gutter Skypes ~ T. Jones )<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Brave_Little_Toaster\">The Brave Little Toaster<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Brave_Little_Toaster_Goes_to_Mars\">The Brave Little Toaster Goes To Mars<\/a><br \/>\n<em>( there was also <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Brave_Little_Toaster_to_the_Rescue\">The Brave Little Toaster To The Rescue<\/a> ~ T. Jones )<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/There_Will_Come_Soft_Rains_(short_story)\">There Will Come Soft Rains<\/a>, by Ray Bradbury<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/WALL-E\">WALL-E<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kuiper_belt\">Kuiper Belt<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Self-replicating_machine\">Von Neumann Machines<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Astrochicken\">Astrochicken<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spider_Robinson\">Spider Robinson<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spider_Jerusalem\">Spider Jerusalem<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Transmetropolitan\">Transmetropolitan<\/a>, by Warren Ellis &amp; Darick Robertson<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drivethrurpg.com\/product\/237247\/Cepheus-Engine-RPG\">Cepheus Engine<\/a> (rpg)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Traveller_(role-playing_game)\">Traveller<\/a> (rpg)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aftermath!\">Aftermath!<\/a> (rpg)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/gregorhutton.com\/boxninja\/threesixteen\/\">3:16 &#8211; Carnage Among The Stars<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Warhammer_40,000\">Warhammer 40k<\/a> (wikipedia link, because it&#8217;s kind of complicated)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Curse_of_Chalion\">The Curse of Chalion<\/a>&#8221; &amp; &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paladin_of_Souls\">The Paladin of Souls<\/a>&#8220;, by Lois McMaster Bujold<br \/>\n<em>( Craig had the book wrong &#8211; the reference he was thinking of was in Paladin of Souls, not Curse of Chalion ~ T. Jones )<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paranoia_(role-playing_game)\">Paranoia<\/a> (wikipedia link)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Genestealer\">Genestealer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mirror,_Mirror_(Star_Trek:_The_Original_Series)\">Star Trek (TOS) &#8211; Mirror, Mirror<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nelson_Muntz\">Nelson Muntz<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chicxulub_crater\">Chicxulub Crater<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?p=2443\">Big Red Couch Episode 111 &#8211; &#8220;We&#8217;re wearing fezzes, sunglasses, and it&#8217;s dark out. Hit It!&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/It%27s_My_Party_(Lesley_Gore_song)\">It&#8217;s My Party And I&#8217;ll Cry If I Want To &#8211; Lesley Gore<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mCPqaG8sVDE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Blues_Brothers\">The Blues Brothers<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eleventh_Doctor\">The 11th Doctor<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cubicle7.co.uk\/our-games\/doctor-who-aitas\/\">Doctor Who Roleplaying Game<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.evilhat.com\/home\/fae\/\">Fate Accelerated<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dan_Aykroyd\">Dan Ackroyd<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cinemasupercollider.com\/2018\/07\/31\/episode-126-the-blues-brothers-part-1\/\">Cinema Supercollider Episode 126: The Blues Brothers<\/a> (1\/2)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cinemasupercollider.com\/2018\/08\/07\/episode-127-the-blues-brothers-part-2\/\">Cinema Supercollider Episode 127: The Blues Brothers (2\/2)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Motown\">Motown<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blues_Brothers_2000\">Blues Brothers 2000<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Twelfth_Doctor\">The 12th Doctor<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gencon.com\/\">Gen Con<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_5,000_Fingers_of_Dr._T.\">The 5000 Fingers of Doctor T<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mr._T\">Mr. T<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%C3%89clair\">\u00c9clair<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Choux_pastry\">Choux Pastry<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gary_Gygax\">Gary Gygax<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_3022\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2445-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-112-VolcanoDay.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-112-VolcanoDay.mp3\">https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-112-VolcanoDay.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-112-VolcanoDay.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?powerpress_pinw=2445-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-112-VolcanoDay.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"BRC-112-VolcanoDay.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p>https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-112-VolcanoDay.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS The tiny band of survivors are all that&#8217;s left of Humanity. 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