Magma was a production of I Heart Radio and Bamford Productions. UM. This is Captain Kevin Prescott reporting into General Tompkins Clearance Code eight two OMEGA on Project Magmal. Sir, it is with pleasure that I can report that our advanced AI developed for this mission, code named Proteus, has taken to his mission parameters. Despite the small errors originally reported at the beginning of our endeavor, Proteus has now operated without
issue for over thirty days. We believe a misassigned data packet was to blame for the initial problems, but after ex sens of testing and diagnostic scans, it is running at optimal performance. We firmly believe that it will perform above and beyond expectations and should be installed on the vessel bound for n g C seven to nine three,
as it will be an asset for the crew. Additionally, not only are its first and secondary mission parameters up to par, but the C class level mission parameters we installed into its data course seemed to be operating at
optimal levels as well. We have placed certain restrictions on its programming so that it is unaware of this sub level parameter and it will only report back its findings for those with the access code fifty three beta to C. We believe this is the safest course of action in order to investigate the anomaly detected within n GC seven to nine three. Though we have observed this anomaly for the past several months, no further findings could be assessed
from command nor the lighthouse station. Based on what we have gathered so far, we still believe the anomaly maybe a micro black hole. Though rare within the universe, this micro black hole only expands and contracts on an irregular cycle. It only remains visible for the moments that is at full capacity, and when it retracts down to a sub atomic size, remains invisible to all detection. We believe that sending magmal to and through n GC SN two N three will give us the data we need in order
to further explain this abnormality. The research gained on this can help expand our knowledge of the quantum realm and help us potentially harness the power of a black hole or even wormholes for use in long distance space travel. During our last meeting, you brought up the question of what is the possibility that this micro black hole will
expand while the magmal is traveling through the nebula. While there is a chance it is extremely low one in a hundred billion or so according to the number crunters. In the unlikely chance it expands while the magma is present, we are unsure of what will occur. However, as we discussed, this is a calculated risk that we are willing to take, but as I mentioned, the risk is low but still present.
Because of this, it is our belief that this Sea class level mission should remain classified to both those who are not aware of it already and to the crew of the magma itself. The less they know, the better, just in case. On a personal note, I know you have assigned to Jannah to this mission. Well, I disagree with this decision. I will support it if you feel
strongly about this choice. That said, I still believe, due to the potential dangers of this mission, that I am still the best choice for piloting the vessel into the Helix Nebula. I am happy to discuss with you in person when you might have time, and if not, then I do feel it be of the mission's best interest to at least inform Janna of the C class level mission protocols to better prepare the magma for any circumstances, just in case. I will report back with any further finding.
Steamed relevant, Thank you, General Fuck Magmal Episode six contaminant detected tee. What the funk is going on? How could I be in that video we found on someone else's ship? I am searching for possible explanations. That's not me? Right? T? Right T. I am sure there is a perfectly reasonable explanation for this, but that never happened. I would never hurt Janna like that, would I? What's wrong with me? What's going on? I am scanning the video for any
evidence of tampering, but there appears to be none. Is that someone who looks like me? Is? Is that? What? It is? Just just a coincidence? It is possible. I am checking all available information on the recording. Is there anything? The video is timestamped thirty minutes from now? What it is from thirty minutes from now? At least according to the data I have interpreted? It is? How how the fund is that possible? Something is wrong with the ship's log obvious, Lee, I cannot be sure when it is
actually from due to the extensive damage. No, No, No, something isn't right here. Perhaps if I ran it through a few more scans, I can detect something I did not detect before. Did you finish fixing the rest of the ship's log? It is a very delicate process, and it takes up a significant amount of processing power for me to be able to repair it. I should concentrate T. Did you finish fixing it? Yes? What else did it say? I do not believe now is the time to review
the content? Does it say T? There could be something in there that we could use to help Janna. It is difficult for me to decipher the Magmal is still reading it as its own a duplicate. It's trying to override it with duplicate information that well that it has already logged it. Fuck does that mean T? It means that everything I uncovered in the ship's log it's matching up to our own, the previous time stamps, the mission logs, everything it is a duplicate of the Magmal's records. It's
exactly the same. How how is this happening? I have explained to Janna that I believe my systems are malfunctioning, causing a sort of mechanical deja vu in my data core. I believe this is causing the confusion with the Magmal's log with the other ships. But there are other log entries postdated much like the recording I played. But those entries stopped in approximately forty five minutes. What do you mean they stop? I mean there are no more entries
past that point. The ship's log is empty. What the fox is going on? None of this makes sense? Yes, I agree, Okay, I need you to run a scan, a deep scan, a self diagnostic, whatever the hell you can do. There's something here. We're missing, something we missed before. I am already running several to try to detect anything out of sorts. There has been nothing detecting. What about earlier when you've found those power fluctuations in the nebula?
Do that again, however you found those? Run that scan again. I am trying, But there are several thousand tests that I need to run so I can affect Oh. Oh what does that mean? Oh? This is I am not sure how to interpret these findings. It is showing that these are not the first recordings. There are multiple recordings compounded on top of each other, and for the most part,
each with the same time stamps and contents. What does that even mean to It means that the log has been recorded over again and again with mostly the same content. Some records stray, but according to this, it's been recorded before many times, over and over again. That's got to be some sort of mistake, right, Like like your scanners must be malfunctioning or something, right, I would think so. But this seems very conclusive. How is that even possible?
How can something like that be? Wait? Hang on, where are you going to the bridge? I need to access the main computer whole type Jane. I won't allow her to access those files. I'll bring bring her back. Okay, seemed data packet, you can access the main computer from anywhere on the ship Sydney. You didn't need to come up here. You could have just asked, I know, but I wanted the keyboard to see if I could here
it is? What are you looking for? I needed the data from when we passed through the hills and be like, can you bring that up for me? T There are thousands of data points from that. I need you to be more specific, bring it up here to all of it? Very well? Okay, Okay, here we go. What are you looking for I'm not sure how, but I think we funked up t big time. How so okay, so, well before our time, like six or so, there was theory
by this Austrian physicist named Ludwig Flom. He came up with this idea for white holes, the theoretical time reversal of a black hole, almost like at the opposite end of one. I am aware, however, I am unsure of what this has to do with our current situation. And if I may remind you, Janna is still in the other room and is in no condition to be left alone. Just listen to me and let me talk through this. Okay, fine, okay.
So then in the nineteen thirties, Einstein and Nathan Rosen used the theory of general relativity to elaborate on the same idea. Okay, They proposed the existence of bridges through space and time. These bridges connected two different points in space time, theoretically creating a short cut that could reduce travel time and distance. You know what I'm talking about, the Einstein Rosen bridges, Yes, exactly, or to call a
spade a spade, wormholes they were talking about wormholes. Wormholes are still a purely theoretical science, and their existence has yet to be proven. Okay, yes, but based on their theories and what we know of black holes and white holes and all that stuff, and comparing it to our findings when we passed through the nebula, what if it's not theoretical anymore? How So, it's very likely we did unwittingly travel through a wormhole, yes, given all that we
have seen. But that's not all, Tea. What if there is more to that, with with all that we found, all that we discovered, with the planet and the ship's log and everything else. What if it's not theoretical anymore? What if we just found something else, proved the existence of something we didn't even know if it was possible. What if we accidentally did something we shouldn't have. What are you saying, Sydney. I'm saying I think the wormhole was the least of our problems, Tea. I think we're
stuck in a time loop. Mag Mill will returned after these messages and now back to mag Mill, Sydney, what you are suggesting is not scientifically possible. Most of what has happened to us so far has not been scientifically possible. None of this makes sense, So why don't we start looking outside the box for answers since the ones inside aren't really providing us anything. I think perhaps you should take a moment to breathe. Perhaps returning to Janna and
focusing on that situation would be for the best. Ja. Yes, Jenna, I should wake her and talk to her. She's feeling her. She can probably help work through this with me right now, to right, No, Sydney, that is not what I meant. She certainly knows a bit more about this. Her husband studied this stuff for years, so she should be able to work out solution or see what's going on. It's the extra planetary scan. It's picking something up all the way out there. I thought you scanned it before and
didn't detect anything. It didn't. But we are in uncharted space and the atmosphere is different out here. Things can change rapidly, and it seems that they have. Why. What's out there? It's the black hole? Black hole? What about them? It's here? What do you mean it's here? What black hole? When we first arrived that black hole? You mean after the nebula? How But that doesn't make any sense. We just flew a few hours away. From it. How how
the hell is it here now? Unfortunately, science has not reached a point of understanding this quite yet, so I am unable to make any accurate calculations regarding this phenomenon. However, based on collected data, it might have something to do with it expanding, contracting, or even the bending of space and time. It seems to be expanding at a much higher rate than before, and each time it does it moves within space. It followed us essentially, yes, but rather unintentionally.
But it's here now and we are in its direct path, so that means we probably should What the hell is that? What was? What are you seriously telling me? You didn't hear that? Listen? No, no, no, no, no, no no no. We have to get the funk out of here right now, Sydney, What are you hearing? Are you serious? It's this thing, whatever it is, the fucking monster, it's coming for us. I have to get us out of here now, Proteous, what what? I'm sorry, Sydney, but I can't let you
do that. Let me do what new protocols engaged contaminant detected. Damn, Let me the funk out of here right now, Prodias, are you fucking serious. Look outside ta we have two big problems heading our way, and we need to get the funk out of here now. No abnormalities detected on my visual sensors. We must stay here and wait further instructions. Then fucking listen. No abnormalities detected on my auditory sensor commencing full lockdown. Let me the fun here now? Fuck?
Who get up? God head? What's going on? Everything is being taken care of, Jenna, Please relax. Something is wrong with what's wrong? What's wrong with you? Sydney was displaying some tis disturbing behavior. I had to prevent her from hurting herself. Locked me in here. He's looking down the ship. Now we have to get out of here. Something is coming for us. What the fund is that I do not detect anything on my sense? Listen to me? Why the fund? Am? I strapped at this table t disengaged
now request to what do you mean? Requests denied? What? I'm sorry, but you have also exhibited abnormal behavior, jan normal the hallucinations you are experiencing tell me that it is not safe to let you operate the magma. You are a danger to yourself and to others. So I can get out of this is not fucking funny. Team let me go now. Please, if you want to help us, you have to disengage the lockdown here. We are not going anywhere. It wants you to stay. If that thing
doesn't kill us, the black hole will I'm begging you. Please? Black hole? What black hole? The one after the nebula. It's out there. It followed us. Oh, oh god, the anomaly. It was the black hole. There is something wrong with proteus surface level programming, but maybe his sublevel programming is still clean. What what the hell are you talking about? Sub level? It doesn't matter right now, but I might be able to fix this. T T access C class
level protocols access denied. Class level protocols are classified. Proteus listened to me access C class level protocols. Pass code beta to C access granted user to H one six. Captain Kevian Prescott command access mission protocols C class level protocols accessed. Scanning for anomaly anomaly detected, observe anomally yes, yes, Jesus Christ observed, go autopilot engaged. You did mission override lockdown commencing, No, goddamnit, override that override. What are you doing? Programming?
Erupt all commands overridden? Intution, what are you doing? Override the lockdown for a few minutes and let us out t flush all current commands and reboot your system system rebooting. Holy funk, that worked. Okay, come on, we gotta get to the bridge before he comes fully back online. No wait, do you hear that? Hear? What? Who? We don't have time for the Sydney. Come on, we have to go. But we're the C class level protocols. Jenna, she said it yourself, not now, come on, what were they? Jenna,
Sydney tell me? Fuck? Alright, fine, The Magma's mission had another classified purpose as well. Okay, we were sent up to observe an abnormality, one that originated from the Nebula. They thought they could harness its power. They thought they could tame the power of the wormhole. But obviously that sucked us, all right, And you knew, you knew this the whole time, and we don't have time for this. But you knew I did, but I wasn't supposed to, Okay,
Kevin told me. Kevin knew. Look, we can talk about this later, but we have to go right now. This the whole time, and you didn't say anything. You constantly blame me for fucking things up. But you knew this the whole time and you didn't tell me. And now look look what you've done to us, Sydney. I only complete system back online. Jenna. Are you all right? I'm sorry. I'm not sure what happened earlier. I assure you. I am myself now, Sydney, at least for now. What is
going on, Tea? I seem to have something affecting me. I believe it is the mold. I think it got into my system, much like Jenna isn't in her now? Yes, I am running a scan and it is infecting. No, no, Sid, it's not. I'm fine. It's just fuck that fucking heart. You're not Channa anymore? What the fun? What are you talking about, Sydney. Of course, I'm Janna. You lie to me, and that's stuff. The mold. It's inside you. It's it's controlling you. Stop and listen to yourself. Said, help me
get out so we can get out of here. No, no, I have to here is it? I know it's here. If I can just find it, I could I could stop it. Help me Sydney. Here it is Sydney. You're not thinking clearly. Here is the rent, don't you see? We have to stop it. The only way to save her. It's the only way to say, step away from her. Something is wrong with Sydney. To move. It's inside eu Genna. I have to save you. No, Sydney, it's inside you. With me. I have control the idol. He told me
what happened. It told me what's inside you. It's coming for you. I need to save us, Janna, I need to save you. You have to listen to me. It isn't you please stop that. I don't. I don't get rid of it now. Oh h h Sydney safety. I did it. No, Sydney, she's alive, but her heartbeat is very faint. Don't you say I had to stop it from from taking control of over hanging over mm hmmmmm. No no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no no, it's still it's still coming for us. It's still here.
We've got to go. We've got to go, prepare the ship for lunch. We've got to go. Get out of here. Listen to reason, Sydney, you're not We need to get out of here away from away from the thing, away from the black hole. Don't you understand I'm trying to save us. Just sucking do it, t I don't have time to argue with you. You are not qualified nor in the right state of mind to fly this Verdi has switched to computer mode. Computer mode engaged for takeoff
now prepping systems. Please proceed to the cockpit for takeoff. Now let's get the funk off this planet. Magmal will returned after these messages and now back to magmill. Oh no, no, no, no, no, no, no, work, God damn it. Come on the fuck won't you go faster? Fuel reserves below acceptable level. I fucking know that already. Just make it work. God, how the hell do you do this, Jenna? Just one more minute, you can do it.
Unidentified object approaching buck Buck. Fuck? How long do we have? Collision? In? Approximately thirties seconds? Fuck? Engage warp engine warning, insufficient fuel for maximum efficients. Just fucking do it. Yes, come on, baby, you can do this. Just hang on, We're almost there. We can do this. Warning almost come on almost. What would you do if you have a chance to say nor again? What would you do do? Good morning, Magma crew. Today is March. You are currently one hundred kilometers from
the helix Nebula. Congratulations, ladies. After seven hundred fifty four days, today is the day your mission finally comes to fruition. My head, I don't want to go to school today. Just ten more minutes, Proteus, there is no educational work currently eduled for the day. Janna, Perhaps you are mistaken. It was a joke to God. After two years, you think you'd grow a sense of humor. After two years, you'd think you would understand the one I was programmed with.
Very funny. Hey, what's that smell? Sydney is preparing breakfast in the galley. You, ladies have a big day ahead of you, so she wanted to make sure you were well nourished. Great, tell her I'll be there in a minute. And how many times do I have to tell you stop calling us ladies. We are interplanetary scientists charting the great unknown, not the real housewives of outer space. I beg your pardon, ladies, all right, funck off? How lady like?
Said Proteus is being a prick again? Well there she is, Good morning, Ready for your big day? Yes, mom, so excited for the first day of school. Well, I made you breakfast because you know we're going to be busy later. Thank you. Oh bacon and eggs. Looks like someone went through the trouble of rehydrating the good stuff. Today must be a special occasion. If you're not a fan, I can always oh, oh what's wrong? Just feel off off?
Oh god, it's not the food, is it? Because I'm starving and we all know I would have given up on step two. I don't know. I just feel like, have you ever gotten deja vu? Who hasn't? I just got the strongest sensation of it, Like, like we've had this conversation before. Dude, deja vu is a lie. You know that, right, It's just temporal lobe epilepsy. It's a discharge in your brain that fools you into thinking that. And I know you're right. It's just very strange feeling
and I can't shake it. Said, this is the biggest day of your career. Trust me, you would know if you've done this already. Right, Yeah, yeah, I guess so good. I'll get ready because today today we're gonna make history. Mag Mel starring Ali Trasher, Julia Henning, and b J Gribb. Additional voices in this episode provided by kat Ton Chonko Mac Manson, and Jeff Heimbuck. Written by Jeff Heimbuck and Lindsay Skaggin, Directed and edited by Jeff Heimbuck. Produced by
Jeff Heimbuck and Ali Trasher. Executive produced by Holly Fry. Audio engineered by Corey Celeste and Alex Gona. Original musical score by Corey Celeste. Additional songs by the Ramikins as played by Roscoe Soultran. Magmel is a production of I Heart Radio and Bamfor productions, questions comments email us at Project Magmal at gmail dot com. Until next time, We'll see you when we see you,