Welcome To The Spacin' Life, Buddy | A Starstruck Odyssey [Premiere Episode] 

Just note that we are not planning on uploading the rest of the season for free to RU-vid right now! But you can get every episode of A Starstruck Odyssey (and every Adventuring Party talkback) by signing up for Dropout at the low price of $6 / month! That's, like, the price of a just okay sandwich.

Brennan being the son of an author makes so much sense.

I love how Zac only has two mods: 1. A loveable clueless himbo 2. "I'm surrounded by idiots" And I live to see him play these opposites!

The human connection of Brennan running a game in the universe created by his mother Elaine is fascinating and encouraging.

Absolutely obsessed with Brennan’s reprisal of his role as “distressed, screaming CEO”

Greatest words ever spoken in succession: "Also the author of... me! Her son, Brennan lee Mulligan! Mom-- thanks for the galaxy!"

Holy fuck "I did what you would do" is such a raw line for your clone that murdered your other clones to say, god damn

Long hair Murph is truly his final form

Gunner's "you rent your ability to live" reality is just TOO realistic

1. This season so far, is as if Emily Axford possessed each Intrepid Hero, 2. Brennan really won Mother’s Day, forever, with this season

Riva getting suckered into a pyramid scheme is really funny

I love that every other character that Murph plays is like, a nerdy goblin kid, a literal subway rat, a grotesque frog man, et cetera, and then in this campaign he is the handsomest strongest coolest dude in the galaxy and I love that for him

“I’d cry if it wasn’t expensive” is fucking cold. Loving this new season

riva being in a constant state of 👁v👁 in character is hysterical, especially when siobhan goes from casual watching to just. EYES

I love how Lou's character in Fantasy High was such a daddy's boy, and now he's playing a character with 2 dads

I love how Ally’s characters usually becomes OP just from their sheer creative capacity. That was kinda the point with Pete but like Kristen Applebee’s and now this character are just so powerful because of Ally’s mind and how they play them.

Siobhan's joke about "what do you make your own hours from?" Is so funny to me. It caught me so off guard and is the best response

emily and murh are just gonna be CRAZY this season. a few minutes in and they are already screaming at the top of their lungs, ANDROIDS AND 'ROIDS BABY!!!!! this is gonna be great lol. also, who let them sit next to each other? the shenanigans that are gonna happen this season-

Zac’s face telling the business man that he can do something that is not within the realm of possibility is so accurate to working in costumer service.

Imagine getting honorably discharged from the air force and leaving with "I'M GONNA MAKE MY OWN AIR FORCE" 😂

Barry is the best version of the classic meat head character I have seen in a long time. His backstory had me in tears.

1:03:23 I forgot how good of an actor Zac is, I was half convinced he was having a breakdown irl. Just seeing him and Brendann work off each other is amazing

“no thankee you insuranceeee” immediate cut to “your intestines are floating in space”

Riva has my entire heart. I love them. Why does Siobhan create such precious characters?

Can we take a second to appreciate the beautiful hairstyles in this episode? I mean, Ally and Murph switching hairstyles, and Siobhan rocking a darker color!

Really excited to see Zach play a character with a completely different personality from what we’ve seen before and I’m really enjoying it.

"Mom, thanks for the galaxy" sounds very badass

"This database can interface but can also devastate" is probably one of the best lines ever written in history

is nobody going to mention the first 3 rolls being nat 1s, thats legendary, what does it mean

"We were swimming where we shouldn't have been." Beautiful.

I want a compilation of every time Brennan has described a pyramid scheme in D20

The fact that Brennan's mom is a comic book writer explains soooo much about Brennan and his story telling ability

Zac is just on some next level shit this season

I love how Zac looks exactly the same as he did three years ago, man is an immovable tower

My favourite part, character backstory flashbacks: 10:10 - 14:51 Disillusion of a soldier (captain Skipper by Zac Oyama). 21:43 - 25:27 Innocence remains (communications officer Riva by Siobhan Thompson) 28:53 - 36:18 Freedom to falter (gunner Sundry Sidney by Emily Axford) 38:00 - 44:06 One of a kind (gunner Big Barry Syx by Brian Murphy) 48:42 - 59:47 Stuck in a box (engineer Gunnie by Lou Wilson) 1:14:38 - 1:16:24 Platinum prison (executive Margaret Encino by Ally Beardsley) The last one is a bit harder to define because there is a lot of “present backstory” throught her turns

I bought a subscription to Drop Out because of Dimension 20's and Brennan's DMing. I've been listening to this series while i work and MY GOD!! It is some of the best comedy/action adventure i've ever had the pleasure of listening to. The ball is always rolling up hill!! This backstory intro to the characters is an amazing way to introduce the series!

I love that Siobhan chose a (what sounds like to me) South Yorkshire north Lincolnshire accent for her character, rarely get that in any media especially American and I’m just reminded of my Nan whenever she talks in character, thank you for the inclusion you beautiful human

I love so many things about this episode, but damn, the dialogue is top notch! There are few pauses for thought, everyone has a very distinct voice that informs their character, the interactions flow really well, it's just so good! Also, not to spoil episode 2, but the characters are really (and I mean *REALLY*) fluid and the cold, harsh reality of the world's economy gives the whole season a thick layer of tension we haven't really had in D20, except maybe with Kalina.

Brennan briefly reprising his role as angry CEO makes me so happy. And the fact his mom is a sci fi author explains so much.

Only 2 episodes out and this show has already given me so much inspiration for my space themed dnd campaign, truly wonderful

I love how one of Brennan's "CEO's of..." somehow made it into a Dimension 20. Fantastic.

Three Nat Ones in under five minutes. Like it blows my mind each time I watch it. What a beautiful perfect introduction to the world of Starstruck. We see exactly the universe we are in instantaneously and how it isn’t a kind one. What a ride this will be!

I can’t help but laugh at Brennan’s revival of the “blank CEO” character from college humor in the Sundry Sydney boardroom scene 😂 i just hecking love everything this man does, can’t wait for the rest of the season 💜

barry 6 vs barry 9. i love this simple but effective joke.

I love how Brennan has developed a more cinematic narrating style, really makes it feel like a movie or cutscene

Glad to see the non-Dropout folks get a taste of this absolutely insane campaign.

Brennan is like any other dm nerd really, but where they have an 8 charisma, he's sitting at an easy 25

For a price of a generous amount of pleasure putty you can purchase dropout for $6/month and feel like your own boss with bosses that feel like their own boss as well.

Holy hell, most of these characters have 20 intelligence As a D&D player, I've never witnessed this before

Seeing Ally post transition brings joy to my heart. So happy to see them being their true self

I'm imagining Brennan growing up reading his mom's comics and it's the cutest thing ever and also explains so much about Brennan

The opening has powerful Cowboy Bebop energy in the best way possible

I hope Captain Dan Scrap makes another appearance. One of the most hilarious NPC's I've ever seen. He definitely has a 20 charisma.

“You rent your ability to live” most accurate statement for anyone living with a disability ever

For those of you who are on the fence about this series, I can assure you that episode two is even better. I know it's based off something else but episode two just gives off so many Cowboy Bebop/Firefly vibes. Zac's metamorphosis at the beginning of the next episode is something I would not have ever expected and is so genius because of it. Pretty sure they offer a two week trial so you could wait for the series to wrap up and binge it all in that time frame (not that I would recommend that).

That gunny backstory, the music, the questioning of life goals... That was just beautiful

I haven't seen the season yet, but I've seen some clips, and I really like the idea of Lou's character going from "I've never been arrested, but I did get a stern talking to once for swimming where I wasn't supposed to" to wearing sunglasses and screaming "THE HOUSE ALWAYS WINS" while happily swindling 4 random people out of all their money xD

Love how Ally's voice is breaking when they laugh, congrats mate!

The fact the Elaine Lee is Brennan's mom makes so much sense! It explains so much about him

I love how much this group obviously cares about eachother.

0:00 start 6:30 Zac character intro 7:08 Siobhan character intro 10:11 Norman flashback 20:10 Brennan made the ship 21:38 Riva flashback 25:35 Murph and Emily character intro 28:55 Sidney flashback 30:00 Return of CEO Brennan 35:45 Everyone in the room is in danger 38:07 Barry Syx flashback 44:20 Lou character intro 44:52 Shark discourse 48:45 Gunnie flashback 1:03:08 Please be quiet during the quarterly 1:07:07 Ally character intro 1:09:19 Margaret is the only competent one on the ship 1:12:45 beginning of monarch discourse 1:14:40 Margaret flashback

The pleasure putty MLM had me and Emily BOTH dying, oh nooooo Riva

Preliminary timestamps 0:01 animated intro 0:39 welcome, 1:09 covid safeties, 1:26 new setting, 1:47 noted author, 2:08 astrology & weaknesses, 2:33 Starstruck universe 2:52 Anarch era, 3:42 initiative; 3 nat ones, 5:08 on the bridge, 5:27 Norman the skipper Takamori stats & intro, 5:46 armada of ‘roid removers, 16:05 18 shield points, 6:26 Takamori’s appearance, 6:57 Riva stats & intro, 7:56 incoming message, 8:28 Capt.Jan Dela Vega, 9:53 Needles 10:12 flashback in Amercadia, 10:47 Norm’s thoughts, 11:18 for outstanding service, 12:21 A couple years later, 14:02 the Red Hot, 14:48 Evasive maneuvers, 15:10 talespire, herospire & sw5e shoutout, 15:50 250 ft, 16:30 scan check, 17:00 dash & ‘Roid reactions, 17:49 maneuver checks, 20:12 Brennan’s fault, 20:56 avoiding a asteroid 21:33 Aguatunisia, 21:53 Cool water & Rising bubbles, 22:53 Sister Mildred & Pleasure putty, 23:48 quantum state of bossness, 24:57 her own boss, 25:30 dual gunning stations, 25:44 Big Barry Syx stats & intro, 26:07 Sundry Sidney stats & intro, 25:51 3,200 ft 27:15 androids & steroids! 27:51 ricochet, 28:21 absolute desolation, 28:53 corporate boardroom, 29:22 Sundry Sidney commercial, 29:55 Boardroom, 30:27 Sidney’s natural state, 30:44 Direct slander, 31:38 next slide, 32:19 Dr Edwina, Swiss army is trash, 33:23 tell me why, 34:01 aspirational, 34:39 your coffee guy, 35:02 melt it down for parts, 35:29 insight check, 35:51 interface & devastate, 36:32 Its your shot! 36:40 Precision shot, 37:31 almost got one, 38:01 emerge from goo, 38:55 locker room, 39:31 Dr Barry Bohunk, 40:10 why the Barry Battalion 41:16 A team smash cuts, 42:03 Fantanima land, 42:46 amusement park, 43:05 it starts, 44:07 like a Pokémon, 44:16 Gunnie stats & intro, 44:54 shark? 45:26 handy Annie, 45:59 reactor chamber, 46:25 talking with the skipper, 46:52 boost engines or jump, 47:35 navcoms, 47:55 scribbling, 48:44 university auditorium, 49:19 Prof Dora, 50:29 getting out of here? 51:56 real mathematics, 52:32 Prof Erwin & Prof Jeffry Miggles, 53:31 sabbatical, 54:01 Capt. Dan Scrap, 54:47 a good telling to, 55:42 Spacer guild insurance, 56:55 intestines are floating.. 57:45 out of pocket cost, 58:16 full traction, 59:16 have to let you go, 59:47 cost per breath, 1:00:11 repayment organization, 1:00:34 boost engine check, 1:01:03 repayment message & Astronav checks, 1:02:10 ‘roid removers crit, 1:02:42 Raymond Zam, 1:03:44 swim in circles, 1:03:57 ‘roid squadron movement, 1:04:07 4 miss, 1:05:05 lady pike needs a better signal, 1:05:39 Red Hot str save, 1:06:14 jammed coms attempt, 1:07:07 Margaret stats, 1:08:21 renting space, 1:08:53, 1:09:15 hack communications, 1:09:50 Margaret on coms, 1:10:50 600 ft EMP, 1:12:06 Luciene Rex, 1:12:46 Rubien V, 1:14:08 leaking on reddit, 1:14:39 flashback, 1:15:03 the promise, 1:16:24 conference call, 1:16:59 congratulations in order, 1:17:39 Natalio Bajar, 1:19:49 shield & hull points, 1:20:54 Quickened push/pull, 1:22:12 disengage, 1:22:58 boost engines, 1:24:18 Astronav check, 1:25:18 hull repair, 1:26:04 crit distracting dice, 1:27:26 precision shot, 1:28:38 50 year old reflection, 1:29:40 gunning it, box of doom, 1:31:07 hacked communications, 1:33:32 ‘Roid removers & the Lady Pike, 1:35:01 Incoming missiles, box of doom, 1:37:15 doesn’t work like that, 1:37:39 dump the crates? 1:38:16 hologram, 1:39:37 15 crates, 1:40:56 1 crate, 1:41:46 out of combat, 1:42:05 Raymond Zam, 1:42:50 Takamori let’s the crew have it, 1:44:07 the final crate

I'm just in love with Sidney's accent. Emily, what are you doing to my poor little heart?

Watching this again on youtube bc why the hell not, this season is only 2 episodes in and it’s so much fun chaos. In case anyones on the fence - highly recommend dropout to watch this live ! And also for all the other wonderful seasons they haven’t uploaded on youtube yet.

I love that Brennan got to use his CEO breaking down voice on dimension 20.

Brennan just couldn't pass up the opportunity to play a disappointed ceo once again...

🚀✨👽IT'S FINALLY TIME!!! Folks, once again, I've had the distinct honour of working alongside Rick Perry and Katie McGeorge to create D20's TaleSpire battlemaps for you! WOOT! Now I get to watch it as a fan, and I CANNOT WAIT for you all to feast your brains 🧠 on what's coming. This is gunna be wild. Thank you, beloved nerds, and please enjoy!!!

I'm always going to be there for more Starstruck. It has been a close companion for the last fourty years. Probably the most important piece of media I have devoured. Still regret I was too slow to get to see the play. Thanks for boosting the Zazzle site, my old shirt is long lost to time and finding Starstruck merch has been hard. Thanks for generating more material in my favorite universe.

"I found myself rapidly leaving my state of arousal."

"No thank you insurance "Your intestines are floating in space" 💀💀💀💀💀

Brennan's natural ability to pull you into every scenario he imagines is legendary.

Anyone else love that tiny opening animation change on episode three? Love this new ultra chaotic gang of characters, like everyone’s playing season one Fig

Wow. Wow. Wow. Best season of d20. I love this group of intergalactic bozos.

Just finished the Deadeye arc of naddpod. Handy Annie warms my heart.

These characters are GEMS. This might finally be the series to get me to buy Dropout

“Nuts & Bolts! Androids & Steroids! We Got This!”

These main characters are incredible, and the fact Brennan is able to make the countless he plays feel just as fleshed out is iconic.

I still can't believe how GREAT episode 1 of this arc is and then episode 2 HAD ME CRY TEARS OF LAUGHTER AND WAS EVEN BETTER 😂😂

I hope Margaret comes home to the small town she grew up in for the holidays and throws her ringing phone away after discovering the real value of life. It’s going to be beautiful! I missed them ❤️

I would 1000% watch a game show where celebrities dip themselves in paint and you have to decide which celebrity is under the paint.

Oh my god Ally doing Murph's little rat dance I can't😭🤣

For those hesitant to still get dropout. I assure you, THIS is worth it. No spoilers, but if you enjoy a rag tag group who successfully fk over a DM SOOOOO many times while still having a captivating setting and intriguing story- this. This is it. Kudos. I plead eagerly they spin this off as much as Fantasy High was.

This is such a great way to start a campaign. Right into the action but still with time to explain everyone's backstory and motivation.

I've watched/listened to almost every season of dimension 20 and I have to say Dropout is COMPLETELY worth it I know we're all sick of streaming services but I do really recommend this one. A Starstruck Odyssey is so joyous and funny and hopeful and amazing, the combination of Elaine's world building, Brennan's dming, and the whole cast just firing on all cylinders the ball just keeps rolling up and every episode gets better and better

Emily said "Fuck Erotica Anne," and Brennan immediately knew that he had been given a gift on that day.

THREE NAT 1S AMAZING HAIR HOTDOG SPACESHIP IM SO HYPED RN

I literally paused to look at the character designs for like five minutes they’re so good I can’t wait to see them in action

them cutting away from Siobhan dabbing is so funny to me

1:03:22 this might be the best emotional Rollercoaster as depicted in facial expression I have ever seen.

Brennan has officially inspired me to become a dm for a couple friends of mine! I love how much creative freedom he allows. I've had some pretty boring dms and it sucks!

For the last like, six months or something, I hunted down the Starstruck comics, as they were recommended to me by other comic book enthusiasts (I'd just been binging on Moebius) and so I dug into them. Then, literally as this campaign was announced, I read the last issue of one of the more recent series (the 2009 or something, I think), and there was Brennan's face in it! And then I google, and it turns out his mother is the creator of the Starstruck play and comics! And THEN I find out Dimension 20 is doing a Starstruck-themed campaign. Super weird and cool.

Brennan is a phenomenal and multi talented GM. Bravo to him, the players, and the production crew.

00:29:00 my absolute favorite moment out of Dimension 20 which has me seriously considering getting a Dropout subscription

I just started playing Outer Worlds for the first time, this is fitting perfectly with the setting and humor and stuff.

What an incredible session 0. The man is a story telling wizard.

I love that their space ship looks like a hot dog. And that ceo didn't know what he was talking about, the multi tool is great, so long as the interface is practical. Is it as good as a single tool? Not for big jobs, but it's very handy for many small jobs. Considering they're trying to combine a pleasure bot, with a bodyguard, gun hands might be a problem though.

I love ally so much and I love that we got to see the transformations they have gone thru from fantasy high, the unsleeping city, and everything else to lead to this and its amazing

I love how this just included a fucking CEO bit

Emily's southern accent reminds me to much of Gillian Anderson as Media in American Gods. Great stuff, everyone is fantastic as always!