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Hey everybody! Today I'd like to tell you

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about a new podcast called Derelict, an

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immersive sci-fi horror podcast. The

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story begins with its first season, Fathom, in

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which an ancient artifact resembling a giant door

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has been found at the bottom of Earth's

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ocean. To study it, the galaxy's most powerful

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corporation has built a massive secret research base

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surrounding it. Their objective? To unlock the secrets

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of the artifact and discover what it holds

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inside. But some mysteries should

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remain buried, and some doors should never

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be opened. Derelict has received thousands of

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five-star reviews from listeners and millions of

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downloads. It's a very impressive story, a

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movie-like audio experience that has been influenced

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by stories like Aliens, HP Lovecraft, and

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2001 Space Odyssey. The

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second season picks up a few years after the events

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of the first, this time continuing the story in the

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depths of space. You can find

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Derelict on any of your favorite podcast

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platforms by visiting derelictpodcast.com or by clicking

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the link in the episode notes below.

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So now, please enjoy the very first

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episode of Derelict. The

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bottom of the ocean 19,000 feet down

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That's why I came here after all, isn't it? Why

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I buried myself The

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furthest away I could possibly get Loss

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is an insidious thing Whatever

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we try to escape we inevitably bring

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with us, even to the darkest Do

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you know what the internal security division does, Eva? We

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deal with things when they get out of hand. I

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am very good at it, and I've been one from one

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end of this galaxy to the other doing it. The

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things I've seen, the kinds of projects

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this corporation engages in, the Pandora's boxes

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they've opened. I know

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the kind of darkness Mostorian's capable of finding.

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I've shut it back in the box over and over

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again, and the only reason I keep doing it is

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because right now, I still believe

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the good the corporation does outweighs the horror.

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So if you ask me whether or not

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I could believe the ghost stories of an

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unhinged, triple-PhD-holding research scientist who tried to blow

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up his own project to stop it from

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succeeding? The

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answer is, I could. Ask

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Edgars. Ask him. He's

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on the surface now. He'll have recovered. He'll tell you.

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He'll tell you it was just this place. It got

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to him, and he lost it. That's

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what he'll say. I

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would very much like to ask him about

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his experiences here, Dr. Graf. But

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I can't. Why not?

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Because he hanged himself in his cell last night. What?

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Dr. Edgars is dead. And

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what worries me, more than anything, is

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that you're hearing voices, too. No.

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No, I... Your medical

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officer, Dr. Clayton, put it in your chart.

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You said you were hearing voices,

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and you were hearing them way before Dr. Edgars did. Once.

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I said I

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heard it once. I was

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wrong. Dr. Clayton also says you're not

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sleeping. That's an exaggeration. She says you're

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losing your grip. Says your team has

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reported you are ranting. That you get

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the same orders multiple times. That's not

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fair. She put the same exact things

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in Dr. Edgars' file. She said he

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couldn't sleep either at the end. She

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said he roamed the halls all night. She said

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his eyes were bloodshot. I

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figured it out. I can open it. I

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can give them what they want. We can

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give them what they want. We.

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Yes. Together. All

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I need is access to the relay. Local

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access. With it disconnected from the labs, it's

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the only way. You want

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to take a suit and make a floor walk to the

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relay. Use the controls locally.

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Not me, Joe. Oh.

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Now I get it. You want me to do it. You

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want me to go around an ISD mandate with an

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agent on deck. I hate to break

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it to you, but it won't just be me they throw in prison.

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It'll be both of us. Because it will

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work this time. I know it. We can both

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come out of this on top. We can both

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stay. We won't have to go back. We can

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stay. The hell does that

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matter? It

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doesn't. The point is, if

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we do this, we don't just go

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back to how it was. We'll close

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out a major project milestone.

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There will be bonuses. There

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will be promotions. MD rewards

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ambition. It

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rewards it above everything. We

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can turn this whole thing around. Joe?

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It will work. Joe?

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Joe? Mac,

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get me Freeman back. Mac?

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Mac, what's... Mac?

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Eva? Sarah, what the hell? Eddie,

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the suppose just collapsed. The whole platform is going down.

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Oh god. I

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can't raise Mac. Eva,

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hold on. Clayton?

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Sarah? Oh

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my God. Carrie

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Blake observed

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Come on Come

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on Canal

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stab continue

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Medina oh

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this is dr. Gruff does anyone

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copy This

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is Dr. Avograth. There

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was a hull breach in the western dorms. The

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water flushed me into the dive from Ehrlich. I

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vented it. I'm alive. Does

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anyone copy? Dr.

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Clayton. Commander

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Freeman. Do

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you copy? No.

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Yes, sir. Does anyone? Fathom

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is the prequel to the podcast Derelict

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by Night Rocket Productions. It

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is created, written, directed, and

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edited by Jay Barton Mitchell

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and produced by Kirsten Ruttberg and

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Thomas Barker. Episode

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1, In the Darkness We See, stars

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Elizabeth Laidlaw as Eva Graff, Michael

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Mao as Blaine, Eli

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Goodman as Joe Freeman, Danny

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Payne as Sarah Clayton, and

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Mack as himself. The

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podcast features additional sound designed by

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Music Radio Creative and music

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by Ryan Talbert, Luke

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Atencio, and Davis Harwell. The

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producers wish to thank Flashpoint Chicago,

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a campus of Columbia College Hollywood,

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especially John Petroski and Bill Bacon

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for their invaluable support in the

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creation of this podcast. They

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also wish to thank Robert and Russell Summers

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of Grand Scheme Productions, without whose effort

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this story would not be as good

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as it is. Lastly,

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Fathom and Derelict rely on the support of

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listeners like you. Find

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out how you can help us

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continue the story by visiting derelictpodcast.com

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and fathompodcast.net. And

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as always, more than anything, thank

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you for listening. This story will

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continue.