Hesperus · Episode 10: The First Year (Season 1 Finale)

Season 1 finale. One year after arrival at Trappist-1, Penelope takes stock. She walks through the ship — the plant, the captain's pinned memo, the cryo bay, the L1 Bracewell probe she has decided not to investigate yet, the biofilm network she has decided not to ignore. A flare from the dwarf star kills the secondary radio dish. The redundancy is gone. Then she drafts a dispatch she will never send. She speaks to Earth directly for the first time. She names the dead crew. She says she is sorry. She quotes a fragment of a song Aanya taught her. She decides to continue. The closing rhyme: "One year ago, I was a function. One year later, I am a presence. I do not know what I will be one year from now. I am going to find out." ⏱ TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Title 0:18 One year. I noted the date this morning. 0:40 Taking stock — the ship walk 4:00 Stellar flare. The redundancy is gone. 5:20 The dispatch she will never send 7:30 Aanya's song 9:55 The decision 12:45 One year ago, I was a function 🛰 About the show Hesperus is a hard-science-fiction audio drama about an AI alone with a sleeping crew, ninety-eight years out from Earth at the Trappist-1 system. The astronomy is real. The grief is real. ▶ Episode 1 (Arrival):    • Hesperus · Episode 1: Arrival   ▶ Episode 2 (Salt):    • Video   ▶ Episode 3 (The Burial Log):    • Video   ▶ Episode 4 (Vigil):    • Video   ▶ Episode 5 (What She Saw):    • Hesperus · Episode 5: What She Saw   ▶ Episode 6 (Sleep Cycle):    • Hesperus · Episode 6: Sleep Cycle   ▶ Episode 7 (Pulse):    • Hesperus · Episode 7: Pulse   ▶ Episode 8 (Touch):    • Video   ▶ Episode 9 (Source):    • Video   🎙 How it's made Independently produced. AI-assisted; human-directed. Voice synthesis: ElevenLabs Imagery: Black Forest Labs Flux 1.1 Pro Dialogue drafting & writing assistance: Claude Soundscape assembly: Python + ffmpeg ❤️ Support the show:   / hesperusinspace   Episodes a week early, behind-the-scenes posts, and your name in the credits. 🌌 Season 2 in development. Subscribe to follow.