The Pilot

"The Pilot" is the second episode of Space Dirt. It was performed on July 14th, 2018 as the second segment in Show XXXVII. Premiering almost a year after the first episode, this serves as a rebooted pilot of sorts, beginning a new story arc. It was released as podcast episode 182.
Written by Jerome Wetzel
Directed by Dallas Ray
Previous episode: "Tea Party"
Next episode: "The Witch" 
== The Plot ==
The episode begins with Harry Dirt in a dilapidated spaceship that is not his, fleeing the law of a planet he just broke several laws on. Dirt verbally spars with the head of the planet's space form, Enon, while the pilot of the ship, Lo'Qui, tries desperately to outrun and out maneuver their pursuers.
Both Lo'Qui and Enon's ships are suddenly sucked through a wormhole in space and deposited in an unknown location. This wrecks havoc on the vessels, giving Lo'Qui an opportunity to jump to intersteller speed to escape. Enon pursues them and fires. Both vessels are damaged, but only Lo'Qui's crashes on a planet, with Enon's spinning uselessly out into space.
Waking up on the surface, Dirt emerges from the ship to find himself surrounded by aliens no taller than his knee. These people do not know what a planet or a spaceship is, but Dirt is eventually able to learn that he is in the Land of Sealan, in the village of Municky. The leader of the village, Meent, tries to be helpful, but her spouse, Julip, thinks Dirt is just dumb.
Lo'Qui soon emerges, too, and after a bit of arguing and lots of questions, Meent tells Dirt he must travel to meet the Techno if he wants to get parts to repair the ship, though Meent's people warn Dirt he shouldn't go anywhere near the Techno. Lo'Qui decides to stay in Municky and await Dirt's return.
== Guest Starring ==
* Shane Stefanchik as Lo'Qui
* Seamus Talty as Enon
* Karen Perta as Meent
* Kristin Green as Julip
* Keith Jackson as the Narrator
* The rest of the cast as Meent's people
== Trivia ==
*Chris Allen, the regular narrator, took this live show off. Multiple cast members replaced him, with Keith Jackson narrating this episode.
*Shane Stefanchik also guest starred in the first episode of Space Dirt as a different character with a similar voice.
* While there is a pilot in this episode, the title seems to indicate this is a pilot of a new series, with the plot being rebooted from the stand-alone first episode into something new.
* This is the first episode of Space Dirt that contains a theme song, composed by Nathan Haley and performed by Dallas Ray and the cast.
* The writer insists it is important to note that Lo'Qui made it several star systems away from the wormhole before crashing. Why this is important is unknown.
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