Juno Steel and the Shadows on the Ship (Part 1)

Poster for Shadows on the Ship by Sharon Oh

**Juno Steel and the Shadows on the Ship (Part 1)** is an episode of the Juno Steel series. It is the 5th Juno Steel episode of season 3, and 9th overall. It was released March 10, 2020.

## Overview

Vespa Ilkay's best days are behind her.

It doesn't matter if this statement is actually true; she has convinced herself that it is. Whenever Vespa looks at herself today all she can see is the woman she used to be: a galaxy-class doctor and assassin. A legend.

It doesn't matter if Vespa ever was a legend, or if she really has fallen as far as she thinks she has. She has made her decision, and tomorrow, she will act on it. Although that may not matter, either.

Because if the visitor in the night has their way, tomorrow will never come.

### Trigger Warnings

* Death and physical injury
* Claustrophobic spaces
* Sudden loudnoises
* Kidnapping and incarceration
* Use of drugs/sedatives
* Deception and gaslighting
* Depiction of mental illness
* Depiction of hallucinations
* Implied abusive parent
* Misgendering
* Deadnaming

## Episode Summary

Vespa Ilkay is struggling with her visual and auditory hallucinations while the Aurinkos discuss an accident during their last heist that gave Peter Ransom a broken leg. Vespa's hallucinations and self-doubts cause her to question her desire to be a member of this family.

When an unknown intruder takes out the crew one by one, Vespa is put under even more distress.

## Cast and Crew

### Cast

Starring

* Chloé Cunha as Vespa Ilkay
* Joshua Ilon as Juno Steel
* Alexander Stravinski as Jet Sikuliaq
* Sarah Gazdowicz as Buddy Aurinko
* Noah Simes as Peter Ransom
* Mertz as Vespa's father

### Crew

* Kevin Vibert, Co-creator, Head of Operations, Lead writer
* Sophie Kaner, Co-creator, Head of Episode Development, Director, Sound designer
* Kat Buckingham, Head of Merchandise and Outreach
* Alice Chuang, Head of Design
* Noah Simes, Production manager
* Ryan Vibert, Composer and performer of original music
* Promotional art by Sharon Oh

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## Trivia

* This episode was narrated by the character Vespa Ilkay. It was the third episode of season three to be told from the perspective of someone other than Juno Steel, after Juno Steel and the Man in Glass (Part 1) and Juno Steel and the Man in Glass (Part 2) and Juno Steel and the Tools of Rust (Part 1) and Juno Steel and the Tools of Rust (Part 2).
* This episode features a hallucination of the voice of Vespa's father deadnaming her, to which Vespa responds as a narrator: "But that isn’t me, and never was, even when I answered to that name. *My* name is Vespa Ilkay."

* In this episode it is mentioned that Jet and Rita were watching a stream documentary called *Conspiracy Files 9: The Human Terrarium*, which, according to Juno is "this dumb documentary series Rita likes. In the first half of each doc they go deep into a conspiracy theory, and in the second half they debunk it.". Jet explains that he and Rita did not watch the second half, since Rita said it was "very boring". Jet also mentions and quotes from another episode called *Conspiracy Files 13: ESP and Psychic Force Are Definitely Real*.