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  1. Rec 16

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    Suddenly she laughs, a quick and pained burst of hysteria. Then, her elbows come up to rest on the table and she lets her head fall to her hands.

    “God, you know what he was yelling at us, Eva?” She gives another short laugh, though it’s muffled. “‘You’re murdering me! You’re killing me! It’s murder!’”

    Grace does not appreciate that Stratt’s voice for him is high-pitched and whiny. He hears Dimitri laugh quietly behind him, the big traitor.

    “Yeah. Well, if he didn’t get on that ship he’d be murdering billions. And if I didn’t put him on that ship, I would be murdering billions. No, but they all got to cry and tell stories about him. But none of them got videos of his students saying good-bye, did they? Nobody hunted down his favorite university science professor, did they? Or his doctorate advisor? No. They all just cried and cried and drank all my alcohol.”
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    Captain Doctor Ryland Grace comes across an old video filmed one month after the launch of the Hail Mary in which Director Eva Stratt vents about her problems to...herself. Twenty-six years later, the video is watched for the first time.

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    30 Aug 2026

  2. Rec 2

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    Eva Stratt is physically ill, but she's well aware that she can't stop for anything.

    So her body shuts her down.

    Alternative title: Stratt doesn't want to take a nap

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    25 Jul 2026

  3. Rec 5

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    Ryland Grace and Eva Stratt share a heart-to-heart on the shores of the Eridian biodome

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    20 Jul 2026

  4. Rec 25

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    "But if you must know, I do eat. I just don’t like eating in front of other people,” she says.

    “Well, that’s not fair. How do I know that you’re not lying?”

    “Dr. Grace,” she throws her arms up in exasperation. She’s not yelling but she’s very close to it. That’s the fastest he’s accomplished that in a while. Ugh, she must be really serious about this. Still, it doesn’t stop him from antagonizing her further.

    “Director Stratt!” He mimics her. She glares.

    “You will eat breakfast with me every morning in my quarters and we will start having our morning debriefs in there from now on. I expect you there at six a.m. sharp.” She expertly spins around on her heel. It’s very elegant, especially when her hair swings around like that. And then she’s gone. Just like that.

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    Grace and Stratt eat together. It's only a little weird.

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    15 Jul 2026

  5. Rec 4

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    One way it could end, for Stratt.

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    13 Jul 2026