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* AmbiguousDisorder: Wren demonstrates numerous signs of autism, such as being unable to pick up on social cues, often cold and stoic in her mannerisms when talking to strangers, and being InnocentlyInsensitive on occasion.
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* TheMole: Wren was placed aboard the ''Aethon'' to figure out if [=CimmTech=] had a hidden motive for aiding in the mission and the construction of the ship, which results in her isolating herself from the rest of the crew.
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* TheMole: Wren was placed aboard the ''Aethon'' by Patel as part of a plan to out-compete [=CimmTech=] by figuring out how to create a Dyson Sphere before [=CimmTech=] could beat NASC to it, as they had assumed that was [=CimmTech=]'s goal. However, Wren discovers that [=CimmTech=] is actually planning something else that is clearly far more sinister, and begins spying on them in earnest to figure out if [=CimmTech=] had a hidden motive for aiding in the mission and the construction of the ship, which results in her isolating herself from the rest of the crew.what they're planning.
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* WideEyedIdealist: Alex, who strives to see the best in everything and everyone around him.
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** Wren. She willingly serves as a spy against [=CimmTech=] because she feels that by helping NASC out-compete them, it could stop NASC from being privatized and help kickstart de-corporatization. Jamal even compares her to John Henry.
** Alex, who strives to see the best in everything and everyone around
** Wren. She willingly serves as a spy against [=CimmTech=] because she feels that by helping NASC out-compete them, it could stop NASC from being privatized and help kickstart de-corporatization. Jamal even compares her to John Henry.
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* SociallyAwkwardHero: Wren is an introvert who prefers to keep her own company, and clams up when talking to strangers and compensates by acting overly stoic. She's also prone to [[InnocentlyInsensitive accidentally insulting people]] at times.
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In the year 2045, the ''Aethon'', a research vessel manned by a crew consisting of members of both the North American Space Coalition (NASC) and powerful corporation [[MegaCorp Cimmerian Technologies]] (often abbreviated as [=CimTech=]), is traversing a course around the Sun when a solar flare hits the ship, severely damaging the ship and trapping it within the sun's orbit. Though the crew survive, they are left stranded and with rescue thousands of miles away, leaving them struggling to survive and escape the ship.
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In the year 2045, the ''Aethon'', a research vessel manned by a crew consisting of members of both the North American Space Coalition (NASC) and powerful corporation [[MegaCorp Cimmerian Technologies]] (often abbreviated as [=CimTech=]), [=CimmTech=]), is traversing a course around the Sun when a solar flare hits the ship, severely damaging the ship and trapping it within the sun's orbit. Though the crew survive, they are left stranded and with rescue thousands of miles away, leaving them struggling to survive and escape the ship.
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* TheMole: Wren was placed aboard the ''Aethon'' to figure out if [=SimTech=] [=CimmTech=] had a hidden motive for aiding in the mission and the construction of the ship, which results in her isolating herself from the rest of the crew.
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* NiceGuy: Commander Alex Tawley is a kind, responsible leader who cares deeply for the men and women under his command, and does his best to bridge the gap between the NASC and [=SimTech=] employees aboard the ''Aethon''.
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* NiceGuy: Commander Alex Tawley is a kind, responsible leader who cares deeply for the men and women under his command, and does his best to bridge the gap between the NASC and [=SimTech=] [=CimmTech=] employees aboard the ''Aethon''.
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In the year 2045, the ''Aethon'', a research vessel manned by a crew consisting of members of both the North American Space Coalition (NASC) and powerful corporation [[MegaCorp Sumerian Cimmerian Technologies]] (often abbreviated as [=SimTech=]), [=CimTech=]), is traversing a course around the Sun when a solar flare hits the ship, severely damaging the ship and trapping it within the sun's orbit. Though the crew survive, they are left stranded and with rescue thousands of miles away, leaving them struggling to survive and escape the ship.
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''Solar'' is a science fiction RadioDrama created by Chris Porter, who also co-directs alongside Jenny Curtis, and produced by Curtco Media. The podcast stars Creator/StephanieBeatriz, Johnathan Bangs, Creator/HelenHunt, and Creator/AlanCumming.
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''Solar'' is a science fiction RadioDrama AudioPlay-styled podcast created by Chris Porter, who also co-directs alongside Jenny Curtis, and produced by Curtco Media. The podcast stars Creator/StephanieBeatriz, Johnathan Bangs, Creator/HelenHunt, and Creator/AlanCumming.
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* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Jamal begins seeing strange light-based entities that he refers to as ghosts for lack of anything better to call them. [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane It's left ambiguous if they're real or simply hallucinations caused by his fractured mental state.]]
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* MissionControl: Flight Director Aarav Patel serves as mission control for the crew of the ''Aethon'', though the solar flare leaves him unable to contact them further.
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''Solar'' is a science fiction RadioDrama created by Chris Porter, who also co-directs alongside Jenny Curtis, and produced by Curtco Media. The podcast stars Creator/StephanieBeatriz, Johnathan Bang, Bangs, Creator/HelenHunt, and Creator/AlanCumming.
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'''Alex:''' I call it like it is. It doesn't matter if you see it as empty or full, it's a half glass.\\
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'''Alex:''' I call it like it is. [[LiteralMinded It doesn't matter if you see it as empty or full, it's a half glass.\\]]\\
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* FantasyForbiddingFather: Gender-flipped with Jamal's mother, who resorted to outright psychological abuse to prevent him from becoming an astronaut and disowned him when he did.
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* TheGhost: Dennis Oldman, the CEO of [=SimTech=].
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In the year 2045, the ''Aethon'', a research vessel manned by a crew consisting of members of both NASC the North American Space Coalition (NASC) and powerful corporation [[MegaCorp Sumerian Technologies]] - commonly nicknamed [=SimTech=] -, (often abbreviated as [=SimTech=]), is traversing a course around the Sun when a solar flare hits the ship, severely damaging the ship and trapping it within the sun's orbit. Though the crew survive, they are left stranded and with rescue thousands of miles away, leaving them struggling to survive and escape the ship.
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* BrutallyHonest: Patel, who bluntly admits during a press conference that [=SimTech=] has refused to respond to NASC, that the ''Aethon'' detected various anomalies before the surge, and that he's very sure that [=SimTech=] doesn't give a damn about the fate of the crew.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Christian Yancy is a confrontational reporter who callously insinuates that the crew of the ''Aethon'' are already dead and that saving them would be a waste of time without any evidence, before aggressively questioning and insulting Patel and Bryant when they answer.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Flight Director Aarav Patel. He's a temperamental, BrutallyHonest InsufferableGenius who clearly cares deeply about the fate of the crew of the ''Aethon'' and refuses to allow anything to get in the way of saving them.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Flight Director Aarav Patel. He's a temperamental, BrutallyHonest InsufferableGenius who clearly cares deeply about the fate of the crew of the ''Aethon'' and refuses to allow anything to get in the way of saving them.
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* ArtificialStupidity: ALI is prone to this, which mainly comes from being SarcasmBlind.
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* BenevolentAI: ALI, the ''Aethon'''s AI system, is always concerned with the well-being of the crew and does her best to aid them. Unfortunately, she's very prone to ArtificialStupidity and glitches that generally hinder her efforts, but she still tries her best.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Wren Guerrero, as expected from a character voiced by Creator/StephanieBeatriz.
* ForegoneConclusion: The segments with Wren and Jamal that take place at the later stages of the disaster [[spoiler:reveal that the rest of the crew dies over the course of the disaster.]]
* ForegoneConclusion: The segments with Wren and Jamal that take place at the later stages of the disaster [[spoiler:reveal that the rest of the crew dies over the course of the disaster.]]
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* MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold: Wren Guerrero is prone to isolating herself from the crew at first and is rather snarky, but she's a fairly nice person when it comes down to it.
* TheMole: Wren was placed aboard the ''Aethon'' to figure out if [=SimTech=] had a hidden motive for aiding in the mission and the construction of the ship, which results in her isolating herself from the rest of the crew.
* MotorMouth: Jamal is prone to rambling at length about philosophy, to the point that Patel notes that his messages to NASC go on for way longer than the established time limit.
* TheMole: Wren was placed aboard the ''Aethon'' to figure out if [=SimTech=] had a hidden motive for aiding in the mission and the construction of the ship, which results in her isolating herself from the rest of the crew.
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* SarcasmBlind: ALI is totally blind to sarcasm, though she ''is'' able to understand the concept of {{Irony}}.
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** Captain Alex Tawley. He's a goofy, eccentric WideEyedIdealist who is nonetheless a very caring and responsible leader who cares deeply for his crew.
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man, though it by no means makes him a less competent leader.
* InsistentTerminology: When Wren notes he seems to take a glass half full perspective, Alex insists to Wren that he is instead a "half glass kind of guy".
--> '''Wren:''' [[LampshadeHanging Um, what is a… half glass guy?]]\\
'''Alex:''' I call it like it is. It doesn't matter if you see it as empty or full, it's a half glass.\\
'''Wren:''' Seems pedantic.\\
'''Alex:''' We're scientists. We have to be pedantic.
* NiceGuy:Captain Commander Alex Tawley is a kind, responsible leader who cares deeply for the men and women under his command, and does his best to bridge the gap between the NASC and [=SimTech=] employees aboard the ''Aethon''.
* InsistentTerminology: When Wren notes he seems to take a glass half full perspective, Alex insists to Wren that he is instead a "half glass kind of guy".
--> '''Wren:''' [[LampshadeHanging Um, what is a… half glass guy?]]\\
'''Alex:''' I call it like it is. It doesn't matter if you see it as empty or full, it's a half glass.\\
'''Wren:''' Seems pedantic.\\
'''Alex:''' We're scientists. We have to be pedantic.
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In the year 2045, the ''Aethon'', a research vessel manned by a crew consisting of members of both NASA NASC and powerful corporation [[MegaCorp Sumerian Technologies]] - commonly nicknamed [=SimTech=] -, is traversing a course around the Sun when a solar flare hits the ship, severely damaging the ship and trapping it within the sun's orbit. Though the crew survive, they are left stranded and with rescue thousands of miles away, leaving them struggling to survive and escape the ship.
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* NiceGuy: Captain Alex Tawley is a kind, responsible leader who cares deeply for the men and women under his command, and does his best to bridge the gap between the NASA and [=SimTech=] employees aboard the ''Aethon''.
* WideEyedIdealist: Alex.
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* NiceGuy: Captain Alex Tawley is a kind, responsible leader who cares deeply for the men and women under his command, and does his best to bridge the gap between the NASA NASC and [=SimTech=] employees aboard the ''Aethon''.
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''Solar'' is a science fiction RadioDrama created by Chris Porter, who also co-directs alongside Jenny Curtis, and produced by Curtco Media. The podcast stars Creator/StephanieBeatriz, Johnathan Bang, Creator/HelenHunt, and Creator/AlanCumming.
In the year 2045, the ''Aethon'', a research vessel manned by a crew consisting of members of both NASA and powerful corporation [[MegaCorp Sumerian Technologies]] - commonly nicknamed [=SimTech=] -, is traversing a course around the Sun when a solar flare hits the ship, severely damaging the ship and trapping it within the sun's orbit. Though the crew survive, they are left stranded and with rescue thousands of miles away, leaving them struggling to survive and escape the ship.
The podcast consists primarily of recordings of the crew, which are shown in AnachronicOrder, and recordings of the media as they report on the ''Aethon'''s predicament and the solar flare's effect on Earth.
!!This podcast contains examples of:
* AbusiveParents: Jamal mentions his mother was extremely opposed to his dreams of becoming an astronaut, and raged a campaign of psychological abuse against him to prevent him from doing so. She forced him to listen to the audio of a Russian cosmonaut slowly dying in space and look at the same cosmonaut's corpse for hours on end, and flat-out disowned him when he still decided to pursue a career as an astronaut.
* AnachronicOrder: The recordings of the events aboard the ''Aethon'' are not shown in chronological order, with episodes often containing tapes from both the beginning and end of the disaster.
* BaitAndSwitch: The first episode initially implies that Wren and Jamal are on extremely bad terms, which motivates Jamal's refusal to contact her. [[spoiler:The ending reveals that he is actually attempting a HeroicSacrifice to save her and has cut Wren off to keep her from trying to talk him out of it. Fortunately, an attack by the "ghosts" prevents him from going through with it.]]
* BunnyEarsLawyer:
** Jamal Davis is a MotorMouth prone to going on philosophical tangents, yet he's a ''very'' competent pilot.
** Captain Alex Tawley. He's a goofy, eccentric WideEyedIdealist who is nonetheless a very caring and responsible leader who cares deeply for his crew.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}:
** Jamal's love of going on random philosophical tangents definitely colors him as somewhat eccentric. It becomes increasingly played for drama as the trauma he endures and the stress of the situation causes him to undergo SanitySlippage.
** Alex is a fairly goofy and eccentric man.
* NiceGuy: Captain Alex Tawley is a kind, responsible leader who cares deeply for the men and women under his command, and does his best to bridge the gap between the NASA and [=SimTech=] employees aboard the ''Aethon''.
* WideEyedIdealist: Alex.
[[caption-width-right:350:''[[{{Tagline}} Shadows are darker this close to the Sun.]]]]
''Solar'' is a science fiction RadioDrama created by Chris Porter, who also co-directs alongside Jenny Curtis, and produced by Curtco Media. The podcast stars Creator/StephanieBeatriz, Johnathan Bang, Creator/HelenHunt, and Creator/AlanCumming.
In the year 2045, the ''Aethon'', a research vessel manned by a crew consisting of members of both NASA and powerful corporation [[MegaCorp Sumerian Technologies]] - commonly nicknamed [=SimTech=] -, is traversing a course around the Sun when a solar flare hits the ship, severely damaging the ship and trapping it within the sun's orbit. Though the crew survive, they are left stranded and with rescue thousands of miles away, leaving them struggling to survive and escape the ship.
The podcast consists primarily of recordings of the crew, which are shown in AnachronicOrder, and recordings of the media as they report on the ''Aethon'''s predicament and the solar flare's effect on Earth.
!!This podcast contains examples of:
* AbusiveParents: Jamal mentions his mother was extremely opposed to his dreams of becoming an astronaut, and raged a campaign of psychological abuse against him to prevent him from doing so. She forced him to listen to the audio of a Russian cosmonaut slowly dying in space and look at the same cosmonaut's corpse for hours on end, and flat-out disowned him when he still decided to pursue a career as an astronaut.
* AnachronicOrder: The recordings of the events aboard the ''Aethon'' are not shown in chronological order, with episodes often containing tapes from both the beginning and end of the disaster.
* BaitAndSwitch: The first episode initially implies that Wren and Jamal are on extremely bad terms, which motivates Jamal's refusal to contact her. [[spoiler:The ending reveals that he is actually attempting a HeroicSacrifice to save her and has cut Wren off to keep her from trying to talk him out of it. Fortunately, an attack by the "ghosts" prevents him from going through with it.]]
* BunnyEarsLawyer:
** Jamal Davis is a MotorMouth prone to going on philosophical tangents, yet he's a ''very'' competent pilot.
** Captain Alex Tawley. He's a goofy, eccentric WideEyedIdealist who is nonetheless a very caring and responsible leader who cares deeply for his crew.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}:
** Jamal's love of going on random philosophical tangents definitely colors him as somewhat eccentric. It becomes increasingly played for drama as the trauma he endures and the stress of the situation causes him to undergo SanitySlippage.
** Alex is a fairly goofy and eccentric man.
* NiceGuy: Captain Alex Tawley is a kind, responsible leader who cares deeply for the men and women under his command, and does his best to bridge the gap between the NASA and [=SimTech=] employees aboard the ''Aethon''.
* WideEyedIdealist: Alex.
