Mothership: The Haunting of Ypsilon 14 #3

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Welcome to Mystery Quest! A roleplaying podcast where we play a variety of one-shot roleplaying games with a rolling cast of special guests. Our adventure continues in Mothership: The Haunting of Ypsilon 14, a spooky, sci fi, horror adventure that sees the crew of a delivery ship on a routine supply drop embroiled in a mystery aboard a mining base. Today, the crew start have discovered an aversion to water might be an indicator of whether someone is infected.
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@biggojoe1777 9 ай бұрын

Genuinely what I look forward to most on KZfaq at this point

@Retr0Rinzler 9 ай бұрын

for real, great content, great cast, great moments

@XenoTechnian 9 ай бұрын

Same, always get super excited when i see þeyve posted!

@thepiousskeleton6046 9 ай бұрын

Same. This and Games Night wargaming content are so fun.

@Machine_Cult 9 ай бұрын

Same

@bryceaustin4995 9 ай бұрын

Very great, very good

@MrHendrix17 9 ай бұрын

"I'm gonna try hyperventilating, does that help?" is an all time great quote

@hrani 9 ай бұрын

Extremely relatable reactions to things all episode long from the lad!

@TranscenGopher 9 ай бұрын

Up there with "I begin to lactate".

@tierdra9513 9 ай бұрын

Just loving the scene of "Hardened" "Ex-special forces" Jack Hacksaw screaming in panic while firing his gun in panic all the while the beautiful voice of Billy Joel is singing "They say I'm not so tough just because I'm in love with an Uptown girl!"

@Alino- 9 ай бұрын

Easily my favorite scene in any Mystery Quest so far. Literally felt like something out of a movie. I was envisioning it like it was happening in live action. That was fantastic.

@sirgwan5768 9 ай бұрын

Hacksaw accidentally destroys all of Caz's beauty stuff: "You know I can't afford to buy her pearls, but maybe one day when my ship comes in, she'll understand what kind of guy I've been"

@loveisinportant5570 9 ай бұрын

It's a superb idea for a scene in a movie. His panic, the frantic gunfire, the screeching invisible alien getting splatted all in slow motion whilst Uptown Girl plays in the background.

@torgr01 9 ай бұрын

What I envision is, the door opens in his peripheral vision as the song starts to pick up. You see the realization on his face and then the scene starts playing in slow motion with the music going normal speed. He dives for the gun and spins to the door screaming and already starting to fire in his panic. It cuts into the scenes you guys described but it stays slightly slowed with music at normal speed. Then the song starts to fade as he steps into the hall and everything starts coming back to normal speed while he fires wildly into the hall. Of course, some of that could change based on what happens next episode.

@SpydrXIII 9 ай бұрын

this scene alone makes me want to see this story become a movie. at the very least we need an animation of this scene.

@flip878 9 ай бұрын

The cut to Ben and him immediately singing Up Town Girl was amazing. The anticlimactic reveal with the other group, followed by a comedic scene change which quickly flips to serious danger just couldn’t be better!

@nicksteele9436 9 ай бұрын

"Is there anything you like to do to relax?" "Not after what happened to Jerome, no." I had a good giggle at that one!

@BimpytheWimpyShrimpy 9 ай бұрын

There's an _Uptown_ Girl joke here, _somewhere!..._

@RubelliteFae 9 ай бұрын

Ben killed it with the Uptown Girl scene! That's a man who knows how to plan while his character isn't involved in the current scene.

@BimpytheWimpyShrimpy 9 ай бұрын

Damn straight; everyone's bringing it this session, but Ben is just completely on point!

@AceArata 4 ай бұрын

Ben is a huge inspiration for me

@ampragea-lister6209 9 ай бұрын

The 1000 yard stare "who eats the shoes..." SO GOOD

@kinnarawanderer 9 ай бұрын

Maybe my favourite moment of this whole thing It's so distraught and genuine

@guysjackson2570 9 ай бұрын

Every episode of this show has been great - it’s been really refreshing seeing the different systems showcased, given how much TTRPG content on KZfaq is just “here’s a millionth DnD game”

@CloseingStraw97 9 ай бұрын

*millionth d&d 5e game

@swearimnotarobot3746 9 ай бұрын

I do really like Tom’s space adventure stories

@bmats123 9 ай бұрын

the cut to ben was absolutely incredible. thats some top tier rp right there

@mysterioushiggs 9 ай бұрын

This is rapidly becoming my favorite KZfaq channel, I selfishly want more than just one episode a week. T_T

@zunalter 9 ай бұрын

A lot of us here crying about the same thing 😂

@tiredidealist 9 ай бұрын

Jake must be an XCOM character with the way he handled that panic

@Ivafakename 9 ай бұрын

Major props to Tom's storytelling and whoever is editing these episodes, I was at the edge of my seat this whole time and genuinely shocked by the cliffhanger, an hour just flew by and I didn't want it to end, but god what an amazing place to build suspense

@SpydrXIII 9 ай бұрын

yeah this was a great one.

@Mechanisttm 9 ай бұрын

The real horror of this series is that I only get to watch one a week. Such a good one

@RyNsWoRLD 9 ай бұрын

24:00 if anyone was wondering about the bullets in space thing TL;DR Guns can fire in space, but would overheat and break after a few dozen rounds. Bullets require oxygen to ignite the powder charge, but as lewis alluded to, the gunpowder contains potassium nitrate, which breaks down into oxygen, so bullets can fire perfectly in a vaccum. However, guns will heat up with rapid firing. Usually, unless firing for sustained periods, natural air cooling is enough. However, in a vaccum, there is no air for heat convection, so the gun would rapidly heat up, and with only radiative cooling, heat would struggle to dissipate . This would first cause the barrel to overheat, softening the metal, and ruining the accuracy of the gun, eventually destroying the barrel entirely in a potentially catastrophic way, but more likely the the gun would get too hot to hold, or cause some internal part to warp and jam, rendering the gun inoperable before that happened.

@SpydrXIII 9 ай бұрын

thank you! i knew that humans overheat and boil in space because of no wind to blow our constantly generating body heat away. but guns i was wondering about because of the oxygen thing.

@VanBourner 9 ай бұрын

Overheating is secondary to cold welds. On Earth, when you scratch a but of metal it gets instantly coated woth a layer of oxide. Whenyou are welding you actually burn off that oxide layer. But in vacuum there's no oxide to be created due to lack of oxygen. So the exposed metal gets no coating and can fuse with any other bit of the same metal. In fact during spacewalks when/if tools break, they often just connect them back and weld them that way. This is also why the tools lften get plastic coating, so that they do not fuse together if scratched against each other. With guns you have moving parts that rub on each other. And a tiny layer of metal can be easily shaven off a receiver, bolt and slide, enough to expose the metal under the oxide layer. And thus they can weld themselves together. Introduce heat creation into the factor and since heat expands metals and makes them maleable you are now more likely to shave off that layer and get the parts welded together, long before the gun completely overheats due to heat itself. So that is kinda why they need oxygen to operate. It is why Tom believes so (based on a scene in firefly IIRC) and discussed with Lydia in past.

@SpydrXIII 9 ай бұрын

@@VanBourner man, metal is weird.

@RyNsWoRLD 9 ай бұрын

@@VanBourner I'm not sure that cold welding would be a massive issue tbh. I think it would certainly make the gun less reliable over time, and certainly if it were left out in a vacuum for a decently long time I wouldn't trust it to work. Cold welding is actually pretty hard to effect even when you're trying to do it deliberately, and often the weld is only on a very small portion of the metal which wouldn't entirely jam the weapon. Internal parts are going to be case-hardened, which makes for very wear-resistant contact surfaces. The internal parts aren't just raw metal, they're usually blued or otherwise treated, the external parts are going to be blued and oiled, painted or sealed. Most importantly the internals are going to be heavily greased. A perfectly clean, dry gun sticks up and jams up in atmosphere anyway, cold welding not required lol :P All this to say, I think your gun is going to operate for a good while before it starts suffering from either heating, cold-welding, etc. Certainly long enough for you to worry about oxygen and people shooting back at you before you have to worry about it seizing or melting.

@RyNsWoRLD 9 ай бұрын

@@SpydrXIII The liquid in your body boils in space not because you will overheat, but because the pressure is so low. Even though the temperature is technically near absolute zero, you won't instantly freeze, because as you said, there is no matter for your heat to be pulled into. The pressure is so low that all air will be ripped from your lungs immediately, or even rupture them if you attempt to hold it. The moisture in your body will vaporize, causing embolisms in your blood vessels that can cause heart attacks and other problems (you don't want gas in your blood vessels lol). It will also cause massive tissue damage, painful bubbles under your skin as it rapidly expands, although that won't be an immediate problem, because the low pressure causes oxygen to diffuse OUT of your bloodstream and lungs, essentially reversing what happens when you breathe, causing hypoxia almost immediately, rendering you unconscious within 15 seconds, and likely dead within a minute or so. Eventually your body will freeze as the heat is radiated out, and the vapor is dispersed. nasty way to go either way lol :P

@thegamingbox4519 9 ай бұрын

I loved Mork Borg but i have to say that mothership is giving it a run for its money narrative wise. Loving this series and the channel just keeps churning out bangers

@Alino- 9 ай бұрын

I wasn't too big into Mork Borg (just not my type of setting, a bit too grimy for my liking.) But man this Mothership series has easily become my favorite online RP series to date. It is so floopin good, and that end scene of this episode was my most favorite on this channel yet.

@phaolo6 8 ай бұрын

@@Alino- Mork Borg wasn't the best one, but.. it had Jingly John, so it must be watched 😅

@Alino- 8 ай бұрын

Jingly John is up there with Zando Zando

@AceArata 4 ай бұрын

17:05 the stunned silence followed by bewilderment was perfect. Ben/Jake's "it ate his shoes... who eats a shoe...?" Sent my sides into orbit

@spyro454 9 ай бұрын

24:16 Lydia's callback!!! I'm in stitches!

@TwilightLink293 9 ай бұрын

what callback?

@spyro454 9 ай бұрын

@@TwilightLink293 There's a video - I think it might be with Lydia and Tom on Tom's channel - where they talk about guns working in space. They both agree that they won't work, but for very different reasons... Tom says they need oxygen because of the scene in Firefly where they put a gun in a space suit to shoot it. Lydia says that it's because, without gravity, the bullet would just float away! 😂😂

@TwilightLink293 9 ай бұрын

@@spyro454 Ah I see, thanks!

@griffingillispie8875 9 ай бұрын

When Lydia's room just gets destroyed I died laughing, this is amazing

@Jambellow 9 ай бұрын

That introduction has made me hope we get a full mystery quest set in ancient Rome.

@LakierosJordy 9 ай бұрын

I'm here for it!!

@Celestial-.- 9 ай бұрын

I hope for Tom this channel becomes huge. Also for myself as I need this content in my life.

@caesarfromthemoon 9 ай бұрын

That intro had me on the edge of my seat, I always want more. But then I realize I’m on Mystery Quest!

@bitnewt 9 ай бұрын

Using water against an invisible monster is brilliant low-budget sci-fi. The episode had some tense moments!

@raptorjesues1445 9 ай бұрын

Ben's character breakdown and coping was the funniest shit ever. Everyone is just so fuckin good, this is my new favourite channel

@SmashedHatProject 9 ай бұрын

If only Jake could've hallucinated a non-invisible monster where the invisible monster was!

@Potato8884 9 ай бұрын

WAUUGHH THIS EPISODE WAS WILD this is definitely my favourite series on the channel so far!! Huge props to everyone I love how they play their characters, and of course amazing Warden Tom

@Ali-ey9sz 9 ай бұрын

Bam, these regular releases are really great. Gives me something to look forward to week to week.

@Halingo 9 ай бұрын

I got red dwarf vibes with the despair squid when rimmer was listening to music from Jake listening to uptown girl whilst everyone else is hiding.

@DEthan- 9 ай бұрын

Some guy in the Colosseum stole my phone, had to borrow the emperors. Looking forward to ep 3! *This is a comment, for the Angorythm*

@Rhinosaurous_Rex 9 ай бұрын

I was rewatching ep 1+2 non stop. A weeks wait has never been so brutal!!

@connorthomas9603 9 ай бұрын

Holy hell, I want more of the intro. The mystery quest really pulled me in

@macarotto 9 ай бұрын

These intros just get longer and more elaborate and I love it Edit: this was the best Ypsilon 14 episode yet, absolutely loving this, everyone is hilarious and yet the tense bits were properly tense too. Whoever is editing these and adding all the music and sound effects is doing an amazing job

@VendyVendy 9 ай бұрын

Can't wait for future MQ intros that are just full 30-hour audiobooks.

@HumanityAsCode 9 ай бұрын

I feel the need to point out that guns do in fact work in space. The cartridge is sealed and the gases that propel the projectile come from the gunpowder. The primer in the back of the bullet just needs an impact and then it ignites the contents while still sealed

@ultrahevybeat 9 ай бұрын

But it's zero Gs, the bullets will just float away

@TheShadow1Assassin 9 ай бұрын

I'm pretty sure that means hind have infinite range in space until it hits something

@Slouworker 9 ай бұрын

@@TheShadow1Assassinspace does still have resistance and gravity is still a thing

@TheShadow1Assassin 9 ай бұрын

@@Slouworker in zero G, I thought the g meant gravity, and what kind of resistance other than obvious debris?

@xandyhubbard3754 9 ай бұрын

The only issue with guns in space is that there is no air for heat conduction, so sustained fire will overheat the weapon much faster than on earth.

@Kev-A 9 ай бұрын

Mothership seems like a fun setting.

@Rob6094Palmer 9 ай бұрын

Mystery Quest is my favourite new channel by a distance. Everyone, especially Tom, has been smashing it out of the park.

@handsomecaveman 9 ай бұрын

I believe Lewis and Lydia could bring more of their characters' motivation / mission into this but I can hardly blame them with how intriguing of a story Tom is letting them skid along.

@rosariocrimson 9 ай бұрын

I really love the short story aspect of this channel, there's others that have a series that goes on absolutely forever, which is still fun given a good cast, but this is always kept fresh.

@NummiAFI 9 ай бұрын

I love how good Ben is as Jakeyboi. On the other hand it infuriates me the spreadsheet clashing meganerd is such a multitalent and can do camp horror so well. (I love you Ben)

@adammullarkey4996 6 ай бұрын

Technically speaking, a bottle of water, if it was a sealed unit, would be perfectly fine in a vacuum. Since water is incompressible, there would be no real pressure on the inside of the bottle (there would be a small amount of air, but that would probably be just enough to push the lid upwards and seal it against the rim). Eventually, the heat in the water would radiate away into space, and the water would freeze. Water, of course, expands when it freezes, but it would merely push out the sides until the bottle split. There would be a tiny "explosion" as the air escaped through the newly created gaps, but nothing serious, especially given a suit of power armour. Either way, heat loss through radiation is extremely slow; you won't be outside nearly long enough to worry about it freezing. The "spritzers" with the hole in the lid would be a different matter. Because it's no longer a sealed system, the air would leak through the hole, and the water would begin boiling in the vacuum and slowly escape as well. It would be slow enough that there wouldn't be an explosion. Honestly, you should probably be more worried about a bottle of water exploding at sea level than in space. EDIT: Bullets also 100% work in space. The cartridge contains the oxidising agent, as well as the explosive. They work fine underwater, too. EDIT2: Of course, that doesn't say anything about the gun itself. Most guns these days use some kind of spring to feed ammunition and to fire, but if this particular gun relies on a gravity feed mechanism, it may not work in 0g.

@vonraesyr7349 9 ай бұрын

I love how these intros seem to get longer and more intense as the episodes come

@MrHendrix17 9 ай бұрын

I'm starting to wonder if the actual session is all an elaborate intro

@willhudson5625 9 ай бұрын

As everyone is saying, I have waited so long and I am so excited

@live_jive 9 ай бұрын

Lewis: let us be gentle Also Lewis: fill a condom with water and throw it at him

@claudialomeli4048 8 ай бұрын

Honestly I can totally picture a fight scene to "Uptown Girl."

@error404fnf 9 ай бұрын

I never knew, I needed the imagination of Ben in a powersuite firing a machine gun, listening to Uptown Girl and absolutely destroying Lydias room in the process. 🤣

@finleyjennings6051 9 ай бұрын

Great job on the sound design editor! Really sells the atmosphere.

@will12bellgaming68 9 ай бұрын

I live week to week solely for the next mystery quest video.

@RazeedPip 9 ай бұрын

I’m getting so into this, genuinely counting down the days for the next episode.

@Derpingmuffin 9 ай бұрын

wow, I just checked the channel like 20 minutes ago for more content, and now here it is not long after! I guess my Mystery senses were tingling. Love the content!

@bigbastard7582 9 ай бұрын

Always excited for these episodes

@AndrewJing-wp3vq 9 ай бұрын

Genuinely could make a great movie/show like The Expanse (which also started out as a TTRPG session)

@VanBourner 9 ай бұрын

IIRC Riddick also started from a character Vin Diesel made during DnD session.

@necromental 9 ай бұрын

Excellent episode. Ben's a great addition. 👍

@JamesTired 9 ай бұрын

This series has been the best so far. Very engrossing thanks Tom and crew. I love how Tom's hair becomes increasingly messy as he Wardens.

@pallenda 18 күн бұрын

That cat moment was just great! I have read the adventure and forgot about the cat. Chef's kiss.

@tapetwo1810 9 ай бұрын

thank god it's here🎉

@Slouworker 9 ай бұрын

I was initially skeptical of this channel but this series just gets better and better

@mechaks 9 ай бұрын

So good, not sure what to even write! This has quickly become the highlight of the week. Shoutout to everyone involved in the production, great work! Really the best thing on the internet for a long time, and hoping this gains traction to keep it going for as long you are happy to produce it ✌️

@Derpingmuffin 9 ай бұрын

These intros go hard

@willhudson5625 9 ай бұрын

Intros definitely show the passion

@Derpingmuffin 9 ай бұрын

@@willhudson5625 Oh, absol-fricking-lutley

@Wilper96 23 күн бұрын

Some amazing quotes in this video, my personal favourite is "Who eats a shoe?"

@KevlaminTheMighty 9 ай бұрын

This weekly episode bit is awesome! I genuinely crawl through the days of my interminable existence just to get to the weekend update!

@PathofMadness 18 күн бұрын

Your roleplaying is phenomenal! I really love the humor and the tension. Just absolutely brillliant. There is only one thing: the skill and stat checks. These should only be used, if the chance of failure is high and not everytime, a player wants to use his skill (which he trained for years).

@ErikLevin 9 ай бұрын

Ypsilon 14 is my favourite Mystery Quest game thus far. Just the right balance of goofiness and super cinematic.

@FMJProductions1 9 ай бұрын

I've just realised, they're pretty much the Red Dwarf crew, Lewis is Kryten, Simon is Cat, Ben is Lister and Lydia is Kochanski

@macarotto 9 ай бұрын

Ben is Rimmer pretending to be Ace Rimmer.

@TrekPraxis 9 ай бұрын

I'd probably say it's more like Lydia/Carol = Cat, Simon/Dr Thrax = Kryten, Ben/Jake = Lister, Lewis/Stephen = Rimmer, as Carol is now both vapid and cowardly, Dr Thrax is actually fairly knowledgeable and put together, and Stephen is very much a talking rulebook and suck-up to the company hierarchy.

@shadeweave2 9 ай бұрын

Truly the best episode of a role-playing series I've ever watched.

@jrxlife 9 ай бұрын

Bro the intros on this channel are better than most content on the platform now. I love this.

@job5861 2 ай бұрын

This group would do great playing a Paranoia game. Exactly the right kind of energy and humor.

@Bogiukas 9 ай бұрын

I really hope this channel kicks off so you guys can upload multiple episodes per week. I know that it isn't possible just yet, but man the Yogs roleplaying is some of the most fun content and I am absolutely in love.

@knowingjake 7 күн бұрын

That feeling when the DM is forced to give everyone advantages due to every roll being bad.

@ryanmartin4452 9 ай бұрын

This channel has quickly become my favourite on KZfaq and this series is definitely my favourite so far.

@zsdmrtzmrde 9 ай бұрын

haven't been this spookmsed since The Shambler came out of that picture!

@MeredithLikely 9 ай бұрын

normal youtube notification: I sleep Mystery Quest Notif: R E A L S H I T

@FlowerGuy32 9 ай бұрын

I love these darker play throughs, this is by far my favorite series on youtube right now. Great work guys!

@TerraZetzz 9 ай бұрын

This kind of roleplaying is what I miss from the Yogs Quest days. I hope we get more of this.

@TommyFromMc 9 ай бұрын

Been waiting for this episode! Keep up the great videos!

@MrMsPaint 9 ай бұрын

cant wait till next week, love this series

@magatoote 9 ай бұрын

Stephen the android should have locked the door on the bridge behind them and flew away on the ship. Killing doctor Giovanni with the revolver if he needed too.

@mephyst_pixel 9 ай бұрын

This channel quickly became my favourite channel on youtube

@stiiinkyray 9 ай бұрын

I've been excitedly waiting for the reveal of Dr. Thrax's first name and was not disappointed!

@ralorock1991 9 ай бұрын

I live for the Mystery Quest Intros OH MY GOD

@silverrwhiskers26 7 ай бұрын

I love the different motivations for the characters in this.

@jayphillips4167 9 ай бұрын

This campaign has been so enjoyable to watch so far

@maxboot2115 9 ай бұрын

This is my favourite mysteryquest so far! Everyone seems to be having a lot of fun, Tom is a great narrator, not afraid to goof around with the guys, but also able to get real serious and spooky at times. The Pinky Fake-out was brilliant.

@axe_decapitation 9 ай бұрын

The intros are so amazing I love your work! It truly brightens up my week

@MiNiVaL95 9 ай бұрын

Holy hell, this episode made me double-take more than once! AWESOME

@jwl48 9 ай бұрын

Probably gonna swap up my general yogs member status for mystery quest membership.. 10/10 everytime Tom, I love it!

@4.0.4error2 9 ай бұрын

I am in love with this channel. I hope to see it on jingle jam or a Christmas/winter special next month

@ericdellenback6047 9 ай бұрын

I wonder about the monster eating a human body (with its extreme abundance of water) with its bound, but also importantly: percentage of free water molecules in it.. probably like eating the best damned taco you've ever had.. but sprinkled with a hefty amount of carolina Reaper and a side dish of pepper X.

@AdriannaDaFox98 9 ай бұрын

24:10 caseless rounds would actually work in space not to mention his Carbine most likely would have been manufactured to work in space.

@tomyboy39 9 ай бұрын

This has become my absolute favourite youtube channel, always so exciting to see a new episode has come out!

@jonesweeks22 2 ай бұрын

This is easily the most horrifying roleplaying game I've seen to date.

@klebermarchand 9 ай бұрын

Uptown Ben~

@Ivafakename 9 ай бұрын

Shot an invisible alien~

@BimpytheWimpyShrimpy 9 ай бұрын

I bet the stress will leave him scarred for life!~

@VanBourner 9 ай бұрын

I really hope this one will get a director's cut in the end, one long vid to chill to in couple of years. Love that Lydia pretty much suggested to do the only reasonable thing that would end up with a 20 minute video :D

@ShardCollector 22 күн бұрын

A point of note about the panic checks: you should only roll once to see if you roll under your panic level and then check the result using that same roll. This ensures that the lower your panic level, the less harm can be done. But when it get's higher, oh boy what do they have in those roll tables for you :D P.S. Great show and cast! I especially love the android's matter of fact attitude :)