New Episode 8: The Zirconium Star!

Quite a lot happens in this episode so I couldn't really cut too much out of it, without it not making sense. Still I managed to trim off quite a few lines... Hopefully that will be enough.

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The ship warps into orbit around the small cloudy zirconium star. The captain asks Noko how he will gather the zirconium. Noko explains that he is reconfiguring the ship's replicators to transport the zirconium atoms from the atmosphere into the reactor room. As he leaves for the reactor room he says he should not be disturbed. Shortly after the lights dim and SAI says that the reactor has stopped. The captain assures the crew the shouldn't worry and asks SAI to scan the strange star, which she does. SAI is interrupted by the engineer shouting and storming out of the bridge. The captain follows him to the reactor room, where he is banging on the locked door, demanding he be let in, and ignoring the captain's orders to calm down. The lights brighten, SAI appears and informs them that the reactor is back online and energy output has dramatically increased. The door unlocks and Noko emerges, he apologizes for the panic and explains that the reactor now functions like a miniature star, able to store enormous energy. The captain asks SAI to take them to the most powerful known star. SAI says that the star is called VY Canis Majoris as the engines power up, and the ship shoots off to it's next destination.

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The ship warps into orbit around the small cloudy blue star, the clouds shimmer because of the high levels of metals. The captain is curious about how exactly Noko intends to gather the zirconium he needs from the star. Noko explains that he is reconfiguring the replicators to transport the zirconium atoms out of the atmosphere and into the reactor room. As he leaves for the reactor bay he says that he should not be disturbed. The engineer voices his concerns for allowing him to make unsupervised changes, and that he could be doing anything, the captain says that he trusts him. Shortly after the lights dim and SAI says that the reactor has been stopped and the ship is now running on stored power. The captain assures everyone that they shouldn't worry and asks SAI to scan the star, she begins to relay the information as usual to the captain, but they are interrupted by the engineer who again voices his concerns about Noko and storms out of the bridge. The captain follows him down to the reactor room, the engineer starts to bang on the locked reactor room door, demanding he be let in, ignoring the orders of the captain to calm down. The lights now brighten and SAI appears and informs them that power has returned, and energy output of the reactor has increased dramatically. The door reactor room door unlocks and Noko emerges, apologizing for the panic. He explains that the reactor itself is now capable of not only generating energy but storing enormous amounts of it, like a miniature star and that they should find a bright star to charge it. The captain obliges and asks SAI for any powerful stars nearby. SAI suggests various supergiant stars, the largest of which the captain picks. The ship's engines power up and the ship shoots off to it's next destination: VY Canis Majoris, the largest star in the galaxy.