WEBVTT 1 00:00:09.599 --> 00:00:13.240 From the far corners of the unknown come tales of 2 00:00:13.400 --> 00:00:18.359 new worlds and impossible missions. These are the stories of 3 00:00:18.519 --> 00:00:24.800 one regular kid called to something, Irregular Adventures a thousand 4 00:00:25.039 --> 00:00:30.719 light years wide and one afternoon long Scout Rooks and 5 00:00:31.320 --> 00:00:36.759 the Astronaugs. From the ordinary streets of Kingstown come tails 6 00:00:36.799 --> 00:00:41.039 of the extraordinary, a crew of unlikely heroes, and a 7 00:00:41.079 --> 00:00:47.520 galaxy that keeps needing saving. Right after school Salad Rooks 8 00:00:47.600 --> 00:01:07.319 and the Astronogs Stove Rooks and Tonight Assault on Trios, 9 00:01:07.680 --> 00:01:11.959 Part two. The story so far, Scout Brooks just wanted 10 00:01:12.000 --> 00:01:15.599 to survive his first day of seventh grade. Instead, he 11 00:01:15.640 --> 00:01:20.040 found himself recruited into a mysterious after school club named 12 00:01:20.159 --> 00:01:23.280 the Chosen One by the strange professor Noug, and handed 13 00:01:23.319 --> 00:01:27.239 a box of secrets he's not allowed to talk about. Meanwhile, 14 00:01:27.599 --> 00:01:32.000 somewhere far beyond the stars, a man named Pharaoh remains 15 00:01:32.040 --> 00:01:35.439 a prisoner of creatures no one back on Earth even 16 00:01:35.599 --> 00:01:47.400 knows exist. When Scout got home, he had to accept 17 00:01:47.439 --> 00:01:50.640 the fact that he wasn't dreaming. He did just have 18 00:01:50.719 --> 00:01:54.079 a strange after school encounter with the odd ball astronomy teacher, 19 00:01:54.200 --> 00:01:59.920 a professor. He was carrying a cardboard box with homework inside, 20 00:02:00.319 --> 00:02:03.359 and the lingering words of Professor Nogg continued to bounce 21 00:02:03.400 --> 00:02:05.760 around in his head like a never ending game of pong. 22 00:02:06.680 --> 00:02:11.439 Time is crucial, lives are in danger. Also, did Nog 23 00:02:11.479 --> 00:02:14.759 say he'd be able to mind read starting next week. 24 00:02:15.759 --> 00:02:18.240 None of this was adding up. It didn't seem like 25 00:02:18.280 --> 00:02:21.520 an organized after school club. It seemed more like the 26 00:02:21.599 --> 00:02:24.560 wilting mind of an old sciency man who had delved 27 00:02:24.599 --> 00:02:28.919 into one too many conspiracy theories. Scout brought the box 28 00:02:29.000 --> 00:02:31.960 up to his bedroom and closed the door. His parents 29 00:02:31.960 --> 00:02:34.120 were at work that he assumed his brother Mark was 30 00:02:34.199 --> 00:02:37.360 still out with friends celebrating their first week of high school. 31 00:02:38.400 --> 00:02:41.520 Scout gawked at the box for a moment, wondering if 32 00:02:41.560 --> 00:02:44.319 he should even open it, or just return it after 33 00:02:44.319 --> 00:02:48.719 the weekend and bail out from the Astronogs. Someone else 34 00:02:48.759 --> 00:02:53.360 can be the chosen one, Scout thought to himself. The 35 00:02:53.400 --> 00:02:57.439 words the chosen one were an odd choice as well. 36 00:02:58.360 --> 00:03:00.360 Scout was the only one to show up to the 37 00:03:00.400 --> 00:03:04.400 Astronaug's club. That someone else shown up, would they have 38 00:03:04.479 --> 00:03:08.639 been the chosen one? Again? Scout couldn't see the logic 39 00:03:08.800 --> 00:03:13.280 or organization in any of it. However, curiosity ultimately got 40 00:03:13.280 --> 00:03:15.360 the best of him, and he peeled away the clear 41 00:03:15.439 --> 00:03:18.960 packing tape from the box and opened its flimsy flaps. 42 00:03:19.800 --> 00:03:22.680 From inside, he began to pull out several items one 43 00:03:22.719 --> 00:03:25.599 by one. The first was a cell phone, or at 44 00:03:25.639 --> 00:03:28.680 least it looked like one. More specifically, it looked like 45 00:03:28.759 --> 00:03:31.919 one from maybe the mid two thousands. It was a 46 00:03:31.919 --> 00:03:35.039 gray flip phone with an antenna sticking straight up from 47 00:03:35.039 --> 00:03:38.599 the top, and a non retractable one at that. The 48 00:03:38.639 --> 00:03:41.759 next thing he pulled out were actually three things bundled 49 00:03:41.759 --> 00:03:46.439 together by a rubber band. They were small, rectangular boxes 50 00:03:46.479 --> 00:03:49.479 with artwork on the front and descriptions on the back. 51 00:03:50.319 --> 00:03:53.960 The boxes themselves seemed to rattle with something hard and 52 00:03:54.120 --> 00:03:58.000 plasticy inside. The box on top showed a rubber suited 53 00:03:58.039 --> 00:04:01.120 monster front and center, with the words it the Terror 54 00:04:01.199 --> 00:04:04.520 from Beyond Space at the top. At the bottom, the 55 00:04:04.560 --> 00:04:10.080 words Inglorious, black and white were stamped. Is this a movie? 56 00:04:10.639 --> 00:04:14.639 Scout wandered out loud. He slipped the two other rectangular 57 00:04:14.680 --> 00:04:17.040 boxes out from the rubber band and read their titles 58 00:04:17.600 --> 00:04:21.360 buck Rogers in the twenty fifth Century and the Forbidden Planet. 59 00:04:22.720 --> 00:04:26.199 Buck Rogers looked like a Lame Star Wars knockoff and 60 00:04:26.240 --> 00:04:30.079 The Forbidden Planet showcased a robot carrying a helpless woman 61 00:04:30.120 --> 00:04:34.279 across a futuristic wasteland. Scout wasn't one hundred percent sure 62 00:04:34.319 --> 00:04:37.480 what the rectangular boxes were, but he thought that they 63 00:04:37.480 --> 00:04:40.879 could be an old format of playing movies. So far 64 00:04:41.000 --> 00:04:43.600 from the box he had old movies and an old 65 00:04:43.680 --> 00:04:50.079 cell phone. Professor Nagg certainly wasn't up on technology. Scout 66 00:04:50.120 --> 00:04:52.720 peered down into the box and saw one last thing, 67 00:04:53.199 --> 00:04:56.199 a black suitcase. He pulled it out and lay it 68 00:04:56.240 --> 00:05:00.000 on his bed. The latch was unsecured, which Scout found 69 00:05:00.040 --> 00:05:04.160 to either be odd or irresponsible, again another check mark 70 00:05:04.160 --> 00:05:08.319 against organization and logic. Scout snapped open the latch and 71 00:05:08.399 --> 00:05:14.439 lifted the lid. Gleaming before his eyes was a glorious sight, 72 00:05:14.839 --> 00:05:17.720 a site that proved that Nog wasn't as out of 73 00:05:17.759 --> 00:05:22.000 touch with technology as Scout originally thought. In fact, this 74 00:05:22.160 --> 00:05:26.360 proved that maybe he was even further along technologically that 75 00:05:26.560 --> 00:05:34.639 anyone else could possibly dream of. After a weekend that 76 00:05:34.720 --> 00:05:36.879 felt like it took forever to come to an end, 77 00:05:37.279 --> 00:05:39.839 a new week of school was finally in session, and 78 00:05:39.879 --> 00:05:43.240 Scout was anxious to get there. Sure, the next meeting 79 00:05:43.279 --> 00:05:46.800 of the Astronogs wouldn't be until Friday, but Scout had 80 00:05:46.800 --> 00:05:49.680 to see Professor Nogg as soon as possible. He had 81 00:05:49.680 --> 00:05:52.199 to ask him about what he saw in the black suitcase. 82 00:05:52.720 --> 00:05:55.199 Not only that, he needed to find out how to 83 00:05:55.240 --> 00:05:58.839 watch the plastic and cardboard movies and turn on the phone. 84 00:05:59.680 --> 00:06:03.160 The whole workbox didn't come with any instructions or directions, 85 00:06:03.319 --> 00:06:06.120 so Scout was completely in the dark with all of it. 86 00:06:07.399 --> 00:06:10.120 Before the first bell of the day rang throughout Kingstown 87 00:06:10.160 --> 00:06:13.360 Middle School, Scout was already blazing through the halls, up 88 00:06:13.439 --> 00:06:16.120 the stairs, and into the library, where Henrietta sat behind 89 00:06:16.160 --> 00:06:20.680 her desk. Is the professor in yet, Scout asked. Henrietta 90 00:06:20.720 --> 00:06:24.000 looked around, stunned. You might be the first kid ever 91 00:06:24.120 --> 00:06:26.639 to come to the school library before the day has 92 00:06:26.680 --> 00:06:32.680 even begun. Are you feeling all right? Yeah? Just anxious, anxious. 93 00:06:33.079 --> 00:06:36.079 I need to talk to Nog, Scout said. It's important. 94 00:06:36.959 --> 00:06:40.439 A voice spoke behind Scout. Importance is life's way of 95 00:06:40.480 --> 00:06:45.079 discussing things of relevance, the voice said. Scout turned around 96 00:06:45.160 --> 00:06:47.680 to see Nog walking through the library with a work 97 00:06:47.720 --> 00:06:50.800 bag over the shoulder of his white lab coat. Scout 98 00:06:50.839 --> 00:06:53.920 smiled at the sight of Nog, but then felt confused 99 00:06:53.959 --> 00:06:59.279 by the quote. What does that mean, Scout said, didn't land? Huh? 100 00:06:59.519 --> 00:07:03.240 Noggs said, stopping at the reception desk. I've been trying 101 00:07:03.279 --> 00:07:06.079 to land a good quotable quote, one that will be 102 00:07:06.120 --> 00:07:09.839 referenced decades from now. Maybe it'll even preface a book 103 00:07:09.959 --> 00:07:15.480 or something down the road. Oh, Scott said, not that one, now, 104 00:07:16.759 --> 00:07:20.480 noted Scout, what can I do for you this early 105 00:07:20.519 --> 00:07:22.560 on a Monday morning, before I've even had my cup 106 00:07:22.600 --> 00:07:27.759 of coffee. I need to talk about the homework, Scout 107 00:07:27.800 --> 00:07:31.199 slyly said, with air quotes, trying to avoid Henrietta catching 108 00:07:31.240 --> 00:07:35.879 on Scout, Henrietta knows everything I do. She knows about 109 00:07:35.879 --> 00:07:40.120 the homework, and she knows what air quotes are. You're 110 00:07:40.160 --> 00:07:44.160 just making yourself look like some an experienced fool, but 111 00:07:44.600 --> 00:07:48.199 I am an inexperienced fool. Well, you can't be for long. 112 00:07:48.279 --> 00:07:50.639 The mission depends on you shutting that side of who 113 00:07:50.680 --> 00:07:55.879 you are and adapting a more confident, heroic nature. What mission, 114 00:07:56.199 --> 00:08:00.639 Scout asked. Nogg checked his watch. Schools about to start. 115 00:08:00.680 --> 00:08:03.759 We'll discuss it on Friday during the astronogs, but I 116 00:08:03.800 --> 00:08:06.480 need to know about what was in the suitcase. Scout pleaded, 117 00:08:07.040 --> 00:08:11.160 Did you look at the phone, Nogg asked. Scout shook 118 00:08:11.160 --> 00:08:15.120 his head. Look at the phone. Then it's dead. It 119 00:08:15.120 --> 00:08:20.800 won't turn on. Nog sighed, did you watch the movies? 120 00:08:21.800 --> 00:08:25.839 Scout shook his head. I don't know how. Nog put 121 00:08:25.839 --> 00:08:29.279 a hand on Scout's shoulder and took a deep breath. Looser, 122 00:08:29.399 --> 00:08:32.279 look to the past, four answers. We'll find what they 123 00:08:32.320 --> 00:08:37.639 seek for the future. Scout scrunched his face. Is that 124 00:08:37.799 --> 00:08:42.120 supposed to be another quotable quote? He asked, accepting another 125 00:08:42.200 --> 00:08:45.120 loss and the quote department. Nog shook his head and 126 00:08:45.200 --> 00:08:47.360 continued on his walk to the back of the library. 127 00:08:47.759 --> 00:08:52.399 Look to the past, Scout, there you will find the answers. 128 00:08:52.960 --> 00:08:56.480 Nogg disappeared into his office, leaving Scout as dumbfounded as 129 00:08:56.519 --> 00:09:00.360 one could be. He looked at Henrietta. What is any 130 00:09:00.440 --> 00:09:03.879 of that meme? He asked, confused and a little frustrated. 131 00:09:04.840 --> 00:09:09.039 The phone and movies are old, Henrietta sighed, just ask 132 00:09:09.159 --> 00:09:12.440 your parents how to watch and use them. Why didn't 133 00:09:12.519 --> 00:09:17.679 Nog just say that? Then, Henrietta shrugged, He's a fool. 134 00:09:18.919 --> 00:09:21.600 The warning bell rang throughout the school to signify Scout 135 00:09:21.639 --> 00:09:24.080 had two minutes to get to home room. He gave 136 00:09:24.120 --> 00:09:27.840 Henriette a grateful nod, shot one last look towards Nog's 137 00:09:27.879 --> 00:09:37.440 closed office door, and then went to class. Behind the 138 00:09:37.480 --> 00:09:40.360 closed office door, Professor Nogg flopped down at his desk. 139 00:09:41.039 --> 00:09:44.200 He sighed loudly and extracted a photo from the top drawer. 140 00:09:44.879 --> 00:09:47.200 It was a photo of him and Pharaoh from their 141 00:09:47.279 --> 00:09:51.799 days at the University of Astronomy. We're coming, Pharaoh, Nog said, 142 00:09:51.799 --> 00:09:54.399 to the picture of his friend. Let's just hope this 143 00:09:54.559 --> 00:09:58.519 scout kid truly has what it takes. So far, he 144 00:09:58.720 --> 00:10:03.840 seems clueless. Nog imagined the photo of Pharaoh speaking back 145 00:10:03.840 --> 00:10:06.480 to him. You got this, Nog, you got all of this. 146 00:10:07.039 --> 00:10:11.960 You're awesome that way. One day, Nog was hopeful that 147 00:10:12.000 --> 00:10:28.840 he'd hear Pharaoh's voice again for real. Trios was a 148 00:10:28.919 --> 00:10:33.360 planet missiled deep in the Andromeda Galaxy. Pharaoh knew that much. 149 00:10:33.679 --> 00:10:35.879 He also knew, based on the time he'd been held 150 00:10:35.919 --> 00:10:39.960 captive fare, that what appeared to be Thrios's dominant inhabitants 151 00:10:40.480 --> 00:10:44.519 weren't good natured. In fact, they were bad natured, the 152 00:10:44.600 --> 00:10:48.240 exact opposite of what Pharaoh would have preferred, but then 153 00:10:48.279 --> 00:10:50.759 there was nothing he could do now but accept their 154 00:10:50.840 --> 00:10:55.080 cruel and vicious behavior. He'd been kept in dark rooms, 155 00:10:55.320 --> 00:10:59.440 tossed in mucky substances, dragged through a fantastical forest, and 156 00:10:59.480 --> 00:11:02.200 pelted with food during a massive feast where he had 157 00:11:02.200 --> 00:11:04.679 been strung up by vines and forced to watch the 158 00:11:04.720 --> 00:11:08.679 disgusting manner in which they fed. Pharaoh wasn't sure what 159 00:11:08.759 --> 00:11:13.320 the species was actually called, but he'd been personally referring 160 00:11:13.320 --> 00:11:16.759 to them as the Throats. Not only did the name 161 00:11:16.879 --> 00:11:20.360 vaguely tie into the planet's name, but when the creatures 162 00:11:20.399 --> 00:11:23.759 were without their armor, their throats were the stars of 163 00:11:23.759 --> 00:11:28.440 the show, dangling loosely like turkey wattles. It was gross 164 00:11:28.840 --> 00:11:33.480 and embarrassing. After being dragged from one stone bunker to 165 00:11:33.559 --> 00:11:37.240 another through miles and miles of strange wilderness, a group 166 00:11:37.279 --> 00:11:40.600 of throats secured Pharaoh face down on the cold, rocky 167 00:11:40.600 --> 00:11:43.759 floor with chains. Can I at least lay on my back, 168 00:11:44.159 --> 00:11:47.600 Pharaoh cried out, quiet earth laying one of the throats 169 00:11:47.639 --> 00:11:51.720 powerfully spoke through their helmets. Pharaoh heard the door close 170 00:11:51.759 --> 00:11:55.720 and latch, while also simultaneously cutting off any natural light 171 00:11:55.759 --> 00:12:01.000 from outside. Once again, he found himself ice in a dark, 172 00:12:01.360 --> 00:12:04.440 cold room, with nothing to do except lay flat on 173 00:12:04.480 --> 00:12:07.559 his stomach and think about the events that led him 174 00:12:07.600 --> 00:12:12.559 to his current predicament. Pharaoh exhaled deeply and then angrily 175 00:12:12.600 --> 00:12:17.639 burst out and knog. Hurry up, your geezer. I can't 176 00:12:17.679 --> 00:12:26.360 take this much longer. I'm not gonna make it. Once 177 00:12:26.399 --> 00:12:29.000 school was out, Scout rushed home as quickly as he could. 178 00:12:29.559 --> 00:12:33.399 The homework box was stuffed in his closet, buried under 179 00:12:33.399 --> 00:12:36.960 a heaping pile of clean and dirty clothing. He needed 180 00:12:36.960 --> 00:12:39.639 to get a look at the items again, the movies, 181 00:12:39.679 --> 00:12:42.559 the phone, and the main attraction, the device that was 182 00:12:42.600 --> 00:12:46.480 neatly packed inside the black suitcase. As intriguing as the 183 00:12:46.559 --> 00:12:50.559 technologically advanced device was, it was the phone and the 184 00:12:50.600 --> 00:12:52.960 movies that were a little more interesting to him at 185 00:12:53.000 --> 00:12:56.320 the moment. Those who look to the past for answers 186 00:12:56.360 --> 00:13:01.039 will find what they seek for the future. Quote wasn't 187 00:13:01.080 --> 00:13:03.519 going to stand the test of time, but Scout now 188 00:13:03.600 --> 00:13:06.879 understood the stretch the old professor was making, especially after 189 00:13:06.879 --> 00:13:09.919 talking to Henrietta. It was just a bizarre way of saying, 190 00:13:10.159 --> 00:13:13.799 ask someone who might know about this old technology, and 191 00:13:13.919 --> 00:13:17.279 Henrietta was right, Scout knew his dad was stuck in 192 00:13:17.320 --> 00:13:19.879 the past. He had a bad habit of still listening 193 00:13:19.879 --> 00:13:22.480 to music from his teen years, and on top of that, 194 00:13:22.519 --> 00:13:25.480 he tried convincing Scout and Mark on many occasions that 195 00:13:25.600 --> 00:13:29.720 physical media would always be superior to streaming, and if 196 00:13:29.720 --> 00:13:33.360 these cardboard and plastic items with the science fiction artwork 197 00:13:33.399 --> 00:13:37.000 on them, were in fact some sort of old physical media, 198 00:13:37.360 --> 00:13:40.720 which was Scout's running theory, then his dad would know 199 00:13:40.799 --> 00:13:44.240 for sure what was up. Scout waited another couple of 200 00:13:44.240 --> 00:13:46.759 hours for his dad to get home. When he did, 201 00:13:46.960 --> 00:13:50.240 Scout brought to potential movies and old phone to him. 202 00:13:50.600 --> 00:13:53.440 Bobby Brooks, a tall, gangly fellow who looked like a 203 00:13:53.440 --> 00:13:57.279 grown up version of Scout, examined the movies and phone. 204 00:13:57.480 --> 00:14:01.000 Oh cool, he said, where'd you get these things, Scout? 205 00:14:02.159 --> 00:14:04.600 I found them in an old box. Any idea what 206 00:14:04.679 --> 00:14:07.840 they are or what they do? Yeah? You got some 207 00:14:07.879 --> 00:14:10.799 classic VHS tapes here and a flip phone from the 208 00:14:10.840 --> 00:14:15.879 early two thousands. If I had to take a guess, VHS, 209 00:14:16.840 --> 00:14:20.000 Scout inquired further. Yeah, you play them in a VCR. 210 00:14:20.519 --> 00:14:22.799 I have one downstairs. If you want to check these 211 00:14:22.840 --> 00:14:27.000 movies out, I do Scout said, excitedly, and the phone, 212 00:14:27.159 --> 00:14:31.000 is that something we could still charge? Scout's dad looked 213 00:14:31.000 --> 00:14:33.759 at the charging port. Yeah, I think I might still 214 00:14:33.799 --> 00:14:36.320 have a charger for these kinds of phones. I have 215 00:14:36.360 --> 00:14:39.519 a box full of chargers, cables and such in the basement. 216 00:14:40.639 --> 00:14:43.840 Of course he does. Scout thought he's probably been saving 217 00:14:43.919 --> 00:14:47.440 BCRs and outdated phone chargers for years, specifically for a 218 00:14:47.480 --> 00:14:52.879 moment like this. Scout's dad laughed, and your mom said, 219 00:14:52.919 --> 00:14:54.759 I should have gotten rid of that box of cords 220 00:14:54.759 --> 00:14:59.799 fifteen years ago. Who's laughing now, Scout awkwardly shrugged. Does 221 00:14:59.799 --> 00:15:02.279 It looked like his dad was actually waiting on an answer. 222 00:15:02.799 --> 00:15:05.039 I'll find the cord and hook up the VCR in 223 00:15:05.080 --> 00:15:07.799 your room so you can watch these movies, Bobby said, 224 00:15:08.240 --> 00:15:12.639 sound good, yep, Scout said. It wasn't even an hour 225 00:15:12.759 --> 00:15:15.080 later when Scout had the VCR hooked up to a 226 00:15:15.080 --> 00:15:18.399 small TV in his bedroom, and thanks to his dad, 227 00:15:18.679 --> 00:15:21.799 the old phone was charging as well. Just as the 228 00:15:21.840 --> 00:15:24.759 phone came to life, Scout popped in the first movie 229 00:15:24.960 --> 00:15:29.279 it The Terror from Beyond Space. Scout watched the old 230 00:15:29.279 --> 00:15:32.720 black and white movie with terrible special effects play out. 231 00:15:32.919 --> 00:15:35.399 It was about a rescue mission to Mars, where an 232 00:15:35.440 --> 00:15:39.799 alien creature stows away and attacks the crew. Scout almost 233 00:15:39.879 --> 00:15:43.600 hated to admit how entertaining it was. After the credits rolled, 234 00:15:43.639 --> 00:15:46.159 he popped in Buck Rogers in the twenty fifth century 235 00:15:46.240 --> 00:15:49.360 and watched another science fiction epic about a hero who 236 00:15:49.440 --> 00:15:52.120 wakes up after five hundred years to help save the 237 00:15:52.159 --> 00:15:56.240 world from nuclear destruction and an alien invasion. Scout was 238 00:15:56.320 --> 00:15:58.519 on a roll. He was quick to pop in the 239 00:15:58.559 --> 00:16:02.240 final movie, The Forbidden Play. Once Buck Rogers ended and 240 00:16:02.320 --> 00:16:05.200 watched a crew go to a distant planet to investigate 241 00:16:05.279 --> 00:16:10.399 a lost civilization, Scout had never been more entertained. He 242 00:16:10.519 --> 00:16:12.399 was starting to think he had old black and white 243 00:16:12.399 --> 00:16:15.600 movies all wrong. The cheesiness in which they were acted 244 00:16:15.639 --> 00:16:18.720 and made only added to the entertainment factor. With a 245 00:16:18.799 --> 00:16:22.039 large smile on his face, Scout leaned back in his bed, 246 00:16:22.200 --> 00:16:25.559 thinking about the movie as he had just watched. Suddenly, 247 00:16:25.559 --> 00:16:29.039 a thought popped into his head. The phone. He'd forgotten 248 00:16:29.039 --> 00:16:31.879 all about it. Scott rolled out of bed and grabbed 249 00:16:31.879 --> 00:16:33.799 the phone from where it was charging on his desk. 250 00:16:34.279 --> 00:16:37.120 He yanked the outdated cord out and flipped open the phone. 251 00:16:37.720 --> 00:16:40.480 The screen came to life, but not with any logos 252 00:16:40.559 --> 00:16:44.279 or styles that he could recognize. Instead, the screen lit 253 00:16:44.399 --> 00:16:47.080 up green with a small emblem that resembled a shield. 254 00:16:47.720 --> 00:16:50.360 In the middle of the shield was a frog holding 255 00:16:50.399 --> 00:16:52.879 what looked like a laser gun, and the laser gun 256 00:16:52.919 --> 00:16:56.000 had the same exact appearance as the one tucked snugly 257 00:16:56.080 --> 00:16:59.679 into the briefcase that came in the homework box. After 258 00:16:59.720 --> 00:17:03.000 a moment, the frog emblem faded away and was replaced 259 00:17:03.200 --> 00:17:08.039 with a grainy, personalized video from Professor Nog. Greetings and 260 00:17:08.160 --> 00:17:12.119 welcome to the Astronogs. He said, if you're watching this, 261 00:17:12.799 --> 00:17:17.559 you have already completed the first task, charging the phone. 262 00:17:17.640 --> 00:17:22.279 That shows determination and dedication. And since you are in 263 00:17:22.359 --> 00:17:26.559 possession of this old, hacked and repurposed phone, a device 264 00:17:26.640 --> 00:17:29.319 I like to call a frog Nog that you have 265 00:17:29.400 --> 00:17:33.000 either stolen from my stuff or have been granted access 266 00:17:33.039 --> 00:17:37.519 as the newest chosen member of the Astronogs. Within this 267 00:17:37.720 --> 00:17:41.079 frog Nog, you'll discover things that no one else knows. 268 00:17:41.759 --> 00:17:46.559 You'll see schematics, futuristic weaponry, navigational tools, and a digital 269 00:17:46.559 --> 00:17:50.359 handbook to the frog Hopper. More on that later. There's 270 00:17:50.400 --> 00:17:52.640 also an app where you can take notes or even 271 00:17:52.680 --> 00:17:56.240 download some games to play in your spare time. What 272 00:17:56.319 --> 00:18:00.680 you have gotten yourself into is serious. It's on a joke. 273 00:18:01.359 --> 00:18:04.759 This isn't your typical after school club, as you can 274 00:18:04.799 --> 00:18:09.200 probably already tell, it's far more than that. By becoming 275 00:18:09.200 --> 00:18:12.359 a member of the Astronogs, you are joining a secret, 276 00:18:12.640 --> 00:18:16.599 elite team of space heroes that have one mission, and 277 00:18:16.680 --> 00:18:21.960 one mission only, to protect Earth from intergalactic threats. And 278 00:18:22.039 --> 00:18:27.559 trust me when I say there are many, so welcome aboard. 279 00:18:27.960 --> 00:18:30.759 We're happy to have you. Oh and by watching this 280 00:18:30.960 --> 00:18:36.160 in full, this covers any legal agreements nog out. Nog's 281 00:18:36.160 --> 00:18:38.400 image faded away to reveal the home screen of the 282 00:18:38.440 --> 00:18:43.519 phone or the frog Nog. Scout was once again dumbfounded. 283 00:18:44.119 --> 00:18:47.079 He began to scroll and swipe his way through the phone, 284 00:18:47.119 --> 00:18:51.119 exploring all it had to offer. Nog was right. There 285 00:18:51.160 --> 00:18:56.240 were building schematics, futuristic weaponry, crew and mission details, some 286 00:18:56.279 --> 00:18:59.599 of which were locked, and so much more. It was overwhelming. 287 00:19:00.559 --> 00:19:04.799 What have I gotten myself into? Scout nervously asked himself. 288 00:19:10.799 --> 00:19:14.799 When Friday finally arrived, Scout hurriedly walked to school. He 289 00:19:14.920 --> 00:19:17.039 was anxious for the day to end so he could 290 00:19:17.079 --> 00:19:20.240 attend the second meeting of the astronaugs. He had so 291 00:19:20.440 --> 00:19:24.359 much more information now, and so many questions, but first 292 00:19:24.519 --> 00:19:27.359 he had to get through the day. When he arrived 293 00:19:27.359 --> 00:19:29.759 on the school property, he first noticed the clog of 294 00:19:29.759 --> 00:19:34.400 students around the flagpole. It seemed chaotic. Some kids were laughing, 295 00:19:34.640 --> 00:19:37.960 some were hooting and hollering. Others were reaching up like 296 00:19:38.000 --> 00:19:41.000 they wanted to grab the flag. Scout scuttled over to 297 00:19:41.039 --> 00:19:43.920 see what all the commotion was, and just then through 298 00:19:43.960 --> 00:19:47.400 the group of students, one in particular obnoxiously strutted out. 299 00:19:48.000 --> 00:19:51.079 He was a tall kid with spiked hair. He wore 300 00:19:51.200 --> 00:19:54.119 jeans torn at the knees and a muscle shirt that 301 00:19:54.240 --> 00:19:56.200 showed that his muscles must have been in the works 302 00:19:56.279 --> 00:20:00.000 or something, because they weren't very impressive yet. He stopped 303 00:20:00.039 --> 00:20:02.960 when he saw Scout. What are you looking at, punk, 304 00:20:03.400 --> 00:20:09.119 the kid aggressively asked, um. Scott didn't really have a response. Nothing, 305 00:20:09.559 --> 00:20:13.480 that's right, nothing. You'd better not forget deck. The kid 306 00:20:13.519 --> 00:20:16.640 walked closer to Scout, close enough for his rantid breath 307 00:20:16.640 --> 00:20:18.920 to be detected. If I can't you looking at me again, 308 00:20:19.160 --> 00:20:21.200 you'll be strung up on that pole just like that 309 00:20:21.359 --> 00:20:25.720 out nerd. The bully kid cackled, and walked off, proud 310 00:20:25.759 --> 00:20:29.279 of his generic threat. Scout couldn't help but look up 311 00:20:29.319 --> 00:20:32.680 at the flagpole, but instead of the American flag fluttering 312 00:20:32.680 --> 00:20:36.200 in the breeze, it was Chuck Taylor fluttering in the breeze. 313 00:20:37.000 --> 00:20:39.559 He'd been hoisted up the pole by the waistband of 314 00:20:39.559 --> 00:20:43.759 his underwear. Chuck. Scout rushed through the clog of kids, 315 00:20:43.799 --> 00:20:46.240 grabbing the flag rope and unwrapping it from its metal 316 00:20:46.240 --> 00:20:48.920 cleat on the pole. Within a few seconds, he had 317 00:20:49.000 --> 00:20:52.559 Chuck at half staff and then fully down. The clog 318 00:20:52.599 --> 00:20:56.160 of kids dispersed. Chuck adjusted his underwear, worried that the 319 00:20:56.160 --> 00:20:58.680 waistband was going to be too stretched out at this point, 320 00:20:59.079 --> 00:21:04.119 what happened? Scout asked Raylar Matt Reid or Chuck said, 321 00:21:04.480 --> 00:21:06.920 he appears to be the school bully, and I appear 322 00:21:06.960 --> 00:21:10.519 who have been chosen to be his first targeted year. Well, 323 00:21:10.559 --> 00:21:14.000 that's not cool, Scout said, Should we tell on him? No, 324 00:21:14.799 --> 00:21:17.839 Chuck said, wiping a tear from his eye, Ye is fine. 325 00:21:18.319 --> 00:21:23.440 Seeing home room. Chuck then scurried off, leaving Scout alone 326 00:21:23.480 --> 00:21:28.200 by the flagpole. Feeling bad for Chuck, Scout sat through homeroom, 327 00:21:28.440 --> 00:21:31.960 went to his classes and ate lunch with Phil. Chuck 328 00:21:32.039 --> 00:21:34.440 never showed up to eat, which caused Scout to worry 329 00:21:34.480 --> 00:21:37.599 that maybe he'd been hoisted up the pole again. Phil 330 00:21:37.720 --> 00:21:40.599 didn't seem too concerned, but then again, he hadn't seen 331 00:21:40.640 --> 00:21:44.880 what happened to Chuck. After lunch, Scout finished his classes 332 00:21:44.920 --> 00:21:47.440 and the bell rang to end the school day. He 333 00:21:47.519 --> 00:21:49.720 rushed up to the library and burst through the door, 334 00:21:49.960 --> 00:21:53.680 filled with excitement and intrigue. Henrietta watched him plow through 335 00:21:53.720 --> 00:21:57.160 the library from behind her desk. She smiled as Scout 336 00:21:57.160 --> 00:22:01.240 approached her. Scout Brooks reporting for duty, he said, saluting her. 337 00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:06.839 Henrietta laughed. The professor is his office, but he wanted 338 00:22:06.880 --> 00:22:10.519 you to have this first. Henrietta pulled out what looked 339 00:22:10.559 --> 00:22:13.400 like a small pin shaped like the frog Nog logo. 340 00:22:14.000 --> 00:22:16.279 She clipped it to the neckline of a shirt. You 341 00:22:16.319 --> 00:22:20.319 may head in now, she added. Scout gripped his backpack 342 00:22:20.319 --> 00:22:24.960 straps tightly and dashed for the office. Scout, Henrietta called 343 00:22:25.000 --> 00:22:28.200 out to him. He stopped and faced her. Her smile 344 00:22:28.279 --> 00:22:32.359 was gone. This is an important meeting. Take it seriously. 345 00:22:32.680 --> 00:22:37.000 The professor has been quite emotional about what's happened. What's 346 00:22:37.039 --> 00:22:41.960 happened Scout asked, I'll let him tell you. She said, 347 00:22:42.039 --> 00:22:46.720 go on now. Scout's excitement level plummeted thanks to Henrietta's 348 00:22:46.799 --> 00:22:50.839 sudden buzz kill of an announcement. He glumly continued into 349 00:22:50.839 --> 00:22:54.640 the office. Nog was sitting at his desk typing things 350 00:22:54.680 --> 00:22:57.680 into a laptop. He looked up when Scout entered and 351 00:22:57.720 --> 00:23:02.359 forced a smile that Scout now knew wasn't genuine. Scouty boy, 352 00:23:02.799 --> 00:23:06.920 Nog said, have a seat. Scout sat down and cuffed 353 00:23:06.960 --> 00:23:11.480 his hands on his lap. Everything okay, Professor Nog shook 354 00:23:11.480 --> 00:23:15.279 his head. No, Actually, the mission needs to be fast 355 00:23:15.279 --> 00:23:18.559 tracked at this point. Typically with new members they need 356 00:23:18.640 --> 00:23:22.319 weeks of training before a mission. Your training will be 357 00:23:22.519 --> 00:23:27.119 one day, one day training for what. Well, what's the mission? 358 00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:30.759 Scout asked, did you do your homework? Of course, I 359 00:23:30.880 --> 00:23:33.440 powered up the frog, Nog, I watched the movies, and 360 00:23:34.119 --> 00:23:36.920 was that a laser gun in the briefcase it's called 361 00:23:36.960 --> 00:23:41.319 a laser phaser. But yes, that's what it is. It's yours. 362 00:23:41.440 --> 00:23:44.000 The rest of your gear is at the base. You'll 363 00:23:44.039 --> 00:23:49.160 get it all tomorrow. Then Sunday the mission starts. Scout 364 00:23:49.200 --> 00:23:53.720 sat forward and repeated himself, what's the mission? Nogg sat 365 00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:58.279 back in his chair and crossed his arms. Years years 366 00:23:58.279 --> 00:24:01.359 and years ago, I met him named Pharaoh, at the 367 00:24:01.440 --> 00:24:06.319 University of Astronomy. We bonded. We shared ideas, theories, and 368 00:24:06.400 --> 00:24:10.880 outrageous thoughts. We created devices that could send radio signals 369 00:24:10.880 --> 00:24:15.559 to other worlds. Then one day, one of those worlds responded. 370 00:24:16.119 --> 00:24:19.920 A signal was returned from somewhere deep within the Andromeda Galaxy, 371 00:24:20.000 --> 00:24:26.200 specifically from a planet recognized as Thrios. Scout was intrigued. 372 00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:29.519 He was taking in every single word Nog was saying. 373 00:24:30.519 --> 00:24:33.559 We deciphered the signal to be a threat, a warning 374 00:24:33.680 --> 00:24:37.519 to not contact them. Nog continued. We tried to tell 375 00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:39.839 the higher ups at the university what we found, but 376 00:24:40.359 --> 00:24:43.400 they claimed we were off our rockers and making things up, 377 00:24:44.240 --> 00:24:47.839 so as a way to not taint the university's notoriety, 378 00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:52.640 they fired us. I ended up here at Kingstown Middle 379 00:24:52.680 --> 00:24:56.079 School to pay the bills, and Pharaoh dedicated his life 380 00:24:56.079 --> 00:24:59.480 to the cause, obviously in the name of astroscience. We 381 00:24:59.519 --> 00:25:02.799 couldn't stop what we started at the university. We couldn't 382 00:25:02.799 --> 00:25:06.640 help ourselves. Despite the grave warning from space, we kept 383 00:25:06.680 --> 00:25:11.720 on sending signals Eventually, the inhabitants of Trios, the throats 384 00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:14.759 as we called them, became furious at us and sent 385 00:25:15.079 --> 00:25:18.240 a thug an enforcer to threaten us in person. The 386 00:25:18.279 --> 00:25:21.519 creature roughed me up pretty bad, stole the hair from 387 00:25:21.519 --> 00:25:24.519 my head, and is responsible for all the bad things 388 00:25:24.559 --> 00:25:29.000 in my life. Scout was hesitant to believe those last 389 00:25:29.000 --> 00:25:33.079 two parts, but E Latinog continue anyway. As for Pharaoh, 390 00:25:33.599 --> 00:25:36.640 the enforcer took him and he's currently being held captive 391 00:25:36.680 --> 00:25:40.039 on Thrios. I don't know how much time he has 392 00:25:40.160 --> 00:25:42.599 left or what they're doing to him or planned to 393 00:25:42.640 --> 00:25:46.079 do to him. We are talking about an undocumented species 394 00:25:46.160 --> 00:25:49.640 of creature from the stars who are angry at us, 395 00:25:50.119 --> 00:25:53.279 Pharaoh and I in particular, And every day that he's 396 00:25:53.359 --> 00:25:55.960 gone is a day that I'm worried about the future 397 00:25:55.960 --> 00:25:59.079 of humanity. Will they come back? Will they take me? 398 00:25:59.599 --> 00:26:02.559 Will they destroy earth? Because Pharaoh and I couldn't help 399 00:26:02.599 --> 00:26:06.319 ourselves and kept sending signal after signal after being told 400 00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:11.839 not to, Scout sat back and sighed a loud, extended SI. 401 00:26:12.759 --> 00:26:16.680