Episode 3 is properly starting to come together now.

I’ve been building a new crew lounge/common room for the Vanguard, mainly for one of Michaela’s early Episode 3 scenes. I wanted somewhere that felt a bit more relaxed than the bridge or engineering, but still like it belongs on an old working sleeper ship rather than a luxury space hotel.

This is also the first proper look at Michaela’s new off-duty outfit. She’s still very much Michaela, just not permanently dressed for combat for once 😅

The scene itself is meant to show a different side of her for a few minutes — relaxed, teasing, feet up, generally looking like she might actually know how to switch off.

Naturally, that probably won’t last.

I’ve also been reworking the writing process for Episode 3. I’m using a much tighter scene-by-scene workflow now, with less exposition, more physical action, more character-specific dialogue, and hopefully fewer scenes where everyone stands around discussing the meaning of responsibility for 40 lines 😅

The first test scene with Maddie came out noticeably better, so I’m pretty happy with the direction.

Still plenty to do, but Episode 3 is moving.