The Ambassador

THE AMBASSADOR is an original, award-winning, family-friendly, theatrical audio drama based on a series of eight books.

Star systems near Sol in what astronomers call the Local Neighborhood formed an alliance centuries ago. In recent years, the alliance has been getting more frequent reports about planets being taken over by the Olmeri, a highly destructive, authoritarian regime. The Central Alliance High Council assigns their best ship, the Magellan, to take their top operative and negotiator, First Contact Ambassador Micha Lawrence, to a distant star system to get a treaty and to stop the Olmeri incursion.

The Ambassador and her team don’t save the universe. They try to do good. Sometimes they succeed. Sometimes they fail. They are excellent at what they do. They are brilliant and humble, honest and kind. They are mostly regular, normal, outwardly average, incredibly interesting, quietly extraordinary people.

If you’d like, sit down with a nice hot bowl of tasty soup, slice a piece of fresh warm bread, pour a glass of your favorite, listen to or watch the show, meet some new friends, and maybe smile, just a little.

The story begins here. This episode reveals the lore behind the Central Alliance and the Masters of Ras’alhague. The Ambassador is summoned by the High Council for a secret and dangerous new mission. The night before the Ambassador leaves, President Smbarak calls with bad news. The next morning, N’amani calls with good news. The Ambassador recalls the day President Smbarak assigned N’amani to be her Chief of Staff and their first mission.

In this episode, the Ambassador arrives on the space station. She meets Commander Sara Brandon and is surprised to learn the Magellan has a new Captain. She meets Captain Alexander Logan and uses the Ancient Arts to test him. She introduces Captain Logan to her team: N’amani, her Chief of Staff, Doctor Marcus Gray, the team physician, Beth Michaels, her archivist, and Kell, her Aldaran pilot. Maja gives Captain Logan command of the Magellan. Commander Brandon sends a message home. Minister Pargals goes to see President Smbarak about the Ambassador’s reports, or rather, the lack of them.

In this episode, the Ambassador and her team arrive on the Magellan. She asks N’amani to sweep her quarters. They talk about Captain Logan. After they get underway, they have a briefing to go over the mission. Captain Logan introduces Lt. Katy, a new flight officer. The Ambassador explains the First Contact mission and the chance they will meet the Olmeri. They talk about the problems. After the meeting, Captain Logan records a log entry. Maja interrupts. N’amani records a message to his sister, Aswana. Commander Brandon receives a message from her mother. The Ambassador and N’amani get a call from President Smbarak. The mission gets underway.