The new adventures of the series Mark Brandis divided again on two CDs. Here we are told only partly chronological, is more concerned with two plots that converge at the end, but tell different passages. The first part is all about the Delta IX which, by Cmdr. Scott controlled, is expected to reach the Uranus moon Oberon. Scott is a daredevil who acts like this yourself. It leads to disaster and disaster on the moon Titania - but this lack of radio contact can not be reported to the earth station. Noticed it is but - unfortunately the enemy camp ...
The second part then Mark Brandis comes into play - its job is to follow the Delta IX with the new Hermes and protect against possible attacks. The search for Scott and his team will then also disturbed by a ship of the republics.
Must that the first part to make do almost entirely without the title donors, is not the end, because the story is told here, convinced. It has a plot, although manageable, but offers plenty of drama. The accident on Titania is divided into two struggles for survival. First, the Board of the Delta IX, on the other hand to the two lieutenants McIntosh and Maddox that you want to install a transmitter for a distress signal outside the Delta IX and must complete an immense climb this. These two sequences are presented very enthralling and supplemented with a very successful installed parallel with the race to the South Pole. From the dramaturgy this episode is a complete success. The first part ends uncertain - the question of whether and who survives by the crew of the Delta IX, will be postponed to the end of the second part.
The fact that the handset now knows about the drama of the Delta IX, makes the second part from the beginning exciting. Here is the episode to the engagement of the republics must first be solved, what the Department of Brandis course succeeds. The rescue of the damaged spaceship then provides the expected good finale, which also can set a very dramatic finale.
The series Mark Brandis has always convinced with a quite well-founded prognosis. The technical development is quite well thought out and looks much more down to earth than many other series, often know no physical boundaries more. Moreover, the technical aspects are not the focus, but more work as a tool to tell a compelling story.
The title hero confident because he just not a "superman", but has rough edges and sometimes reactions shows that you might not expect. All of this is also found in this double episode again.
This pleasant distance from the genre clichés wears continue also in the implementation. Credibility is also reflected in a particular soundscape. Here reign less the usual standard sounds, but thoughtful and credible in the context of the history background noise. The music of Joachim-C. Redeker makes this very atmospheric scenes and a good accompaniment of action - always present, but never intrusive or excessive. Once again, we can show that, just on this point, currently is the measure of all things.
When the speakers are served in this episode the listener again a few familiar voices more. Especially in the first part is full of big names that also ensure that the result is to listen well. Frank Glaubrecht leads the team there as Cmdr. Scott on. He brings a very good performance, which shows that he can, more so than chasing ghosts. Also thanks to the dramatic events, there are also world-class performances by Simon Hunter, Mark Bremer and especially Sven Hasper and Tobias Kluckert.
The second part then governed mainly again the usual mark-Brandis squad. Again, the benefits are almost entirely convincing, stands only in the supporting roles here and there a power out, which is slightly below the high average level.
SF is not necessarily my favorite genre - still succeeds Mark Brandis repeatedly to entertain me well anyway. Just this episode has again given me great listening pleasure. There are exciting adventures told without - neither in content nor in the implementation - to fall back on to hackneyed genre clichés. The adventure of "foray to Uranus" I would therefore like to recommend not only fans of space adventures, here all should quietly listen to it, like the exciting and well-told stories.
