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The show is a workplace comedy in a sci-fi setting dealing with the day-to-day adventures of the captain and crew of intergalactic rock-collecting spaceship RC-7, operating under the
Galactic Coalition in the year 2189. Captain Ron Teague hopes to discover new worlds and civilizations instead of
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based on their script, in addition to orders for scripts for five more episodes. Day, Howerton and McElhenney were signed on as executive producers, along with their manager Nick
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now involved, to include more science fiction elements like aliens and world building for future episodes. The series underwent sporadic development over the next several years, but no further filming was done.
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being a rock-collector. Unfortunately, he and his crew are immoral and incompetent people, and it is quickly apparent that they are all woefully delusional about the mundanity of their lives.
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Howerton in guest roles as Tracy Brigsby and the inspector Lt Zander Centauri respectively, while Day made a brief cameo. By December 2008, it was reported that Fox was considering
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