Since you're all here, I guess you figured out we got ourselves a new yard. Reason for that's we got a new hull too. A fuck-off big one.
With the recently-signed treaty between Mars and Luna exponentially increasing the prices of industrial imports to Terra, corporations on Earth have found themselves in need of their own fleet of spaceships. Which means commissioning them from Delaney Shipyards. The workers of Yard 3’s Second Shift have been put to work laying the hull of the Northumbria, the largest liquid hydrogen hauler to ever be commissioned. But as the crew is pushed to by management work faster, at the expense of safety, Second Shift is forced to make dangerous compromises, or risk their jobs at the yard.
- George “Pony” Cheval is voiced by Jesse Hall
- Arval “Bread” Baker is voiced by Kasha Mika
- Verner “Step-Off” Gil is voiced by Ryan Astheimer
- Anastasia Isabella "MagLock" “Maggie” Young is voiced by Daisy McNamara
- Delia “Balloon” Feelan is voiced by Lafayette Uttarapong
- Sal Rudd is voiced by Max Newland
- Leslie Logan is voiced by Michael E. Freemantle
- Gunnar is voiced by Scott Paladin
- The title and story for the episode are both inspired by “Roll Northumbria” by the Dreadnoughts, which was in turn inspired by the story of the Esso Northumbria.
- The nicknames for each of the yard workers are inspired by either their names, a trait, or Delaney Yardie slang. The idea to give each character a nickname like that came from a Tumblr post.
- The ending of the episode was revised several times, including after the original recording sessions had finished.
- Terry Pratchett was an inspiration for a few names and one scene. Pony's name comes from George Pony, the engineer on the Grand Trunk. Rudd is partially based on Reacher Gilt. The first conversation between Rudd and Pony is very heavily inspired by the one between Gilt and Pony in the book.