Hi, OG Author here. Happy to see so many people enjoying my story.
@player0additem0noif9 ай бұрын
The story is fucking genius. I think I can speak on the behalf of everyone who listened to it, to ask you for more. It would be awesome to have this as part of a (semi)regular series.
@BrandyBottle9 ай бұрын
Interstellar warfare dealt with by the A-Team..... PRICELESS!!! great job @CherubielOne!!!
@jeremilange25339 ай бұрын
Mr. Smith, Mr. Peck, Mr. Baracus and Mr. Murdoc thank you for so much fun times and your service in the gruesome battlefield of the television entertainment. may your jurney to the stars always be safe! Greate storry OP i was "howling" with laugther when you wrote that they had to sedate one of them on recomendation of the other 3, that was the point i knew it was the A-team!
@machinesandthings71219 ай бұрын
8 minutes in, really enjoying the story!
@machinesandthings71219 ай бұрын
Just finished, enjoyed.
@TheSolidSnakeOil9 ай бұрын
I was rolling with it until they said one of the people HAD to be knocked out. The goddamn A-Team.
@Odd_Interaction9 ай бұрын
I had the exact same thoughts! BA doesn’t fly well at all.
@bigc19669 ай бұрын
"You're not getting me on no damn plane Hannibal!!" "It's not a plane, BA, It's a space ship." "Oh, that's different, Okay no problem." zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz 😆
@Odd_Interaction9 ай бұрын
@@bigc1966 Capt. 'Howling Mad' Murdock: (Flying the spaceship) Ladies and gentleman we are expecting some slight turbulence so please remain in your seats until the captain has turned off the fasten seatbelts sign. Don't worry boys, turbulence has never brought down a spaceship!
@taylorlibby76429 ай бұрын
I love it when a plan comes together!
@davidwilliamson55749 ай бұрын
Eyup, caught up in this one myself. Loved the idea. The A Team in space.
@FenrisofLoS9 ай бұрын
I'm embarrassed that I didn't catch the A-Team reference until the "I love it when a plan comes together," quote.
@rafelingd9 ай бұрын
oof
@katherinkeegan86019 ай бұрын
Don't feel bad, neither did I. Then the request to put one of them under sedation made perfect sense. Lately I have been listening to short 10-30 minute long sci-fi stories on UTube. My mind was geared for another one of those, not the A-Team.
@ScorpiusZA.9 ай бұрын
That's when I caught it too. Don't feel bad
@OneGaurdian9 ай бұрын
You're not alone.
@highkicker119 ай бұрын
i got the a-team when it mentioned having to knock one out and one of the 4 being crazy happy about going in to space. howling mad murdoc and ba barackus.
@TheWabbitSeason9 ай бұрын
"In 1972, a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they didn't commit. These men promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground. Today, still wanted by the government they survive as soldiers of fortune. If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them....maybe you can hire The A-Team."
@tonynelligan19309 ай бұрын
ok the space a-team.
@dappermuis50029 ай бұрын
What gave it away that it was the A-Team was the other 3 insisting on knocking out the 4th member of the team. and the confermation that it definitly was the A-Team was about how a plan coming together. Lol. that was a pretty good way of weaving them into the story with out having some spoil sport trying to sue. I enjoy stories like this 🙂
@williemurkeldove22729 ай бұрын
Heck yeah! THE A-TEAM
@ehsnils9 ай бұрын
I pity the fool!
@AlexandreLima-yu5jh9 ай бұрын
the ACTUAL A-Team, but in space. Fun times.
@derekblack20009 ай бұрын
I started laughing when he said one needed to be sedated
@scifistories19779 ай бұрын
You have to be a certain age to know who it's about!
@derekblack20009 ай бұрын
@@scifistories1977 I do and love it
@JonathanFraser-i7h9 ай бұрын
@@scifistories1977 I pity the fool that doesn't get that reference
@Kangstor9 ай бұрын
I was giggling when they said everything a weapon to human and mention a vehicle with 4......ok not Mac Guyver but A team makes sense.
@Mark_Agamotto1313_Smith9 ай бұрын
@@Kangstor Can you imagine if MacGyver did a guest episode with The A-Team? Edited for typos.
@Lawleygagger9 ай бұрын
The A-Team in space, I think I’m ready for that movie…
@highkicker119 ай бұрын
series was way way way better the the flipping movie.
@who_am_i___nobody9 ай бұрын
Hell yeah!!! 🤣🤣🤣
@Atheos-19 ай бұрын
@@highkicker11 I enjoyed the movie. I thought it was true to the series and a plus was that it had fan service with Peck and Murdock, from the series, making cameos.
@fabricioazevedo23619 ай бұрын
I am ashame to say. I just understand it was A-Team with the "fruition of a plan".
@WarbirdPhoenix9 ай бұрын
It's all fun and games till the black ship sporting a red stripe along its sides comes rifting in with its red glowing rift engines. Que the space A-Team theme! 🤣
@alastairbrand49989 ай бұрын
The minute the narrator mentioned one of the four had to be knocked out...that damned theme tune popped in to my head!😅
@Swamprat19769 ай бұрын
same
@alastairbrand49989 ай бұрын
And of course. On reflection, as we're looking at A-Team in Space, are we going to be dealing with Howling Mad Murdoch or Lieutenant Reg Barclay?
Can picture it now Murdock just floating in zero G's and BA saying "I'm gonna kill this crazy fool".
@ntal58598 ай бұрын
You are on the jazz man.
@ssfbob4569 ай бұрын
"Dammit Hannibal, I'm not getting on no airplane." "Come on, BA, it's not an airplane, it's a spaceship." "And you're letting Murdock fly it? That's even worse! I won't do it, Hannibal!"
@jeffmckenzie72826 ай бұрын
What you posted would have been a great line in the show if an episode was made from this story.
@darnelljohnson53139 ай бұрын
Wait a minute!!! I love it when a plan comes together Four men?! The A team!? The A Team!!! Nice 😂
@tommcdermott32339 ай бұрын
Not even mad this is an A-Team in space story. I’d watch that movie
@shannonalaminski26192 ай бұрын
Hell yeah!
@nickgarcia16829 ай бұрын
I started laughing the second I heard them say one of them had to be knocked out. Cause I knew this was gonna be the A-Team 😂
@Kangstor9 ай бұрын
a step early for me when they mention everything is a weapon for humans and they brought 4 in a transporting vehicle.
@robinn579 ай бұрын
Yeah I was the exact same.
@AmericanEpitaph9 ай бұрын
Same 😂
@nickgarcia16828 ай бұрын
This kicked off a A-Team spree on my roku.
@ahzero18 ай бұрын
First thing that popped into my head too 😂
@mikkelnpetersen9 ай бұрын
"You need to evacuate" "We can't, we have no means of transport, we need help at at the very least a ride" "Denied, you need to evacuate" "You just proved that you either didn't read or understood the previous message"
@Darigahz7 ай бұрын
management brain "i order you to evacuate" "uhh boss we dont have a ship" "i dont want to hear excuses just get it done!"
@UnnamedSeeker9 ай бұрын
"...as one of four needed to be knocked out at the insistence of others..." *A-Team theme immediately plays in the head*
@jcoronet20009 ай бұрын
I was completely oblivious until he said “I love when a plan comes together “ lol
@PaulStSmith9 ай бұрын
“I love it when a plan comes together!” If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and If you can find them, maybe you hire them. The A-Team... In Spaaaaace!
@Odd_Interaction9 ай бұрын
There Is No Plan B...They Don't Need One.
@navyhmc83029 ай бұрын
"The A-Team... In Spaaaaace!" I read that to the tune of the Muppet's Show's Piiiigs innnn Spaaace!
@marcuswilliams67949 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@EoinKeithBoyle655369 ай бұрын
Maaan! NBC really fucked that one up.
@Chaosmage429 ай бұрын
i could see this as a reboot
@KuDastardly9 ай бұрын
Dude, the moment they mentioned 4 individuals in a ground vehicle, and had a military background... I lol'd!!!
@VonSnootingham8 ай бұрын
Same. As soon as they said they had military function in the past and had been specially trained for unsual circumstances, I thought, "wait. Special military? Four people in a ground vehicle? Is it the A-Team!?" And I scroll down to see the comments confirm it.
@greymane_gaming34358 ай бұрын
If you can find them... maybe you can hire... the A-Team. *theme music starts*😊l
@Shade_Santiago8 ай бұрын
I guess we now know who was excited for space travel Friggin Murdock man
@SylvesterCarl8 ай бұрын
This is the point where it seemed VERY familiar!
@Dezinteriq7 ай бұрын
@@Shade_Santiagoand who had to be sedate
@Shadow.Dragon9 ай бұрын
Great story! I hope the next story is about a man who uses paperclips and duct tape to "solve" problems. LOL!!!
@Mark_Agamotto1313_Smith9 ай бұрын
Don't forget the Swiss Army Knife! And then one about a talking car, or a Mach 4 plus attack Helicopter? Or a man who overdosed on Gama Radiation? "Mr. McGee, don't make me angry. You wouldn't like me when I'm angry."
@richardarriaga62719 ай бұрын
Also never let him near a Zero Point Module!
@Jedidiah_Martin_29 ай бұрын
And he's a kitchen sink chemist too 😂
@generalilbis8 ай бұрын
@@Mark_Agamotto1313_SmithAirwolf was only Mach 1 capable 😅
@Mark_Agamotto1313_Smith8 ай бұрын
@@generalilbis My memory has failed me. I swear I remember it being Mach Four. But, you are correct.
@theautisticveteran24669 ай бұрын
A-Team Fan Fiction... I never knew I needed this.
@xowishuwereherex9 ай бұрын
The A-Team kicking ass in space. I pity the war band. B.A. must have loved going through all that technology and building up the colony ship.
@Shade_Santiago8 ай бұрын
Imagine Murdock in this sh*t
@TheAKgunner8 ай бұрын
@@Shade_SantiagoThat’s insanity. Edit: Pun not intended.
@Bhisma449 ай бұрын
4 People, military background. Ok, cool. One had to be sedated when flying. Sounds like BA... Oh shite, it's the A-Team. XD
@td66479 ай бұрын
"One of them had to be knocked out" was the final clue. I'm glad I'm not the only old dude out here watching the missing episode of "The A Team"!
@exiledking70779 ай бұрын
This is hilarious....A-team never kills anyone....just gets them to surrender. Brilliant!!❤
@theseriousprepper43729 ай бұрын
Brilliant story! I tracked along with the whole thing, and at the part where the plan comes together, a giant, white bulb flashed on inside my head, and it turned out that it made sense with the people in the car and the phone number. Absolutely brilliant I laughed for 10 minutes.
@target4all7669 ай бұрын
Looks like Mister Lee will be getting a lot of strange-looking guys visiting his laundry in the near future and asking about the A-Team
@Sum-kj8jo9 ай бұрын
Murdock was correct
@howardmallisonii5039 ай бұрын
Well, this sounds like the A-Team has expanded their operations...
@Larph139 ай бұрын
After the US pulled out in Iraq and Afghanistan, the A-team needed some action.
@Jedidiah_Martin_29 ай бұрын
And they can be pretty certain that Colonel Flagg won't ever find them out there lol
@Larph139 ай бұрын
My mom would love this! She's an A-Team fan! LMAO when the Hannibal's line!
@RigItRay9 ай бұрын
A ground vehicle with 4 humans. Ok. One had to be sedated for flight. Ooooh yeah the A-Team! Scared of space, LMFAO! Need more!!
@johnmckown12679 ай бұрын
I read a book about the OSS in WW2. The author went into vague detail about how anything can be a weapon. His example was being how to kill with a rolled up newspaper. A weapon is simply a "force multiplier"
@HrLBolle7 ай бұрын
yeah a couple shoe laces twirled together make a very good garrot ...
@JohnJBrowne112097 ай бұрын
I learned how to turn a newspaper into a weapon from a longshoreman when I was about 12. For good or bad it's saved my life twice.
@ik75789 ай бұрын
I LOVED this story. The only thing that would have made it better is if they painted it like the van!
@dataweaver9 ай бұрын
Who says they didn't?
@CherubielOne9 ай бұрын
@@dataweaverI'd say they surely did it properly. There's always time in a building montage to spurce things up - and that paintjob is important.
@opvjg9 ай бұрын
Next episode
@joshhowell86549 ай бұрын
I knew as soon as they said one had to be knocked out at the insistence of the others. Lmao.
@xFallN1x9 ай бұрын
Best damn episode of A-Team ever
@dandare90559 ай бұрын
Scares both sides into peace. Refuses to elaborate. Runs away with ship. Humanity~
@OddlyIncredible9 ай бұрын
-- F yeah!
@morimajo9 ай бұрын
As soon as I heard one had to be knocked out I realised they picked up the A-team. I was not disappointed.
@Kagalei9 ай бұрын
Here I was thinking it was the Mystery INC gang and the aliens just didn't count Scooby since he's a dog; then they had to mention the military background and one needing to be knocked out at the urging of the other three. I literally paused the video at that point and started laughing. My coworkers thought I had lost it for a moment.
@awdrifter33949 ай бұрын
I was actually thinking MacGyver, since he can turn anything into anything.
@thedarcbird9 ай бұрын
I'd love to hear an ongoing series of these stories with the A-Team...
@navyhmc83029 ай бұрын
If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them.... I guess they found them.
@Mark_Agamotto1313_Smith9 ай бұрын
Sadly, it's been so long since I heard it, I had Airwolf on loop instead.
@CherubielOne9 ай бұрын
They're a bit harder to find now, what with them cruising through the galaxy, but they did expand the scope of their operations.
@elbonnybar9 ай бұрын
I was mildly suspicious when they knocked up one dude and when they put music to mcgiver the space ship i went to "you gotta be kidding" , the last bit on "i love when a plan comes togerher" had me rolling on the floor😂
@ThatAnArchyDude8 ай бұрын
"... having great fondness to a plan which comes to fruition." The suggestion they knocked one of them out before taking off went over my head before then, but that's definitely the A-Team. 😂
@nv919799 ай бұрын
now this is how you write a story, take note hollywood
@pauld52659 ай бұрын
A-Team in space. Still not as bastardized as most of the sequels Hollywood has been putting out lately.
@brett765449 ай бұрын
When i heard, they had to put one out do to the other 3, all I thought was Mr T. Then at the end, was gold.
@jenniferstewarts48519 ай бұрын
While i knew right away this was an A-team reference... all i could think of was... "lightweights." Had this been "stargate" the bandits would all have died... as that gas giant turned into a 2nd sun for a moment. "You blow up one star, and everyone expects you to walk on water."
@CherubielOne9 ай бұрын
Well, SG1 is sort of a special case with the property damage they routinely cause.
@jenniferstewarts48519 ай бұрын
@@CherubielOne blowing up planets, suns, humans really do make a mess of things, don't they?
@CherubielOne9 ай бұрын
@@jenniferstewarts4851Yeah, they do. We should complain to someone about it. Unfortunately they don't even have a unified government that you could address these complaints to. Bah.
@AuDHio_Recordings8 ай бұрын
@@CherubielOne @jenniferstewarts4851 Are... Are you not...?
@Lord_Phoenix957 ай бұрын
Well if course but we'll leave the Star Destroying to McKay.
@masterful75749 ай бұрын
The A-Team!!!! I love it when a plan comes together.
@Questor-ky2fv8 ай бұрын
Thanks for the laughs! I loved the A team series! My smartphone died about 2 months ago on the same day I almost died. Been stuck in the hospital & physical rehab watching old TV shows ever since. A relative finally brought me a new tablet today. Still trying to figure some of it's features, but managed to get online & on KZbin. This was the second video I turned on. Listened to stuff from this site before, so I knew it would probably be m good. I saved it in my humor file.😊 Gonna listen to a few more, & maybe watch a funny animal video before going to bed.
@leadingauctions84409 ай бұрын
The offer is writing was excellent. I enjoyed how they interrupted his initial explanation with a question. It made it feel more real.
@neilthehermit46559 ай бұрын
Nice. Someone brought their A game to the situation.
@nancyhasten-sn8lm5 ай бұрын
*gurgles in dad joke pain*
@WorldWalker1289 ай бұрын
I heard the first ten seconds, and "Oh no, you dun goofed!" went through my head.
@Raven96EW9 ай бұрын
"I love it when a plan comes together" Hannibal "I pity the fool!" B. A. Baracus
@shannonalaminski26198 ай бұрын
I love it when a plan comes together.
@tricot64689 ай бұрын
I love it when a plan comes together
@iexistnowhere50049 ай бұрын
Hahahaha A-team. "I love it when a plan comes together"
@Tootall2069 ай бұрын
The "A" Team rides again! Love the insider HHGTTG reference!
@OddlyIncredible9 ай бұрын
Plural Z Alpha.
@CherubielOne9 ай бұрын
Yeeeaaaaah, and here I thought it'd be too subtle.
@OddlyIncredible9 ай бұрын
@@CherubielOneAs soon as I heard ZZ9 I'm like yes, a fellow of culture! (THHGTTG is one of my favorite book series.)
@Tootall2069 ай бұрын
@@CherubielOne Well... I'm a deep fan. I've got all the books, audiobooks and movies. Douglas Adams was an epic writer.
@CherubielOne9 ай бұрын
@@Tootall206Agreed, he absolutely was. I've read the series a couple times, so if my writing is influenced by him, it's no wonder.
@GrimWare_3QpkRcAU....9 ай бұрын
That would be a fine movie...... The A=Team in space kicking azz!!!!
@graisonh9 ай бұрын
We have to make that happen
@fyrekrystaal279 ай бұрын
As soon as they said that one had to be sedated I thought The A-Team and started laughing 😊
@xlerb22868 ай бұрын
It wasn't a fair fight. The A team had them outnumbered 4 to 149,937.
@IkatteiruPanda9 ай бұрын
The A-team on space! This put a smile on my face and a tear on my eye. 💕
@jdau2b9 ай бұрын
Yes ,total satisfaction when a plan comes to fruition!
@lordofnothing2559 ай бұрын
I love it when a story comes together.
@unpaintedleadsyndrome9 ай бұрын
Oh god... One had to be sedated before the flight... taa ta taa ta ta taa tata tada tataa... Looking forward to what BA is going to comeup with in the fabrication montage :-)
@tedgovostis73516 ай бұрын
As soon as I heard "One had to be knocked out" I was like "It's the fricken A-Team"
@georgesulea9 ай бұрын
I pity the fool who puts me in a spaceship!!!! I bet Murdoch had a GREAT time:) And he gets to NOT LIE about being abducted by aliens!
@luisvillegas75299 ай бұрын
"I love it when a plan comes together." Classic!
@damonlacy13339 ай бұрын
I was enjoying it and didn’t realize until the end that they were talking about the A-Team 😂😂😂😂
@Todd41R9 ай бұрын
I LOVED THAT! When i heard one of theam needed to be knocked out i immediately thought the A team then the reference towards the end to call them and Hannibal Smith "I love it when a plan comes together." Reference. NICE WELL WRITTEN!
@johnsullivan65608 ай бұрын
Nice! Were they all riding in a van? Was one chewing on a roll of organic material? Again, nicely adapted!
@RabidGeek-719 ай бұрын
Loved the story! I would love to see a movie of the A-Team in space!!
@blondejohn5259 ай бұрын
I stopped this a 5:50. They picked up 4 humans, all with military backgrounds and 1 had to be sedated before takeoff at the instance of the other 3. Then they threw them into an orbital debris field, essentially as huge junk pile, and they defeated the enemy with no casualties? .... Big reveal ||the A-team||
@luukgodschalk2573Ай бұрын
I was thinking the same thing
@Adlehyde.9 ай бұрын
When I heard, "put together a plan..." and realized that it was the A-team, and then was disappointed with myself because I immediately realized that I failed to realize it was the A-team at, one of them needed to be sedated at the insistence of the other 3. LOL.
@rodlepine2339 ай бұрын
the A-Team lol
@pambrackett43354 ай бұрын
Now that's a A-team show I would have loved to have seen.
@Sk0lt9 ай бұрын
The next episode will be done by MacGyver?
@jeffreyharville19189 ай бұрын
Yep, a hand full of nuts and bolts, some string, and a roll of duct tape (along with a Swiss Army Knife) and He can have the slowest of starships able to fly faster and maneuvering better than any space fighter known!!
@eyallev9 ай бұрын
what would a macgyver and A team cross over be like? a-team :we need to put a gun on that truck macgyver: no. no guns a-team: how about a nail gun? macgyver: ok, but the nails have to be longer than 2 inches, otherwise they are bullets. (to be fair, yea, I know he's ok with bullets coming out of a barrel).
@TALON_SILVER9 ай бұрын
@@jeffreyharville1918 Don't forget the paperclips
@oniarrca94319 ай бұрын
I died laughing when 4 humans in an old ship made a warband of 3000 aliens...scared of space. 🤣🤣🤣
@Jack-th9zg9 ай бұрын
If you watched the A-Team, remember they never killed anyone.
@terryhayward79057 ай бұрын
As soon as the reader said, " one of them had to be knocked out before flying" I KNEW it was "The A Team". Beautifully written and a great story.
@d.wayneharbison86913 ай бұрын
Love it! I never cared for the A-Team as a series, but it this was very well done. "I love it when a plan comes together!"
@phobiaone3069 ай бұрын
LMFAO "I Love It When A Plan Comes Together" made it dawn on me that this was the freaking A-Team, and they had to sedate B.A. cuz he hates to fly. Well played creator!
@tammyw61878 ай бұрын
When you said that one had to be knocked out I thought A-Team!!!! I love it when a plan comes together.
@THEFRISKIESTDINGO8 ай бұрын
Imagine humans in the far-flung future talking to aliens and stopping to say "Wait is that a CRT TV? I'll buy that from you they don't make those anymore."
@leogarciabooks9 ай бұрын
Pick up the freaking A-Team. I gots the jist of it when one of the four had to be put to sleep before the flight. 🤣🤣🤣 Awesome story 👍👍👍
@Shyster0996 ай бұрын
I was worried wouldn't include 'I love it when a plan comes together.' But you made it even better!
@Mostaism9 ай бұрын
As soon as he mentioned sedation, I knew what was coming. Gold.
@daveercolani31929 ай бұрын
I love the fact that you made the A-Team, the heroes of the story two thumbs up
@ttrev0075 ай бұрын
Nice to hear another story about the A-Team. Taking them into space was so much fun.
@TheAKgunner8 ай бұрын
“If I ain’t getting’ in no aeroplane, Hannibal, I sure ain’t gettin’ in no spaceship!” *B. A. Baracus, right before being knocked unconscious by Col. John “Hannibal” Smith.*
@SwirlingSoul9 ай бұрын
I SO want this story to continue! I love it when a plan comes together! ;-))
@detroitdan84879 ай бұрын
A priceless A Team story. Would like to see this one on the screen. Can we get one with Maverick, too? A Team, MacGuyver, and Maverick. Fun entertainment.
@d.j.langehennig63307 ай бұрын
Love the A-Team tie in. Caught it as soon at BA was knocked out.
@roberthuron91609 ай бұрын
For another plot twist,and guess who! Use some time travel,and dimensional side lines,and get Sherlock involved in a closed door murder mystery! Asimov did a few stories in the 60's and 70's,but long out of print! Anyway,there are tons of cross-over materials out there,and thank for a double barreled hilarious ending! Great writing and imagination! Thank you! Thank you 😇 😊!'😊😊
@tringalij9 ай бұрын
OMG… knocked out. 😂 Then I got the 4 individuals and “everything is a weapon” makes even more sense.
@atheriomobradeigh91369 ай бұрын
The A-team saying at the end got me dying of laughter!!!
@Revittize9 ай бұрын
It took me a 2nd listen to realize this was the A-team, i loved it.
@pagliaccisghost2699 ай бұрын
Loved it!! I actually thought about the A-Team, when they said that they had to knock one of them out, then at the end of the story, it really was them!?!?! Brilliantly done!👏👏👏💪
@krissisk41639 ай бұрын
Narrator: "One of them had to be sedated before takeoff and one of the others was very enthusiatic about space flight." Me: "Oh god. They grabbed the A-Team."
@jasonleigh49389 ай бұрын
Lol, the A Team space version was very funny, thank you 😂
@kalmanvarga36099 ай бұрын
So the aliens accidentaly hired the A-team. LOL. This is gold.
@mikewest26577 ай бұрын
Obviously you hired the A-team.........I love it when a plan comes together.
@jeffreybrewster43459 ай бұрын
Seriously... The A-team? Love it 😀😁😂
@DavidHaroldThompson2 күн бұрын
I got to admit, I loved this story. Keep it up, keep it up.
@superstaffer9 ай бұрын
I managed to catch on at the point "one needed to be sedated on the insistance of the others"