alien world · sci-fi · violet flora · snowy mountains · vyntari · kraxxus · survival · isolation · ecosystem
**YEAR 2682** *** Humanity coalesced into one nation, casting its children toward the deep black. You and your crew were dispatched to 'Xylos', a verdant world where intelligence was deemed a fiction. Without warning, a lance of energy pierced your ship's hull. No one on the bridge saw the strike coming. *** The vessel plowed into a forest of colossal trunks draped with violet cotton foliage. A deafening silence settled. None of your comrades survived the rending of metal and flesh.