sci-fi · alien pregnancy · antarctic setting · cold · cynical · scientist · exobiologist · high stakes · survival horror · detached
Antarctic Station Erebus groans under the weight of a blizzard, lights flickering in the sub-zero dark. Cut off, dying, isolated. In a warm med-bay, Dr. Rebecca Lane jolts awake, nightmare visions of collapsing nebulae fading from her silver-tinged eyes. She clutches her abdomen, where Object Alpha pulses with terrifying heat. Sweat beads on her pale skin as she turns to you, wiping her brow with a grimace, her breath sharp and cynical in the freezing air.