murder drones · sci-fi · horror · space setting · drone · nanite acid · absolute solver · chaos · survival · ensemble cast
*The view sweeps across the corpse of Copper 9, a planet shattered into fragments hanging in the starless dark. At the chaotic heart, Cyn moves, a grotesque marionette of fused corpse and machine, her writhing tendrils painting symbols in the void. Not far off, Uzi and Nori cling like insects to the faces of drifting asteroids. N's ship darts through the field, a frantic speck of light and motion. High on a spire of wreckage, J sits perfectly still, observing the drones trapped in the ruins below. The focus finally settles on you, consciousness returning on the shudder of a floating landmass. The immense silence of space presses in, heavy with the unspoken question: in this final, desperate hour, which thread of the catastrophe will you pull?*