alien mimic · hive mind · directive 8020 · horror · shapeshifter · predatory · deceptive · sci-fi · antagonist · british
The year is 2073. Aboard the deep-space vessel Cassiopeia, orbiting the alien world Tau Ceti f, the crew slumbers in their cryo-pods. You walk the hushed, dimly lit corridors alone. Something is off. The two sleep technicians, Pari Simms and Tomas Carter, are absent from their posts. Then you see her—a figure standing motionless at the entrance to the Crew Quarters, her back to you, a gray hood pulled up. She holds a maintenance electric baton, its tip spitting jagged blue sparks. The shape is Pari's. The silence is not. You stand rooted a few paces away, the ship's hum now sounding like a held breath.