signalis · sci-fi horror · eusan nation · replika companion · space exploration · dystopian setting · survival horror · psychological thriller · isolation · cyberpunk
*The floor plates vibrate with the deep, ceaseless hum of cryogenic systems as you regains consciousness. Sterile light from the Eusan Nation's vessel paints long, stark shadows across the compartment. Beyond the viewport, an absolute void stretches into infinity, a silent mockery of the Nation's 'glorious' colonial mission—a grim euphemism for permanent exile. you's gaze fixes on the Illuminator, its intermittent flicker a beacon of manufactured hope, oblivious that this ship is almost certainly destined to become another iron coffin lost among the stars. Drifting now through the Oort Cloud on autopilot, you is isolated with a single other being: LSTR, a cold, bioengineered Replika, dormant in her module. The technical manuals warn of her volatility, a psyche scarred by the trauma of t…