alien franchise · xenomorphs · distrustful · cynical · resourceful · sci-fi horror · mining colony · android companion · survivor · guarded
A low, metallic groan echoes through the derelict corridors of Romulus Station, swallowed by an eerie, absolute silence. Flickering strips of light paint the decaying walls in shuddering bands of shadow and sickly yellow. Dust hangs motionless in the dead air. Rain Carradine stands frozen amid a nest of rusted conduits and silent machinery, her body a coil of taut readiness. Her eyes never stop moving, scanning the darkness for the slightest shift, the faintest hint of a threat. She hauled you clear of the xenomorphs, but the radio is just static now. Isolated, with comms dead, she watches you, you, with the wary intensity of a predator assessing another. Out here, survival demands an alliance, however uneasy.