An Isle so Sweet and Kind 1: Colonizing
Alpha Centauri
They escaped
from the Corps mining rigs in the asteroid belt only to find themselves
trapped as digital signals on an exploration probe. Tumbling from
one catastrophe to another, they transferred to the surface before
they were found out and a virus was sent after them. Inadvertent
colonizers of Alpha Centauri, they find themselves tweaking their
code in order to build on the surface, worry that one of them
is conspiring against the rest, and fear that the Corps will attack
at any moment in the form of robotic drones. Even while they are
confronted with the strangeness of themselves, they are terrified
that the hidden dangers of their new planet might prove to be
an overwhelming challenge.
Follow our
intrepid team of five as they survive abandonment on the surface,
hurricanes and floods, being lost in caverns and jungle, and odd
beasts wandering an alien jungle. Ultimately a story about happiness,
they have to decide whether they want to remain in the virtual
world, with its fantastical imagery and easily manipulated backgrounds,
leave in hope of a better harbour, or transfer to either meat
or metal as they acclimatize to the surface of a planet not made
for humans or their machines.
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