Alien 8 Prologue – Ultimate Cassette Inlay

THE PLANET

Long long ago… in a distant galaxy, on a distant dying planet,
the last of the guardians prepare their starship for its final
journey. All of the libraries, records and knowledge have been
stored aboard the vessel, along with the very best of their
cryogenically preserved race.

The planet’s final end draws near as the last, most vital piece
of equipment is loaded aboard, activated, and the hatchways
closed. The ULTIMATE evolution ALIEN 8 cybot whirrs into an
artificial cybernetic rush of intelligence.

All hatchways are sealed, as the starship prepares for its long
uninterrupted journey into the inky void of space.

THE JOURNEY

Aeons pass and still the ALIEN 8 unit is functioning perfectly,
gliding swiftly and silently around on multi-sealed-thermotion
bearings in waxolight shrouds. The very pinnacle of robotic
development from a now long dead planet, on its immense task of
keeping the cryogenically immersed cryonaughts activated by
preserving and maintaining their life support systems and
waiting…

The long journey is near completion as the central computer
alerts you to the nearing of the pre-destined solar system. The
dust of aeons lies heavy on the ageing data banks of the central
computing core, tired from centuries of repetitive computing and
re-computing, at last the final sequential landing operations.

The craft begins its final slowing sequence several hundred light
years from the destined planet and as, almost immediately the
starship slows to sub-hyper-warp speeds, is open to attack.

All the starship main defence systems have remained unactivated,
as the reverse polarity negative-ion thrusters battle and strain
to halt the enormous bulk of the ship.

The main computer reports Alien penetration in almost all areas
of the ship and all life support systems have become damaged and
deactivated.

All cryogenic systems must be reactivated before
auto-phase thrusting systems manoeuvre the ship into its
semi-cycle planetary orbit, at 0 light years from the planet.

Your programming insists that you complete the mission and
restore all cryogenic life support systems to operation.