Klaxons. The world is made of klaxons.

⟪AIR FILTRATION OFFLINE. LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS COMPROMISED. ALIEN MICROPARTICULATES DETECTED. APPLY REBREATHERS AT ONCE.⟫

Klaxons blare. The message repeats.

The crew awakens suddenly in CRYO with fog on the viewport and the mind, vision illuminated crimson by e-lights. HUD readouts lament early thaws, a full two weeks ahead of schedule.

A rebreather dangles overhead in each cryo-pod.

A new alert. A repeated alert?

⟪ALIEN LIFEFORMS DETECTED.⟫

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Originally written for the “Memory.” Kickstarter, CONVERTS ASUNDER is a claustrophobic one-shot for Mothership 1E. Your cash-starved crew will face

• system failures in cold and lonely space,
• tentacular monstrosities inspired by Sammael from Hellboy,
• chest-splitting biohazards inspired by the xenomorphs from the Alien franchise,

and more, all for taking a lucrative delivery job for a bunch of orbital xeno-archaeologists. Is ¤[2d100]k upon delivery worth it? Why don’t you find out.