Morning Star

Woken from cryo sleep, Captain Myers informs you that you are the last crew member awake. Revival messes with your brain, so not to worry if you have little memory. She tells you the ship is on course to crash through the Venusian atmosphere, so you need to grab a jumpsuit and follow her.

Because you're suffering from post-revival memory burn, Captain Myers reminds you of the mission: you are to investigate a colony of Pandora Haze, owned by Amelia Spens. Their last transmission was seven months ago, cut off by a scream. Amelia has sent you to find out what happened. You meet Commander Sissay, who is helping Prof Ellie Maxted load sick bay equipment into the pod. The escape pods are getting crowded, so you'll join Myers while the ship's AI tries to ensure you don't all die on impact.

You're in your escape pod with Myers, dropping fast. The colony is a floating cloud city, as that is the only place where Venus is habitable. You're the last pod down, and you crash land just before acid clouds can get to you. But the weather is closing in fast, so you must run across the causeway linking the landing pad to the city if you want to survive.

Captain Myers and you are delayed in getting down the causeway when Prof Maxted reports that her and Peter Simons' pod came down too hard, and is now teetering over the edge of the landing pad. You must move quickly to cut the cords on the parachute, to use as rope to save them.

Prof Maxted manages to get out, but every time Mr. Simons moves, the pod jerks. You throw a piece of cord into the pod, which Simons ties around his waist. Just as the pod falls over the side, Simons dives for the hatch and you help to pull him back in. Now the acid clouds are nearly on top of you.

You all make it into the dome, just in time. Sissay is ahead of you in a control room. The air is breathable, but just after cracking your visors, Sissay informs you that the floor is overloading, triggered by the airlock. You've got to get out of there if you don't want to be toast!

You all manage to escape from the electrified floor unscathed. You join Sissay, who tells you that not only was the airlock he tried to come through blocked closed as if to keep people out, but he hasn't seen any of the supposed 600 colonists yet. He also witnessed the ship you arrived on burning up, so it will be months until you're rescued. Worse yet, the city is losing air somewhere, which is the only thing keeping the colony from crashing into the surface of Venus.