Sugarcane

You exit the dock room. You see there is not much outside of the dock room, as the ship was designed for one person. There is a restroom, and a recreation room.\n\n[[Go to Restroom]]\n\n[[Go to Recreation room]]\n\n

Why is there a gun in the cabinet? Maybe I left it there when I was half asleep, you ponder to yourself. Wait- the designation is WMD-SELF DEStruct 3A4G...\n\n[[Take the gun]]\n\n[[Leave the gun alone]]

You are Koldvo Sandler, an esteemed astronaut in the year 2355. You are alone on a spaceship whose purpose is to travel to find another place that your race can make a home of.\n\nYou look at the control dock, and then outside. All systems are functional, and you pass the planet C414-Theta-Cau. It is a windy world, largely uninhabitable. \n\n[[Exit control dock]]\n\n[[Go outside of the spaceship.]]\n\n

You are on the lookout when suddenly your ship rocks violently, then suddenly everything turns quiet. Too quiet.\n\n[[What?]]\n

The recreation room is a standard Space Command issued room with various amenities, but nothing of interest.\n\nYou take a nice break, thinking about life back on your home planet, but soon after your systems alert you of some activity outside!\n\n[[Roger that.]]

You take the capsule, and once you have it in your hands it is already too late. You become one of the Vokor, and radio back to command in a perfectly human voice.\n\n"Hello command, Sandler speaking. Unknown ship has been neutralized. Heading back to Earth. Out."\n\nLittle do they know...they are in for a deadly suprise...\n\nEND

You decide to destory the capsule, being suspicious of it. You tell command of your harrowing encounter, and their researchers tell you that it was most likely an infectious device transmitting your location to the rest of their species. With it gone, you are free to return to Earth as a hero, and to report about this mysterious race before they arrive on your beloved planet. Congratulations! You have escaped and made it out alive.\n\nEND

Right after the dead silence, you hear an awful screech followed by the sight of a horrific alien creature, claws ready to rip you apart. There is no room for error- the ship is small, and the evacuation pod is nearby but it will take minutes to start it up.\n\n[[Charge at the alien]]\n\n[[Try to start the evacuation pod]]

You take the gun, following safety procedures. Luckily, nothing happens and you put it in your holster, should you ever need it.\n\n[[Return to control dock]]\n\n

You are Koldvo Sandler, an esteemed astronaut in the year 2355. You are alone on a spaceship whose purpose is to travel to find another place that your race can make a home of.

You try to redo the procedure, and eventually you open it right as the alien realizes where you are. You get inside with your tail between your legs, and barely escape...only to find that C414-Theta-Cau is the home of these creatures, and you are descending right on the surface...\n\nWhen you reach the surface, you are taken prisoner and tortured to death, and shortly after eaten as a exotic delicacy by the aliens, who call themselves Vokor.\n\nYou are dead.\n\n[[Start]]

You run for cover, with its claws barely missing your head. You then roll to where the evac pod is, and desperately try to start it up faster than usual.\n\n"Damnit", you think to yourself. It's not opening up!\n\n[[Try a little longer.]]\n\n[[Give it a kick.]]

Escape!\n

You kick the darn aging machine, but it does you no good. You quickly realize that instead of booting the pod up, you merely fried it's systems! \n\nThe alien quickly approaches on you, and before you can say "S.O.S" your whole torso is ripped off by the alien.\n\nYou are dead.\n\n[[Start]]

You leave the gun alone, and you regret it as you forget that that gun was a remote dentonation device! Some unknown entity appears for a split second and triggers the gun.\n\nYou are dead.\n[[Start]]

You go outside. You see the beauty of outer space, and are amazed before you are alerted by a commlink with your commanders at Earth. \n\n"Sandler! There is an unidentified ship of unknown origin coming your way. Signatures do not match any known Federation race. Careful."\n\n[[Roger.]]

You are on the lookout when suddenly your ship rocks violently, then suddenly everything turns quiet. Too quiet.\n\n[[What?!]]\n

You fire the gun at the alien, and the alien dissolves instantaneously. You see a strange capsule left behind the goo that was once the creature.\n\n[[Take the capsule]]\n\n[[Destroy the capsule]]

You exit the dock room. You see there is not much outside of the dock room, as the ship was designed for one person. There is a restroom, and a recreation room.\n\n[[Go to the Recreation room]]\n\n

You charge at the alien in a vain, futile attempt. He quickly gores you into pieces, and you are given no burial. After all...if they can't find your remains...there won't be any burials...\n\nYou are dead.\n\n[[Start]]

by Jimmy Tsang