Chapter One: Dark Star

The United Americas Advanced Transport Frigate 180924610 'Dark Star' drifted thought the empty blackness of space, on it's way to deliver a top secret supply of interplanetary Thermostellar Triggering nukes for the UAORD.

The ship showed no signs of life, save for the odd beeping of a computer. The empty cabins of the ship were left sunken in darkness as the lights were only on when the crew was awake. Life burst up in the ship when the Dark Star's main computer, an old MU-TH-UR 5666 came online after picking up a strange signal. It accepted the orders it received without question, for the machine felt no obligation to rebel, let alone 'feel' as it had no emotion, no sense of morality or a heart, just a complex arrangement of wires and circuit boards.

/SYSTEM ONLINE, RECIEVBIONG MESSAGE, PLEASE STAND BY.

MU-TH-UR-5666 ACTIVATING

*MESSAGE RECIEVED

/SENDER VERIFIED, SPECIAL ORDER 19 IN EFFECT

/COMMENCE THAWING OF CREW.

WEYLAND-YUTANI

"BUILDING BETTER WORLDS"

The seven cryo pods opened in the main hypersleep chamber. Captain Scott DeJames was the first to awaken, he sat up and inhaled deeply, the first breath of "fresh" air in months. He blankly looked around the room before getting up and getting dressed.

Jonas Bear sat up and spat "they ain't payin us enough for this..." Greg Andrews scratched his head as he jeered "definitely not enough to wake up to the sight of you Jonas" The ship's chief engineer was too tired to digest the insult however, stuttering out "was that a joke?"

He leaned over to see the captain come back in, Dark Star flight jacket on and ready to fly. "hey, captain. man, you look just like I feel..." the officer shrugged off the engineer's statement and went to access the Computer's interface chamber. He walked down the poorly lit corridor as the lights flickered on in front of him. He slammed his palm on the open door panel when he reached the room he was searching for.

The door wouldn't open. He looked up at the CCTV camera in the doorway, "Mother, open the door now, please." The electronic female voice responded through the blurry crackle of it's processing unit, "I cannot do that without Executive Officer Edward present." The Captain sighed and walked back to the hypersleep chamber.

"hey, Boiler, c'mon, I need you to access the main interface room, Mother's being a pain in the ass." Edward yawned, "sure, not after breakfast though..."