Outpost 2

Outpost 2 storyline is a pseudo-sequel to the original Outpost storyline, being based in events from the first game, but not in a strict way. As the introduction explains, in the year of 1998, the earth was discovered to be doomed, since a massive asteroid called Vulcan's Hammer was on a crash course to the earth. The size of Vulcan's Hammer was enough to assure total destruction of the earth, causing an extinction event on the same level of the one which wiped out the dinosaurs. After some efforts to divert the asteroid failed, a handful of engineers and scientists (along with their families) escaped in a gigantic, but rushed, starship named Conestoga. The ship traveled in the interstellar space for many centuries, with the passengers in a cryogenically frozen state. The starship was self-sufficient, needing no human intervention, but after many centuries (perhaps some millennia), the supplies started to run out. Desperate, the ship's A.I reawakened the captain and some colonists. They gave orders to touch down on a planet that was closest to being habitable. The colonists were set down on a Mars-like planet: thin in atmosphere, cold and dry. They named it New Terra. A small colony was established, initially called only "Outpost", but later called "Eden". After many years orbiting New Terra, the Conestoga crashed due to natural orbital decay. This plot can be seen as having some similarities to that of Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri. The plot is revealed through a combination of the series of mission briefings and parts of a novella, which was written by J. Steven York. The novella follows two characters: Axen Moon of Eden, and Emma Burke of Plymouth, who were childhood friends and lovers.