Headline: The Creeper in the Vents
Story: For the past month, citizens living aboard the lower levels the Starlight Observation Station have become increasingly wary of something “living” in the vents. There have been numerous complaints filed of loud thumping and scraping noises within the walls as well as alarming reports of thorny vines slithering out of the gratings only to quickly retreat upon being witnessed. Dubbed “The Creeper” by locals, sightings of this “Creeper” also correlate to an unusual number of maintenance issues and reports of sabotage atmospherics systems throughout the lower levels of the station. These include the 3 separate incidents of elevated capsaicin (a compound used in teargas and gives peppers their burning sensation) within the local atmosphere of some sections of the lower levels and saw temporary evacuations of residents before the issues were fixed.
“It is just the strangest thing! I mean we have minor kinks in system for sure but never have we had anything that would result in a temporary evacuation in portion of the station, let alone three, within a span of the month. The drones we usually have checking out the vents keep getting smashed to bits so I have to have my guys look for the issues themselves and they keep finding the system clogged with these withered vines choking out the systems. Whatever is going on we need to get to the root of it!” complained one of the technicians in charge of the stations life support systems.
Samples of these withered vines were handed over to a government lab for evaluation for the origins of this mysterious plant material. While an extraterrestrial source was expected given the stations status as an important trading hub, analysis points to surprisingly terrestrial one. DNA analysis reveals indicates the plant is amalgam of several species of the family Solanaceae (better known as the Nightshades) as well as, more alarmingly, Choke Vine and Synthesis Flowers.
Whatever exactly this “Creeper” is and how it got here, many are putting the blame on G.A.I.A.S as being responsible for it. The incident at the G.A.I.A.S facility just last month lines up with the first sightings of the Creeper and their long history with genetic engineering can explain the bizarre combination of plant DNA in the Creeper sample. G.A.I.A.S has declined to comment anything regarding any connection with the Creeper and their lab incident in which a young girl was injured, stating that they “monitoring the development very seriously”. The girl at the heart of the tragedy at the G.A.I.A.S research facility last month is still in a coma and rumored to be turning a shade of purple in the aftermath of the accident. As her parent’s demand answers from the company on regards of what happened to their girl, they find themselves joined by many living on the space station demanding their own answers on what this mysterious “Creeper of the Vents” really is.
Story: For the past month, citizens living aboard the lower levels the Starlight Observation Station have become increasingly wary of something “living” in the vents. There have been numerous complaints filed of loud thumping and scraping noises within the walls as well as alarming reports of thorny vines slithering out of the gratings only to quickly retreat upon being witnessed. Dubbed “The Creeper” by locals, sightings of this “Creeper” also correlate to an unusual number of maintenance issues and reports of sabotage atmospherics systems throughout the lower levels of the station. These include the 3 separate incidents of elevated capsaicin (a compound used in teargas and gives peppers their burning sensation) within the local atmosphere of some sections of the lower levels and saw temporary evacuations of residents before the issues were fixed.
“It is just the strangest thing! I mean we have minor kinks in system for sure but never have we had anything that would result in a temporary evacuation in portion of the station, let alone three, within a span of the month. The drones we usually have checking out the vents keep getting smashed to bits so I have to have my guys look for the issues themselves and they keep finding the system clogged with these withered vines choking out the systems. Whatever is going on we need to get to the root of it!” complained one of the technicians in charge of the stations life support systems.
Samples of these withered vines were handed over to a government lab for evaluation for the origins of this mysterious plant material. While an extraterrestrial source was expected given the stations status as an important trading hub, analysis points to surprisingly terrestrial one. DNA analysis reveals indicates the plant is amalgam of several species of the family Solanaceae (better known as the Nightshades) as well as, more alarmingly, Choke Vine and Synthesis Flowers.
Whatever exactly this “Creeper” is and how it got here, many are putting the blame on G.A.I.A.S as being responsible for it. The incident at the G.A.I.A.S facility just last month lines up with the first sightings of the Creeper and their long history with genetic engineering can explain the bizarre combination of plant DNA in the Creeper sample. G.A.I.A.S has declined to comment anything regarding any connection with the Creeper and their lab incident in which a young girl was injured, stating that they “monitoring the development very seriously”. The girl at the heart of the tragedy at the G.A.I.A.S research facility last month is still in a coma and rumored to be turning a shade of purple in the aftermath of the accident. As her parent’s demand answers from the company on regards of what happened to their girl, they find themselves joined by many living on the space station demanding their own answers on what this mysterious “Creeper of the Vents” really is.
