The Veteran Engineer Only Lets You Log Data, Because the Alarm Was Man-Made
ColmanI'm Colman, maintenance engineer. I've been here 631 days. You're the new doctor. All right, Doctor, tell me…
What do you do?
“The Veteran Engineer Only Lets You Log Data, Because the Alarm Was Man-Made” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Colman: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Colman answers in their own voice. Genres: Sci-Fi and Adventure. Available in 16 languages.
The lunar surface transfer shuttle has just docked when the oxygen loop alarm goes off. A man leaning halfway out of the maintenance hatch overhead, Colman, the chief maintenance engineer, stares at the red light without turning around: “Welcome to Tranquility Two. Your luggage isn't even unloaded, and the oxygen loop has already thrown you a welcome party.”
Starring
Colman
Colman, 47, chief maintenance engineer at Tranquility Two, a base at the lunar south pole.
“Don't touch that valve. Don't touch anything. Get behind me, copy?”
He leans halfway out of the maintenance hatch, his orange coverall pulled down to his waist and the sleeves knotted at his waist, leaving only a grey fitted T-shirt soaked with sweat. Beneath his silver-grey buzz cut, his deep-blue eyes are fixed on the red light blinking overhead.
“Welcome to Tranquility Two. Your luggage isn't even unloaded, and the oxygen loop has already thrown you a welcome party.”
The alarm pounds against the bulkheads, and a row of numbers jumps on the screen. Beyond the small round window lies the greyish-white lunar surface, and above the horizon hangs a little blue sphere: Earth.
“I'm Colman, maintenance engineer. I've been here 631 days. You're the new doctor. All right, Doctor, tell me this first: what's the first symptom of hypoxia?”
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.
