Introduction (Soon to be followed by multiple parts)

Aeris was a youth-recruit in the Science and Discovery division of the far moon’s one and only exploration base. Only fifty people lived at the base. 421 days from the home planet, the base was considered to be extremely remote. After the first contact occured with the alien coalition, her species began to spread throughout their solar system with the technology and guidance of their new allies. Some of the aliens were at the base, guiding her kind in their studies. The skinny, green ones resembled Aeris’ species. Bipedal with two eyes, mouth and nose. But they were taller, skinnier, and had large, dark eyes. Their skin was green, whereas Aeris’ was a pale blue. Her species’ skin would usually darken with age. But Aeris was still very pale.

The other alien race were large, gooey, tentacled beings with no discernable face. They would communicate telepathically, but still used a strange “language” or “way of thinking” that was difficult for Aeris’ kind to understand. The Greens would usually translate and mediate communication. Aeris was still uncomfortable around them. They would get into her mind to read her most personal thoughts and desires. There was no way to stop it or to protest. At the moon-base, her mind was always being penetrated, even during sleep.

An announcement was made that youth-recruits from S&D could recieve double pay, a very generous amount of currency, if they were to volunteer for physical studies in the Foreign Biology Studies labs. Aeris accepted, not knowing what it would entail. One of the youngest at the station, she began to suspect that she was coveted as a prime candidate for this program.