The Phobos Directive ....

[Rex Claussen]

No, not that Phobos Directive. I recently unearthed a DooM-related story that I had begun writing in 2007, and promptly forgot about. I had named it The Phobos Directive, and had written quite a bit before I got sidetracked and meandered off to follow an errant firefly. The story is about Dr. Pieter Vanderweil, his role in the meteoric rise of the Union Aerospace Corporation, and the incident at Phobos that began it all. I will be working on completing the story when time and interest permit. Meanwhile, here is an excerpt:

"The creature emerged from the ventilator shaft, eerily disembodied and glowing unnaturally. Through the smoke and haze it floated, casting its gaze around for its victim, which cowered terrified under a damaged computer console. Gradually its form took shape to reveal a hideous skull with empty eye sockets, all enveloped in a hellish flame. It appeared to be grinning fiendishly, but how much of that was real and how much imagined by a feverish mind, the victim could not tell. And then the thing saw its prey, and stood still for a moment. Suddenly it darted forward with unnatural speed, easily avoiding the flailing arms of the crouching man, seeming to laugh maniacally as it seared its way into his very soul. He screamed once, a horrific sound that reverberated through the halls of that empty place, and then a sphere of darkness began to shrink around him."

Also, I haven't done any further work on Infernos, but have made quite a good deal of progress on Paranoiac, the sequel to the smash blockbuster Paranoid. Heh.

[Rachael]

I can't wait to see it. I loved paranoid and if you put half as much care into this story as you did in Paranoid, it will be a great mod for sure.

[Rex Claussen]

....if you put half as much care into this story as you did in Paranoid, it will be a great mod for sure.

So far, Paranoiac is much less story- and mission-driven than Paranoid. Being a sequel, it continues the adventures of Rolf Bellmer, who was last seen fleeing the Black Mesa complex in an Osprey helicopter. Of course, no escape can be that straightforward, and we'll be getting up-close and personal with Herr Bellmer in Paranoiac. But it's shaping up to be a much more linear adventure.

See my other post for a list of features.