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ABDUCTION: GAME INTRODUCTION 
COPYRIGHT (C) 1997 - PSYCHE 
 
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As a consequence of the continued use of Earth's natural 
resources, pumping pollutants into the atmosphere, the Earth 
was slowly being destroyed.  At the turn of the 21st Century 
the situation had finally reached highly dangerous levels 
and something had to be done. 
 
The World leaders, and other representatives, gathered 
together at the World Environmental Crisis Convention of 
2003, to discuss ways in which to prevent the inevitable 
self-destruction of Earth. 
 
On conclusion of the talks it was decided that political 
differences and personal gains would have to be put aside 
and a joint initiative would have to be implemented in order 
to restore Earth to a more stable state. 
 
A number of recommendations were formed from the talks which 
included: 
 
1. The formation of a World Governing Body regarding 	        
   environmental issues, to be known as EGB-5 [Environmental  
   Governing Body].  This would consist of representatives    
   from all countries who would each take a turn in heading   
   the group. 
 
2. The introduction of a mass plant scheme whereby vast       
   quantities of greenery would be present in every city and  
   town.  Plantlife would line virtually every street and     
   would help to purify the polluted air. 
 
3. Research into other forms of power which could completely  
   replace fossil fuels: coal, gas, oil; which were the       
   cause of the current environmental problems. 
 
4. Research into more efficient technology with regard to     
   energy consumption. 
 
In order to carry out the research and development of new 
technology a huge space complex was built, funded and 
developed by all World countries which was launched into 
space, orbiting Earth. 
 
The complex contained numerous laboratories fitted out with 
the World's best technology and was staffed by experts in 
the fields of physics, biology, chemistry, engineering etc. 
 
A huge hotel facility was built within the complex.  This 
served as a recreational centre for employees on the complex 
who were away from Earth for long periods of time, and also 
enabled the general public to experience life in space. 
 
The centre was a complete success turning out various pieces 
of equipment which were used to help stabilise Earth.  New 
technology was also developed in other areas as the result 
of off-shoots of environmental experiments. 
 
However, there was a sinister side to these new events.  
There was an additional member of the World Alliance, 
undisclosed to the public, in the form of an alien species. 
 
The alien race had been monitoring Earth for a number of 
years and had predicted it's self-destruction.  They decided 
to make contact with World leaders and were in fact 
responsible for bringing the World leaders together for the 
environmental crisis summit.  The aliens explained what 
would happen if things were not changed. 
 
The alien representatives detailed how they came from a 
planet which used to have a similar eco-system to Earth and 
how their appearance was once a human-like form.  However 
they too had experienced a decline in the ozone layer 
protecting them from harmful Ultra-violet rays and also 
suffered from heavy pollution levels.  They explained how 
the changes in the environment had caused their DNA make-up 
to alter in order for them to adapt to the new climate they 
had created. 
 
Their skin had turned grey due to the poor quality of air 
now present in the atmosphere, which contained lower oxygen 
levels than before. 
 
Their eyes had become larger due to it being dark for long 
periods of the day, because of the thick smog in the 
atmosphere and skin had grown over their pupils acting as 
Ultra-violet filters which had become more prevalent because 
of vast holes in the ozone layer. 
 
Their physical appearance had also been affected by genetic 
tampering.  There had been widespread use of genetic 
manipulation enabling changes to be made to their appearance 
and characteristics which were considered to be completely 
safe.  It was not until generations later that horrific side 
effects were discovered in that mutated offspring were being 
produced.  The practise had now been banned, but the current 
effects needed reversing. 
 
The aliens explained that they had decided to make contact 
with Earth partly because they wanted to stop us from making 
the same mistake and also because they wanted to gain our 
help.  They would provide us with the technology and 
knowledge needed to stabilise Earth and in return they 
wanted to be able to take samples from Earth: plants, 
animals etc so they could research methods in which to turn 
back the clock and restore their own planet and occupants to 
their former state. 
 
One contraversial aspect to the aliens requests was that 
they wanted to be allowed to abduct humans to take samples 
of DNA, blood, hair, skin etc so they could find out how to 
restore their own DNA to normal.  They also wanted to place 
humans under observation for short periods of time.  EGB-5 
was assured that no harm would come to the abductees and 
that they would be returned to Earth safely and unharmed.  
All memory of the abduction would be erased from their 
memory to avoid them suffering from any trauma.  Once EGB-5 
was happy that the abductees would suffer no ill effects 
they agreed to the proposal. 
 
As part of the agreement, EGB-5 was to be responsible for 
locating sites on Earth which would be the most appropriate 
and safest places for the aliens to take samples from. 
 
Various methods for marking locations were used which 
included erecting statues near selected areas or by marking 
fields which became know as "corn circles".  The passing 
aliens would scan Earth for these signs and would know that 
they would find what they were looking for in the near 
vicinity.  The marked sites also enabled EGB-5 to monitor 
the alien activity and also protect the aliens should they 
encounter any trouble or difficulties.  As EGB-5 knew where 
the aliens would be present, it also made it easier to 
cover-up any reports of alien activity made by the public. 
 
The EGB-5/alien agreement worked well for a number of years 
but gradually it was noticed that there were occurrences of 
alien activity which had not been sanctioned by EGB-5.  In 
particular there was an alarming rise in cases of human 
abductions, well above the numbers originally agreed upon.  
Things escalated out of control and it became apparent that 
the aliens were breaking their side of the agreement. 
 
It was discovered that the aliens had not been exactly 
truthful with their original story:  They had no intention 
of trying to restore their own planet to its former state 
but intended to take over Earth for their own use. 
 
Within the complex, they were embarking upon a 
cloning/eugenics programme in order to produce a super 
intelligent clone which would have homicidal tendencies 
built into it's DNA.  Once the process had been perfected 
the clone was to be put into mass production, aboard a 
secret processing plant aboard the complex, and gradually 
integrated into Earth societies.  When enough of them had 
been put onto Earth their instructions to wipe out Earth's 
occupants would be activated.  Once this task was completed, 
the clones were programmed to destroy themselves leaving 
Earth open for the aliens to occupy. 
 
EGB-5 knew something had to be done to prevent this from 
happening but wasn't sure what to do.  They dared not expose 
the alien liaison to the public for fear of causing mass 
panic and hysteria.  A state of confusion on Earth could 
only be beneficial to the aliens and help them with their 
plan. 
 
It was therefore decided that the only possible option was 
to somehow completely destroy the complex.  However this 
would be a problem as EGB-5 did not have a complete 
blueprint of the complex and from the information they had 
it appeared the complex structure had no weaknesses.  The 
aliens had been very selective in what information they gave 
out and now EGB-5 knew why! 
 
The alien area of the complex would therefore have to be 
infiltrated and a full blueprint of the complex located 
which would hopefully indicate a vulnerable area of the 
complex.  This would not be an easy task as the aliens had 
ensured their area was well protected using technology far 
advanced to Earths.  EGB-5 would need to find someone of 
incredibly high intelligence who could best match the aliens 
own superior knowledge and also someone who possessed the 
strong character required to survive the difficult task 
ahead. 
 
After much investigation and deliberation they chose Travis 
Connor: Head of Research and Development at Sin-Tech.  He 
was arguably one of the most intelligent people on Earth and 
was a young, strong and streetwise character having come 
from a tough upbringing. 
 
It was decided that it was not a good idea to simply 
approach Connor and inform him of what was happening.  There 
was the danger that he would expose the whole operation or 
that he could simply refuse to carry out the task.  It was 
therefore decided to set him up as an alien abductee in the 
hope that when he discovered the presence of the aliens 
aboard the complex, he would do something about it. 
 
EGB-5 would closely monitor Connor as best as possible and 
provide help along the way but under no circumstances would 
Connor be allowed to know he was being helped or that EGB-5 
was involved with aliens in any way. 
 
Connor would be on his own and any exposure he made about 
the aliens to the general public would have to be fiercely 
denied for fear of alerting the aliens that EGB-5 knew of 
their plans.  If he persisted with any claims hopefully he 
would be dismissed as a lunatic.  If he was /unlucky/ and 
people actually believed his claims then that would cause a 
problem ... 
 
... and reluctantly he would have to be ELIMINATED.