Phaeton

Scientific discoveries and technological progress

never made people more moral.

In the 24th century humanity faced the same threats

of crime and war as ever. They were just more

serious as new technologies enabled more efficient

mass destruction.

A powerful terrorist organisation managed to create

highly radioactive isotopes of heavy elements, never

synthetized before. Turning them into weapons could

mean only one thing: total annihilation. A nuclear

blackmail became real.

The isotopes were placed in abandoned spacebases,

caves and old ruins, guarded by unmanned drone ships.

All the radio contact to the area had been cut off,

so any remotely controlled aircraft couln't intrude

the terrorist hideout. On the other hand, any human

that would enter the area, would almost instantly

die due to high radioactivity levels.

When all seemed lost, a secret counterplot was revealed.

It involed a human pilot entering the death zone in an

experimental aircraft and stealing the isotopes from

terrorists. The aircraft name is PHAETON.

The mythical Phaeton was son of Helios, god of Sun, who

rode a fiery chariot in the skies. Just like Phaeton was

born of Helios, your ship was born of studies of helium,

the most stable element in the universe. Just like the atom

of helium has two electrons, spinning aroung the nucleus,

your ship has two satellites spinning around central unit.

They create a protective field to separate the human pilot

from deadly radioactivity.

You have been selected for the mission of retrieving the

isotopes. Good luck, you will need it.