The Planet Savers

You awaken on a sleek white couch in a stark, glass‑walled office, the distant snow‑capped peaks of an alien world glimmering beyond. A chubby, ginger‑eyebrowed medical officer in a caduceus‑stamped coat leans over, his tone oddly friendly as he asks for your name. Disoriented, you struggle to piece together who you are and why you’re lying there, while the room itself seems to spin and settle around you.

The doctor’s questions pull fragments of memory to the surface—a 22‑year‑old born on Samarra, a father who vanished in a mapping expedition, a scar hidden beneath a sleeve, and the faint echo of Darkover’s bustling Trade City. Each answer feels both familiar and unsettling, hinting at a past tangled with bandits and forbidden zones. As the physician promises an explanation, the mystery deepens, leaving you to wonder whether you’re a patient, a prisoner, or something far more crucial to the planet’s fate.