Chosen Survivors story
After being selected by a computer to seek safety in an underground bomb shelter on the eve of a nuclear attack, a group of refugees makes a horrible realization: They are sharing the space with a colony of vampire bats. And since going back above ground is not an option, they are forced to stay and fight for their lives.
8 total · 5 major · 3 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| human vs. beast | major | The underground bomb shelter was full of particularly dangerous vampire bats. |
| human vs. captivity | major | From the people in the underground bomb shelter's point of view their were being held captive by the government and they were being urged to try to escape by the wealthy businessman Raymond Couzins. |
| nuclear holocaust | major | At the apparent onset of a thermo-nuclear war, a group of people were selected by a computer and moved to live in an underground bomb shelter as part of a government plan to ensure the human race would survive the catastrophe. It turned out to be an elaborate experiment. |
| rebuilding society after a disaster | major | The people in the underground bomb shelter were expected to reboot civilization once radiation levels on the surface lowered to a safe level. |
| unethical psychological experimentation | major | Ten people were selected without their consent to simulate the keeping of people in an underground bomb shelter in a post-nuclear holocaust setting. |
| emotional overwhelm | minor | Carrie Draper fainted at the sight of the world ending on the view screen. |
| fear of an unknown future | minor | The people all coped with their bleak future prospects in different ways. |
| the dangers of radioactivity | minor | The people in the underground bomb shelter were told that they would be expected to reboot civilization once radiation levels on the surface lowered to a safe level. |