Species III story
A half-human, half-alien hybrid struggles with whether or not to give in to her desire to reproduce her own kind. It is a sequel to Species II (1998) and the third installment of the Species series.
15 total · 1 choice · 2 major · 12 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| human-alien hybrid | choice | The main novelty of the story is that Sara (and others) are composite beings that resulted from the coupling of human and alien DNA. |
| friendship | major | Dean and his college buddy and roommate Hastings. |
| human physiological need | major | The human-alien hybrids Sara and Amelia we both driven by a desire to reproduce their kind to varying degrees. |
| academic occupation | minor | The university dean threatened to cut the graduate student Dean's funding unless Dean increased his research output. Dr. Bruce Abbot was teaching biochemistry at a university. |
| accelerated growth rate therapy | minor | Sara grew from a baby to an adult in a matter of days. At one point Dr. Abbot quipped that she was growing six inches a day. |
| flying saucer theory of UFOs | minor | The woman who gave Sara a ride in her truck was convinced that "all that Roswell stuff" was real. |
| fusion power | minor | There was an experimental tokamak fusion reactor on site at the university. |
| government secrecy | minor | There was talk of Project Athena: a secret government program that'd succeeded in creating a human-alien hybrid via the coupling of human and alien DNA. |
| roommate and roommate | minor | Dean and Hastings were rooming together in a college dorm. |
| self-healing ability | minor | Sara's arm regenerated after it was severed by a passing train. |