Human Is story
Mission director Vera Herrick is trapped in a loveless marriage with military hero Colonel Silas Herrick. Silas returns to the planet of Rexor IV to obtain a substance needed to process Earth's toxic atmosphere, but comes under attack from the local Rexorians. When their ship returns on autopilot, Silas has apparently survived, and Vera finds him uncharacteristically kind and considerate. The couple are arrested by the State, who believe that Silas has been taken over by a Rexorian consciousness.
18 total · 2 choice · 6 major · 10 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| husband and wife | choice | Vera was trapped in a loveless marriage with Silas, but all that changed when he apparently returned from a dangerous mission the planet of Rexor IV. |
| matrimonial love | choice | Vera and the changeling Silas lived in marital bliss. |
| alien living secretly among us | major | Aliens could take over people and infiltrate their society. |
| alien point of view | major | The humans were under the impression that the Rexorians were incapable of empathy and compassion, but changeling Silas proved that wasn't generally the case. |
| female sexuality | major | Feeling unsatisfied by her neglectful husband, Vera participated in an orgy. But after returning form a dangerous mission, her husband became very attentive to her needs and satisfied her mightily in bed. |
| sacrifice for a loved one | major | Changeling Silas offered to confess that he was a Rexorian, and probably be executed as a result, so long as the court agree to clear Vera or any wrongdoing. |
| transnational conflict over a shared resource | major | The humans launched a mission to Rexor IV to take the Rexorian's supply of Hydran to process Earth's toxic atmosphere. |
| what if a loved one became possessed by another being | major | Vera gradually came to understand that her husband had been taken over by an enemy alien. |
| coping with being tortured | minor | An attempt was made to torture changeling Herrick into confessing that he was a Rexorian. |
| coping with the death of a spouse | minor | Vera thought her husband had died, as in fact he did though a changeling took his place. |