Cold Fusion story
A brilliant physicist becomes involved in a deadly psychological struggle with a scientist after being tasked with taking part in the final start-up preparations for an infinite power source. Directed by: Eli Richbourg. Story by: Ashley Edward Miller & Zack Stentz.
10 total · 1 choice · 3 major · 6 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| out of control scientific experiment | choice | A pressing question of the story is this: Would switching on the experimental Gemini device result in the world being destroyed? |
| fighting one's inner demons | major | Dr. Paul Thorson came to believe that the others were various manifestations of his own psyche, and he shot them before shooting himself. |
| remorse | major | It may have transpired that Dr. Paul Thorson went insane because of the guilt he harbored over his role in the development of a super weapon. |
| sacrifice to prevent mass death | major | Dr. Paul Thorson killed everyone involved, and then himself, in order to prevent his "Gemini device" to be completed as he believed it would destroy the world. |
| cold fusion | minor | The title suggests that the "Gemini device" was a cold fusion doohickey. |
| covert military operation | minor | The "Gemini device" project had all the usual trappings thereof though little was made clear. |
| obsession | minor | Dr. Morgan was obsessively scribbling out equations on whatever surfaces she could find. |
| scientist occupation | minor | The physicist Dr. Paul Thorson had invented a device that produced vast amounts of energy. |
| suicide | minor | Dr. Paul Thorson destroyed his device and killed himself (consciously or unconsciously) to save the world from destruction. |
| video gaming | minor | Commander Skyles was fixated on playing a first person shooter video game on his PC. |