' Wrote:When i say ghost ship, i'm not talking as in "Collect souls, see-through" ghost..
I mean a derelict.
A ship who's crew was killed, maybe through radiation, or some freak accident, and still drifts, or tries to fulfill its last command, I.E. recon, or gathering, something along those lines?
I was thinking about this for a while last night, and this is the scenario i came up with:
A cruiser, doing recon out in Alaska, or some distant systems, goes missing.
It is found drifting out of the minefield, guided by AI protocols, heavily damaged. It makes it to Norfolk, then stops.
Naval vessels find the craft, and proceed to board it.
Upon exploration by the boarding crews, several crew members are found, dead and bloody, killed by some sort of large creature.
The boarding parties make it to the bridge, where it appears a large massacre has taken place, shells and ammunition litter the ground, and the bridge crew are killed in much the same manner as the other bodies. Blood covers the bridge, and several pipes and bridge components bear large stab marks, as if by a spear or blade.
Upon examining what computer equipment is working, the crew finds out most of the history of the vessel...but before they can recount it, the thing that killed the entire crew finds them there.
Suggestions? Comments? I'd like to try this out just to see how it turns out.
This sounds like the basis of a horror movie... Tell me when it's made, i'll go to the cinema with some mates to watch it.
Edit: What would teh basis be for the ship ? i mean.. is it controlled by it drifting with AI guideing it randomly or is the monster controlling it ? I don't get where the ship would be for player use, it's more a good story.. ( i think)
