#phm nell

In this version of the story, there are four people meant to go on the ship instead of three. The typical three and then a medic. Nell originally was part of the general medical team for the project, but when the astronaut trained medic backed out due to a family issue, she was pressured into going because she had “ no romantic or familial ties”. She wasn’t drugged into it like Rylan was, but she was absolutely not happy to go.

Four years later, she wakes up and the other three have died in transit. She’s also experiencing the amnesia that Rylan experienced. So this 40-something-year-old nurse has to cobble her memories together to figure out what she’s doing in space, and do the work of about three other people to solve the astrophage problem using their notes, instructions and help from the ships AI systems

Since this isn’t meant to be the Hail Mary in my head, the ship’s name is the Odyssey and she has access to two internship AI- the medical AI which she calls Penelope and the pilot AI, which she calls Odysseus.