The story begins aboard Sevastopol Station, in orbit above KG-348, which is now completely deserted and under lockdown due to civil unrest and the Alien's presence. Apollo, the station's mainframe, requests a status report from the Seegson synthetics. Seegson Working Joe 937, designation "Chuck", reports in via a wall-mounted interface, saying he is en route to a task in habitation. Apollo asks Chuck to elaborate, and Chuck explains that he has "received multiple notifications of civilian trespass and vandalism on Seegson property. Since the incident, there has been a marked increase in civil disobedience." Apollo also asks for an assessment of the Colonial Marshals' capability to contain the unrest. Chuck responds by stating that it's poor and "Marshal Waits has a drastically reduced force under his command."
