77 parts Ongoing MatureIn the twenty-fifth century, the only thing more dangerous than space travel is the madness that threatens everyone on the journey. Clones were once a solution to issues of labor and now they serve space travelers as companions. These dedicated sexual servants were created to serve humans in their never-ending pursuit of colonizing the stars.
Dr. Yaro Volkov is a professor of Xenological Studies on Titan. She's pulled away from her class by a dog of the military, her brother, Nester. Once onboard a military ship, she joins a team of scientists at the top of their fields. They've all been gathered to respond to a distress signal:
Aliens; hostile.
Yaro and the researchers have dedicated their lives to pondering the possibility of aliens. It is up to them to create a hypothetical framework of the aliens' capabilities. Yaro isn't liked by the other researches and she despises her brother. To help her cope, she's been given a clone companion, a sweet scientist with a perfect body, Darla. Yaro finds the practice of companions disgusting, but she is in real danger of losing her mind.
Yaro must struggle to keep her sanity and her principles as she calculates the fate of humanity.