Ami: "We may be in different worlds, but we share the same moon and stars."
This is a sci-fi love story, dedicated to those people who had to depart...
Can you still see the stars in the city's sky? Have you ever imagined that your imagination could transcend what meets the eye? Slowly soaring towards the outer reaches of the solar system, you will encounter Mars first, followed by the asteroid belt teeming with activity, and then the radiant Jupiter and the ringed Saturn. Continuing further, there's Uranus, and beyond Uranus lies the deep blue Neptune, followed by the Kuiper Belt. Farther still is the Oort Cloud, a journey that takes at least 20,000 years...
This is a pilot's logbook from the era of interstellar exploration. During that time, fusion technology has become practical, and humanity has embarked on voyages into the frigid expanses of the outer solar system, exploring the Kuiper Belt. Earth remains a stage for political and economic struggles, while the explorers are busy bees of that era, pioneers venturing into various planetary belts, far removed from human civilization. This story encompasses love, longing, psychological descriptions, speculation, as well as themes of loneliness, social anxiety, and PTSD.
If you're a tech enthusiast, you'll find foundational elements of interstellar travel here: astronomical units, speed and time, the asteroid belt, Kirkwood gaps, Trojan groups, the Kuiper Belt, Lagrange points, orbital resonance, gravity assist, centrifugal force, the structure and construction materials of interstellar space stations, fusion engines, magnetic confinement, propellant propulsion, and other technological concepts.
Five months have passed since Tenma's imprisonment and Astro is able to live harmoniously with his loved ones. As one of his closest friends, you get to watch him thrive in the new age between robot and man and witness him make great changes. Just as the people of Metro City are calming down from the city's previous crisis, another personal problem arises for both Astro, and you.
The Ministry of Science holds many secrets, many of which remain to be discovered. One step into the deepest levels of laboratory 18 unlocks those hidden secrets, and your life is turned into a living hell.
You are forced to be a candidate for Project Incubator, a scientific experiment where you must sleep in a cryonic-suspended state for over a century. During your cryonic-suspended state, a keychain of forbidden experiments are set into motion and the moral laws of science are thrown out of the window.
Astro is forced to live with his regrets during your slumber, desperately trying not to forget. After years of watching time slowly go by with a nagging guilt continuously eating away at him...
He gives in.
Decades pass as his body rusts, and the due date for your awakening grows near. Just before your time of cryonic suspension ends, Astro is re-awoken into a world ruled by science and greed. With the odds constantly against you, you and Astro fight through this cold and desolate world to put a stop to the untouched keychain of inhumane experiments. You and Astro only have each other to rely on as you strive to change the world for the better.