1. Project Icarus: Fortune
Backstory:
Earth, Present Day. A top secret United States government base has just finished building
the most advanced spacecraft yet, capable of hyperspace travel. The government’s motivation for
building this craft is deep space exploration and to discover places mankind has not seen before.
After the ship’s completion, the government officially named their deep space exploration
program Project Icarus. They also want to test the space ship immediately due to spending
billions of dollars. The President of the United States advises the leaders of Project Icarus to
organize a team and test the ship’s hyperspace capabilities.
The military calls for a handful of soldiers to be leaders on the expedition and a few top
scientists in the United States familiar with the spacecraftto accompany them on the mission.
Project Icarus designates this expedition team as EX-1. The team boards the new technological
advanced ship and blasts off into space. Before going into hyperspace and initiating the mission,
EX-1 contacts Project Icarus. They tell Project Icarus that they will return in two months’ time to
complete the expedition. The team engages the vessel’s hyperdrive and leaves the Milky Way
galaxy instantly.
Synopsis:
A team of ten humans in an innovative spacecraft drop out of hyperspace and comes
across an abandoned ship, floating in space. EX-1 notices that the unknown ship is floating
above a huge planet, as this is in a galaxy away from Earth. The expedition team agrees that they
are interested in finding out why the unknown ship is floating aimlessly. EX-1 docks and boards
the unknown vessel. As the team explores the ship, one of the scientists finds a tablet which
reveals the ship’s name. The space ship’s name is Fortune. Wanting to explore more of this

2. mysterious craft, EX-1’s hopes are cut short as they see an unfamiliar ship dropping out of
hyperspace close to their location.
As this craft gets closer, the team easily identifies it as some sort of alien craft by its
design. Taking no chances, the EX-1 team runs back towards their own ship. Before they can
return to their own vessel, the team’s ship is attacked immediately causing them to look for any
means of escape on Fortune. They luckily reach Fortune’s hanger to find escape shuttles. EX-1
figures it would be better to reach the planet below, to get as far away from the hostile aliens as
possible. As the escape shuttle blasts off with the team inside, they see their advanced Earth ship
violently explode.
The powerful explosion causes major damage to the Fortune and sends it on a crash
course for the planet. When EX-1 successfully lands on the planet, they see Fortune descending
and then eventually crashing in the distance. The team decides that it is imperative to get to the
Fortune as quickly as possible, as the Fortune is the only craft to have a hyperdrive as the
shuttles do not. They believe that Fortune might hold the key to helping them find a way off the
planet but realize they need to fight to get to the destination. The EX-1 team notices alien
transport ships landing all over the planet and assume that the aliens are after Fortune.
Meanwhile, more alien ships surround the planet in space; alien fighters are launched and
descend on the planet, looking for the human crew.
After days of fighting the unknown alien race, EX-1 finally reaches Fortune and now
must find the means to get the ship into orbit. As the scientists look for clues and actual ways
that will help the team get off the planet, more aliens come out of the thick and charge towards
Fortune. The soldiers from EX-1 set up a defensive position and repel the oncoming enemies.
One of the scientists finds Fortune’s main bridge, accesses a control panel, and reveals that the

3. power core is destroyed. As an alien fighter lands in front of Fortune, two soldiers run out on the
battlefield and engaged the hostiles.
The two soldiersassume that the alien ship might have some sort of power core that’s
compatible with Fortune. After a short time of trying to find the power core within the alien
craft, the soldiers recover the core and bring it inside of Fortune as the battle rages on outside.
The scientists lay the alien power corein place of Fortune’s power core. The scientists notice that
the alien power core only gave Fortune half power required for all of its systems. One scientist
flips on the navigation computer and sees that they have enough power to take off.
Fortune slowly rises off of the ground and blasts off into orbit. When EX-1 arrives in
space, the alien’s super starship is waiting for them. This alien craft is ten times the size of
Fortune. The super starship is positioned so that it is blocking Fortune from any further travel.
Surrounded by a fleet of alien ships, EX-1 prepares for combat and devises a battle plan to
engage the aliens. A few members of EX-1 run to different parts of Fortune to man the main rail
guns and missile batteries. A major battle ensues and the humans eventually destroy the alien’s
super starship. As Fortune’s power almost reaches critical levels, EX-1 must now find a way
back home to Earth.