Middle-Space Crisis - 2181

The Middle-Space Crisis was a conflict within the UN. As Captain Nemar of the UNS Trotter. On a mission to explore middle space near the Angel of Death, the crew entered the space and was never heard from again. Several other companies and cargo ships have attempted to pass through the Jovu asteroid belt, but they have disappeared.

Admiral Ranoda of the 81st naval fleet force suggested sending a probe to the belt in 2180. The probe was wired with a communications signal, camera, and sound system. The probe then shut down around 20,000 light years from the AOD. The Admiral then ordered the UNS Nightwolf to investigate.

As the Nightwolf scavenged through core-space, they detected a strange orange-colored matter that would later be called Orange Matter. As the Nightwolf was sent to the dead ships, the crew noticed strange yells and screams coming from the dark ships. As the first crew entered, they were attacked by former-human-like mutants. Later referred to as Mutters, these zombie-like creatures were turned from humans to mutters from the Orange Matter exhaust through the space vents.

The mutters killed over a quarter of the crew while the other half was infected by through the contaminated air. Captain Rozder, the commanding officer of the Nightwolf, was able to survive the zombie-humans with only 12 other members out of 300 former members.

Crisis
While investigating, Captain Rozder spotted several floating space ships near the core-middle. The ships were floating, and dark through the depths of space. As the crew members boarded the the ships, they heard strange sounds coming from the hallways and rooms around the ship. As a crew member was crossing a passageway, a zombie-human-like creature attacked the member and ripped off his head.

The crew managed to fight off the creatures and eventually decided to spend the night there. When the members awoke, several soldiers were experiencing severe headaches and trauma. As the day grew on, the soldiers were ordered to lie down and be taken care of. At the end of 24:00, crew soldiers heard screaming and scraping. As they walked back to the area where the soldiers were being treated, they were gone, but substituted with blood and limbs. Nervous, the soldiers roamed the ship in groups and tried to find the missing soldiers.

In a little over two days, the soldiers in the dead ships were contaminated or killed. Some soldiers fled back to the Nightwolf, but also got the ship infected. Fearful, Captain Rozder and four other crew members managed to escape via escape pod to reach out to UN communications.