LV-223

Lore & Background

The moon served as a staging ground for deploying this biological weapon onto other worlds, including Earth, though the mission was abruptly halted by an unknown catastrophe. The resulting chaos left the facility in ruins, with the Engineers dead and their ship crash-landed nearby.

In Their Own Story

The wind howls across the frozen plains, carrying dust that has settled for millennia. Inside the Derelict ship, the silence is heavy, broken only by the rhythmic dripping of condensation on rusted metal. A lone figure steps over a pile of calcified Engineer bones, their breath fogging in the frigid air. Suddenly, a wet skittering sound echoes from the darkness above—a long, flexible tail brushes against a ceiling pipe. The light from a flashlight flickers and dies, leaving only the red glow of an emergency beacon to illuminate the shadowy silhouette of something that should not exist.

Reader's Guide

The atmosphere is thin and hostile, requiring full environmental suits for survival, while the temperature remains perpetually near absolute zero. The primary set piece is the crashed Engineer Derelict ship, a massive, organic-looking vessel half-buried in the ice. Its interior is a labyrinth of dark corridors, dead bodies, and strange, ritualistic architecture that evokes a sense of ancient dread rather than advanced technology. The environment amplifies horror by limiting visibility with fog and darkness, forcing characters to rely on failing equipment while being hunted by a predator that thrives in the shadows.

Did You Know?

• The moon's surface temperature and atmospheric conditions make it impossible for humans to survive without specialized protection.
• The 'Deacon' creature, a precursor to the classic Xenomorph, is the first of its kind to be born on this moon.