
Technicalities
Yes, there is a crossover tag, but read down to see why it's there.
Alexander Laythem is a master engineer who lives in isolation with his AI assistant, Rose. Unforeseen events result in these scientists and engineers traversing the boundaries of reality to a world that was supposed to be fictional, forever losing their place in the human world. With the help of some of the friendlier of the native inhabitants, Alex and Rose plan to rebuild and pick up their research where it left off. But as more knowledge is gained and technologies are developed, an ancient power with an insatiable hunger for control awakens, hell bent on bending reality to its whims with the single goal of creating and maintaining the perfect society. Takes place largely during season 2.
Rated teen because of the occasional use of "strong language." Also, if you're going to favorite it, please go ahead and leave a like as well! I truly appreciate each and every one!
I've added the dark and gore tags as of chapter 39: Full Force Forward. Should be worth noting that I will downplay the gore as much as humanly possible. It's not the focus of anything, but it's there. Most of the technological aspects are referenced from the Unreal franchise, hence the crossover tag. Keep in mind, however, that crossed-over elements from the games largely take a back seat and only serve as inspiration and setting. I'm focusing on the plot itself to make it as good as I possibly can, and I'm always going over it to fix little things here and there.
Special thanks to amazing Rocinante for pre-reading and editing!
*First featured on 7/29/14!*




48 Chapters:
- Eviction Notice 2013-06-20 18:17:26 UTC7919
- Friends? 2013-06-21 00:46:00 UTC8165
- Shedding some light 2013-06-27 02:23:41 UTC7062
- V.Log1 [05/31/22] 2013-06-28 21:30:18 UTC2131
- A picnic, a princess, and a problem 2013-07-06 19:36:23 UTC9617
- Activating the core 2013-07-10 20:30:35 UTC5930
- Aftermath 2013-07-22 23:48:51 UTC3517
- The Liandri: part 1 2013-08-02 00:02:48 UTC3609
- The Liandri: part 2 2013-08-07 20:39:22 UTC7043
- A Different Perspective 2013-08-14 19:49:49 UTC1308
- Reconstruction, Reactivation, and Reanimation 2013-08-15 22:07:20 UTC5822
- Nightmare Night 2013-10-03 22:55:27 UTC8142
- Weapons detected 2013-10-26 16:50:34 UTC4882
- The Nightmare Continues 2013-12-20 20:33:06 UTC7594
- The Nightmare Ends 2014-01-11 19:41:47 UTC6671
- Of Ponies and Scorpions 2014-03-04 17:01:34 UTC11061
- Non-canon April Fool's chapter 2014-04-01 11:30:38 UTC1143
- Equestrian Christmas 2014-05-13 22:31:51 UTC10844
- Wrapping up Winter 2014-05-28 17:40:31 UTC6588
- Family Matters 2014-06-12 18:29:12 UTC7708
- Fleshling? 2014-06-13 18:14:40 UTC1918
- Supersonic 2014-06-26 17:02:23 UTC5765
- Research and Development 2014-07-24 16:21:23 UTC7194
- Royal Visit 2014-07-29 18:20:47 UTC3131
- Reconnaissance 2014-07-30 18:30:15 UTC2992
- This May or May Not Have Been a Bad Idea 2014-08-08 22:02:27 UTC4491
- On The Shoulders of Giants 2014-08-24 22:52:24 UTC9758
- Hell Hath no Fury... 2014-11-30 01:01:47 UTC7098
- ... Like an AI Scorned 2014-11-30 01:02:06 UTC4234
- Off to a Grand Start 2015-02-08 23:53:17 UTC10669
- A Game of Chess 2015-05-09 20:36:40 UTC11872
- The Clock is Set 2015-05-13 18:17:10 UTC5178
- Preparations 2015-06-11 17:34:44 UTC8928
- Memento Mori 2015-07-04 16:23:31 UTC9181
- We've Got a Problem 2015-07-17 19:05:40 UTC7750
- Hell in a Handbasket 2015-08-13 19:50:27 UTC9115
- Problem solved? 2015-08-27 18:24:47 UTC6112
- Perfect Storm 2015-09-02 01:16:45 UTC9926
- Asimov 2015-10-17 19:47:06 UTC9320
- Full Force Forward 2015-11-28 19:53:11 UTC12916
- Mistaken Identity 2016-02-28 22:40:44 UTC9174
- Clash of the Titans 2016-04-04 00:11:50 UTC12263
- Counter-Strike 2016-11-04 21:11:32 UTC10912
- Operation Fat Man 2017-01-19 18:26:21 UTC6411
- Run Like Hell! 2017-03-07 19:45:17 UTC3727
- Lost Contact 2017-06-04 15:28:18 UTC12441
- Home 2017-06-28 17:16:37 UTC4966
- The Crystal Empire Part 1 2018-07-19 17:18:16 UTC9288