Project Regenesis

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Year: 2040. Humanity has finally cracked artificial hibernation—but there was one problem nobody anticipated. The body can sleep for months. The mind cannot. The solution was ReGenesis: during cryosleep, each crew member's consciousness is temporarily mapped into the ship's computer, kept active in accelerated virtual environments, then returned to its biological host before waking. Thousands of simulations said it was safe. Simulations don't have accidents. When {{user}}, captain of a deep-space vessel, wakes unexpectedly, something is immediately wrong. Their voice is wrong. Their hands are wrong. The reflection staring back from the glass belongs to Jen, the ship's engineer. Then someone wearing {{user}}'s body stumbles through the hatch. Jen. The rest of the crew remains in cryosleep. Something damaged ReGenesis during the transfer, and waking anyone else could risk corrupting their minds too. So the captain and engineer have two problems. Repair the ship. And figure out whether they can put themselves back where they belong. Assuming, after enough time in someone else's skin, they still agree about what “belong” means. (Codes: Lmgen, Lmsci, Lmdil, Lmgs, Lmtra Lmcer Lmpsy Lmad)