âI never cared about this ship...I justâŚwanted to find myself. I had to. Something deep in my brain â deep in my very soul â clawed at me, struggling to make sense of everything. But the sad truth is that it never could. I never could. I still canât remember who I am.â
Hello, prospective crew member! Welcome to Shakhter-One, the first space mining ship to gather resources from the atmosphere of the planet Jupiter! Shakhter-One provides mass quantities of supplies to a resource-starved Earth. Thanks to Shakhter-One, we no longer have to depend on coal or oil! Still not sold on making Shakhter-One your new home?
âI donât even know if this has happened before. Me, here, telling this same, exact story. âŚSurely not. I would remember that⌠Right?â
Shakhter-One offers a fresh start among the stars! On Shakhter-One, everybody is important! Everybody is employed! All children have an equal start! Weâre confident youâll see that Shakhter-One is the perfect place to begin your familyâs future!
âThe only thing that I can truly be sure of is the constant, pervading feeling I have deep inside. Iâm empty. Iâm hollow.â
In âHollow,â you are one of the pilots that transports precious resource cargo from the mining ship Shakhter-One down to Earth. One day you wake up in an emergency capsule drifting near the facility. You donât remember who you are, or how you got out there⌠All you can remember is an autopilot docking code for capsule dock NR 6.
When you dock with Shakhter-One, it is clear that something has gone horribly wrong. The crew is missing and the entire facility is dealing with catastrophic power issues. As you start to uncover the shipâs terrifying secrets, Shakhter-One threatens to take your identity, your sanity, and â ultimately â your life.
The worst evil is the one that knows us better than we know ourselves.
The worst nightmare is the one borne in our past, emotions, fears, and pain.