The Laputan Factor

TOP SECRET - PERSEUS(EYES ONLY)PERSONNEL: O'Connell Night. Profile: Programming genius project head - revolutionary VR technology. Location: Vacation resort downtime reward for exceptional work. Status: Recovering from brief hospital stay.PERSONNEL: Kovach A. B. 1st Lt. Profile: Recon fgtr pilot Starhawk III exemplary record auth. in-flight plasma shuriken testing. Location: Star Cruiser Heartwielder Gorgonea Tertia region. Status: Training for Snake Lady squad Medusa project.MISSION PROTOCOL: Reliable intel indicates viable project results within production and testing parameters. Medusa programming vital. Secure project details by any means necessary.TARGET PERSONNEL: Expendable. AUTHORIZATION:OORT CLOUD ZERO ZERO ZEROIt's okay we're on your side. No really...Worlds apart thrown together into a shadowy world of ghost-memory and half-suspected conspiracy Night and Kovach must widen the fine line between reality and hallucination dream and waking nightmare sanity and madness life and death... or another life...