[Get ready for some bad fiction. It's been some time since I wrote a bit of fanfic based on a game, but Distant Worlds, like Crusader Kings 2, is just great for such emergent storytelling. This story is based on one such incident....] "Come on, it's safe," whispered Junior Research Assistant Ile Freun. "It's just around this corner," he added. He determinedly pulled the dame behind him, his hand like a cuff around her wrist. Why don't people just listen to me? I am smarter than them, after all. He indulged himself with one of his all too common sighs of exasperation that was usually triggered by the stupidity of others. Freun peeked around the corner. With no one in sight, he quickly trotted up to the door marked Research Lab 143b . He swiped his free hand in front of the security lock, his sub-dermally implanted Ident-o-Chip acted as a key, and the lock released with a click, followed by a hiss as it retracted into the wall. ...
Because Edmund Burke would have been a gamer....