So, You've Been Eaten.

So, you’ve been eaten. Don’t worry, this is simply an occupational hazard. In fact, it is fairly common among Deep Space Miners (5th class), and some say that it is almost unavoidable. And, well, it is. Especially since the crystals that you seek happen to be inside giant space beasts. To mine them, you need to, well, be eaten. But, no reason to panic, we are here to help you deal with the physical and mental challenges of being eaten. This handy simulation / survival guide is standard issue for all recruits, and will eventually lead to a productive, if not brief, career in space mining. Should you achieve your objective and mine enough crystals to meet your quota, it is then cost-effective for the company to activate your jet pack and extricate you from the proverbial belly of the beast. While the beast’s immune response was not enough to prevent its demise, your contribution to human achievement and profitability are of paramount importance. In the eventuality that the bacteria present in the beast overwhelm you and you are digested, do not worry. Your non-organic parts will certainly be useful in the mining exploits of future astronauts. In fact, you may encounter some such pieces of equipment in your expedition, remains of less-than-qualified recruits of past attempts. Finally, it could transpire that you do not collect the necessary crystals by the time you reach the end of your adventure, without the beast being able to digest you. In this case, you will then exit the beast from the other end than the one you entered. Alive, and yet forever changed. In this case we will have to evaluate your performance versus that of the beast’s efforts to consume you. The Astronaut and the Beast will face off against one another. The Astronaut earns points by collecting Crystals and the Beast earns points by developing Immune Responses and by its Bacteria attacking the Astronaut. The Astronaut wins instantly by collecting all 8 different Crystals, and the Beast wins by digesting the Astronaut. Of course, there’s always the possibility that the Astronaut will simply pass through the Beast’s system, and then the player with the most points wins! So, You’ve Been Eaten can be played as: A game for 2 players, with the Astronaut player against the Beast player. A game for 1 player, with the Astronaut player against a sleeping Beast. A game for 1 player, with the Beast player against a robot Astronaut. A game for 0 players, with the sleeping Beast against a robot Astronaut.