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The protagonist wakes up in a sterile, pressurized module with his memory completely wiped—a state designated as «Nullification.» Despite empty oxygen tanks and a calculated 100% fatality risk, he survives by taking off his helmet. Initial analysis reveals a breathable atmosphere and artificial gravity approximately one-third of Earth’s, leading to the chilling conclusion: he is no longer on Earth.

The protagonist wakes up in a state of «Nullification»—his memory formatted, his identity lost. Finding himself in a sterile, pressurized module with reduced gravity (1/3G), he survives a critical oxygen failure by removing his helmet. He discovers that the air, entering through a surreal, perfectly round black hole, smells of sea salt and stormy skies—an impossibility for standard space recycling.

Despite fragmented memories of Russian culture and cosmonaut training (Cosmonaut Training Center, Russia), he does not recognize his own bearded reflection. He identifies his equipment as an «Orlan EL-6» spacesuit and notes that while his communication systems show an active blue link, his desperate calls for help are met with an unnatural, absolute silence. The module itself defies human engineering: it is brightly lit, yet possesses no visible light sources, with walls that seem to emit photons directly.

The protagonist, an amnesiac survivor known as the «Palach» unit, wakes up in a sterile, pressurized module with 1/3 Earth gravity. Having survived a total oxygen failure by removing his helmet, he discovers a world that defies human physics—brightly lit walls with no lamps and a surreal air intake smelling of sea salt.

In Chapter 3, the situation shifts from technical anomaly to psychological horror. An entity manifesting as Slava Komarov—a childhood friend buried ten years ago—appears before him. The entity corrects the protagonist’s fragmented cultural memories (identifying a Yevgeny Leonov quote) but exists as a grotesque, incomplete simulation. It lacks a lower half of clothing, revealing bluish, rotting legs—a direct reflection of the protagonist’s last memory of the body in a coffin. The entity claims to be an interface of a «Higher Logic,» providing sensory authentication through the smell of formalin and rotting flowers. It challenges the protagonist’s sanity by claiming it possesses data outside his reach: his true identifier and the nature of his current location.

The protagonist, now identified as Sergey Vladimirovich Dmitriev, continues his psychological «Turing Test» with a simulacrum of his dead friend, Slava Komarov. The entity, acting as an interface for the alien intelligence known as the **+Angi**, reveals that Sergey is currently aboard an **+Angi reconnaissance probe**.

In Chapter 4, the interaction shifts from terror to a deceptive sense of «first contact.» The simulacrum successfully manipulates Sergey’s neuro-linguistic triggers (using familiar gestures) to lower his guard and facilitate memory restoration. To demonstrate their mastery over reality, the +Angi showcase a violation of Earth’s physics: a perfectly symmetrical cube of light that contains photons within its borders without illumination leakage. While Sergey begins to feel a sense of historical importance, his internal monitor, Gena 2.5L, warns that this «dialogue» is merely a calibration process—a prelude to vivisection rather than a diplomatic exchange.

Sergey Vladimirovich Dmitriev confronts the simulacrum of Slava Komarov regarding his transition to the probe. The +Angi reveal a chilling truth: they did not «save» him, but «extracted» him once his life-support systems were exhausted. Furthermore, it was Sergey’s own crew who initiated the **»Total Nullification»**—a complete purge of his personality, attachments to Earth, and humanity—to ensure he remained a «clean» carrier of information.

Sergey is identified as a **Contactee** aboard a **Mediator Probe**. His primary mission is to serve as a witness before the **»Inhuman Judgment»**—a court governed by alien laws for civilizations incapable of controlling their own development. As Chapter 5 concludes, the probe activates an interrogation protocol marked by a neon-blue perimeter line. In this space, the +Angi monitor his neural activity directly, ensuring that any attempt to lie results in immediate physical pain.

Sergey Dmitriev attempts a «technical stress test» of the punishment system by voicing an intentional lie («There is no gravity on Earth»). The +Angi system reacts instantly, demonstrating absolute control over the subject’s autonomous biological functions. The punishment is delivered not through external force, but via an internal biological spasm—specifically, the blocking of the respiratory center. The subject undergoes clinical suffocation and organic panic. The «Slavik» interface shifts to the phase of direct interrogation, demanding that Sergey reconstruct the sequence of events: his true identity and the actual reason for his presence in open space.

Sergey Dmitriev recovers his professional profile: a special assignment pilot and expert in orbital object capture (trained in Star City, top 5% of his class). The true nature of his mission is revealed: Project «Puncture» (overseen by Professor Zaitsev), a classified operation aimed at making intentional contact with the +Angi. A critical cognitive breakthrough occurs: Dmitriev realizes he was not betrayed by his crew. As the commander of the «Ark-3» mission, he authorized his own «Nullification» protocol in case of capture. The +Angi (specifically addressing the name/status +Azvel) shift the Judgment to a phase of global accusation. The subject is faced with the ultimate question regarding the «Failure of the Cycle» and humanity’s right to survive without external control.

Flashback. The scene takes place aboard the ISS (the «Cupola» module) prior to the events of the «Ark-3» mission. Following an unscheduled evasive maneuver to avoid geometrically perfect space debris, the station rotates, facing its observation module toward deep space. Astronaut Lana Kubysh makes visual contact with a gargantuan, photon-absorbing Object of extraterrestrial origin that blocks out the stars. The observation is accompanied by severe physiological shock (the «short circuit» effect). Sergey Dmitriev (prior to his Nullification) connects this event to a classified 1984 incident aboard the «Salyut-7» station, where cosmonauts reportedly observed giant, glowing «angels.»

The scene takes place aboard the ISS (the «Destiny» module) shortly after the visual contact with the «Object.» The true nature of the ship’s doctor, Rob Quilly, is revealed: he is a deep-cover sleeper agent who loathes his fake medical persona (his «Second Hypostasis»). Following her shock from the «Shadow,» Flight Engineer Lana Kubysh has fallen into a catatonic stupor. Commander Sergey Dmitriev (pre-Nullification) issues a direct order for Rob to perform a medical evaluation on Lana. Realizing that an incompetent diagnosis would expose his cover and jeopardize his true mission, Rob undergoes extreme stress. This triggers a critical failure in his behavioral algorithms, forcing his hidden «First Hypostasis» (marked by the +A… indicator) to forcibly seize control of his biological body.

The narrative shifts to the internal monologue of Rob Quilly, whose true identity is revealed: he is +Azvel, the first +Ang successfully inserted into a human body. He contemptuously evaluates the chaotic structure of the ISS and the very nature of humans («sub-beings»), considering them prone to self-destruction. The true reason for the impending «Cycle of rebirth» is revealed: humanity has come dangerously close to mastering thermonuclear fusion—a tool capable of destroying the Cradle (Earth). It is also revealed that Lana Kubysh’s episode was not a panic attack, but the «Insertion» process of a second +Ang. +Azvel heads to the «Zvezda» module to check if Lana’s assimilation has successfully concluded.

This block describes the events on the ISS preceding the «Ark-3» mission. Following visual contact with the «Black Object» (the +Angi Shadow), the crew undergoes the «Insertion» procedure. Ship’s doctor Rob Quilly is revealed as +Azvel—the first +Angi to successfully suppress the human personality (the «second hypostasis»). The reason for +Angi intervention is identified as humanity reaching the thermonuclear fusion threshold, which threatens Terra (the Cradle) and necessitates the launch of a new Cycle of Rebirth. In Lana Kubysh’s cabin, the integration process of a second +Angi reaches its conclusion. However, the integration is anomalous: Lana remains externally calm and maintains her human identity while being fully aware of +Azvel’s true nature. The section ends with Commander Dmitriev’s sudden intervention during the conflict between the two extraterrestrial entities.

This block describes the beginning of the end for the ISS. Following contact with the Black Object (the +Angi), the «Insertion» process into the crew begins. Rob Quilly is fully assimilated by the entity +Azvel, though he loses part of the host’s professional memory. Lana Kubysh is attacked by an entity named Gretlit, but she constructs a cognitive defense using a religious text (the Lord’s Prayer). This causes a systemic failure: instead of suppressing her will, a dual state emerges—Lana and Gretlit coexist within a single body, mutually aware of each other. Commander Dmitriev observes the crew’s erratic behavior, unaware that the station has already been compromised by representatives of the Underside.

Lana Kubysh successfully localizes the entity Gretlit within her mind, using the threat of physical suicide (the «Dead Hand») as the ultimate weapon against the immortal, yet bodily vulnerable +Ang. Lana reveals Dr. Quilly’s true identity (+Azvel) in the presence of Commander Dmitriev. Realizing the Invasion is real, Sergey activates the secret instructions of Project «Barrier» and orders the launch of the station’s self-destruct protocol, «The Puncture» (code phrase: «Salyut-7»). The climax of the scene breaks the fabric of the narrative: Lana lunges for the «Orlan» spacesuit backpack, which is absurdly located in the living quarters. It is revealed that this entire segment on the ISS is not reality, but an unstable holographic simulation (or a memory recovery glitch), into which the brain of Dmitriev, who is currently undergoing Interrogation in the Sterile module, is projecting objects from his present environment.

Sergey Dmitriev’s attempt to launch the self-destruct protocol within the ISS simulation leads to a critical rendering failure of his memory («File Fragmentation Detected»). Unable to withstand the pressure of the +Angi Interrogation, Sergey’s mind plunges into blocked memories. The truth about the «Tabula Rasa» protocol is revealed: before the launch of the «Ark-3» mission at Baikonur, Sergey and Lana voluntarily underwent hardware-based personality formatting (under the direction of Professor Zaitsev) to become «clean» vessels, invulnerable to +Angi mental control. Sergey left a video message to himself, asserting that love (the «constant») is the only thing that cannot be erased. However, the simulation breaks off. Sergey returns to the «present» of the Interrogation, where the ISS illusion completely collapses: Rob Quilly sheds his human mask, and Lana-Gretlit seizes control of the liquidation module in the «Orlan» backpack. The Interrogation shifts into an active, forceful phase.

The final stage of the orbital interrogation. During the physical struggle for the liquidation module (the «backpack»), +Azvel (Quilly) enters open conflict with Gretlit (Lana), saving Sergey Dmitriev’s life. +Azvel states that the «Inhuman Judgment» requires a living Witness, not the destruction of the host. At this moment, the ISS simulation finally collapses (the «documentary subtitle»), revealing the true reality — the Underside. Sergey experiences the Transition, seeing the true world: gray plains beneath a sky the color of clotted blood, and dominating dead geometry (gigantic cubes and pyramids). In this reality, humans exist as data packets («clusters of pale light»). The chapter ends with Sergey’s physical awakening in an emergency module to the howl of sirens, where he realizes: everything he knew about Earth and space is a lie, and the bleeding geometry is the truth.

Subject #0 (Sergey Dmitriev) regains consciousness inside the alien probe «Mediator» after a procedure of complete personality erasure («Nullification»). The module’s environment is controlled by the +Angi civilization interface, taking the form of Sergey’s dead friend. Having endured physical torture (respiratory blockage for lying) and cognitive glitches, Sergey reconstructs the terrifying truth: his «Ark-3» mission and Project «Puncture» were initiated by humanity not for victory, but for Testimony at the Inhuman Judgment.
In a series of unstable memory-simulations, the backstory on the ISS is revealed: humanity reached the thermonuclear fusion threshold, provoking the +Angi to launch the Insertion to destroy the species (Cycle of Rebirth). Dr. Quilly is assimilated by +Azvel, and Lana Kubysh enters a symbiotic conflict with the entity Gretlit. To become a «clean witness,» invulnerable to control, Sergey and Lana voluntarily erase their memories at Baikonur («Tabula Rasa» protocol).
The climax occurs when Sergey admits humanity’s guilt in its inability to control self-destructive instincts. However, he introduces an illogical variable into the Judgment’s equation—»Hope,» preserved as the constant of his love for Lana. The System, unable to algorithmize «Hope,» halts the sentencing and transitions to a deep psychological Interrogation, demanding he slice open his memory of Lana.

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