Red Protocol

Red Protocol is a psychological sci-fi thriller set during the final shift aboard an orbital quarantine station. Ten exhausted crew members from a long-range expedition arrive before their return to Earth. You interview them to identify four carriers of an unknown psychological infection and decide who can descend and who must be isolated.

The interviews

The infection does not make people violent or insane. Instead, it makes them seem too perfect: calm and complete, with some carriers nearly losing their inner contradictions. Others are only beginning to change and can still hide behind convincing explanations. Each crew member wants to go home and is ready to tell you what they think you want to hear.

You question each person, weighing their answers and deciding when to stop. You can press further when something feels wrong or end an interrogation after one answer if you are convinced. Deeper questioning can uncover more detail, but it can also make the wrong call easier.

Quarantine decisions

Your choices affect the station and the fate of Earth. Letting an infected crew member pass sends the contamination to Earth, while isolating too many people pushes the station toward mutiny. Once six crew members are flagged, the quarantine system enters a critical state.

Crew and outcomes

The ten crew members have distinct biographies, fears and personal reasons for wanting to return home. Their infected assignments change between runs, and your suspicions, mistakes and the station's rising tension shape multiple endings. The decisions offer no comfortable answers, and the threat comes not from a monster in the dark but from people whose behavior seems just a little too perfect.