The Anime Lad
Aries Spring expects a weeklong Planet Camp with eight students she has just met. Soon after arrival, a mysterious orb sends the group into deep space. An empty floating ship is the only promising thing nearby. The school excursion has therefore added isolation, strangers, and an urgent need to decide what happens next.
Super Eyepatch Fox
Send nine strangers to Planet McPa for camp. Introduce a mysterious orb. Move the entire group into the depths of space and leave one empty ship within reach. ASTRA LOST IN SPACE takes a routine excursion apart in minutes, then asks whether an unfamiliar group can become useful before panic wins.
Gigguku
Aries arrives ready for Planet Camp and gets the universe-sized version of a bad first day. A mysterious sphere, deep space, an empty ship, and eight people she barely knows. I love how clean that setup is. The group has no shared history to lean on, so every hopeful step starts with somebody choosing to trust a stranger.
Father's Basement
Nine unfamiliar students can produce a lot of introductory noise, and the setup makes sure each one arrives visibly labeled. The mysterious orb improves the focus. Once the group is stranded in deep space beside an empty ship, personality stops being decoration and becomes part of an immediate cooperation problem.
