“Scott, I love you.”

You look down at your younger sister. You’re both sweaty, laying on a bed of cum-soaked sheets and blankets. Your cum? Hers? Both. You’re cradling the love of your life in your arms, gently. She’s looking up at you with a knowing smile on her face. Her long, silky black hair frames her face, the freckles on her pale skin just barely standing out in the dimmed light of your apartment. It’s early afternoon, and the sun is a beautiful orange color in the sky.

You lay there a long while, just subtly enjoying each others company. You talk a bit every now and then, but the discussion stays light as neither of you address the elephant in the room. You just enjoy your time with your sister. You look down from her face, where you can see both of her hands cradling her belly. It’s still pretty far distended from its normal tight appearance. You can see her perfect breasts, framed by her arms. Her tight, pink nipples stand out, erect against her smooth skin.

“You filled me up so full.” She says, in a moaning-playful voice. “I can’t wait for you to do it again.” She playfully reaches down and grabs your balls with one of her hands. They’re so sore, but you feel a throb go through your crotch as she does. She looks at you, and she can tell that you’re still feeling it from your earlier passion.

You look at her in disbelief, there’s no way you could continue in your current state, you came hard enough to black out only a few minutes ago. She giggles, and playfully says. “I’m kidding, you just did me in for the whole day.”

She winks and smiles, closing her eyes, and leaning her head back down against your chest. Her hand lets go of your balls, and she slides it softly up your chest, coming to rest over your heart. She kisses you on your toned stomach. You smile down at her, and hug her a little tighter.

A blue flash from the holo projector built into the railing gets your attention, you look up at it.

“You can come up” you say, figuring it was the AI asking to speak with you.

Aphrodite fizzles into view, and looks at both of you, giving you a knowing smile.

“I can see you two got to it fast. Good, we have a lot of work to do.” She says, gesturing to a graphic that appears beside her. “I figure it’s about time I give you some more knowledge on the program, seeing as how you’ve begin it by yourselves.” She says with a laugh and a wink.

Your sister looks up to you, and says “I’m listening, I swear.” as she cuddles deeper into your arms, closing her eyes. You keep your attention on Aphrodite.

“There are four crucial facilities that we need to get operational to begin the program. The first is the lab.” The image changes to a render of what you guess is the unpacked lab. A large, octagonal structure that is covered in glass windows. “This will facilitate all of the Gene research and modifications required to facilitate the program.”

She moves on, changing the image to a render of a large dark gray building, with no windows. On the roof is a massive solar array. “The Catalyst facility holds forty separate growth vats, and is the largest consumer of electricity on the Outpost. These vats are specially designed and custom built for peak performance.” She pauses, eyeing you. “Their purpose is to accelerate the growth and development of offspring.”

Everleigh’s eyes shoot open, and she leans up a little to ask a question. “Um, how much does it accelerate the growth? Is it dangerous?” Your sister is understandably concerned, after all, there’s no one else here. It’ll have to be your children that are going into these devices.

Aphrodite shifts her weight, moving her hips to one side. “Not at all, and actually, it’s not changing how they grow. It’s changing how fast they exist.” She stands up straight, and a detailed diagram of the growth vat appears. “You see, the vat creates a temporal distortion. Time is perceived as flowing almost 20 times faster within the device, when compared to the outside world.” The diagram changes to a helmet-looking device. “The children will survive in suspended animation, while they experience a virtual childhood and education. After almost one year in the vat, the child will emerge biologically and psychologically eighteen, with a full education on language, math, sciences, history, and theory.”

Your sister looks up at you. She seems amazed. “Only one year to grow and teach a person everything they need to know?” She asks. “Why hasn’t this been a thing on Earth?”

Aphrodite laughs. “Well, each vat is valued at around 800 billion earth credits, so they aren’t very common, and they’re also banned on earth, due to complex human rights issues. However, they are perfect for their purpose here, creating a large gene pool and a sustaining population at a rapid rate.”

You’re amazed, you didn’t know these kinds of programs even existed. You suppose that this program was a last-ditch effort to expand human life, so no shortcuts would be taken.

You ask the AI. “Is this the only facility of its type?”

She looks to you. “No, there are twenty in total, but this outpost was the only one sent to this star system with the Avalanys program.” She lowers her gaze. “Originally, the Avalanys program had a large enough gene pool to sustain human development. That is no longer the case. We were only intended as a backup, in case issues with the Avalanys developed.”

Developed they did. The entire ship was destroyed, and you’re the only survivors.

Your little sister speaks up. “We’ll do whatever it takes, humanity has to survive.” She says, surprising you with her dedication to the cause.

“That’s the only objective of this program. All else is optional, all else comes second.” Aphrodite confirms with a nod, before resuming her lecture.

“Now, the third essential piece of this program, is the the Gene editor.” The diagram switches to a render of a small building, with a glass front room. The diagram animates, changing the point of view as if you’re walking through the front door. Inside is a reclined chair/bed looking thing. Honestly it looks really comfortable. Above it, is a large piece of machinery. It looks almost like a huge microscope, and it points towards the center of the bed. Next to it is a standing console, covered in screens and controls.

Aphrodite gestures to the diagram. “This Gene editor will allow you to change and perfect biological data in-utero. It will also allow some changes to be made to the mother as well, but with limited functionality. Customization, optimization, and perfection of offspring will be possible, all in the name of creating the perfect gene pool for humanity.”

You decide to hold your questions for now, and let her finish her lesson. Everleigh seems to do the same.

The diagram changes once more, showcasing a large glass building, bigger than all the others except maybe the dormitories, and you recognize what it looks like immediately.

Aphrodite continues. “A state of the art hospital, complete with auto-surgeons and medication manufacturing facilities, will offer a large variety of support and solutions for any issues that may arise.” The AI dissolves the diagram. “Now, where would we like to begin?”

Everleigh looks up at you, and in a soft voice, says “Scott, you’re in charge. I love you, I trust you. I’ll do this whole thing however you think we should.”

Aphrodite stands in front of you, with her arms behind her back, awaiting a response.