Policeman

A uniformed officer deployed to secure the Nemesis meteorite crash site. He performs perimeter duty with mechanical routine, using a radio to relay routine updates and scanning the perimeter for intruders. His practical mindset leads him to misidentify alien periscopes as harmless vegetation when investigating technical malfunctions, a fatal misjudgment that exposes the meteorite’s lethal defenses. Though he follows protocol without enthusiasm, his fate underscores both the limits of human perception and the lethal unknown guarding the artifact.