Welcome to my new sim story! This is a story about survival in the strangest of conditions.

I love Margaret Atwood’s MadAddam Series. So when the idea to create a self-sufficient Earth Ship came up, I knew that I had to name the sims I put in it Adam One and Eve One.

Let’s Begin!

The Setting

Adam and Eve don’t know how they got here. They don’t know eachother. They don’t even have any memories of who they are past their names. They only know their task: sustain the Earth Ship and survive long enough to see the dawning of a new era.

…ok? How hard could it be?

I set both aspirations to knowledge, as it seemed applicable, and made them both Pices. Their amicability and serious nature seems specifically selected for isolated life on an Earth Ship. Huh.

The Earth Ship

The Earth Ship structure is designed entirely out of Greenhouse materials. *Cough*, I mean… ultra thick radiation-repellant impermeable bio-glass.

There are a few main sections. The bio-clean entrance, for when the Earth Ship is one day able to open when the environment becomes habitable again, has detox showers and UltraRad disinfectant panels.

The grand chamber is a place of meaningful recollection. The slice of a magnificent oak tree stands as a reminder of what the Earth Ship protects- all nature and life.

You then pass into the arboretum. One wing houses Apple trees, the other is the citrus room with lemons and oranges.

If you pass through the central biohazardous decontamination room, sterile hallways will lead you to the two main vegetation wings. Though they have replicated environments to battle the apocalyptic environment outside, plants grown here will still require tending. They work best if only one type of crop is planted in each at a time… but we will see if Adam and Eve figure that out…

Bio-waste composting rooms are attached to each wing.

At the centre of the hub lie the living chambers. Ultra utilitarian they have everything Adam and Eve will need. Seating, cooking objects, hygiene, a physical exercise station, educational material, and rest-pods. You might think all the glass is an issue for privacy, but what is privacy really when you are one of only two people living out a post-apocalyptic mission in an Earth Ship?

Off the living quarters at the back of the Earth Ship is the tertiary vegetation wing. Plants grown here are used (sold off) in the bio-compactor to power the Earth Ship.

Part 1- Arrival

Adam and Eve woke up in the sterilization chamber. After a bio-scrub they tentatively explored their new surroundings.

While gazing upon the sacred oak slice, they slowly recalled the directive they had been given. To survive and sustain the Earth Ship they had to get working- power and rations would run out fast!

And so they began… neither had any experience tending plants, and in the beginning it was a slow journey.

On the first two days they worked long into the night. Stopping only for the most basic of needs.

And thus became the existence of Adam and Eve. The constant toil to sustain the ship, and maintain the plants, began to take its toll. Even as things began to grow, long hours, little sleep, and isolation made them irritable.

The one thing that did advance was their skills. They began to discover new gardening techniques, and over time the found ways to make their rations tastier.



Though they found a routine- wake, eat, garden, eat, sleep, the Earth Ship seemed to be requiring more maintenance than they could maintain. Power supplies were slowly dwindling and the tertiary energy room still needed more planting if they were to survive.

An exhausted Eve woke in the middle of the night, working through her exhaustion, knowing their need for power was great. Adam awoke, and in the dim light of the Earth Ship night lighting watched her toil.

The burden of their work was so great that they had little time to get to know each other, save mealtimes, but watching her work Adam saw the resiliency of her character and found himself humbled and honoured by her hard work and dedication to their survival. Both their spirits were low, but in each other they could find hope.



Part 2: Stability

As Adam and Eve found happiness in their personal life, so too did they find a contented existence within the Earth Ship. They were making enough power, and the first harvests were coming through (a good thing! because rations were beginning to run out). Their crops might have been a bit bland, but they were enough to sustain them.

The nurturing personality of the two sims came through as their gardening skills developed. As they worked they would often talk to the plants, telling them of the new world they were creating.

Part 3: The Coming Darkness

As time wore on decorum faded. Many days saw Adam and Eve working in their pyjamas, too tired to change into work clothes.

But what also faded was the plants. Their weather censors showed that a radioactive storm was approaching, and even with the constructed environment of the Earth Ship, their crops began to fail.

The trees were the first to suffer, they had only just harvested one crop when the trees became dormant, and no longer produced. Half of their crops were dying. How would they make it through?

Counting out their supplies, they thought they had just enough to survive until the storm passed. All they could do was wait, plant new seedlings, and hope that they had done enough to survive.

In their desperation they took comfort in one another, waiting for what the storm would bring.

Part 4: New Tidings

Eve had been feeling off for a few days, and as the smell of the compost hit her with a wave of nausea, she couldn’t help but wonder…

A few days later there was no denying it, she was pregnant, and the storm was just beginning. They were both scared, how would they make it through with so few resources and another mouth to feed?

Adam was quiet, flying into work on the Earth Ship with renewed vigour. But with time they both opened up. Though they were scared, they couldn’t help but feel joy in the new life that they had created. They would just have to try and make it through…

The storm outside raged, radioactive fallout raining down. And still the barest of seeds grew. Only enough to sustain two, what would they do when there was three? Their supplies were dwindling, and though they put on a brave face for one another, they were worried.

As the storm darkened Eve went into labor. Though they had only the medical experience they were able to read, a baby girl was born without issue, they named her Able.

But it wasn’t done. To their utter surprise Eve was still in labour, it was twins! The second girl arrived safely. And as they held the children in shock, they named her Cain.

Though the storm still raged there was nothing to be done except tend to the ship as best as possible and care for the children.

Part 5: A New Light

The ship had not been designed for children. But the new parents adapted what they could.

As the storm faded, the plants began to bloom once more. Adam and Eve worked twice as hard to tend the ship so that it could sustain the family.

The children grow, and though they had little time to spend together as a family, usually pairing off to tend to Abel and Cain, the moments they had were ones in which they grew closer together, dreaming of a new future that their children might one day see.

The ship bloomed with new lushness that spoke of promise and hope.

As stability dawned on the ship, Adam had an idea…

Taking the trimmings from the arboretum he constructed an arch…

And the trees bloomed, and the Earth Ship hummed, and the storm of the outside world raged on unnoticed for the briefest of times.

And they told their children, you will be ok. One day these doors will open, and we will walk into a new world. We survived, and you will thrive…

(A story to be continued later 🙂 Please comment if you enjoyed! )