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Alright, since others are doing this I will post my first page ^_^ (All input appreciated)

A shudder, a whirr. Ice cracks, water evaporates; you awake.

As the capsule's door whirrs to the side, you feel a terrible wave of heat as you try to get out.
 Then, a familiar icy cold surfaces as something sounding like ice cracks; and youshiver out of your cell. 
You stretch out your underwear (the only thing you're clothed in at the moment) and blink several times so 
you can reorient yourself to yoursurroundings once more. Filled with MIDI displays, flashing lights, several Cryo-Capsules already opened, some of your crew mates are still sleeping.

"Glad you are a wake, sir. It's been another 500 years"

The flashing monitor of the console speaks out in an elegant and soothing female voice.
 It could've been set on another voice, Randy wanted it to sound like Mr. T,
 but the rest of the crew agreed that a soothing female voice was the way to go in the sausage fest that is your ship, 
the S.S. Armed-Conflict. It wasn't a combat ship, rather an Explorer-class ship, but your veteran-pilot has a thing with
 weapons, so there you have it.

But yes... It has been another 500 years in space. How long have you been on this godforsaken ship?
 Thousands of years by now, though you yourself haven't aged much;Cryogenic Suspension certainly
 helped with that. You've certainly spent most of your time sleeping, waking up every
 several centuries to see what's going on outside. In fact,after this particular sleep, it appears that
 you have forgotten why you're
 on the this ship in the first place!

Refer to the console. Reading system log should jog your memory

Wake your sleeping crew-mates, it's always a good thing to have everyone on the same page

Or, perhaps, you should get some clothes on first

I require more sustenance.

Screw eating, lets go check the log first so I don't accidently destroy the ship.

Eating will come soon enough :P (as a third of the game will take place wandering the ship)

True though; I'll have to add something to explain not being completely ravenous when waking (maybe Nasogastric intubation or something XD)

Seems like a solid concept. I had a story idea to do something similar at one time. You should definitely continue with this.

Oh and check the console of course.

Thanks Endmaster :D

Still in your undergarments, you groggily wheel up a dusty chair as you boot up the User-interface. It takes a small while, and you hear the rest of your crewmates yawn and go out 
to the rest of the ship. 

The screen shines a bright white and quickly back to black. You push the button turning the
 screen on. 

The very first thing that pops up asks you to input your name:

Hello, please log in

(There you'd actually input a name for yourself, which is pretty cool IMO)

Of course, my writing isn't nearly as good as the others entering the Contest, but I'm rather content ^_^

xD I'll just say now that if you didn't tell me to put my name it I would have figured I missed a password or something in the previous page. 

No you wouldn't, it asks you to input your name (with a JavaScript pop-up thing) just when you click the link. Twine is rather good about that ^_^

I do enjoy the beginning, but may I ask why you highlighted the whole thing?

I actually copied and pasted it from my story-writing program, for whatever reason it automatically outputs it in that color.

Thanks!

Actually, the story does sound fascinating, even though I don't usually go for Sci Fi themed stroygames.

As long as there is plenty of logical (not gambling) choice and a few different endings, I'll be one happy man.