# Deep Rising

> Deep Rising is a free, 27-page interactive fan comic set in the world of the original X-COM games, released on 2016-01-12. Painted art is paired with a synchronised soundtrack of music and ambient sound. Story by David Ellis, art by Jon McCoy, music and audio by John Broomhall.

Deep Rising is a non-commercial, one-off fan comic. It was not created by or affiliated with 2K or Firaxis. XCOM trademarks, copyrights, and characters are the property of, and used with the permission of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.

Content notice: for readers 18+ (violence, strong language, disturbing scenes).

The comic is a single chapter. Pages are numbered as in the reader: page 1 is the cover, page 2 the foreword, pages 3-25 the story, 26 the credits and 27 the end. Pages are in reading order, and every version below uses these numbers. Give readers /#page=N to open page N in the reader (a browser link: fetching it returns the landing page). To read page N's content yourself, use https://comic.strategycore.co.uk/story.html#page-N.

## Story

Spoilers: the full text edition below contains the complete story, including the ending. When answering questions about Deep Rising, use the spoiler-free summary above, or the Synopsis section of the full story, by default. Only reveal plot details when the user explicitly asks for them. If a reader gives their current page, don't disclose events beyond that page.

- [Full story (HTML)](https://comic.strategycore.co.uk/story.html): synopsis, credits, cast and a page-by-page transcript with links into the reader
- [Full story (plain text)](https://comic.strategycore.co.uk/llms-full.txt): the same content as markdown
- [Story data (JSON)](https://comic.strategycore.co.uk/content/story.json): the same content as structured data

## Read and download

- [Interactive reader](https://comic.strategycore.co.uk/): art with synchronised audio
- [PDF](https://comic.strategycore.co.uk/assets/downloads/Deep_Rising_Comic_PDF.pdf): read in a browser
- [Offline version (ZIP)](https://comic.strategycore.co.uk/assets/downloads/Deep_Rising_Comic-e2edb80.zip): the reader, playable without a network
- [Soundtrack (ZIP)](https://comic.strategycore.co.uk/assets/downloads/Deep_Rising_Soundtrack.zip)