In the world to come, there is no more sickness, and no more death. What need of gods? Strangely however, even eternal life can become a kind of death sentence. Centuries of hedonism takes its toll causing some to yearn for new life... i.e., children. This is an unforgivable crime. There are specialized squad units commissioned to track down and eliminate newly unsanctioned life.
The children of Earth are divided into two competing ideologies that define their existence, (re)Shapers, and the Mechanist factions. Their delicate partnerships hitherto, were undesirable but necessary to satisfy mutual business interests. With the recent discovery of the Swarm in the Orion Constellation of the star Betelgeuse, one side puts plans in motion to claim it all.
Alien Spider was protecting the dying crews of space travellers from Necromorphs all the time... Short one shot based on the episode Beyong The Aquilla Rift