Chapter 2 Chapter two

It has been a quarter of a century since humans visited Mars again. Six years after the Messenger dormant, the IAF funded the launch of an unmanned probe, Zombie, that traveled through space, orbiting Mars during the waiting period between two crewed spaceflights, and then Return to Earth.The photos taken by automatic cameras show a land that is unattractive to humans. Various data also confirm that the atmosphere on the surface of Mars is thin and extremely unstable, which is not suitable for human survival at all. However, judging from the photos taken by the "Snake God", the gullies called "canals" on the surface of Mars are man-made; in addition, there are other special landforms that are suspected to be urban ruins.Had it not been for the outbreak of World War III, mankind would have immediately started another manned flight to Mars to find out.

But as a result of the war and the delay, humanity assembled a team stronger than the lineup of the missing Messenger.The Federation spacecraft "Victor" has 41 members, all male, including 18 astronauts and 23 expedition members.With the "Lyle Thruster", they traveled through space to Mars in just nineteen days, and successfully landed in the area south of La Kuslosi.The reason why Captain Van Tromp chose to land here again is to search for the "Envoy" that disappeared here many years ago.New expeditions report back every day, with three standing out: "Find the missing rocket-propelled spacecraft ''Envoy'', no survivors. "

"There is civilization on Mars." "Correction to Report 23-105: One 'Emissary' survivor found."