zerocrimson

The year is 2043 and the U.S. has landed a long-term research team on Mars to explore the viability of colonization. The team is two dozen astronauts that agreed to two years of living on Mars. Annette "Anne" Grace is a 32 year old member of Project Argos out on a routine walk outside of the pressurized habitat. Anne is wearing the standard spacesuit of a skin-tight, but thick counter-pressure shiny blue design with an oblong clear helmet to provide maximum visual range for the wearer. The suit is provided oxygen by an external airpack strapped to the back and connected to the suit via a tube to the back of the helmet. Anne had been on this routine walk for twenty minutes already when she checked in with the on duty comms being Carol Jackson. "Anne to Hab, nothing new to report. Anything new on radar?" "Hab to Anne, skies are clear. At least the comms are working today, I hope that Hank actually fixed them this time. You bored yet?" "Of course I am. This is the fourth week of