2125: A Dark Day

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Today is a dark day. In the pursuit of human advancement, the history books tend to favor the brave men and women who succeed. The Wright Brothers, the John Glenns, the Edwin Pierces distinguished themselves because they were the ones that did it, that made it through. But around the monolith of every achievement are the bodies of those that tried and failed. Today is a dark day and today we’re going to celebrate the brave men and women who laid down their lives in the tragedy that struck Mars at 04:38 EST this morning.

While the public waits for an official statement regarding what happened, our sources have indicated that a chemical miscalculation in the planetary atmospheric processors made the new atmosphere unstable. “[The atmosphere] didn’t stick,” said a government official who asked not to be named. The planet was in the final stages of terraforming. An oxygen-sustaining environment had been in place for the past two weeks. The scientific community on the planet were still vetting the system but were two days away from officially declaring the planet secure.

This confidence in the atmosphere meant that none of the crew were wearing the appropriate breathing apparatus. While technically a violation of operating protocol, we are told that there was no indication for the ground crew to assume that the atmosphere was anything but stable. Whatever was ultimately responsible happened so fast that no one was able to sound an alarm or seal the ventilations of the various installations around the planet.

The tragedy will no doubt rekindle the long-standing arguments about the merits of terraforming. In the President’s blog-statement this morning, she addressed the possibility of an International committee to investigate how to move forward from this. “While I understand that the notion of terraforming stirs emotions both for and against, the four thousand eight hundred and seventy-six souls died working to push humanity forward, we need to make sure that whatever decision we come to, we move forward honoring the sacrifice made by the heroes of Mars.”

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Autor: Kelsey Morsett


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Heute ist ein dunkler Tag. Im Streben nach menschlichem Fortschritt neigen die Geschichtsbücher dazu, die mutigen Männer und Frauen zu bevorzugen, die Erfolg haben. Die Wright Brothers, die John Glenns, die Edwin Pierces zeichneten sich dadurch aus, dass sie diejenigen waren, die es getan haben, die es geschafft haben. Aber um den Monolithen jeder Leistung herum befinden sich die Körper derer, die versuchten und versagten. Heute ist ein dunkler Tag, und heute feiern wir die tapferen Männer und Frauen, die ihr Leben in der Tragödie verloren haben, die heute Morgen um 04:38 Uhr den Mars heimgesucht hat.

Während die Öffentlichkeit auf eine offizielle Erklärung über das Geschehene wartet, haben unsere Quellen darauf hingewiesen, dass eine chemische Fehlberechnung in den planetarischen Atmosphärenprozessoren die neue Atmosphäre instabil gemacht hat. "[Die Atmosphäre] blieb nicht bestehen", sagte ein Regierungsbeamter, der darum bat, nicht genannt zu werden. Der Planet befand sich in der Endphase des Terraforming. In den letzten zwei Wochen war eine sauerstoffunterstützende Umgebung vorhanden. Die wissenschaftliche Gemeinschaft auf dem Planeten überprüfte das System immer noch, war aber zwei Tage davon entfernt, den Planeten offiziell für sicher zu erklären.

Dieses Vertrauen in die Atmosphäre bedeutete, dass keiner der Besatzungsmitglieder das entsprechende Atemschutzgerät trug. Obwohl es sich technisch gesehen um eine Verletzung des Betriebsprotokolls handelt, wird uns gesagt, dass es keine Hinweise dafür gibt, dass das Bodenpersonal davon ausgehen kann, dass die Atmosphäre alles andere als stabil ist. Was letztendlich verantwortlich war, geschah so schnell, dass niemand in der Lage war, einen Alarm auszulösen oder die Lüftungen der verschiedenen Installationen auf dem Planeten abzudichten.

Die Tragödie wird zweifellos die langjährigen Argumente über die Vorteile des Terraforming wieder aufleben lassen. In der Blog-Erklärung des Präsidenten von heute Morgen sprach sie die Möglichkeit an, dass ein internationaler Ausschuss prüft, wie es weitergehen soll. "Während ich verstehe, dass der Begriff Terraforming Emotionen weckt, sowohl für als auch gegen, sind die viertausend achthundertsechsundsiebzig Seelen gestorben, die daran arbeiteten, die Menschheit voranzubringen, müssen wir sicherstellen, dass wir, egal zu welcher Entscheidung wir kommen, vorankommen und das Opfer der Marshelden ehren."




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Source: Sentinel NewsOrg

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Author: Kelsey Forset


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Today is a dark day. In the pursuit of human advancement, the history books tend to favor the brave men and women who succeed. The Wright Brothers, the John Glenns, the Edwin Pierces distinguished themselves because they were the ones that did it, that made it through. But around the monolith of every achievement are the bodies of those that tried and failed. Today is a dark day and today we’re going to celebrate the brave men and women who laid down their lives in the tragedy that struck Mars at 04:38 EST this morning.

While the public waits for an official statement regarding what happened, our sources have indicated that a chemical miscalculation in the planetary atmospheric processors made the new atmosphere unstable. “[The atmosphere] didn’t stick,” said a government official who asked not to be named. The planet was in the final stages of terraforming. An oxygen-sustaining environment had been in place for the past two weeks. The scientific community on the planet were still vetting the system but were two days away from officially declaring the planet secure.

This confidence in the atmosphere meant that none of the crew were wearing the appropriate breathing apparatus. While technically a violation of operating protocol, we are told that there was no indication for the ground crew to assume that the atmosphere was anything but stable. Whatever was ultimately responsible happened so fast that no one was able to sound an alarm or seal the ventilations of the various installations around the planet.

The tragedy will no doubt rekindle the long-standing arguments about the merits of terraforming. In the President’s blog-statement this morning, she addressed the possibility of an International committee to investigate how to move forward from this. “While I understand that the notion of terraforming stirs emotions both for and against, the four thousand eight hundred and seventy-six souls died working to push humanity forward, we need to make sure that whatever decision we come to, we move forward honoring the sacrifice made by the heroes of Mars.”

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