A radio buzzes and a woman speaks into a microphone, "The sun rises on this the third day stranded on the arid surface of Mars. The impact upon landing left more damaged than many had hoped for. People are a dead, thousands of people aboard the sky transport Hope. The ship's main systems are beyond repair. A single vehicle came out unscathed and a dozen or so oxygen yielding fiber suits survived. Food and water supplies seem to be maintainable for another month but beyond that the crew may starve to death if a solution isn't found. There are plenty of scraps around here, things we could build with. Hard choices will have to be made if we are to colonize. " The buzzing fades to silence.
