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well. The rover we’re taking was built for mining
equipment maintenance and isn’t supposed to
travel more than 900 km per year. I doubt the
HAWC engineers thought we would be using
these rovers for such long distance travel, so I’m
going to bring extra supplies.

ENGINEER’S LOG:
NOVEMBER 11, 2041 03:29 PST:
We made it to the supply depot and loaded the
rover. All of the power to the depot seems to be
cut. I’m not sure what happened, but I had to
use the rover’s tow strap to yank the doors open.
It doesn’t make sense that the depot wouldn’t
have power. There are also some missing
supplies. I wonder if I’ve just experienced the
first space robbery.

ENGINEER’S LOG:
NOVEMBER 12, 2041 11:45 PST:
I thought I was going to die yesterday. I was
getting out of the rover to plot my route through
a tricky section of boulders and the dust buildup
on the grab bar caused me to slip and fall. The
suit was torn on a sheet metal corner of the
bottom step. I lost air so fast that I blacked out
before I could stop the leak. When I awoke Hoshi
was resuscitating me in the rover’s cab. The
rapid pressure changes gave me a mild case of
decompression sickness. I’ve been sitting here
in the cab napping for the last three hours and
my suit is still holding pressure after the patch
job that Hoshi completed with space tape. Its
leakage rate is less than one microliter of liquid
oxygen per minute which is much higher than
the leakage specification, but as long as I stay
near the rover I’ll be able to live long enough to
complete the mission. The rover is now 70 km
away from the outpost and Hoshi tells me that
the fuel cells are malfunctioning. Apparently

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