Tales from the Red Planet: Welcome to Mars

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At first glance it could have been mistaken for an especially bright star. It wasn’t until the sentry’s scanner lingered slightly longer than it should have that the object’s true nature was revealed – an unknown spacecraft carrying uninvited, and possibly unwelcome, guests.

The sentry smiled to himself. He had presumed this was going to be a day exactly like every other; long, uneventful and spent surrounded by more miles than he cared to count of red desert sands. He waited a few moments more, until his scanner was able to determine a like landing site, and then gathered his equipment and set out to meet the craft.

His journey across the barren landscape of his home world was hampered by a minor sandstorm. He took solace, however, in the fact that his guest’s arrival would also be hampered, probably more so, by the same storm, and used the additional time to martial his thoughts.

A reprimand from his Superior Officer for not signalling for reinforcements was almost certain. But five hundred and forty two days alone in his single roomed barracks had left the sentry eager to explore.

When the lost star finally found its way through the unexpected sandstorm, its passengers found the sentry waiting for them at the landing site. His head was bowed and his muscular frame seemed improbably frozen in the midst of the red sands. He looked up only once the hanger doors were fully opened to reveal his unexpected guests and only once they were in earshot did he issue three words in greeting.

“Welcome to Marssssss.”

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