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He sat back on a titanium crate, his heart hammering against his ribs. He was alone, millions of miles from the nearest human soul, surrounded by machines that required constant mothering just to keep him inhaling. But as the lights of his automated solar tracking array began to tilt toward the rising sun, Silas felt a grim sense of satisfaction.
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He spent the first "day"—a relative term dictated by his watch rather than the sky—laying the framework for the hab-unit. He wrestled with heavy iron frames, welding them into a skeleton against the backdrop of a distant, swirling Earth. Every movement was a calculation of oxygen consumption versus physical progress. By the second day, the crisis hit. He sat back on a titanium crate, his
As he turned the valve, a plume of frozen crystals erupted into the vacuum, sparkling like diamonds in the harsh sunlight. He watched his levels stabilize, the red warnings on his HUD flickering back to a steady, calm green. Silas looked at his tablet