Luke sucked in a breath of supercooled air a heartbeat before the small pod opened, and was rewarded with a fit of coughing as he stepped stumbled out of the pod, hacking and bending over as he leaned against the side of the door, now that it was open. He almost spit on the carpet now that he’d stopped coughing and his vision was returning, but remembered his manners and swallowed instead. He glanced at the other passengers emerging and glanced out of one of the large windows, seeing a strange world in place of the once-red planet. He addressed the captain, remembering the pictures he’d seen of the ship and her pilot before the journey.

“Oi, cap’n, Whot’sis about not bein on Mars yet?