The Martian Affair

by Medron Pryde on September 19, 2020 at 12:01 am

Posted In: Diaries

Lost in all this chaos having to do with my house, yes I have recently published a new story.

The Martian Affair takes place rather earlier than my other stories, in the near-future hellscape of colonial… oh… wait… I don’t tend to do hellscape dystopias, do I? In the near-future utopia of a united and peaceful Earth, the United Nations have colonized… oh… wait… ahem… I guess I really don’t do that either, do I? Let’s try this one more time.

The Martian Affair takes place in the near-future where the AI Council has colonized the Martian moon of Phobos. And the Chinese have claimed and colonized Phobos. And the Americans have claimed and colonized Phobos. And the Russians are getting ready to claim and colonize Phobos, while using the name its original Russian discovers gave it of course.

Martian space was an interesting place in those days. Then an object entered Martian space, crashed through a Chinese satellite, and impacted the Martian surface. Enter Sergeant John Christensen, United States Marines Corps, of Phobos Habitat. He watched the object arrive with his naked eyes. Then he went to retrieve it. This is his story.

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