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*'''Narrator''': What is the sum of human curiosity, but a yearning to venture into the unknown? To uncover some forbidden secret in the hopes that it will lead to something greater? For hundreds of years, humans had looked up into the sky, wondering what lay beyond. As technology progressed, the means to fulfill these curiosities grew ever closer. Great ships were built to take us into the stars and eventually the deep. We turned our sights then to the dead worlds that lay before us. The promises of a new empire, a new age. Colonization efforts were undertaken on Mars and centuries passed as humanity terraformed its barren deserts. But buried within the red sands, lie the dormant husks of ancient machines forged for a terrible purpose.

''The screen fades in and then to black a few times to simulate the effect of eyes opening. Meanwhile, unintelligible voices can be heard.''

*'''[Unknown]''': Easy. We're in the Desert, your ship was shot down - though it is hard to tell by whom and you crashed. A band of those damned mercenaries may have been responsible for the downing, but then they would have already come to loot the wreckage by now.

*'''[Unknown]''': We're Rangers. We were en route to a nearby settlement when we saw your ship crash. I'm [redacted] by the way.

*'''[Unknown]''': Why not come with us?

''The Rangers begin walking and the screen fades to black.''

*'''[Unknown]''': Okay, the colony is situated just north of here. If we can cross this desert, we can get there fairly quickly.