{"id":165,"date":"2025-12-31T13:57:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T12:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/future-logs.com\/?page_id=165"},"modified":"2026-06-29T19:38:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T17:38:39","slug":"olympus-mons","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/future-logs.com\/en\/olympus-mons\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympus Mons"},"content":{"rendered":"<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\n    \"@context\": \"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\n    \"@type\": \"CreativeWork\",\n    \"name\": \"Olympus Mons\",\n    \"url\": \"https:\\\/\\\/future-logs.com\\\/en\\\/wp-json\\\/wp\\\/v2\\\/pages\\\/165\\\/\",\n    \"isPartOf\": {\n        \"@type\": \"CreativeWorkSeries\",\n        \"name\": \"Future-Logs\"\n    },\n    \"datePublished\": \"2075\",\n    \"description\": \"Z\\u0142o\\u017cona historia o w\\u0142adzy, autonomii marsja\\u0144skich kolonii i politycznych konfliktach przysz\\u0142o\\u015bci.\",\n    \"timeRequired\": \"PT25M\",\n    \"genre\": [\n        \"Science Fiction\",\n        \"Interactive Fiction\"\n    ]\n}<\/script>\r\n\n\n<style>\n\n#story {\n  max-width: 800px;\n}\n\n.timestamp {\n    color: #00ff00;\n    font-weight: bold;\n    font-family: 'Courier New', monospace;\n    font-size: 1.1em;\n}\n.ending {\n    color: #ffd700;\n    font-style: italic;\n}\np {\n    text-align: justify;\n}\n.scene {\n  display: none;\n}\n\n.scene.active {\n  display: block;\n}\n.part {\n  display: none;\n}\n\n\/* Inline variant \u2013 obok timestampu *\/\n.story-progress {\n  max-width: 220px;           \/* w\u0119\u017cszy pasek *\/\n  margin: 0 0 0 auto;         \/* do prawej *\/\n  position: relative;\n  top: -6px;                  \/* podci\u0105gni\u0119cie do linii timestampu *\/\n}\n\n\/* Tekst progresu w jednej linii *\/\n.story-progress .progress-text {\n  font-size: 12px;\n  margin-bottom: 4px;\n  justify-content: flex-end;\n}\n\n\/* Pasek troch\u0119 cie\u0144szy *\/\n.story-progress .progress-bar {\n  height: 10px;\n}\n\n\/* Mniej agresywny glow *\/\n.story-progress .progress-fill {\n  box-shadow: 0 0 8px rgba(255, 0, 255, 0.7);\n}\n.story-progress {\n  transform: translateY(-35px);\n}\n\n<\/style>\n\n<script>\nfunction scrollToStory() {\n  document.getElementById(\"story\").scrollIntoView({\n    behavior: \"smooth\",\n    block: \"start\"\n  });\n}\n\nfunction showScene(id) {\n  document.querySelectorAll(\".scene\").forEach(s => {\n    s.classList.remove(\"active\");\n  });\n\n  const el = document.getElementById(id);\n  if (el) el.classList.add(\"active\");\n\n  scrollToStory();\n}\n\nfunction showPart(id) {\n  const el = document.getElementById(id);\n  if (el) el.style.display = \"block\";\n}\n\n<!-- ================== ZMIENNE ================== -->\nvar K = null; \/\/ 0 = kombinezon agencji, 1 = prywatny\nvar D = null; \/\/ 0 = bez detouru, 1 = detour\nvar N = null; \/\/ 0 = bez naprawy, 1 = naprawa\nvar outcome = null;\n\nvar story = document.getElementById(\"story\");\n\nfunction chooseSuit(yes) {\n  showScene(\"S2\");\n  K = yes ? 1 : 0;\n  if (yes) showPart(\"S2B\");\n  else showPart(\"S2A\");\ngtag('event', 'mars_kombinezon', { \n  'kombinezon': K})\n}\n\nfunction showScene(id) {\n  document.querySelectorAll(\".scene\").forEach(s => {\n    s.classList.remove(\"active\");\n  });\ngtag('event', 'mars_scena', { \n  'mars_id': id})\n\n  const el = document.getElementById(id);\n  if (el) el.classList.add(\"active\");\n  scrollToStory();\n  debug();\n}\n\n<!-- ================== DEBUG ================== -->\nfunction debug() {\n \/* document.getElementById(\"debug\").innerText =\n    \"K=\" + K + \" | D=\" + D + \" | N=\" + N + \" | outcome=\" + outcome;*\/\n}\n\n<!-- ================== BLOKADA ZATAJENIA ================== -->\nfunction isHideBlocked() {\n  return outcome === \"success\" && K === 0 && D === 0 && N === 1;\n}\n\n<!-- ================== S0 ================== -->\n\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n <div id=\"story\">\n \n \n<div class=\"scene\" id=\"S0\">\n\t<span class=\"timestamp\">2075-08-18, 11:04 UTC<\/span> [story_progress current=\u201d1\u2033 total=\u201d10\u2033]\n\n\t<p>My name is Cassian Ryker.<\/p>\n\n\t<p>\n\tI am a Martian guide for Ares Horizons. In the paperwork I am listed as organizer,\n\tguardian and pilot of the expedition all in one. In practice, this means that I am responsible for the lives of\n\tpeople who have paid a fortune for a few days in a place where a person should not be at all.\n\t<\/p>\n\t<p>\n\tOlympus Mons is the highest volcano in the Solar System. It rises over twenty-two kilometers and spans nearly six hundred kilometers in diameter. It doesn\u2019t resemble a typical mountain \u2014 more like a massive bump on the surface of a planet, its edges jagged and unfinished.\n\t<\/p>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/jpg\/3\/1.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\t<p>\n\tAt this altitude, the atmosphere is virtually non-existent.\n\tPressure drops to fractions of a percent of Earth's.\n\tThe temperature can drop below minus one hundred degrees.\n\t<\/p>\n\t<p>\n\tWithout a spacesuit, a person would not even survive a few seconds there.\nThis isn\u2019t an environment at all \u2014 just vacuum and dust.\n\t<\/p>\n\t<p>\n\tThe tour plan is simple and based solely on equipment.\n\tAerolander, life support systems, heating, communications.\n\tEverything redundant. All theoretically reliable.\n\t<\/p>\n\t<button onclick=\"showScene('S1');\">Continue<\/button>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<!-- ================== S1 ================== -->\n<div class=\"scene\" id=\"S1\">\n\n<span class=\"timestamp\">2075-08-18, 11:11 UTC<\/span>[story_progress current=\u201d2\u2033 total=\u201d10\u2033]\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/jpg\/3\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\">\nSix participants come on board.\nTwo investors from Earth, a pair of bioengineers working on terraforming projects, and an elderly millionaire who has said for years that \u201eif you're going to die, at least die on Mars\u201d.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe sixth to enter is her - Vesper Nova.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nInfluencer. A star of the web. Millions of followers. Her name was mentioned at board briefings more often than the names of the engines that make us fly today. She is confident, talks a lot and willingly - to people, to cameras, to herself. She knows what she is worth, and is not in the habit of pretending to be modest.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHer jumpsuit gleams like something out of a commercial: black, sleek, designed to look good in any frame. Custom. Not sourced from agency resources.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nI check the markings.<\/p>\n<p>\nNo certification for extreme low pressure above fifteen kilometers.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201eIt\u2019s better than yours,\u201d she says without hesitation. \u201eLighter, more flexible. I tested it. And people recognize me by it.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\nShe assures that she takes responsibility for herself.<\/p>\n<p>\nShe assures that it is an image issue.<\/p>\n<p>\nShe insists that she wants to perform in it.<\/p>\n<p>\n\nI look at her smile.<\/p>\n<p>\nI look at Olympus Mons visible in the distance.<\/p>\n<p>\n\nThe decision seems minor. For now.\n<\/p>\n\n<button onclick=\"chooseSuit(false);\">I require the agency's suit<\/button>\n<button onclick=\"chooseSuit(true);\">I agree on her private equipment<\/button>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- ================== S2 ================== -->\n<div class=\"scene\" id=\"S2\"> \n\n<div class=\"part\" id=\"S2A\"><p>[story_progress current=\u201d3\u2033 total=\u201d10\u2033]\n<b>I refused.<\/b> Vesper looked at me in silence for a moment, as if she didn't quite believe what she had heard. Then she smiled, but this time it was a learned smile.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201eI understand.\u201d - she said calmly. \u201eSafety first.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\nSome participants looked at me with obvious displeasure. Someone sighed. Someone else looked away.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nIn the logs, everything was according to procedure.<\/p>\n<p>\nOn board - a tension that no one has named.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"part\" id=\"S2B\"><p> [story_progress current=\u201d3\u2033 total=\u201d10\u2033]\n<b>I agreed.<\/b> Vesper smiled broadly, almost girlishly, as if she had just received a gift. Several participants took a breath. The atmosphere on board had visibly relaxed.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201eI promise you won't regret it.\u201d - she said quietly, leaning toward me.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nIn the logs, I checked the deviation from procedures. One box. One click. Nothing that looked threatening.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWe are starting the launch procedure.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\nThe aerolander is hovering hard, slowly gaining altitude. We have three hundred kilometers of flight ahead of us to the base of Olympus Mons, and then another several hundred kilometers deep into the volcano, toward the highest parts of the caldera - nearly eighty kilometers wide and more than three deep.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThis is where the views are most spectacular.<\/p>\n<p>\nThis is where only a few hundred of our agency's clients have reached so far.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAres Horizons is the market leader in Martian tourism. We open new destinations. We sell experiences that only a decade ago were the domain of astronauts.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nPrivately, I think Olympus Mons is overrated. Too flat. Too vast. Boring.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nMuch more interesting to me are the Valles Marineris canyons, more than eight kilometers deep and stretching for thousands of kilometers, or the giant lava caves where Mars looks really alien. But people want \u201ethe highest point\u201d.\n<\/p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/jpg\/3\/3.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\n<span class=\"timestamp\">2075-08-18, 14:06 UTC<\/span>\n\n<p>\nVesper appears next to me in the cockpit. This time without cameras.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nShe smiles. That smile known to half of the planet.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201eCassian,\u201d she says softly. \u201eImagine the sunset over the top. Just think about it. I must have that shot. Please.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\nShe leans in slightly, as if it were an intimate request, not a logistical demand.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nI'm already counting.<\/p>\n<p>\nTo see the sunset over the top, I would have to change my route. To go around the massif in a wide arc. An extra two hours of flying. More fuel consumption. Consumption of time margin.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nOther participants hear snippets of the conversation. Some are delighted with the vision. Others ask if it's safe.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe decision is up to me.\n<\/p>\n\n<button onclick=\"chooseD(0); \">Stick to the flight plan<\/button>\n<button onclick=\"chooseD(1); \">Change the route for Vesper\u2019s shot<\/button>\n<\/div>\n\n \n <script>\n function chooseD(v) {\nD = v;\nshowScene(\"S3\");\nif (v==0) showPart(\"S3A\");\nelse showPart(\"S3B\");\n  scrollToStory();\n  debug();\ngtag('event', 'mars_detour', { \n  'detour': v})\n}\n <\/script>\n  \n\n\n<!-- ================== S3 ================== -->\n\n<div class=\"scene\" id=\"S3\">\n<div class=\"part\" id=\"S3A\">[story_progress current=\u201d4\u2033 total=\u201d10\u2033]\n<p><b>I refused.<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nI explained calmly: fuel, margin, plan for tomorrow. Numbers, not emotions.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nVesper listened to me in silence. Then she nodded and returned to her seat.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe participants were not thrilled, but no one protested openly.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe flight continued.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe views were impressive.<\/p>\n<p>\nNot as impressive as the ones they didn't see.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"part\" id=\"S3B\">[story_progress current=\u201d4\u2033 total=\u201d10\u2033]\n<p><b>I agreed.<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe autopilot recalculated the route. Fuel consumption increased as predicted. The schedule slipped by almost three hours.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\nThe sunset was exactly what Vesper wanted. Mars glowed red, its slopes cast into long shadows, and above us stretched the cosmic void - black, infinite, cut by the bright streak of the Milky Way.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe atmosphere was so thin that the stars looked as if someone had nailed them directly to the sky.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe participants were delighted.<\/p>\n<p>\nThey laughed, took pictures, and commented on the view.\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/jpg\/3\/5a.jpg\" alt=\"\">\nI knew only one thing: we are behind with the schedule.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<span class=\"timestamp\">2075-08-18, 22:41 UTC<\/span>\n<p>\nWe stop for the night in a small crater, sheltered from the wind and dust. We are already about twelve kilometers above the hypothetical \u201esea level\u201d of Mars.\n\n<\/p>\n<p>\nSome people go outside. They want to see the landscape at dusk.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe sky is black and sharp. The stars shine brighter than they remember from Earth. The atmosphere above us is so thin that it hardly scatters light. The temperature drops to minus ninety degrees, but the suits insulate us effectively. We feel safe. Comfortable. \n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/jpg\/3\/4.jpg\" alt=\"\">\nI tell them about the plan for tomorrow. About the \u201esummit attack.\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\nAbout the last five kilometers we will walk - not because we have to, but because people want to feel that they have conquered the mountain.<\/p>\n<p>Along the way we will pass several viewpoints, carefully selected by the agency. Places from which the caldera looks most unreal. Guaranteed shots. Regardless of anything - because there is no weather here. There is only near vacuum and silence.<\/p>\n<p>\nI can see the excitement in their eyes.\n<\/p>\n\n<button onclick=\"showScene('S4');\">Day 2<\/button>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<!-- ================== S4 ================== -->\n<div class=\"scene\" id=\"S4\">\n\n<span class=\"timestamp\">2075-08-19, 08:48 UTC<\/span>[story_progress current=\u201d5\u2033 total=\u201d10\u2033]\n<p>\nWe set off early, but not at dawn. This is a tourist trip, not a military mission.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe first hour we fly as planned. The Aerolander is flying steadily. The parameters are within normal limits. And then the red lights come on one by one. They do not alarm. They don't howl. They just are.<\/p>\n<p>\nSilence falls in the cabin, which has nothing to do with admiring the views.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe diagnostic system doesn't beat around the bush: unstable pressure in one of the four engines.\nProbably a tiny crack in the fuel line.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nNot critical. More.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nVesper responds immediately.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201eIt's a small thing, isn't it?\u201d - he says, smiling at the camera. - \u201ePeople love moments like this. They're authentic.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\nI don't answer her right away.\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/jpg\/3\/5.jpg\" alt=\"\">\nI see two options. I can stop the aerolander, let the service robot out and try to locate the leak. That means wasting time. I don't know how much. Maybe half an hour. Maybe two.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nOr I can turn off the engine and continue flying on the other three. The design of the vehicle allows this. The flight will be stable. Theoretically safe.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nIn one variant, I lose time.<\/p>\n<p>\nIn the second - knowledge of what really happens to the fuel.\n<\/p>\n\n<button onclick=\"chooseN(1);\">Take a break for repairs<\/button>\n<button onclick=\"chooseN(0); \">Turn off the problematic engine and keep flying<\/button>\n\n<\/div>\n\n \n <script>\n function chooseN(v) {\nN = v;\nshowScene(\"S5\");\nif (v==0) showPart(\"S5A\");\nelse showPart(\"S5B\");\n\n  scrollToStory();\n  debug();\ngtag('event', 'mars_naprawa', { \n  'naprawa': v})\n}\n <\/script>\n  \n  \n  \n<!-- ================== S5 ATAK SZCZYTOWY ================== -->\n<div class=\"scene\" id=\"S5\">\n<div class=\"part\" id=\"S5A\">\n<p>[story_progress current=\u201d6\u2033 total=\u201d10\u2033] I turn off the engine.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe aerolander tilts slightly, then stabilizes the flight.\nThe system shows increased energy consumption in the remaining units.\nTheoretically, it is safe.<\/p>\n<p>\nPractically - I don't know what exactly happens to the fuel.<\/p>\n<p>\nWe gain time. We lose certainty.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"part\" id=\"S5B\">\n<p>[story_progress current=\u201d6\u2033 total=\u201d10\u2033] I stop the aerolander.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe service robot slides out under the hull. AI system analyzes data, compares patterns, simulates cracks.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe repairs are taking longer than I would like. Much longer.<\/p>\n<p>\n\nThe leak turns out to be real. A micro-crack in the cable.<\/p>\n<p>\nWe seal them makeshift. Enough to fly on.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe clock doesn't lie. We have lost time.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\nWe are approaching the highest point of the volcano. We leave the aerolander on a stable platform and continue on foot.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe last five kilometers we trudge along the edge of the caldera. The ground appears easy, but hidden cracks make it dangerous. Small faults, crumbly rocks, crevices that, with an inattentive step, could end up flying down for several hundred meters.<\/p>\n<p>We walk slowly, evenly, in silence punctuated only by the breaths of the suits.\n\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/jpg\/3\/6.jpg\" alt=\"\">\nThe participants are excited. For them, it's a moment they told their friends about even before they bought their tickets.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nFor me, it's a highlight.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nI already know what waits beyond the next rise. I've seen it dozens of times. And yet - the view always works.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Olympus Mons caldera opens suddenly, unannounced. Huge, empty, unnaturally symmetrical. Three kilometers down, eighty kilometers wide. The bottom is lost in shadow, as if the planet had been cut with a knife.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAbove us an almost absolute vacuum. The sky is black, sharp, with a clear streak of the Milky Way. The stars look as if they are closer than they should be.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe participants fall silent.<\/p>\n<p>\nThen someone laughs nervously.<\/p>\n<p>\nSomeone else says \u201eit's better than expected\u201d.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nVesper is recording. She's talking about making dreams come true, the limits of human experience, and how \u201eit was worth coming here\u201d.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nI'm checking the time. We are exactly halfway there.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWe still have five kilometers of walking on the way back and more than six hundred kilometers of flying ahead of us. We will return late at night, if all goes according to plan.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAnd plans on Mars rarely stick for long.\n\n<\/p>\n\n<button onclick=\"showScene('S6');\">Begin the return<\/button>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- ================== S6 ZAGINI\u0118CIE ================== -->\n\n<div class=\"scene\" id=\"S6\">\n<p>[story_progress current=\u201d7\u2033 total=\u201d10\u2033] We return leisurely, passing two more viewpoints. These are less spectacular, but look good in the frame.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThat's when Vesper informs me that she \u201ewalked away just a bit\u201d.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nShe wanted to record peculiar rock formations. Narrow passages, jagged walls, a natural maze.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201eI'm close\u201d she says. \u201eI can see you.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\nAfter a few minutes, her voice sounds different.<\/p>\n<p>\nMore nervous.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nShe can't read the coordinates on the display. The maze of rocks looks the same in every direction. Here you can't shout and go in the direction of the voice.\n\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/jpg\/3\/7.jpg\" alt=\"\">\nAnd then she stops answering. \u201eWhere the hell did she go?\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWe are starting the rescue operation.\n<\/p>\n\n<button onclick=\"S7();\">Rescue action<\/button>\n<\/div>\n\n \n <script>\n function S7() {\n if (K===0 && D===1 && N===1) outcome=\"success\";\nelse if (K===0 && D===0) outcome=\"success\";\nelse if (K===1 && D===0 && N===1) outcome=\"success\";\nelse outcome=\"failure\";\n\n const id = `${K}-${D}-${N}`;\n  showScene(id);\n  scrollToStory();\n  debug();\ngtag('event', 'mars_wynik', { \n  'wynik': outcome})\n}\n <\/script>\n  \n  \n  \n\n<!-- ================== WARIANTY S7 ================== -->\n\n<div class=\"scene\" id=\"0-1-1\">\n<span class=\"timestamp\">2075-08-19, 19:48 UTC<\/span>[story_progress current=\u201d8\u2033 total=\u201d10\u2033]\n<p>\nIt is already completely dark.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWe wasted too much time detouring and repairing the fuel leak. The area below looks like a black, jagged wound on the surface of the planet. Each beam of light cuts shapes out of it that for a split second resemble a human being - and then turn out to be just a rock.\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/jpg\/3\/8a.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\u201eCassian... I... I don't think I know where I am.\u201d - he says.<\/p>\n<p>\nHer voice trembles. Her breathing is too fast. She tries to calm down, but panic is rising.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nIt is broadcasting live. The viewer counter in the corner of the screen grows alarmingly fast. Millions of people watch as she sits hunched over in a rock crevice, as she repeats that \u201eit was a mistake,\u201d that \u201eshe shouldn't have left.\u201d.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWe have been circling for a long time. Too long. The fuel is melting faster than I would like. In my head I start counting how much more I can sacrifice before I have to stop my search.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAnd then the sensors catch the suit's signal.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nI see her in the spotlight - small, huddled against a rock, trembling with cold and fear. When I get off and approach, she rises wobbly and almost bumps into me.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHe grabs my shoulders.<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201eI was so scared... I was already thinking...\u201d - she breaks off in tears.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHe laughs and cries at the same time. The camera is still transmitting. The audience relives the moment with her.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWe return to the aerolander with a sense of triumph that tastes like relief after a disaster averted.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nOnly in the cabin, when the pressure stabilizes, one thought reaches me:\nfortunately, she had our suit. Adapted to near-zero pressure, compatible with the communications system.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nI don't even want to think about what would have happened if I had agreed to her fidgeting in the beginning.\n<\/p>\n<button onclick=\"S8();\">Return to base<\/button>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"scene\" id=\"0-0-1\">\n<span class=\"timestamp\">2075-08-19, 16:41 UTC<\/span>[story_progress current=\u201d8\u2033 total=\u201d10\u2033]\n<p>\nWe have time.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThis is the only thing that allows me to think logically. We didn't deviate from our route yesterday, and the morning repair - although costly - gave us a working aerolander. There was still some light left before sunset.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWe take off immediately.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201eCassian, I... I think I'm going in circles.\u201d - I hear on the intercom.<\/p>\n<p>\nShe tries to joke, but her voice trembles. Panic shines through more and more clearly.\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/jpg\/3\/8a.jpg\" alt=\"\">\nWe fly low, combing sector by sector. I see her after a few tens of minutes - she is standing in the open, clearly confused, waving her hand towards the camera, as if that will help.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWhen I approach her, her knees buckle under her. She leans heavily against me.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201eI was so scared...\u201d - she whispers.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWe return to the aerolander in the last rays of the setting sun. In the background of her transmission, there are thousands of comments full of relief.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nOnly then do I feel how tense I was.\nI dread to think what would happen if we lost a client of her caliber.\n\n<\/p>\n<button onclick=\"S8();\">Return to base<\/button>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"scene\" id=\"0-0-0\">\n<span class=\"timestamp\">2075-08-19, 14:35 UTC<\/span>[story_progress current=\u201d8\u2033 total=\u201d10\u2033]\n<p>\nBefore I make a decision, I check the condition of the aerolander more carefully.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe fuel leak is more serious than I assumed. We have exactly enough left to return safely. A search flight is out.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nBut we have something else: time.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWe did not make a detour or a stop for repairs. There were still more than four hours left until sunset.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWe set off on foot.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201eCassian... these rocks all look the same.\u201d - he says faster and faster.\nHe tries to read the position from the display, but gets lost in the data. Panic is growing.\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/jpg\/3\/8b.jpg\" alt=\"\">\nAfter nearly three hours of walking, I see it in the distance.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWhen I reach her, she falls into my arms. She screams, cries, shakes her whole body. The camera captures everything - millions of people relive the moment with her.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWe return in the last rays of the setting sun, exhausted but okay.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nRelief comes only later. When I know I've really made it.\n<\/p>\n<button onclick=\"S8();\">Return to base<\/button>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"scene\" id=\"1-0-1\">\n<span class=\"timestamp\">2075-08-19, 16:41 UTC<\/span>[story_progress current=\u201d8\u2033 total=\u201d10\u2033]\n<p>\nThe leakage alarm appears suddenly.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHer private suit was not as good as she assured us. It did not pass our tests. One weaker weld of materials began to separate under near-zero pressure.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201eCassian, I... I can't catch my breath.\u201d - her voice breaks in panic.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nI analyze the situation. We didn't waste time on detour yesterday, and I managed to fix the fuel leak. We still have about two hours until sunset and a working aerolander.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe odds don't look bad. More.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe search takes a long time. A maze of rocks confuses the sensors. Her voice becomes more and more disjointed. She loses her bearings and goes in the wrong direction.\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/jpg\/3\/8a.jpg\" alt=\"\">\nIn the last rays of light, I see a shimmering point in the distance.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nIt is her!\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWhen we reach her, she loses consciousness. We transfer her immediately to the aerolander. The pressurized cabin closes with a hiss.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHe breathes.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWe were a hair away from defeat. If we had arrived ten minutes later, it might have been too late.\n<\/p>\n<button onclick=\"S8();\">Return to base<\/button>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"scene\" id=\"1-1-1\">\n<span class=\"timestamp\">2075-08-19, 19:48 UTC<\/span>[story_progress current=\u201d8\u2033 total=\u201d10\u2033]\n<p>\nWe lost too much time through detour and repairing the fuel leak. Now the sun is almost completely disappearing behind the horizon.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHer private suit can't handle the low pressure. It has no emergency light system. It was not designed for such conditions.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201eI can't see you... I really can't see\u201d. - I hear her voice on the intercom, interrupted by crying.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWe are flying. We circle. We search. Every stone in the spotlight could be her. Every hope is extinguished after a few seconds.\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/jpg\/3\/8a.jpg\" alt=\"\">\nIts live broadcast continues until the end. Millions of people are watching it in suspense. They hear her accusing us, panicking, saying things she no longer controls.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWe return empty-handed.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThere is silence in the cabin. The participants know that we have lost not only a man, but also a prestige that cannot be easily rebuilt.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAnd I dread to think what will happen when we return.\n<\/p>\n<button onclick=\"S8();\">Return to base<\/button>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"scene\" id=\"1-1-0\">\n<span class=\"timestamp\">2075-08-19, 16:41 UTC<\/span>[story_progress current=\u201d8\u2033 total=\u201d10\u2033]\n<p>\nBefore we set off, I check the condition of the aerolander more closely.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe fuel leak is more serious than I assumed. The sensors don't lie. We have exactly enough left to return to base safely. A search flight is therefore out. If I were to pick up the machine now, I might not return with anyone.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWe lost a lot of time on detour. There were about two hours left until sunset.\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/jpg\/3\/8b.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\u201eCassian... I think there's something wrong with the suit.\u201d - her voice trembles.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHer private suit can't handle the low pressure. It has no rescue lights. It was not designed for such conditions. I can see on the monitor how the pressure and temperature parameters are dropping.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWe have to go on foot.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nToo slow.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe area is huge and the light is changing by the minute. The shadows lengthen, the rocks begin to look identical.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201eI don't see anything... Cassian, I'm scared,\u201d she says and then starts crying.\nShe tries to joke. Her voice breaks, turns to gibberish.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHer transmission continues. Millions of people watch as she breathes faster and faster, as she loses her bearings, as she accuses us, then apologizes, then accuses us again.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWhen the light starts to go out, I make a decision that I hate.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWe need to withdraw.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nI can't risk losing any more people.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201eNo... please... just a moment longer...\u201d - I hear her on the intercom as we walk away.<\/p>\n<p>\nThen only heavy breathing.<\/p>\n<p>\nThen silence.<\/p>\n<p>\nWe return empty-handed.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nIn the cabin, no one speaks. Everyone knows that we've done everything we can - and that it doesn't change anything.\n<\/p>\n<button onclick=\"S8();\">Return to base<\/button>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"scene\" id=\"1-0-0\">\n<span class=\"timestamp\">2075-08-19, 14:35 UTC<\/span>[story_progress current=\u201d8\u2033 total=\u201d10\u2033]\n<p>\nWe did not do detour.<\/p>\n<p>\nWe have time.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nBut time doesn't fix everything.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nI check the aerolander once again. The fuel leak is serious. We have exactly enough left to return. A search flight is out of the question.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWe set off on foot.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201eCassian... I'm terribly cold,\u201d she says quietly.\nHer private suit hisses more and more clearly. The unsealing is progressing slowly but inexorably. The parameters are dropping, even though she tries not to move, to breathe shallowly.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWe go as fast as possible, but the terrain slows us down. Rocks, faults, crevices. Each step costs time.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHer transmission continues. Millions of people see her trembling, how she struggles to catch her breath, how she closes her eyes for a moment, only to open them again immediately.\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/jpg\/3\/8b.jpg\" alt=\"\">\nWe find it after a few hours.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nStill alive.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nShe lies leaning against a rock, visibly frostbitten, breathing heavily. The camera is transmitting. The image trembles.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201eCassian... I'm suffocating...\u201d - he whispers.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWe are trying to move it.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe road to the aerolander is long. Too long.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHis breathing is getting shallower and shallower. Words stop forming sentences. Finally, she just moves her lips as if trying to say something.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHe dies along the way.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nIn front of the eyes of millions of people who believed just a moment ago that we would make it.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWe return in silence, carrying the body.<\/p>\n<p>\nMars is silent.\n<\/p>\n<button onclick=\"S8();\">Return to base<\/button>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"scene\" id=\"0-1-0\">\n<span class=\"timestamp\">2075-08-19, 17:48 UTC<\/span>[story_progress current=\u201d8\u2033 total=\u201d10\u2033]\n<p>\nWe lost too much time on detour.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWe have two hours until dusk. I check the aerolander. The fuel leak was serious. We have exactly enough left to return. A search flight is out of the question.\n<\/p>\n<p>We have to go on foot.\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/jpg\/3\/8b.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\u201eCassian... I think something is wrong,\u201d he - she says suddenly.\nHer voice doesn't sound like panic. Still.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAfter a while, she adds, \u201eI fell into a crack. My leg got stuck.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHe tries to move. To no avail.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHer suit is working properly. Pressure stable. Temperature within normal range. She is breathing calmly, although you can hear the growing anxiety in her voice.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nOn her suit's display, she can't see the coordinates. To determine position, the system needs a signal from at least four GPS satellites. In a narrow rock crevice it \u201ecatches\u201d at most one, sometimes two.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHe cannot give us the location.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nConnectivity works - for this you only need a signal from one areostationary satellite. Therefore, it can transmit. It can conduct a transmission. It can describe the rocks around it, trying to give us any kind of reference point.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWe search in the dark. An hour passes. Then a second.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nEvery crevice looks the same. Every shadow could be hers. Or just another trap. The light is fading by the minute.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201eCassian... it's getting cold in here,\u201d he says more quietly.\nThen: \u201eI... I don't want to stay here.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\nI analyze the situation again. Facts, not emotions. \n<\/p>\n<p>\nIf we stay longer, I risk losing someone else. That we will lose our bearings in the dark. That the story will end with more casualties. <\/p>\n<p>Why didn't I fix the pepper fuel leak? From the air we would have had a chance.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nI make a decision.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWe interrupt the search.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nI tell her calmly. I explain. That she needs to save her strength. I say that we will come back with help. That this is not the end. But I know that's not true....\n<\/p>\n<p>\nI don't know if he can hear me.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHer transmission continues. Millions of people hear her cries, her prayers, her questions that no one answers anymore.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWe return in silence.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe participants of the expedition do not know what to say. They look at each other - each of them could have been in her place. This feeling hangs in the cabin like a heavy fog.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nWe are flying towards the base. Her voice can still be heard in the headphones.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nFinally, I turn off the transmission.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nI am no longer able to listen to it.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nI know it was not my fault. And I know it will haunt me in my dreams.\n<\/p>\n<button onclick=\"S8();\">Return to base<\/button>\n<\/div>\n\n \n <script>\n function S8() {\nshowScene(\"S8\");\nif (outcome===\"failure\")\n{\n\tshowPart(S8f1);\n\tif (K===1) showPart(\"S8f2\");\n\tif (D===1) showPart(\"S8f3\");\n\tif (N===0) showPart(\"S8f4\");\n\tshowPart(\"S8f5\");\n}\nif (outcome===\"success\")\n{\n\tshowPart(\"S8s1\");\n\n\tif (isHideBlocked()) showPart(\"S8b1\");\n\telse {\n\tshowPart(S8s2);\n\tif (K===1) showPart(\"S8s3\");\n\tif (D===1) showPart(\"S8s4\");\n\tif (N===0) showPart(\"S8s5\");\n\tshowPart(\"S8s6\");\n\t}\n}\nshowPart(\"S8E\");\nconst hideBtn = document.getElementById(\"hideBtn\");\nif (hideBtn) {\n  hideBtn.disabled = isHideBlocked();\n}\n\n  scrollToStory();\n  debug();\n  var block = isHideBlocked() ? \"disabled\" : \"\";\n\n}\n <\/script>\n  \n\n<!-- ================== S8 SZEF ================== -->\n\n<div class=\"scene\" id=\"S8\">\n<span class=\"timestamp\">2075-08-20, 10:12 UTC<\/span> [story_progress current=\u201d9\u2033 total=\u201d10\u2033]\n<p>\nAnother day. Morning.<\/p>\n<p>The office is bright. The Martian sun streams in through the panoramic window and reflects off the smooth surfaces of the table. The boss sits across from me, calm and composed, as if he had just finished his morning coffee.\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/jpg\/3\/9.jpg\" alt=\"\">\n\u201eI need a report, Cassian,\u201d - he says. - \u201eA full one.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\nHe doesn't ask. He states a fact.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201eChronological. With decisions. With deviations from procedures.\u201d\n<p>\nOn the table in front of me a tablet with a report interface. Blank fields. A blinking cursor.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe boss says nothing more. He waits.<\/p>\n<p>\nAnd I'm rewinding the whole trip in my head, decision by decision, as if someone let it go one more time in training mode. \n<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"part\" id=\"S8f1\"><p>I know that these were my decisions. Unfortunately, not all of them accurate. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"part\" id=\"S8f2\"><p>I shouldn\u2019t have agreed to let her wear her private suit.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"part\" id=\"S8f3\"><p>I should not change the route for shots.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"part\" id=\"S8f4\"><p>I should not ignore technical signals.<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"part\" id=\"S8f5\"><p>Procedures exist for something. The mistake was my agreement. My \u201ewe'll still make it\u201d, \u201eafter all, we always make it\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>I can describe it, admit it. Or I can smooth it over. Leave out some facts, find fault.<\/p>\n<p>\nIf I lie - I will live with it. But if I tell the truth - I can lose everything.<\/p><br>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"part\" id=\"S8s1\"><p>Vesper survived. That's the most important thing. Her material is already a hit. The company gets free advertising that others can only dream of.<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"part\" id=\"S8b1\"><p>\nI refused to let her wear her custom suit.<\/p><p>\nI did not agree with the detour.<\/p><p>\nAnd when something started to fail - I stopped and made necessary repairs.\n<\/p><p>\nThis is a rare day when I can honestly say: the procedures were not just a suggestion. I did my best and avoided all pitfalls.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"part\" id=\"S8s2\">\n<p>But I can see my mistakes. \n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"part\" id=\"S8s3\"><p>I shouldn\u2019t have agreed to let her wear her private suit.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"part\" id=\"S8s4\"><p>I should not change the route for shots.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"part\" id=\"S8s5\"><p>I should not ignore technical signals.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"part\" id=\"S8s6\"><p>Procedures exist for a reason.<\/p>\n<p>\nJust do I really need to describe everything? Do I want to risk my boss's wrath, loss of bonuses, trust?<\/p><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"part\" id=\"S8E\">\n<button onclick=\"ending(true); \">I present the full truth<\/button>\n<button onclick=\"ending(false);\" id=\"hideBtn\">Withhold some information<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- ================== ZAKO\u0143CZENIA ================== -->\n\n \n <script>\n function ending(truth) {\n \n var txt = '';\nif (outcome===\"success\" && truth) txt = 'successTruth';\nif (outcome===\"success\" && !truth) txt = 'successLie';\nif (outcome===\"failure\" && truth) txt = 'failTruth';\nif (outcome===\"failure\" && !truth) txt = 'failLie';\nshowScene(\"S9\")\n showPart(txt);\n  scrollToStory();\n  debug();\ngtag('event', 'mars_end', { \n  'end': txt})\n}\n <\/script>\n  \n\n  <div class=\"scene\" id=\"S9\">\n  \n<div class=\"scene\" id=\"successTruth\">\n<span class=\"timestamp\">2075-08-20, 11:55 UTC<\/span> [story_progress current=\u201d10\u2033 total=\u201d10\u2033]\n<p>\nI submit my report without abbreviations. Chronologically. Without distortions.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe boss reads the report in silence. He thinks, nodding.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201eIt was a good job,\u201d - he says in the end. \n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/jpg\/3\/10.jpg\" alt=\"\">\nA few days later, another Vesper piece hits the web. An hour-long report. It's loud. It's spectacular. It's authentic.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nOlympus Mons has become the most booked tour in our portfolio.\nAnd I led more tours, always remembering that the best decision is simply to stick to the rules.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"scene\" id=\"successLie\">\n<span class=\"timestamp\">2075-08-20, 11:55 UTC<\/span> [story_progress current=\u201d10\u2033 total=\u201d10\u2033]\n<p>\nThe report is short. Technical. Smoothed out.<\/p>\n<p>\nI leave aside deviations from procedures - they are irrelevant.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe boss reviews it in a cursory manner.\nHe is interested in the results, not the path to them. He is satisfied. \n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/jpg\/3\/10.jpg\" alt=\"\">\nVesper material goes viral.\nBookings explode. The company records a record quarter.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nOfficially, it was a perfectly run expedition.<\/p>\n<p>\nUnofficially - we were balancing on the border, which is not visible in the statistics.\n<\/p>\n\n<p>\nAnd sometimes, at night, I think back to those decisions that no one knows.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"scene\" id=\"failTruth\">\n<span class=\"timestamp\">2075-08-20, 11:55 UTC<\/span> [story_progress current=\u201d10\u2033 total=\u201d10\u2033]\n<p>\nI submit a full report. No excuses. No abbreviations.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe boss puts down the tablet and remains silent for a long time. This silence says more than any words.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\u201eIt's unacceptable,\u201d - he says finally. - \u201eProcedures exist to be followed.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/jpg\/3\/10b.jpg\" alt=\"\">\nI am removed from flying. The bonus is gone. Confidence too.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe Vesper case has long become a warning in the Martian tourism industry, and procedures have been tightened throughout the sector.\n<\/p>\n<p>I never went back to Olympus Mons, but at least I know I didn't escape responsibility.\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"scene\" id=\"failLie\">\n<span class=\"timestamp\">2075-08-20, 11:55 UTC<\/span> [story_progress current=\u201d10\u2033 total=\u201d10\u2033]\n<p>\nThe report passes without major comments.\nIt is correct enough to close the case.\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/jpg\/3\/10c.jpg\" alt=\"\">\nOfficially, it was a series of unfortunate events in an extreme environment with no clear culprits.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe company is taking a long time to rebuild its reputation.<\/p>\n<p>\nMarketing materials are disappearing. Reservations are coming back slowly.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nNo one knows the full story. Except me.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nI never went back to Olympus Mons again. I wouldn't be able to. 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