Chapter 202: Engine Accident Caused by 'Abnormal Phenomenon'
"The entire crew of cabin 3 welcomes all colleagues to Mars. The ship is about to enter the atmosphere. Please pay attention..."
"..."
Isaac did not listen carefully to the precautions the steward said, but continued to watch the scenery outside the ship through the porthole.
The "proportion" of the Martian surface to the portholes is increasing, indicating that the Pioneer II they are riding on is traveling through the thin atmosphere of Mars.
After completely entering the atmosphere, the scenery outside the window is somewhat different from what you see outside the atmosphere.
Although the soil is reddish-orange, it is almost the same as the barren areas of the earth, and even the sky is blue.
Employees, including Isaac, have long been used to this.
And seeing this scene, the worker who said he was going to treat us to a drink even said, "The weather in Mars City is nice today, suitable for drinking!"
As the worker said, the weather in this area is good.
The soil of Mars contains a large amount of iron oxide, which is rust. The reason why it looks like a fiery red planet is because sandstorms often blow on the surface, causing sand and dust containing rust to fly.
But if the weather is good, such as now, the environment will be similar to that of the earth.
As for the destination they are heading for, the "Mars City" built on the equatorial plain of Mars, the highest ambient temperature can exceed 20°C, and even the lowest temperature will not be lower than -6°C.
No wonder many people on Earth speculate that the environment on Mars hundreds of millions of years ago may have been similar to that of Earth, and may have been more suitable for nurturing life than Earth.
Since Umbrella and UEG jointly built the "Mars City" and carried out detailed exploration of Mars, many microbial fossils have been discovered, proving that Mars did have an environment that nurtured life.
However, until now, humans have not discovered any traces of the existence of advanced organisms.
Next, Pioneer II sailed in the air for a few minutes, and Mars City appeared in Isaac's field of vision.
Mars City is actually composed of many "dome cities".
More than a dozen urban areas of different sizes, like being buckled to the ground by a huge "glass cover", surround the largest urban area in the center, forming a colony with a population of more than four million.
The so-called "glass cover" is actually made of battleship-grade α-type titanium alloy and amorphous carbon glass as strong as the ship's portholes to create a dome that protects the colonial city.
Viewed from a distance, the dome composed of α alloy brackets and amorphous carbon glass looks like a semicircular transparent honeycomb buckled on the urban area.
Although the atmosphere of Mars is not as good as that of the Earth, it is far superior to that of the Moon, so colonial cities do not need to be built below the surface.
There are a large number of sealed passages and tunnels between urban areas for the passage of vehicles and rail trains.
The Ares Star Port mentioned by the steward just now is located in the east of Mars City. Its size is second only to the central city, and its dome shape is close to a rectangle.
At this time, a Pioneer II belonging to Umbrella and two Pioneer I belonging to UEG were moored above the star port.
Thanks to the technology brought by the Griffin, the transport boat that acts as a "shuttle" can quickly pass through the air valve that emits light blue light on the top of the star port and directly enter and exit the dome and pioneer hangar.
The widespread application of new gas valves has greatly improved the efficiency of extraterrestrial and space construction.
Later, the Pioneer II carrying Isaac and his companions also hovered above the star port.
In fact, the real voyage does not take long, what is time-consuming is waiting, which is why there is a flight attendant service team in each cabin.
But the engine accidents and delays they encountered today were extremely rare.
It shouldn't be an abnormal phenomenon...
Forget it, Isaac no longer thinks about the engine accident, as long as he can reach Mars safely.
The next crew continued to provide services to everyone. After waiting for twenty minutes, it was their turn for everyone in cabin 3 to transfer to the transport boat.
The transport boat carried Isaac and the others away from Pioneer II, and after a brief period of exposure to the Martian atmosphere, they entered the interior of the starport through the air valve, and finally landed on the landing pad.
The terminal building extends out of the corridor bridge and is connected to the transport boat for Isaac and the others to go to the terminal building.
After walking out of the corridor bridge into the open area, everyone in Class 3 went to the baggage claim area below the terminal building, while a dozen of their workers were walking at the back of the line.
"Ugh~!" Zhang Ha, a co-worker, raised his hands and stretched, "I have to drive the SCV again, hey."
"Stop complaining. Driving an SCV is always much safer than fighting an abnormal MTF."
"No, I heard that intelligence agents are more dangerous. The first ones to come into contact with anomalies are those mysterious guys."
At this time, a blond man dressed in black overalls and a desert-colored shirt and a blond woman dressed similarly finally stepped out of the transport boat and passed by their group of workers who were still chatting.
"Hey, Clark." Looking at the backs of the two blond men and women, a co-worker approached Isaac and asked in a low voice:
"Do you think those two are intelligence agents?"
"Who knows?"
Isaac shrugged and said he didn't care. He just wanted to complete the task of building a colony as soon as possible and then go home early.
The man in overalls didn't know that he was being teased by Isaac's co-worker, but instead told the woman next to him:
"I will take you to understand the general situation of Mars City later, and then take you to Phobos and Deimos. You must know that you will spend a long time in the future in the Mars colony.
Although the total population of the colony is less than five million, the company's plan is to use Mars as a construction base, so you must not let your guard down, Shirley."
"Don't worry, Uncle Kennedy." The woman named Shirley accepted it humbly.
Looking closely at Shirley, who has short female hair, her face resembles that of William Birkin, a Umbrella researcher, and there seems to be some shadow of Birken's wife, Annette.
Shirley's true identity is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Birken. She was only 12 years old in 1998 and is now 26 years old.
As soon as she came to the escalator and headed to the baggage claim area, the "Uncle Kennedy" was Leon S. Kennedy.
The co-worker definitely didn't expect that he would make a random joke just to find a topic. By mistake, he would actually make fun of a real intelligence agent, Leon, who was a top intelligence agent.
Isaac's co-workers also said before that the abnormal phenomenon caused the engine failure of the spacecraft. In fact, in a sense, it is completely correct.
After all, any means of transportation is difficult for Lyon to deal with.
What's even more unexpected is that the 36-year-old Lyon still looks very young, with the same blond hair parted style that has remained unchanged for thousands of years.
If others didn't know the actual situation, they would just think of Leon as a newcomer who had just joined Umbrella and was assigned to Mars.