Chapter 6: Life on the Terraforming Planet

Life on the frontier of a terraforming Mars was a patchwork of challenges and small victories. For most settlers, every day began before dawn, under a sky that alternated between a pale orange glow and the looming blackness of an unyielding universe.

In the settlement of Edgewater, mornings were heralded by the hum of generators and the whir of wind turbines. Families, like the Addisons, tended to their algae farms, which provided both oxygen and a modest source of nutrients. Children, who had never known Earth's blue skies, played on the hard-packed ground, their laughter muffled by the thin atmosphere.

Tobias Clarke's eldest daughter, Mia, often spent her mornings helping with the hydroponic gardens inside their dome. The plants, a mix of genetically modified wheat and hardy vegetables, thrived under artificial lights.

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