Chapter 18- Sol 43-10 (Audio Log)
"So… here I am, on Mars. No communication again. But hey, at least I'm not alone. I have Germans to keep me company. I guess I understand what's going on. Long before I left Earth, the Germans were dealing with a rebellion, and the rebels were a kind of neo-Fascist party. And they had some top people in their ranks. Like, crazy rich guys. Rich enough that if they pooled their resources they could build an entire fleet of spaceships. The one they came in is bigger than the one I did. There must be 30 guys in there instead of the 6 I came with. I'm heavily outnumbered."
"The party's leader, Amon Heinrich, is supposedly obsessed with relics. After hearing about the discovery here on Mars, he probably ordered the construction of the ship right away. I was all over the news when NASA decided to send me here, so his jealousy must have skyrocketed. No way was he letting America get the prize again. Question is, what was he planning to do with me and my fellow astronauts? Wait- scratch that, we should have left by now. Though we weren't going to take much. They probably want more than we could ever dream of taking back. But now, I'm still here, so I present a major problem. My guess is they'll kill, me. They don't care about how the press sees them."
"Well, I'm gonna have to figure out a plan. They've landed. Get ready for Uncle Sam, assholes."