THE LONG HAUL

ASTRAEUS LAUNCH SYSTEMS · COLONY TRANSIT · MANIFEST

Two hundred and forty days to Mars aboard the MANIFEST. Five crew, one recycler, and a company that will not stop talking.

Your funding tier decides what you can afford to load. It does not decide what happens next.

ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK

Checking the cue sheet.

RAINY DAY ARCADE · COLONIST MANIFEST
FLIGHT BRIEF · READ ONCE

THE SHIP IS YOURS

Two hundred and forty days if you hold nominal. The levers below the gauges are the whole interface.
COAST / NOMINAL / BURN
How hard the drive works. Coast saves fuel and heat and makes the trip longer. Burn shortens it. Fuel and recycler heat rise with the square of throttle. Arriving at Mars still costs 26 fuel unless you fly the corridor.
SHORT / FULL
Meals. Short rations stretch calories and nothing else. Oxygen is not on that lever. Hungry crew lose health.
REPAIR
One part, into the worst module. An engineer makes it worth about 7.5%. Anyone else, about 4%. Keep the recycler up. When it falls, every day costs more water and oxygen than the last.
SALVAGE
A named crewmember goes outside. The suit breathes ship oxygen. Cyan is your velocity, amber is your thrust, Space is the brake. Esc does not bring them in. The airlock does.
EVENTS
The card tells you the numbers before you choose. The clock is stopped until you do.
SHIP

CROSSING · AEROBRAKE CORRIDOR

THE CORRIDOR

HOLD ↓ / S TO GO DEEPER  ·  ↑ / W TO PULL UP Only depth bleeds velocity. Only depth builds heat.

WASD thrust  ·  Space brake  ·  Esc does not bring you inside Cyan arrow: where you are going. Amber arrow: where you are thrusting. The suit assist bleeds a little speed. Only the airlock ends the walk.