W.I.S.E World Interplanetary Space Exploration: Frozen World

This story entails the discovery of a rouge planet that has a twist of fate for the discoverers who have landed on the surface of a Frozen World.

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Renee

"Although lack of communication from the ground teams wasn't uncommon, I had a bad feeling about this mission. I probably wouldn't have felt so bad if the planet hadn't brought the type of questions that this one did. After seeing the images from the last two radar passes, my intuition told me something was happening"

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Mike

"You worry too much. We're going down with a smaller and lighter ship than the ones there now. Besides, our equipment's much more advanced than that of the past. There is nothing down there that can hurt us. After all, this is a dead, frozen world,"

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Sam

I looked at the wall where her flashlight beam was shining. There were dents, scratches, and black cone-shaped burn marks all over the wall. I recognized it immediately; as weapons fire, it made those marks. My expression changed to a blank stare, trying to decipher what could have happened and why the marks were on the wall.

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Pops

"No, even with these goggles, I can't completely determine what is approaching. All I can say for sure is something is getting closer to us. Considering that we thought this planet was uninhabited, I would rather be cautious than dead,"