I don't know how we'll ever stand through this ordeal. It's too much to take. The Mars Base is a waste land, drought and diseases killing w hoever survived the catastrophe. I had to bury Miran this morning.[...]
Every day, I pray that they sent help from Earth, that my children will survive[...]

    A thousand years have passed, and we have risen from the ashes of the fire they left us in to die. But like the iron that is hardened to steel in the blaze, we became strong.
    My brothers and sisters, we have earned the right to bear the name of a House again. We have survived, we have honored our ancestors, we brought new life to the Domes. Today, I give to you the Houses of the Shyr'Pays.[...]

    The Supreme Commander gathered the Military High Council last night. The situation in the Domes is getting worse by the day, and I know that we won't be able to make it without help for a long time. After more than two millennia, the structure of the biosphere and of the domes begins to rot away faster than we can repair it[...]
    They spread the news today, we will be leaving for Earth. Finally, we'll return to the sacred lands! The Council is getting everyone to work on the ship that will sent the first group back home.[...]
    Two years... two years to cover the gap between the two planets. Can we survive two years in this flying coffin that our scientists call a spaceship?[...]