SSS-Class Profession: The Path to Mastery

T-minus 6 Hours

I sat in the cockpit, my hands hovering over the controls.

This was it.

My last day on Mars.

Fifteen days of surviving on borrowed time, of scavenging through the wreckage of those who came before me. Of fixing a ship that had no right to fly.

And yet—

I was here.

I exhaled sharply, running through the final pre-flight check.

✔ Navigation System – Operational

✔ Oxygen Levels – Stable

✔ Life Support – Functioning (Barely)