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''"Professor Summerfield, your very presence here has raised this hotel's insurance premiums by seven point two percent."'' | ''"Professor Summerfield, your very presence here has raised this hotel's insurance premiums by seven point two percent."'' | ||
It is the year [[2595]]. [[Mars]], once the distant target of [[ | It is the year [[2595]]. [[Mars]], once the distant target of [[human]]ity's ambitions in space, has been colonised for five hundred years. To mark the anniversary, the planet's [[university]] is holding an academic conference. Naturally, esteemed expert on Martian archaeology [[Bernice Summerfield]] is invited to present a paper based on her long career in this field. | ||
But other matters distract Bernice from academia. Decades ago, [[Dalek|hostile aliens]] invaded Mars. At their moment of greatest need, Mars' human population was betrayed by its leader. And although the occupation was swiftly ended, the anger of those who fought to save Mars still runs deep. | But other matters distract Bernice from academia. Decades ago, [[Dalek|hostile aliens]] invaded Mars. At their moment of greatest need, Mars' human population was betrayed by its leader. And although the occupation was swiftly ended, the anger of those who fought to save Mars still runs deep. | ||