Mission 5 BeginsYou'd been working for a few weeks after returning from your last mission. News from earth and the asteroid belt slowly faded from memory, replaced by the usual mix of celebrity and political gossip, and financial news. With it's expanded market cap, Akras had been purchasing other Martial mining projects, consolidating around a central spaceport in orbit over Akras Mars. The port is facing continuous expansion to accommodate increasing industrial traffic through the gates. New Australia and Christmas offered something humanity had long wanted - a source of cheap oxygen and land for industrial exploitation away from the earth. Raw materials were no longer shipping to earth, but finished goods, bearing a dizzying array of trademarks and logos as manufacture flees earth and it's conflicts, seeking reduced production costs.
Today the news announced the most recent acquisition, Del Fuego Heavy Industries, to be merged into Akras. Their facility, built into the side of Olympus Mons, uses deep geothermal mining to dredge up exotic metals and power.
At 03:44 the next morning, each of you is woken up by a high priority emergency call. As per your retainer contracts, you are required to respond should an Akras facility come under attack. It directs you to
a briefing room in the executive level, by 04:00.