Chernikov stepped out of the airlock warily, his every sense on heightened alert despite being isolated from the mysterious “ball” by an environmental suit. He’d volunteered to be the first one to inspect the ball without the aid of robotics and A.I.. None of the other scientists on site had volunteered, so it had been an easy choice for Deimos FortressA human colony built on/in Mars' moon of Deimos well after the War of Deception against the Vek and the collapse of the Triocracy (circa 320 DE). Deimos Fortress acted as a proxy military base for the... administration.