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A spacecraft has crash-landed on a hostile planet. The only survivors are three members of the exploration team and the ship\u2019s AI mind. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Little exists on the planet except deserts of snow. But alien artifacts lie nearby, in the form of 13 domes, spread across the terrain. Linked by cables threaded through metal posts, the domes form a series of paths\u2014the only hope for life support.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As the team treks across the frozen hellscape, they discover the remains of countless astronauts from unknown species who followed the same route before them. Is their trail a path to salvation, or a cosmic trap?<\/p>\n
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