2118


    Life in the cities slowly began to adapt to the new situation. Communications


    between the cities provided insight to the problems some were facing, so that all


    could adapt and provide for the future. Some of them were in distress. The city of


    Paris faced starvation. The hole in the dome was never properly patched, and the


    environment was in contact with the outside. Most of the systems were now unable to


    keep up with the life-support demands and were failing. The outside world had begun


    to freeze, and the scavenging humans who survived the first years of the Osiris


    impact were visiting the domes in an effort to find refuge. Most of them survived in


    underground bunkers near the cities but had run out of resources and were now


    looking for a means to survive.


    The gates of the domed cities, however, were under a rock. Rock that fell as


    liquid from the sky slowly built a layer around the cities. As the years went by, their


    attempts become more and more rare until they stopped. This became apparent from


    the evidence found after the gates of the dome cities got unblocked. The speculation


    was that no survivors existed outside of the domes since the moment of the impact.


    Communications with Mars had yet to be established, leaving most to believe that the


    colonies had all been destroyed. The plan was to open the gates and dig through the


    rock before the planet completely froze over, so that they could have access to the


    outside. Pre-dug human-sized tubes connected the cities, but most of them needed


    repairing, since they had collapsed in various locations. After their completion, some


    goods and help would be able to be transferred from one city to another.


    2140


    As the years went by, the surviving cities began to work almost fully autonomously


    allowing all residents to work on scientific advancement. The majority of the


    population was preoccupied with finding a way to reverse the damage and make the


    Ensure your favorite authors get the support they deserve. Read this novel on Royal Road.planet habitable, faster than nature. A titanic task with no apparent way of achieving


    it. Things began to slow down. Change seemed to be a distant memory. Under the


    blanket of snow, humanity almost froze its progress, and social structures adapted


    into an ever-slowing pace.


    2150


    The first launch of a rocket took place. From a single-use pad, a small rocket with a


    few kilos worth of equipment was shot in space. A new space observatory of Earth or


    SOE was placed into orbit. Its sole mission was to monitor Earth and send readings


    regarding weather, dust, and element composition of the Earth’s atmosphere. Ninety-


    nine percent of all satellites had been destroyed by smaller meteorites and pieces of


    Earth debris launched into orbit with the strike. The remaining satellites were


    geosynchronous GPS satellites that were very far from Earth and had mostly


    remained unharmed. Communications with those satellites have been useful for


    various reasons. It was becoming increasingly harder to send missiles into space


    since the Earth was continuously sinking into the white sea of snow and ice.


    2156


    The Mars Communications Reestablishment Drone, or MCRD, was launched. Its


    mission was to establish communications with the Martian colonies. Five months


    later, the drone landed where the colonies used to stand and reported ruins with no


    signs of life. The colonies did not survive. Mars too had been bombarded by smaller


    meteorites. Besides the few that were part of the original Osiris, some chunks that


    flew into space from Earth found their way onto Mars. Additionally, the lack of a thick


    atmosphere on Mars meant that even small meteorites made their way to the


    surface, acting as bullets.


    2158


    The first space station was placed in orbit. The thick cloud that covered the planet


    had created a winter that killed nearly all life outside of the dome cities. A small


    selection of animals had been kept, with the hope of reestablishing an ecosystem


    after the snow melted. There was hope that in the ocean depths, life still thrived


    despite the increased acidity. Bacteria and fungi should have made their home under


    the ice, where water was heated from the inside of the Earth. The ice on the surface


    was winning. Even where the clouds allowed the sun to see the surface, the ice


    reflected nearly all the heat back out. The Earth began to resemble a snowball.