The next day they prepared the rover for the longer journey by loading all the necessary mountaineering equipment, provisions and oxygen. Although the air on Palmyra in theory can be breathable after terraforming Everyone boarded the rover and took their seats. After resting and completing their first mission, the team's spirits were high. Well, thought Gordon, at least the first part of our mission had been successful and we had not fallen foul of Christian. What remained was to find or at least visit the main points of the generator's remains. It was hard to say that anything there could have survived the explosion and the fall to the planet. He had a feeling they were stuck here and were just going through the motions, but a job was a job.
The rover dived into the snow bank, scattering snow in its path. This time they traveled west, to the very base of the mountain. Tadmura grew closer with each kilometer, impressing the travelers with its outstanding size and beauty compared to the surrounding mountains. Gordon carefully drove the car following the points previously laid out with Mateo. Dylan shouted "Look!" just to the right of the travelers an avalanche rolled down the mountain, raising a white veil for hundreds of meters in the surrounding area. Alice commented anxiously, "Careful, dear. The slower we go, the less chance of something like this hitting us." Gordon nodded automatically, not paying attention to his surroundings. "We'll be there soon, here, look - " he nodded at the display, with the route laid out. The rover climbed gradually, taking the difficult terrain route. He was tossed from side to side now and then, the terrain getting more difficult, but so far he was doing fine. The rover came to an almost sheer cliff, at the foot of which nothing but snow could be seen "It must be around here somewhere" said Gordon. He stopped the rover turning slightly to the right and drove off into the distance, given the amount of snow on the peaks you have to be prudent.
They walked to the airlock, checked their spacesuits and tied rope around the carbines of their suits. Given the gusting winds overboard and the blizzard it would be difficult to find a man in there if any of the crew got lost in space. "Let's make this quick." The wind swept across the space, the white shroud like white noise made indistinguishable silhouettes more than 1 meter away. "Spread out. Switch on dosimeters and metal detectors, we're only looking for something really big, anything small should be fried in the atmosphere by now and of no value to us." The team spread out and went forward. The wind was picking up as if the weather was against their search. Gerald shouted out to the others "I've got something, appears to be part of the fuselage, scanner shows elevated amounts of iridium and titanium, dosimeter scale is spiking" the team gathered around the point and began digging with shovels and by hand, exposing the metal debris. Gordon studied the outside and said bitterly “Badluck. This part must have been previously located near the reactor, the dosimeter is off the scale here and there's no electrical equipment." Alice glanced around and whispered "Damn, we're not going to find anything here." Gordon climbed out of the hole they had dug "And apparently we won't. We walk back to the cliff and come back." They walked through and found nothing of note except a burnt rock with a gouge - the shard had hit the mountain hard before being buried in the snow forever.
"Nothing," Alice said in syllables. Mateo Dylan and Gordon had already turned round and strode in direction of the rover, and Gordon was thoughtfully examining the evidence of the accident. "Come on, darling. What are you standing up like a stiff?" she continued. Gordon shook his head as if shaking the snow off his helmet "Sorry, I was thinking. Time to move on." they proceeded back to the rover, hoping to find the one they were looking for at the next point. The wind continued to be fierce and then they heard a rumble coming from the top of the mountain. An avalanche was coming down in their direction.
