Kael looked at his oxygen gauge: 12%. The "file" he carried—a physical encrypted drive tethered to his wrist—felt heavier than the lead casing suggested. It contained the terraforming bypass codes, the only thing that could stop the colony’s atmospheric processors from venting the remaining oxygen into the void.
the automated voice crackled, devoid of emotion. Continue to Checkpoint 1 [file]
But between him and the airlock lay a fifty-yard stretch of unstable permafrost, and the wind was picking up. Kael looked at his oxygen gauge: 12%