“Massive concrete structures dotted the harsh landscape to the east. Exploring all of them would take a lot of time and effort. But judging by cursory explorations of the structures closest to the landing site, it appears whoever built these took everything not nailed down with them when they left.”

I’m sure things are much, much safer on the other side.

The water in certain lakes on planet BD-17 72 b had been discovered to have some… unusual properties when consumed by humans. Research bases had been constructed in record time to figure out if there was any profit to be made from this discovery.