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It's not a labolatory, it's a tomb. - Bor'Omir

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There's a thin layer of regolith dust [... that must've accumulated over] a couple centuries

Hm. You might want to keep in mind how much of that dust you (and your vehicle) stirred up yourself right now; just look at the very visible cones of light from your helmet lamps in panel four ...

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Well, it is a bit of artistic liberty - you wouldn't be able to see they're even there if there was no light cone. Shadows aren't pitch-black for the same reason of clarity.

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Good point with the visible light, but as Darth_Biomech says it's probably artistic liberty. The dust however wouldn't whirl around and barely be stirred at all, since there's no atmosphere. Any particles that were displaced by the wheels would immediately fall down again like lead.

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as Darth_Biomech says it's probably artistic liberty.

(... Darth Biomech is the artist ...)

Any particles that were displaced by the wheels would immediately fall down again like lead.

[reviews Lunar Rover footage]

... well dang, seems to be correct. Mental note: Don't expect anyone's position / escape route to be telegraphed for miles around by their dust trail, either ...

(Mental note 2: Electrostatic charge of regolith found insufficient for particles to have satisfactory repulsion/levitation. Plan for installation of Van de Graaff generators on the lunar surface. )

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Abandoned does not mean unsupervised. Let's hope that the protocol of this Ghosts is not someting like "In the event of a discovery: Step 1, self-destruction."

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step 0.9 : Kill-bots!

"EXTERMINATE - EXTERMINAAAATE!

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Intercom: "Intruders detected! Starting planetary engines."

Zane: "Planetary what now?!"

Intercom: "Arresting orbit..."

Zane & Team: "Well, sh*t..."

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Well that seems ominous






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The author is against any kind of application of AI to his artwork.

TRIVIA
There's no way to communicate faster than light.
If you want to send your message to another solar system, your best bet is to use a courier spaceship. It can take even a month for it to finally reach the destination, but it still beats sending it as a transmission and expecting it to arrive decades or thousands of years later.