Mysteries of Mars refers to one of nine storylines that you can select when starting a new game (chosen by you, randomly selected, or disabled entirely), which provide an overarching narrative for the playthrough.
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| Name | Difficulty | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| The Power of Three | Easy (+10%) | "Science is no more than an investigation of a miracle we can never explain, and art is an interpretation of that miracle." - Ray Bradbury |
| Inner Light | Easy (+15%) | "Seize the time... Live now! Make now always the most precious time. Now will never come again." - Jean-Luc Picard |
| Beyond Earth | Easy (+20%) | "It isn't all over; everything has not been invented; the human adventure is just beginning." - Gene Roddenberry |
| Artificial Intelligence | Normal (+35%) | "I am putting myself to the fullest possible use, which is all I think that any conscious entity can ever hope to do." - HAL 9000 |
| Spheres | Normal (+40%) | "Never fire a laser at a mirror." - Larry Niven |
| The Dredgers | Normal (+30%) | "Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying." - Arthur C. Clarke |
| Marsgate | Hard (+60%) | "The saddest aspect of life right now is that science fiction gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom." - Isaac Asimov |
| The Last War | Hard (+50%) | "Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind." - John F. Kennedy |
| Wildfire | Hard (+55%) | "The worst pandemic in modern history was the Spanish flu of 1918, which killed tens of millions of people. Today, with how interconnected the world is, it would spread faster." - Bill Gates |