Dust and Cipher

You are the Commander of Outpost Horizon, a fragile research dome clinging to the wind-swept deserts of Proxima Centauri b. Outside, a red-grit dust storm of historic proportions is battering the hull, grinding the solar arrays to a halt and choking your main intake valves. But as the oxygen levels begin their steady, terrifying drop, you make a chilling discovery: the system failures aren't accidental. Deep within the scrubbers, someone has intentionally placed mechanical blockages—not to sabotage, but to form a complex, physical cipher. The design matches the brilliant, eccentric hand of Dr. Aris Thorne, the colony's legendary founder who vanished into the red wastes three years ago. With your crew's breath running thin and the storm howling against the glass, you must decipher Thorne's trail of clues hidden within the base's failing machinery. Every choice carries a heavy cost in air and trust. Will you solve the founder's final riddle, or will the red dust become your tomb?