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The Monsoon Jungle stretched over thousands of square kilometres. Planetsea cast endless rains upon it, and all life, whether Earthborne or Planetborne, thrived there and filled the forest-still air with breathable atmosphere. Rare moments of sunshine occasionally penetrated the thick cover. The Peacekeeper scouts of +80 Sols revelled as, for brief moments, their lungs were filled with fragrant spray-rich air and the scents of alien flowers. Sunlight warmed faces that ached from overshelter. Some would succumb to Planetpox, but, for the lucky remainder, the Monsoon Jungle assumed prestine sacridity - and enticed them to believe Humankind may, tentatively, abide the garden of Planet.

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Planet, Alpha Centauri. Planetfall +20 Sols.

The United Nations "Peacekeepers" make their first tentative forays into a daunting new world. The air, although it was the correct pressure, nonetheless offered little but a slow death by asphyxiation to humans. The "impact scouts", as they were nicknamed, always wore respirators.

Occasionally, and off the scouting record, the scouts would remove the respirators: they held their trembling breath, close their eyes, and feel wind kiss their cheeks. For the briefest moment they were home.