2025. A mysterious explosion occurs on Mars, resulting in a massive fissure. Humanity begins active preparations for the first expedition to Mars to investigate the incident.

Over the next four years, the first ship is assembled, and the crew is selected. During the closest approach between Mars and Earth, in April 2029, the first rocket is launched toward Mars.

After a successful landing, a team of six: expedition captain Yuri Mamarin, surgeon and astrobiologist Hannah Vikhrov, cosmogeologist Sel Shi, radiochemist-anomalist Maria Courie, space roboticist John Doe, and aerospace engineer Jerry Midnight, - sets up the base and prepares for exploration.

Having completed all their first-day tasks, the captain discovers that communication with Earth has been lost. Left alone on the Red Planet, the expedition team must uncover the secret behind the fissure's origin.