The Oasis Mirage
The random word of the day is WET

Mira was tired of her Lieutenant's fussing. He was all questions and no answers. She strode to the starship’s bridge, explaining again to Valek.
“Shortly after the Earth’s genesis, it was bombarded by comets and asteroids holding water in the form of ice. Upon impact, the life-giving water created the oceans and existence.”
She gazed down at the rapidly fading Earth “Assemble the fleet, we must refine the drones’ trajectory.”
Envisioning her daring ‘billiard-move’ to align a constellation of water-rich asteroids on a collision course with Mars, she sighed.
Mira will save humanity. She’ll make Mars WET.
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