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The rovers

E2E3

AlsoRover 1; Rover 2; the beacons; ROVER 1 - NO SIGNAL; ROVER 2 - LAST PING 195 h

The base's two pressurised rovers, rated thirty hours from a powered node, which took all thirteen adults to the tipped lander and went dark; Rover 1 says NO SIGNAL, Rover 2 last pinged 195 h ago, and one red beacon blinks once, 62 km away; whether anyone came home is the series' open door.

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A quick sheet of the two pressurised six-wheelers in Episode 2's blueprint ink: side, front and top, the beacon panel's NO SIGNAL and LAST PING plates, the 30-hour rating, and Rover 2's crayon star taped inside the windscreen (the lore's idea). Placeholder
A quick sheet of the two pressurised six-wheelers in Episode 2's blueprint ink: side, front and top, the beacon panel's NO SIGNAL and LAST PING plates, the 30-hour rating, and Rover 2's crayon star taped inside the windscreen (the lore's idea). Placeholdermade as a quick reference, not in any episode yet, free to change. {made 2026-10-23 by lore-placeholders; not in any episode; free to change} edit
The one red blink, 62 km away beside the tipped lander, enlarged from the flyby's long view; nobody remarks on it. Used
The one red blink, 62 km away beside the tipped lander, enlarged from the flyby's long view; nobody remarks on it. {E2 28:58.07-28:58.43} edit

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The rovers are the Haddads' story offstage. All thirteen adults, Noor's mother among them, drove out to the tipped lander on a thirty-hour errand and were caught by the night. On Noor's beacon panel both are dark. halfmoon_harriet, in the chat, says they always come back; Teo says sometimes they do. Near the end, after the fleet halts, one beacon blinks once, red, beside the lander. Nobody remarks on it. Aaron has left open whether Rover 2 made it home at sunrise; the Episode 3 rework crew is building on the version where it did.

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  • On screenNoor's beacon panel: ROVER 1 - NO SIGNAL - 212 h / ROVER 2 - LAST PING 195 h, both dark. {E2 13:13-13:17} edit
  • On screenThe Homestead's terms rate them for thirty hours away from a powered node. {E2 23:18-23:21} edit
  • On screenTheir tracks run 62 km north-east on her wall map. {E2 10:24} edit
  • RunningAll thirteen adults left in both rovers 264 h before, 38 h before sunset: "thirty hours, back before dark". {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §10} edit
  • RunningNoor stayed because her suit is NOT RATED. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §10} edit
  • RunningRover 1 went silent at night hour 14; Rover 2 pinged last at night hour 31. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §10} edit
  • RunningRover 1's seven are unaccounted for; Rover 2's six, Amara among them, shelter in the tipped lander's hold, beacon dark to save power, planning to drive at sunrise. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §10} edit

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E2

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  • On screenMOLE-2 frozen by the gate, then the two dark rover beacons, then "they always come back". {E2 12:50-13:40} edit
  • On screenhalfmoon_harriet: "i still have a few numbers from work. calling them now". {E2 27:44} edit
  • On screenOne beacon blinks once, red (#E04A2E), beside the lander 62 km away; nobody remarks on it. {E2 28:58.07-28:58.43; EGG-12} edit
  • RunningThe blink is Rover 2's crew; never confirmed. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §10} edit
E3

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  • Running(Revision 2 plan) Rover 2 made it home at sunrise; the residents were brought back to Earth; Amara and Noor live with Rosie. {E3 rev2 plan v0 §1.8; §11} edit

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  • IdeaFor our own reference: two pressurised six-wheelers, one warm light each like every Homestead machine; Rover 2 has a child's crayon star taped inside the windscreen. {lore crew 2026-10-22} edit

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  • OpenWhether Rover 2 made it back at sunrise. {E2 28:58; Aaron 2026-10-22: not decided} edit
  • OpenWhere Rover 1's seven went. {E2 WORLD_BIBLE §10} edit
  • IdeaIt did, and the residents were brought to Earth. {Aaron 2026-10-22 option; E3 rev2 plan v0 §1.8} edit
  • IdeaLeave it unanswered forever, answered only sideways (the cron, the tablet, pawn.hab3). {NEXT_EPISODE} edit
  • IdeaIf Rover 2 came home, the red that came back was Amara; a later episode lets her say it plainly: "We blinked once." {eggs sweep} edit
  • Ideahalfmoon_harriet was waiting for one of them; Episode 5 shows her as one of Rover 2's six. {eggs sweep} edit
  • IdeaAndy was one of the residents who came home, a rover driver, still chasing a signal flare. {eggs sweep} edit

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