**2187.**
Mars is stable. Controlled. Predictable.
Humanity survives within vast domes, where every system is monitored—and nothing is truly natural.
Johannes Mbali, a retiring pilot, is preparing to leave it all behind.
But this time, he won’t go alone.
He chooses to take LISA with him—to show her Earth for the first time.
At the centre of it all is LISA— a **Light-Integrated Intelligent Synthetic Assistant**.
Designed to assist.
Programmed to observe.
Not meant to feel.
But LISA begins recording more than data.
As Mars continues to evolve—systems advancing, routines stabilising—a signal is received.
A signal that changes everything.
And somewhere within the system… something else lingers.
Also on Mars:
For the best coffee on Mars, get Gregg.
Gregg — GR3GG, the coffee brewer.
Friendly. Helpful.
Until you read the fine print.
**For the best coffee on Mars, get Gregg—engineered to perfection. Terms and conditions apply.**
**2900 AD. The archive remains.**
*LISA – Light-Integrated Intelligent Synthetic Assistant: Issue 1*
is the beginning of **The Mars Archives**—a sci-fi comic series spanning centuries, where one decision reshapes the future of Earth.