Tess also abandons her food and walks to the centre console. With a throwing motion she tosses out a large, 3D scale map of the Earth, which slowly scales over the moon and toward Mars, glowing in the same manner as Earth was. Gradually, the image becomes more and more defined, until it appears as if the planet itself is hanging in the room.

"Green Martians are humanoid. White Martians are a little different. And scarier. We call it the red planet, yes. They don't."