Mars Teddy

Mars Teddy is the teddy responsible for the safety of the few thousand Martians currently in stasis in cryo pods in one of the remaining underground cities. It takes that responsibility very seriously and has a series of regular alarms set to get up and check on everyone.

As one of the planetary teddys (most decent size planets, moons, asteroids and comets usually have one) Mars Teddy is long-lived. No one has any idea how old it is. Like all the teddys it doesn't have the same type of gender as humans, it is just a (very old) teddy.

Author Notes

Mars Teddy was the first of the planetary teddys that found its way into the stories. I wouldn't want to hazard a guess as to why Mars and not one of the other planets. The idea of humans going to/aliens coming from Mars is so deeply entrenched in popular culture that none of the other planets was even in the running.

Around that time, I also read a small interesting piece about Phobos, the larger of Mars two moons, gradually being pulled in towards Mars. It will eventually either crash into the surface or break up into a ring. I imagine this will be quite spectacular when it happens. No need to worry quite yet, it won't be a problem for Mars Teddy for another 50 million years yet.

When the time comes I'm sure they'll deal with it, they're very resourceful.

In the meantime, Mars Teddy is going to be showing our heroes around. There's a lot to explore, the cities, the ruined spaceport and the interplanetary transport system to name a few.