Oxygen Tariffs Threaten Mars Sovereignty

The Intrepid Curacy of Mars, a sovereign realm borne from the Terran PMC’s colonisation efforts, is under threat by the existential sanctions of the Sino-Japanese Co-Prosperity Sphere.
  Earthside in Dementia VIII, heated pique over trade embargoes has prompted SIJACOPS to impose oxygen tariffs on Mars.
  Dudgeon is high on the red planet as colonists, exiles, and the Grand Curate himself Hightower XXV Intrepid of Mars suffer indignantly from Spasmos Hypoxia.
  The anaerobic aboriginals of Mars, whilst immune to the tariff’s direct effects, share umbrage in solidarity with the afflicted.
  Subterranean native Kiase Kijana astutely quotes the great Xenophon: “The suffering of the leader is always lightened by his glory.”
  Uhuru na Oksijeni!