Mars
Description
Mars in the 23rd Century supports a thriving colony with a population in excess of 100 million. The first planet colonised from Earth, its population can trace their families back generations before reaching Earth-relatives.
By the time the Second Exodus began (2166-96), Mars had undergone over half a century of intensive terraforming. Enough free-standing water now existed to form ice clouds, substantial rivers and lakes and even a small sea in the northern polar regions. Terraforming has also altered Mars' atmosphere. The melting of the southern polar icecap released large quantities of carbon dioxide, causing an increased greenhouse effect, raising the average surface temperature of the planet. Genetically engineered plants were seeded across the planet in vast quantities, which rapidly enriched the atmospheric levels of nitrogen and oxygen.
The atmosphere on Mars is breathable at ground level, but in a lot of the highlands of the planet an artificial air supply is still required. Despite all this change, Mars is still plagued by seasonal dust storms, and its cities are all built using a pyramidal building design, which provides best protection against the sometimes harsh Martian weather. Outside of the artificial G-fields of the colony buildings Mars gravity is still only one third that of Earth.
Mars has some remarkable geological characteristics, including the largest volcanic mountain in the solar system, Olympus Mons (27 km high and 600 km across).
A number of large manufacturing corporations are based on this planet, and this industry is supplemented by large orbital and surface cargo facilities that handle commodities to/from outlying systems.
Mars' largest moon, Phobos, is the location of both John Carter Spaceport and Ares Fleet Base, home port of the Sol Defence Fleet (the UEAF 1st Fleet) and home to over 30,000 military personnel.
Geography
Statistics
STAR SYSTEM: Sol
ORBIT RADIUS: 1 AU
TYPE: Desert
DENSITY: 0.62
DIAMETER: 6794km
GRAVITY: 0.48 G
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ATMOSPHERE: Thin
PRESSURE: 0.72
COMPOSITION: Nitrogen/Oxygen
ORBITAL PERIOD: 686 days
ROTATIONAL PERIOD: 24 hours
WATER: Seas
% WATER: 8
% ICE: 16
% CLOUDS: 15
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POLAR TEMPERATURE: -50 C
EQUATORIAL TEMPERATURE: 11 C
SATELLITES: 2
. Violent storms
METAL ORE: 38
RADIOACTIVE ORE: 12
PRECIOUS METAL: 0
RAW CRYSTAL: 10
PRECIOUS GEMS: 8
Notable Locations
These are some of the important locations on/orbiting Mars.
Satellites
Phobos, Mars's largest moon and home to John Carter Spaceport and Ares Fleet Base
Cities
Large Cities
Viking City, Capital and largest
Anchorpoint City - Second largest, site of base station of the Martian Space Tether to Phobos
Wells - Third largest, on the Argyre Planitia
Burroughs, Isidis Planitia
Jíng Qì, Chryse Planitia
Medium Cities
Red Odessa, Hellas Sea
Rutherford, Chryse Planitia
Xìng Yùn, Elysium Planitia
Small Cities
Gěng Duan, Hellas Sea
Holden, Argyre Planitia
Military Bases
Fort Alexander
Fort Pickering - site of the Icaria Planum Proving Grounds
Type
Planet
Location under
Included Locations
Owning Organization
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