MARS
SOL SYSTEM -- MANUFACTURING CENTER & TRANSIT HUB
THE RED PLANET TRANSFORMED
> MARS REPRESENTS THE SINGLE GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT IN HUMAN TERRAFORMING. SINCE WEYLAND CORPORATION BROKE GROUND ON THE FIRST PERMANENT HABITAT IN 2042, THE COLONY HAS GROWN INTO A SELF-SUSTAINING METROPOLIS OF OVER 1.2 MILLION PERMANENT RESIDENTS, SPANNING EIGHT MAJOR DOME COMPLEXES ACROSS VALLES MARINERIS AND THE HELLAS BASIN.
> THE MARS COLONY SERVES AS WEYLAND-YUTANI'S PRIMARY MANUFACTURING CENTER FOR HEAVY INDUSTRIAL COMPONENTS, SPACECRAFT SUBSYSTEMS, AND ADVANCED MATERIALS. THE PLANET'S LOWER GRAVITY AND ABUNDANT MINERAL RESOURCES MAKE IT THE IDEAL LOCATION FOR LARGE-SCALE INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS THAT COMPLEMENT LUNA'S ORBITAL SHIPYARDS.
> ONGOING ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSING OPERATIONS HAVE RAISED MARS' MEAN SURFACE TEMPERATURE BY 14 DEGREES CELSIUS SINCE 2042. CURRENT PROJECTIONS INDICATE PARTIAL OPEN-AIR HABITABILITY WITHIN THE NORTHERN LOWLANDS BY 2190. THE TERRAFORMING PROGRAM REMAINS THE LONGEST-RUNNING CONTINUOUS PLANETARY ENGINEERING EFFORT IN HUMAN HISTORY.
COLONY SPECIFICATIONS
KEY FACILITIES
MANUFACTURING DISTRICT
THE HELLAS BASIN MANUFACTURING COMPLEX IS THE LARGEST OFF-EARTH INDUSTRIAL ZONE. OVER 400 FABRICATION FACILITIES PRODUCE SPACECRAFT COMPONENTS, HEAVY MACHINERY, ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSORS, AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS FOR THE ENTIRE COLONIAL NETWORK.
ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSING
TWELVE WEYLAND-YUTANI ATMOSPHERE PROCESSING PLANTS OPERATE CONTINUOUSLY ACROSS THE PLANET'S SURFACE. THESE INSTALLATIONS FORM THE BACKBONE OF THE LONGEST-RUNNING TERRAFORMING PROGRAM IN HUMAN HISTORY, CONVERTING THE MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE TOWARD EVENTUAL HABITABILITY.
MINING OPERATIONS
EXTENSIVE OPEN-PIT AND SUBSURFACE MINING ACROSS VALLES MARINERIS AND THE THARSIS REGION. PRIMARY EXTRACTION OF IRON, TITANIUM, RARE EARTH ELEMENTS, AND WATER ICE. ANNUAL OUTPUT EXCEEDS 800 MILLION METRIC TONS OF PROCESSED MATERIAL.
RESEARCH STATIONS
FOURTEEN DEDICATED RESEARCH CAMPUSES SPANNING TERRAFORMING SCIENCE, MATERIALS ENGINEERING, PLANETARY GEOLOGY, CLOSED-LOOP ECOLOGY, AND HUMAN ADAPTATION. THE MARS RESEARCH DIRECTORATE EMPLOYS OVER 18,000 SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS.
TRANSIT HUB
THE PHOBOS ORBITAL TRANSIT STATION AND DEIMOS FREIGHT TERMINAL HANDLE ALL INBOUND AND OUTBOUND TRAFFIC. OVER 2,000 VESSEL TRANSITS PER YEAR SERVICE THE MARS COLONY, INCLUDING DEEP SPACE FREIGHT, COLONY SUPPORT SHIPS, AND PERSONNEL TRANSPORTS.
DOME COMPLEXES
EIGHT MAJOR PRESSURIZED DOME COMPLEXES HOUSE THE COLONY'S RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, AND ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICTS. EACH DOME IS A SELF-CONTAINED BIOSPHERE WITH INDEPENDENT LIFE SUPPORT, CLIMATE CONTROL, AND EMERGENCY SYSTEMS.
ECONOMIC OUTPUT
MARS IS THE LARGEST OFF-EARTH ECONOMY, DRIVEN BY MANUFACTURING, MINING, AND EXPORT OF FINISHED INDUSTRIAL GOODS TO THE COLONIAL NETWORK.
THE MARS COLONY OFFERS EMPLOYMENT ACROSS MANUFACTURING, MINING, RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, ADMINISTRATION, AND SERVICES.
PROCESSED MATERIAL OUTPUT PER YEAR FROM COMBINED MINING AND MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS.
> MARS IS NOT MERELY A COLONY. IT IS THE INDUSTRIAL ENGINE OF INTERSTELLAR CIVILIZATION. WHAT LUNA COORDINATES, MARS BUILDS. EVERY ATMOSPHERE PROCESSOR DEPLOYED TO A FRONTIER WORLD, EVERY HULL PLATE FITTED TO A COLONY SHIP, EVERY PRECISION COMPONENT INSTALLED IN A DEEP SPACE RELAY HAS ITS ORIGINS IN THE FOUNDRIES AND FABRICATION PLANTS OF THE RED PLANET. MARS IS WHERE HUMANITY'S FUTURE IS FORGED.