Mars

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Facts

  • Primary: Sol
  • System name: Sol IV
  • Capital: Ares City
  • Class L
    • Class K prior to 23rd century (VOY Novel: Mosaic)
  • Two moons
  • Major Inhabitants: Human; Tellarite
  • Gravity approximately 0.4x Earth normal
  • Nation
  • Early testing ground by Humans for mantle mining technologies during early terraforming efforts
    • Resulting moholes also used for easy access to areothermal power and heat (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)

History

  • 2030: First manned mission to Mars, the Ares I; Verna Mitrios is the first human to set foot on Mars (TLE Novel: Serpents Among the Ruins)
  • August 2032: Ares IV vanishes into a graviton ellipse in orbit of Mars (VOY: "One Small Step")
  • 2069: First temporary habitation established at Utopia Planitia outpost; general terraforming processes begin (ENT: "Terra Nova")
  • Late 21st century: Mantle mining begins; resource extraction via burrowed moholes (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
  • 2103: Ares City, the first long-term colony intended for open settlement, is established (VOY Novel: Mosaic; VOY: "The 37s")
  • 2105: War of Martian Independence begins (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing; S31 Novel: Rogue)
  • 2105: War of Martian Independence ends with the drafting of the Fundamental Declarations of the Martian Colonies, leading to the formation of the Confederated Martian Colonies
  • c.2200: Martian terraforming has progressed far enough that it possesses a breathable atmosphere. (VOY Novel: Mosaic)

Locations

Orbit

Surface

  • Endurance Crater
    • Endurance (Novel: Articles of the Federation)
      • Squyres Amphitheater (Novel: Articles of the Federation)
  • Utopia Planitia (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
    • Burroughs (TNG Short Story: "Meet With Triumph and Disaster")
      • Named for author Edgar Rice Burroughs
    • Utopia (ENT: "Demons", "Terra Prime"; ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
      • Originally known as Martian Colony 2
  • Valles Marineris
    • City of Valles Marineris
    • Fort Kiley
    • Popé Pueblo (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
      • Settled 2109 by Puebloan peoples during initial Martian colonization efforts (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
        • A response to the theft of their own land, seeking stability in an unclaimed frontier (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
      • Named for Popé, leader of 17th century revolt against Spanish colonial rule (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
      • Population: 20,000 (2155) (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
      • More commonly known as "Canyontown" to locals (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
      • Largely subterranean complex constructed within cliffside of Valles Marineris canyon (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
      • Popé Boulevard (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
        • Underground main thoroughfare (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
        • Ahota's Public House (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
          • Only tavern and board in Popé Pueblo (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
        • Community habak (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
          • Reference to "Journey's End", vaguely based on a Puebloan kiva; possibly presented here as an explanation for the cultural shift?
        • Dytallix-Barsoom Resource Extraction and Mining Corporation headquarters (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
  • Unknown
    • Ares City
      • Originally known as Martian Colony 1
    • Bradbury City (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing; DS9 Novel: Mission Gamma: Lesser Evil)
      • Bradbury Spaceport (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing, To Brave the Storm)
    • Cydonia (VAN Novel: Reap the Whirlwind)
      • Established by 2266 (VAN Novel: Reap the Whirlwind)
      • Described as "rapidly growing" by that point (VAN Novel: Reap the Whirlwind)
    • Gundersdottir's Dome (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
    • Martian Colony 3
    • New Chicago (ENT Novel: To Brave the Storm)
      • Endurance University (ENT Novel: To Brave the Storm)
      • Margaritifer Terra (ENT Novel: To Brave the Storm)
        • Carbonated water aquifer (ENT Novel: To Brave the Storm)
    • Robinson Township
    • Sagan Station (ENT Novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
    • Tharsis Plain (VOY Novel: Mosaic)
      • Located near Ares City (VOY Novel: Mosaic)
        • Presumably the "Mars Colony" described

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