Mars

Facts

• Primary: Sol
• System name: Sol IV
• Capital: Ares City
• Class L
  • Class K prior to 23rd century (VOY Novel: Mosaic)
• Two moons
  • Sol IV A - Phobos
  • Sol IV B - Deimos
• Major Inhabitants: Human; Tellarite
• Gravity approximately 0.4x Earth normal
• Nation
  • 2105 - Present: Confederated Martian Colonies
• 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

• Mars Defense Perimeter
  • Series of stations sharing Martian orbit (TNG: "The Best of Both Worlds, Part II")
• Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards
  • Areosynchronous orbit above Utopia Planitia

Surface

• Endurance Crater
  • Endurance (Novel: Articles of the Federation)
    • Squyres Amphitheater (Novel: Articles of the Federation)
      • Presumably named for Dr. Steve Squyres
• 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

Related records

• Martian calendar