Mars
Mars, the Red World, named for the Roman God of War, the Red Planet has always been captured in the ideas of human thinkers as the place man would build their first colony and bring about a space age for mankind. While it would not be the first colony of mankind, it would be the second but would still capture the imagination as the first world ever settled by Mankind.
On July 15th, 1965, the United States achieved a successful Flyby of Mars with the Mariner 4, two more flybys occurred on February 25th and March 27th in 1969 by Mariner 6 and 7 respectively. In November 1971 the Mars 2 spacecraft of the Soviet Union successfully achieved orbit around the world to launch a landing craft and Rover, both of which became the first Debry to crash on Mars. However, the United States, who had launched A Mars mission the same month of the Soviets, managed to beat them in orbiting Mars with their Mariner 9 a whole 13 days prior to the soviets, despite launching their mission 2 days after.
However, these all pale in comparison to the first human landing which would occur decades later, the first landing occurred August 8th, 2086, under the Mariner XX Voyage undertaken by the United States, 6th French Republic, Federal Republic of Germany, Hellenic Republic and The Republic of Israel. The first human to touch Mars' surface would be Greek Astronaut Eiríni Aláti, who was quoted as saying upon touching the planet's surface
"It only took 120 years, but mankind has finally surpassed the bar set by Neil Armstrong"
Following the successful landing, and the Lunar Base Craze of the 2090s, many suspected that similar bases would be established upon the surface of Mars, the question was who would get their first, with many suspecting Ameirca, China, France, Russia or India reaching Mars first, however it would be the Hellenic Republic who, taking a serious amount of loans and investing heavily in the project, launched the Ares I mission on January 1st 2112, and would successfully land upon Mars on August 14th, upon the site where the Mariner XX would first touchdown and establish the Ares Foothold Base.
Following the establishment of the Ares Base, the Hellenic Republic would successfully argue their case to the United Nations Colonial Council and gain exclusive settlement rights to a vast amount of territory around the Ares Base and begin establishment of a large and extensive colony upon Mars, New Olympus as the Hellenic Government named it, administered from the Ares Base which was expanded into a proper government building.
Along with the Scientific and Mineral Exploitation, the Mars colony became a center for a large-scale Exodus of people from earth, seeking to escape growing overpopulation, establishing vast minority sectors where their parent culture created autonomous zones within the Greek Colony, including zones for Chinese, Brazilians, Hindus, Russian, Nigerian and Irish communities. Following this exodus, and general dissatisfaction with the Greek monopoly on Martian resources, a wave of new colonial bases would be established in the 2130s and by the 2180s the planet would begin undergoing mass colonization efforts overseen directly by the UN beyond simple mineral and scientific interests, but genuine attempts to build proper cities upon the planet surface.
Despite the number of governments now located on Mars, the Greek Colony of New Olympus remained the center of the Martian colonial activity, with the Planetary HQ of the United Nations being located in the Greek Colony, along with being home to the Planets largest Starport from which the bulk immigrants arrived, and materials were shipped back to earth and the Luna Colony.
Notably, during the colonization of Mars, the Moons of Phobos and Deimos were also colonized, mostly by private mining interests not affiliated with any government, mainly the Amazon Conglomerate and Glencore, with the exception of a large chunk of Deimos, which was developed and legally colonized by the Disney Corporation, who sought to build their Disney Land Galactic Adventure Park, which completed construction in 2228, just in time for the invention of Hyperlane Technology to make it viable.
By 2788 the Martian Military Commission had declared success in the colonization of Mars, and formally dissolved, replaced by the Martian Federal District to represent its interests in Federal Council, and allowing the formation of a Civilian Government to take over the administrative duties of the Martian Colonial Territory, in the 2790 Council elections, which saw Martian Colonists able to elect their own councilors, Former Commissioner of the MMC Admiral Hu Tang was successfully elected as one of the 4 councilors of Mars and was chosen to serve as High Councilor during the Term of the 15th Federal Council.
Mars is home to the largest concentration of Human Life in the Sol System outside of Earth and is known for its rapid growth of the Human Nationalism Movement among the local populace, with the Civilian Organization known as the Terran Citizens Association, known for it's staunch support of the complete dissolution of all forms of Human National Identities except for that of a Terran Identity, being founded my Second-Generation Martian Colonists in New Olympus, where the organization still based there to this day.
History
Pre-Colonization
Mars gained its name from the Roman God of war Mars, due to the observation of the worlds red sands from afar which made thinkers of ages past associate the planet with blood and the Roman God. For the longest time the planet was simply observed from afar, with advanced telescopes, but eventually Mars would become just in reach of mankindOn July 15th, 1965, the United States achieved a successful Flyby of Mars with the Mariner 4, two more flybys occurred on February 25th and March 27th in 1969 by Mariner 6 and 7 respectively. In November 1971 the Mars 2 spacecraft of the Soviet Union successfully achieved orbit around the world to launch a landing craft and Rover, both of which became the first Debry to crash on Mars. However, the United States, who had launched A Mars mission the same month of the Soviets, managed to beat them in orbiting Mars with their Mariner 9 a whole 13 days prior to the soviets, despite launching their mission 2 days after.
However, these all pale in comparison to the first human landing which would occur decades later, the first landing occurred August 8th, 2086, under the Mariner XX Voyage undertaken by the United States, 6th French Republic, Federal Republic of Germany, Hellenic Republic and The Republic of Israel. The first human to touch Mars' surface would be Greek Astronaut Eiríni Aláti, who was quoted as saying upon touching the planet's surface
"It only took 120 years, but mankind has finally surpassed the bar set by Neil Armstrong"
Following the successful landing, and the Lunar Base Craze of the 2090s, many suspected that similar bases would be established upon the surface of Mars, the question was who would get their first, with many suspecting Ameirca, China, France, Russia or India reaching Mars first, however it would be the Hellenic Republic who, taking a serious amount of loans and investing heavily in the project, launched the Ares I mission on January 1st 2112, and would successfully land upon Mars on August 14th, upon the site where the Mariner XX would first touchdown and establish the Ares Foothold Base.
Following the establishment of the Ares Base, the Hellenic Republic would successfully argue their case to the United Nations Colonial Council and gain exclusive settlement rights to a vast amount of territory around the Ares Base and begin establishment of a large and extensive colony upon Mars, New Olympus as the Hellenic Government named it, administered from the Ares Base which was expanded into a proper government building.
Colonization
The Greek Mars Colony would overtime become a center of scientific study and extensive mineral exploitation, with the vast mineral wealth from mars being used by the Greek government to repay the loans and extensive investment, preventing a Third Greek Debt crisis and boosting confidence in the ruling Social Democrat Government.Along with the Scientific and Mineral Exploitation, the Mars colony became a center for a large-scale Exodus of people from earth, seeking to escape growing overpopulation, establishing vast minority sectors where their parent culture created autonomous zones within the Greek Colony, including zones for Chinese, Brazilians, Hindus, Russian, Nigerian and Irish communities. Following this exodus, and general dissatisfaction with the Greek monopoly on Martian resources, a wave of new colonial bases would be established in the 2130s and by the 2180s the planet would begin undergoing mass colonization efforts overseen directly by the UN beyond simple mineral and scientific interests, but genuine attempts to build proper cities upon the planet surface.
Despite the number of governments now located on Mars, the Greek Colony of New Olympus remained the center of the Martian colonial activity, with the Planetary HQ of the United Nations being located in the Greek Colony, along with being home to the Planets largest Starport from which the bulk immigrants arrived, and materials were shipped back to earth and the Luna Colony.
Notably, during the colonization of Mars, the Moons of Phobos and Deimos were also colonized, mostly by private mining interests not affiliated with any government, mainly the Amazon Conglomerate and Glencore, with the exception of a large chunk of Deimos, which was developed and legally colonized by the Disney Corporation, who sought to build their Disney Land Galactic Adventure Park, which completed construction in 2228, just in time for the invention of Hyperlane Technology to make it viable.
Post Fall
Following the Fall, all contact was lost with the Mars colony and the facilities on Phobos and Deimos, and the world and its moons would only see the arrival of humans again in the year 2755, when the Sword Expedition under the command of then Admiral but now High Councilor Hu Tang, landed upon the Moon of Phobos and Deimos, taking control and beginning the work of restarting mining efforts on the moons, before moving onto mars in 2756, establishing a Federal Presence in New Olympus, bringing the colony to full operation as a military base and center of a slowly rebuilding mining business upon the Red World.By 2788 the Martian Military Commission had declared success in the colonization of Mars, and formally dissolved, replaced by the Martian Federal District to represent its interests in Federal Council, and allowing the formation of a Civilian Government to take over the administrative duties of the Martian Colonial Territory, in the 2790 Council elections, which saw Martian Colonists able to elect their own councilors, Former Commissioner of the MMC Admiral Hu Tang was successfully elected as one of the 4 councilors of Mars and was chosen to serve as High Councilor during the Term of the 15th Federal Council.
Mars is home to the largest concentration of Human Life in the Sol System outside of Earth and is known for its rapid growth of the Human Nationalism Movement among the local populace, with the Civilian Organization known as the Terran Citizens Association, known for it's staunch support of the complete dissolution of all forms of Human National Identities except for that of a Terran Identity, being founded my Second-Generation Martian Colonists in New Olympus, where the organization still based there to this day.
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