The Mariner Valley

Valles Marineris stretches across the planet’s surface, a canyon beyond grand, four thousand kilometers of protection from the admittedly ungentle Martian elements. The Mariner Valley was settled by Chinese, East Indian, and Texan immigrants in one of the earliest waves of migration, and it remains one of the most well-developed sections of Mars today. Sprawling across the sides of the canyons, five neighborhoods are linked by Haizhe, a network of bridges and tubes resembling nothing so much as a cartoon jellyfish. A high-speed rail line connects the Valley to Londres Nova. Spurred by their ancestral heritage on Earth, the residents of the Valley maintain a cowboy attitude and manner of speech, leading to an affected plain-spoken style and a propensity for drinking. It also led to a propensity for sports; football matches played in low Martian gravity are long distance and graceful affairs, and the Mariner Valley teams enjoy a planet-wide fanbase.

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Valley