Ares
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National Overview
As Of January 2195
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Overview
Ares was named for obvious reasons. The planet is remarkably similar to Mars, though larger, and with a significantly higher atmospheric pressure and oxygen content. More remarkable however were the forests and scrublands of red vegetation still clinging to life in some regions, and the small resilient fauna that milled around them. Observation confirmed fears. Humans had arrived at Ares just in time to watch it die as Mars itself had done so much longer ago.
Luckily for the planet's inhabitants, the planetologists also confirmed commercially viable dust deposits and, more importantly, apparently abandoned posthuman fabricators. Charitable investment from the Xenolife Foundation funded the colonisation, with the stated goals of commandeering the local relic technology for humanity's use and the restoration of the planet's biosphere. Unfortunately, it was not to be. Local policy errors and Stauss-Kaserist governors exacerbated tensions between the augmented and unaugmented residents, which worsened until the government was seriously threatened and forced to call in external peacekeepers. And then the breakdown hit.
The Breakdown produced a period of unpleasant internicine struggles as various groups sought control over the planet. The coming of the Magnates ended that, initially, and representatives of all factions agreed to Ares joining the League as a unitary member. The Magnates themselves however were not fooled by this show of unity, and exploited the divisions to support the transgenes against the other factions and divide opposition. Ares, which had been resisting quite ably with the presence of their legacy Core equipment, suddenly found itself divided and on the back foot.
It wasn't fatal, either to interfaction relations or the war effort. But even today, after the dust has cleared, bitter memories of invasion, treason and oppression hamper efforts to turn the planet into a success like Sarreva.
- Terraformable World
- Artefact Rush
- Limited Precursors
- Limited Drones
- Nano-Factories
- Backwater
- UN Authorised
- Inner Rim
- Genetic Tensions
- Regulated Market
- Pioneers
- Charitable
- Fleeing Transgenes
- Warfare
- Regime Changed
- Cut Off
- Fire Upon the Deep
- Make My Own Bloc
- Law of the Gun
- JITTerbugs
- Battlefield World
- Junta
- Bombed Flat and Angry About It