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Revision as of 05:40, 17 October 2005
This article covers both the region The Planet Mars and the planet itself as they relate to NationStates. For more general information, see the Wikipedia article on this subject. An Alternative Mars also exists.
The Region
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This region is made up of roleplayers who have a colony or their main nation on the planet. While violence is frequent it is often caused by outside sources - paradoxically the people of Mars tend to be peaceful (if very well armed). The planet is being terraformed. Ask for details on the Mars forums if you need more information
This region is password protected. If you wish to move a nation or a placeholder nation to Mars please contact Sunset for permission to move. You might be asked for proof of your intentions (Links, Threads, Etc) if there has not been any activity on the forums or elsewhere in regards to Mars.
The Planet
Depending on who you are the planet is either in the final stages of terraforming or still a dull red ball. While the oldest known colonization started in December of 2002 there were nations already present in the region at this point thus it is possible that colonization began prior to this. The following timeline is incomplete and should be revised as more information becomes avaliable.
Timeline
- December 31st, 2002
Sunset arrives on Mars. Settling in the Vallis Marinaris region of Mars the nation is essentially isolated from the rest of Mars.
- Febuary 25th (Approx), 2003
Volaria, Platonic, Delgados, and Os Sanglants arrive on Mars. Within two months the governments of the first three will dissolve and their people disperse into the growing population of Mars.
- April, 2003
The nation of Pilon arrives on Mars. After making peaceful contact with Sunset and several other nations on Mars and their first offworld settlement is established.
- July, 2003
The NGEN war tears Mars apart. Tor Yvresse and Os Sanglants fight NGEN and Melkor Unchained to a standstill. Around this time the map of Mars is solidly laid down with the first repository of this data residing in Sunset.
Previous to the war, the Federation of Technocratic Republics installs a permanent outpost in the Chasma Boreale, in Mars' north pole, called Chasma Dominia.
- July 25th (Approx), 2003
The nation of Sephirus launches a fleet and attempts to invade all of Mars. The invasion of Mars is stopped by a combined fleet from the Triumvirate of Yut. This event also serves to bring Mars closer to the system spotlight.
- August, 2003
Sunset and Tor Yvresse begin the search for a rumored Necron city beneath the soil of Mars with support from the fledgeling Knootoss space forces. This operation is reported to the public as being an extensive archeological survey of the planet and results in the awakening of the Dragon by Roanian forces and their destruction at it's hands. The Republic of Syskeyia founds a colony, imaginatively known as Syskeyian Mars.
Auman is formed from the ashes of a previous totalitarian society in the Vascilian League dominated Southern Pole. Many reforms are made to the nation by Overlord Balthizar Marduk.
- November, 2003
Led by Mangala, delegates from the major nations of Mars create and ratify the Mangalan Accords, creating the Martian Duma. The Duma begins serving as Mars' supreme judicial body even before its headquarters complex is completed.
- Febuary, 2004
Operation: Roundhammer is begun to remove Melkor Unchained from Mars. Aligned against the Dark Lord are New York and Jersey, Menelmacar, Syskeyia, Roania, Kajal Mars, and Aelosia with his only ally being Kalessin. After a massive assault culminating in the deaths of millions on the plains of Angoron the commander of Angmar, Imakarum Mirabilis, surrenders the fortress only to have his adjuct Pharros Adunakhor launch a nuclear strike on all of Mars as well as a biological weapons strike on the oceans.
The former Angoron territory is divided between Menelmacar and the Ctan and marks the return of the Necron to Mars.
Mangala and New ArAreBee split the former Kinslayer territory among themselves in a bilateral peacekeeping effort.
Auman re-aquired its lost territory of Hellespontos County in a last minute assault. While relatively bloodless in comparison to the other theatres of this conflict, Hellespontos is notable for its ferocious tunnel fighting.
- February - March (Approx), 2004
Under the auspices of the PrattCo Conglomerate (but secretly according to the plans of Abadas and the Federal Government), Santa Barbara sent a delegation to negotiate, in platinum, with the Eniqciri government for purchase of Noachian territory on Mars. After an (exhorbitant) price is settled on, the ITDO began settling Santa Barbaran Noachia with military outposts, bases and fortifications.
- February 8th - April 2nd, 2004
As a side show of Operation: Roundhammer, Tarasovka & Der Angst, cooperating with United Indiastan & The Vortex Corporation, attack the Martian Confederacy after mistaking an unannaunced assault of Conferderate forces on TST forces as an assault on themselves. After multiple attempts to negotiate compensation fail, the attack resumes, and the Confederacy is eventually carved up between DA, TVC, Tarasovka, Bajon & Kajal Mars.
Following this, the Former Martian Confederacy breaks up into several different fractions.
- July 9th, 2004
Rhaken Kull dissolves and it's polar territory becomes the site of a land war as the area is contested by Northwestern Liang and Allanea in both legal and extra-legal channels. This culminates in the destruction of the Allanea fleet by the forces of Zero-One and their settlement by Northwestern Liang. This is also the trigger point for the temporary occupation of Allanea by the Federation of Sentient Peoples.
- August 27th, 2004
The GEC-42 solar system is opened up for colonization by nations possessing territory on Mars. It is linked directly to Mars via a pair of gates capable of creating an artificial wormhole between the two. Colonies are immediately established by a number of Martian nations on the moons of the system's single planet, a colossal gas giant.
- September 2004
The Serene^Union of Kaenei takes possession of former T.V.C. Territory, founding Kaenei Mars.
- October 2004
This United State makes purchase of an arcology and a small area of land from Sunset.
- October 19th, 2004
The national government of Ravenspire dissolves. As a member of the Triumvirate of Yut Ravenspire's citizens are entitled to it's protection and it's Martian territories are organized into the first Triumvirate Protectorate Territory. Deimos, another Ravenspire holding, is initially held by Sunset and later organized into the second Triumvirate Protectorate Territory.
- November 24th, 2004
Sunset lands on and claims Phobos as a protected territory in light of it's seemingly abandoned status. Portions of the moon are then leased to various nations and corporations for various uses.
- December 2004
Knootoss founds the city of Nieuw Rotterdam
- December 2004
Thelas purchases land from the Bajon government and starts the Pandora Expanse colony. Soon after a land dispute arises with the FACS government. Said situation has been resolved with the ceeding of the disputed territory to the FACS government
- June 28th, 2005
War erupts between The Osage and Tor Yvresse. While resolved relatively quickly the war involved forces from The Ctan, Thelas, Menelmacar, and Pilon fighting the Osage in orbit and on the ground until a treaty was signed. The Osage-Yvresse War results in an Osage colony being formed on Mars in return for a large indemnity.
- July 2005
Several nations begin working to bring about much needed, but hotly contested, reforms within MIDAS II and the Martian Duma
- August 2005
Zepplin Manufacturers purchases land from Weyr and starts construction of Megacity 4.
- September 2005
New Haven begins the process of arming its orbiting colony Orion as a response to the construction of Megacity 4 by Zepplin Manufacturers. Fleets belonging to New Haven later threaten Megacity 4 resulting in mobilization of forces by numerous Martian nations.
Following the revelation that the hostile fleets were in fact complex fakes several court cases are lodged against the Red Hammer Orbital Manufacturing Conglomerate of New Haven.
- October 2005
Uploaded Minds sends a 15 centimeter long scout-vessel, the New Frontier, to Mars.
Concurrently a military convoy belonging to New Haven arrives at Mathilde and is engaged in combat by The Augmented and The Osage. After it is discovered that the convoy was a decoy Kajali forces enact a blockade of Orion, the home system of New Haven.
