Mars

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History

The Russians did not develop their Moon programme, choosing instead to shoot for Mars. They established the small Mars Colony Voskhod, where the Treaty of Voskhod was signed in 2006. In 2006 under the Treaty of Voskhod, Grossdeutschland and the USSR agreed to co-operate on the terraforming and joint protection of Mars from external powers. In 2011 large scale terraforming begins on Mars with the German and Russian fleets detonating nuclear weapons at the poles. The resulting detonations melt water and carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Simulataneously, the first Great Mirror moves into position over the northern pole. Meanwhile on the surface largescale factories produce CFCs and PFCs. In 2014 the first microbial lifeforms are released across the globe, genetically designed to help build an atmosphere. In 2015 the first of seventeen asteroids is sent into the martian atmosphere. These gas rich asteroids largely burn up in the atmosphere serving to add volume to the thin martian atmosphere. In 2023 terraforming of Mars completes sufficiently to allow a man to breath the atmosphere unaided for short periods of time. In 2027 most released species have begun to adapt to life on their new home. In 2030 both Russian and German nations begin large scale population relocation to Mars. The expected lifespan of these colonists settles in the mid thirties as many difficulties are encountered. Despite this, many are willing to seek a new better life on Mars rather than face the ongoing Migration Crisis. In the 2050s and 60s, Britain constructed experimental arcology housings on Phobos and Diemos, using technology that was later copied by the Germans on Luna and Arminius, to make othewrwise barren moons livable with enough supplies from offworld.