History Awesome / Overheaven

* {{Terraforming}}, when done successfully, is always awesome, but Ganymede deserves special mention. Ganymede's surface is a sheet of ice on top of a layer of water. So, using giant solar mirrors in orbit as well as subterranean ''[[SwordsIntoPlowshares nuclear explosions]]'', the Ganymedeans '''melt the entire crust of the moon''', transforming it into an ocean world.

* The Australian government has been burying a great deal of nuclear waste in the barren sands of the Outback, and by the 1980s, they've decided they need a way to ensure that the danger present at the site is conveyed even after there's no longer an Australia. So, they put the concepts from the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-term_nuclear_waste_warning_messages Sandia Report]] into action, complete with the "atomic priesthood" - in the form of the local Aboriginal clans, who are tasked with using their rich oral tradition to pass down the warnings, a mission they willingly accept. After all, the clans of Warlmanpa have lived in their land for 40,000 years, and through changing times, all kinds of hardships and even [[ColonyDrop Hell Day]][[note]]Which, yes, they survive[[/note]], if they have anything to say about it, they'll be there for 40,000 more.

** Another [=MarsCom=] soldier, one Yohane Tanaka, is only mentioned in the RBW political compass meme, but what little we know makes him undeniably awesome: dissatisfied with his standard-issue spear, he [[MacGyvering MacGyvers]] together ''[[MagneticWeapons his own railgun]]'' from scratch, goes AWOL with it, and [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome comes back with 153 prisoners]].

** Raiko Ushijima, a former cancer patient who became a {{Cyborg}} as a result of said cancer. Come the war, despite still being relatively young, being [[PintsizedPowerhouse small even for her age]], and having no military background whatsoever up to that point, she decides to put her augmentations to use by joining the Blue forces - specifically, the soon-to-be-vaunted [[ElitesAreMoreGlamorous 7th Cyborg Raiders]]. She soon discovers that she's a natural warrior, and by the end of the war, she's racked up ''1,402'' confirmed enemy kills [[OneWomanArmy all by herself]], earning the nickname [[RedBaron "Carnivore."]]

** The MTOS ''Goliath'', a [[MileLongShip five-mile-long space tanker]] with a full load of nitrogen, ammonia and water from Ganymede, outright ''ending the war''. Its cargo is so valuable to drought-stricken Mars that the Reds and Blues sign an agreement to evenly distribute its resources, with the stipulation that if the ''Goliath'' is attacked, [[TeamSwitzerland the Green Five]] join the war against the attackers. As a result, when the Reds are backed into a corner and [[GeneralRipper Levi Brahm]] disobeys orders to try and capture the ship, the ensuing [[BigBadassBattleSequence Battle of the Goliath]] becomes the FinalBattle of the war, deciding the conflict in favor of the Blues.

** The MTOS ''Goliath'', a [[MileLongShip five-mile-long space tanker]] with a full load of nitrogen, ammonia and water from Ganymede, outright ''ending the war''. Its cargo is so valuable to drought-stricken Mars that the Reds and Blues sign an agreement to evenly distribute its resources, with the stipulation that if the ''Goliath'' is attacked, [[the TeamSwitzerland Green Five]] join the war against the attackers. As a result, when the Reds are backed into a corner and [[GeneralRipper Levi Brahm]] disobeys orders to try and capture the ship, the ensuing [[BigBadassBattleSequence Battle of the Goliath]] becomes the FinalBattle of the war, deciding the conflict in favor of the Blues.

* The Australian government has been burying a great deal of nuclear waste in the barren sands of the Outback, and by the 1980s, they've decided they need a way to ensure that the danger present at the site is conveyed even after there's no longer an Australia. So, they put the concepts from the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-term_nuclear_waste_warning_messages Sandia Report]] into action, complete with the "atomic priesthood" - in the form of the local Aboriginal clans, who are tasked with using their rich oral tradition to pass down the warnings, a mission they willingly accept. After all, the clans of Warlmanpa have lived in their land for 40,000 years, and through changing times, all kinds of hardships and even [[ColonyDrop Hell Day]][[note: Which, yes, they survive]], if they have anything to say about it, they'll be there for 40,000 more.

* The Australian government has been burying a great deal of nuclear waste in the barren sands of the Outback, and by the 1980s, they've decided they need a way to ensure that the danger present at the site is conveyed even after there's no longer an Australia. So, they put the concepts from the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-term_nuclear_waste_warning_messages Sandia Report]] into action, complete with the "atomic priesthood" - in the form of the local Aboriginal clans, who are tasked with using their rich oral tradition to pass down the warnings, a mission they willingly accept. After all, the clans of Warlmanpa have lived in their land for 40,000 years, and through changing times, all kinds of hardships and even [[ColonyDrop Hell Day]] - which, yes, they survive - if they have anything to say about it, they'll be there for 40,000 more.

** Another [=MarsCom=] soldier, one Yohane Tanaka, is only mentioned in the RBW political compass meme, but what little we know makes him undeniably awesome: dissatisfied with his standard-issue spear, he [[MacGyvering MacGyvers]] together ''[[MagneticWeapons his own railgun]]'' from scratch, goes AWOL with it, and [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome comes back with 153 prisoners]].

** Raiko Ushijima, a former cancer patient who became a {{Cyborg}} as a result of said cancer. Come the war, despite still being relatively young, being [[PintsizedPowerhouse small even for her age]], and having no military background whatsoever up to that point, she decides to put her augmentations to use by joining the Blue forces - specifically, the soon-to-be-vaunted [[ElitesAreMoreGlamorous 7th Cyborg Raiders]]. She soon discovers that she's a natural warrior, and by the end of the war, she's racked up ''1,402'' confirmed enemy kills [[OneWomanArmy all by herself]], earning the nickname [[RedBaron "Carnivore."]]

** Raiko Ushijima, a former cancer patient who became a {{Cyborg}} as a result of said cancer. Come the war, despite still being relatively young, being [[PintsizedPowerhouse small even for her age]], and having no military background whatsoever up to that point, she decides to put her augmentations to use by joining the soon-to-be-vaunted [[ElitesAreMoreGlamorous 7th Cyborg Raiders]]. She soon discovers that she's a natural warrior, and by the end of the war, she's racked up ''1,402'' confirmed enemy kills [[OneWomanArmy all by herself]], earning the nickname [[RedBaron "Carnivore."]]

** Raiko Ushijima, a former LittlestCancerPatient who became a {{Cyborg}} as a result of said cancer. Come the war, despite still being in her twenties, being [[PintsizedPowerhouse small even for her age]], and having no military background whatsoever up to that point, she decides to put her augmentations to use by joining the vaunted [[ElitesAreMoreGlamorous 7th Cyborg Raiders]]. She soon discovers that she's a natural warrior, and by the end of the war, she's racked up ''1,402'' confirmed enemy kills [[OneWomanArmy all by herself]], earning the nickname [[RedBaron "Carnivore."]]

* The Red-Blue War [[WarIsHell causes a whole lot of death and suffering for everybody]], but it also produces a lot of genuinely inspiring stories.

* The events surrounding the invention of the [[FullConversionCyborg Yashima Procedure]] are detailed under [[Heartwarming/{{Overheaven}} Heartwarming]], but the fact that it ''worked'' in the first place makes it awesome. Those scientists successfully created a way for people with terminal illnesses to live on and for people with crippling disabilities to get their lives back.