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!!Hard Blues
Some Blue organizations weren't able to fight for [=MarsCom=], while for others, [=MarsCom=] didn't go far enough.
* ConspiracyTheorist: The New Mars Brigade, a Blue-aligned militia which followed the ideology of Lyndon [=LaRouche=], believed the Reds (and the less extreme Blues) were pawns of a Neo-Platonist opium-dealing cabal run by the UN and the British Royal Family. (Never mind that the Windsors only reigned in Australia and New Zealand by then.)
* EagleSquadron: The Bring the Rain Coalition was an organization of volunteers from Earth who came to fight for the Blues. Lang wouldn't let them join [=MarsCom=], because he didn't want [=MarsCom=] to look like pawns of Earth, but the BTRC fought alongside [=MarsCom=] anyway.
* LaResistance: [=MarsCom=] personnel who became trapped behind enemy lines often started these sorts of groups.
* RedBaron: General Spencer Gordon, leader of a group of [=MarsCom=] personnel who'd become guerillas behind Red lines in Avalon, was nicknamed "Gandalf the Blue."
* RobotSoldier: The Avatar Company was a group of 268 sentient androids built to fight for the Blues on behalf of people who couldn't make the trip from Earth to Mars. Their programming was to help win the war, and afterwards, live their own free lives on Mars. When the war ended, the surviving Avatars decided to carry this out by gathering in one place and then each walking in a different direction. They went on to all have adventures of their own and become the [[HeroOfAnotherStory Heroes of Another Story]] in their own right.
* SelfFulfillingProphecy: The Reds of the [=EmDF=] did their best to not give the Blue Protection Units a reason to revolt, but their paranoia got the better of them, and the BPU revolted anyway.
* UriahGambit: One Hard Blue group, the Blue-Green Army, had this happen to them because Aaron Lang and many other [=MarsCom=] higher-ups thought the BGA (which consisted mostly of ex-cons) was too extreme and too undisciplined.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: [=SciCom=] and [=CivCom=] often proved themselves extremely valuable to the war effort in their own ways.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Blue.
* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: The "X Troops" of the Innovation Corps' 1st Experimental Division got all the latest, most advanced weapons and gear, since it was their job to test it on the battlefield.
* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: The "X Troops" of the Innovation Corps' 1st Experimental Division got all the latest, most advanced weapons and gear, since it was their job to test it on the battlefield.
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* SuperSoldier: A downplayed example. The "X Troops" of the Innovation Corps' 1st Experimental Division were assigned to test the latest experimental weapons in live-fire situations, so they were equipped with all the most advanced gear available.
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!!Civil Command
[=CivCom=], the infrastructure and civil engineering branch. Consisted of the
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Green.
* CoolTrain: Trains were the main way of transporting cargo across Mars during the RBW, since there was no atmosphere for planes and no ocean for ships. The Corps of Engineers' 5th Railroad Security Division was responsible for protecting the trains.
* DangerousOrbitalDebris: The Debris Corps' job was to manage and dispose of debris in Mars orbit.
* TheEngineer: Their specialty.
* ImprovisedWeapon: The 1st
* TheMedic: The Medical Corps consisted of these.
* MundaneUtility: One part of Project Genesis was detonating nuclear weapons on Mars - not for military purposes, just to help cool the climate. The Nuclear Corps was in charge of carrying out these detonations and defending the infrastructure for them. They were able to carry out a few detonations during the war, but the project had to be scrapped because of how bad the PR was.
* RefugeInAudacity: The Corps of Engineers got into the habit of conducting missions behind Red lines, not to sabotage their enemies' infrastructure, but to ''repair'' it, as a propaganda tactic of sorts.
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* MagnificentBastard: Aaron James Lang, leader of [=MarsCom=] during the war. Described by Ryzov as a "heroic troll" character, Lang pulls out every trick in the book to win the war, and when he does win and can dictate whatever terms he wants... he agrees to most of what the moderate Reds wanted, establishes the framework for the Martian Alliance, pulls a {{Cincinnatus}} and reenlists as a private in [=CivCom=], where he spends the rest of his life having adventures of his own.
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* MagnificentBastard: InUniverse. Aaron James Lang, leader of [=MarsCom=] during the war. Described by Ryzov as a "heroic troll" character, Lang pulls out every trick in the book to win the war, and when he does win and can dictate whatever terms he wants... he agrees to most of what the moderate Reds wanted, establishes the framework for the Martian Alliance, pulls a {{Cincinnatus}} and reenlists as a private in [=CivCom=], where he spends the rest of his life having adventures of his own.
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* DropPod: The 1st Suborbital Assault Division specialized in using these. It tended to result in significant casualties.
* RealMenWearPink: Rainbows were a frequent symbol of the Blue cause, and after a unit that called themselves the "Rainbow Warriors" suffered horrific casualties in the course of trying to save their comrades, rainbow iconography became associated with military heroism on Mars.
* RealMenWearPink: Rainbows were a frequent symbol of the Blue cause, and after a unit that called themselves the "Rainbow Warriors" suffered horrific casualties in the course of trying to save their comrades, rainbow iconography became associated with military heroism on Mars.
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!!Science Command
[=SciCom=], the scientific and technological wing of [=MarsCom=]. Consisted of the Innovation Corps, Astronomy Corps, Areology (Martian geology) Corps, Biology Corps, Xeno Corps and Education Corps.
* ColonyDrop: One of the Astronomy Corps' jobs was to scout potential comets for these, albeit for noaforming purposes, not combat.
* MadScientist: The Biology Corps tended to attract the sort of people who really ''wanted'' to breed BigCreepyCrawlies for various purposes.
* MisplacedKindergartenTeacher: During the war, one Education Corps project was a program about DIY solutions to problems civilians might encounter in the course of the war. One of the presenters had apparently originally been trained as an actual kindergarten teacher.
* {{Nanomachines}}: The 6th Nanotech Division of the Innovation Corps was responsible for projects relating to these. They weren't combatants, but the Reds tended to kill them anyway, since they feared the 6th were working on nanotech [=WMDs=]. In actuality, their projects mostly pertained to water purification, soil remediation and other such applications.
* TheSmartGuy: [=SciCom=]'s job was to be this to [=MarsCom=].
* SuperSoldier: A downplayed example. The "X Troops" of the Innovation Corps' 1st Experimental Division were assigned to test the latest experimental weapons in live-fire situations, so they were equipped with all the most advanced gear available.
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* BadassArmy: [=DefCom=] was the only division that actually was one, but all three branches
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* BadassArmy: [=DefCom=] was the only division that actually was one, but all three branches
branches structured themselves like a military, with officers and unit systems.
* MagnificentBastard: Aaron James Lang, leader of [=MarsCom=] during the war. Described by Ryzov as a "heroic troll" character, Lang pulls out every trick in the book to win the war, and when he does win and can dictate whatever terms he wants... he agrees to most of what the moderate Reds wanted, establishes the framework for the Martian Alliance, pulls a {{Cincinnatus}} and reenlists as a private in [=CivCom=], where he spends the rest of his life having adventures of his own.
* UnitedNationsIsASuperpower: The MTO was essentially the Martian UN, and it did indeed wield a huge amount of power. Many Reds were just as uneasy about that as about terraforming, though the fears that it would evolve into a fascist superstate never quite came to pass.
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!!Defense Command
[=DefCom=], the military wing of the MTO and thus the army of the Blue Movement. Consisted of the Ground Corps, Space Corps, Ranger Corps, Cyber Corps, Intelligence Corps and Logistics Corps.
* AttackDrone: Made frequent use of "teletanks" - that is, remote-controlled armored vehicles, [[IKnowMortalKombat often piloted by Mars' gamer population]].
* BadassArmy: Easily the best-equipped fighting force on Mars.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Red, since that was the requisite color of Martian camo.
* SpaceMarine: The Space Corps specialized in orbital operations, such as boarding enemy space stations.
* SuperSoldier: The famous 7th Cyborg Raiders were a unit of cyborg soldiers, most of them self-modified.
* MagnificentBastard: Aaron James Lang, leader of [=MarsCom=] during the war. Described by Ryzov as a "heroic troll" character, Lang pulls out every trick in the book to win the war, and when he does win and can dictate whatever terms he wants... he agrees to most of what the moderate Reds wanted, establishes the framework for the Martian Alliance, pulls a {{Cincinnatus}} and reenlists as a private in [=CivCom=], where he spends the rest of his life having adventures of his own.
* UnitedNationsIsASuperpower: The MTO was essentially the Martian UN, and it did indeed wield a huge amount of power. Many Reds were just as uneasy about that as about terraforming, though the fears that it would evolve into a fascist superstate never quite came to pass.
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!!Defense Command
[=DefCom=], the military wing of the MTO and thus the army of the Blue Movement. Consisted of the Ground Corps, Space Corps, Ranger Corps, Cyber Corps, Intelligence Corps and Logistics Corps.
* AttackDrone: Made frequent use of "teletanks" - that is, remote-controlled armored vehicles, [[IKnowMortalKombat often piloted by Mars' gamer population]].
* BadassArmy: Easily the best-equipped fighting force on Mars.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Red, since that was the requisite color of Martian camo.
* SpaceMarine: The Space Corps specialized in orbital operations, such as boarding enemy space stations.
* SuperSoldier: The famous 7th Cyborg Raiders were a unit of cyborg soldiers, most of them self-modified.
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* {{Terraforming}}: Over the decades and centuries, Mars is gradually converted into a habitable world, albeit not without a good deal of strife along the way.
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* {{Terraforming}}: Over the decades and centuries, Mars is gradually converted into a habitable world, albeit not without a good deal of strife along the way. The way Project Genesis (the Mars Treaty Organization's noaforming plan) was to be carried out was the primary sticking point for the Reds.
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The United Forces, the alliance of seven rebel armies that championed the anti-terraforming (or at least anti-[=MarsCom=]) cause of the Reds.
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!![=MarsCom=] as a whole
Mars Command was the service arm of the Mars Treaty Organization, and it was they who were tasked with defeating the Reds and making Project Genesis (that is, the noaforming plan) happen. They consisted of three main divisions: [=DefCom=] (Defense Command), [=SciCom=] (Science Command) and [=CivCom=] (Civil Command).
* BadassArmy: [=DefCom=] was the only division that actually was one, but all three branches
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Mars Command was the service arm of the Mars Treaty Organization, and it was they who were tasked with defeating the Reds and making Project Genesis (that is, the noaforming plan) happen. They consisted of three main divisions: [=DefCom=] (Defense Command), [=SciCom=] (Science Command) and [=CivCom=] (Civil Command).
* BadassArmy: [=DefCom=] was the only division that actually was one, but all three branches
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Project Genesis was considered by many people to be too extreme in its methods, but its proponents ultimately really did believe it would make Mars a better place.
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* AbsentAliens: Downplayed. There are alien life forms on Mars, but they're very primitive - microbes and [[
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* WeWillUseWikiWordsInTheFuture: The Martians certainly seem to think so. European Mars -> Euromars. Mars Command -> [=MarsCom=]. United Forces -> [=UniFor=].
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* UnwillingRoboticization: Some of them had a habit of turning those they captured into [[FullConversionCyborg Full Conversion Cyborgs]]. This tended to not work very well, as the Yashima Procedure can easily result in death, insanity and/or serious trauma when performed improperly.
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* UnwillingRoboticization: Some of them had a habit of turning those they captured into [[FullConversionCyborg Full Conversion Full-Conversion Cyborgs]]. This tended to not work very well, as the Yashima Procedure can easily result in death, insanity and/or serious trauma when performed improperly.
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!!The Dysonists & Singularitarians
Various groups who believed there were better ways than noaforming by which to transform Mars.
* HiveMind: The Singularity Front sought to create one, unifying all of Mars into a higher consciousness. They never achieved this, but their extensive use of mind-linking technologies allowed the members' memories to be copied and propagated over the net in the centuries to come, granting them a strange form of immortality as they periodically got downloaded and took over random people.
* TakeAThirdOption: Rather than terraform Mars or leave it as it was, the Dysonists wanted to ''disassemble'' the planet and use it to build a DysonSphere.
!!Red Hackers
An assortment of hacker organizations were part of the Red cause.
* TheCracker: The organization known as Venom Worms infamously once managed to sabotage a [=MarsCom=] nuclear reactor. The Red Planet IT Army, meanwhile, specialized in deepfake propaganda.
* GoneHorriblyRight: The Red Planet IT Army's deepfakes proved so convincing that some governments on Earth actually fell for them, nearly prompting an intervention. Both the Reds and the Blues agreed to dial back the deepfakery after that, and [=UniFor=] almost severed ties with the RPIT Army.
* IAmSpartacus: Adam Kadmon was a hacker group named after its leader... and everyone else in the organization, who all claimed to be its leader when interrogated. [[MemoryGambit Some of them even believed they really were.]] The Blues never did figure out who the "real" Adam Kadmon was, or if such a person even existed at all. Many historians believe the group's real goal was simply to confuse the [=MarsCom=] cyberintelligence corps.
!!Red Katipuneros
A minor Red group from Rizalia who were more interested in theater than war and were generally seen as a joke... at least, until the war's end.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Karen Bondoc, self-proclaimed "Revolutionary Commander" of the [=RKs=], was obsessed with musical theater and the trappings thereof, and so the Katipuneros ended up spending more time putting on elaborate musical numbers than getting much done.
* MisfitMobilizationMoment: Theirs came at the Petra-3 Treaty. When the ACM assassinated Falco, Karen Bondoc and the Red Katipunero representatives (who had been encouraged to come in hopes of convincing them to stand down) unexpectedly sprang into action and cut off the Areans' escape route, ensuring the terrorists' capture. In helping to save the peace treaty, the Red Katipuneros earned the respect of the other Reds (who'd hitherto scorned them as "[=LARPers=]"), and they were welcomed home as unlikely heroes.
* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Broadly regarded as completely ineffectual. The Rizalian authorities let them stay because they drew recruits away from more dangerous organizations.
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* TheResenter: Tobias Falco effectively sidelined Levi Brahm in the course of taking control of [=UniFor=], and Brahm never forgave him.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Late in the war, the LMDF fell apart as its members realized that if the planet really ''was'' alive, then noaforming might actually do it some good.
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!!The Nyctalopes
Cyborg separatists who fought for the Reds.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Their flags incorporated black and silver as well as red.
* TheExile: After the war, the surviving Nyctalopes moved to the higher-elevation parts of Mars, where noaforming couldn't reach, or to Titan.
* FullConversionCyborg: Almost all Nyctalopes were these. It allowed them to live on Mars with no need for life support, something they were very proud of.
* MiseryBuildsCharacter: They believed that Mars didn't need to be terraformed, because it belonged by right to those who could withstand it as it was - i.e. cyborgs.
* UnwillingRoboticization: Some of them had a habit of turning those they captured into [[FullConversionCyborg Full Conversion Cyborgs]]. This tended to not work very well, as the Yashima Procedure can easily result in death, insanity and/or serious trauma when performed improperly.
!!Disciples of Bogath
A faction of heretical Barsu who, unlike most of their fellows, sympathized with the Reds.
* TheHeretic: Seen as this by most other Barsu - admittedly less for their beliefs and more because they were Reds.
* NoTrueScotsman: The rest of the Barsu still consider them PersonaNonGrata even centuries after the war, since the Disciples tried to make excuses for Red groups who massacred Barsu.
* TheProphecy: All the Barsu believed in one, that Mars would be brought back to life by the return of the Barsu, but the Disciples took a step further by claiming that Mars couldn't or wouldn't be restored until ''all'' the Barsu had reached Mars.
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!!Stop Genesis
A minor Hard Red group from Boeing City, New Tacoma, in Tharsis.
* CultOfPersonality: Their leader, Rebexa Arya, was a teacher who built up one around herself, in part by indoctrinating her students. Eventually, the movement's other leaders grew sick of it and betrayed her.
* TakeOverTheCity: Their aim during the war was to take over Boeing City for the Red cause and destroy the city's terraforming-related industries. The police and local [=MarsCom=] elements stopped them.
* ThrownOutTheAirlock: When Stop Genesis was defeated, Arya was caught trying to escape the city, but decided it was BetterToDieThanBeKilled and inflicted this on herself.
!!Jean-Paul Lemay Brigade
A minor Hard Red group named after the university professor whose death at the hands of [=MarsCom=] helped start the Red-Blue War.
* CultOfPersonality: Around the memory of Lemay.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Their aim was to find and kill the soldier who'd killed Lemay... and every member of his unit, and all their family, friends and business partners. [=MarsCom=] had to put the soldiers and their families into what amounted to witness protection.
!!Living Mars Defense Force
A group who believed Mars' native life forms (which were very primitive) should take precedence, and indeed that the whole planet was, in some way, alive.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Their belief in a sort of "Cosmic Consciousness" pervading all things got them treated as this.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Late in the war, the LMDF fell apart as its members realized that if the planet really ''was'' alive, then noaforming might actually do it some good.
* UsefulNotes/NonNaziSwastika: Had one on their flag. It represented "cosmic life force."
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* YoungConqueror: Minako Hiyama was only in her early twenties when she became leader of the RPR2. Her Red activism started as teenage rebellion against her strict (and very Blue) parents, but it grew into a cause that consumed her life.
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!!Arean Consciousness Movement
The most prominent of the "Hard Reds," the extremist fringe of the Red movement.
* BloodKnight: "War was an end unto itself" for the ACM. They believed the struggle to protect Mars would have to be unending.
* BullyingADragon: Assassinating Tobias Falco at the Treaty of Petra-3 proved to not be the Areans' wisest move.
* EveryoneHasStandards: The ACM was never part of [=UniFor=].
* FantasticRacism: The Areans saw Earthlings as weak and spoiled.
* HatedByAll: Killing Falco and trying to continue the RBW after it was over made the ACM and their fellow Hard Reds public enemy number one on Mars for Blues and Red moderates alike. The Red-Blue War thus segues into the "Rust Wars," in which the nascent Martian Alliance hunts down the Hard Reds.
* MiseryBuildsCharacter: The hardships of life on Mars had, the ACM believed, made Martians strong, and to terraform the planet would make them weak.
* MyWayOrTheHighway: The ACM and their fellow Hard Reds believed that noaforming would rob the Martians of their culture and identity, and that there could thus be no compromise whatsoever with the Blues.
* NoTrueScotsman: What most Hard Reds thought of [=UniFor=] when the latter agreed to a peace treaty. The ACM took it so far as to assassinate Tobias Falco.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: The ACM flag was black with a red disk, symbolizing "Mars alone." They're portrayed extremely negatively.
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* FragileSpeedster: The [=AoTN=] relied on hit-and-run tactics. The 1st Qarmazi Cavalry, a fleet of armed ATVs and ground drones decorated in gaudy colors to taunt the Blues, were the resident experts.
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!!Primus Occupation Force
The smallest of the main seven Red armies, consisting of Tobias Falco's personal troops.
* CoolOldGuy: Tobias Falco, the 80-year-old Zoomer himself. Proved a ReasonableAuthorityFigure and a beloved RebelLeader during the war, a GracefulLoser at its end and an InspirationalMartyr in the years to come after his death at the hands of "Hard Red" terrorists.
* {{Cyborg}}: Most were augmented in some way.
* DefectorFromDecadence: Most were former [=DefCom=] special forces, personally loyal to Falco.
* EliteArmy: Falco's own troops, the best and brightest of [=UniFor=].
* TheGadfly: Spent the siege mercilessly trolling the Blue forces besieging them.
* TheSiege: The POF occupied Primus (the Martian capital) at the start of the war and held it until the end of the war.
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!!Pegaso and Janna
A Hispanic and an Arab colony, located together in Argyre Planitia.
* ThoseTwoGuys: The two colonies grow together and eventually become one entity, much like Maqam.
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!!Red Planet Revolutionary Ronin
The Red army of Kasei, known for its more ideological bent. Led by Minako Hiyama.
* BombThrowingAnarchists: The Red ideology of the Ronin often took an anarchist slant, and they considered themselves revolutionaries of a sort.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The Ronin used a lot more black and white in their flags than most Reds.
* YoungConqueror: Minako Hiyama was only in her early twenties when she became leader of the RPR2. Her Red activism started as teenage rebellion against her strict (and very Blue) parents, but it grew into a cause that consumed her life.
!!Army for the Salvation of the Argyre Basin (ESCA)
The Red army representing the colonies of Argyre Planitia. Led by Sultan al-Khatib.
* BilingualBonus: Their acronym is Spanish: Ejército para la Salvación de la Cuenca de Argyre.
* CultureChopSuey: Hispanic-Arabic.
* TheFundamentalist: An OddFriendship between Christian and Islamic fundamentalists, at that. It ends badly after the war.
** However, these are a minority: most ESCA fighters just don't want their country turned into a lake.
* PuppetKing: Sultan al-Khatib, the leader of ESCA, was sidelined by his generals after a failed invasion of Blue-controlled New California.
!!Army of the North
The Red army representing all the colonies of the Boreal Lowlands. Led by Ernesto Nores.
* BrainInAJar: Ernesto Nores was a brain in a box on wheels. Why? Because that's just how frugal a businessman he was. (Also so that people would underestimate him. [[CrazyEnoughToWork It worked.]])
* FragileSpeedster: The [=AoTN=] relied on hit-and-run tactics. The 1st Qarmazi Cavalry, a fleet of armed ATVs and ground drones decorated in gaudy colors to taunt the Blues, were the resident experts.
* NonIndicativeName: The 45 Immortals actually numbered about 600-900. They were called that because of their belief in esoteric numerology, including that the number 45 would protect them.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The Army of the North was known for the wide variety of strange ideologies Nores was able to bring under one banner through his impersonal charisma. There were communists, libertarians, Chilean Neo-Nazis, Juche cultists, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Maqamese nationalists]] and more besides.
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The Red army of the Tharsis Commonwealth. Led by Utena Jackson.
* TheAlliance: A relatively decentralized association of Red paramilitaries. This was their advantage - they could survive a decapitation strike if necessary and operate everywhere at once.
* AnimalMotifs: Many CRC groups put wasps or scorpions on their flags.
* FriendlySniper: The Ophir Rangers were such good sharpshooters that throughout the entire war, when everyone else ran out of ammo, they never did.
* SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset: The Reaper Militia, "a group of black-clad edgelords" who put skull designs on their helmet visors and their flag.
* TheAlliance: A relatively decentralized association of Red paramilitaries. This was their advantage - they could survive a decapitation strike if necessary and operate everywhere at once.
* AnimalMotifs: Many CRC groups put wasps or scorpions on their flags.
* FriendlySniper: The Ophir Rangers were such good sharpshooters that throughout the entire war, when everyone else ran out of ammo, they never did.
* SkeletonsInTheCoatCloset: The Reaper Militia, "a group of black-clad edgelords" who put skull designs on their helmet visors and their flag.
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* MultinationalTeam: Their members claimed descent from nearly every country in Europe.
* NationalWeapon: Made extensive use of [[DropTheHammer warhammers.]]
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* TokenEvilTeammate: Their leader, Levi Brahm, is portrayed noticeably more negatively, and the [=EmDF=] is mentioned to have attempted genocide against the Barsu.
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!!Avalon Red Commandos
The resident Red militia of the Avalon Basin. Led by Liam Merrick.
* BadassArmy: Merrick knows who to delegate authority to, and the ARC wind up as one of the best-organized Red armies.
* BritishRockstar: Liam Merrick was a rock musician first and an activist second, but the former gave him the charisma to be very good at the latter. Becoming leader of a revolutionary army didn't stop him from releasing an album in the middle of waging a war.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: The ARC started out as a fairly small outfit, but they gradually grew and absorbed their rivals, eventually becoming the second-largest Red army.
* ImprovisedWeapon: In true British fashion, the ARC adopt the use of [[ShovelStrike shovels]] as weapons.
* NationalWeapon: The ARC have their bows, shovels, "combi-clubs" and the Zulu ''iklwa'' spear.
* TheStraightAndArrowPath: The ARC pioneer "power archers" - essentially cyborgs with souped-up high-tech longbows.
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!!Avalon Red Commandos
The resident Red militia of the Avalon Basin. Led by Liam Merrick.
* BadassArmy: Merrick knows who to delegate authority to, and the ARC wind up as one of the best-organized Red armies.
* BritishRockstar: Liam Merrick was a rock musician first and an activist second, but the former gave him the charisma to be very good at the latter. Becoming leader of a revolutionary army didn't stop him from releasing an album in the middle of waging a war.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: The ARC started out as a fairly small outfit, but they gradually grew and absorbed their rivals, eventually becoming the second-largest Red army.
* ImprovisedWeapon: In true British fashion, the ARC adopt the use of [[ShovelStrike shovels]] as weapons.
* NationalWeapon: The ARC have their bows, shovels, "combi-clubs" and the Zulu ''iklwa'' spear.
* TheStraightAndArrowPath: The ARC pioneer "power archers" - essentially cyborgs with souped-up high-tech longbows.
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* ArchaicWeaponForAnAdvancedAge: Early into the Red-Blue War, both sides start running out of ammo, and Mars being the DeathWorld it is at the time, they've got no way to mass-produce more. So, Reds and Blues alike fall back on lower-tech weapons - spears, swords, axes, clubs and even high-tech bows. Guns are never abandoned, but they aren't relied on the way they would've been on Earth.
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!![=UniFor=] as a whole
* TheAlliance: The United Forces were so called because they were a coalition of seven armies.
* LaResistance: How they styled themselves, standing up to [=MarsCom=] in defense of their beliefs and their nations, which they believed [=MarsCom=]'s noaforming plan would callously sacrifice.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Even the main seven United Forces are an eclectic bunch, to say nothing of the minor Reds.
* RebelLeader: Each of the United Forces had one, all of them interesting characters in their own right. The overall Supreme Commander of [=UniFor=] was Tobias Falco of the Primus Occupation Force, [[DefectorFromDecadence a former leader of [=DefCom=]]] who grew disgusted with the way [=MarsCom=] was being run.
* WeAreStrugglingTogether: A frequent problem for them - to the point where it loses them the war.
* WonTheWarLostThePeace: InvertedTrope. The Reds lost the war, but won the peace - they ended up getting most of what they wanted at the Treaty of Petra-3.
!!Euromartian Defense Forces
The largest of the Red armies, hailing from Euromars. Led by Levi Brahm.
* BadassArmy: The Spartan Corps, the elite core of the [=EmDF=], considered to be among the best troops the Reds had.
* BaseOnWheels: The [=EmDF=] had a whole squadron of them, known as Landmasters or "megatanks." One of them, the famous "Megatank Redhammer," led an entire salient by itself before being defeated in a DavidVersusGoliath scenario with a local Blue militia.
* RedBaron: Levi Brahm was known as "the Red Chef," since he'd been a caterer before he was a militia leader.
* TheResenter: Tobias Falco effectively sidelined Levi Brahm in the course of taking control of [=UniFor=], and Brahm never forgave him.
* SigilSpam: The three overlapping rings on the main [=EmDF=] flag show up on all their battalions' unit flags.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Their leader, Levi Brahm, is portrayed noticeably more negatively, and the [=EmDF=] is mentioned to have attempted genocide against the Barsu.
* TheAlliance: The United Forces were so called because they were a coalition of seven armies.
* LaResistance: How they styled themselves, standing up to [=MarsCom=] in defense of their beliefs and their nations, which they believed [=MarsCom=]'s noaforming plan would callously sacrifice.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Even the main seven United Forces are an eclectic bunch, to say nothing of the minor Reds.
* RebelLeader: Each of the United Forces had one, all of them interesting characters in their own right. The overall Supreme Commander of [=UniFor=] was Tobias Falco of the Primus Occupation Force, [[DefectorFromDecadence a former leader of [=DefCom=]]] who grew disgusted with the way [=MarsCom=] was being run.
* WeAreStrugglingTogether: A frequent problem for them - to the point where it loses them the war.
* WonTheWarLostThePeace: InvertedTrope. The Reds lost the war, but won the peace - they ended up getting most of what they wanted at the Treaty of Petra-3.
!!Euromartian Defense Forces
The largest of the Red armies, hailing from Euromars. Led by Levi Brahm.
* BadassArmy: The Spartan Corps, the elite core of the [=EmDF=], considered to be among the best troops the Reds had.
* BaseOnWheels: The [=EmDF=] had a whole squadron of them, known as Landmasters or "megatanks." One of them, the famous "Megatank Redhammer," led an entire salient by itself before being defeated in a DavidVersusGoliath scenario with a local Blue militia.
* RedBaron: Levi Brahm was known as "the Red Chef," since he'd been a caterer before he was a militia leader.
* TheResenter: Tobias Falco effectively sidelined Levi Brahm in the course of taking control of [=UniFor=], and Brahm never forgave him.
* SigilSpam: The three overlapping rings on the main [=EmDF=] flag show up on all their battalions' unit flags.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Their leader, Levi Brahm, is portrayed noticeably more negatively, and the [=EmDF=] is mentioned to have attempted genocide against the Barsu.
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!!Chilean Republic of Magellan
Chile's colony. Located in Utopia Planitia.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Magellan seems to attract curious ideological strains - both libertarians and communists have settled there in noticeable numbers.
!!Philippine Republic of Rizalia
The Philippines' colony. Located in Margaritifer Chaos, east of Valles Marineris.
* LandOfOneCity: Rizalia's settlements are so interconnected they're sometimes treated as a single city-state.
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Brazil's colony. Located in Noachis Terra.
* TheGoodKingdom: Many Brazilians who wanted to restore the Braganzas moved to Noachia, and in 2010 they did exactly that. Noachia is now a constitutional monarchy.
!!Zairean Republic of Mbuka
Zaire's colony. Located between Cydonia and Eurabia.
* {{Afrofuturism}}: The only Sub-Saharan African state with a share on Mars (Kruger doesn't count), and very proud of it.
* MeaningfulName: AvertedTrope. No one seems to know what the name "Mbuka" actually means. But it was Mobutu's idea, so it stayed.
* TakeAThirdOption: Much like Kruger, Mbuka originates from a territorial dispute. Tharsis and Euromars were arguing over a piece of land on their border and the best solution turned out to be "give it to Zaire."
!!Indonesian Republic of New Mataram
Indonesia's colony. Located in Chryse Planitia.
* ThoseTwoGuys: With their neighbors, the Pakistani colony of Qarmazi.
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!!Yugoslav Republic of Partizanja
Yugoslavia's colony. Located in Aonia Planum, centered on Lowell Crater.
* DoomedHometown: Their first capital had to be abandoned due to a critical airlock failure.
* UniformityException: The only Martian colony founded by a communist country.
!!State of Sharon
Israel's colony. Also populated by an assortment of Jews from across Earth. Located in Huygens Crater.
* CrazyPrepared: Intended as a refuge for Jews in case things get unsafe on Earth again. ''E!22'' calls it "the spare Israel on Mars."
Yugoslavia's colony. Located in Aonia Planum, centered on Lowell Crater.
* DoomedHometown: Their first capital had to be abandoned due to a critical airlock failure.
* UniformityException: The only Martian colony founded by a communist country.
!!State of Sharon
Israel's colony. Also populated by an assortment of Jews from across Earth. Located in Huygens Crater.
* CrazyPrepared: Intended as a refuge for Jews in case things get unsafe on Earth again. ''E!22'' calls it "the spare Israel on Mars."
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!!Taiwanese Republic of Xinjia
Taiwan's colony. Located in Kepler Crater, north of Vahram.
* ReconcileTheBitterFoes: Xinjia is one place where Taiwanese and mainland Chinese have, following the PRC's fall, largely mended relations. Mainlanders still get looked down on by the Taiwanese, but it's less genuine racism and more something akin to an American state rivalry.
!!Egyptian Republic of Nasser
Egypt's colony. Located in Rabe Crater, west of Avalon.
* AnimalMotifs: The Nasserian flag has a scarab on it, for good luck. That the average Martian's diet consists chiefly of insects proved to be a happy coincidence.
!!State of Petra
Jordan's colony. Located in Nirgal Vallis, between Argyre Planitia and Valles Marineris.
* MeaningfulName: Petra mimics its namesake with cliff-face dwellings made of locally sourced Martian brick.
!!Republic of Esperanza
Argentina's colony. Located in Lyot Crater, in the Vastitas Borealis to the north of Eurabia.
* NamingYourColonyWorld: Named after Argentina's first Antarctic station.
* SleptThroughTheApocalypse: A mild example. The first colonists bound for Esperanza left in 1981 and wouldn't find out about the Falklands War until they got to Mars at the end of 1982. (For the record, Argentina lost even harder ITTL.)
Taiwan's colony. Located in Kepler Crater, north of Vahram.
* ReconcileTheBitterFoes: Xinjia is one place where Taiwanese and mainland Chinese have, following the PRC's fall, largely mended relations. Mainlanders still get looked down on by the Taiwanese, but it's less genuine racism and more something akin to an American state rivalry.
!!Egyptian Republic of Nasser
Egypt's colony. Located in Rabe Crater, west of Avalon.
* AnimalMotifs: The Nasserian flag has a scarab on it, for good luck. That the average Martian's diet consists chiefly of insects proved to be a happy coincidence.
!!State of Petra
Jordan's colony. Located in Nirgal Vallis, between Argyre Planitia and Valles Marineris.
* MeaningfulName: Petra mimics its namesake with cliff-face dwellings made of locally sourced Martian brick.
!!Republic of Esperanza
Argentina's colony. Located in Lyot Crater, in the Vastitas Borealis to the north of Eurabia.
* NamingYourColonyWorld: Named after Argentina's first Antarctic station.
* SleptThroughTheApocalypse: A mild example. The first colonists bound for Esperanza left in 1981 and wouldn't find out about the Falklands War until they got to Mars at the end of 1982. (For the record, Argentina lost even harder ITTL.)
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* SettlingTheFrontier: Mars was that frontier from 1979 through the RBW.
* FantasticReligiousWeirdness: The Mormons are migrating en masse to Mars, specifically Olympus Mons, after the discovery of a strange meteorite there which they believe was a sign from their god.
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!!State of Rama
Thailand's colony. Located in Tycho Brahe Crater, in Terra Cimmeria.
* WretchedHive: Thais back home see Rama as one, on account of the Thai government's very lax qualifications for colonists. The truth is that most Ramians are pretty much just ordinary, honest folks.
!!Korean Republic of Singye
Korea's colony. Located in Acidalia Planitia, on the northern plains.
* WarRefugees: An interesting example. After the Second Korean War, former North Korean prison camp inmates are stigmatized in both halves of reunited Korea, but on Mars, most people don't really care, so many of them move up to Singye.
!!State of Vahram
Iran's colony. Located in Terra Cimmeria.
* AlternativeCalendar: In 1976, the Shah changed the Iranian calendar to count from the date Cyrus the Great founded the Achaemenid Empire. Vahram's flag thus features the date "2544," referring to the year the colony was founded - 1985.
* NamingYourColonyWorld: It means "victory."
* TheRepublic: While nominally ruled by the Shah (in the same way Charles III is technically King of Canada), Vahram runs itself like a republic in practice. Many Vahramians in fact believe the monarchy back on Earth ought to be abolished.
!!State of Battuta
Morocco's colony. Located in Teisserenc de Bort Crater, south of Eurabia.
* {{Irony}}: Battuta has wound up economically reliant on Euromars, paralleling Morocco's relationship with Eurofed.
!!Pakistani Republic of Qarmazi
Pakistan's colony - but what does that mean anymore? Located in Chryse Planitia.
* TheFundamentalist: There was a small population of Islamic fundamentalists in Qarmazi, but they went off to found ascetic settlements (most of which failed) after hearing about the Punjab War.
* InNameOnly: After the Punjab War, the people of Qarmazi are having to figure out what they want their colony to be, and the majority opinion is in favor of moving away from being "Pakistani."
* NamingYourColonyWorld: "Qarmazi" means "crimson," in reference to Mars.
* ThoseTwoGuys: With their neighbors, the Indonesian colony of New Mataram. By the time of the Red-Blue War, they've actually grown close enough to merge, creating the [[CultureChopSuey hybrid culture]] of Maqam.
* VoluntaryVassal: Some Qarmazis want to join Tharsis, which would technically make them the 101st state. Most people are more interested in closer ties with New Mataram.
Thailand's colony. Located in Tycho Brahe Crater, in Terra Cimmeria.
* WretchedHive: Thais back home see Rama as one, on account of the Thai government's very lax qualifications for colonists. The truth is that most Ramians are pretty much just ordinary, honest folks.
!!Korean Republic of Singye
Korea's colony. Located in Acidalia Planitia, on the northern plains.
* WarRefugees: An interesting example. After the Second Korean War, former North Korean prison camp inmates are stigmatized in both halves of reunited Korea, but on Mars, most people don't really care, so many of them move up to Singye.
!!State of Vahram
Iran's colony. Located in Terra Cimmeria.
* AlternativeCalendar: In 1976, the Shah changed the Iranian calendar to count from the date Cyrus the Great founded the Achaemenid Empire. Vahram's flag thus features the date "2544," referring to the year the colony was founded - 1985.
* NamingYourColonyWorld: It means "victory."
* TheRepublic: While nominally ruled by the Shah (in the same way Charles III is technically King of Canada), Vahram runs itself like a republic in practice. Many Vahramians in fact believe the monarchy back on Earth ought to be abolished.
!!State of Battuta
Morocco's colony. Located in Teisserenc de Bort Crater, south of Eurabia.
* {{Irony}}: Battuta has wound up economically reliant on Euromars, paralleling Morocco's relationship with Eurofed.
!!Pakistani Republic of Qarmazi
Pakistan's colony - but what does that mean anymore? Located in Chryse Planitia.
* TheFundamentalist: There was a small population of Islamic fundamentalists in Qarmazi, but they went off to found ascetic settlements (most of which failed) after hearing about the Punjab War.
* InNameOnly: After the Punjab War, the people of Qarmazi are having to figure out what they want their colony to be, and the majority opinion is in favor of moving away from being "Pakistani."
* NamingYourColonyWorld: "Qarmazi" means "crimson," in reference to Mars.
* ThoseTwoGuys: With their neighbors, the Indonesian colony of New Mataram. By the time of the Red-Blue War, they've actually grown close enough to merge, creating the [[CultureChopSuey hybrid culture]] of Maqam.
* VoluntaryVassal: Some Qarmazis want to join Tharsis, which would technically make them the 101st state. Most people are more interested in closer ties with New Mataram.
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South Africa's colony. Located in Reull Vallis, just east of Avalon.
* TheAtoner: The founders of Kruger came there in part to build a "final redoubt" for white-supremacist South Africa. They've since come to resent their apartheid past and seek to move beyond it. Unfortunately, a living reminder of that past also exists in Kruger, in the form of various fascists and assorted bigots drawn by the promise of a white ethnostate. The "Boers"' reaction to the "Blanks"' fondness for Kruger can best be described as "YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame."
* TakeAThirdOption: The reason Kruger's claim to Reull, which wasn't part of the Houston Treaty, was legitimized. Avalon and Kasei were in a dispute over the valley and giving it to the Boers seemed like a reasonable compromise.
!!Federation of Sarmatian Colonies
Sarmatia was founded by various non-Russian ethnic groups who didn't like the USSR, especially Ukrainians. They live in Tyrrhena Terra.
* TheFederation: Consisting of Ukrainian, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Georgian and Armenian colonies, plus one crater full of Belarusians.
* {{Foil}}: Almost deliberately so to the USSR: conservative, very capitalist and dominated by Ukrainians.
* OccupiersOutOfOurCountry: This is what happens when a group of these types aren't being persecuted, but nonetheless conclude they won't be getting what they want.
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South Africa's colony. Located in Reull Vallis, just east of Avalon.
* TheAtoner: The founders of Kruger came there in part to build a "final redoubt" for white-supremacist South Africa. They've since come to resent their apartheid past and seek to move beyond it. Unfortunately, a living reminder of that past also exists in Kruger, in the form of various fascists and assorted bigots drawn by the promise of a white ethnostate. The "Boers"' reaction to the "Blanks"' fondness for Kruger can best be described as "YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame."
* TakeAThirdOption: The reason Kruger's claim to Reull, which wasn't part of the Houston Treaty, was legitimized. Avalon and Kasei were in a dispute over the valley and giving it to the Boers seemed like a reasonable compromise.
!!Federation of Sarmatian Colonies
Sarmatia was founded by various non-Russian ethnic groups who didn't like the USSR, especially Ukrainians. They live in Tyrrhena Terra.
* TheFederation: Consisting of Ukrainian, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Georgian and Armenian colonies, plus one crater full of Belarusians.
* {{Foil}}: Almost deliberately so to the USSR: conservative, very capitalist and dominated by Ukrainians.
* OccupiersOutOfOurCountry: This is what happens when a group of these types aren't being persecuted, but nonetheless conclude they won't be getting what they want.
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Mexico's colony. Located in Margaritifer Terra, southeast of Valles Marineris.
* AnimalMotifs: Their name means "hummingbird." It's a reference to Huitzilopochtli, the Aztec god of war.
* TheFederation: It's in the name.
* UndergroundCity: Their capital, Nueva Acapulco, is built into a cave.
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The American colonies on Mars, located around Valles Marineris.
* {{Eagleland}}: The USA took the lead in Martian colonization. Theirs is the largest colonial claim on the planet.
* NamingYourColonyWorld: The colonies that comprise Tharsis are all named after their Martian locations (Boralia, Cydonia, Olympus Mons, Tempe, Valles Marineris, Zephyria), places on Earth (Alamo, New Archangel, New California, New Saigon, New Tacoma, Shambhala), or famous Americans (Eisenhower, Jefferson, Kamehameha, King, Laurentia, Reagan, Roosevelt). Laurentia, the first, is specifically named for Robert H. Lawrence, the first man on Mars, who had later settled there with his family.
!!Federation of Japanese Mars
The Japanese colonies on Mars, located in the Elysium Planitia region. Better known simply as Kasei.
* NamingYourColonyWorld: Kasei is simply Japanese for Mars.
* NewNeoCity: Perhaps inevitably, the capital of Kasei is called Neo-Tokyo.
!!Euromars
The European Federation's colonies on Mars, located in Arabia Terra, or Eurabia as it comes to be called.
* UnitedEurope: Founded by them, and includes settlements by every EF member state.
* WeWillUseWikiWordsInTheFuture: In true Eurofed fashion.
!!Confederation of Avalon
The British Commonwealth's colonies on Mars, located in the Hellas Basin.
* MeaningfulRename: Hellas Planitia is renamed by the British colonists to Avalon Planitia.
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The American colonies on Mars, located around Valles Marineris.
* {{Eagleland}}: The USA took the lead in Martian colonization. Theirs is the largest colonial claim on the planet.
* NamingYourColonyWorld: The colonies that comprise Tharsis are all named after their Martian locations (Boralia, Cydonia, Olympus Mons, Tempe, Valles Marineris, Zephyria), places on Earth (Alamo, New Archangel, New California, New Saigon, New Tacoma, Shambhala), or famous Americans (Eisenhower, Jefferson, Kamehameha, King, Laurentia, Reagan, Roosevelt). Laurentia, the first, is specifically named for Robert H. Lawrence, the first man on Mars, who had later settled there with his family.
!!Federation of Japanese Mars
The Japanese colonies on Mars, located in the Elysium Planitia region. Better known simply as Kasei.
* NamingYourColonyWorld: Kasei is simply Japanese for Mars.
* NewNeoCity: Perhaps inevitably, the capital of Kasei is called Neo-Tokyo.
!!Euromars
The European Federation's colonies on Mars, located in Arabia Terra, or Eurabia as it comes to be called.
* UnitedEurope: Founded by them, and includes settlements by every EF member state.
* WeWillUseWikiWordsInTheFuture: In true Eurofed fashion.
!!Confederation of Avalon
The British Commonwealth's colonies on Mars, located in the Hellas Basin.
* MeaningfulRename: Hellas Planitia is renamed by the British colonists to Avalon Planitia.
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!Mars
The Red Planet... or at least it was, before it was terraformed ("noaformed," as the Martians themselves say). An early target of colonization, chiefly by the USA and its allies.
* AlternativeCalendar: Since Mars' year is almost twice as long as Earth's, dates for events on Mars use the [[http://ops-alaska.com/time/gangale_converter/calendar_clock.htm Darian calendar]].
* {{Americasia}}: Mars is a CultureChopSuey, but the two most prominent cultures are shown to be American and Japanese.
* CivilWar: The Red-Blue War, fought in the 2070s over whether or not to terraform the planet. The pro-terraforming side (the Blues) wins, but both sides ultimately get most of what they wanted. The war becomes a defining event in Martian history and culture.
* ColonyDrop: A comet strikes the Martian north pole, apparently naturally, in 2014. There are few if any casualties, but much of the polar ice cap is melted by the impact, kicking the terraforming conversation into high gear.
* FictionalProvince: Averted. On paper, almost every Martian "colony" is answerable to one Earth country or another (at least, prior to the RBW), but in practice, due to the sheer distances involved, they're all independent and, after the first few decades, mostly self-sufficient.
* FriendToBugs: Insects served both as major protein sources and as pets in the early decades of Martian colonization. Martian culture thus developed a great fixation on them.
* PlanetaryNation: The Martian Alliance, founded by the peace treaty that ended the Red-Blue War.
* SpaceColdWar: Mars is involved in two: first with Earth, then with Luna.
* {{Terraforming}}: Over the decades and centuries, Mars is gradually converted into a habitable world, albeit not without a good deal of strife along the way.
!Mars
The Red Planet... or at least it was, before it was terraformed ("noaformed," as the Martians themselves say). An early target of colonization, chiefly by the USA and its allies.
* AlternativeCalendar: Since Mars' year is almost twice as long as Earth's, dates for events on Mars use the [[http://ops-alaska.com/time/gangale_converter/calendar_clock.htm Darian calendar]].
* {{Americasia}}: Mars is a CultureChopSuey, but the two most prominent cultures are shown to be American and Japanese.
* CivilWar: The Red-Blue War, fought in the 2070s over whether or not to terraform the planet. The pro-terraforming side (the Blues) wins, but both sides ultimately get most of what they wanted. The war becomes a defining event in Martian history and culture.
* ColonyDrop: A comet strikes the Martian north pole, apparently naturally, in 2014. There are few if any casualties, but much of the polar ice cap is melted by the impact, kicking the terraforming conversation into high gear.
* FictionalProvince: Averted. On paper, almost every Martian "colony" is answerable to one Earth country or another (at least, prior to the RBW), but in practice, due to the sheer distances involved, they're all independent and, after the first few decades, mostly self-sufficient.
* FriendToBugs: Insects served both as major protein sources and as pets in the early decades of Martian colonization. Martian culture thus developed a great fixation on them.
* PlanetaryNation: The Martian Alliance, founded by the peace treaty that ended the Red-Blue War.
* SpaceColdWar: Mars is involved in two: first with Earth, then with Luna.
* {{Terraforming}}: Over the decades and centuries, Mars is gradually converted into a habitable world, albeit not without a good deal of strife along the way.
