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* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerRedAlert2'': The ending of the Soviet campaign in ''Yuri's Revenge'' implies that the Soviet Union will use the space travel technology that they took from Yuri to expand communism across the solar system.
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* ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' has the solar system at large undergoing this due to the Earth itself being nigh uninhabitable. With worlds like Mars being the most developed and prosperous.
prosperous. Colonization of Venus, on the other hand, is still a work in progress and relies largely on flying cities...which is a surprisingly realistic depiction of what it would take to terraform Venus.
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* ''Webcomic/QuantumVibe'' has a solar system so extensively colonized it's starting to enter a societal decline, as [[CorralledCosmos interstellar travel has so-far proven impossible]]. The arching plot of the first ''twelve'' story arcs is a research project to find somewhere for humanity to colonize further.
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* ''WebOriginal/OrionsArm''
**During the late Information, Interplanetary and Nanotech Ages, the Solar System is colonized.
* ''WebOriginal/OrionsArm''
**During the late Information, Interplanetary and Nanotech Ages, the Solar System is colonized.
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* In Creator/PiersAnthony's ''Bio of a Space Tyrant'' series, the entire solar system has been colonized in a contrived way that results in the solar system having the same political systems as twentieth-century Earth on a larger scale: for instance, the United States of Jupiter is basically the USA, while the Earth itself has become the equivalent of India (with the Moon as Sri Lanka).
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* In ''Franchise/StarTrek'', Mars was colonized between the events of the movie ''[[Film/StarTrekFirstContact First Contact]]'' and the series ''[[Series/StarTrekEnterprise Enterprise]]''. The Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards, where the the [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Enterprise-D]] was built, are in synchronous orbit above the Utopia Planitia region on the Martian surface. (This would have to be a powered orbit, as Utopia Planitia isn't on the equator.) Other parts of the solar system are also colonized. Venus has terraforming stations on it, the Moon is so developed that you can see some of the settlements from Earth's surface, and there were other research stations and such throughout the solar system. Earth wasn't the only planet, since the Klingons had a mining station on Praxis, one of their homeworld's moons (before it blew up), Neelix was from Rinax, one of the Talaxian homeworld's moons, Bajor had at least one moon that was inhabitable and had about 50 refugees from Cardassian oppression flee there, and there are many other examples.
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* In ''Franchise/StarTrek'', Mars was colonized between the events of the movie ''[[Film/StarTrekFirstContact First Contact]]'' and the series ''[[Series/StarTrekEnterprise Enterprise]]''. The Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards, where the the [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Enterprise-D]] was built, are in synchronous orbit above the Utopia Planitia region on the Martian surface. (This would have to be a powered orbit, as Utopia Planitia isn't on the equator.) Other parts of the solar system are also colonized. Venus has terraforming stations on it, the Moon is so developed that you can see some of the settlements from Earth's surface, and there were other research stations and such throughout the solar system. Earth wasn't Humans weren't the only planet, ones to do this, since the Klingons had a mining station on Praxis, one of their homeworld's moons (before it blew up), Neelix was from Rinax, one of the Talaxian homeworld's moons, Bajor had at least one moon that was inhabitable and had about 50 refugees from Cardassian oppression flee there, and there are many other examples.
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* In ''Franchise/StarTrek'', Mars was colonized between the events of the movie ''[[Film/StarTrekFirstContact First Contact]]'' and the series ''[[Series/StarTrekEnterprise Enterprise]]''. The Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards, where the the [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Enterprise-D]] was built, are in synchronous orbit above the Utopia Planitia region on the Martian surface. (This would have to be a powered orbit, as Utopia Planitia isn't on the equator.)) Other parts of the solar system are also colonized. Venus has terraforming stations on it, the Moon is so developed that you can see some of the settlements from Earth's surface, and there were other research stations and such throughout the solar system. Earth wasn't the only planet, since the Klingons had a mining station on Praxis, one of their homeworld's moons (before it blew up), Neelix was from Rinax, one of the Talaxian homeworld's moons, Bajor had at least one moon that was inhabitable and had about 50 refugees from Cardassian oppression flee there, and there are many other examples.
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* ''Franchise/MassEffect'': The Solar System has been colonized rather extensively, Mars having particular mention as a rising population center which is where the Prothean ruins were discovered, which actually turned Mars into the backwater as the new technology allowed distant stars to be colonized and Mars would just be bypassed. Scans with the Galaxy Map show that all the other planets have settlements as well, most of them just research or utility stations, with Uranus having their main He-2 mining and refining facilities.
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* ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' series usually have large space station-type colonies orbiting Earth, and cities on the Moon are pretty common. The Universal Century continuity also has the Axis colony, that was initially in the Asteroid Belt, and settlements near Jupiter that play a role in later installments
* ''Manga/{{Gunnm}}'' (''Battle Angel Alita'' in the US) has colonies on Venus, Mars, and Jupiter that have wildly divergent cultures.
* ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico'' starts with the destruction of a colony on Mars by invading "Jovian Lizards." [[spoiler: The Jovians are in fact humans, the descendents of an earlier generation of lunar colonists driven into exile.]]
* ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato2199'' has one Martian colonist on the crew, fighter pilot (initially, accountant) Akira Yamamoto. The colony was destroyed early in the war.
* ''Manga/GalaxyExpress999'' sets several early installments within the solar system, including a Martian ghost town, the icy cemetery on Pluto, and a library in the Oort cloud.
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* ''Manga/{{Gunnm}}'' (''Battle Angel Alita'' in the US) has colonies on Venus, Mars, and Jupiter that have wildly divergent cultures.
* ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico'' starts with the destruction of a colony on Mars by invading "Jovian Lizards." [[spoiler: The Jovians are in fact humans, the descendents of an earlier generation of lunar colonists driven into exile.]]
* ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato2199'' has one Martian colonist on the crew, fighter pilot (initially, accountant) Akira Yamamoto. The colony was destroyed early in the war.
* ''Manga/GalaxyExpress999'' sets several early installments within the solar system, including a Martian ghost town, the icy cemetery on Pluto, and a library in the Oort cloud.
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* ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'': The solar system has been extensively settled, with underwater cities on Europa, mile-high cities on a terraformed Luna, a terraformed Mars, and more.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/ExoSquad'' universe, Venus has been [[{{Terraforming}} terraformed]], Mars has been colonized by the Neo-Sapiens, and the Jovian and Saturnian moons were used for military and mining purposes. Even the trans-Neptunian planet Chaos is occupied by a secret pirate base.
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* In ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' Mars is the primary Forge World of the Adeptus Mechanicus, while Jupiter hosts the Imperium's largest shipyards and Titan is home to the Grey Knights.
* In ''GURPS TabletopGame/TranshumanSpace'' the Moon has a significant population, Mars is partially terraformed but only genetically modified parahumans can breathe the atmosphere at present (2100 A.D.), multiple asteroids host colonies (anarcho-capitalis Duncanites mostly), and Saturn is mined for He-3.
* ''TabletopGame/EclipsePhase'' takes place after Earth is ravaged by a Singularity-event gone wrong and the survivors fled to the fledgling off-world colonies via BrainUploading. The Moon is the center of the slightly conservative and decaying Lunar-Lagrange Alliance. Mars is partially terraformed (Ruster morphs can breathe) and the capital of the corporatocratic Planetary Consortium. Venus has several aerostat habitats in the upper atmosphere that were Consortium but most seceded to form the Morningstar Constellation. The Asteroid Belt is settled by a mix of corporates and anarchists. Jupiter's moons are mostly the domain of the bioconservative and fascistic Jovian Republic. And Titan has the technosocialist Titanian Commonwealth.
* In the backstory of ''TabletopGame/HcSvntDracones'' a MegaCorp colonized Mars just before Earth fell victim to a nuclear war. 700 years later Mars, Venus, and Ganymede have been terraformed by [=MarsCo=] while Europa is host to the bioengineered monstrosities of Transcendent Technologies Inc.
* In ''GURPS TabletopGame/TranshumanSpace'' the Moon has a significant population, Mars is partially terraformed but only genetically modified parahumans can breathe the atmosphere at present (2100 A.D.), multiple asteroids host colonies (anarcho-capitalis Duncanites mostly), and Saturn is mined for He-3.
* ''TabletopGame/EclipsePhase'' takes place after Earth is ravaged by a Singularity-event gone wrong and the survivors fled to the fledgling off-world colonies via BrainUploading. The Moon is the center of the slightly conservative and decaying Lunar-Lagrange Alliance. Mars is partially terraformed (Ruster morphs can breathe) and the capital of the corporatocratic Planetary Consortium. Venus has several aerostat habitats in the upper atmosphere that were Consortium but most seceded to form the Morningstar Constellation. The Asteroid Belt is settled by a mix of corporates and anarchists. Jupiter's moons are mostly the domain of the bioconservative and fascistic Jovian Republic. And Titan has the technosocialist Titanian Commonwealth.
* In the backstory of ''TabletopGame/HcSvntDracones'' a MegaCorp colonized Mars just before Earth fell victim to a nuclear war. 700 years later Mars, Venus, and Ganymede have been terraformed by [=MarsCo=] while Europa is host to the bioengineered monstrosities of Transcendent Technologies Inc.
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** Mars is terraformed and boasts an university and casinos. Most of it is owned by Amy Wong's family, and she is implied to have been born there.
** The moon has also been colonized, with hydroponic farms and Old West-type towns, but its most popular attraction is the theme park.
** In the outer reaches of the solar system, Neptune is where [[BadSanta Robot Santa]] has his base of operations, and Pluto is being used as a penguin reserve.
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* In the ''[[Videogame/{{X}} X-Universe]]'', by 2146 Mars and the Moon have been colonized, albeit lightly, and just in time for [[AIIsACrapshoot malfunctioning terraformers]] to [[ColonyDrop wipe them off the map]]. By the time we see the solar system again in 2938 in ''X3: Terran Conflict'', the solar system is completely colonized, with every planet and every major satellite having, at the very least, orbital cities and factories. The headquarters for Earth's United Space Command fleet is located on Mars, rather than Earth. Earth itself is [[RingworldPlanet encircled]] by a massive shipyard, factory, and residential station, the Torus Aeternal. The Earth State is implied to have the Sol system built up far more densely than other races (including their LostColony, the Argon Federation), all of whom generally just colonize the easiest planet in a [[PortalNetwork jumpgate sector]] and move on.
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* In ''Series/BabylonFive'', a colonized Mars is an important (and [[TheWarOfEarthlyAggression restive]]) member of the Earth Alliance. Commander Sinclair was born and raised there, and numerous human military characters[[note]]Commander Sinclair, Chief Garibaldi, Captain Sheridan, Commander Ivanova, and [[PutOnABus Lieutenant Commander Takashima]][[/note]] were stationed there earlier in their careers (often tying in with Mars's and Earth's backstory in the show paralleling the relationship between [[UsefulNotes/TheTroubles England and Ireland]].) It was outright stated that many of the Earth Alliance and Earth Force agencies on Mars were [[DirtyCop blatantly corupt.]]
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* In ''Series/BabylonFive'', a colonized Mars is an important (and [[TheWarOfEarthlyAggression restive]]) member of the Earth Alliance. Commander Sinclair was born and raised there, and numerous human military characters[[note]]Commander Sinclair, Chief Garibaldi, Captain Sheridan, Commander Ivanova, and [[PutOnABus Lieutenant Commander Takashima]][[/note]] were stationed there earlier in their careers (often tying in with Mars's and Earth's backstory in the show paralleling the relationship between [[UsefulNotes/TheTroubles England and Ireland]].) It was outright stated that many of the Earth Alliance and Earth Force agencies on Mars were [[DirtyCop blatantly corupt.]]
* In ''Franchise/StarTrek'', Mars was colonized between the events of the movie ''[[Film/StarTrekFirstContact First Contact]]'' and the series ''[[Series/StarTrekEnterprise Enterprise]]''. The Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards, where the the [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Enterprise-D]] was built, are in synchronous orbit above the Utopia Planitia region on the Martian surface. (This would have to be a powered orbit, as Utopia Planitia isn't on the equator.)
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* In ''Franchise/StarTrek'', Mars was colonized between the events of the movie ''[[Film/StarTrekFirstContact First Contact]]'' and the series ''[[Series/StarTrekEnterprise Enterprise]]''. The Utopia Planitia Fleet Yards, where the the [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration Enterprise-D]] was built, are in synchronous orbit above the Utopia Planitia region on the Martian surface. (This would have to be a powered orbit, as Utopia Planitia isn't on the equator.)
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* In ''[[Literature/TauCetiAgendaSeries One Day on Mars]]'', Mars has been colonized long enough for people to have a particular phenotype (tall, pale, black-haired).
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* In ''Literature/ThePentagonWar'', prior to the main story, Mars was colonized by the Western powers on its southern hemisphere and by China on its northern hemisphere. The two colonies quickly grew to each others' borders and had a war, which was squelched when the World Federal Government stepped in and subjugated ''both'' sides.
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* In ''VideoGame/JamestownLegendOfTheLostColony'', Mars is being colonized in the 17th century by both the British and the Spanish, with the latter allying with the indigenous Martians.
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In the not-so-far future, these colonies may consist of little more than mining operations or military outposts; in farther futures, these colonies may become part of galaxy-spanning empires [[EarthIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse centered on Earth]]. Making the environment more [[AllPlanetsAreEarthlike Earthlike]], to the point where you don't need a spacesuit or pressurized [[DomedHometown dome]] to breathe, tends to require some amount of {{Terraform}}ing, unless {{Zeerust}}-flavored ArtisticLicense can be invoked.
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* ''Film/MrNobody'': In one of the possible realities, Mars is being gradually and realistically colonized by humans who travel there in cryosleep.
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* In two scenarios of ''VideoGame/SimEarth'', the player's mission is to terraform and colonize Mars or Venus.
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In the not-so-far future, these colonies may consist of little more than mining operations or military outposts; in farther futures, these colonies may become part of galaxy-spanning empires [[EarthIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse centered on Earth]]. Making the environment more [[AllPlanetsAreEarthlike Earthlike]], to the point where you don't need a spacesuit or pressurized [[DomedHometown dome]] to breathe, tends to require some amount of {{Terraform}}ing, unless {{Zeerust}}-flavored ArtisticLicense can be invoked.
Off-Earth colonies may serve as a refuge from populations dislocated from EarthThatUsedToBeBetter. They will also likely be the first targets of an AlienInvasion. If the colonies have enough resources and political willpower to potentially become independent of Earth, TheWarOfEarthlyAggression may result.
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* ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'' features multiple colonies on the Moon. The Americans have to close off their Clavius base when TheMonolith is discovered.
* ''Film/{{Moon}}'' is about a solitary worker running a Helium-3 mining operation on the moon.
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* ''Literature/TheDispossessed'' has an anarchist moon colony.
* ''Literature/TheGodsThemselves'' has a lunar colony, who are increasingly separatist relative to the Earth.
* Creator/RobertHeinlein wrote a number of stories involving lunar colonies:
** ''Literature/RocketShipGalileo'' has a hidden Nazi colony on the Moon. The protagonists manage to destroy it.
** ''Literature/TheMoonIsAHarshMistress''. The Moon has a number of separate colonies. The story takes place in and around one of them: Luna City.
** ''Literature/TheCatWhoWalksThroughWalls''. The protagonist goes to a lunar colony at one point. From clues in the text, it's the same one as in ''Literature/TheMoonIsAHarshMistress''.
** ''Literature/TheRollingStones''. The story starts off in a lunar colony but quickly moves out into the solar system, including Mars and the Asteroid Belt. The colony appears to be a subsequent version of the one in ''Literature/TheMoonIsAHarshMistress''.
** ''Literature/PodkayneOfMars''. The story mentions a lunar colony in passing but the characters never go there. The inhabitants are said to be quick to anger and violence.
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* In the ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' Terradyne setting, the Moon has a pressurized city (Luna City) which is the capital of the titular MegaCorp turned empire.
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* In the original ''VideoGame/EscapeVelocity'', Luna and Mars are humanity's oldest two colony worlds, settled during the 21st century. Luna is home to the Confederate Navy's main shipyards. Mars, while still a reddish planet, is said to have almost a billion inhabitants.
* ''VideoGame/{{Nectaris}}'' is about a war fought on a colonized Moon.
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* ''Webcomic/EscapeFromTerra'': The solar system is being colonized. Mars and much of the Belt seem to be largely independent of the United World while the moon, Venus, and Mercury are (officially at least) under its heel. The first Mars colonists were members of a private space corporation that hijacked the International Space Station when it was scheduled to be decommissioned.
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In the not-so-far future, these colonies may consist of little more than mining operations or military outposts; in farther futures, these colonies may become part of galaxy-spanning empires [[EarthIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse centered on Earth]]. Making the environment more [[AllPlanetsAreEarthlike Earthlike]], to the point where you don't need a spacesuit or pressurized [[DomedHometown dome]] to breathe, tends to require some amount of {{Terraform}}ing, unless {{Zeerust}}-flavored ArtisticLicense can be invoked.
Off-Earth colonies may serve as a refuge from populations dislocated from EarthThatUsedToBeBetter. They will also likely be the first targets of an AlienInvasion. If the colonies have enough resources and political willpower to potentially become independent of Earth, TheWarOfEarthlyAggression may result.
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* ''Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey'' features multiple colonies on the Moon. The Americans have to close off their Clavius base when TheMonolith is discovered.
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* ''Literature/TheDispossessed'' has an anarchist moon colony.
* ''Literature/TheGodsThemselves'' has a lunar colony, who are increasingly separatist relative to the Earth.
* Creator/RobertHeinlein wrote a number of stories involving lunar colonies:
** ''Literature/RocketShipGalileo'' has a hidden Nazi colony on the Moon. The protagonists manage to destroy it.
** ''Literature/TheMoonIsAHarshMistress''. The Moon has a number of separate colonies. The story takes place in and around one of them: Luna City.
** ''Literature/TheCatWhoWalksThroughWalls''. The protagonist goes to a lunar colony at one point. From clues in the text, it's the same one as in ''Literature/TheMoonIsAHarshMistress''.
** ''Literature/TheRollingStones''. The story starts off in a lunar colony but quickly moves out into the solar system, including Mars and the Asteroid Belt. The colony appears to be a subsequent version of the one in ''Literature/TheMoonIsAHarshMistress''.
** ''Literature/PodkayneOfMars''. The story mentions a lunar colony in passing but the characters never go there. The inhabitants are said to be quick to anger and violence.
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* In the ''TabletopGame/{{GURPS}}'' Terradyne setting, the Moon has a pressurized city (Luna City) which is the capital of the titular MegaCorp turned empire.
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* In the original ''VideoGame/EscapeVelocity'', Luna and Mars are humanity's oldest two colony worlds, settled during the 21st century. Luna is home to the Confederate Navy's main shipyards. Mars, while still a reddish planet, is said to have almost a billion inhabitants.
* ''VideoGame/{{Nectaris}}'' is about a war fought on a colonized Moon.
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* ''Webcomic/EscapeFromTerra'': The solar system is being colonized. Mars and much of the Belt seem to be largely independent of the United World while the moon, Venus, and Mercury are (officially at least) under its heel. The first Mars colonists were members of a private space corporation that hijacked the International Space Station when it was scheduled to be decommissioned.
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