<div align="center"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: impact;"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 36pt;">MARS COLONY</span></span></div><br/><div align="center">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/6/63/Men-on-mars-655173.jpeg)</div><br/>Welcome to Mars.<br/><br/>The year is 2121 (109 years in the future).<br/><br/><strong>THREADS:</strong><br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">OOC</span><br/>Recruitment thread (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=147604.0)<br/>OOC Discussion (This one)<br/>Approved Characters (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=148583.0)<br/>NPCs (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=148848.0)<br/><br/><span class="bbc_u">IC</span><br/>1) Martian surface (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=148806.0)<br/>2) Main dome (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=149004.0)<br/>3) Command Centre (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=148917.0)<br/>4) Maintenance block (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=148833.0)<br/>5) Science Block (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=148924.0)<br/>6) Stores<br/>7) Habitat 1 (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=149009.0)<br/>8) Habitat 2<br/>9) Habitat 3<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">The history of the Manned Mars Missions from 2025 on</div><div class="spoiler_body">In 2025 Japan launched the first of a dozen unmanned Mars Probes, aimed at gathering more data with a view to eventually carrying out a manned mission. However the Japanese space program was inexplicably cancelled in 2031, two years before the scheduled launch of the manned mission. <br/><br/>In 2032, Virgin Corporation (formerly owned by Sir Richard Branson) joined forces with Boeing Corporation, United Airlines, JAL, Amoco, and a consortium of other smaller investors, to create the late Sir Richard's dream, Virgin Galactic. The Boeing 801 space plane became the mainstay of this new privately funded push into the beyond.<br/><br/>In 2035 the first public passenger space flight took place. <br/><br/>In 2037 the USA, Britain, France and Russia contracted with Virgin Galactic to build a new orbital space station in high orbit.<br/><br/>The new station, with a rotating torus to provide gravity, was completed in 2041.<br/><br/>In 2067, the Japanese Government released the data gathered on it's Mars missions, publishing it on the internet.<br/><br/>In 2069 Virgin Galactic declared it's intention to launch a manned mission to Mars by the end of the century.<br/><br/>In 2073 Virgin Galactic went bankrupt, but the Mars Mission was so advanced that the US government stepped in.<br/><br/>In 2075 the US Military launched the first manned mission to the Red Planet.<br/><br/>In 2076 the mission arrived safely.<br/><br/>In 2078, Triple M (For Manned Mars Mission) returned safely to earth.<br/><br/>In 2083 a second mission, this time manned by US civilians under military command, sets out for Mars.<br/><br/>In 2084 3M2 arrived, reporting one fatality en route.<br/><br/>In 2085 3M2 withdrew from Mars, having spent the longest period ever on an alien world.<br/><br/>In 2086 3M2 returned to Earth.<br/><br/>In 2091 3M3, this time manned by an international crew, left for Mars.<br/><br/>In 2092, 3M3 arrived safely on Mars. However two weeks after arrival, they reported several fatalities and a number of injuries, largely due to a ground vehicle being caught out during a sudden dust storm. The Mission was withdrawn the following day.<br/><br/>3M3 returned to earth in 2094.<br/><br/>In 2100, President Van Hurren of the USA declared his intention to establish a permanent scientific base on Mars. <br/><br/>In 2101, MarsCorp was set up, to fund the base's establishment, ensure it's profitability, and fund such resupply as necessary.<br/><br/>Also in 2101, MarsCorp began it's genetic recruiting process, selecting young couples to have the honour of being parents to the first extra-terrestrial colonists.<br/><br/>In 2120, the Mars Colony Mission (MCM) was launched from the Richard Branson Space Station.<br/><br/>And, on August 23rd 2121, the MCM lander touches down on the Hellas Platina.</div></div><br/><hr/><br/>The previous manned missions have left behind all the equipment they brought with them, including the air-tight habitation domes, ground vehicles, communications equipment, meteorological equipment, electricity generation equipment, water purification equipment, etc. There is also a store of dried food. MCM-1 has brought with it additional habitation modules, food supplies, a hydroponics laboratory, several tonnes of fresh water frozen into blocks of ice, and several tonnes of liquid oxygen.<br/><br/>After unloading it's colonists and cargo, MCM-1 has left Mars Orbit and is on it's way back to Earth.<br/><br/>MCM-2 will leave Earth in a year's time and will arrive in two years. This ship will have further colonists, resupply of certain foodstuffs, and water, and a number of luxury items.<br/><br/>The job of the colonists is to create a liveable environment before they arrive. If it can be self sustaining, so much the better.<br/><br/><hr/><br/>The story will start with the first group of colonists setting foot on the planet for the first time. The reason for this should be obvious to anyone who has played at least one group RP here. The journey to Mars is a year long. If we start with them leaving Earth, we'd never get there! However, events on the journey can be alluded to in "flashbacks".