<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/2/26/Common_room.JPG)(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/c/c6/Refectory.jpg)</div><br/><strong>The Main Dome</strong><br/><br/>The mars Colony Main Dome was the first structure built. It was created by Manned Mars Mission 1 (3M1) originally, to house the twenty men and women of that first expedition. It was intended as a temporary structure.<br/><br/>When 3M2 arrived, the first thing they did was expand the dome, extending it downwards and reinforcing it with Marscrete. They replaced the inadequate garage with the massive hangar on the Maintenance and Engineering block, and then replaced it with a transparent polycarbonate observation dome.<br/><br/>Nearly all the furniture and equipment in the base was brought by the 40 members of 3M2, mostly flat-packed. It was shuttled down from the 3M2 spacecraft and assembled on Mars over a period of three Earth months.<br/><br/>The main dome has five floors.<br/><br/><ul class="bbc_list" style="list-style-type: decimal;"><li>Level one is a transparent observation dome above the Martian surface. There is NO access to the surface via the dome.</li><li>Level two has a lounge, the Snickers Bar and emergency airlocks. The ceiling of Level two is two metres thick.</li><li>Level three has a fully equipped gymnasium, games rooms, showers, squash courts.</li><li>Level four has the main recreation hall, dining hall and kitchen, together with access to all other sections.</li><li>The lowest level is mostly plumbing, sanitation and life support systems, electrical switch gear, etc. The typical basement level of a large building. It also houses the janitorial stores.</li></ul>