Mars: Difference between revisions

'''Mars''', also known as '''Sol IV''',<ref name="Halo Channel">''[[Halo Channel]]'': Encyclopedia</ref> known as '''Edom''' in the [[Forerunner]] era,{{Ref/Novel|Id=Cryptum|Halo: Cryptum|Chapter=1}} is the [[planet|fourth planet]] of the [[Sol system]], and one of four terrestrial worlds. One of the first [[human]] [[Human colonies|interplanetary colonies]],<ref name="enc42">''Halo Encyclopedia'', p. 42 (2011)</ref> Mars is a major industrial center and one of the largest in the Sol system.{{Ref/Reuse|universe}} Mars is home to the [[UNSC Navy]]'s primary shipyards<ref name="havesmoa">[https://www.halowaypoint.com/en-us/community/blog-posts/canon-fodder-have-s-moa ''Halo Waypoint'': Canon Fodder - Have S'moa]</ref> and the [[Orbital Drop Shock Trooper]]s' headquarters in the [[city]] of [[Kenosha]], [[Tanais]].{{Ref/Reuse|universe}}

Terraforming has transformed the surface of Mars from a former barren and uninhabitable environment into an Earth-like world.<ref>''[[Halo: Arms Race]]''</ref> This process took centuries.<ref name="enc294">''Halo Encyclopedia'', The Sol System, p. 282-283 (2009); p. 294-295(2011)</ref>

In [[2080]], Mars was the first planet colonized by humanity{{Ref/Reuse|universe}} in the first wave of [[Human colonies#Interplanetary age|interplanetary colonization]] in the late 21st century.{{Ref/Book|[[Halo Encyclopedia]]|Page=44}} Following its colonization—largely driven by corporations eager to break free from the restrictions of Earth's gravity and international law—Mars quickly became a hub of industry and state-of-the-art scientific research. Advancements were made particularly in the areas of [[nanotechnology|nano-]] and biotechnologies; largely robotics-driven industrial manufacturing and spacecraft construction flourished, the latter most notably in the [[Argyre Planitia]].{{Ref/Reuse|enc42}} Even before the planet was [[Terraforming|terraformed]], Mars was one of the largest industrial hubs in the [[Sol system]].{{Ref/Reuse|universe}} With the advances in terraforming technology that accompanied this boom of technological development, Mars was transformed into a planet with near-Earth conditions, becoming home to many.{{Ref/Reuse|enc42}}

*Despite being terraformed its still depicted as having a red-orange color when seen from space in ''Halo: Uprising''. The ''[[Halo Encyclopedia]]'' contradicts this, saying that Mars is now "as blue and green as Earth."