[center][h2]Colonial Mars[/h2][/center]

[center][h3] Concept Images [/h3] [/center]

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[center][h2] Introduction of Concept [/h2][/center]

The year is 2053. The precarious nature of Earth, wrought with tumultuous climate change and split into petty, combatant nations has made it it abundantly clear that the birthplace of humanity can no longer guarantee our safety. To a few astute minds, the need for another world is obvious. The heads of six space agencies, ESA, FKA,  NASA, JAXA, CNSA and ISRO have banded together, and, after years of lobbying their distracted governments, finally secured the means to acquire it. 

The Homesteader project - fired by the economic engines of the most affluent countries on Earth - seeks to establish a foothold for humanity on another world. Mars. 

Using capsules of CFCs, a deadly pollutant on Earth, The Honesteader Project has bombarded the Martian atmosphere for ten successive years. The greenhouse effect is a potent one, and now jets of sequestered CO2 spew day and night from the cracked soil and into the vacuous air. Mars, slowly but surely, is returning to life.

Now, a team of settlers are being prepared for the first of tri-annual missions to Mars. Carried with them are a host of extremophile plants, ready to be seeded and spread across the red planet's barren expanse. In so doing, the first step to a breathable atmosphere is embarked upon.

But this team will also need to have a kinship, for they will be isolated from Earth for years on end. Who will be chosen? 

[center] [h3] Available Factions [/h3] [/center]
 
European Federation - ESA - ESA is the government space agency of the 10 year old European Federation. They specialise is rover design and heavy engineering.

Japan - JAXA - Specialise in robotics and automation 

United States - NASA - Excellent all round technologists. Massive military budget has inadvertently give  them expertise in space-suit design and propulsion. 

China - CNSA - Owing to the smog problem faced by Beijing in the early 2000s, CNSA specialise in environmental systems 

India - ISRO - Specialise in computing  

Russia - RKA (Roscsmos) - Specialise in habitat design 
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[center][h3] What is this RP?[/h3][/center]

This RP is a settlement RP based around the construction of a Martian colony. Our characters will be scientists, or others with relevant skills, tasked with helping make Mars liveable. The emphasis will be on character interaction, with opportunity for social conflict. You may play as any sort of character, but they must be employed by the five major agencies listed above.

The RP will begin with our landing on Mars, followed by our characters making their way to the pre-prepared Martian habitat, a simple structure with 12 bedrooms, an airlock and equipment bay, a greenhouse, a medbay, a basic lab and a kitchen, but much expansion is required.  

EDIT: Oh, and there's no need to make this RP technicial, quite the opposite, I'd like it to be about exploration. I happen to be an Engineering Student, but prose talking about engineering would be very, very, very boring to read. 

I hope this peaks your interest :)