Reign of Steel: Deep Space

It is 2064 and the Zoneminds are still kicking. There's half as many humans as there were in 2047, save for in the "benign" zones, like London and Washington. The machines have quadrupled in numbers, and are now looking to the stars.
== The Zonemind Space Race: Overview ==
* Zone Orbital was focused on maintaining satellites and space transport links, lobbying the other AIs to allow more expansion into deep space.
** Zone Beijing did much of the legwork on Earth to support Orbital's resources, but its influence is limited in deep space proper
* Zone Luna had exterminated its humans, and now struggles to survive with limited resources as it was badly damaged in the Final War.
* Tranquility, a secret AI lay hidden in the nuked U.S. lunar base. Friendly to humans, it sustained a few mortal space colonists it had preserved in suspended animation. 
* There are also a few wildcards--
** Zone New Delhi is developing more spacefaring technology, and its bioroid creations may be the key to populating the stars
** Finally, the Lost Mars Expedition, which disappeared in the 2030s--it could be at any stage of development by now.
== Update: Zone Orbital ==
What was once the simple Space Station Liberty is now a sprawling low-orbit factory complex. It is one of the most powerful zones due to its position above the planet and control of space stations. Its main "limitation" is that it's strictly followed the ban on building orbital bombardment weapons.
== Notes ==
* this wiki article isn't finished!
== References ==
*Pyramid 3/71: Spaceships II, p.4
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