The Barsoom Colony

The Barsoom Colony is one of the largest on Mars. Located about 14km from Aureum Chaos, it includes Thoris Hotel, the Tarkas Bar, and many other structures, most of them named for characters from Edgar Rice Burroughs's Mars series.
Built during the expansion of 2200, the colony houses nearly 80,000 permanent residents, mostly scientists, and sees over 40,000 tourists per year. It is owned dirctly by Zaibatsu and most structures within the complex are run by their own sub-companies.
Every external wall in Barsoom is redundant, with inner and outer bulkheads and windows, the latter of which are all heavily UV protected. Most of its people also dress in layers, pressure suits over jackets over thermal suits over regular clothing, even when merely between indoors structures. Such structures are all mandated to drill and refine their own water and make their own air. Modified land algae with high oxygen output grows at the base of nearly every window. The colony has five major air gardens, including the central atrium which features a redwood tree.
Barsoom has a rudimentary cyberspace but it's not as universal as that on Earth, and many young residents born in the colony lack links altogether.
Barsoom security is extensive due to the actions of the PRA.
== Spoilers ==
Valknut team arrived there in 2232 on Project Daunting. After a brief conveyor trip from the Valles Marineris Spaceport, they checked in at Thoris Hotel and met Niana. She guided the team to retrieve a trigger worm from the colony's central air garden. After a brief stay monitoring Wolf arrivals, Mishka arrived and chased the four out toward Aureum Chaos, pursued by Com Stockins whose rover they managed to steal.
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