Ashtronian Martian Territories

The Ashtronian Martian Territories (AMT) was an area that encompassed around 11% of Mars’ total surface area, With Pavonis Mons being in the centre.

Founded in late 2053, the AMT was originally set up as an occupation government to control and convert the remaining Nazi settlements on the planet’s surface. The Ashtronian authorities had a hard time dealing with many guerrilla attacks from Nazi agents that remained on Mars, many factories were sabotaged and a particularly devastating attack in 2054 left half of an underground colony sick with extreme radiation poisoning. Despite this, most of the German colonists that had been stranded on the planet after The Battle Of Mars seemed to cautiously accept the Ashtronian rule, over a year of brutal fighting had left most of the food stockpiles empty and many colonists just wanted to get on with their lives. When the Great Sol War ended in 2054 the AMT was converted into a proper colonial government and a period of denazification followed to ensure the German majority would be compatible with the growing Ashtronian population.

The first major wave of Ashtronian colonists came in 2065 with the completion of the Mars 1 settlement, located not far from the ruins of the old Mars Hauptquartier. Although more so a dream than an actual idea at this point, many people saw Mars as a potential second home for humanity and the countless wars and devastating events back on Earth made Mars look more and more favourable. By 2068 the AMT had over 11,000 citizens, most of which worked in mining and scavenging the ruins of the old Nazi bases. The first luxury hotels were built on Mars around this time and it became a popular location for rich tourists who wanted to get away from all the noise (and tax laws) back on Earth.

Another wave of colonists came during the Crisis Of 2069, With the Earth being swarmed with demons and half of the sun blocked out with Demonic Magic, many people sought to flee their old homes for someplace much safer. Mars was probably affected the least out of any Ashtronian territory, all the plants grew underground and thus food production was unaffected. No one knew if any Dark Anchors had appeared on Mars because no one ever saw any demons. When the Crisis ended at the start of 2070 many of the colonists decided to head back to Earth now that the danger was gone, surprisingly a good percentage actually decided to stay on Mars for various reasons.

For the next 20 years, the AMT’s population slowly grew to about 53,000 by 2095. Multiple terraforming projects were started in the 2080s such as Operation Second Chance which aimed to turn Mars’ thin atmosphere into one similar to Earth’s. The Mars Mining projects became a crucial part of The Ashtron Empire’s economy and more and more corporations started setting up operations on the Martian surface. 2 major space elevators were built in the AMT which were vital for shipping supplies back to Earth and the numerous shipyards that orbited the Red Planet, An extensive train network was also created connecting most of the populated settlements together. As of the mid-2090s Major construction projects have started in a bid to build a dozen planned cities both underground and on the surface of the planet.