Venture Beyond the Asteroid Belt
Mars may only have months to live. One option is to turn tail and head back to Earth, but that option is distasteful to all self-respecting Martians. Another is to expand outward beyond the asteroid belt. The ingredients are there for a new civilization: Io can supply industry, Europa can provide water and fuel, Ganymede can support human settlement, and Callisto can enable deep-space exploration. To make the dream a reality, rival Martian corporations will need to optimize their resources for the great leap to Jupiter and race to build the most self-sufficient Jovian infrastructure before the lifeline to the inner solar system is lost.
Core mechanics
- Explore asteroids for resources, discoveries, and practical knowledge
- Build reusable expertise in various fields like engineering, science, and robotics
- Construct successive generations of spacecraft for one-way Jovian expeditions
- Develop Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto as parts of one interdependent settlement
- See which colonies prosper and which fail once access to Mars is cut off