5. Immigration to mars

Prior to the mass extinction, humans had successfully built 48 stations on mars since their first arrival in 2026. Humans had been working on terraforming for 100 years. They exploded 8 nuclear bombs on the northern poles of mars in order to create an atmosphere, which rose the oxygen density to 17%. With the aid of advanced technology, humans were able to modify harsh climates and build a sustainable environment. Temperatures of -120 and 68 celcius were brought to a range of -80 and 50 degrees. An artificial magnetic field was also built to withstand the radioactivity from space.

Due to it being harder to create water than Mars, the Moon was being used as an interplanetary space station. A station sized 5.6 million square meters is currently located on the face of the moon.

The original colonists of Mars decided to accept 1.7 million people as an act of humanitarianism. Not long after the first starship carrying 12,000 humans was deployed from earth, 3 of 5 launching docks located in the American continent were destroyed from unknown explosions, leading to a conflict for those waiting to board the 180 remaining starships. 150 starships were destroyed by attacks and raids, and in the end, only 150,000 of the initial 1.7 million people were able to board the starships. The social status of these new immigrants were unclear.

The greatest achievements of humankind ended up being destroyed by humankind itself. The new immigrants of mars were aware of this fact, and knew something needed to be changed in order to successfully adjust to life Mars.

Dr. Volkanovski, an original colonist of Mars, was aware of this fact, and knew that a merge with cyborgs through a somatic alteration was necessary to survive and thrive on Mars. As head of the body remodelling project, he created a program to suppress the competitive gene found in humans, as he did not want mankind to repeat the same mistake twice. One by one, the original colonists of Mars became cyborgs, but they realized too late that the competitive aspect of human nature is actually what made them human.