(AIR-eez) ###### Demonym Aresian (AIR-eez-ee-ann) ###### Gravity 1.04 $g$ ###### Population 23.8 billion --- ###### Description Humanity's current home world. During centuries following The Collapse, Ares was the first planet to recover. Rebuilding their space program by 550-600 PC. In 552 PC, they encountered the first off world humans and on [[Klement]], beginning a new era of human civilization. >[!danger]- Deep Lore And Secrets >During the [[Laciryn]] rebellion, the [[Kyserian|Kyserians]] sent a [[Planet Ship]] to Ares to use it as a potential refuge. However, the Laciryns were aware of the Kyserian plan and disabled the vast spacecraft, causing it to crash into [[Ganamied Island]]. Some of them survived the crash and used the ancient (and secret) [[Darkpath]] node to return home. ###### Located Here ###### Geography - [[Ganamied Island]] - [[Kilderi Valley]] - [[Spaznhe Voeden]] - [[Tech Mines]] - [[Torgu Valjad]] - [[Ludrasaria]] - [[Aracosa Island]] - [[The Sisters (Cera and Mari)]] - [[Western Reaches]] - [[Saigatani Island]] - [[Heskatonian Archipelago]] - [[Valcaeus]] - [[Baird's Expanse]] - [[Bajar Veldt]] - [[Callan Islands]] - [[Debilari Desert]] - [[Enborland]] - [[Iovari Archipelago]] - [[Leland Bay]] - [[Levahtan Dune Creep]] - [[Luhansa River Valley]] ###### Factions/Cities - [[Cartel]] - [[EBRIS]] - [[Volotorsk]] - [[Farport]] - [[Freeworlders]] - [[Isylorian Order]] - [[Leducian Orthodoxy]] - [[Northern Bloc]] - [[Aracosa Autonomous Zone]] - [[Calcinam]] - [[Highland]] - [[Jamestown]] - [[Saigatani Federation]] - [[Kumuro]] - [[United Republic Of Mercaulis]] - [[San Reales]] - [[Viltorian Combine]] - [[Casiguay]] ###### Maps Ares ![[Ares Map New.jpeg]] Ares (Labeled) ![[Ares Textured Map 2024 Original Size Labels.jpg]] >[!info] Design Notes Below is more realistic, but less aesthetically pleasing (to me), version of the map. The change in scale also means everything is around 1/3rd smaller, and I don’t want to deal with the ramifications of that. It is also the only way that it translates to a sphere without becoming wildly distorted. So both are technically canon (making things extra confusing). *In the original lore from the 90s, Ares actually was about 50% larger than Earth, but also less dense, resulting in the same relative gravity. The reasoning behind that lead down a rabbit hole, where Ares itself was a forgotten [[Planet Ship]]. But I’m pretty sure the humans living there for 2400 years might have noticed. I also decided to make those ships more like small moons than actual planets (but I kept the name).* ![[Ares Textured Map 2024 (wide).jpg]] Original Concept Art (~2011) based on a hand-drawn sketch from memories of an earlier version ![[Ares Map.jpg]]