The Battle of the Utopia Planitia was the greatest military victory of the Separatists during the Colony Wars. Spurred on by their victory, they went on the offensive on the surface of Mars shortly thereafter. The geography of the planet and the vast distances between the mines made it impossible for the corporations to coordinate their defensive strategies and be able to stand their ground against the attacks of the Separatists.
As crude as it may seem to us these days, Pre-Exon 39 marked nothing less than the birth of the Astrosapiens and his first self-sufficient colony in space – even if the birth was not without considerable birthing pains.
Tension between the colonies on Mars and the corporations was on the rise, and thus came the hour of the tacticians and strategists. In August of 2105 the Separatists organized a strike of the space port workers in the Northern European colony Vermilion.
In September 2104, an unorganized riot that was quickly quelled took place in the USEA copper mine Lower Ophir Hut during which workers protested against the arbitrariness of the Noro Dima Minerals mining corporation. More »
Americans, Indians, and Russians were not amused about the convenience marriage of the, in their eyes, overreached Europeans and the North African Confederation. A latent hostility that also affected the Mars colonies inexorably developed from their resentments.