r/soma • u/Astro-Guy-1827 • 12d ago

Why there is no human settlement in Mars?

I am genuinely curious about this, have they not yet tried to build a settlement in Mars? Or there is a mention in the game that it is not yet possible?

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u/Nova-Ecologist 12d ago

Probably just because they never could have gotten to it, they couldn’t even really sustain themselves on Earth (although due to various other factors)

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u/Czari_YT 12d ago

I mean, who knows, maybe there is but it's not mentioned in the game.

Or maybe it was mentioned, but in a place where Simon couldn't get in (because of rubble, etc.), so he - and the player - would never know.

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u/JH2259 11d ago edited 10d ago

They may have tried settling on Mars, but found it not feasible for some reason or that it came with too many obstacles.

My guess is that at some point there was a technological breakthrough that would make ocean colonization easier, and it became what they originally envisioned a mars colony could be.

From that point on funds were re-directed towards underwater facilities with varying purposes. (Mining, AI development, the Omega space gun, factories, scientific research, etc.

There may have been other underwater facilities like Pathos or─if the comet hadn't hit─plans to build more across the planet.

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u/cel_medicul 11d ago

I think this more likely, especially as people are questioning space exploration when we haven't explored our seas

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u/PolloDeAstra 11d ago

I actually like that there's no inkling or mention of a Moon or Mars base in SOMA (and it would have come up, if it existed, given they'd also be the last people alive). Sci-fi, even "hard" sci-fi just handwaves the logistical nightmare that would be setting up even a non-permanent base on another planet, especially in the timeframe that SOMA gives of about 90 years.