=Mars Faction and Hypercorp Stations= 
There are too many stations in Mars orbit to describe in such a short space, but I’ll mention a few that are fairly important. Each of these stations is run predominantly by one hypercorp, but multiple corps might have a share in any given station’s ownership and ops. Most of these stations are in areosynchronous or areostationary orbit. Factions sometimes create settlements, too, although they’re fairly rare. 
**McClintock** is [[Ecologene|Ecologene’s]] masterpiece, a living space hab whose thick hull is a material similar to wood, here and there interrupted by vast windows paned in transparent chitin. Housing, offices, and commercial buildings are scattered across a woodsy parkland clearly designed by someone who loved Bambi.
**Lu Xing** ([[Prosperity Group]]) is a research station. This is where they grow the space meats. Station population is 5,000, plus a complement of 500 vacworkers who stay outside in their synths. Aside from living space, much of the station is given over to huge R&D spaces where new meat culture strains and texturizing processes are experimentally tested. 
Like Lu Xing, **Ptah** is primarily an R&D station where [[Skinaesthesia]] investigates new gene lines for its morphs. It does, however, have a palatial morph boutique open by appointment to the Martian elite. 
**Viriditas** ([[nano-ecologists]]) is an orbital manufacturing platform. To advance their research, the nano-ecologists believe they need large scale microgravity industry to build their tools. Everything produced here is used on the surface, or at least it’s supposed to be. There are a lot of gangsters who pay long credits for programmable swarms, and not all of their shipments of nanobot hives might be making it to their intended destinations.
The **Batteries** ([[Planetary Consortium]]) are six stations in the tenuous Mars-Phobos L4 and L5 orbits. Each orbits Mars about every 7.5 hours. Bristling with weaponry and bolstered by a network of drone and commsats, they’re a strongpoint in Martian planetary defenses.

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