Valley of the Apes is a subdivision of the Martian community of Red Jakarta, tucked into a rarely trafficked spur of Valles Marineris. Home to forty thousand, most of the habitat is enclosed under two small [[domes]]. Behind them, a transparent enclosure covers a good twenty klicks of the branch valley’s winding path. Inside this habitat is a lush tropical forest, occupied by a small population of uplifted apes with a sense of humor and a love for old movies (one of the local artists actually constructed a half-buried Statue of Liberty, which they proudly planted right out front). The valley walls climb ten meters above the ﬂoor, and the space between them is ﬁlled with bowers set among tree branches and little caves carved out of the rock walls. In the light Martian gravity it’s easy for the apes to climb—even gorillas.
The Valley and the rest of Red Jakarta work hard to maintain independence. The settlement is not a member of the [[Tharsis League]], though it does much of its trade with League habitats as well as hypercorps. This doesn’t prevent the locals from maintaining good relations with the [[Barsoomian Movement|Barsoomians]]. The apes are always willing to quietly sell hypercorp goods to their backcountry neighbors in the interest of mutual aid—and proﬁt.

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