Hellas Planitia

Hellas Planitia is a plain located within the huge, impact basin Hellas. There are no alive nor undead enemies in the area.

Summary
Nothing had ever landed in Hellas due to the sandy bottom until 2021 when NextLife™ landed a spacecraft filled with Tardigrades and Lichen. The Tardigrades grew alongside lichen in a 500cm3 space slowly extending to the exterior to the ship and onto the Martian surface, terraforming Mars. The experiment was a success and NextLife sent a fleet of improved Tardigrade-M eggs to different parts of Hellas. By 2035, 15% of Hellas Planitia was covered in lichen converting the CO2 to Oxygen.

By 2100 the population of Tardigrades was around 500,000 and it was reported that the Lichen had covered more than 320,000km2 of surface area. It was still only 0.2% of the martian surface but it was a step in the right direction.

The Tardigrades had their own ecosystem in Hellas where the larger Tardigrades ate the smaller ones. In 2143 people noticed that the Lichen had a hard time growing above -6km as the pressure was too low. Humans did not see this as a problem though as they didn't want Lichen everywhere.

There were large glaciers in Hellas that soon melted due to the greenhouse effect and soon a large 200,000km2 saltwater lake was formed. NextLife started developing moss and pine trees that could survive in Hellas and it soon flourished with life. There were fishes, and tardigrades living in symbiosis with one another.

A small research station was built to monitor the ecosystem around Lake Hellas in 2156. There were plans to build a luxury resort by the large lake but it was canceled due to possible damage to the ecosystem.

Locations

 * Hellas Ecological Research Station (H.E.R.S) - A research station that is still functional to this day.