Martian Colonies

The Martian Colonies (more formally known as the Confederated Martian Colonies ) were an autonomous government that seceded from the Earth nation-states and corporations that had established the individual settlements on Mars. The capital city of this government was Ares City. The document outlining the secession was the Fundamental Declarations of the Martian Colonies. 

While unmanned and manned missions to Mars were undertaken in Earth's 20th and 21st centuries, and Utopia Planitia --- a scientific research outpost -- was constructed in the 2060s, the first "official" colony was not established until 2103. (Earlier settlements, such as Ghazzat Hashim, were not considered official as they were neither sanctioned nor funded by any of Earth's nation-states.)

Unfortunately, the first serial murders in an extraterrestrial colony occurred soon after, in 2105, by an entity that would later be known as Redjac. Among the eight victims was Adele Adiwoso de Lesseps, a daughter of Helena Adiwoso, a Terran diplomat. (Star Trek: Shadowstar Station)

During these early years, the War for Martian Independence -- fomented by the Gundersdottir's Dome Rebellion -- took place, a prolonged and bloody conflict. 

By the mid-2150s, one of the terraforming projects designed to make the planet livable for humans was called Blue Horizon. The method used was capturing comets in the Sol system's Oort cloud and redirecting them to impact at Mars's poles. 

Natives and residents of the Martian Colonies

 * Mira Romaine
 * Ava Sigurdsdottir