Mars
Mars is Darrow's home world. The lowRed mining communities beneath its surface extract helium-3 while believing that they are preparing the planet for future human settlement.
Mars already has inhabited cities and a terraformed surface. Agea is its capital; the Martian The Institute occupies a valley in Valles Marineris.
Freed miners such as Lyria live in overcrowded assimilation camps, while the Republic continues its war elsewhere in the system.
The Society attacks Phobos to gain a base for the invasion of Mars. Virginia withdraws her forces to the planet.