地球改造是一个使星球适合humans居住的过程，方法是将星球的大气层转换为持续的oxygen环境。[1]
历史
梅塞尔前时期
大气处理器的发明
在2113-04-21，罗伯茨太空工业宣布了世界上第一个Atmo-Processor（通常称为地球化装置）。[1][2] 从那时起，它经历了多年的模拟和测试，为人类历史上第一次地球化改造工作--火星做准备。[3]
地球化改造火星
在2120，经过多年的模拟和测试，UNE（地球联合国）开始尝试对火星进行地球化改造。测量小组被派往Port Renatus，以生成行星表面的地形图，决定Atmo-Processor的位置，并测试表面样本对新的氧气环境可能造成的污染。这是人类在地球之外的第一次全面的行星探索。[3][4]
火星悲剧
在2125年，火星正处于地球化的最后阶段。一个维持氧气的环境已经存在了两个星期。然而，当这个星球在正式宣布安全之前的两天，悲剧发生了。行星大气处理器中的一个化学计算错误使人工大气不稳定，导致整个星球的大气泄漏。4,876名科学家和技术人员死亡，因为火星上的人们已经停止使用呼吸装置，故障发生得如此之快，以至于 "没有人能够发出警报或封闭星球周围各种设施的通风口"。[4][5] 还有传言称，这场灾难可能是由人工智能故障造成的。[6]
In 2157, Mars is officially classified as an oxygen-sustaining environment.[7]
梅塞尔时期
Terraforming was hardly regulated in the 梅塞尔王朝. Performed under inadequate working conditions and organized by several dubious companies, i.e. Gold Horizon. While most terraforming attempts succeeded, some of them irreversible damaged the planet and its inhabitants or left them nearly uninhabitable.
Project Vespa on Tayac I
The goal of the project was to modify the terraforming process as an effective weapon of mass destruction. Test object was Tayac I, which was terraformed and again de-terraformed. The Project started under Ivar Messer I and was abandoned in 2750 without any known progress.
Taranis II
Taranis II was chosen in the 2560s for terraforming by Orphion Inc. albeit being classified as a poor choice. Experimental terraforming platforms were installed and harnessed the energy of its orbiting moon, Taranis 2a. Sub-standard parts and slave-like working conditions created a foreseeable disaster. Taranis 2a mantle cracked and released deadly debris which leaves the planet uninhabitable.
Oberon II, Uriel
The surface of Uriel froze after a failed terraforming attempt. Settlers introduced the chestnut beetle as a food source in the 27th century with another catastrophic outcome. Every seventy years the aggressive beetles emerge and eat almost everything on the surface. The native population of the the planet lives now in underground warrens.
Fora III, Hyperion
Terraforming left Hyperion in a state of perpetual 'HyperClay' dust storms.
Corel IV, Castor
Failed Terraforming on Castor lead to a 'barely breathable atmosphere'.
Massacre of Garron II
In 2792, a terraforming corporation began to terraform 盖隆 II, a planet with pre-existing developing life-forms. The Atmo-Processors wiped out much of the planet's indigenous life, including a pre-industrial race. Although the corp denied that the aliens were sentient, footage obtained by environmental activists clearly demonstrated that the aliens were capable of rational thought. A series of protests broke out in 地球联合帝国 systems, and it ultimately overthrew the Messer XI, ending the 梅塞尔王朝.[8]
Post-Messer Era
Fair Chance Act
In 2795, Fair Chance Act (FCA) is a legislated by the reformed UEE government to prevent similar incidents as Massacre of Garron II happen in the future. The aim of FCA is to protect the lives and well-being of species, who live on planets who have not developed but possess the reasonable capacity for evolution into intelligence, based on the responsibility of human beings for their fellow creatures.[9]
Synthworld
大天使计划 was started under the reign of Corbyn Salehi, in 2872. The building of artificial planets was supposed to replace the need for terraforming.[10] Currently (2950), the first artificial planet, 合成世界 is still in construction.
Other Races
Xi'an
The Xyan possessing an unknown advanced Terraforming technology. Yā'mon III and Yā'mon II are currently terraformed by the Empire.
References
- ↑ 跳转到： 1.0 1.1
- ↑ Dave Haddock, David Ladyman and Ben Lesnick, Portfolio: Roberts Space Industries, Jump Point, vol. 5, no. 9, pp. 43-46, 2017-09-15.
- ↑ 跳转到： 3.0 3.1
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