Mars: The Escalation of Violence

The Escalation of Violence is a supplement for the Mars: Code Aurora miniatures game. In the near future, humanity, on the brink of suffocation, flees Earth, soon to be depleted, to take refuge on Mars and start over. But not everything goes as planned: a technical incident during flight affects one of the ships, causing thousands of deaths; the loss of the largest supplier of equipment for atmospheric domes during landing; social tensions related to the resulting confinement... Humanity's new beginning is not what they had hoped for. To compensate for the lack of space and material shortages, mining and construction activities take on an extremely important role in the daily life of Colony-1. These are heavy, dangerous jobs, carried out in unknown territory... and they exacerbate the already existing tensions between human and hybrid workers. And for good reason: hybrids are increasingly taking precedence over their human counterparts, as they can be exploited shamelessly and paid a pittance without causing any public outcry. The situation quickly becomes explosive... In this book, you will discover the events that led to the Ascreus Mons revolt, in a tense social context. The situation gradually deteriorated until the private militia Empire intervened, sent to stop the strike and get the miners back to work as quickly as possible. We offer five interconnected narrative scenarios to replay the key moments of this historic event. Whether you want to restore order in the name of E.U.R.O.P.A. or try to free the hybrids from oppression, the future is in your hands. It is of course possible to play the scenarios using other factions to simulate other conflicts of your choice.