Gagarin Base is an Evo Mars base and the largest off-Earth colony in the solar system.
History[]
Yamatetsu begins plans to create a Martian base in 2063.
In 2065 cosmonauts from Roskosmos are the first metahumans to land on the surface of Mars. They conducted surveys of the area and found a suitable location for the Mars base. Due to severe storm and compromised equipment, the cosmonauts perished while on the mission.
Over the next two years, supplies are dropped and drones begin to assemble Gagarin.
In 2068, the first metahumans arrive and the base becomes operational.
In 2074, contact with Gagarin is lost as a CFD outbreak hits critical mass.
In 2077 the monads reveal their presence to the public by broadcasting a message over the Matrix. Gagarin becomes a staging ground for Project Exodus.
In December of 2079, Deep Space Exploration and Colonization I leaves Gagarin. Some of the metahumans (said to be in the thousands) infected with CFD had their AI personalities removed leaving their bodies catatonic at the Mars Base. Space Rescue Service came in to save the survivors after the Monads had left.[1]
Comments[]
Gagarin is named after the first man in space; Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin.
In Sixth World Almanac Gagarin is said to have been renamed New Japan, however, later publications like Hazard Pay and Chrome Flesh still call it Gagarin. So the rename of the base is ignored for this article.
Index[]
- Chrome Flesh, 211-213
- Corporate Guide
Hazard Pay, 142-143- Shadowrun Fourth Edition
- Sixth World Almanac, 123
- Storm Front
- Dark Terrors 71-72
References[]
- ↑ Dark Terrors 71