Eden: The New Frontier

[Terring7]

"It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change."
Charles Darwin

Life

One of the greatest thing about life is migration and the ability to response in changes. Many millions years before 2010, life on Earth was limited into the seas...



... until some weeds and fish-like animals colonized the land.



Many millions years later, life was limited on the land...



... until some animals take winds and colonized the skies.



In 1957 A.D. (or 12 B.T.) an intelligent specie called Sims made the first steps for the ultimate kind of migration... To the stars!



In the 21st century, Sims was sick and tired of the environmental and social problems, like wars and global warming. They want a new way of life, new horizons, new values.



At the same time, others prefer not to rebuild the Terran society, but to build a new society on a new world. Mars.



How all will end? Who knows? Everything starts from somewhere. This is our start, a small colony. It was a scientific base, but soon turns into the first colony, full of dreams and hopes. This is... Hope-1, the first alien colony.



This is the beginning of one of the millions of stories in the Milky Way galaxy. Welcome to Eden



O.K., back to 2010. This is my first Mayor Diaries and, as you can see, it's a science fiction story. Be warned, it's not supposed to be realistic . It's all about space colonization, future cities and not only. Any suggestion is welcomed, but I'm not going to build a coal power plant just because is more realistic than an antimatter plant . There is a very large story behind Eden, so don't think that this story will end up soon

Hope that you like it

(By the way, today is my birthday. Eden is my gift to everybody )

[tooheys]

Something a little different to the standard MD. Looking forward to see how this develops.

Will you be using a lot of your own BAts? I notice you have previously made quite a few lots that will fit into this storyline.

Goodluck

Dave (tooheys)

PS - Happy Birthday

[dedgren]

And happy birthday, T7!  Good day to start a MD, and especially one that takes us to somewhere unique.

Good luck!


David

[WC_EEND]

I'm always in for an MD with an original concept, looking forward to more...

PS: happy birthday

[Terring7]

tooheys: I hope that you'll enjoy the rest of the story. You can see my add-on in my signature. The B.A.T.s, the props and the texture belong to SimMars team. I just relot them to make the buildings fit better on Earth. And thanks for the wishes

dedgren: Thanks for the wishes too. I hope that you'll like the story

WC_EEND: Thanks for the wishes too and i hope that you'll like the story

Back to Eden
Update 2: Why Mars?

"We were nomads, and we are still nomads"
Carl Sagan

Sims in an intelligent specie with plenty of curiosity and needs for exploration and new adventures. Their ancestors explored Earth and now the history repeats, this time on a new world. But why? Why we should colonize Mars? For the same reason that the ancient Sims explored and colonize Europe, Asia and Africa.



For the same reason that some Sims dare to explored and colonized the New World.



For the same reason that Sims explored all the Terran seas, and now are ready to explore a new sea.



The Cosmic Sea!



Earth was suffered with terrible problems. Global warming, Aids, nationalism, nuclear weapons, many of big problems. Some Sims prefer to stay on Earth and rebuild the home planet. Other prefer to leave Earth and build from scratch a new, better world on Mars. But why? Exploration, better economy, scientific studies, the joy of a new adventure, the creation of the Utopia, spreading the beauty of life elsewhere, survive of Simkind in longterm... many reasons to build our dreams on Mars.



But why on Mars? Why not on the Moon or in the Terran oceans? Because Mars is the most suitable to support life with the technology of the middle of the 21st century. Mercury and Venus are too hot and too close to the Sun. Terran seas can easily bring psychological problems to the colonists. Moon has no atmosphere, but still it soon became the biggest spaceport ever made so far. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune has no solid surface and the conditions there are too deadly. Mars however has atmosphere, 24 hours days and nights, a bit cold but not extremely cold, good enough gravity and almost close to Earth.



Also, Mars has plenty of cool features to explore. Olympus Mons is the largest mountain in the Solar System. 3 times taller that the Terran Everest! Valles Marineris is the largest canyon it the Solar System. 10 times longer than the Terran Grand Canyon!!



Ancient natural canals, evidence that Mars had water in the past.



Exotic mountains.



Ice, enough to support the new colonies.



And plenty of mysteries. If Mars had water, what about life? Was Mars the home world of ancient intelligent species? What's going on with Cydonia and those exotic formations?



Close to Acidalia Planitia we'll find the first Martian colony, Hope-1. A colony rich of hopes for a better future.



Thanks to the robotic workers, the creation and expansion of the colonies are very fast. More Sims are coming to town.



There are many questions about Mars, but this is the most important. Will be Mars the new Garden of Eden? Is it possible to build the always dreamed Utopia on a cold, desert planet? Had those Sims right, when they said that Mars is the next planetary homeland? Stay tuned



The whole Mayor Diaries is a tribute to Carl Sagan (1934 - 1996), the man who mixed science with poetry

[Tomas Neto]

Wow..., fantastic start!!! Nice work my friend!!! 

[Terring7]

Tomas Neto: Thanks, glad to see that you like it

Back to Eden
Update 3: Brave New World

"We build this city, we built the city on rock 'n' roll"
The Starship

Welcome to the year 2050. You, the viewer of this Mayor Diary, are now inside a small spacecraft. You are going to Hope-1, the first extraterrestrial city made by the Sims. Here is Hope-1 from high.



Let's get closer. Remember how small and out-of-interest was in the last update? Well, let's say that the robotic building machines made their miracle



Prepare for landing. This is the spaceport of Hope-1, small but effective.



Let's take an electric taxi and explore the colony. Here is the older part of the colony, with plenty of block of flats and shops. You will also notice some small industries.



No matter how rich or poor you are, you are always welcomed to Hope-1. Here are some homes, small and bigger.



And here you can see the park, an open area for the colonists to meet and talk. You will also notice the police and the fire stations, as well as the P.Q.C (Primary Quantum Computer).



And here are some shops and offices.



It looks a bit empty and quiet, but always that sometimes what you see is not what you get.



Let's take this road. We are now passing the farmer market and the water cleaning device.



East from the central Hope-1, we'll see the Martian farms. Colonists need food, plenty of food, but you don't need to take over the whole planet for some food. Just dig underground



Some domed, underground farms.



Some Sims like to live here.



If you think that apartment buildings next to farms is not realistic, go to 2010 and explore some Greek villages. Besides, you are on Mars



Let's go south, to see a small industrial district.



And at last, the garbage management system of Hope-1.



From the next updates, we'll learn more about Hope-1. This is just a small idea of living on Mars. More are coming soon, so stay tuned

(Who knows? You may prefer to live on Mars than on Earth )

[Nardo69]

Interesting. I once thought about trying out Simmars, too, but planting trees is rather .. time consuming ... so... 

I'm curious how this will go on.

Take care my friend!

Bernhard 

[Tomas Neto]

I agree, very Interesting!!! Another fantastic update!!! 

[FrankU]

Hi Terring7, your birthday is over by now, but I'd like to congratulate you anyway. Maybe I'm the first for your next birthday?

Nice story, good lots.
But a spaceport with landing strip? In the thin atmosphere of Mars you try indeed to fly with wings? I think not!

[Battlecat]

Very cool, I haven't actually seen the simmars mod in action!  Great start, I'll be keeping an eye on this one!

[Terring7]

Nardo69: Thanks for your comment, glad to see that you like it . I guess you tried to terraform Mars, right?

Tomas Neto: Thank you very much

FrankU: Well, my 2010 birthday is over, but feel free to wish me for 2011 . Thank you for the comment and the wishes . As about your question, it's true that Mars has an atmosphere 100 times less dense that Earth, but is still dense enough to support aerodynamic spacecrafts. Here is an older idea of N.A.S.A. about a robotic Martian airplane...



This plane was supposed to fly on Mars in 2003, 100 years after the Wight brothers flight. And here is a newer one...



And an another one...



I guess that a manned Martian plane would need bigger wings, something like this...



... so maybe you have right. Wings? In a manned passenger spacecraft? How about something like this?



Battlecat: An often viewer? What a honor . Glad to see that you like it

Back to Eden
Update 4: A gift

You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving
Robert Louis Stevenson

And because i love both Christmas and SC4D, here is a gift. Merry Christmas and a happy 2011

Hope-1 from space


Wow, those construction robots are building really fast!


A nice place for the richer to live


A beautiful Martian landmark


A nice place to work (not you, your robot ) and live


Remember this park?


Plenty of Toxic Diners


Factories


More factories


Factories again


A small stadium


The way less traveled


Martian farms


Underground fields

[Tomas Neto]

It's look like Starcraft, I think!!! Very nice update again, fantastic work!!!
Happy new year!!!

[Terring7]

Tomas Neto: Thank you for the comment and happy new year

Back to Eden
Update 5:Wishes and Wisdoms

"The doors of wisdom are never shut"
Benjamin Franklin

Good news everyone!



It's New Year Eve on both Earth and Mars. The Martian Sims from Hope-1 want yo give a great gift to all Terran folks of Simcity Community. This gift is a collection of wishes and wisdoms for 2011 and not only.



I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel.
Henri Frederic Amiel

Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.
Mohandas Gandhi

Every great architect is - necessarily - a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time, his day, his age.
Frank Lloyd Wright

A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.
Michelangelo

Beauty in things exists in the mind which contemplates them.
David Hume

God gave us the gift of life; it is up to us to give ourselves the gift of living well.
Voltaire

It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
Carl Sagan

All lasting business is built on friendship.
Alfred A. Montapert

Change before you have to.
Jack Welch

The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think like computers.
Sydney J. Harris

Do not fear death so much but rather the inadequate life.
Bertolt Brecht

You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality.
Walt Disney

Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together.
Eugene Ionesco

Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.
Edward Everett

We won't have a society if we destroy the environment.
Margaret Mead

Equality is the soul of liberty; there is, in fact, no liberty without it.
Frances Wright

I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit together at the table of brotherhood.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Forgiveness is a virtue of the brave.
Indira Gandhi

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.
Carl Sagan

Forgiveness is the giving, and so the receiving, of life.
George MacDonald

A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.
Arnold H. Glasow

Friendship... is not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.
Muhammad Ali

All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.
Francois Fenelon

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Arthur C. Clarke

If we don't end war, war will end us.
H. G. Wells

He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
Socrates

Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known.
Carl Sagan

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
Mohandas Gandhi

A woman has to be intelligent, have charm, a sense of humor, and be kind. It's the same qualities I require from a man.
Catherine Deneuve

Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart.
Alan Alda

If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; but if he says that it is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
Arthur C. Clarke

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.
Henry Ford

Technology is a gift of God. After the gift of life it is perhaps the greatest of God's gifts. It is the mother of civilizations, of arts and of sciences.
Freeman Dyson

Leaders have to act more quickly today. The pressure comes much faster.
Andy Grove

Touch a scientist and you touch a child.
Ray Bradbury

It isn't enough to talk about peace. One must believe in it. And it isn't enough to believe in it. One must work at it.
Eleanor Roosevelt

There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere.
Isaac Asimov

There is no way to peace, peace is the way
Mohandas Gandhi

If technology does not liberate all people for the pursuit of higher aspirations in human achievement, then all its technical potential will be meaningless.
Jeach Fresco

We are the way for the Cosmos to know itself
Carl Sagan



We, the SimMartian colonists of Hope-1, wish you not for more, but for less. Less hate, less ignorance, less wars, less lack of respect, less environmental disasters, less pain, less poverty, less sadness. No matter if you are American, Russian, Greek, German, Italian, Japanese, Australian. No matter if you believe in Christ, Islam, Flying Spaghetti Monster. No matter if you are Caucasian, Negro or anything else, child, woman, rich or poor, Socialist or Patriot. All humans on Earth are brothers and sisters. All life forms on Earth, from dolphins to roses, are brothers and sisters. We are all members of the same family, both planetary and cosmic. Let's work for a cleaner, peaceful planet. Let's use the scientific knowledges to fight ignorance, to gain wisdom, to evolve both technological and spiritual. Let's spread the beauty of life and intelligence in the vastness of the Universe.

From Terring and the SimMars colonists, Happy New Year!!

[io_bg]

Interesting stuff, you've quite an unique MD! Happy New Year to you, too!

[Tomas Neto]

This kind of map (red) is really great on your MD!!! Great work on this city!!!   

[Schlucke]

I'm not a fan of science fiction settings and I wouldn't try to create such a region but I have to say that I really like the way you have started your MD. It's interesting to read and the pictures are definitely unique. So keep up your good work and have a happy new year!

[Terring7]

io_bg: Happy new year too and thanks for the comment

Tomas Neto: Glad to see that you like it . The red color belongs to SimMars Beta 3, ready for use.

Schlucke: Glad to see that you like it, happy new year too
So you are not a fan of science fiction setting, right? hmm...



Are you now?

Back to Eden
Update 6: First Teaser

"We shall never know all the good that a simple smile can do."
Mother Teresa

With so much interest for Hope-1, the colony is now a little messy
So...





This is just a simple teaser for a new, upcoming colony. The next update will have a little delay, but I'll try to be really interesting

[Bill_Chen]

I had been obssessed with the Mars,  I believe you see that. I feel very attached to your mars city. 
it's one of my hobby to collect lots, you have some bats that i hav never seen before. I'd like to know where you got that

[Tomas Neto]

Ok my friend, I'll be there, in the next update!!!