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<center><font color=#FE9A2E>New Horizons have been reached. Humanity's dream of reaching the stars becomes a reality in Forge of Empires today and an entirely new space race has begun. Your target: Mars! Explore the red planet's vast craters and deep valleys and extract resources for your city and colony. But be on the lookout: The IOU Corporation and other Mars colonies strive to use the planet's resources for their own purposes.</font></center>

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==Space Age Mars==
'''Space Age Mars''' is a complete new age you will be able to play after completing the Virtual Future. This age will not be released in parts. This time, you get to play its campaign, manage a space colony on Mars, experience story and side quests, find out about the new way of gaining resources and build the new great building right from the start!

==Your colony on the red planet==
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'''Your colony on Mars is about survival, extraction and even conquest, so be prepared when you first arrive on the red planet!'''

===Getting to Mars===

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| style="text-align:center;"| To visit your very own colony on the red planet, click on the rocket in your city.
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===Expanding your influence===
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! style="text-align:center;" colspan="2"| Mars is the only place where the important resource '''Mars Ore''' can be found. Producing Mars goods requires you to gain and process this special ore, but other factions are competing with you to obtain it.
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| style="text-align:center;"| Open the Campaign Map and select Mars to be able to see where you can expand to and which places hold the coveted ore.
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| style="text-align:center;"| Once you have made your claim on the Mars Campaign, you will find special Mars Ore deposits on some of the sectors you have conquered. Click on the ore to send an exploration team to it. Depending on the ore, this may take some time to complete! 
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| style="text-align:center;"| Once the exploration phase is complete, you can either battle or negotiate for the ore to process it further.
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===Life Support===
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| style="text-align:center;"| Your colony on Mars relies on your help to be productive and healthy, so it is up to you to make sure Life Support is provided for your colonists. In return for maintaining high levels of Life Support, you will have reduced prices for the goods being produced in the colony. 
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===The Colony's Buildings===
Your Mars colony comes with it's own space and buildings. Click on the "Expand"-Buttons to see the different buildings listed!
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! The Spaceport
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In the beginning, the '''Spaceport''' will be the only building in your colony. It is where you start your Mars exploration!<br>
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! Goods Buildings
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The '''Goods Buildings''' on Mars are the only way to process Mars Ore into useable resources for your main city!<br>
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! Residential Buildings
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| style="text-align: center;" |{{:Residential Buildings Mars Colony}}
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Any colony needs colonists, and the '''Residential Buildings''' are how to gain more colonists.<br>
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! Life Support Buildings
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| style="text-align: center;" |{{:Life Support Mars Colony}}
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'''Life Support''' is crucial in making sure your colonists can be productive and Mars Ore is processed properly.<br>

==Two Great Buildings==
Space Age Mars also introduces two Great Buildings for your city. The Virgo Project grants your armies an upper hand and the Star Gazer produces goods from the previous era! Click on the "Expand"-Buttons below to see all their details!
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! The Virgo Project
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''The '''Virgo Project''' was build to launch probes into space. An error in its construction made its original purpose impractical, so the facility was refitted to launch military missiles instead''.<br><br>
This Great Building has the ability '''Missile Launch''', which gives you the chance to kill half of all enemy units at the start of a battle. Additionally, the building also produces coins for your city.
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! Star Gazer
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''The '''Star Gazer''' is one of the most powerful ground-based telescopes and is used to scan the Solar System in high detail. It is praised for its crucial role in the colonization of Mars.''<br><br>
This Great Building produces goods of the previous era every 24 hours. At level 1, 5 goods of the previous era are generated. At level 10, it's 50 and at level 50 it's 132 goods!

==New Units==
To secure the resources of the red planet, you will need a capable force on Mars. The following Units can be produced in your main city and used on Mars:
{{:Space Age Mars Units}}