Surveyed by orbital pass, Sol 1 onward
The Martian Registry
Red dust, thin air and mission-grade precision
The Martian Registry is the youngest archive and the only one run on instrumentation rather than ceremony. Every parcel is fixed by satellite triangulation, cross-checked against three orbital passes, and logged with mission-grade precision.
Survey Zone ARES-4 covers the most storied terrain on the planet. The Registry's field notes read like flight logs: wind speed, dust opacity, the exact angle of the light at the moment a claim is fixed.
Four regions structure the zone. The Olympus Region, in the long shadow of the largest volcano in the solar system; the Vallis Basin, carved by water that left four billion years ago; the Crimson Ridge, where the dust glows at dusk; and the equatorial survey flats every registrar secretly favours.
Certificates are issued with full coordinate telemetry. ARES Survey Command reminds all claimants: the silence out here is a feature.
Districts of Survey Zone ARES-4