"Good evening, and welcome to a special edition of ZONet's Media Eye. For the past year and a half, law enforcement agencies have been struggling to solve the mystery behind one of the greatest man-made disasters of human history: who destroyed the Martian Space Elevator? Was it the terrorist group STRIKE, as the Central Earth Government and Administration claims? Was it CEGA's pursuit fleet during the so-called Odyssey, a fleet already demonstrated as capable of destroying innocent civilian targets? Or was it someone else, someone so shocking that it could change way the Solar System views war-torn Mars? The surprising answer when we return after these messages."

-- Jennifer Mathur, ZONet Correspondent, October 2212

The Mars Planetbook is a Jovian Chronicles resource for the Martian Federation and Free Republic, two nations locked so deeply in an ideological struggle of freedom versus security that their war will never end until one of them perishes.

Within these covers you will find:

• An overview of both Federate and Republican culture and society;
• Descriptions of five Martian settings;
• Tips on creating adventures in Martian space, plus four introductory scenarios;
• Details on the Martian environment, including the hellish dust storms;
• New equipment, vehicles and weapons of war.