Olympus was the home of the Greek Gods in Greek mythology, it's also the name of the Highest mountain on Mars and in our solar system: Olympus Mons.

Gradivus was one of the gods by whom a general or soldiers might swear an oath to be valorous in battle.

Hellas, Syrtis, Tharsis and Vallis are all names related to Martian geography.

Augustus was the first Emperor of the Roman Empire.

Ares is the original Greek name for Mars.

Ara was one of the 48 Greek constellations described by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy.

Alator was the God of Celtic Britain, invoked in an inscription at Barkway, Hertfordshire, which links him with Gaulish Mars.

Mission nodes on Mars are usually named after real life geographical locations on the planet or aspects of Greek or Roman culture.

Mars is named after the Roman God of war both the god and planet are associated with war and death.

Mars is the best Planet to farm Salvage, due to the fact that Salvage is the only non-rare Resource on the planet.

During Crossfire missions, both the Corpus and the Grineer will activate the opposing faction's security systems.

Lieutenant Lech Kril can drop Gallium in quantities of up to two.

Mars is one of the celestial bodes, the other being Earth, Venus, Deimos and Uranus, where wild creatures are encounterable.

The planet is littered with massive wind generators, providing what appears to be the majority of the planet's power, and various pumps and water bays are used to filter and process water.

Although the Grineer are supposed to have recently occupied the planet (or that it is one of their most recent occupations at any rate) there are signs of very old Grineer-like equipment scattered and rusting in some places, this either suggests that the Grineer were previously here before but had to evacuate at some point, or something about Mars rusts and corrodes metals at an accelerated rate.This is quite remarkable for how large the object is seen in space, perhaps making it the largest Grineer mining operation to date.

An immense object can be seen above the clouds in space the object appears to be a Grineer Asteroid base, probably Phobos due to its past as a Grineer occupied territory (whereas it can't be Deimos, the second moon of Mars, due to it being visibly overtaken by the Infested).

Due to the split Corpus and Grineer ownership of Mars, faction incursions have a higher chance of occurring, including on missions that normally do not feature said incursions such as Mobile Defense.

Survival Missions: The following lists below do not apply to Survival missions. Spy Missions: Special enemy variants have a chance of spawning during Spy missions. Invasion Missions: The Infested will always appear as an 'Opposing' faction during Invasion missions.

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