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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Turanil" data-source="post: 1818719" data-attributes="member: 9646">No, there was absolutely no native life on Mars. But with terraforming, all sorts of basic plants and small animal life have been specifically created (genetic engineering) to help bring life to the cold barren planet.The only planet to have a native life is Europa, one of the moons of jupiter. However, this is but microbial life which thrives in the thermal vents of Europa.Europa:Europa is the 6th moon of Jupiter. It is slightly smaller than Luna (Earth's moon), has a rocky core entirely covered by a salt water ocean 60 miles deep upon which is a crust of ice 6 to 10 miles thick. This ocean is warmed by tidal heating. That is, Europa's orbit around Jupiter creates stresses that flex the moon's core, causing hydrothermal vents to open in the ocean floor. These "hot smokers" create conditions where extraterrestrial life has evolved: the vents are fiery geysers surrounded by bacteria-encrusted rocks. Life on Europa consists of two basic ecologies: cold-loving psychrophiles in the oceans, and various thermophiles near the volcanic vents. There are three bases tunneled deep into the ice of Europa. The Genesis Station is a Green Duncanite colony that is seeding Europa with hybrid terrestrial life forms modified to survive in the vents environment. However, another base belongs to a private astrobiology research foundation, the Europa Defense Force, a radical preservationist group. The EDF has imported armed mini-subs and bioroids soldiers, and has begun a program aimed at eradicating the Genesis lifeforms. Of course, Genesis is now importing its own defenses, and the "war under the ice" may escalate...</blockquote>

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