Dome 1

This was the only Dome to be completed while communication with Earth was still functioning. After initial exploration of Mars was done with probes and rovers, a coalition of corporations began the colonization effort by sending robots to mine and refine raw materials, stockpiling them away in the very mines they created. A section of the mines was sealed off and a bare bones infrastructure for life support was created, which paved the way for a second wave of machinery to be sent with a skeleton crew of mechanics and scientists. This was also when the first biological samples necessary for the humans to establish a self sufficient environment were brought.