Quote:What about New Sydney instead of New Adelaide... if only because when Marineris floods, it's going to become a coastal city, or near enough to it.I was thinking New Adelaide because Adelaide is closer to the Australian opal mines than Sydney is. But that's a minor point...
Quote:This was the general area I was looking at in terms of Helium's location. Bonus that it's within ~100 miles of the "canonical" Helium, and on or near the coast of HellasI'm thinking somewhat east of that, closer to (or possibly on) the smaller impact crater on the northern edge of the Hellas impact crater. That's closer to the relatively-low-lying lands between Hellas and Isidis, which puts it directly on the Canal instead of just near the Canal, and it's still pretty close to the "canonical" Helium.
Quote:Honestly I favor just retconning the Hellas-Airy canal and going with the Hellas-Isidis canal as "the" Grand Canal.The founding fathers of Helium thank Port Lowell for the concession on the name... and on the canal itself.
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Rob Kelk
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