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One of the major Martian cities, Achilles is located near the western edge of the Valles Marineris, a three-thousand mile long, mile deep trench that hugs the planet’s equator. Near the eastern edge of the same fissure lies the sister city of Hector . The two cities are now in the process of enclosing the vast expanse of trench between them, nearly eighteen hundred miles, and terra-forming the floor of the trench into a rain forest. Achilles is the manufacturing capitol of Mars, Most of the planet’s research and development happens here, funded by the solar system’s major corporations. The city is designed around a central shaft that sinks eight thousand feet into the Martian bedrock with residential and commercial facilities at the top of the shaft, closer to the dome that covers the shaft and permits sunlight to enter. The bottom half of the shaft is all manufacturing facilities, factories, and laboratories.