Arcadia Port, also called Arcadia City,[2] was a settlement in the northern hemisphere of Mars during the Earthlings' attempts to colonize and terraform the planet.
History[]
Arcadia Port was severely damaged in fighting during the Second Inner Planet War in 2183. Its residents, including a young Akira Yamamoto, her elder brother, and their parents, were forced to evacuate Mars permanently.[3][1][4]
In the first weeks of 2199, the remains of Arcadia Port served as cover for United Nations Cosmo Navy officers Daisuke Shima and Susumu Kodai as they waited for the secret arrival of a ship from the planet Iscandar carrying vital alien technology, and later as they awaited retrieval. The only passenger, Princess Sasha Iscandar, was killed when her vessel crashlanded. The UNCN officers buried the princess nearby and planted a simple grave marker.[1]
Notes[]
- The port may have been named by the creators of the 2199 series after the Arcadia, the ship of Captain Harlock in the 1977 anime series Space Pirate Captain Harlock and its follow-up series. Leiji Matsumoto, one of the creators of the original Space Battleship Yamato series, also made Space Pirate Captain Harlock.
- The port may also derive its name from one or more real-world locations. Arcadia is the name of an ancient province and present-day administrative area of southwestern Greece. Arcadia Planitia is a region in the northern latitudes of Mars.
- "Arcadia" refers to the Greek concept of a bountiful, peaceful, and natural existence that is unspoiled by human civilization.
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Japanese language information[]
- アルカディアポート Arukadiapōto (Arcadia Port)
- アルカディアシティー Arukadiashitī (Arcadia City)