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Shielded connected Concord buildings with warm windows beneath a broad Martian dusk sky.

The Republic of Plenty · The illustrated companion

Welcome to
Concord.

A town on Mars. A future made by many hands. Step inside the people, places and practical work behind a life of plenty.

Concord / Mars · 2048–2049

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A guide for readers

A place to begin

People came to build.
They stayed to live.

A school. A bakery. A garden court after a long shift. Concord’s most ambitious promise is an ordinary life, made possible by people and machines sharing the work.

Residents of several ages eat, talk, and play a table game in Concord's planted Commons.There is time to belong.Discover everyday life

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A sleek black Concord Police humanoid with silver reflectors, right-arm patch, right-chest badge and closed duty pouches accompanies a human marshal in the Commons.

The machines beside us

Useful machines.
Human decisions.

Growing, carrying, cleaning and repairing: useful automation makes more time and resources available for ordinary life. Each machine has a job and someone responsible for its use.

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