Located on the opposite side of the Red Planet, Orion Station is a hub for interplanetary meetings among Martians. Three portal structures connect to this command meeting station, floating over a surprisingly lush understory, at least for the Martian wasteland anyway. Colonies of Martians such as the Antares, the Centarui, and the Vega meet at this hub to hold council with the intelligence of Reigel and his aid, Arcturus.

Each solstice a communal celebration is held at Orion Station. Martians share different cultures and ideas from each of their sects, and enjoy the beautiful, even though largely barren, landscape beneath the hub. The Martian colony of the Centarui (Blue body suits with armored face masks) are best known for the bravery through protection of the other groups. A simple and respectable group, they choose to care for others over their themselves in a form of protection while showing no aggression to new comers unless absolutely necessary. Not only does Orion Station feature a communal hub for Martian life, it sits atop a site of ancient necessity visited frequently by the patrons. Here a sect of the Vega clan (commonly identified by their blue and orange, or all orange body suits) enjoy the fascinations of their ancient world. Not being known for their intellect, this sect solely ponders why this rock head is so big. Local Mizar colonists point and laugh as an Earthling rover studies rocks! Silly rover, that rock is the same as the other ones!

Meanwhile, Princess Cassiopeia is surprised by Hoodlum Altair! Rascally Altair is up to no good as usual...

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A homage to the 2001 Life on Mars Lego theme, inspired the color Sand Purple. A fun theme that explored the peaceful interaction between human and alien life on Mars' surface. If any LEGO space theme were to make a return, I hope it carries heavy influence from the peaceful line.

This is a theme I know little about the story or lore behind it, and while building and photographing, it was fun creating different stories with the variety of characters.
Each Martian also features a cutdown light saber bar embedded into the anti-stud of their chest for more added detail.

Rather, a fun MOC using some newfound favorite shades of colors. Sand Purple, a color largely specific and used within only the Life on Mars theme, was fun to utilize with a challenge of specific objects only. The dark orange with nougat rocks gives a nice, baren wasteland of a dry appearance, contrasting nicely with the translucent, glitter infused pink ferns. The dark turquoise of the Martians also adds a nice, color accent to this diorama!

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