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Mars

''Once again, Aneph warships take positions over Lomonosov Crater, Syrtis Major, and the Hellas West Rim to fire their modified Earthshatter Mk.4 missiles into Mars. However, unlike last time, these missiles have been fitted with gigaton-yield warheads, in order to provide the energy needed to keep the Martian core melted. All three groups simultaneously fire their missiles, and ten minutes later, thousands of massive gigaton-yield detonations erupt all throughout the partially-solidified core of the planet. The shockwaves from the detonations reverberate through the dense core, inducing compressional and frictional heating, and instantly liquefying the core in locations where multiple shockwaves overlap, and this time, it is enough. A large portion of the martian core is vaporized into plasma, which expands and expends its energy into the surrounding materials as heat, causing the core to liquefy completely. As the rotation of Mars begins to interact with the molten metals, the liquid iron begins producing extraordinary electrical currents, and a huge, global magnetic field takes shape around Mars for the first time in four billion years.''

''All around Mars, charged particles from the solar wind are instantly trapped within the new magnetic field, triggering incredible auroral displays encompassing the entire globe in wispy, bright curtains of blue, green, pink, yellow, red, orange, and purple. These dissipate over the course of several hours as the newborn magnetic field begins blocking out the solar wind, ending the destructive processes that have been occuring over the past four billion years and preventing the solar wind from stripping away any more Martian atmosphere and moisture. ''

''Pulse units similar to the ones inside Grath have already been installed inside Aneph's secret volcano factories. These units will transmit thermal energy down through the magma conduits of the volcanoes and into the interior, having a twofold effect of increasing the output capacity of the volcano factories and ensuring that the Martian core never cools down enough for the new magnetic field to disappear.''

With a permanent global magnetic field protecting Mars from the hostile solar wind and from hard cosmic radiation, terraforming can now begin in earnest on the Red Planet.