Mars is not the furthest planet from the sun, pluto is the furtherest object and its covered with ice. Mars is the fourth planet from the sun and is a desert with sub freezing temperatures. However, it has frozen water in the crust of the planet at the poles, which means that at one point it could of sustained life. In this game, mars was transformed into a life sustaining world by the traveler and then was smashed by the cabal.