The Needles

Wealthy uppermost tips of Phobos' perforated skyscraper towers.

The Needles begin as the glittering, uppermost tips of Phobos’ perforated skyscraper towers—wealthy enclaves that symbolize the Golds’ dominion over Mars’ moon. Across the saga they evolve from mere architectural status symbols into strategic battlegrounds and finally into contested symbols of post-war reconstruction, their perforated spires reflecting the fractures and eventual mending of society itself.