Ceres in fiction
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As the largest body in the asteroid belt, the dwarf planet Ceres (formally "1 Ceres") frequently appears in science fiction:
- In Larry Niven's "Known Space" stories (1964 onward), the asteroid belt has a government based on Ceres.
- In L. Neil Smith's novel The Venus Belt (1981), Ceres contains a large underground city and several small settlements and stations, connected by a network of inverted highways.
- In Joe Haldeman's novel The Long Habit of Living (1989; U.S. title Buying Time), Ceres is the home of a stateless society, which becomes important because of a secret research project to reinvent the Stileman rejuvenation process.
- In the PC role-playing game Countdown to Doomsday (1990), Ceres is the location of an abandoned RAM (enemy) research base.
- In S. M. Stirling's Draka novel The Stone Dogs (1990), the Alliance for Democracy has a large base on Ceres.
- In the PC game Star Control II (1992), the destruction of Ceres Station by the invading Ur-Quan fleet signifies the defeat of the human race, leading to their subsequent enslavement.
- In the Super Nintendo game Super Metroid (1994), the Ceres Space Colony is where Samus Aran takes the last surviving Metroid hatchling from SR-388.
- In the PC Game Descent (1995), one of the secret levels takes place on Ceres.
- In the PC game Terminal Velocity (1995), one of the missions involves the player destroying a machine that would cause Ceres to crash into Earth.
- In the fictional Warhammer 40,000 universe, the Adeptus Mechanicus renews its alliance with the Imperium of Man with the Treaty of Ceres, following the Age of Apostasy.
- In the movie The American Astronaut (2001) Ceres has a bar called the Ceres Crossroads, where a dance contest is held.
- In Ben Bova's series The Asteroid Wars (2001-5), a small mining base is established on Ceres.
- In the TV series Exosquad (1993-5), Ceres is the assumed location of the first Neo Mega breeding facility.
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