Creaphis
I will deliberately take a contrary position just for the sake of writing incredibly long arguments
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No no no, they accelerated the spin the other way.
(My first post was intentionally ridiculous.)
This is something I have actually considered, and, as there's no canonical man-made gravity well implanted in the cores of Deimos and Phobos, I think we have to assume that at some point the extremely low gravity of those moons was deemed less important than the wicked awesome fact that their names mean "fear" and "panic" respectively.
Aside from just accepting this glitch as another part of Doom's campy appeal, I can think of two ways to resolve this.
1. There ARE massive man-made gravity sources in Phobos, Deimos, and Mars too, while we're at it. This allows the moons to be easily traversable and to hold an atmosphere thick enough to provide oxygen and trap solar energy. This huge increase in gravity in the region massively increases the tidal effects between Mars and its moons, which means that the moons could break apart or crash into Mars at any moment, making the artificial gravity sources not really worth the investment, but UAC isn't known for its foresight.
2. The gravity actually is really low. The more you think about it, the more it makes sense. Imps and demons stay stuck to the ground due to their spines and claws. Zombies remain on the ground because of their natural affinity to dirt. Cacodemons and lost souls don't really have flight powers, they're just falling with style. AND, here's the most convincing evidence: this explains why the Doomguy never jumps; he knows that, if he did, he might never come back.
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