Welcome
Welcome to Station H81 traveller! Also known as "The Lost Property", and famous for some of the best views in the solar system. Please read the following info-packet carefully, hard copies are also available at all station-side retail outlets for a small fee. What you don't know can, and often will, hurt you. This document is sponsored by the Jovian Confederation Representatives, and the Gracyl-Main Manufacturing Consortium. Remember, we're always watching!SH81 was built by the Amalthean Mining Corporation several decades ago. The eventual purported bankruptcy of the host company and the incredibly complex legal proceedings has placed it's legal status in permanent limbo*. It now acts as a free-trade zone and disputed territory in the Jupiter system, with multiple unanswerable questions regarding ownership and corporate status. This status is explicitly not non-contraindicated by official Jovian Confed sources. Make sure to check the info-page of your local governing body before engaging in any commercial activities aboard SH81.
Amalthea is the 5th largest moon of Jupiter, and the 3rd orbiting from the centre. It has no permanent civilian habitation facilities.
*How this multi-billion credit station ended up with the permanent status of being "lost property" is the subject of a number of detailed intra-system commercial and legal investigations. If you think you can figure it out, let us know in the comments!
Station Map
SH81 has a standard layout, a central column with fives rings stacked. The rings individually rotate to give a comfortable 0.3g in the inhabited perimeter. The following areas are listed from "north" (away from Amalthea) to "south" (closest to Amalthea)Spaceport
* Basic non-rotating docking facility.
* Rapid and frequently dangerous traversals.
* Large Confed warship usually docked as offsite headquarters.
Central Spindle
* Handles recycling, air, water, inter-ring transport.
* Pillars off of north end of spindle housing admin, and security. Key areas are not freely accessible without multiple passes and legal accreditation. Automated station management may allow egress to peform maintenance.
Ring 1
* Light industry, consumer good factories, warehouses, hydroponics.
* Direct spaceport connections for food fabricators, bio-reactors, ore processing, fuel management and data-offloading.
* Lowered air quality in some areas.
* Official Jovian Confed HQ in cordoned-off area.
Ring 2
* Economy residential area, including short term housing-pods and modular apartments.
* Close proximity to the station-side public school, and a resort with pool.
* Site of the relocated research facility and university.
Ring 3 A.K.A. "The Mall"
* Office spaces, food courts, arcades, gyms, churches, bars, restaurants, strip-clubs, and a single Confed lockup.
* Pop-up shops and trading deals rotating at breakneck speed, watch for great liquidation deals towards the end of the hour!
* Sunglasses recommended due to the profusion of high-wavelength advertising.
Ring 4
* Luxury residential space, including villas and secluded compounds.
* No rental spaces available.
* Features bizarre large empty spaces, parkland and forested areas, robot hunting, and an authentic church imported from Earth.
Ring 5
* [WARNING] Under repairs, large sections uninhabitable.
* Reduced rotation speed until infrastructure repair complete.
* Jovian Confed representatives would like to inform all residents and tourists that the illegally operating casino has been officially established as enemy territory. Any patrons may be considered as "enemy non-combatant" status.
* No longer houses the station-side research facility.
Power Generation
* Five medium-tier functioning newtronium generators. Refueling and power distribution handled by station management.
* The sixth newtronium generator suffered catastrophic failure and has not been repaired. Do not approach without suitable radiation shielding.
Message Board
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Jupiter
Diameter (km): 139,820, Gravity (g): 2.53* The glowing jewel of the solar system and the political capitol of the outer planets, Jupiter is the centre-point of the Jovian System.
* Habitats are primarily floating lightweight orbs, drifting to avoid the titanic storms of Jupiter's atmosphere, and travelling to collect passengers and tribute from the many moons.
* Tickets out of Jupiter's gravity well are expensive! Temporary visitors should budget accordingly, or bring multiple spare transplantable organ.
* Core-research should only be undertaken by reputable organisations. Treasure-hunting expeditions to Jupiter's "solid surface" will not be recovered by Confed crews.
Amalthea
Diameter (km): 167, Gravity (g): 0.002, Orbit: 3rd* Irregular red oblong, originally extra-solar.
* Railgun built into southern tip of moonlet fires refined ingots and exotic minerals towards Jupiter-based construction facilities.
* Mining rights, infrastructure and the heavy-rail transport system are all owned by SH81, granting liquidity for repairs and maintenance.
* There are no permanent civilian habitations on the moon, Station H81 was built to act as the "company town".
Io
Diameter (km): 3643, Gravity (g): 0.18, Orbit: 6th* Famously the most geologically active body in the solar system, with over 400 active volcanoes.
* Volcanic plumes and lava flows produce large surface changes and paint the surface in various subtle shades of yellow, red, white, black, and green.
* Io interacts with Jupiter's magnetic field to act as an electric generator, developing 400,000 volts across itself with a current of 3,000,000 amps.
* Official Jovian Confed guidelines recommend enjoying the startling Ionian vistas from considerable distance.
* The Braxtrackian Shipyards located on/near Io is not open to the public. Visitors should report to the front office on Ganymede.
* Likewise, the Ionian Voluntary Work Colony (courtesy of Braxtrackian Industries) does not allow any public access or "prisoner" visits.
Europa
Diameter (km): 3121, Gravity (g): 0.13, Orbit: 7th* The foodbowl of the Jovian system, providing bio-products for the majority of moons and stations.
* Majority of the moon is silicate rock and ice, without the iron necessary for economical shipbuilding. Any core mining could result in an ecological and agricultural disaster for the entire system.
* Cryogeysers and radiation-aurora-icebows make the surface a stunning tourist destination, and lethal for those lacking adequate protection.
* Below the shell of rock-hard ice lies an ocean that spans the entire moon. Blister-habitats are built into the ice, trailing algae and seaweed farms.
* Jovian Confederation representatives can confirm that all Europan Separatist activities have been halted.
* All rumours of nanonic weaponry being used against civilian targets are false, and likely agit-propaganda. It is not illegal to discuss these rumours.
Ganymede
Diameter (km): 5268, Gravity (g): 0.15, Orbit: 7th* While Jupiter is the official capital of the Jovian system, Ganymede acts as the unofficial centre of commerce and management. It is also the home port of the Jovian Confederation fleet.
* A powerful innate magnetosphere prevents the majority of radiation from reaching surface installations, and buried salty aquifers act as an emergency water supply.
* Some underground facilities are built free-rotating and reach gravities of up to 1.5 Earth Standard.
Callisto
Diameter (km): 4820, Gravity (g): 0.13, Orbit: 8th* Tidally locked with Jupiter, the moon is very geologically stable, and covered with ancient craters.
* The site of the systems largest newtronium production facility, and the second largest after the Lagrange Station between Earth and Luna.
* The main superconductor ring lies just within the "dusk" of Jupiter-rise, permanently in the most habitable area of the moon.
* Famously, the moon has no visible defence installations or weapons platforms, and no fuel or reagent deliveries has ever reported pirate attacks.
Himalia
Diameter (km): 140, Gravity (g): 0.006, Orbit: 11th* Largest irregular moon of Jupiter.
* Refuelling base for the Jovian Confed fleet, and the outermost patrolled point.
* Upkeep to maintain this base and the extreme patrolling range of the fleet is a point of significant contention on Ganymede and Jupiter alike, due to the extraordinarily high operating costs.
Rustbucket Convoy
* Scrapped, surplussed or stolen, the Rustbucket Convoy is a collection of ships passively orbiting near nothing at all.* Most of the ships are air-tight derelicts, very few are capable of any further travel. Ships frequently pause at the Convoy for emergency repairs, and never leave.
* The origins of the Convoy are shrouded in mystery, but likely involve refugees that were prevented from seeking asylum.
* The Jovian Confed frequently arranges deliveries of bulk foodstuffs to the Convoy. Generally, this involves shipments launched on a gentle collision trajectory from a great distance.
Astral Biospheres
* A collection of mostly-organic habitats situated within Jupiter's thin ring system.* Built out of highly modified pseudo-wooden polymer structures, surrounding large air-tight enclosures.
* Layers of leafy structures provide a modicum of "solar power", supplemented by traditional reactors providing energy directly into the organic systems.
* Micrometeorite impacts are absorbed and consumed, rather than posing a high-velocity threat. Any punctures into the station interior are swiftly plugged by natural processes.
* BYO gravity! The spheres are too large to be spun up, resulting in a large zero-G atmosphere and a regular tourist destination.
* Permanent residents are easily recognisable due to the bone-weakening effects of low gravity. They promote a lifestyle of peace and meditation amidst the leafy boughs of their home.
