Ganymede

Ganymede Station is the bread basket and the main birthing center for the Outers and the Belt, one of the first permanent human toeholds in the outer planets, and a center of civilization in the far reaches of the solar system. It is the safest station in the Jovian system, where people come to give birth, avoiding the defects that can come with carrying to term in low or zero g. Until recently, the inner planets had shared Ganymede and most of the solar system like one big, happy, slightly dysfunctional family. Then came Eros. And Protogen. And Pheobe. After that, the two superpowers began to divide stations and moons between them like belongings after a divorce, and the one moon neither side was or is willing to give up to the other is Ganymede.
As the only moon with any magnetosphere, it’s the only place where dome-grown crops stand a chance in Jupiter’s harsh radiation belt, even with heavy shielding on the domes and habitats. Ganymede is also unique in its intricate system of orbital mirror stations that shine concentrated sunlight down onto the dome greenhouses that produce vegetables, fruits, and even some meat for those that can afford it in the Outers. The moon’s ice, on the surface and reaching into the depths of the moon, provides all the water necessary for life; human, plant, and animal. With wide hallways lush with plantlife, lit with fullspectrum LEDs that mimic the white-gold of sunlight, it is as close to living on Earth as one is likely to get in space.
Ganymede’s construction has continued over decades, with narrower, older first generation tunnels abandoned or disused as newer, wider, more attractive areas were built, with plants to supplement the oxygen production, better lighting, and large common areas. Not all of Ganymede’s residents have completely neglected the old tunnels however; they’ve been found to have their uses, most commonly illicit, untaxed marijuana hydroponic grow-ops. There are persistent rumors of unapproved tunnelling and construction in some of the older areas of the station, but so far there’s been little more than that.
As might be expected, Ganymede’s economy is strong, with hundreds of transports a day shipping foodstuff offworld. Top doctors, botanists, and agriculturalists are employed on the moon, and there are enough of them to support service industries: schools and parks for their children, restaurants and bars for relaxing, theatres and clubs for entertainment. The moon’s stability has proven attractive to many families, and even during the worst of Martian-Earth hostilities post-protomolecule, violence on Ganymede was limited to a small revolt ending in sixteen dead. It could have been worse.
Ganymede’s security center is on the third level down from the surface, independently powered in case of emergencies. The hospital is a state-of-the-art facility with a massive maternity wing. Put simply, Ganymede was designed for safety and longevity.

Diamater
5,268.2 km
Gravity
0.146 g
Length of Year
7.15 days
Atmospheric Pressure
Trace
Temperature
110 K (average)

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Type

Planetoid / Moon

Location under

Jovian System

Contested By

• Martian Congressional Republic
• United Nations

Characters in Location

• Lieutenant Iminathi Parsi
• Thomas Katirci