Titan
Titan has a thick atmosphere of nitrogen and methane, with traces of several organic compounds
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TitanTitan has a thick atmosphere of nitrogen and methane, with traces of several organic compounds |
| Titan - Data Panel
Planetology System: Solsys Primary : Sol Planet: Saturn Moon: Titan Planet Type: Titanian type Icy moon with thick nitrogen rich atmosphere; this world is (of course) the example world for this type Distance from Primary: Saturn orbits Sol with a semimajor axis of 9.58 AU. Titan orbits Saturn with a semimajor axis of 1,221,870 km Radius: 2576 km Gravity: 0.14 g Day / Year: Titan is tidally locked to Saturn and orbits that world every 15 days and 22 hours / Saturn has an orbital period year of 29.66 standard years Atmosphere: Dense atmosphere (1.6 bars) of nitrogen and methane, with traces of several organic compounds Average Surface temperature: 94 K (−179 °C) |
Titan in the Saturnian system of moons is perhaps the richest of all the outer worlds past Jupiter; it has extensive reserves of nitrogen, much of which has been exported to Mars to bulk out that planet’s atmosphere.
By 2300 c.e Titan had become the Australia of the Solar System; a world which had agreed to accept convicted criminals from Earth or the Earth/Luna system as colonists. These convicted criminals were those serious or persistent non-violent offenders who are given the option of an extended work period on Titan working for certain megacorps; after a period of one half a Saturn Year (that is to say, after fifteen Earth years) these Optees were generally able to eventually work off their debt to society and become free Titanites or return to the Hothouse Earth and constant surveillance.
As Titan is one of the most resource rich worlds in the Solar System, the companies working there became wealthy; and only a few companies used this unusual source of labour - most use vecs and neumanns like other megacorps; but those who did (such as the Chronos Corporation or Tou-sing Nitrogen ) had the advantage of colonists provided free of charge by the Earth Authorities.
The great majority of Option Colonists became valued members of Titan society, which became one of the most wealthy in the System; but some recidivists became members of the local organised crime syndicate, The Ring; this was based in the main population centres of Huygens Orbital in orbit around Titan, or in Dragon City on the surface.
In Titan became an important member of the First Federation, and later the Solar Organisation, playing a major role in the later history of Solsys. The world is largely a tourist destination today.
