SATURN

ATLAS

PLANETARY INFORMATION

Name: Saturn
Aliases: Oan designate 2814.38.F
Location: Sixth planet in Sol star system.
Space Sector: 2814
Sun(s): Sol
Moon(s): 33 (18 named) - includes Titan, Rhea, Pandora, Dione, Prometheus, Atlas, Calypso, Tethys, Iapetus, Hyperion, Enceladus, Mimas, Pan
Size: Mass 95.2; Radius 9.5
Environment: Gas giant
Atmosphere: Hydrogen, helium, small amounts of methane, ethane and ammonia
Dominant Lifeform: Red Saturnians, White Saturnians
Capital City: Tromfar
Prominent Inhabitants: Jemm; Cha'rissa; Faceless Hunters; Cabal

OVERVIEW

Saturn is 9.54 AU from the sun, with a sidereal revolution of 29.5 years and a rotation period ("day") of 10.2 hours. It has a vast ring system tilted 29 degrees to the planet's orbit and appears flattened probably due to its fast rotation and its gaseous composition. It is named Saturn for the father of the gods in Greek and Roman mythology.

HISTORY

Millennia ago, the seemingly uninhabitable world of Saturn was colonized by Martians. While they could not settle down on the planet's gaseous surface, the Martians created artificial environments the size of the planet Mercury protected inside bubbles within the swirling atmosphere of the gas giant they called H'ronmeerca'andra. Each satellite's environment mimicked a different aspect of Mars (or Ma'aleca'andra) and functioned as a center for manufacturing or mining and refining of Saturnian hydrogen. The world was vital to Martian interests, and a defensive ring of fortresses was put in orbit.

As labor, the Green and White Martians created genetically altered clones of themselves, who became the Red and White Saturnians. The race was decimated in the Martian Civil War, the remaining debris of which now forms the rings of Saturn. However, a handful of Saturnians, both red and white, have survived to this day. Prince Jemm of the Red Saturnians is one of them.

The hatred between the Reds and the Whites lasted generations after the Martian Civil War. It culminated in a battle between reds and whites that almost destroyed both sides.

On the surface of Saturn, there is also the sub-atomic world of Klaramar, homeworld of the heroic Klee Pan and his nemesis, Chun Yull, commonly referred to as the Faceless Hunter from Saturn.

Saturn's largest moon is Titan, and will be inhabited by Earth colonialists in the late 22nd century.

In the 853rd century, Saturn has been both destroyed and rebuilt, and serves as the homebase of Hourman III.