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The only natural satellite of [[Earth]], '''Luna''' is humanity’s oldest colony and one of its richest. The moon was originally settled by many wealthy climate refugees during the 21st century, and its influence continues with significant corporate presence even in the aftermath of the nationalisation of megacorporations withiin the [[Sol Alliance]]. Cities on Luna are often partially underground due to the planet’s lack of an atmosphere, but many great domed cities exist on Luna as well. The primary language of Luna is either Sol Common or Tradeband, depending on which Lunarian one asks.


[[Image:Luna Biodomes.png|thumb|400px|A photograph of Harmony City, the capital of Luna and one of the largest domed cities on the lunar surface. Luna's domed and subterranean cities are connected by environmentally sealed roads and railways deep underground.]]
==History==
'''Star System:''' [[Sol]]


'''Parent Planet:''' [[Earth]]
While humanity has been obsessed with Earth’s moon for untold millennia before the invention of the most primitive spacecraft, historians generally regard the modern era of Luna as beginning on July 16th, 1969 - when American Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first humans to ever land upon another celestial body. These pioneers were quickly followed in late 1970 by the Soviet N1/L3 Soyuz 7K-LOK “Pervoprohodets” mission, which landed the third group of humans on the Moon. The “Moon Race” would continue for the rest of the 20th century and result in the first permanent settlement on Luna by the early 1980s - the Soviet “Zvezda” moonbase. The Moon Race ended in an arguable draw in the early 21st century, due to increasing economic instability on Earth.


'''Capital:''' Harmony City
Luna was mostly ignored by a humanity more obsessed with survival at home until 2070, when colonists from United Orbital Enterprise (a unified space agency between the USA, China, France, and Mexico) landed on its light side. Colonists from Cosmonaut Enterprises (a successor to the Soviet space program of the 20th century) landed on the dark side of Luna in 2072. With this the colonization of Earth’s moon had formally begun, and it would see significant use as a waystation for other points in the Sol system over the course of the upcoming decades and centuries. Due to its low gravity, the Soviets and UOE used Luna as a major shipyard and proving ground for deep-space equipment.


'''Terrestrial Population (est.)''': 66,674,843
Further colonization to Luna took place during the 21st and 22nd century as climate damage gradually worsened, with many wealthy families and companies simply moving off-world to Luna when able to do so. With Earth's economy rapidly deteriorating the rich families of the planet found themselves in need of a new home in a very short order with very few good options: [[Mars]] suffered from many of the same problems as Earth, orbital stations were often too impractical, and Luna was -- aside from some way stations built upon it in the late 21st and early 22nd century -- mostly uninhabited. Luna was chosen by most rich refugees fleeing Earth due to its close position to Earth and the perceived ease of development on Earth's only natural satellite compared to the cost of producing dozens of semi-private stations for rich families and businesses.


'''Spacer Population (est.)''': 162,981
A great deal of manpower and money was required to create this new home for the Earth's richest and brightest as Luna, unlike Mars, was built without the use of cyborg-based labour. To do this hundreds of thousands of well-trained engineers, technicians, and other personnel were employed by the climate refugees to build their new home in exchange for a place on it when the refuge was completed. As such Luna, despite its original conceptualization as a climate refuge for the richest and most notable of Earth, has had a working class from its first days. As settlement continued and more domed cities were created the "lower class" of Luna expanded to include a variety of miners brought by [[Einstein Engines]] in order to exploit Luna's natural Helium-3 and titanium deposits. Though these deposits have since dried up the descendants of these miners can be found on Luna even today, and often still work for Einstein Engines -- though now as engineers and bureaucrats rather than miners.


'''Noteworthy places:''' [[Lunar University of Medical Science]], [[Interstellar Aid Corps|Interstellar Aid Corps Headquarters]]
The booming economy of Luna created an environment in which corporations could easily succeed. In 2155 Einstein Engines, using the foundation provided by Lunan Helium-3 mining, created the first practical mass-market warp engines and became the first modern megacorporation. Luna’s prosperity has continued since then, and it remains one of the wealthiest planets in the Sol Alliance to this very day, despite its small size and small population. The Luna of today is, in many ways, the ideal colony. Rich, prosperous, and unfailing in its loyalty to the Sol Alliance.


Luna is the only natural satellite of Earth. It is tidally locked to its parent and makes a complete revolution every 28 standard days. It formed when a rogue planetoid collided with Earth during the early stages of its formation. The moon came together from the resultant orbital debris. Luna was the first target of spacefaring humans as they pierced the outer layers of the atmosphere. It was largely ignored until the age of FTL travel and colonization, when small colonies were established, mostly as refueling and launching posts for re-entry craft.  
==Environment==
Luna is a barren rock with almost no atmosphere to speak of, and its surface is extremely cold. To perform activities outside without a spacesuit is suicide, and much of its population lives underground or in massive “dome cities” on its surface. The moon is tidally locked to Earth and takes 28 days to make a full rotation, leading to it possessing both a light and dark side. The Lunarian surface is also home to heavy amounts of helium-3 and titanium, which have made it an ideal target for mining. Less populated areas often feature huge strip mines where materials for humanity’s expansion into the greater Orion Spur have been retrieved from the Lunar soil, with the resulting strip mines simply left unfilled - particularly on the dark side of Luna.


Luna is something of a mishmash of human society. Early in the history of mankind's colonization of outer space, Luna was developed into an off-world shipyard where vessels would be constructed and launched, drastically cutting the cost due to the lower gravity. In modern times it has developed into a busy trade hub, where traders from across the galaxy come to offload goods before they make their final trip to Earth. It is also the home of [[Einstein Engines]], who control nearly all the shipyards and construction sites on and orbiting Luna, with [[Nanotrasen Corporation|Nanotrasen]] having an unusually smaller stake.
==Economics==
Though its population is small, the residents of Luna are on average wealthier and happier than much of the [[Sol Alliance|Sol Alliance's]] colonies. The age and wealth of Earth’s only natural satellite has led to corporations being treated slightly differently here than on [[New Hai Phong]] or [[Silversun]]. Through its wealth and extensive influence, Luna has managed to retain much of its corporate presence, despite the creation of the [[Sol_Alliance#Department_of_Commerce|Solarian Corporate Authority]] and aggressive nationalisation measures undertaken by the Alliance's emergency military government. Its largest industries are service and hospitality, and research and development.


[[File:LunanAdvertisment.png|thumb|250px|A typical Lunan Vacation Poster.]]
The one exception to the ongoing presence of megacorporations on Luna is [[NanoTrasen]], which was unable to escape the mass nationalisation of its assets even on Luna. Even prior to the expulsion of NanoTrasen from Sol, its presence on Luna amounted to a few offices in Harmony City.


[[Einstein Engines]] is the undisputed hegemon of Luna, with Governor Kristen Anuja thoroughly at the beck-and-call of its CEO, [[Notable_Humans#Noelle_Lopez-Zhang|Noelle Lopez-Zhang]]. Many middle-to-lower-class Lunarians are employed with Einstein in engineering and research and development fields, and this influence has only expanded further after Einstein absorbed NanoTrasen's limited assets on the moon. Located outside Harmony City, the ''Einstein Engines Robert H. Goddard Administrative, Commercial, and Research Facility'' is large enough to be considered a separate municipal area from Harmony City itself and is where the famous Suzuki-Zhang Hammer Drive was first developed and tested. The facility is one of the largest, and one of the most well-guarded, corporate buildings in the Orion Spur, and dates back to the founding of Einstein Engines by Berend Lofgren.


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Luna's other major research industry is its medical technology, which is monopolised by [[Zeng-Hu Pharmaceuticals]]. The venerable Lunar University of Medical Science has produced some of the brightest medical minds in the [[Orion Spur]], and has been funded by Zeng-Hu for two centuries. Often Zeng-Hu's researchers assigned to [[Europa]] are based out of facilities on Luna, to avoid the long-term stress associated with the moon. Zeng-Hu dominates the city of Hangzhou and its universities, and many of the keiretsu's best employees are granted housing (and medical care) in Hangzhou for exceptional service.


'''Cultural Information'''
But even larger than Zeng-Hu's presence on the moon is [[Idris Incorporated]]; the distinctive teal logo is everywhere across Luna, particularly in Nouvelle Caen and Harmony City. From hotels to luxury products to restaurants to guided tours, to banks, Idris is everywhere and shows no signs of shrinking (thanks to its decision to pay off the Solarian Corporate Authority). If an Idris Reclamation Unit does not have a Silversun expatriate accent, it is likely it will be programmed with a Lunan one. Le Soleil Royal, Idris' famous fashion subsidiary, has several famous fashion houses in Nouvelle Caen.


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The rest of the stellar megacorporations have a considerably more diminished presence. [[Zavodskoi Interstellar]] has managed to edge out a place on the dark side of Luna, where its weapons testing is less likely to cause a disturbance. Their centre of power on Luna is the less prestigious city of Gagaringrad which, much like the megacorporation itself, dwells in the shadow of its larger counterparts. Meanwhile, [[Hephaestus Industries]] has been reduced from an already meagre amount of facilities to a singular warehouse, which is also shared by [[Orion Express]] for their own shipping needs. The [[PMCG]] has little need of Luna as a base of operations in Sol, and in fact seems to prefer keeping their operations away from the keen eye of Solarian governance.


Culturally, there is a large gulf between the lower and middle class to the notablely large amount of richer people on Luna. Many of the workers who first came to help turn smaller outposts into functioning arcologies brought with them the upbringing of their home countries, as UOE had a claim from multiple nations, namely the United States, China, Mexico, and France. Some cities show a preference to one nation generally, but almost all have some form of influence from the other's. This is especially notable in Luna's capital, Harmony City. For example, Danza de la Luna, a very popular holiday on Luna, and some would claim almost as old as some of the first outposts on it, believed to have come from the Chinese New Year, and it being adopted by other workers working with other Chinese workers. This has lead it to being less about a new year and more about the start of a new time of people working together, to build what Luna has become, and takes place every 2nd Friday of Feburary in a galactic standard year. Eclipses are also fairly popular times to celebrate as well.
==Politics and Government==


The upper class, however, is comparatively an oddity, as it's culture is more revivalism of the 1920's. It was originally formed from a desire by the wealthy and officials coming to Luna in an attempt to ignore the hardships that Earth was facing, which caused many to leave it in the first place, and eventually promoted it as a novelty, to attract more wealthy and vacationers to Luna. While it's origins aren't organic, it has successfully grown to become deeply rooted in Lunan everyday life, either through entire sections of biodomes appearing to take an Art Deco look, or swing groups being extremely popular, both electro and the more classic versions of it, even occasionaly Tajara electro-swing. The image has been pressed so long onto Luna that it is not uncommon for anyone to speak closer to people of that era, even in lower classes.
Luna is currently governed by Kristen Anuja, whose voter base is mostly the upper-class of the moon and the many, many employees of Einstein Engines that were encouraged to vote her in. She and her cabinet are closely aligned to corporate interests in general, yet regarded as loyal to Sol even after the Violet Dawn disaster on [[Mars]].


Another vital part of Lunan culture is rover-racing across the surface, for crowds to safely enjoy from their biodomes and underground homes. Betting usually occurs in tandem with these races. Especially popular among highschoolers in their Senior year is to build their own (usually based off of Einstein Engines kits), and race them, usually on an indoor track of some kind, but still popular.  This was also heavily influenced by 1920's revivalism, leading to their suits and rovers to be stylized to fit this image. Whether or not this accorded because of or independetly of culturally movers is unknown, but the ratings show that people love it.
Luna's political scene, however, is most notable for its status as international neutral ground. Its lofty status as the first colony of humanity means that Harmony City has historically been the go-to location for interstellar diplomacy on the Lunar surface. In Harmony City itself, a multitude of historic diplomatic agreements between interstellar powers have been signed such as the 2284 Treaty of Olympus, ending the Martian World War, the Lunar Resolution Treaty of 2287, which brought an end to the Interstellar War, and the controversial Cetite Charter of 2452, which formally recognized the independence of the [[Republic of Biesel]] by the Solarian Alliance.


As a result of this reputation Lunarians, particularly those from the upper classes, make up a large part of the Solarian Alliance's Diplomatic Service. Lunarian diplomats and their associated bureaucrats can be found representing the Alliance throughout the Orion Spur, and many Lunarians will have relatives involved with the Diplomatic Service or themselves be involved with the Service. Most remaining Solarian diplomatic personnel found in the Republic of Biesel are Lunarians, due to Luna's status as the location where the young Republic first came into existence. While some go into the Alliance Diplomatic Service many Lunarians instead opt to join the Solarian Navy as officers, and it is considered a mark of excellence by many wealthy families to have at least one child join the Navy as an officer to prove the loyalty of the family - and Luna - to the greater Alliance.


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==Culture and Demographics==
[[File:Luna - Final.png|The government flag of Luna. The crescent represents Luna itself, and is meant to remind viewers of Selene's headpiece.|thumb]]
Lunarians are, as a general rule, a tightly-knit people due to the barriers associated with entry into what is considered by some outsiders to be the "ultimate gated community". Loyalty to one's family is seen as a desirable trait, and the standing of a family in the pecking order of Luna can be relatively static due to what prestige is often based upon: how long the family has resided on Luna for. Some of the wealthiest and most prestigious families on Luna are the descendants of rich climate refugees from the late 21st century that have dwelt on Luna for as long as humanity has maintained offworld colonies. Despite its immense wealth Luna's population is not entirely made up of the super-wealthy plutocrats that the planet has come to be known for, and many Lunans belong to its small yet ever-present "lower class" of working Lunans made up of everything from physicians to the technicians that keep the planet's domed city states running.
Unlike elsewhere in the Sol Alliance, Lunan culture retains connections to Earth itself despite the separated nature of its settlements. As a result of this, many locations on Earth’s satellite proudly boast of their Earther connections and maintain a close connection to their ancestral cultures, though some drift has occurred over the past centuries. Physical drift has occurred as well; Lunarians are typically taller, thinner, and paler than their Earthbound counterparts. This is a result of the artificial gravity slightly lighter than that of Earth, from the artifical gravity generators on Luna. Some Lunarians view this as a point of pride, with a tall stature being viewed as desirable amongst its upper class.


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As a result of their typically-esteemed pedigrees, upper-class Lunarians are known across human space for their immense pride in their home and mind-blowing wealth, with some families rumoured to be richer than entire member states of the [[Coalition of Colonies]]. Due to this Lunarians are often stereotyped as haughty, arrogant people that look down their noses at others - even other wealthy Solarians such as [[Venus|Cytherean Venusians]] - and brag incessantly about their origins on humanity's first colony. A common joke in the Coalition of Colonies is that you always know a Lunarian; they'll tell you they're one very quickly after meeting you.


===Subterranean Cities===
The traditional stereotype of the dignified, often arrogant Lunarian that takes pride in their longstanding service to the Alliance stands in contrast to the party fiend Cytherean who takes pride in how hedonistic they can be while remaining functional. As a result the relationship between Lunarians and Cythereans is not a pleasant one, and many often form intense personal rivalries. Some say that Luna and [[Venus]] have a rivalry themselves  but, to most Lunarians, Cytherea hardly compares to the grandeur of humanity's oldest colony.
Initial exploration and colonization came with the discovery of vast subterranean lava tubes, two of which were as wide as 5km. Colonists and construction teams immediately set work in sealing and reinforcing these massive caverns, constructing subterranean towns which over the course of Luna's history developed into sprawling cities. There is a very large mining industry on Luna, with engineers and shaft miners being well paid and lucrative careers, because there are constant projects to expand and connect the subterranean cities with large and intricate mag-train subways. The trains travel at 507 km/h, allowing people to travel between even the farthest cities in mere minutes where regular travel on the surface would take many hours or even a full earth day.


Being far underground and connected to the surface via subway tunnels, escalators, and standard hallways, the Luna population is very well protected from asteroid strikes or other cosmic dangers. During solar storms or other such emergencies, emergency procedures are in place to evacuate the population underground. One famous example of this safety is during the New Phoenix disaster, where an asteroid was detected to impact in the city of New Phoenix only 7 minutes before impact. Most of the 12,000 residents were saved during the emergency evacuation, but the entire above-ground biodome was destroyed and the survivors left homeless. After this incident, all vital infrastructure (including gravity generators, atmospheric equipment, and government facilities) were moved underground.
The Lunan lower class is similarly prideful in their origins, though they hold a much less prestigious and influential position than the upper class does. While they remain, on average, significantly richer than their counterparts in other Solarian settlements members of Luna's lower class often find themselves frustrated by their inability to break into the closely-guarded social circles of the upper classes and their close associates. Many members of the Lunan lower class feel increasingly threatened by the growing number of positronics in lower-level engineering positions, which make up a significant number of lower-class jobs on Luna. With Einstein Engines' influence on the planet growing, it seems that the issue of jobs and positronic workers may come to a head sooner rather than later.


Within the subterranean structures of lunar cities, much effort is made to maintain an illusion of space. While the majority of the lava tubes are are several kilometers in diameter, in the early days of lunar colonization, many colonists reported suffering from depression and panic attacks, as well as developing symptoms of claustrophobia. To combat this, open areas have been given powerful light sources designed to simulate natural sunlight, and residents of subterranean areas are prescribed vitamin D supplements.
===Architecture===


Luna's Governor Kristen Anuja enjoys a moderate approval rating. She is supportive of Einstein Engines, and critical of Nanotrasen's growing involvement on Luna.
Most cities on Luna are located on its surface, particularly those descended from UOE colonies. The oldest typically use large shielded domes that remain clear due to the materials used in their construction - generally made of super-reinforced glass microthreaded with titanium - centuries ago. More recent domes utilize phoron-reinforced glass for a better view of the outside, and improved durability, and some domes even use solely force fields created by superheated plasma to create miniature atmospheres. The uniquely spectacular views provided by these domes are a point of pride amongst Lunarians, with the best views (particularly those of Earth) being reserved for the most elite of Luna’s elite.


The styles of architecture inside the domes vary from city to city. Harmony City is famed for its Art Deco styles and motifs, best exemplified with the elegant lines and arches of the Idris Harmonia Tower, a tall teal building overlooking the dome. Baroque and Rococo influences are present in the myriad decorations and flourishes present on the Tranquility Train Station. Nouvelle Caen, on the other hand, does away with much of Harmony City's decorative motifs to present a more streamlined and modernistic style of Art Deco. Nouvelle Caen reserves Neoclassical influences for its city hall and several of its important skyscrapers in the downtown area.


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Hangzhou's architecture is quite modernist, though takes influences from Chinese architecture and styles. Some buildings, such as Zeng-Hu offices, possess traditional courtyards known as siheyuan which are always oriented symmetrically and facing south. Overhanging tiered roofs of glass and steel adorn skyscrapers, which are designed on the interior according to the principles of fengshui (though some question the applicability of fengshui principles given there are few mountains, bodies of water, or weather to orient buildings around).


'''Harmony City'''
Gagaringrad, on the other hand, is a perfect example of Soviet brutalism. Concrete, squarish structures dot most of the city, and while many non-Gagariners see the structures as oppressive, some city-dwellers claim brutalism in the maintained climate of a dome is perfect for the longevity of the buildings. The closer one gets to the centre of Gagaringrad, or the more important the purpose of the building, the more classical elements a building may have to it, such as decorative lines and more variety in construction material. In front of the city hall of Gagaringrad sits the Wall of the Heroes; a bas-relief depicting Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, Ivan Pesyk, the first Soviet on the moon, and Melina Kiselyova, the first female cosmonaut.
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Harmony City was founded in 2070 by human colonists from the UOESS Pinta, in the Mare Tranquillitatis.
===Holidays===


Notable features/places of Harmony City would include:
The '''Zhongqiu Jie Festival''' is an extremely popular holiday on Luna said to date back to the 2070s. The holiday is originally rooted in the Lunar New Year, itself imported by East Asian immigrants to Luna, but has since grown to be a common holiday designed to celebrate the success of humanity’s first interstellar pioneers. The Zhongqiu Jie Festival takes place on the same date as its Earthbound variant; the fifteenth day of the eight month of the traditional lunar calendar.


* '''AESCO-L Museum of Aeronautics and Astronautics''' - Established in 2135, under UNESCO, and shortly afterwards being changed to AESCO-L once the UN started to shift and change into the Sol Alliance. It is built where the Apollo 11 first landed on Luna, marking a very important step in space travel for humankind, and AESCO-L treats it as such, the flag planted by Buzz Aldrin has been placed in a small bubble, with the famous plaque still next to it, the whole museum seeming to be built around this, as the bubble is located in the central dome of the museum's miniarcology.
'''Apollo Day''' is another common holiday, taking place on the sixteenth of July. Similarly to Danza de la Luna, this holiday celebrates the success of humanity’s interstellar pioneers. However, this one celebrates the success of Apollo 11 specifically rather than explorers more generally.


A variation on Apollo Day named '''Pervoprohodets Day''' is instead celebrated in Soviet-colonized areas, with this holiday instead taking place on the fifteenth of December - the date the USSR’s LK lander touched down on the Lunar surface.


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==Major Cities==


The major cities of Luna are quite distinct from one another due to their insular structures, and are some of the wealthiest locations in the Solarian Alliance. Below are some of Luna's largest and most notable settlements.
'''Harmony City''' is the official capital of Luna, with a population of roughly forty million, and is situated in the Sea of Tranquility near where Apollo 11 landed centuries ago. Harmony City is an older city on Luna and was founded by American and Canadian climate refugees in the late 2050s. Many of the original refugees that founded Harmony City were engineers and investors involved in the private space industry of the United States and would go on to become involved with the first trans-stellar businesses, which led to the founding of Einstein Engines in the city in the mid-22nd century. Harmony City is often regarded as the birthplace of modern megacorporations as a result of this. Notable locations within the city include the AESCO-L Museum of Aeronautics and Astronautics, which preserves the original Apollo 11 landing site within itself. Harmony City is located on the light side of Luna, and is regarded as one of the Sol Alliance’s wealthiest areas. It is viewed by Lunarians as a highly desirable as a location to live due to its age and reputation.
'''Nouvelle Caen''' is a more recent dome and is the direct descendant of an earlier dome with the same name established in the late 21st century, and is located in the Mare Serenitatis on the Moon’s light side. The original Nouvelle Caen was, as the name indicates, originally founded by climate refugees primarily from France. It quickly became known as a center of culture on the moon and attracted a variety of wealthy refugees and skilled personnel through this reputation. The immense wealth, and pride, of Nouvelle Caen led to one of the largest infrastructure projects ever undertaken in the Sol System: the modernization of the Nouvelle Caen dome to be larger and more grandiose. The modern Nouvelle Caen is one of the largest and most modern domes on Luna due to its usage of phoron-reinforced glass in its dome, which has allowed for a larger dome than Harmony City’s. The dome is large enough to feature an artificial “sea” constructed inside of the Mare Serenitatis, which has become the only body of water on Luna itself. As a result Nouvelle Caen is seen by the Lunarians as the peak of luxury on Luna and is regarded as the premier location to live on the moon, despite not being its capital. Many corporate higher-ups have penthouses here, though Einstein Engines officials prefer to reside in Harmony City due to the presence of their corporate headquarters.
'''Hangzhou''' is another old dome, though not quite as old as Harmony City, founded in the mid 2060s and located in the Mare Insularum on the near side of Luna. The original colonists of the dome were primarily climate refugees from China involved in the medical research field. Hangzhou rapidly found itself a key medical and research hub on Luna and gained a reputation as the home of the best and brightest medical minds of humanity. The economic and cultural influence of Hangzhou led to the creation of ''Zhongqiu Jie Festival'' in the 2070s, which has remained one of the most popular holidays on Luna to the present day. The medical excellence of Hangzhou has been furthered by the creation of institutions such as the Lunar University of Medical Science and the ongoing involvement of [[Zeng-Hu Pharmaceuticals]] in the city. As a result of this the city consistently boasts that it has one of the highest standards of living in the Alliance, with wealthy residents routinely living to be over a hundred and twenty years old thanks to cutting-edge Zeng-Hu medical treatments.
'''Gagaringrad''' is the largest and greatest dome founded by Cosmonaut Industries and was originally settled by colonists from the Soviet Union in the early 2100s as a titanium and Helium-3 mining colony. Gagaringrad eventually depleted its titanium and Helium-3 deposits in the late 2100s and was surpassed in importance by [[Pluto]], and has never achieved the same level of influence it had in the early 2100s. It remains one of the less prestigious domes on Luna, with most of its population being from the moon's lower class. Most of the “dome” is constructed underground, which has led to it being seen as very unattractive by Luna’s plutocrats. This lack of plutocrats has been an unexpected boon for the lower class of Luna, which has managed to gain more influence in the city than anywhere else on Luna. Despite its lesser status on Luna [[Zavodskoi Interstellar]] - perhaps attracted by the nearby colonial-era weapons testing facility at Shajin Crater - has a significant presence in Gagaringrad, and is the dome’s primary employer. Like Harmony City, Gagaringrad has its own slice of Lunar history - a museum centered around the Zvezda moonbase, one of the first permanent settlements on Luna.
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  • REGION - JEWEL WORLDS
    This location is centered in the Jewel Worlds region.
    Centered in the heart of the Sol Alliance and largely safe from any common galactic dangers, the Jewel Worlds are the pride of Humanity to some, and a massive bane to others. Here is where the first colonization from Humanity arose, and where the Interstellar War was powered, producing an extremely polarized mindset against it amongst the Colonial territories. Nearly sixty billion Humans can be found here with an undetermined amount of aliens. Among the Jewel Worlds are the entirety of the Sol star system, Epsilon Eridani, New Hai Phong, and Silversun. The Jewel Worlds possess two bluespace gates, one from Sol to Konyang - which is in the process of being dismantled - and another from Epsilon Eridani to Qerrbalak.

    Earth, Venus, Luna, Mars, Jupiter, Pluto, New Hai Phong, Silversun, and the planets of the Eridani Federation are considered Jewel Worlds.

    The only natural satellite of Earth, Luna is humanity’s oldest colony and one of its richest. The moon was originally settled by many wealthy climate refugees during the 21st century, and its influence continues with significant corporate presence even in the aftermath of the nationalisation of megacorporations withiin the Sol Alliance. Cities on Luna are often partially underground due to the planet’s lack of an atmosphere, but many great domed cities exist on Luna as well. The primary language of Luna is either Sol Common or Tradeband, depending on which Lunarian one asks.

    History

    While humanity has been obsessed with Earth’s moon for untold millennia before the invention of the most primitive spacecraft, historians generally regard the modern era of Luna as beginning on July 16th, 1969 - when American Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first humans to ever land upon another celestial body. These pioneers were quickly followed in late 1970 by the Soviet N1/L3 Soyuz 7K-LOK “Pervoprohodets” mission, which landed the third group of humans on the Moon. The “Moon Race” would continue for the rest of the 20th century and result in the first permanent settlement on Luna by the early 1980s - the Soviet “Zvezda” moonbase. The Moon Race ended in an arguable draw in the early 21st century, due to increasing economic instability on Earth.

    Luna was mostly ignored by a humanity more obsessed with survival at home until 2070, when colonists from United Orbital Enterprise (a unified space agency between the USA, China, France, and Mexico) landed on its light side. Colonists from Cosmonaut Enterprises (a successor to the Soviet space program of the 20th century) landed on the dark side of Luna in 2072. With this the colonization of Earth’s moon had formally begun, and it would see significant use as a waystation for other points in the Sol system over the course of the upcoming decades and centuries. Due to its low gravity, the Soviets and UOE used Luna as a major shipyard and proving ground for deep-space equipment.

    Further colonization to Luna took place during the 21st and 22nd century as climate damage gradually worsened, with many wealthy families and companies simply moving off-world to Luna when able to do so. With Earth's economy rapidly deteriorating the rich families of the planet found themselves in need of a new home in a very short order with very few good options: Mars suffered from many of the same problems as Earth, orbital stations were often too impractical, and Luna was -- aside from some way stations built upon it in the late 21st and early 22nd century -- mostly uninhabited. Luna was chosen by most rich refugees fleeing Earth due to its close position to Earth and the perceived ease of development on Earth's only natural satellite compared to the cost of producing dozens of semi-private stations for rich families and businesses.

    A great deal of manpower and money was required to create this new home for the Earth's richest and brightest as Luna, unlike Mars, was built without the use of cyborg-based labour. To do this hundreds of thousands of well-trained engineers, technicians, and other personnel were employed by the climate refugees to build their new home in exchange for a place on it when the refuge was completed. As such Luna, despite its original conceptualization as a climate refuge for the richest and most notable of Earth, has had a working class from its first days. As settlement continued and more domed cities were created the "lower class" of Luna expanded to include a variety of miners brought by Einstein Engines in order to exploit Luna's natural Helium-3 and titanium deposits. Though these deposits have since dried up the descendants of these miners can be found on Luna even today, and often still work for Einstein Engines -- though now as engineers and bureaucrats rather than miners.

    The booming economy of Luna created an environment in which corporations could easily succeed. In 2155 Einstein Engines, using the foundation provided by Lunan Helium-3 mining, created the first practical mass-market warp engines and became the first modern megacorporation. Luna’s prosperity has continued since then, and it remains one of the wealthiest planets in the Sol Alliance to this very day, despite its small size and small population. The Luna of today is, in many ways, the ideal colony. Rich, prosperous, and unfailing in its loyalty to the Sol Alliance.

    Environment

    Luna is a barren rock with almost no atmosphere to speak of, and its surface is extremely cold. To perform activities outside without a spacesuit is suicide, and much of its population lives underground or in massive “dome cities” on its surface. The moon is tidally locked to Earth and takes 28 days to make a full rotation, leading to it possessing both a light and dark side. The Lunarian surface is also home to heavy amounts of helium-3 and titanium, which have made it an ideal target for mining. Less populated areas often feature huge strip mines where materials for humanity’s expansion into the greater Orion Spur have been retrieved from the Lunar soil, with the resulting strip mines simply left unfilled - particularly on the dark side of Luna.

    Economics

    Though its population is small, the residents of Luna are on average wealthier and happier than much of the Sol Alliance's colonies. The age and wealth of Earth’s only natural satellite has led to corporations being treated slightly differently here than on New Hai Phong or Silversun. Through its wealth and extensive influence, Luna has managed to retain much of its corporate presence, despite the creation of the Solarian Corporate Authority and aggressive nationalisation measures undertaken by the Alliance's emergency military government. Its largest industries are service and hospitality, and research and development.

    The one exception to the ongoing presence of megacorporations on Luna is NanoTrasen, which was unable to escape the mass nationalisation of its assets even on Luna. Even prior to the expulsion of NanoTrasen from Sol, its presence on Luna amounted to a few offices in Harmony City.

    Einstein Engines is the undisputed hegemon of Luna, with Governor Kristen Anuja thoroughly at the beck-and-call of its CEO, Noelle Lopez-Zhang. Many middle-to-lower-class Lunarians are employed with Einstein in engineering and research and development fields, and this influence has only expanded further after Einstein absorbed NanoTrasen's limited assets on the moon. Located outside Harmony City, the Einstein Engines Robert H. Goddard Administrative, Commercial, and Research Facility is large enough to be considered a separate municipal area from Harmony City itself and is where the famous Suzuki-Zhang Hammer Drive was first developed and tested. The facility is one of the largest, and one of the most well-guarded, corporate buildings in the Orion Spur, and dates back to the founding of Einstein Engines by Berend Lofgren.

    Luna's other major research industry is its medical technology, which is monopolised by Zeng-Hu Pharmaceuticals. The venerable Lunar University of Medical Science has produced some of the brightest medical minds in the Orion Spur, and has been funded by Zeng-Hu for two centuries. Often Zeng-Hu's researchers assigned to Europa are based out of facilities on Luna, to avoid the long-term stress associated with the moon. Zeng-Hu dominates the city of Hangzhou and its universities, and many of the keiretsu's best employees are granted housing (and medical care) in Hangzhou for exceptional service.

    But even larger than Zeng-Hu's presence on the moon is Idris Incorporated; the distinctive teal logo is everywhere across Luna, particularly in Nouvelle Caen and Harmony City. From hotels to luxury products to restaurants to guided tours, to banks, Idris is everywhere and shows no signs of shrinking (thanks to its decision to pay off the Solarian Corporate Authority). If an Idris Reclamation Unit does not have a Silversun expatriate accent, it is likely it will be programmed with a Lunan one. Le Soleil Royal, Idris' famous fashion subsidiary, has several famous fashion houses in Nouvelle Caen.

    The rest of the stellar megacorporations have a considerably more diminished presence. Zavodskoi Interstellar has managed to edge out a place on the dark side of Luna, where its weapons testing is less likely to cause a disturbance. Their centre of power on Luna is the less prestigious city of Gagaringrad which, much like the megacorporation itself, dwells in the shadow of its larger counterparts. Meanwhile, Hephaestus Industries has been reduced from an already meagre amount of facilities to a singular warehouse, which is also shared by Orion Express for their own shipping needs. The PMCG has little need of Luna as a base of operations in Sol, and in fact seems to prefer keeping their operations away from the keen eye of Solarian governance.

    Politics and Government

    Luna is currently governed by Kristen Anuja, whose voter base is mostly the upper-class of the moon and the many, many employees of Einstein Engines that were encouraged to vote her in. She and her cabinet are closely aligned to corporate interests in general, yet regarded as loyal to Sol even after the Violet Dawn disaster on Mars.

    Luna's political scene, however, is most notable for its status as international neutral ground. Its lofty status as the first colony of humanity means that Harmony City has historically been the go-to location for interstellar diplomacy on the Lunar surface. In Harmony City itself, a multitude of historic diplomatic agreements between interstellar powers have been signed such as the 2284 Treaty of Olympus, ending the Martian World War, the Lunar Resolution Treaty of 2287, which brought an end to the Interstellar War, and the controversial Cetite Charter of 2452, which formally recognized the independence of the Republic of Biesel by the Solarian Alliance.

    As a result of this reputation Lunarians, particularly those from the upper classes, make up a large part of the Solarian Alliance's Diplomatic Service. Lunarian diplomats and their associated bureaucrats can be found representing the Alliance throughout the Orion Spur, and many Lunarians will have relatives involved with the Diplomatic Service or themselves be involved with the Service. Most remaining Solarian diplomatic personnel found in the Republic of Biesel are Lunarians, due to Luna's status as the location where the young Republic first came into existence. While some go into the Alliance Diplomatic Service many Lunarians instead opt to join the Solarian Navy as officers, and it is considered a mark of excellence by many wealthy families to have at least one child join the Navy as an officer to prove the loyalty of the family - and Luna - to the greater Alliance.

    Culture and Demographics

    The government flag of Luna. The crescent represents Luna itself, and is meant to remind viewers of Selene's headpiece.

    Lunarians are, as a general rule, a tightly-knit people due to the barriers associated with entry into what is considered by some outsiders to be the "ultimate gated community". Loyalty to one's family is seen as a desirable trait, and the standing of a family in the pecking order of Luna can be relatively static due to what prestige is often based upon: how long the family has resided on Luna for. Some of the wealthiest and most prestigious families on Luna are the descendants of rich climate refugees from the late 21st century that have dwelt on Luna for as long as humanity has maintained offworld colonies. Despite its immense wealth Luna's population is not entirely made up of the super-wealthy plutocrats that the planet has come to be known for, and many Lunans belong to its small yet ever-present "lower class" of working Lunans made up of everything from physicians to the technicians that keep the planet's domed city states running.

    Unlike elsewhere in the Sol Alliance, Lunan culture retains connections to Earth itself despite the separated nature of its settlements. As a result of this, many locations on Earth’s satellite proudly boast of their Earther connections and maintain a close connection to their ancestral cultures, though some drift has occurred over the past centuries. Physical drift has occurred as well; Lunarians are typically taller, thinner, and paler than their Earthbound counterparts. This is a result of the artificial gravity slightly lighter than that of Earth, from the artifical gravity generators on Luna. Some Lunarians view this as a point of pride, with a tall stature being viewed as desirable amongst its upper class.

    As a result of their typically-esteemed pedigrees, upper-class Lunarians are known across human space for their immense pride in their home and mind-blowing wealth, with some families rumoured to be richer than entire member states of the Coalition of Colonies. Due to this Lunarians are often stereotyped as haughty, arrogant people that look down their noses at others - even other wealthy Solarians such as Cytherean Venusians - and brag incessantly about their origins on humanity's first colony. A common joke in the Coalition of Colonies is that you always know a Lunarian; they'll tell you they're one very quickly after meeting you.

    The traditional stereotype of the dignified, often arrogant Lunarian that takes pride in their longstanding service to the Alliance stands in contrast to the party fiend Cytherean who takes pride in how hedonistic they can be while remaining functional. As a result the relationship between Lunarians and Cythereans is not a pleasant one, and many often form intense personal rivalries. Some say that Luna and Venus have a rivalry themselves but, to most Lunarians, Cytherea hardly compares to the grandeur of humanity's oldest colony.

    The Lunan lower class is similarly prideful in their origins, though they hold a much less prestigious and influential position than the upper class does. While they remain, on average, significantly richer than their counterparts in other Solarian settlements members of Luna's lower class often find themselves frustrated by their inability to break into the closely-guarded social circles of the upper classes and their close associates. Many members of the Lunan lower class feel increasingly threatened by the growing number of positronics in lower-level engineering positions, which make up a significant number of lower-class jobs on Luna. With Einstein Engines' influence on the planet growing, it seems that the issue of jobs and positronic workers may come to a head sooner rather than later.

    Architecture

    Most cities on Luna are located on its surface, particularly those descended from UOE colonies. The oldest typically use large shielded domes that remain clear due to the materials used in their construction - generally made of super-reinforced glass microthreaded with titanium - centuries ago. More recent domes utilize phoron-reinforced glass for a better view of the outside, and improved durability, and some domes even use solely force fields created by superheated plasma to create miniature atmospheres. The uniquely spectacular views provided by these domes are a point of pride amongst Lunarians, with the best views (particularly those of Earth) being reserved for the most elite of Luna’s elite.

    The styles of architecture inside the domes vary from city to city. Harmony City is famed for its Art Deco styles and motifs, best exemplified with the elegant lines and arches of the Idris Harmonia Tower, a tall teal building overlooking the dome. Baroque and Rococo influences are present in the myriad decorations and flourishes present on the Tranquility Train Station. Nouvelle Caen, on the other hand, does away with much of Harmony City's decorative motifs to present a more streamlined and modernistic style of Art Deco. Nouvelle Caen reserves Neoclassical influences for its city hall and several of its important skyscrapers in the downtown area.

    Hangzhou's architecture is quite modernist, though takes influences from Chinese architecture and styles. Some buildings, such as Zeng-Hu offices, possess traditional courtyards known as siheyuan which are always oriented symmetrically and facing south. Overhanging tiered roofs of glass and steel adorn skyscrapers, which are designed on the interior according to the principles of fengshui (though some question the applicability of fengshui principles given there are few mountains, bodies of water, or weather to orient buildings around).

    Gagaringrad, on the other hand, is a perfect example of Soviet brutalism. Concrete, squarish structures dot most of the city, and while many non-Gagariners see the structures as oppressive, some city-dwellers claim brutalism in the maintained climate of a dome is perfect for the longevity of the buildings. The closer one gets to the centre of Gagaringrad, or the more important the purpose of the building, the more classical elements a building may have to it, such as decorative lines and more variety in construction material. In front of the city hall of Gagaringrad sits the Wall of the Heroes; a bas-relief depicting Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, Ivan Pesyk, the first Soviet on the moon, and Melina Kiselyova, the first female cosmonaut.

    Holidays

    The Zhongqiu Jie Festival is an extremely popular holiday on Luna said to date back to the 2070s. The holiday is originally rooted in the Lunar New Year, itself imported by East Asian immigrants to Luna, but has since grown to be a common holiday designed to celebrate the success of humanity’s first interstellar pioneers. The Zhongqiu Jie Festival takes place on the same date as its Earthbound variant; the fifteenth day of the eight month of the traditional lunar calendar.

    Apollo Day is another common holiday, taking place on the sixteenth of July. Similarly to Danza de la Luna, this holiday celebrates the success of humanity’s interstellar pioneers. However, this one celebrates the success of Apollo 11 specifically rather than explorers more generally.

    A variation on Apollo Day named Pervoprohodets Day is instead celebrated in Soviet-colonized areas, with this holiday instead taking place on the fifteenth of December - the date the USSR’s LK lander touched down on the Lunar surface.

    Major Cities

    The major cities of Luna are quite distinct from one another due to their insular structures, and are some of the wealthiest locations in the Solarian Alliance. Below are some of Luna's largest and most notable settlements.

    Harmony City is the official capital of Luna, with a population of roughly forty million, and is situated in the Sea of Tranquility near where Apollo 11 landed centuries ago. Harmony City is an older city on Luna and was founded by American and Canadian climate refugees in the late 2050s. Many of the original refugees that founded Harmony City were engineers and investors involved in the private space industry of the United States and would go on to become involved with the first trans-stellar businesses, which led to the founding of Einstein Engines in the city in the mid-22nd century. Harmony City is often regarded as the birthplace of modern megacorporations as a result of this. Notable locations within the city include the AESCO-L Museum of Aeronautics and Astronautics, which preserves the original Apollo 11 landing site within itself. Harmony City is located on the light side of Luna, and is regarded as one of the Sol Alliance’s wealthiest areas. It is viewed by Lunarians as a highly desirable as a location to live due to its age and reputation.

    Nouvelle Caen is a more recent dome and is the direct descendant of an earlier dome with the same name established in the late 21st century, and is located in the Mare Serenitatis on the Moon’s light side. The original Nouvelle Caen was, as the name indicates, originally founded by climate refugees primarily from France. It quickly became known as a center of culture on the moon and attracted a variety of wealthy refugees and skilled personnel through this reputation. The immense wealth, and pride, of Nouvelle Caen led to one of the largest infrastructure projects ever undertaken in the Sol System: the modernization of the Nouvelle Caen dome to be larger and more grandiose. The modern Nouvelle Caen is one of the largest and most modern domes on Luna due to its usage of phoron-reinforced glass in its dome, which has allowed for a larger dome than Harmony City’s. The dome is large enough to feature an artificial “sea” constructed inside of the Mare Serenitatis, which has become the only body of water on Luna itself. As a result Nouvelle Caen is seen by the Lunarians as the peak of luxury on Luna and is regarded as the premier location to live on the moon, despite not being its capital. Many corporate higher-ups have penthouses here, though Einstein Engines officials prefer to reside in Harmony City due to the presence of their corporate headquarters.

    Hangzhou is another old dome, though not quite as old as Harmony City, founded in the mid 2060s and located in the Mare Insularum on the near side of Luna. The original colonists of the dome were primarily climate refugees from China involved in the medical research field. Hangzhou rapidly found itself a key medical and research hub on Luna and gained a reputation as the home of the best and brightest medical minds of humanity. The economic and cultural influence of Hangzhou led to the creation of Zhongqiu Jie Festival in the 2070s, which has remained one of the most popular holidays on Luna to the present day. The medical excellence of Hangzhou has been furthered by the creation of institutions such as the Lunar University of Medical Science and the ongoing involvement of Zeng-Hu Pharmaceuticals in the city. As a result of this the city consistently boasts that it has one of the highest standards of living in the Alliance, with wealthy residents routinely living to be over a hundred and twenty years old thanks to cutting-edge Zeng-Hu medical treatments.

    Gagaringrad is the largest and greatest dome founded by Cosmonaut Industries and was originally settled by colonists from the Soviet Union in the early 2100s as a titanium and Helium-3 mining colony. Gagaringrad eventually depleted its titanium and Helium-3 deposits in the late 2100s and was surpassed in importance by Pluto, and has never achieved the same level of influence it had in the early 2100s. It remains one of the less prestigious domes on Luna, with most of its population being from the moon's lower class. Most of the “dome” is constructed underground, which has led to it being seen as very unattractive by Luna’s plutocrats. This lack of plutocrats has been an unexpected boon for the lower class of Luna, which has managed to gain more influence in the city than anywhere else on Luna. Despite its lesser status on Luna Zavodskoi Interstellar - perhaps attracted by the nearby colonial-era weapons testing facility at Shajin Crater - has a significant presence in Gagaringrad, and is the dome’s primary employer. Like Harmony City, Gagaringrad has its own slice of Lunar history - a museum centered around the Zvezda moonbase, one of the first permanent settlements on Luna.

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