Hole-in-the-Wall

Hole-in-the-Wall or Sultan III was a moon of the planet Sultan in NZ-1207-12 System.
Barely habitable by human standards, Hole-in-the-Wall was a high desert world with a thin atmosphereIndeed, the atmosphere wasn't much more dense than that found in Mount Everest's notorious "death zone". and a diameter of less than eight thousand kilometersSixty percent that of Earth and only a thousand kilometers more than Mars with matching gravity.. Most residentsWho were mostly pirates and smugglers. of the moon used atmosphere masks and supplemental oxygen. It was cold with a very limited hydrosphereOnly thirty percent of the moon's surface was covered in water.. The moon was only habitable because its parent world's orbital radius lay within the liquid water zone of its G7 primary and Sultan's magnetosphere protected it from that star's radiation.
Located on Tortuga Bay, the moon's sole settlement was Tortuga by the Sea with Tortuga Tower serving as its administrative center. ()
== Government ==
Like the ancient pirates of the Caribbean, Hole-in-the-Wall's outlaw inhabitants' attitude toward authority and defined hierarchies were exceedingly democratic. ()
== Economy ==
There was light industry present in orbit of the moon alongside a small amount of orbital warehousing and a rudimentary port facilityEnough to manufacture a limited amount of consumer goods and perform minor repairs and basic ship services.. The moon's two most profitable functions were as a mail drop and a recruiting hall howeverWhere prospective employers could post employment notices when in need of pirates or outlaws, though a third of all businesses on Hole-in-the-Wall were agents and brokers of one kind of another involved in interstellar trade..
One of the local businesses was Amherst Imports and Exports, a Mesan Alignment front company. ()
== History ==
In November 1923 PD, Havenite operative Victor Cachat led an undercover expedition to Hole-in-the-Wall, disguised as exiled State Security mercenaries, in an effort to learn more about the Alignment. ()
== References ==
Category:Moons