Interplanetary Transport Network

The Interplanetary Transport Network is a complex system of infrastructure regulating trade throughout all of Sol System during the First Trilogy Era. Work on the system began in 227 BSC with the construction of the first permanent cycler craft traveling between Earth, Luna, and then-barely colonized Mars. It was first concieved as a thought experiment in the 20th century AD / third century BSC.
== Concept and Mechanics ==
The ITN was designed to utilize low energy orbital "pathways" in Sol System by exploiting orbital mechanics and striking a precise balance between travel time and fuel requirements that would allow for a permanent series of spacecraft and space stations to regularly cycle between systems within Sol System with little to no human maintenance. Initial fuel doses of hydrogen peroxide were provided by their constructors; automated computer systems aboard the cyclers use ramscoops to gather free hydrogen and react it with oxygen from the fuel cells over an anthraquinone catalyst to create an indefinite supply of maintenance fuel. 
The basic infrastructure of the system is maintained by a series of cycler craft that transport both spacers and cargo on a regular and predictable schedule. The nature of the system allows spacers to regularly interact with archeotechnology, as Apollo-era tech is still functioning.
== Utilization ==
=== Consortium ===
The Consortium relied on the ITN for its very existence.
=== Main Asteroid Belt ===
=== Rim ===
Category:Technology
Category:First Trilogy
Category:Foundation Period