The Titan Uprising

*''The odour of dissent was greater than even that of the seas.''*

## Events

### Background

In 2245, roughly ten years into the Corperium's rule, a rebellion on the Jovian moon of Titan would become the first real test of their stellar authority. This rebellion would be cited for hundreds of years hence as a cautionary tale to any organised peoples seeking independence from the yolk of the Executive Emperor. It would also give rise to the scav culture, creating the blueprint for a way of life outside of the immediate imposition of the Corperium's authority.

In the mid 23rd Century life on Titan was hard. It was a strenuous existence working long hours on the methane rigs, breathing recycled air and trying anything to escape the smell. Habitation was shabby and decidedly unglamorous. Life expectancy was low given the toxicity of the environment, and the danger of the work. Needless to say, the human workforce of Titan were not fans of their situation, and by extension not fans of the Corperium. It did not take long for resentment to ferment among the population. Many groups of dissidents formed in opposition to their corporate masters, but one woman would bring these groups together to take action, her name was Yang Yu-Jun.

### Yu-Jun's Plan

Yu-Jun's plan was relatively simple. At the time Titan's vast methane seas provided a great source of fuel to the Corperium, extraction and refinement was lengthy but the yellow moon was a valuable economic asset and important to the everyday workings of humanity's solar endeavours. This situation provided the people of Titan with leverage. However, other dissidents in other parts of the solar system had attempted embargos, but by threatening scarcity it always proved an easy task for the Corperium to demonise their intentions and simply quell them with force, therefore Yu-Jun's plan would require careful consideration. She decided instead of threatening to withhold Titan's material exports, the workforce would simply give them all away for free.

They still met their demanding production quotas, but instead of taking payment from the export ship captains, they just handed the goods over. From the outside this seemed an act of corporate appeasement rather than resistance, but in reality by doing this she massively destabilized the delicate supply and demand balance that the Corperium strived to maintain. Any corporation that relied on a stable price for any one of the multitude of Titan's chemical exports, was thrown into flux as the value of their goods immediately plummeted. This economic sabotage rippled throughout the Corperium's fragile pecuniary system causing widespread chaos. The best part of Yu-Jun's plan was that her behaviour seemed benevolent, making it exceedingly difficult for the Executive Emperor and his spin doctors to paint her and the people of Titan as the villains.

### The Corperium's Solution

During most of the 23rd Centruy the Corperium's authority was still in its infancy, and so public opinion was an important factor. Since Titan's ''rebellion'' seemed impossible to besmirch, the corporate agents responsible for resolving it would need a more subtle response.

Claiming their reasons as financial, the Corperium announced that since Titan's rigs were no longer generating wealth, they couldn't possibly afford to cover the cost of the usual food and medicine supply haulers whose regular deliveries were essential to life on on the yellow moon.

This inevitably led to widespread starvation, and since Yu-Jun's gambit was only effective if Titan continued to produce free resources, the rebellion could not simply lay down their tools. As illness and malnutrition quickly became commonplace among the Moon's citizens, their thirst for rebellion waned, and many began to advocate for the return of Corperium authority and the stability that it promised. In less than six solar months since it inception, with support for Yu-Jun all but evaporated, the rebellion collapsed.

## Legacy

Due to its failure and widespread publicity, the Titan Uprising led to a great swell in Corperium power. It became so unshakably cemented throughout the various human systems that any revolution or uprising, of which there have been many, rarely stood any real chance of success.