Titan

Titan is the largest moon of Saturn & important industrial world.

**Location:** Milky Way Galaxy/Local Cavity/Solar System/Saturn

**World Category:** Hydrocarbon Worlds

**Titan** is the largest moon of Saturn and the second-largest natural satellite in the Solar System after Jupiter's moon Ganymede. It is the only moon in the system to have a natural dense atmosphere and stable bodies of surface liquids. Titan is 50% larger in radius than the Moon and 80% more massive, and is larger than the planet Mercury. Titan was discovered in 1655 by the Christiaan Huygens.

Titan has been colonized since 2089 and its hydrocarbon being mined from 2092. Titan is an important industrial world and terraformation were done on the atmosphere to make it more hospitable to Humans.

Titan is the capital of Authority of Titan.

## Physical Characteristics

### Geology

Titan is primarily composed of ice and rocky material, which is differentiated into a rocky core surrounded by various layers of ice, including a crust of ice and a subsurface layer of ammonia-rich liquid water. Titan has liquid hydrocarbon lakes in its polar regions. The geologically young surface is generally smooth, with few impact craters, although mountains and several cryovolcanoes exist on the surface.

### Atmosphere

The atmosphere of Titan is largely Nitrogen. Minor components lead to the formation of Methane and Ethane clouds and heavy organonitrogen haze. The climate including wind and rain creates surface features similar to those of Earth, such as dunes, rivers, lakes, seas of liquid Methane and Ethane, and deltas, and is dominated by seasons just like Earth. With its liquids (both surface and subsurface) and robust nitrogen atmosphere, Titan's methane cycle is analogous to Earth's water cycle, at the much lower temperature of about 97 K (−176 °C).

## Colonization

Colonizing Titan became an important discussion for Humanity after the successful colonization of Mars, but its distance to Earth made this dream impossible at that time. With the invention of reliable nuclear fusion rockets, the distance soon became irrelevant. Major research were put by countries and private companies on Titan, and plans were drawn for the colonization. In 2089, China became the first country to colonize Titan. Many people called this event the first stepping stone for humanity to conquer stars. In 2092, Hydrocarbon mining began as well. Earth's economical depression of early 22nd century put a hold on any colonial expansion for decades. With Earth losing control over Mars and Jupiter in mid 22nd century. Saturn and Titan became the center of attention for Earth. Titan saw many developments during the second part of the 22nd century and became a major industrial world ever since. Titan resources and productions has been crucial for colonial expansion of Humanity to this day.

In 2204, The Imperium invaded Earth and the Interplanetary War began. In 2205, Saturn became the target of a major Imperium invasion and its moon Titan quickly fell to the Imperium and soon after a collaborationist government were put up on Titan. This government betrayed the Imperium 2219 and seized many assets of the Imperium navy declared war on the Imperium. After the war, this government retained its independence and continued the Imperium legacy to this day.

## See Also

* **Solar System**
* **Planet Saturn**