Jupiter

Jupiter is a planet in the Sol System, and is arguably one of the most difficult planets to undergo terraforming. Although initially intended to be a network of aerial shipyards and temporary barracks for crews to train and live aboard, the planet was also built with a wide number of high altitude platforms. Roughly one-quarter of the planet has been 'shelled', with the remaining number awaiting completion. As Jupiter is designated as one of the most difficult planets to terraform to support life, almost all of the construction efforts are performed by drones, with a small staff of living personnel living on site to oversee terraforming efforts. Because of the lack of Federation military influence on the planet, the Nation Against Non-Human Interaction (NANHI) elected to take over this planet to establish themselves as an independent nation, and forbid any Federation citizen or representative to enter its space. Seizing control of the planets satellite defense grid, the planet is currently operated by NANHI. The planets colonies, although life-supporting, are slowly decaying due to the incompetence of NANHI maintenance, and as a result, many of the citizens who fled to NANHI to turn on the Federation have hinted desires to defect. Despite the hostility that NANHI has imposed, the United Federation has offered to intervene and provide food, water, and resources for the trapped NANHI civilians, both as a humanitarian sign, and an attempt to rescue defectors. However, NANHI's command has made it abundantly clear that they will consider any Federation presence on the planet's colonies as an invasion, and will strike.

Jupiter and it's moons have been 'claimed' by NANHI, and although the Federation does not formally acknowledge NANHI as a sovereign nation, accords have been set to abide by their demands for now. However, with the rising incidents of violence, and evidence showing NANHI backing the activities, the Federation has begun to prepare to engage NANHI directly and forcefully take the planet back.

### Terraforming Efforts

Jupiter is a gas giant planet, and as such, does not have a solid surface capable of supporting life, even with advanced suits. Due to this, plans were made to install an artificial 'surface' on Jupiter, with a network of gravity manipulation systems in place to form a stable 'shell' for the planet, similar to a Dyson Sphere. The top layer of this shell would be used to support life. Intended to be a military planet, Jupiter was to be built into a massive network of shipyards and docks, replacing Mars as the top producers of Navy vessels. Many starship companies had placed bids to the Federation to begin the construction of shipyard prefabs for Jupiter. The planet was also set to contain a number of floating cities, powered by the gases of Jupiter, which would contain the vast population of shipyard employees, starship crews, and military personnel awaiting orders. It was also known that eventually, civilian populations would be allowed to relocate to Jupiter-based skycities. Construction was started in 2066, with the vast majority of workers unions placing large numbers of drone operators and construction specialists on the planet with minimal military presence, a fact that NANHI had planned on.

Terraforming efforts were halted when a series of riots erupted across the planet, taking over the small military stations present. The Federation dispatched a navy warship with a Vice Admiral aboard to discuss the issues and come to a resolution. The vessel was welcomed to dock, with the workers claiming to be thankful for the Federation's ear. However, this was a farce implanted by NANHI, and upon the successful docking of the vessel, it was boarded and taken over by armed NANHI sympathizers, who quickly took the crew and Vice Admiral hostage. The terms to the Federation were laid out:

1. NANHI ordered that a rallying message they produced was played on all new media outlets. Initially, the Federation denied this, but reluctantly accepted provided that the message was screened first. The message was played, while the Federation President spoke before and after, criticizing the organization for it's terroristic methods.
2. NANHI ordered that all sympathizers on Federation jurisdiction be allowed to freely board unarmed transport vessels and come to Jupiter to seek refuge. This resulted in a mass exodus of millions of people, who flocked to Jupiter in the hopes of finding an all-human refuge. The Federation allowed it, but warned the passenger's of the abysmal conditions on Jupiter prior to boarding. NANHI also demanded that no non-human individuals would be allowed to come to Jupiter or any of it's moons.
3. NANHI, having seized control of the satellite defense matrix for Jupiter (originally used to destroy inbound meteors and asteroids), demanded that all Navy vessels vacate the immediate orbit of Jupiter, prior to the activation of the defense grid. NANHI also advised the Federation that the warship would be seized, and its data was recovered. However, NANHI also stated that they would allow unarmed and empty Federation shuttles to dock in a remote section of the colonies to recover the crew. Federation officials quickly deployed dozens of shuttles and were able to recover all hands from the seized warship. Outside of bruising and small injuries from rough treatment, all personnel, including the Vice Admiral, were relatively unharmed. After the recovery, a self-destruct signal was sent to the warship. However, hackers from NANHI had successfully compromised the ships command system and had managed to gain access to it's systems, including weapons production and intelligence data, requiring the Federation to completely rework it's information security network.