Ganymede

Geography

Ganymede, the largest moon in the solar system, is a fascinating world with a diverse geography and potentially valuable resources. Its surface is a mix of two main types of terrain: heavily cratered regions and grooved, ridged areas. The cratered regions suggest a long history of impacts, while the grooved areas indicate more recent geological activity, possibly driven by tidal forces from Jupiter. One of the most striking features of Ganymede is its complex system of grooves and ridges, some stretching thousands of miles. These features are believed to be the result of tectonic forces reshaping the moon's icy surface. Beneath this icy crust lies a subsurface ocean, possibly containing more water than all of Earth's oceans combined. This ocean is kept liquid by the moon's tidal interactions with Jupiter, making Ganymede one of the few places in the solar system besides Earth with a known subsurface ocean.

Natural Resources

Vruxari Empire mining expeditions are often taken to the large moon to collect ice to be used in life support systems as well as water for agriculture and conversion to both breathable oxygen and manufacturing of thruster fuel.
There are two main ways water is harvested from Ganymede. The first consists of mining, drilling, and using explosives to break up ice that is then loaded onto ships and shipped elsewhere, while the second utilities physical and laser boring technology to dig through the ice and extract liquid water from beneath the thick ice layer, allowing for more effective space utilization. While most resources are collected and refined in factories and facilities in the surface of the moon, much is also shipped off to orbital stations belonging to the Vruxari Empire as well.

Pictured above is the Bogandrak Prison located in the southern hemisphere of the moon.

Type

Planetoid / Moon

Location under

Jupiter

Included Locations

• Bogandrak Prison

Owning Organization

Vruxari Empire

Pictured above is a mining method commonly used on Ganymede consisting of melting the ice to collect watet. Metal rods are inserted far into the ice, then a strong electrical current is ran through the rods, causing them to heat up and melt large amounts of ice into water which is then collected vacuum tubes.