Register of the Vesper Orbital Compact#

Kethra Almanac • Generated from the atlas data on each build • Do not edit by hand

Status: approved with the whole almanac (Briana, 19 September 2026). Every ring, office, fleet, base, relay and post of the Vesper Orbital Compact, in Kethra orbit, on the moons, in the Cinderbelt and at Kronos, as recorded in the Atlas. About 60 lesser stations and most of the 38 major habitats are not named on the Atlas. Companion to the Vesper Orbital Compact almanac. To change an entry, edit Kethra Almanac html/_build/atlas_data.js and rebuild.

Totals: 24 installations. On Kethra: 0 · In Kethra orbit: 20 · At Kronos (Ymir): 2 · In the Cinderbelt: 2.

Group	Count
Settlements	8
Military	1
Infrastructure	14
Landmarks	1

In Kethra orbit#

Settlements#

Name	Type	Held by	Status	Notes	Atlas
Ring Fourteen	Station / habitat	Vesper Orbital Compact	canon	The farm-deck ring where Vesper Fever began in 2233. Its decks were sealed for three years. Population about 310,000.	open
Ring Seven	Station / habitat	Vesper Orbital Compact	canon	Spin-habitat; engineers' guild hall.	open
Ring Thirty-One	Station / habitat	Vesper Orbital Compact	canon	An outer ring. A seal failed here in 2307 and 96 people died; the inquiry blamed thirty years of deferred maintenance. Its Voice, Zara Mensah, leads the Voices’ Hall. Population about 170,000.	open
Ring Twelve	Station / habitat	Vesper Orbital Compact	canon	Spin-habitat; farm decks.	open
Ring Twenty-One	Station / habitat	Vesper Orbital Compact	canon	Spin-habitat; the Crown's orbital seats are elected here.	open
The Outer Rings	Station / habitat	Vesper Orbital Compact	canon	The least-maintained habitats, where residents behind on dues are moved.	open
The Red Ring (quarantine station)	Station / habitat	Vesper Orbital Compact	canon	Where every arriving crew waits out the 40-day hold under the Quarantine Rules of 2236. A red board here closes the docks. Population about 9,000.	open
Vesper Prime	Station / habitat	Vesper Orbital Compact	canon	Largest orbital habitat: 1.9 million people. Seat of the Compact Board. Population 1.9 million.	open

Military#

Name	Type	Held by	Status	Notes	Atlas
Habitat Marshals’ cutter station	Orbital defence / picket	Vesper Orbital Compact	canon	The Compact’s police: about 5,000 Marshals and 40 cutters. A ship without a vector is a hazard, and hazards are seized.	open

Infrastructure#

Name	Type	Held by	Status	Notes	Atlas
Ersa Station	Mine / works / refinery	Vesper Orbital Compact	canon	Carbon mining on Ersa (Hati); cheap to launch from at 0.02 g.	open
Pandia Regolith Base	Mine / works / refinery	Vesper Orbital Compact	canon	Mining base on Pandia (Máni): regolith, oxygen, construction stock.	open
Orbit Traffic Control (the Vectors)	Relay / traffic control	Vesper Orbital Compact	canon	Nothing moves in Kethra orbit without a vector from this office. The Compact’s real power.	open
Relay constellation control	Relay / traffic control	Vesper Orbital Compact	canon	Controls the relay constellation, the Belt Line and the Kronos link.	open
The Vesper Polytechnic	Research / observatory	Vesper Orbital Compact	canon	The guilds’ school: seals, air, spin, power, docks and relays. Its examinations are the Compact’s real citizenship test.	open
The fuel-tender fleet	Seaport / anchorage	Vesper Orbital Compact	canon	The tenders that carry Kronos fuel to Kethra under the Armistice’s fuel clauses, with Assembly Fuel Monitors aboard. Idle from 2284 to 2291.	open
The Launch Office and launch-craft fleet	Seaport / anchorage	Vesper Orbital Compact	canon	The Compact’s launch craft, which fly from Pharos Isle and Saltline Launch and lift most of what goes up. The Imperium flies its own from Hesk Point.	open
Vesper Docks	Seaport / anchorage	Vesper Orbital Compact	canon	The Compact's main docks: every drop-capsule and torch-freighter passes through.	open
The Compact Board	Seat of government / institution	Vesper Orbital Compact	canon	The Compact’s governing board, at Vesper Prime: 24 seats on two benches, the Works Bench (the guilds) and the Roster Bench (the offices), under the Compact Chair.	open
The Roster Office	Seat of government / institution	Vesper Orbital Compact	canon	Keeps every habitat’s roster and assesses the dues. The officials’ seat of power: whoever keeps the roster decides who stays in orbit.	open

Landmarks#

Name	Type	Held by	Status	Notes	Atlas
Old Vesper	Landmark	Vesper Orbital Compact	canon	The Crown’s first crewed station (2034): the evening star that was not a star. The Compact was signed aboard it in 2068. Kept as a museum, and the Cascade memorial.	open

At Kronos (Ymir)#

Infrastructure#

Name	Type	Held by	Status	Notes	Atlas
Echo (XII)	Relay / traffic control	Vesper Orbital Compact	canon	Vesper relay and traffic-control post: every signal between Kronos and Kethra passes through it.	open
Vesper fuel-tender berth, Hearthport	Seaport / anchorage	Vesper Orbital Compact	canon	Where the Compact’s tenders load Kronos fuel for Kethra, watched by Assembly Fuel Monitors. Hearthport’s about 14,000 “others” are Vesper staff, contract engineers and traders (the Kronos colony almanac).	open

In the Cinderbelt#

Infrastructure#

Name	Type	Held by	Status	Notes	Atlas
Belt Line relay node	Relay / traffic control	Vesper Orbital Compact	canon	Vesper relay chain to Kethra: 7 hours each way.	open
Belt Line relay node (east)	Relay / traffic control	Vesper Orbital Compact	canon	Vesper relay node.	open

Prepared by Claude (generated).