Register of the Vesper Orbital Compact#
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 | Account | Notes | Atlas |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ring Fourteen | Station / habitat | Vesper Orbital Compact | recorded | 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 | recorded | Spin-habitat; engineers' guild hall. | open |
| Ring Thirty-One | Station / habitat | Vesper Orbital Compact | recorded | 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 | recorded | Spin-habitat; farm decks. | open |
| Ring Twenty-One | Station / habitat | Vesper Orbital Compact | recorded | Spin-habitat; the Crown's orbital seats are elected here. | open |
| The Outer Rings | Station / habitat | Vesper Orbital Compact | recorded | The least-maintained habitats, where residents behind on dues are moved. | open |
| The Red Ring (quarantine station) | Station / habitat | Vesper Orbital Compact | recorded | 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 | recorded | Largest orbital habitat: 1.9 million people. Seat of the Compact Board. Population 1.9 million. | open |
Military#
| Name | Type | Held by | Account | Notes | Atlas |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Habitat Marshals’ cutter station | Orbital defence / picket | Vesper Orbital Compact | recorded | 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 | Account | Notes | Atlas |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ersa Station | Mine / works / refinery | Vesper Orbital Compact | recorded | Carbon mining on Ersa (Hati); cheap to launch from at 0.02 g. | open |
| Pandia Regolith Base | Mine / works / refinery | Vesper Orbital Compact | recorded | Mining base on Pandia (Máni): regolith, oxygen, construction stock. | open |
| Orbit Traffic Control (the Vectors) | Relay / traffic control | Vesper Orbital Compact | recorded | 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 | recorded | Controls the relay constellation, the Belt Line and the Kronos link. | open |
| The Vesper Polytechnic | Research / observatory | Vesper Orbital Compact | recorded | 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 | recorded | 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 | recorded | 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 | recorded | The Compact's main docks: every drop-capsule and torch-freighter passes through. | open |
| The Compact Board | Seat of government / institution | Vesper Orbital Compact | recorded | 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 | recorded | 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 | Account | Notes | Atlas |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Vesper | Landmark | Vesper Orbital Compact | recorded | 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 | Account | Notes | Atlas |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Echo (XII) | Relay / traffic control | Vesper Orbital Compact | recorded | 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 | recorded | 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 |