We return to space once again, the dark void of nothingness. It is cold and massive to all that see it. An ocean of black and white spectacles of light, the word defines itself perfectly for the name. We once looked at Jupiter. The planet is seemingly a distant speck despite how gigantic the planet is in the Sol System. With such a monstrosity, Jupiter should have been a star, but it wasn't. Instead, it holds its numerous moons in its cold iron grip seemingly for an eternity. It is expected that even if the G-type star expanded to a red giant, Jupiter would remain. One day, the planet would look up to see the sun as it consumes Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars. Perhaps in its infancy, the Sol system had more planets that revolved around it, but the star is hungry. It keeps expanding as it gets bigger and bigger but.....only so slowly. Year by year, the star gets bigger. Mercury is the first to see it. Billions of years are needed as the sun continues to expand. One by one, the planets will fall, and Jupiter will become the new Mercury of the Sol System.
But.....that isn't today, and neither will it be tomorrow. Instead, we listen to the sounds of the solar system, the electromagnetic waves, and charged particles of the planets. They produce various sounds and melodies for all to hear if they listen. We know the sounds of Jupiter, for we have already heard it. Our attention was focused on this planet for a good reason. It was so large that it dominates the solar system. The moving gas and red spot continue for what seems like an eternity.
That isn't what our attention is focused on. We are too far away from it now. The sounds grow more and more distant, and eventually, we hear nothing. The planet has shrunk to nothing as we leave the planet for good. Jupiter is in good hands. It doesn't need us, and neither should we worry about him.
Instead, we hear the sounds of something new. We travel further and further out into space, and the sounds we hear are that of a calm ambient noise. It almost sounds like blowing wind. We turn our attention to the next greatest spectacle in the solar system. It is the planet that humanity had placed more focus in the outer Sol System once they expanded beyond its dying home. The planet comes closer and closer to us. Its light is so bright that it reflects almost 50% of the light of the sun that it receives. Occasionally we get a deep harmonic hum from it. Eventually, the sounds are intense. The electromagnetic particles caused by its shape are deafening and frightening, and all for a good reason.
It is Saturn that we look upon. The second-largest planet in the Sol System. It is beautiful but scary for those that could hear it. It produces the sounds of a screeching demon. The reason is all too apparent because the rings are the cause of it. Saturn is far from the sun that it orbits measuring over 1.4 billion kilometers away from it. Even with the speed of light, it would take an hour for the light to make it there. Humanity, in its attempt to evacuate its dying world, wouldn't have much hope of making it to here. Conventional drives would take years of travel. Thankfully, humanity would have their past heroes to make the process possible.
Saturn might not have had the glory that Jupiter has, but it makes up in other ways. Seemingly, it was just another gas giant in the galaxy. It was not a beautiful planet at all, but it had one thing that captured the hearts and minds of the former people of Earth......the rings. It was the rings that made the planet what it was. It measures over 100,000 kilometers long from the equator of the planet. It is surprisingly thin of less than 20 meters long, yet it captures our vision from vast distances. This ring of ice particles is surprisingly tiny. You could go through it and feel almost nothing. Yet Saturn is hungry. Possibly made by a destroyed moon that fragmented into dust particles, the planet is consuming its rings. It is expected that within over 100 million years, the rings will be no more. The beautiful world will just be an ordinary gas giant planet in the solar system.
Yet Saturn still holds gifts for humankind. The planet screeches, roars and screams at us. It hides numerous moons in its orbit. Over eighty moons circle around the ringed planet. We zoom by Enceladus, the icy moon of Saturn. Its sound is odd. It produces a reverberating echo of an electronic wind that blows going up and down. It is this moon where a research ship used to orbit. The reasons were evident at first. It was covered in frozen freshwater producing a pearly white and blue color. Where there is water, there is most likely life. Geysers erupt from it, expelling ice into the air as Saturn flexes it. There are signs that deep inside it, that life can exist. Sadly, that is not where we are supposed to go. Humanity is at war. The ship that studied it is gone. The Sol System is in danger of an invasion. The research will have to wait....
We hear a new sound, and it draws us closer. It is a drum-like sound. The electromagnetic particles radiated from it are steady. We travel to this fantastic rhythm. The screams of Saturn and the dull voice of Enceladus are instead drowned out by the amazing cheer of another moon. The drum continues to a steady beat. Another harmonic tune kicks in. It is as if the place that calls to us wants us to be there. The sound is beautiful. It is almost music that we can't ignore. We start to hear another series of thumps that comes with the moon that comes into our view.
We now see the cause of this fantastic rhythm. The moon that comes closer is the one that takes the stage and for the most significant reason of all. The drums sound like a beating heart. It is here that the amazing moon known as Titan comes into view. What is considered the second-largest moon in the Sol System, humanity has come to respect this satellite that orbits Saturn. The name is fitting. Named from Greek mythology, the Titans were the gods before the Olympians. The moon Titan is more massive than Mercury and should perhaps be considered a planet. The deep orange, blue, and yellow hue is an actual atmosphere.
We go to this moon for a good reason. The humans were smart to choose this world for a colony world. We fly through the thick Nitrogen atmosphere as the music continues. The atmosphere is so thick that it is producing a greenhouse effect. Much of the harmful radiation from the sun is taken out before it touches the surface. Ships are even instructed to travel slowly when venturing down the atmosphere. It is hoped that the thick atmosphere will provide some cover to the military base that exists there.
We can fly......yes the thick nitrogen that permeates the air, is met with the relatively smooth surface of the moon. The gravity is seemingly light being less than Luna. It is so light that the Nitrogen just hovers over the vast distance ranges. We then fly over lakes. The yellow and orange landscape is beautiful, surprisingly. The moon is so cold with temperatures that radiate minus 180 degrees Celsius that methane turns into a liquid. There is a climate on Titan, and actual rainstorms of liquid methane occur. The pressure is adequate for human life that only temperature and oxygen suits are needed to walk around the surface. Natural gas is everywhere. It is possible that life can exist on Titan. When the star begins to turn into a red giant, it is possible for this great moon to bare life even further as the moon gets hotter.
The music radiates through this beating landscape. The building blocks are present, and it was here that the United Human Navy would choose this moon as a base. After the famed Gabatrix Experiment of 2259, the growing Martian fleet needed to ensure that they had an emergency base of operations. What became known as the "Ring of Hope Program," the goal was to establish a colony on Titan. It would serve both as an emergency military base in case Mars is compromised, serve as a reserve base for the fleet, and help hold a small colony of people. Established in 2290, the military base and colony of Titan would be expanded in years to come.
We fly through the area easily over the small jutting hills and mountains to find this base under the thick atmosphere. The music starts to come to a close as we view the base as a whole. It is moderate in size. It is partially on the surface, and partly underground, and there is a large docking facility for the spaceships. The gravity is so light that it is perfect for the Martian warships to come and land. Since the air itself has so little oxygen, there is no fear of combustion. Ships can come and go with ease if they please. While spaceships can come and go, there is no gate array in orbit. Ships must open a gate to leave the area to help keep the area more isolated. The goal of the base is secrecy. Instead, one must fly in to see the spinning rotating centripetal habitat that supports the seven thousand people that live on the moon. With gravity so light, people must try to keep their bodies healthy. Even with the promises that Titan offers, there are still issues with it. Gravity is light, and health deteriorating effects are an issue. Thankfully, medical advances are there to help the population, and the station is designed to be self-sustaining even with its own hydroponics bays.
The outside of the spinning ring is a series of weapons arrays. Railguns, missile launchers, laser turrets, and flak turrets all dot the surrounding area ready to repel a small fleet of alien warships. The base would remain active through the whole mess that lies elsewhere.
It is here that we zoom into the vast hangar facility. We penetrate through the thick alloy of the hull to peer inside of it. When we look, we see at least ten giant docking housing pylons for the UHN Warships to rest comfortably. At least six of the docking pylons hold a UHN ship. The docking area is fitted perfectly for the vessel. Each UHN ship has a somewhat similar look to them. They are typically cylindrical looking while having a centripetal ring near the stern (aft) section. They connect to the Super Direct Fusion Drive modules that connect to the aft engine module. The ring, which carries most of the crew during their off-hours, is designed to generate gravity for the ship by centripetal force. With the gravity tugging down on the vessels, the rings were offline. Instead, the alcoves are dug in to allow the ships to rest their ventral side firmly on the pylons.
