Nix
Nix | ||
Photograph of Nix | ||
Interstellar Zone | ||
Government: | Stateless; de-facto corporate rule | |
Demonym: | Nictian | |
Geography | ||
Located: | Kuiper Belt | |
Planet: | Pluto | |
System: | Solar System | |
Avg. distance from Earth: | 4.28-7.5 billion km | |
Demographics | ||
Population: | 100,000 | |
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Nix is one of the smaller moons of Pluto and the third moon by distance. An asteroid caught in Pluto's gravitational pull, Nix was mined off all valuable resources and hollowed out by the mid 25th Century. In the 33rd Century the asteroid was refurbished to serve as a drydock for Pluto's small merchant fleet and to service off-world vessels in need of repair. That was until the Gorgon partriach bet Nix on a table in the casinos of Rhea and lost it to a Saturnian corporate executive. Since then, Nix has changed hands several times between various Saturnian corporations with it currently being in the hands of Kronos Shipping, a moderately successful corporation. Nix is welcome to all ships from around the Solar System, and sometimes, the amount of ships overload Nix. The little moon is a hub of activity but is largely automated nowadays, as Kronos Shipping sees it as more efficient than sending workers from Saturn. Hired Plutonian workers are present, but their role is largely minimal in maintaining Nix.