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{{GalaxyPortal}}{{AdeptusMechanicusPortalcite}}'''Jupiter''' is a forge-world [[Forge World]] in the [[Sol System ]] and, as with all forge-worlds,it is a vast manufacturing center. It is the base of the orbital [[Jovian ]] shipyards. 

During the [[Age of Strife]], Jupiter's moons became occupied by cruel [[Xenos]] overlords which enslaved the human inhabitants. These moons were not liberated from alien control until the coming of the [[Emperor]] in the early days of the [[Great Crusade]].{{Fn|32}}

The space docks and workshops that circle Jupiter, like a ring of moons, are home to the millions of technomat and drone [[Servitor]]s that work under the supervision of [[Tech-priest#Artisan|Artisan]] and [[Tech-priest#Rune Priest|Rune Priest]] Tech-priests to build the [[Imperial Navy|Imperium]]'s warships]]. Each ship is a vast undertaking, taking generations. Many of those working on it will live and die during its construction, never seeing the magnificent warship they proudly struggled so hard to create.{{Cite This}}

It is known that as far back as the [[Horus Heresy]], Jupiter held industrial and colonial cohorts with clouds of satellites along with Trojan asteroids containing human colonies, factories along with forges. The Jovian colonies were powered by the radiation that surged from the massive planet and much of the industry fed on the mineral riches that had been yielded from centuries of exploitation , with its full potentially potential having not been fully exhausted. Due to these factors, Jupiter served as [[Terra]]'s shipyards and its skies were always filled with starships with spacedocks and fabricatories around the various moons that worked tirelessly to construct anything from single manned [[Raven interceptors Interceptor]]s to gargantuan hulls of [[Emperor-class ]] command carrier battleships[[battleship]]s.^2-p83{{Fn|1a}}

Each of the Imperium's ship designs is associated with a single shipyard: the ''[[Emperor Class Battleship|Emperor]]''Emperor, '']], [[Tyrant Class Cruiser|Tyrant]]''Tyrantand '']] and [[Dominator Class Cruiser|''Dominator]]'']] are typical of the spaceships produced at the Jovian shipyards.{{Cite This}}

*'''Ananke''' : This moon is known to have had habitats on its surface by the era of the [[Horus Heresy]].^2-p83 {{Fn|1a}}*'''Iocaste''' : This moon is known to have had habitats on its surface by the era of the Horus Heresy.^2-p83 {{Fn|1a}}*'''Europa''' : Located within the Galilean range, this Europa had been geo-engineered into an ocean-moon by the Horus Heresy.^2-p83 {{Fn|1a}}*'''Io''' : One of the moons in the Galilean range that had a seething orange mass by the Horus Heresy.^2-p83{{Fn|1a}}*'''Ganymede''' : Another of the moons of Jupiter with the shipyards centering around it as well as the dozen other smaller moons.^2-p83{{Fn|1a}}*'''Thule''' : An asteroid moon that served as the clandestine shipyard for the ''[[Furious Abyss]]'' and was destroyed by [[Dark Mechanicus|renegade members]] of the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] during the Horus Heresy.^2-p83{{Fn|1a}}*'''Callisto''' : A moon of Jupiter known to hold residential orbitals above its surface by the Horus Heresy.^2-p87{{Fn|1b}}

*'''Saros Station''' : This space station in orbit around Jupiter resembled a vast spindle bathing in crimson glow which made it appear as if it were crystal chandelier that had been severed from its mounting and thus cast free into the void. Unlike the majority of the gas giants giant's industrial and colonial cohorts, the station had been a resort platform by before the Horus Heresy , where the Jovian elite found respite as well as diversion from the works of the shipyards and manufactories. It was said that only the Venus orbitals could surpass Saros Station in luxury with its avenues of gold and silver, null-gardens, auditoriums along with the finest opera houses outside the [[Imperial Palace]].^2-p83{{Fn|1a}}

*^{{Endn|1}}: [[Nemesis (Novel)]] by [[James Swallow]]**{{Endn|1a}}: {{Cite This}}, pg. 83**{{Endn|1b}}: {{Cite This}}, pg. 87*{{Endn|2}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book One - Betrayal]], pg. 18===Uncited==={{Uncited}}*[[White Dwarf 139 (UK)]] and [[White Dwarf 140 (UK)|140 (UK)]], ''Imperial Spaceships'' by Jervis Johnson, Andy Jones, Simon Forrest, Rick Priestley*²: [[Nemesis (Novel)]], p. 83*{{Endn|3}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book One - Betrayal]] pg.18