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'''Jupiter''' is a [[Forge World]] and [[Mining 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.
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'''Jupiter''' is a [[Forge World]] and [[Mining 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.
==History==
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|2}} The Human '''[[Jovian Void Clans]]''' were utilized by the Emperor during the Great Crusade.{{Fn|3a}} During the Great Crusade the Jovian Clans and their shipyards gained fame for producing massive amounts of high-quality warships thanks to technology they guarded even from the [[Mechanicum]].{{Fn|}}
During the [[Horus Heresy]] Jupiter was the center of [[Rogal Dorn]]'s third defensive sphere under the command of [[Imperial Fists]] Captain [[Efried]]. In the later stages of the [[Solar War]], the massive array of moons and orbital habitations of Jupiter were captured by [[Iron Warriors]] forces led by [[Perturabo]]. Instead of reducing every pocket of loyalist resistance or wasting his time during his drive to Terra to occupy the many habitation zones around Jupiter, Perturabo instead unleashed fleets of [[Pirate]]s, traitor [[Imperial Army]], [[Night Lords]], and [[Emperor's Children]] to terrorize and subdue the region.{{Fn|55a}} Jupiter was subsequently reclaimed by the Imperium during the [[Great Scouring]] after the traitor defeat in the [[Siege of Terra]].{{Fn|6}}
==Overview==
===Orbitals===
*'''Polar Shoal City-Stations''': Vast space colony conglomerations that spread across Jupiter's northern pole. Home to the ruling class of Jupiter.{{Fn|5a5b}}
*'''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 giant's industrial and colonial cohorts, the station had been a resort platform 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]].{{Fn|1a}}
*'''Kadal''': Satellite munitions fortress. It was the site of an [[Alpha Legion]]-instigated anti-Imperial revolt during the [[Horus Heresy]]. Subsequently destroyed during the [[Solar War]].{{Fn|3b}}
===Other===
*'''The Caul''': Sphere of debris that surrounds Jupiters shipyards which extends deep into space in every direction. This debris field is home to mazes of equatorial breaker yards that gather scrap and dissemble or retrofit vessels.{{Fn|5a5b}}
==Related Articles==
==Sources==
*1: [[Nemesis (Novel)]] by [[James Swallow]]
**{{Endn|1a}}: {{Cite This}}, pg. 83
**{{Endn|1b}}: {{Cite This}}, pg. 87
**{{Endn|3b}}: Part 4, Chapter 1
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Codex: Adeptus Custodes (8th Edition)]], pg. 29
*{{Endn|5}}: [[The Solar War (Novel)]] - **{{Endn|5a}}: Chapter 14**{{Endn|5a5b}}: Chapter 16
*{{Endn|6}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook]] pg. 124
*{{Endn|7}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book Three - Extermination]] pg.131
*{{Endn|8}}: [[White Dwarf November 2019]] , pg.47
===Uncited===
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*[[White Dwarf 139 (UK)]] and [[White Dwarf 140 (UK)|140 (UK)]], ''Imperial Spaceships'' by Jervis Johnson, Andy Jones, Simon Forrest, Rick Priestley
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