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|Subsector=[[Subsector Sol]]
|System=[[Sol System]]
|Population=Unknown
|Affiliation=[[Imperium]]
|Class=[[Gas Giant]] / [[Forge World]] / [[Mining World]]{{Fn|4}}
|Tithe Grade=Unknown
}}
'''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.
==Overview==
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]]'s warships.
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 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 Interceptor]]s to gargantuan hulls of [[Emperor Class Battleship]]s.{{Fn|1}}
Each of the Imperium's ship designs is associated with a single shipyard: the ''[[Emperor Class Battleship|Emperor]]'', ''[[Tyrant Class Cruiser|Tyrant]]'' and ''[[Dominator Class Cruiser|Dominator]]'' are typical of the spaceships produced at the Jovian shipyards.{{CME}}
==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|CME}}
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|5a}} Jupiter was subsequently reclaimed by the Imperium during the [[Great Scouring]] after the traitor defeat in the [[Siege of Terra]].{{Fn|6}}
At some point after the Heresy, Jupiter's orbital shipyards were subjected to the [[Jovian Purge]] by the [[Adeptus Custodes]], [[Ordo Malleus]], [[Sisters of Silence]], and [[Callidus Temple]] after [[Heretic]] elements were discovered there.{{Fn|9}}
==Overview==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]]'s warships. 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 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 Interceptor]]s to gargantuan hulls of [[Emperor Class Battleship]]s.{{Fn|1a}} Each of the Imperium's ship designs is associated with a single shipyard: the ''[[Emperor Class Battleship|Emperor]]'', ''[[Tyrant Class Cruiser|Tyrant]]'' and ''[[Dominator Class Cruiser|Dominator]]'' are typical of the spaceships produced at the Jovian shipyards.{{Cite This}} ==GeographySatellites==
===Moons===
*'''Ananke''' : This moon is known to have had habitats on its surface by the era of the [[Horus Heresy]].{{Fn|1a1}}*'''Iocaste''' : This moon is known to have had habitats on its surface by the era of the Horus Heresy.{{Fn|1a1}}*'''Europa''' : Located within the Galilean range, Europa had been geo-engineered into an ocean-moon by the Horus Heresy.{{Fn|1a1}}*'''Io''' : One of the moons in the Galilean range that had a seething orange mass by the Horus Heresy.{{Fn|1a1}}*'''[[Ganymede (Moon)|Ganymede]]''' : Another of the moons of Jupiter with the shipyards centering around it as well as the dozen other smaller moons.{{Fn|1a1}} It has since been transformed into a [[Hub-Fortress]] for the [[Indomitus Crusade]].{{Fn|8}}*'''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.{{Fn|1a1}}*'''Callisto''' : A moon of Jupiter known to hold residential orbitals above its surface by the Horus Heresy.{{Fn|1bCME}}
*''' Lysithea''': Moon of Jupiter that during the [[Age of Strife]] was occupied by [[Xenos]]. The moon was liberated by forces of the early [[Raven Guard|XIXth Legion]] during the [[Great Crusade]].{{Fn|7}}
===Orbitals===
*'''Polar Shoal City-Stations''': Vast space colony conglomerations that spread across Jupiter's northern pole. Home to the ruling class of Jupiter.{{Fn|5b}}
*'''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|1a1}}
*'''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}}
*'''Platform XI''': Orbital shipyard that was the site of the [[Jovian Purge]].{{Fn|9}}
===Other===
*'''The Caul''': Sphere of debris that surrounds Jupiters Jupiter's 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|5b}}
==See also==
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Nemesis (Novel)]]**{{Endn|1a}}: {{Cite This}}, pg. 83**{{Endn|1b}}: {{Cite This}}, pg. 87Chapter Six
*{{Endn|2}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book One - Betrayal]], pg. 18
*3: [[Praetorian of Dorn (Novel)]]:
**{{Endn|3a}}: Part 2, Chapter 3
**{{Endn|3b}}: Part 4, Chapter 1
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Codex: Adeptus Custodes (8th Edition)]], pg. 29
*5: [[The Solar War (Novel)]]:
**{{Endn|5a}}: Chapter 14
**{{Endn|5b}}: 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
*{{Endn|9}}: [[Codex: Adeptus Custodes (10th Edition)]], pg. 11
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