Europa
STAR SYSTEM: Sol (Jupiter)
ALTERNATE NAME: Jupiter II
FORMAL NAME: Earth Base Europa
CAPITOL: Europa Station
MOONS: N/A
PREDOMINATE SPECIES
European Sea Life
Europa is the largest moon of the planet Jupiter and the current site of a scientific research center managed by the United Earth Ministry of Science. Europa has a long history of study by Earth, beginning with the Pioneer 10 probe in 1973 followed by a dozen additional surveys and expeditions over the next fifty years.
Star System Profile
Comparative Moons of Jupiter
In 2028, the Europa Mission, commanded by Renée Picard, discovered extra-terrestrial sea life under the Europan ice. The following year, living microbes were discovered on the nearby volcanic moon of Io. The unique nature of the Io microbes, as well as previously unknown enzymes and chemicals produced by the Europan aquatics, helped end climate change on Earth and restore the environment through a reversal of O-Zone depletion and the Greenhouse Effect.
Europa Station on the surface of Europa with Io above.
At present Europa hosts a single scientific research station known as "Europa Base" whose primary function is to monitor sea life activity, as well as analyze under-ice tidal patterns caused by gravity from the nearby moon of Io.