Tycho Colony (WW3 Era)

Tycho Colony
British Overseas Territory
Official Name	Tycho Colony
Primary Language	English
Motto	TBD
Area	22,700 Square Kilometers
Politics
Owner	United Kingdom
Governing Body	Governor and Council of Ministers
Government Type	Dependency under a Constitutional Monarchy
Head of State	Queen Elizabeth II
Head of Government	Governor Natalie Bass
History
Established	1984 (construction began in 1980)
Demographics
Population	22,485

The Tycho Colony is the United Kingdom's primary facility on Luna. Located in the southern hemisphere of Luna's near side, it always has line of sight to Earth.

Layout

Old Colony

When someone refers to the 'Old Colony' what they are actually referring to is the first round of subterranean habitats built into Tycho Crater's central mountain peak. Historically, this is actually the second colony, as the first was the original exploration base that remains near the spaceport. The Old Colony consists of a 6-level underground facility, with 2 levels above ground level and 3 below ground.

Sublevel 3

By far the most expansive level, sublevel 3 is dedicated entirely to maintenance facilities, piping, power lines, and all the behind the scenes things that keep everything above it functioning. It is a tangled maze of crawlspaces, pipes, treatment vats, transformers, and a nightmarish array of more than 30 years of replaced-in-place-and-bypassed hardware. Consequently, Sublevel 3 is also home to the Colony's criminal underground, with illegal operations scattered all over the Escheresque floor.

Colony Expansion

The Colony Expansion levels are a separate array of subsurface construction, created during the 1990s as the population of the colony began to rise. Unlike the original colony which was constructed in and under the central peak of the Crater, the Colony Expansion consists of several domes at surface level and an extensive array of new subsurface tunnels. These are connected to the old colony through surface and subsurface rail links. The domes are primarily used as recreational areas and for agriculture, while the subsurface tunnels contain housing, life support infrastructure, and associated facilities.

At present there are currently 6 surface domes, and a 5-layer-deep grid of housing tunnels.

Exterior Facilities

The exterior facilities of the Colony are those that are at the surface level and separate from the Old Colony and the Colony Expansion. These are primarily greenhouses for food production, solar power facilities, communications arrays, and the spaceport.

Colonial Enclaves

The Colonial Enclaves are several small, privately-owned facilities within the Tycho Colony's jurisdiction that are technically separate from the colony infrastructure.

• A few privately-owned residential compounds
• Solar Dynamics R&D Facility
• Yang Enterprises Astroconstruction Test Yard

Governance

Political System

Governor: Her Excellency Dame Natalie Bass, appointed representative of the British Crown. De-facto head of state for the colony. Appointed 2010. Cabinet:

• Minister ABC 123
• Minister ABC 123
• Minister William Dayton Forest

Notable People

The Right Honorable, The Viscount of Luna Darian Goodwin Watson Sanderson, Viscount Sanderson of Luna. Life Peer in the House of Lords.