Ironwake
Industrial or Resource · Metallic Moon
A Kharadi concession stripping iron and nickel from an airless inner moon to feed the foundries of the Grasp.
Overview
The Record
Ironwake feeds the foundries of the Grasp with iron and nickel taken from a moon being steadily opened by excavation. Its principal pits occupy the broad face held toward Oranth, where extraction hubs connect buried crew shelters to exposed workings.
The 18,000 people assigned to Ironwake maintain an industrial operation, not a permanent mining society comparable to Mordane. They live behind pressure walls and dust controls, while most of the moon remains machinery, cut rock, stockpiles, and transport infrastructure.
Ironwake operates as a concession within Kharad’s industrial sphere. Its value lies in dependable bulk metal close to the Grasp’s foundries; its limit is the environment that makes every shift dependent on sealed shelter, radiation protection, and routes kept clear of metallic dust.
Political Relationships
Standing
Standing at a Glance
- Civilization Status
- Industrial
- Heraldic Standing
- No Unified Mark
- Principal Power
- Kharad
Ironwake is operated as an industrial concession within Kharad’s sphere. The concession grants extraction authority but does not make Ironwake a sovereign holding or an independent mining realm. Kharad remains the principal power behind the operation, and the concession’s rights do not extend beyond the work it authorizes.
Physical Characteristics
Ground and Sky
- Diameter340 km
- Mass0.000007704 Earth masses
- Gravity0.02 g
Ironwake has no breathable atmosphere. Its 18,000 workers live in pressurized excavation hubs and buried shelters isolated from the metallic dust generated by mining. Radiation, vacuum, and strong temperature changes make the exposed surface continuously hazardous, so pressure compartments and dust control are basic conditions of operation rather than emergency measures.
Orbit and Time
Path Around Oranth
- Orbital Order23
- Orbital Radius455,000 km
- Orbital Period1.145 days
- Rotation27.48 hours
- Inclination0.06 degrees
- Eccentricity0.003
Ironwake is tidally stabilized, rotating once during each 1.145-standard-day orbit with its broadest excavated face held toward Oranth. Reflected blue-gold light reaches the principal pits, but frequent eclipses interrupt it. Work schedules follow extraction and radiation conditions rather than the alternating light, and crews treat an eclipse as an operational change rather than a night.
Travel
Travel Notes
Approach on Kharadi concession clearance naming an excavation hub and transfer window. Metallic dust can obscure markers and foul exposed systems, while the eclipse schedule changes surface operating conditions. Visitors may not cross an active pit, enter a haul route, or leave the assigned pressure network without local authorization.