Rimehold
Industrial or Resource · Icy Moon
A remote icy fuel works whose storage caverns and loading stations provision the long-range convoys connecting the Far Reach.
Overview
The Record
Rimehold provisions the vessels that keep the Far Reach connected. Its works process material from the ice-rich body into fuel stores for long-range ships and for convoys serving settlements too distant to rely on frequent resupply.
The facility’s 31,000 workers live in sealed caverns beside processing, storage, and loading systems. Production runs continuously, but traffic arrives in waves: inventories accumulate between departures, then move rapidly when an Edrane-coordinated convoy assembles.
Rimehold belongs to Edrane’s outer-system supply network. Edrane coordinates the convoy schedule and the wider routes; facility crews operate the works themselves. The moon’s value lies in stored supply at the point where a long voyage needs it, which also means a failed plant, contaminated reserve, or missed loading window can delay destinations far beyond Rimehold.
Political Relationships
Standing
Standing at a Glance
- Civilization Status
- Industrial
- Heraldic Standing
- No Unified Mark
- Principal Power
- Edrane
Rimehold belongs to an Edrane-coordinated outer-system supply network. Edrane organizes convoy schedules, route priorities, and external protection, while facility crews operate production, storage, and loading. The arrangement is industrial rather than sovereign: Rimehold has no civic government or unified mark of its own.
Physical Characteristics
Ground and Sky
- Diameter340 km
- Mass0.000002465 Earth masses
- Gravity0.01 g
Rimehold is airless except for temporary clouds of water vapor and fuel-processing exhaust near active facilities. Its 31,000 workers live in sealed habitation and storage caverns within the ice-rich body. Exterior operations require full pressure protection and current exhaust-clearance data.
Orbit and Time
Path Around Oranth
- Orbital Order843
- Orbital Radius15,600,000 km
- Orbital Period229.84 days
- Rotation22.3 hours
- Inclination8.4 degrees
- Eccentricity0.047
Rimehold rotates every 22.3 standard hours. Exterior lighting changes with that rotation, but the industrial clock follows convoy arrivals: fuel accumulates between departures, while storage checks and loading activity increase sharply before long-range vessels leave.
Travel
Travel Notes
Approach on the current Edrane-coordinated supply schedule and use the assigned loading station. Water vapor, processing exhaust, and active freight movements can close a local approach even though the body itself is airless. Passenger facilities are limited; vessels not taking fuel or delivering approved stores may be held clear during convoy loading.