=Callisto= 
One of the most heavily cratered object in the solar system, Callisto is a rocky, barren haven, far from the heart of the [[Jovian Republic]]. The furthest of the Galilean satellites and the one subject to the least amount of radiation, Callisto is dotted with city-states on and beneath the surface. While all are under the ostensible protection of the Jovian Republic, some are embraced by the Junta and others are considered a perpetual thorn in their side. The largest of these, Hyoden, is seen as an up-and-coming challenger to the Jovian stranglehold on [[Jupiter]] and its moons, while the leaders of another, Gerðr, ﬁght for the hearts and minds of its people.
==Hyoden== 
Hyoden’s population of about two million people was barely a hundredth of that ten years ago, as the station was stricken with labor shortages and poor supply lines from the inner system. Then the Fall occurred, and refugees that found a hostile reception in the inner system sought refuge in Jovian space. Not all of the refugees found the newly founded Republic’s ideology appealing; Hyoden welcomed these exiles with open arms, if not open hearts. Hyoden, formerly a humble research outpost formed by an alliance of Pacific Rim nations, was transformed into a sprawling metropolis almost overnight. Hyoden was blessed with native raw materials and the industrial base to utilize it, and many of the refugees that arrived as infomorphs were placed in synthetic morphs as soon as they were able, on the condition that they perform a three-year military service. Hyoden’s leadership remained one of the few city-states to refuse the Republic’s overtures and offers of protection. Fears of forced annexation pushed the Hyoden Settlement and Trade Committee to increasingly militarize their society and adopt a defensive posture toward the Republic.
Today, Hyoden is an independent and cosmopolitan transitional economy outpost of transhumanism. Aside from [[Europa]], it is one of the few places to ﬁnd uplifts, AGIs, and autonomists in the otherwise bioconservative Jovian system. Under Hyoden’s new social order, all citizens (either those reaching the age of majority or those successfully applying for citizenship) are obligated to perform a six-year military term before earning the right to legally fork or have offspring. This means that almost every citizen is fully trained in combat procedures and remains armed well after their obligatory term of service expires. All citizens not in the active military are assigned a militia based on the residential district in which they live. In the event that the Junta chooses to adopt an aggressive approach, Hyoden is ready. The city itself is studded with anti-air and anti-space weaponry, and clusters of missile silos around the city imply, if not explicitly state, that Hyoden is ready to use interlunar weaponry if need be. Should the Jovian Republic come to the colony’s doorstep, Hyoden’s own military creation, the [[Morphs#Fenrir|fenrir morph]], stands guard. A multi-ego morph that is akin to a tank, the fenrir hosts a devastating array of weaponry and can easily take on multiple opponents at once.
===Sidebar: Operation Vulture=== 
**To:** <Firewall Proxy Node 4378949998>
**From:** <encrypted>
I’ve just stumbled across a disturbing Security Council operation that appears to outline a Republic assault on Hyoden. It is no secret that many in the council viewed Hyoden’s transhuman presence as representing the wrong kind of message for other habitats on Callisto and in the Jovian region that are independent-minded. They believe it is time to bring the colony ﬁrmly under Republic control. The plan calls for numerous commando teams to inﬁltrate Hyoden over a matter of months, putting themselves in place to neutralize the station’s defensive and egocasting capabilities in conjunction with a Space Force assault.
The worrying thing is, there’s no indication whether this is just a potential plan drawn up for contingency reasons or whether the operation is already underway. There may be Jovian commandos in Hyoden as we speak.
==Gerðr== 
Gerðr, a prosperous city-state in and below the central impact pit of the Tindr crater, is a model of the Jovian Republic protectorate. It pays taxes regularly, obeys all Jovian laws (even the ones that nobody else does), and professes to share the same ideology. The meager industrial takings from the myriad mines below the surface are shuttled to the Jovian Republic’s collectors on time, every time. The Jovian Republic’s CDC and SCI secret police stalk through the streets of Gerðr with ease, ferreting out spies and meme-traitors. The Gerðr Central Planning Council, elected by the people of Gerðr and endorsed by the Jovian Republic, are puppet rulers passing on the words of the Jovian leadership. Gerðr is a model of Jovian hegemony.
Not for much longer, perhaps. If the current news is to be believed, the current Planning Council has had a change of heart, given long observation of their neighbors in Hyoden. Documents recently posted to Mesh Leaks indicate that the Planning Council has been secretly debating and putting into place a plan to get the Jovian Republic off their backs once and for all. Though possibly faked, the rumors are now ﬂying, and sources indicate the Security Council has launched an investigation. The leaked accounts raise more questions than they answer, as Gerðr doesn’t appear to have the industrial or military infrastructure to engage the Republic directly, nor is it clear that the population is entirely willing to go along with such a plan. Accusations are already ﬂying that the Planning Council is in league with the Hyoden Settlement and Trade Committee or that they are secretly agents for some other power such as the Titanians.
Tensions are rapidly brewing, and it is unclear how the situation will resolve. While a segment of the colony certainly remains in support of the Republic and now calls for the Planning Council to be recalled, there are many other people in Gerðr who are scared, terriﬁed that their neighbor, their brother, or their lover is a Jovian spy, and that the only thing between them and a midnight abduction and an eventual stay at the lovely Maui Patera Rehabilitation Center is silence. Years of repression have taken their toll. The leaked documents may be the spark that lets the ﬁres of revolution ﬂicker into life.

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