Chyron is the largest moon orbiting Perune. Chyron is similar to Coruscant in that its surface is entirely overgrown with city sprawl. Unlike Coruscant, city development is a recent endeavour and many sectors of the city are still swampland construction zones. It is however the most important financial and trading center in the system. Due to careless planning and poor soil many of the basic supplies to support its rather vast and quickly growing population have to be imported.
Description
Chyron is a budding ecumenopolis under the control and leadership of Chancellor Jorm Na'trej. All of its land masses have been covered by overlaying structures during the last decades and its bodies of water drained. Unlike the fully developed cities of Coruscant and Nar Shaddaa, the moon’s development is far from complete. This leaves both fully developed areas and construction zones at varying levels of completion to be the main terrain of the small moon.
The parts of the city that have been substantially developed were formed only over a handful of decades and its structures are of a typical Imperial style. Because of the labor intensive nature and economics involved in trying to expand the city over the moon’s surface, most of the current work is taking place in already developed sectors. Because of this most of the developed sectors have seen a more vertical expansion, with newer layers having been built on top of existing, older ones.
Because of the moon’s previous ecology, a relatively large food chain was present. However, many species have gone extinct over the years through a combination of causes that include ‘pest control’ and pollution from the evergrowing ecumenopolis. The Syndicate doesn’t concern itself much with what happens beneath the city. What is known is that underneath the cityscape, a boundless swamp stretches across most of the moon, populated by various species of wild animals. Heavy blast doors and guarded stations have been set up in the more "important" sectors, leaving the less fortunate at risk of being overrun by savage predators.
Geography
Because of the perilous nature of seas and lakes, most of these natural bodies of water have been drained, and their water transported to artificial basins underneath the cityscape. These drained water floors have given way to naturally expanding marshlands. Even underneath the most developed sectors, you can still find vast swamps - the original terrain of the moon.
Chyron has been divided into several sectors, each, in turn, making up several quadrants. The most developed quadrants can be found in the northeastern parts of the world. The southwestern parts are home to vast abandoned construction sites where parts of the swamp have slowly started to reclaim the artificial landscape.
In addition to the map-like sectors and quadrants, one could divide the moon vertically. This leads to three arbitrarily defined, yet distinct levels. From the ground up — the Under Level, which is often associated with the swamps underneath the cityscape; the Lower Level, also known as the primary level since it is the most commonly developed moon-wide; and the Upper Level, which due to ongoing construction of the city can currently only be found in the Imperial Quadrant.
With the ecumenopolis resting on three artificial landmasses making up the lower levels of the moon, there were various bridges constructed that serve as both, means of physical connectors between the sectors of Chyron as well as hubs for public transportation in form of air taxies, additionally a yet unfinished mag train system can be found on the moon.
Climate
Because of the Imperialization policy set forth during the height of the Imperial Era, a series of orbital mirrors were put into place that reflected Perune’s warmth and light. Building a ‘’Little Coruscant’’ is however time-consuming, labor-intensive, and economically troubling, even for the Empire itself.
Because of this many of Chyron's sectors lack the ecological developments seen on Coruscant. Pollution is a frequent problem, with thick bands of smog and acid rain showers occurring over the lesser-developed zones.
Cities
Because the moon ‘is’ the city, this proved to be quite the administrative challenge, even for well-trained Imperial settlers. The city was divided into several quadrants, each in turn further divided into sectors. Listed below are some of the more notable ones.
The Imperial Quadrant
political Map of the Imerpial Quadrant
The Imperial Sector
Officially known as "Sector 001", the Imperial Sector was the primary focus during the formative years of the Imperial occupation. One of the few complete sectors on the moon, the Imperial Sector is comprised of sleek buildings while being the undisputed hub on Chyron as it likewise is the largest and most populated sector of the habituated areas of the city moon.
Originally meant to provide the Empire with a seat of power in the system it has become the official government district for the former occupying forces that are now in control the system and from where the Ky'Lian Clan controls the monetary gain of the system: the Clouzon-36 gas provided by Perune.
It is also the only sector to hold direct access to the moon's immense Power Generators located beneath the moon’s surface. The so-called works are a highly sensitive area of the moon and thus are heavily guarded by the Sector authorities with not even members of Taldryan are allowed to enter without proper summons from the local government.
A Spaceport large enough to serve both civilian and military ships can also be found among the imperial-era architecture on its southern borders
Consortium of free Merchants Sector
"Sector 003" is located southern and slightly to the west of the Imperial Sector. Divided into several levels it is probably the most busiest part of Chyron at all times, being home to various commercial plazas making it comparable to the Great Galactic Market on Coruscant the sector streets owing to its nickname "Consortium of Free Merchants", a group of merchants from all over the Outer Rim settling on Chyron when the system proclaimed its independence from the major parties. Likewise the sector holds restaurants, casinos, night clubs and tapcafes as well as storehouses,factories and other locations one would likely expect in seedy areas where a large variety of goods can be found, some more common - and legal - than others.
Located at the south-eastern end of the Sector, lies the Surkal Spaceport, which is the largest spaceport on the moon but compared to the two other official spaceports it lacks any docking areas for capital ships. Local businesses line the sector streets owing to its nickname "Consortium of Free Merchants", a group of merchants from all over the Outer Rim settling on Chyron when the system proclaimed its independence from the major parties. A large variety of goods can be found here, some more common - and legal - than others.
Despite officially falling under the jurisdiction of the moon’s security forces, the Consortium has its own security personnel in the form of mercenaries that may cause more harm than good.
Taldryan Sector
Though being a former part of the Imperial Sector, the sector now under control of the Taldryan Republic is the least populated area of ecumenopolis, granting them control over a sector with only little infrastructure except for a capital ship grade spaceport on its northern borders and some military facilities other than the buildings still under construction. However this too leaves the Republic now under control of the sector with most freedom as to how it will shape the sector in the future.
Just like in the Sector under control of the Consortium of free Merchants, the members of Taldryan were allowed to deploy their own security forces within the sector they set home on, though the official jurisdiction remains at the Caelus Security Forces at all times.
ExpArcology Sector
- "ExpArcology. Because we're doing this live, choombattas!"
- ―Jorm Na'trej
The infamous words of the Chyron Chancellor certainly ring true when looking into what was once the former Taldryan Sector on the city moon of Chyron.
The rechristened ExpArcology Sector is the testbed for the bleeding edge in city-world construction, and contains several experimental arcology designs up to and including towers grown from plant matter over steel and infrastructure cores, as well as the millions of people inhabiting and stress testing these prototypes before proliferation across all of Chyron and possibly beyond.
In the center of the Sector stands the steel skeleton tower in the process of being overgrown by shaped trees, a joint project of Wookiee and Ithorian scientists and testament to the plans and willpower of the Chyron people.
The Junk Quadrant
Map of the Junk Quadrant
Unlike the more prestigious Imperial Quadrant, the aptly named "Junk Quadrant" is a downtrodden, heavily polluted area. Barely any city development has taken place here leaving its unfortunate residents close to the original marshland surface.
The Dark Sector
Criminality was nonexistent in the Imperial Quadrant, and with good reason. The Dark Sector, officially "Sector 999" is the abode of those of a more criminal persuasion.
Notable Landmarks
History
Pre-Taldryan
Chyron before the EmpireBefore the incursion of the Empire in the Caelus System, Chyron's surface consisted largely of jungles and oceans with predators roaming the seemingly endless wilderness.
Age of the Empire Era
At some point between the Battle of Yavin and the system's discovery, the local imperial leaders faced a shortcut in possible living space for the growing number of imperial workers. To counter that different plans were made, including the colonization of one of the planet’s habitable moons. Analyses were made and with Chyron offering the most stable environment, the colonizing of the the moon was initiated. During the following years, the population continued to spread and so did the development of the city.
New Republic Era
Though by the time of the fall of the Empire large parts of the moon were covered by city sprawls, these came at a high cost. To keep the costs down, most of the construction was rushed and done with substandard materials, causing signs of decay to dot the surface where no constant maintenance was kept up.
Thirty years after the Battle of Endor, when the second generation of local leadership took over, the city development was still far from being finished, though several of the construction sites have been taken over by outside groups such as the the Consortium of free Merchants.
Behind the Scenes
Original Imperial plans were to build a second, albeit smaller Coruscant. Unfinished construction projects and a non-developed surface led to a planet that resembles Taris in a combination of both its pre- and post-destroyed states following the Destruction of Taris more than it does a finished moon-wide city like Nar Shaddaa.