Panath

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(IIIa) Panath (UWP G100365-8, orbiting at 35 Diameters/335,000 km)

There is a very profitable hazardous waste storage facility hidden deep under the surface of this moon. Vast catacombs, cut through stone filled with toxic waste consigned here for eternity. The local Morrow (world) government charges a competitive fee, for accepting tons of radioactive, chemical and industrial waste. Sealed vaults are cordoned off, the personnel live around the spaceport, on the other hemisphere of the moon. Discrete shipments arrive in system to make delivers to this tiny facility. Automated systems transfer shielded cargo modules onto a subterranean rapid transit rail system. They are unloaded and placed into vast silos of deep compartments. Only, very rarely do humans have to venture into this lethal environment to make repairs, if things ever go amiss. A small penal colony provides the manual labor to handle these issues.