Life & Temperatures on Titan

[AlexanderHowl]

Orbital platforms are probably more useful to the defense of Titan from external enemies rather than the suppression of dissidents. In general, the larger the nail, the larger the hammer, and dissidents are very small nails. A dedicated anti-terrorism police force making up 0.01% of the total population would be capable of dealing with most dissidents (~650 people if Titan possesses a population of ~6.5 million).

One possible issue with Titan is that the atmosphere is suffocating and toxic (Titan possesses hydrogen cyanide storms), giving it an overall Habitability of -1. If we assume that Titan possesses a RVM of +0, giving it an Affinity of -1, that would suggest that the sustainable population of Titan at TL10 is 1.6 million (10 million for Affinity -1 times 0.16 for the area of Titan), much less than the suggested 6.5 million. The population would be horrifically poor by TL10 standards, as the average income would be $11,500 due to low affinity and overpopulation ($67,000 for TL10 x 0.7 for Affinity -1 x 0.246 for exceeding carrying capacity by over 300%). Even if we proposed a RVM of +1, increasing Affinity to +0, the population would still be poor because of low affinity and overpopulation, with average incomes of $23,000.