Alphonsus Complex

In 2092, the Republic of Luna has over 1.3 million citizens spread out among four major population centers. In the north, Kyoto is the largest city of Copernicus Complex (109K); Alphonsus Complex (495K) consists of four major settlements, Aldrin Station being the largest; and to the south, Shennong is the dominant city in Tycho Crater Complex (607K). And finally, on the Far Side, Icarus Crater contains Gagarin (67K). Another 48 thousand citizens live in small settlements scattered along the Trans Lunar Highway, most clustered near the major complexes.

Located in the Four Craters Region, Alphonsus Complex is composed of New London in the heart of Central Peak, Aldrin Station carved in the eastern section of Rim Mountain, Prattville in the rim to the south, and Summerhaven to the north. A myriad of smaller settlements and mining operations are scattered across the craters floor and eastward, well out on the mineral-rich Central Highlands.

Encompassing over 22,000 square miles, the Central Highlands is roughly bordered by the Four Craters, Ptolemaeus in the northwest, Albategnius to the northeast, Alphonsus to the west, and Arzachel to the southwest. Composed of thick layers of material ejected at the craters birth, subsequent smaller impacts shaped the area into a tortured landscape of shear cliffs and deep fissures.

The Trans Lunar Highway forms the backbone of the Republic of Luna and is the only roadway wide enough for two mining convoys to pass side by side along its entire length. The TLH winds some 1360 miles, from Kyoto past Aldrin Station and south to Scottsbluff, Salvation Rock and Shennong. It transects the Central Highlands north and east of Alphonsus Complex.

TLH may be the biggest but there are literally hundreds of thousands of smaller routes crisscrossing the lunar surface ranging from a single cycle track in the wilderness to truck routes servicing mines and other more substantial settlements.