Europa

Europa

Europa is the smallest of Jupiter's four Galilean moons and the sixth-largest moon in the Solar System. It has a smooth icy surface with few craters and is believed to harbor a subsurface ocean of liquid water. The game features 9 habitation sites on Europa.

Basic Information

Parameter	Value
Diameter	3,121.6 km
Orbits	Jupiter
Orbital Period	3.55 Earth days
Distance from Jupiter	670,900 km
Atmosphere	Extremely tenuous oxygen
Habitation Sites	9
Satellites	None
Available Orbits	LowEuropaOrbit MediumEuropaOrbit HighEuropaOrbit

Mining Sites

Notes:

• Negative values are not a bug, the game actually sets the median to a negative value to make it incredibly unlikely for the site to have a positive mine output. But note that the actual mined amount cannot actually be negative.
• Blank values indicate that the site can never produce this resource. In contrast, 0 indicates that there is still up to 50% chance for the site to produce the resource.
• Values shown do not take into account the final capping of the Noble Metals output to just 1/2 or 1/3 of the Base Metals output.
• Top 50% Mean is the average value of the top 50% of possible rolls. It is also a much looser estimate than the median because it cannot handle edge cases such as where the mininum value is too close to the median value.

MedianTop 50% Mean

Site Name	Parent Body	Mining Profile	Max Hab Tier	Median Resources (after Mass/Density Modifiers)
Annwn Regio	Europa	Icy Planetoid	4	100	35	5	0	0
Rathmore Chaos	Europa	Diverse Icy Planetoid	4	75	25	15	8	0
Argadnel Regio	Europa	Diverse Icy Planetoid	4	75	25	15	8	0
Powys Regio	Europa	Rocky Planetoid	4	40	20	25	10	0
Dyfed Regio	Europa	Rocky Planetoid	4	40	20	25	10	0
Balgatan Regio	Europa	Rocky Planetoid	4	40	20	25	10	0
Moytyra Regio	Europa	Icy Planetoid	4	100	35	5	0	0
Tara Regio	Europa	Icy Planetoid	4	100	35	5	0	0
Falga Regio	Europa	Diverse Icy Planetoid	4	75	25	15	8	0
Total: 9 Hab Sites				645	240	135	54	0

Site Name	Parent Body	Mining Profile	Max Hab Tier	Estimated Top 50% Mean Resources (after Mass/Density Modifiers)
Annwn Regio	Europa	Icy Planetoid	4	102.5	37.5	11.429	2.5	0.063
Rathmore Chaos	Europa	Diverse Icy Planetoid	4	77.5	33.571	28.333	12.286	0.5
Argadnel Regio	Europa	Diverse Icy Planetoid	4	77.5	33.571	28.333	12.286	0.5
Powys Regio	Europa	Rocky Planetoid	4	42.5	22.5	33.571	14.286	0.667
Dyfed Regio	Europa	Rocky Planetoid	4	42.5	22.5	33.571	14.286	0.667
Balgatan Regio	Europa	Rocky Planetoid	4	42.5	22.5	33.571	14.286	0.667
Moytyra Regio	Europa	Icy Planetoid	4	102.5	37.5	11.429	2.5	0.063
Tara Regio	Europa	Icy Planetoid	4	102.5	37.5	11.429	2.5	0.063
Falga Regio	Europa	Diverse Icy Planetoid	4	77.5	33.571	28.333	12.286	0.5
Total: 9 Hab Sites				667.5	280.714	220	87.214	3.688

Strategic Value

Europa's subsurface ocean makes it one of the most promising locations for potential extraterrestrial life. Its water ice resources are valuable for sustaining human presence in the outer Solar System.

SPOILERS INSIDE!
Human expansion to the Jovian system often prompts a violent Alien response.