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The Jupiter Ignition Project was a proposed endeavor by the UFSS scientific community to turn the planet Jupiter into a brown dwarf.

Origins

The idea of turning Jupiter into a second sun is an old one, going far back to the 20th Century. The idea became popular in the science fiction novel 2010: Odyssey Two. The idea gained traction near the turn of the tenth millennium when a team orbiting a J-Class planet Occam managed to successfully 'ignite' the planet and turned it into a dim brown dwarf, which in turn made a few of Occam's moons habitable and terraformable.

Resurrection

With the success of Occam's Star, many others began refining the technology and successfully ignited other suitable J-Class worlds, including a few rogue planets. On July 5, 9999, a motion was put on the ballot during the Federation campaigns that would allow for the ignition of Jupiter. The ignition would mean that heat would warm the four Galilean moons more naturally.

Controversy

Controversy surrounded the proposed project. Many who opposed the project pointed to the Metallica Incident in which a botched ignition caused the disruption of the entire star system, including a populated human colony world. Many of the planets in the system were thrown out of orbit. Others pointed out that Jupiter was a historic landmark, so to speak. It was one of the oldest worlds known to humanity and many believed igniting it would be akin to destroying something like the old Statue of Liberty on Earth.

Outcome

Due to the controversy and opposition, the project was scrapped. Instead, the technology was used to continue and ignite many large gas giants, creating new inhabitable worlds out of the moons.

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+{{BorealisUniverse}}
-The Jupiter Ignition Project is a proposed endeavor by members of the [[Confederacy of Humanity|Confederacy of Humanity's]] scientific community to turn the planet [[Jupiter]] into a brown dwarf.
+{{Infobox Event
+|title1 = Jupiter Ignition Project
+|scope = Borealis Universe
+|setting = Sol System
+|date = Proposed July 5, 9999 CE
+|cause = Desire to terraform Galilean moons by providing natural stellar heat
+|effect = Project scrapped; technology used elsewhere
+|location = Jupiter, Sol System
+|perpetrator = UFSS scientific community (proposed)
+|target = Jupiter
+|victims = None (project cancelled)
+|casualties = None
+|reported_property_damage = None
+|part_of = Stellar Engineering Initiatives
+|notable_phases = *Proposal Phase
+*Public Controversy
+*Cancellation
+|outcome = Project cancelled; technology applied to rogue and J-Class planets
+}}
+The '''Jupiter Ignition Project''' was a proposed endeavor by the [[United Federation of Star Systems (Borealis Universe)|UFSS]] scientific community to turn the planet [[Jupiter (Borealis Universe)|Jupiter]] into a brown dwarf.
 == Origins ==
-The idea of turning Jupiter into a second sun is an old one, going far back to the 20th Century. The idea became popular in the science fiction novel 2010: Odyssey Two when an alien race purposely turned Jupiter into a second sun. As [[Humans|mankind's]] technology developed and they reached the stars, the idea was somewhat abandoned for many thousands of years, but the idea was brought back when a team orbiting a [[Planet Class|J-Class]] planet Occam managed to successfully 'ignite' the planet and turn it into a dim brown dwarf, which in turn made a few of Occam's moons inhabitable.
+The idea of turning Jupiter into a second sun is an old one, going far back to the 20th Century. The idea became popular in the science fiction novel 2010: Odyssey Two. The idea gained traction near the turn of the tenth millennium when a team orbiting a [[Planet Class|J-Class]] planet Occam managed to successfully 'ignite' the planet and turned it into a dim brown dwarf, which in turn made a few of Occam's moons habitable and terraformable.
 == Resurrection ==
-With the success of Occam's Star, many others began refining the technology and successfully ignited other suitable J-Class worlds, even a few rogue planets were ignited. On July 5, 9999, a motion was put on the ballot during the Confederacy presidential campaigns that would allow the ignition of Jupiter. The ignition would mean that heat would warm the four Galilean moons, which until then had been heated by a thick layer of greenhouse gasses over sea level, keeping weak solar heat inside their atmospheres. The atmospheres would likely have to be scrubbed, but keeping the sea levels clear of excess oxygen would no longer be necessary.
+With the success of Occam's Star, many others began refining the technology and successfully ignited other suitable J-Class worlds, including a few rogue planets. On July 5, 9999, a motion was put on the ballot during the Federation campaigns that would allow for the ignition of Jupiter. The ignition would mean that heat would warm the four Galilean moons more naturally.
 == Controversy ==
-There is much controversy surrounding the proposed project. Many who are opposed are the inhabitants of Jupiter's floating cities as well as those of the Jovian moons and even many of the [[Kya]]. The opposition points to the disastrous Metallica Incident in which a botched ignition caused the disruption of the entire star system, including a populated human colony world. Many of the planets in the system were thrown out of orbit. The other reasons for the opposition are that Jupiter is a historic landmark, so to speak. It is one of the oldest worlds known to Man and many believe igniting it would be akin to destroying something like the old Statue of Liberty on Earth.
+Controversy surrounded the proposed project. Many who opposed the project pointed to the Metallica Incident in which a botched ignition caused the disruption of the entire star system, including a populated human colony world. Many of the planets in the system were thrown out of orbit. Others pointed out that Jupiter was a historic landmark, so to speak. It was one of the oldest worlds known to humanity and many believed igniting it would be akin to destroying something like the old Statue of Liberty on [[Earth]].
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+== Outcome ==
-[[Category:History]]
+Due to the controversy and opposition, the project was scrapped. Instead, the technology was used to continue and ignite many large gas giants, creating new inhabitable worlds out of the moons.__FORCETOC__