Tiron

Tiron is a Arid Waste-world, the fifth habitable moon of Thelyn, a 4th planet in the Europa solar system, which is located at the edge of Garon Nebulae, Segmentum Tempestus. Tiron is an arid, barely habitable world where the Federation dumps its locally unrecyclable waste, where it waits for further recycling or is left alone to wither. It was colonized under the initiative of the Europan Planetary Federation, after the secession from the Imperium of Man.

985.M40 to 231.M41
Being colonizes last from all the moons, there weren't many reasons to. The world is barely habitable and poor or minerals too. For a long time, there were only a few outposts and a couple of mining sites, but nothing more.

232.M41-664.M41
With several, heavily damaged Cobra-class destroyers being decommissioned and ordered to be scrapped, somebody got an idea why not just dump them om Tiron, and so the vessels were towed to orbit and sent into their meteoric descent onto the surface. Later, a few more vessels joined them, creating a small starship graveyard. A decision was made and by the end of the 651.M41, Tiron 1 facility was built nearby.

665.M41-861.M41
With the success of the Tiron 1 facility, five more were ordered to be built at convenient locations around the planet. Also, prison workers were brought on the world to help build and later run the facilities in exchange for a shorter sentence. Many used the situation to escape off-site into the deserts, scavenging off what little food they can find. The luckier ones managed to find a shelter or were found by other escapees, but many weren't that lucky and perished of dehydration or food poisoning.

862.M41 to 991.M41
With the amounts of escapees growing, first settlements began to appear and the prisoners turned into bandits, waging war with other groups or raiding the scrap fields, searching for anything of value to salvage. Various people started coming to this world as well, attracted by the lawlessness or possible riches hidden beneath the towering piles of scrap. One bandit group even managed to build several 'tanks' made of scrap and attacked the Tiron 6 facility, successfully blowing it up, so the nearby scrap fields won't get processed and they can have it all for themselves.

992.M41 to current day
The world remains a lawless, unforgiving place to this very day and there is little hope it will change in the future.

Landscape & Nature

 * The surface is generally dry, resulting in deserts covering most of the surface. Some areas, mostly around water sources are arid, with an occasional oasis spanning a few hundred meters into the dry savanna. Tall, constantly wind-lashed mesa-like rock formations are quite frequent that has a maze of valleys in between them.
 * The equatorial zone is mostly nothing but desert-like wasteland that supports little to no life at all. The barely bearable heat, nearly constant wind gusts and frequent desert storms make it difficult to cross even for well, equipped travelers. Rebreathers are recommended, as the fine dust can clog one bronchus and lead to painful suffocation.
 * The rest of the surface is a bit more livable, with slightly lower temperatures, arid savannas, and oases being much more frequent (but still relatively rare). Most of the scrap-fields are located in this zone, creating a sort of a biome by themselves, as it provides a place to hide or hunt for local wildlife.
 * Speaking of wildlife, the largest animal is fat, hulking herbivore known as Fat Wolopus, followed by another herbivore, a thin, spindly-looking creature with multi-jointed legs called Two-tailed Goopin, followed by canid-sized carnivore/scavenger called Desert Voguine, who lives and hunts in small packs.

Population, Society & Culture

 * Officially, the planet is considered not having any permanent residents and the only official people are workers in the waste recycling facilities and occasional army personnel at the Besai Plateau range, although there are thousands, or maybe tens of thousands of undocumented people living in the bandit camps and other settlements.
 * Those living in bandit camps are usually violent outlaws or thugs who enjoy the lawless nature of this world, where disputes are usually solved at gunpoint. Bandit camps are usually run by various warlords, often religious demagogues and competition for resources is common, sometimes with shootouts. Their lifestyle reflects the 'survival of the fittest' to the point. Or rather 'survival of the one with a bigger gun'.
 * On the other hand, there are several groups of people who are not interested in mindless violence, be it scavengers and scrap merchants interested in the riches the scrap fields may hide, or people who want to enjoy some absolute freedom in the peaceful manner, like escaped convicts, various outcasts, free-thinkers, anarchists or religious fanatics. These live in one of the many settlements like the Oasis.

Notable locations

 * Tiron 1 waste recycling facility - The first waste recycling facility built, that also served as a template for the five more facilities (Tiron 1 to Tiron 6) that were built. They are built near the waste fields, where waste, mostly scrap, and tailings are being dumped. Work teams, mostly prisoners and servitors then cut and disassemble the scrap and bring it over to the facility, where it is recycled and sent off-world. What can't be recycled is compacted into cubes and thrown out, where it slowly withers in the hot, dry weather.
 * Tiron 6 waste recycling facility - For many years, Tiron 6 worked exactly the same as all other Tiron facilities, until it was attacked by wasteland raiders and severely damaged. It was never repaired or re-opened since then.
 * Oasis - One of the few places, that is livable, yet violent. The Oasis is not a regular city or a town, but rather a settlement built over time by various warlords, illegal scrap traders, and scavengers held in relative peace at a gunpoint of the ruler's mercenaries.
 * Morbah - Also a settlement similar to Oasis, but belonging to a closed community of scavengers with a very strict hierarchy.
 * Besai plateau weapons testing range - The largest and most widely used weapons testing range used for testing all sorts of weapons, from new tank rounds and aircraft bombs to WMD's like neutron bombs or orbital bombardment cannons.

Notable people

 * Baron - The leader of the Oasis, the only 'lawful' place (apart from the Tiron facilities) on this planet. His real name is unknown.

Armed Forces
No official military, Mechanicus or Ecclesiarchy forces are permanently stationed on Tiron, however observations and intercepted data transmission revealed that there are various mercenary groups, bandits, and insurgents occupying their little pieces of land or serving to the local warlords.