Heliopolis (Superpowers)

Heliopolis is the first extra-planetary human settlement in history. The exact location of the city is on the surface of Luna inside of the northernmost large impact crater (OTL Peary crater). During the Luna II mission, which orbited the Moon from pole to pole, two areas around the crater were discovered that are consistently bathed in sunlight, while at the same time, parts of the inside of the crater were completely shielded from from EM of both Terra and Sol. This allows cheap, limitless energy production and a reduced need for radiation shielding of the cities inhabitants. Not only that, but it obsoletes the need for visor protection on moonwalking residents. A final reason it was chosen for the site of the first lunar base, is that a radio telescope could be built there that would be unaffected by the static emanating from Terra.

History
Due to its location, the city of Heliopolis has a unique and rather hectic history, despite it only stretching out for a little over half-a-century.

Etymology
Heliopolis (Greek: Ἡλιούπολις) derives from the Greek words Helios, meaning Sun and Polis, city. Therefore, in English, the city would be known as Sun-City (not City of the Sun however). This name was chosen directly by the Roman Emperor Sulla II himself, and he put forward to the Discateria several reasons for his decision.
 * 1) He was erudite of both Greek literature and history and he had a good deal of knowledge regarding the ancient city of Heliopolis and its eventual fate
 * 2) The sun was associated with the celestial spheres, and so it seemed natural that the first celestial city should have a name reflecting this
 * 3) He was told of all the reasons for the cities location, and they all seemed to him to revolve around the sun

In reality, it was most likely just the first reason that caused him to want to name the city Heliopolis, though the others still serve to further his case.

Establishment
One year after the Artemis Program was extended to include a Lunar landing, it was decided by the Emperor and his Bureau that the mission would be more than just an exploratory one. Emperor Sulla II had a firm vision of extended his empire to the stars and of course when he explained his idea to the Discateria there was an almost unanimous agreement to go forward with the plan. Following a green-lighting from the Concilium Aetherium of the Alliance, an enormous team of scientists, architects and doctors was created to determine how exactly they were gonna pull this off.

The amount of engineering hurdles that would have to be overcome for this mission are generally considered to be greater than those of any other project in human history. Luckily, due to the location, the obstacles ahead of the team were far less daunting than they could have been and by 1945 final designs for the base were drawn up following a change to include a radioisotope piston generator like the one on the Castrum Astri, as an additional power source.

In June 1945 the Luna IV lander touches down on the Moon containing the generator and a large supply of tools for later use. It also contains materials for use in the construction of a permanent base, like pre-cut brittanium and plumbum (titanium and lead). Also, in early January 1946, Luna V arrived on the moon, bringing with it both a specially designed lunar vehicle and more construction materials.

Finally, on the 2nd of June 1946, Luna VI landed on the Moon with a team of one veteran cosmonaut, one engineer and three specialized-workers for the assembly process. Over the course of 15 days, the Lunas III, IV and VI were converted into a single linked structure with the use of IV's building materials. All of this was possible thanks to Luna III's air filtration system that allowed for the use of lander VI as a place of temporary habitation.

With the addition of Luna VII in December of the same year, the burgeoning base had a long-term food storage area where the internal radiation levels were equal to that of the Earth's surface. Luna VIII and IX were unmanned missions of early 1947 and together contained 40, 1 square meter solar panels for placement on two of the four points around the crater that receive constant sunlight. In August 1947, there was the first dual-lander mission. Luna X and XI arrived carrying a total of 7 men who assembled both solar power plants, but weren't able to yet connect them to the base.