Triton is Neptune’s largest moon. In 2133, Dr. Zaid ibn Rushd’s xenobiology team — redeployed aboard Pathfinder Korolev — confirmed D-chiral chemotrophic life in Triton’s subsurface oceans, sustained by active cryovolcanism and tidal heating. Its ecosystem shares a common ancestor with the D-chiral life found at Callisto and the six Saturnian moons, bringing the total to nine confirmed D-chiral worlds across four planetary systems. The proposed ice-giant Pathfinder missions referenced Triton as a potential administrative way-station, though that plan was not adopted. A permanent settlement was established at Triton in 2162 under research-access protocols, with approximately 2,100 residents per the 2165 Colonial Census — research-support and water-ice staging for the outer system, with smaller stations at Proteus (~250) and Nereid (~150); the D-chiral site confirmed in 2133 remains under access protocols.