Lore

Unclaimed System

Planetary Systems

An unclaimed system is a term used primarily in the United Empire of Earth (UEE) to describe a planetary system that has not been annexed or otherwise claimed by any type of formal government. Because these systems are not under the jurisdiction of any body of law, some…

Sentient Rights

Culture · Government

Sentient rights is a moral principle that states all sentient beings are entitled to basic rights and legal protections. These rights are understood as inherent and inalienable, and applicable to any species that reaches a threshold level of sentience regardless of its planet of…

Developing System

Planetary Systems · Human

A Developing system is a planetary system under the protection of Fair Chance Act. While under this designation, the United Empire of Earth (UEE) act as stewards and protectors for the system to allow the planets that harbor sentient or potentially sentient life to develop…

TDD Station Kesner

Locations

The Trade and Development Division (TDD) Station Kesner is a shipping station located in the Sol system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). Operating near the Sol-Croshaw jump point, it is a large facility with commercial docks, hangars, shops, and housing. Most cargo entering Sol…

Project Vespa

Government · Human

Project Vespa was a United Empire of Earth (UEE) government project with the goal of developing a method to weaponize terraforming. Files were declassified and disclosed to the public in 2795 in the wake of the Messer Era War Crimes Trials (2793-2795). The project's leader and…

OB Station Heller

Locations

OB Station Heller is a research space station located in the Garron system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). It is the main headquarters of the ongoing effort to restore the biosphere of Garron II, which was destroyed at the orders of Linton Messer XI in SEY 2792. It also houses a…

JusticeStar Satellite

Locations · Human

The JusticeStar Satellite is a space station in the Fair Chance Act (FCA)-protected Kellog system. Located at one of the Lagrange points of Kellog VI's orbit, it serves as the central processing center for new arrivals to the maximum security prison QuarterDeck. It also hosts a…

Wala (Stanton 3b)

Moons · Human

Wala is the second-closest moon of ArcCorp (Stanton III). Naturally-formed veins of blue-green crystal jutting from the moon's surface are visible from orbit. ArcCorp operates a number of surface mining facilities on Wala. Although the thin atmosphere and bitter cold make life…

Asiatica

Locations · Human

Asiatica is the largest state on the planet Earth (Sol III). It was created in the nascency United Nations of Earth (UNE), the first single-world Human government. Populous and prosperous, Asiatica is a center of commerce and transportation. The Human Overpopulation Era left…

Calliope (Stanton 4a)

Moons · Human

Calliope is a cold, windy moon of microTech (Stanton IV), named after the mythical muse of epic poetry and eloquence from ancient Earth (Sol III). Due to the high winds and extreme cold, weather suits worn by visitors to the planet are known to fail, particularly on the moon's…

Freeman Act

Human · Government

The Freeman Act is a piece of legislation passed cooperatively by all governments on Earth (Sol III) in 2281 that created a lottery system to grant land and mineral rights to potential colonists of the Croshaw system. Revenue generated from the lottery was used to fund ongoing…

Aberdeen (Stanton 1b)

Moons

Aberdeen, named for the designer of Hurston Dynamics' first antimatter warhead, Aberdeen Hurston, is the second moon of Hurston (Stanton I). It has a thick, hazy atmosphere composed of sulfurous gas that creates low-visibility conditions on the moon's surface, posing a danger to…

Accelerated Mass Design

Commerce · Human

Accelerated Mass Design is an electronics design and tuning company founded in SEY 2899. They focus mainly on components for consumer spaceflight, such as the UE-9300 expansion card. The company has also partnered with spacecraft manufacturers Anvil Aerospace and Consolidated…

Aciedo Communications

Commerce · Human

Aciedo Communications is a corporation that manufactures and maintains interstellar communications equipment. It was founded in SEY 2480 with the intent to manufacture spacecraft as Aciedo Shipworks. In 2485, the company pivoted to communications drone development and rebranded…

Kyle Polo

People · Human

Kyle Polo (SEY 2883 - present) served as Senator of Angeli (Croshaw II) from SEY 2935 to 2945. During his time in office, he voted for legislation that decreased government spending and lowered taxes for big and small businesses on Angeli. His largest piece of legislation, the…

Cellin (Stanton 2a)

Moons · Human

Cellin is a volcanically active moon thronged with geysers that orbits Crusader (Stanton II), and is the planet's closest natural satellite. Its tenuous atmosphere contains trace amounts of oxygen, but not enough to support respiration. In spite of the toxic air, many residences…

Arial (Stanton 1a)

Moons · Human

Arial is the first moon of Hurston (Stanton I), and is named for Arial Hurston, the creator of the Life/Labor-style contract utilized by Hurston Dynamics for their employees. It has a thin nitrogen-methane atmosphere and a rocky, dry landscape. Colonies of the invasive…

Nemo 3a

Moons

Nemo 3a, nicknamed the "Space Whale" by locals, is the moon of Ergo (Nemo III). A captured asteroid, it is oblong in shape with one end tapering into a smaller one. The silhouette is said to resemble a whale, an ocean mammal indigenous to the planet Earth (Sol III) but not found…

Euterpe (Stanton 4c)

Moons · Human

Euterpe is the third and smallest moon of microTech (Stanton IV), named for the ancient Earth (Sol III) muse of music. Largely covered by ice sheets and frozen oceans of water, the landscape of the moon is dotted with pillars of rock formations that researchers theorize are…

Clio (Stanton 4b)

Moons · Human

Clio is the second-closest moon to microTech (Stanton IV), and is a popular destination for tourists due to its liquid oceans and pink and teal sky. It was named for the ancient Earth (Sol III) muse of history in order to remind those on microTech that their work is built on the…

Lyria (Stanton 3a)

Moons · Human

Lyria is a natural satellite of ArcCorp (Stanton III) that orbits more closely to the planet than its sister moon, Wala (Stanton 3b). Water ice geysers and cryo-volcanoes force water vapor into Lyria's oxygen and ammonia atmosphere when they erupt. Although the air is too thin…

Ita (Stanton 1d)

Moons · Human

Ita is the outermost moon of Hurston (Stanton I). Its dusty terrain is dotted with tall rock formations and craters from old meteor impacts. Leadership of Hurston Dynamics chose to name the moon after Chief Warrant Officer Ita Hurston (2512 - 2542) of the United Planets of Earth…

Kellar's Run

Illegal Activity · Human

Kellar's Run is a 2931 intersystem spacecraft chase that started in the outlaw space station Spider in the Cathcart system when Dean Kellar shot and killed an undercover Advocacy agent during a disagreement over Anvil thrusters. Kellar battled his way out of Spider to his…

Michelle Saleno

People

MICHELLE SALENO Michelle "Sal" Saleno was a test pilot for the Amecanio Navy and is best known as the first Human to quantum travel beyond the orbit of Jupiter and for founding the 999th Test Squadron. A skilled pilot with an intuitive understanding of avionics, her insights…