Lore

Selene (Vega III)

Planets · Human

Selene is a terrestrial planet in the Vega system, United Empire of Earth (UEE) that was minimally terraformed to Human specifications. From 2550 to 2712, Selene was a center of industry, trade, tourism, and culture, serving as a key travel hub in the UEE. After the Battle of…

Tohil III

Planets

Tohil III is a planet in the Tohil system, United Empire of Earth (UEE) and is the third world from its sun. Naturally habitable, it is an ocean world that supports massive botanical biomasses that sit atop the water and create floating islands. Smugglers frequently utilized…

QV Planet Services

Commerce

QV Planet Services were a mining corporation based in the United Empire of Earth (UEE). Founded in SEY 2589, their attained their initial capital by convincing investors that they could quickly construct infrastructure and begin work in the newly-discovered Nyx system before…

United Planets of Earth

Human · Government

The United Planets of Earth was the name of the Human government from 2523 to 2546. It was led by a Tribunal composed of a High-Advocate, a High-General, and a High-Secretary along with a Senate populated by elected representatives from all Human-controlled planetary systems.…

Chuai'chuai (R.il'a I)

Planets

Chuai'chuai (R.il'a I) is the first celestial body from the sun of the R.il'a system, Xi'an Empire (SaoXy'an). A protoplanet, it is oblate in shape and resembles an egg pockmarked with craters. Since it had little to offer in the way of resources, the Xi'an military used it as a…

Ferron I

Planets

Ferron I is a small mesoplanet that orbits closest to the sun of the Ferron system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). While it appears to be spheroid to the naked eye, recent measurements of its surface confirm that it is misshapen enough to possibly fit the definition of a…

Oretani I

Planets

Oretani I is a mesoplanet in the lost Oretani system. In a close orbit around its star, it has extreme temperature differences between night and day. Before the jump point collapsed, Turiya Terraforming had started construction on a temporary underground base to keep their…

Crusader (Stanton II)

Planets · Human

Crusader (Stanton II) is a low mass gas giant in the Stanton system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). The world was purchased by Crusader Industries from the UEE in 2865 and is now the company's headquarters. Rare among gas giants, Crusader's upper atmosphere is breathable by…

Idris V

Planets

Idris V is a protoplanet in the Idris system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). Once dense with valuable minerals, the UEE government and various companies systematically strip-mined Idris V throughout the 26th and 27th centuries. Its resources were significantly depleted. Pits and…

Tayac II

Planets

Tayac II is a gas giant in the Tayac system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). Its planetary rings are among the largest and densest in the known universe. Visitors to Tayac often take special trips to see the rings up close during their time in the system. Postcards featuring the…

Cano I

Planets

Cano I is a mesoplanet in the Cano system, United Empire of Earth (UEE), and is tidally locked to its sun. Abundant lava flows have caused crystalline structures to form along the solar terminator. While the formations cannot be easily visited due to Cano I's proximity to its…

Goss III

Planets · Human · Military

Goss III is a terrestrial super-Earth located in the Goss system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). The furthest world from its systems suns, Goss III is temperate and heavily forested with multiple tropical and subtropical biomes. It is largely undeveloped save for Port Fairfax, a…

Ferron IV

Planets

Ferron IV is a dense gas giant that is located farthest from the sun of the Ferron system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). Because it has an especially active electrical field, ships with sensitive avionics are advised not to fly too close to it, lest it cause their systems to…

Second Sister (Kilian II)

Planets

The Second Sister (Kilian II) is a protoplanet in the Kilian system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). Misshapen and low in mass, it is theorized that the Second Sister was trapped in the orbit of the First Sister (Kilian I) as it was passing through the system. The UEE Navy uses…

Nemo I

Planets

Nemo I is a protoplanet that orbits closest to the star of the Nemo system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). An extremely thin atmosphere of oxygen, sodium, and hydrogen surrounds it, essentially identical to the vacuum of space. In 2407, a scanning device advertised as the…

Hadrian III

Planets

Hadrian III is an ice giant in the Hadrian system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). Located in the outer reaches of the system, it has no well-defined solid surface, and instead harbors an ammonia, water, and methane mantle. Its pale green, nearly white atmosphere is broken up by…

Ellis I

Planets

Ellis I is a protoplanet in the Ellis system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). Its scorched surface is dotted with lakes of bubbling lava. Exploration attempts of Ellis I have so far been impossible due to the protoplanet's proximity to the sun. In 2799, Dab Demirjian became the…

Terminus (Pyro VI)

Planets

Terminus (Pyro VI) is the outermost world of the Pyro system. Its nitrogen-oxygen atmosphere is technically breathable, but contains high enough amounts of methane and carbon dioxide that it has a negative effect on one's health after extended exposure. Pyrotechnic Amalgamated…

Nexus I

Planets

Nexus I is a protoplanet in the Nexus system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). With an orbital speed of roughly 47 kilometers per second, it completes its circuit around its sun in 164 Standard Earth Days. Because of its dangerously high surface temperature, it has largely been…

Genesis III

Planets

Genesis III is an ice giant in the developing Genesis system. Located beyond the frost line, it has an upper atmosphere of hydrogen and helium, and a mantle composed of volatile chemical compounds such as ammonia, methane, and water in a supercritical fluid state. Ranging in…

Bombora (Ellis X)

Planets

Bombora (Ellis X) is a gas giant with a stormy atmosphere in the Ellis system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). Hydrogen and helium are abundant on Bombora, but due to its turbulent winds, harvesting resources from it is a challenging affair. It was nicknamed bombora after a Human…

Aero (Terra I)

Planets

Aero is a mesoplanet in the Terra system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). Orbiting closest to the system's sun, its surface is too dangerous for any Humans to venture upon for any great lengths of time under the limits of current technology. Many attempts have been made by…

Pinecone (Ellis XIII)

Planets

Pinecone (Ellis XIII) is a protoplanet in the Ellis system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). Nicknamed pinecone for its craggy surface, it's a major mining hub, rich in heavy metals and valuable minerals. Long-haul miners harvest resources from Pinecone, stop at Walleye for a…

Centauri I

Planets

Centauri I is a protoplanet in the Centauri system, United Empire of Earth (UEE) that orbits very close to its sun. Surveyor Kelly Alden captured an image of Centauri I in 2639 through her ship's camera, capturing the protoplanet in the path of a blue-white prominence that seems…