Lore

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Rhetor I

Planets

Rhetor I is a mesoplanet in the Rhetor system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). Because it lacks an atmosphere, there is an extreme difference between its day and night temperatures. Despite its extreme daytime heat, there are patches of water ice on Rhetor I, generally located on…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

K'ya.k'uing (Ail'ka II)

Planets

K'ya.k'uing (Ail'ka II) is a barren, terrestrial planet that is second from the sun of the Ail'ka system, Xi'an Empire (SaoXy'an). Although it is not habited and appears to be deserted, the Xi'an government forbids any spacecraft from landing on the planet's surface. Scans taken…

Monox (Pyro II)

Planets

Monox (Pyro II) is the second planet from the sun of the Pyro system. Nicknamed "Monox" for the deadly carbon monoxide in its atmosphere, it has a temperate climate, and was seen as a viable candidate for terraforming shortly after its discovery. However, its proximity to the…

Hades I

Planetary Systems

Hades I is the first planet from the sun of the Hades system. Located just on the inner edge of the system's green band, ruins on its surface suggest that the lost civilization of Hades may once have operated colonies there in spite of its high temperature. It is dotted with…

Chuaiton (T.āl VI)

Plants · Xi'an

Chuaiton (T.āl VI) is the sixth planet from the sun of the T.āl system, Xi'an Empire (SaoXy'an). Uninhabitable but rich in resources, its mineral deposits have historically helped to support all of the system's industries. In the early 30th century, its mining operations began…

Tohil IV

People

Tohil IV is a planet in the Tohil system, United Empire of Earth (UEE), and is the fourth world from its sun. A massive super-Earth, Tohil IV exerts a strong gravitational pull that attracts frequent meteor and comet strikes. Deep craters pockmark its surface, some of which were…

Orion II

Planets

Orion II is the second planet from the sun of the Orion system. A smog planet, it has a high-pressure atmosphere composed of carbon dioxide and sulfuric acid, giving the planet a yellow-brown appearance. There have so far been no recorded spacecraft landings on the planet's…

Baker IV

Planets

Baker IV is the fourth planet from the suns of the Baker system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). A terrestrial, coreless planet, it has no magnetic field, but many valuable mineral deposits. Shubin Interstellar maintains an outpost there named GIO. The planet is lightly populated…

Tua'lu" (Ē'aluth I)

Planets

Tua'lu" (Ē'aluth I) is the first planet from the sun of the Ē'aluth system, Xi'an Empire (SaoXy'an). A gas dwarf-like puffy planet, Tua'lu" has a diffuse, low-density atmosphere that is slowly eroding due to radiation from the star it closely orbits. The gas around Tua'lu" is…

Yethlūl s.yen'o (Yā'mon III)

Planets

Yethlūl s.yen'o (Yā'mon III) is the third planet from the sun of the Yā'mon system, Xi'an Empire. Along with the nearby planet Yethlūl y.ath'o (Yā'mon II), it is being jointly terraformed by the Human corporation ArcCorp and the Xi'an government. This long-term collaboration is…

Ye'ton (Ail'ka V)

Planets

Ye'ton (Ail'ka V) is the fifth planet from the sun of the Ail'ka system, Xi'an Empire (SaoXy'an). A gas dwarf that has a thick atmosphere of hydrogen and helium, the planet is dotted with several permanent storms. The harvesters and refineries that sit in stable orbit above…