Lore

Senate

Human · Government

The Senate is a governing body responsible for writing, evaluating, amending, and passing or rejecting legislation, setting the governmental budget on a yearly basis, advising the Imperator. It is composed of elected representatives from each recognized planet within the borders…

Battle of Idris IV

Military · History · Tevarin · Human

The Battle of Idris IV was a major engagement during the First Tevarin War (2541-2546) between Human forces of the United Planets of Earth (UPE) and the Tevarin. It took place on 1 October 2544 on and above Idris IV. Before the battle, the UPE had been losing ground, resulting…

First Tevarin War

History · Military · Human · Tevarin

The First Tevarin War was an intersystem conflict between the Tevarin and the United Planets of Earth (UPE). The Tevarin declared war with Humans in 2541, shortly after first contact. The motivations behind the war were complex; it was both a bid for the Tevarin to claim…

Tevarin-Human First Contact

Tevarin · History · Human

Humans and Tevarin first made contact with one another shortly after Dr. Kellar Lench of the New Horizons Research Institute discovered a jump point into the Elysium system. Observing signs that the system was occupied by a technologically advanced civilization, he dispatched a…

Spectrum

Entertainment · Science and Technology · Commerce · Human

Spectrum is an interstellar media-services provider that connects all aspects of Human civilization, and is widely accessible around the United Empire of Earth (UEE) through a network of communications arrays. It allows both direct communication between individuals and the…

Terrence Akari

People · Human

Terrence Akari (2743-2859) was the Senator of Terra (Terra III) from 2781 to 2789, and again from 2792 to 2812. He was the first Human to defy Linton Messer XI and broker détente between Humans and Xi'an. In 2789, Akari secretly crossed the Perry Line to Tohil III with the aid…

Saturn (Sol VI)

Planets

Saturn (Sol VI) is the sixth planet from the sun of the Sol system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). The second largest planet in the system, it is also the least dense, and has long been a subject of fascination to Humans due to its beautiful set of rings. Vacation homes that…

New Babbage

Settlements · Human

New Babbage is the largest city on microTech (Stanton IV) and home to microTech's main headquarters. Construction of New Babbage was personally overseen by company founder Magnus Tobin, whose goal was to make the city an ideal working environment for the technological innovators…

Joker Engineering

Commerce · Weapons · Human

Joker Engineering is a Human manufacturer of novelty spacecraft weapons and components. Founded by eccentric engineer Barlowe Elias, the company's key interest is designing alternative weapons with unlikely applications that defy the usual missile-or-gun classification. Their…

Shubin Interstellar

Commerce · Human

Shubin Interstellar is a major corporation headquartered on microTech (Stanton IV) in the United Empire of Earth (UEE). Founded as an investment group, it acquired the terraforming conglomerate Worldmaker in the late 25th century SEY, and Fulcrum Mining Associates in the…

InterDimension Software

Commerce · Human

InterDimension Software is a Human entertainment software company best known for the Star Marine franchise. InterDimension was founded in 2941 by level builder James Romanov and tech designer James Vandyke. The company has been responsible for several high-profile game releases…

Gemini

Commerce · Weapons · Human

Gemini is a manufacturer of personal weaponry located in the United Empire of Earth (UEE). The company began as a producer of kinetic weapons and only began offering laser-based systems following their acquisition of energy weapon start-up Octa in the late 2930s SEY. Current…

First Sister (Kilian I)

Planets

The First Sister is the first planet of the Kilian system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). A massive hot Jupiter streaked with green and yellow, it shares an orbit with two small protoplanets that sit in the L4 and L5 Lagrange points of the First Sister-Kilian system.…

Trise I

Planets

Trise I is the first and only planet from the sun of the Trise system, Banu Protectorate. An inhabitable super-Earth near the inner edge of the system's green band, it has a warm climate and multiple oceans. For as long as the Banu have been in contact with other civilizations,…

Elysian Bloom

Planets

The elysian bloom is a carnivorous plant that was created by Rayari Inc. Designed to alleviate pest problems for farmers on newly terraformed worlds, it uses the sticky resins it exudes to attract and trap insects and other small animals. Rayari is currently conducting a…

Levski

Settlements · Human

Levski is a permanent, independent settlement located on Delamar in the Nyx system. Built out of the remains of an abandoned QV Planet Services mining facility, it was founded in SEY 2655 by a group of Human political dissenters called the People's Alliance and named after a…

Th.us'ūng System

Planetary Systems · Xi'an

The Th.us'ūng system is a planetary system in the Xi'an Empire, consisting of a G-type main sequence star, three terrestrial planets, one gas giant, one dwarf planet, and one asteroid belt. Discovered in MXY III.802 (SEY 2483) by a scanning drone owned by the Xi'an Service…

Banu Protectorate

Government · Banu

The Banu Protectorate (BP) is an allied coalition of planet-states and city-states, some based in Banu flotillas, that make up Banu-controlled territory. A governmental body called the Protectorate or the Protectorate Council, made up of hundreds of individual Banu, maintains…

Equivalency

Education · Human

EQUIVALENCY An Equivalency is a certification awarded to people in the United Empire of Earth (UEE) upon completion of their secondary education. It can be earned through the completion of an upper or full secondary UEE-certified education program or through passing a group of…

Xi'an-Human First Contact

History · Xi'an · Human

Humans and Xi'an first made contact in SEY 2530 when Gaia Planet Services (GPS), a Human terraforming corporation, attempted to set up operations on the Th.us'ūng system. Because GPS had illegally entered the system, they neglected to perform the necessary surveys required by…

Tears of Fire

Culture · Art

Tears of Fire Tears of Fire is a painting by the early Messer Era landscape and military artist Aaron Fring. It was completed in SEY 2610, after Fring witnessed Tevarin Warlord Corath'Thal and his fleet falling through the atmosphere of Jalan (Elysium IV, formerly Kaleeth) in an…

Tevarin

Tevarin · Civilizations

The Tevarin are bipedal beings indigenous to the planet Jalan (Elysium IV); formerly Kaleeth. In 2541, Human researcher Dr. Kellar Lench discovered a jump point into their system. At that time, the Tevarin were capable of space flight, quantum travel, and had highly developed…

Xi'an

Xi'an · Civilizations

The Xi'an are a spacefaring civilization that originated on the planet RyiXy'an (Hyoton III). They are capable of space flight, quantum travel, jump point navigation, and planetary terraformation. Their leader, Emperor Kr.ē, has reigned over the Xi'an Empire (SaoXy'an) since SEY…

Magda Hurston

People · Human

MAGDA HURSTON Magda Hurston (2833 - 2921) was the CEO of Hurston Dynamics from 2883 to 2915. It was her initiative that led the company to purchase Stanton I from the United Empire of Earth (UEE) in 2865. The third moon of Hurston is named in her honor. She was succeeded as CEO…