Lore

Nē" se Ruoth

People · Exploration · Xi'an

Nē" se Ruoth (III.796 - III.1125 | SEY 2475 - 2898) was an amateur explorer and historian best known for her MXY III.847 (SEY 2542) discovery of the Gurzil-R.il'a jump point. The youngest daughter of one of House Ruoth's Matriarchs, she was expected to follow in the footsteps of…

The Great Divide (Xi'an Civil War)

Xi'an · History · Military

The Great Divide (the Xi'an Civil War) took place from 20044 to 19770 BCE. The outcome of millennia of inter-House conflicts and complex webs of enmity and allyship, it began when the last daughter of House Kl.ō attempted defection to House Uai'i. Hostilities between the Houses…

Planetary Surveying

Science and Technology

Planetary surveying is the profession of assessing and documenting the potential of a planet. Usually enacted upon initial discovery, surveyors map and catalog the planet's natural resources, and create recommendations that will determine the terraforming possibility of a…

Magnus System

Planetary Systems

MAGNUS SYSTEM The Magnus system is a planetary system in the United Empire of Earth (UEE). It was discovered in SEY 2499, and subsequently selected as the headquarters of the UEE Navy (UEEN). Once the center of a thriving industry centered around the UEEN's shipbuilding…

Stanton System

Planetary Systems · Human

STANTON SYSTEM The Stanton system is a planetary system in the United Empire of Earth (UEE), discovered in SEY 2851 by navjumper Toshi Aaron. It is one of only two fully colonized systems in the UEE, and is made up of three super-Earths, a gas giant, an asteroid belt, and a…

Hades System

Planetary Systems

HADES SYSTEM The Hades system is a planetary system that consists of an F-type main sequence star, a mesoplanet, two terrestrial planets, and one broken terrestrial planet. First visited by Humans in SEY 2531, it was immediately obvious that the system had once been home to a…

Murray Cup

Sports · Human

The Murray Cup is a spacecraft race held annually at the end of racing season in the Ellis system. Dating back to 2467, when terraforming workers of Gaia Planet Services unofficially raced one another to pass the time, the Murray Cup is now the most prestigious event in modern…

Lorville

Settlements · Human

Lorville is a city on Hurston (Stanton I), home to the headquarters of Hurston Dynamics, the Central Headquarters and Shared Services Center (or Central Tower). Initially founded as a barracks for employees of Hurston Dynamics under the letter designation LOR for "Local…

Kins Belt Alpha

Space

The Kins belt alpha is an asteroid belt in the Kins system, Banu Protectorate. Located between the inhospitable planets Kins IV and Kins V, it is home to multiple rest stops operated by interconnected webs of Soulis that attend to the various needs of visitors. Some Indenture…

Banshee System

Planetary Systems · Human

The Banshee system, discovered by Adaliz Dayan in SEY 2317, is an unusual planetary system in the United Empire of Earth (UEE), consisting of a pulsar, a mesoplanet, two terrestrial planets, and one ice giant. Its star is not luminous enough for life to develop on the surfaces…

Huichuaihyao y.ath'o se Th.us'ūng

Space

The Huichuaihyao y.ath'o se Th.usūng (Th.us'ūng belt alpha) is an asteroid belt in the Th.us'ūng system, Xi'an Empire (SaoXy'an). Rich in valuable mineral resources, Kathryn Segovia cited its presence as a primary motivating factor in her decision to sell the location of the…

Port Tressler

Locations · Human

Port Tressler is a space station that serves as the main transfer hub to New Babbage on microTech (Stanton IV). Named after Aleena Tressler, a mentor of microTech's founder Magnus Tobin, it is owned and operated by microTech, and houses multiple shops and services focused on…

Patek Coen

People · Human

Patek Coen (2786 - 2867) was a navjumper most notable for his discovery of the Kellog system in 2811. Born on Kampos (Ellis IV), Coen began his career as a pilot for a private ferry service from Kampos to neighboring planets Green (Ellis III) and Noble (Ellis V). He became…

Pyro System

Planetary Systems

The Pyro system is an unclaimed planetary system that consists of a K-type flare star, five terrestrial planets, and a gas giant. Discovered in SEY 2493 by Pyrotechnic Amalgamated, it was not claimed by the United Nations of Earth (UNE) due in part to the dangers surrounding its…

Vega System

Planetary Systems · Human

VEGA SYSTEM The Vega system is a planetary system in the United Empire of Earth (UEE). It consists of one mesoplanet, two terrestrial planets, one gas giant, one asteroid belt, and a G-type main sequence star. It was discovered in SEY 2402 and colonized only seven years later,…

System

Space

The term system is most frequently used by Humans as shorthand for planetary system, the grouping of all planetary bodies and other satellites that orbit a given star. The planets of a particular planetary system are by default given the name of the star itself followed by a…

Kavische

Plants

KAVISCHE The kavische is a cactus hybrid that originated on Yar (Centauri II) and is now found throughout the planet. After Yar was terraformed in the mid-2800s, numerous plants and cacti were seeded onto the world. A few cycles later, a new hybrid that would come to be known as…

Cyrus Ishitaka

People · Human

Cyrus Ishitaka (SEY 2521 - 2546) was a United Planets of Earth Army veteran (Corporal, honorably discharged) squadmate of Ivar Messer I who participated in the Battle of Idris IV. Little is known about his private life outside of multiple arrests for narcotic possession and…

Sol System

Planetary Systems

The Sol system is a planetary system in the United Empire of Earth (UEE) that consists of a G-type main sequence star, one mesoplanet, three terrestrial planets, two gas giants, two ice giants, a dwarf planet, an asteroid belt, and many other celestial bodies. The original home…

United Empire of Earth Governor

Government · Human

A United Empire of Earth Governor is the elected executive leader of a State or territory in the United Empire of Earth (UEE) planet. It can be filled by Citizens or Civilians, and is the highest-ranking government position a Civilian can attain. The position is limited to two…

Gliese System

Planetary Systems · Banu

The Gliese system is a planetary system in the Banu Protectorate that consists of a type-A main sequence star, three terrestrial planets, one smog planet, one gas giant, one protoplanet, an asteroid cluster, and two asteroid belts. A bustling hub of commerce and cultural…

Elysium System

Planetary Systems · Human · Tevarin

The Elysium system is a planetary system in the United Empire of Earth (UEE) made up of an F-type main sequence star, one gas giant, three terrestrial planets, and a dwarf planet. The ancestral home of the Tevarin, Elysium was annexed by the United Planets of Earth (UPE)…

Helios System

Planetary Systems · Human

The Helios system is a planetary system in the United Empire of Earth (UEE), consisting of a peculiar main sequence B-type star, three terrestrial planets, and a gas giant. It was discovered in 2529 by a group of outlaws known as the Daybreak Marauders, who used it as a…

Oretani System

Planetary Systems

The Oretani system is a planetary system that consists of a K-type main sequence star, a mesoplanet, a terrestrial planet, an ice planet, a gas dwarf, a gas giant, a dwarf planet, and an asteroid belt. Discovered in 2481 via the Ferron system, it was immediately cleared for…