Lore

Opera Mushroom

Plants

OPERA MUSHROOM The opera mushroom is an artificially engineered fungus developed by a team of researchers at the University of Rhetor's (UR) Department of Genetics. It has a fleshy, violet, trumpet-shaped, fuzz-covered stem that amplifies a natural sound created by the expansion…

Wuotan

Plants

The wuotan is a woody, bioluminescent plant indigenous to the Pyro system. Able to thrive in stormy environments, it has evolved to withstand gale-force winds and weather lightning strikes. When hit, the wuotan redirects some of the energy and stores the rest, using it in place…

Degnous Root

Plants

Degnous root is a type of macroalgae that has medical applications when processed. Discovered along the shallow coastlines of Prime in Terra (Terra III), it was found to contain complex amino acids and was initially used as a dietary supplement. The degnous root has soft flesh…

Lunes

Food and Beverages · Plants

The lunes fruit, known also as the "spiral fruit" due to the circular ridges that form on it as it approaches ripeness, is an edible fruit indigenous to Osha (Kilian VI). Before Osha was terraformed, the lunes tree was one of the wild plants selected to be re-introduced to the…

Hosanna Tree

Plants

The hosanna tree is a genetically modified plant derived from the flowering dogwood and the taverbark pine. Created by Crusader Industries for the platform-based city of Orison on Crusader (Stanton II), the trees were designed with strong roots and flexible branches to tolerate…

Chibanzoo

Food and Beverages · Plants

The chibanzoo is a berry that grows in clusters on the chibanzoo plant, and is indigenous to Cassel (Goss II). Wild chibanzoo are often more tart than the commercially grown variety, which is known for its sour and very sweet flavor. In the center of each berry is a cluster of…

Connor's Beard Moss

Plants

Connor's beard moss is a type of moss that was first discovered in Connor's Land and Load, a space station in the Kilian system. Very fragile, if it is removed from its environment it must be provided with a piece of rock, concrete, or metal to grow on and kept in a sealed…

Decari

Plants

The decari is a type of fungus that produces a large, edible spore pod. It anchors itself to rocks and soil using long, filament-like rhizoids that are capable of regrowing the decari's main body if it is destroyed. When it is ready to reproduce, it creates a fruiting structure…

Oza

Food and Beverages · Plants

The oza is a commercial tree fruit grown in the United Empire of Earth (UEE). A hybrid of citrus trees that originated on Earth (Sol III), the oza was first grown on Angeli (Croshaw II) in 2812. Underneath its deep green rind is bright orange flesh with a tart, sweet, and bitter…

Amioshi Plague

Plants

The amioshi plague is a lichen that is invasive on multiple planets throughout known space. Originally from Kampos (Ellis IV), it naturally grows in the cracks of rocks, where it anchors its rhizines to absorb nutrients and water. It needs little to no light to survive, and can…

Sunset Berry Bush

Plants

The sunset berry bush is a shrub that produces clusters of red-orange berries. Extremely toxic, the berries are tannic and have a bitter flavor, and can cause vomiting and cramping if eaten raw. If fermented, they become very sweet but are much more dangerous to consume. The…

Blue Bilva

Food and Beverages · Plants

The blue bilva (or blubee) is a rich, sugary, and aromatic tree fruit that originated on Reisse (Rhetor III). Fibrous in its natural state, the vivid turquoise flesh of the fruit clings to a large black stone that is so hard it must be cracked through mechanical means. Some…

Prota

Plants

Prota is a slime mold that secretes an adhesive that can be distilled and turned into a commercial-grade glue. Able to survive in environments with corrosive, high-pressure atmospheres, the prota is known for its resilience and can sometimes be found on worlds that are largely…

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…

Mazzi

Plants

The mazzi is a tropical evergreen tree originally from Jalan (Elysium IV), United Empire of Earth (UEE). Preferring moist soil in partial shade, high-humidity, and warm temperatures, it can grow up to five meters in height in ideal conditions. The tree's bark can be cut from the…

Golden Medmon

Food and Beverages · Plants

The golden medmon is a fruit indigenous to Jalan (Elysium IV), cultivated by Tevarin over hundreds of years for its nutritious seeds and hydrating flesh. In its natural state, the fruit is very firm and astringent. While Tevarin prefer to eat it raw, Humans prefer to let the…

Omphalotus Mushroom

Plants

The omphalotus mushroom is a bioluminescent fungus that grows in damp caves. Able to survive in cold, low-oxygen environments, the mushroom can sometimes be found in asteroid fissures, and can be eaten if it is correctly prepared. The omphalotus lends its fluorescent pink…

QuarterDeck (Kellog VI)

Planets

QuaterDeck (Kellog VI) is the sixth planet from the sun of the Fair Chance Act (FCA)-protected Kellog system. Named for the maximum security prison located on its surface, it is covered with ice and is inhospitable to Human life outside environmentally-controlled facilities. An…

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…

Daniela Argen

People · Human

Daniela Argen (2762 - 2838) was a United Empire of Earth (UEE) Senator of Locke (Idris IV) from 2801 to 2827. First elected under a platform of revitalizing the economy, she spearheaded a series of tax breaks for first-time business owners and instituted a hiring program that…

Hurston Dynamics

Military · Weapons · Commerce · Human

Hurston Dynamics is a Human weapons manufacturer and materials processor based on Hurston (Stanton I). They are the largest producer of standard munitions warheads for military contracts in the United Empire of Earth (UEE), as well as the third-largest refiner of antimatter…

Boreal Stalker

Animals

The boreal stalker is an apex predator found on microTech (Stanton IV) and created by the company microTech to help round out their planet's ecosystem. After the error in the terraforming process that led to a climate far colder than had been intended, many of the plants and…

Hydrogen Fuel Refinery

Science and Technology

A hydrogen fuel refinery is an industrial process plant where hydrogen is refined into hydrogen fuel. Hydrogen refineries are mostly located on orbital platforms around hydrogen-rich gas giants.

QuarterDeck

Locations

QuarterDeck is a maximum-security prison located on Kellog VI in the Fair Chance Act-protected Kellog system. Built to withstand the planet's frigidly cold, low-oxygen atmosphere, the penitentiary is under heavy guard and is considered virtually inescapable. The United Empire of…