Lore

Ita (Stanton 1d)

Moons · Human

Ita is the outermost moon of Hurston (Stanton I). Its dusty terrain is dotted with tall rock formations and craters from old meteor impacts. Leadership of Hurston Dynamics chose to name the moon after Chief Warrant Officer Ita Hurston (2512 - 2542) of the United Planets of Earth…

Yela (Stanton 2c)

Moons · Human

YELA (STANTON 2C) Yela is the outermost natural satellite of Crusader (Stanton II), and is orbited by a ring of asteroids. A thin crust of water-ice on the moon's surface is said to represent the cool demeanor of Yela, the oldest sibling in the Human children's story A Gift for…

Arial (Stanton 1a)

Moons · Human

Arial is the first moon of Hurston (Stanton I), and is named for Arial Hurston, the creator of the Life/Labor-style contract utilized by Hurston Dynamics for their employees. It has a thin nitrogen-methane atmosphere and a rocky, dry landscape. Colonies of the invasive…

Charon 2a

Moons

Charon 2a is the innermost moon of Charon II, United Empire of Earth (UEE). Unusually for a moon of its small size, it has a thin atmosphere generated by high volcanic and seismic activity. An independent band of mercenaries attempted to establish a base on Charon 2a in the late…

Cellin (Stanton 2a)

Moons · Human

Cellin is a volcanically active moon thronged with geysers that orbits Crusader (Stanton II), and is the planet's closest natural satellite. Its tenuous atmosphere contains trace amounts of oxygen, but not enough to support respiration. In spite of the toxic air, many residences…

Charon 2b

Moons

Charon 2b is the outermost moon of Charon II, United Empire of Earth (UEE). Though it is desolate today, systems of channels and caves on its surface suggest that liquid water once flowed there. The majority of caves on Charon 2b have yet to be fully charted.

Daymar (Stanton 2b)

Moons · Human

Daymar is Crusader's (Stanton II) second closest natural satellite, and was named after Daymar, one of the siblings in the Human tale A Gift for Baba. Due to the character's tendency to get lost, early explorers of the moon also named the canyon Daymar's Run after him for its…

Kiel System

Planetary Systems · Human

The Kiel system is a planetary system in the United Empire of Earth (UEE) with six planets, an asteroid belt, and an F-type main sequence star. Due to its jump point connection with the Perry Line system Horus, it was used as a military hub until the end of the Xi'an-Human Cold…

Oya III

Planets

Oya III is a terrestrial planet in the Oya system, United Empire of Earth (UEE), and is the third world from its sun. With a temperate climate and naturally-occurring nitrogen-oxygen atmosphere, it was identified as a prime colony world by the Xi'an Empire (SaoXy'an) after its…

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…

Branaugh III

Planets

Branaugh III is a gas giant in the Branaugh system. Due to the presence of ammonia crystals, it is pale yellow in color with bands of light-yellow green and grayish-blue. Violent storms erupt on Branaugh III when water vapor trapped in the upper atmosphere undergoes cooling,…

Bremen III

Planets

Bremen III is the third planet from the sun of the Bremen system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). A coreless planet, its undifferentiated interior was once rich in natural resources. Extensive mining activity since its discovery in 2441 has depleted Bremen III of nearly all its…

Leir III

Planets · Human

Leir III is the final planet from the sun of the Leir system. A carbon planet, Leir III's surface is a sandy desert partially covered in towering graphite crystals. Its atmosphere of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, sulfur, nitrogen, and ozone gives rise to powerful storms. Soon…

Caliban 3b

Moons

Caliban 3b is the second moon from the surface of Caliban III, Caliban system, located in Vanduul territory. Much smaller than its companion moon, it is porous, ovoid, and low in mass. It was most likely captured from the nearby Caliban belt alpha sometime before it was…

Titan (Sol 6a)

Moons

Titan (Sol 6a) is a moon of Saturn (Sol VI), United Empire of Earth (UEE). The largest of Saturn's moons, its nitrogen-methane atmosphere is denser than that of Earth (Sol III). Titan is dotted with lakes and rivers of liquid hydrocarbons, and its climate has created surface…

Baker III

Planets

Baker III is an ice giant in the Baker system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). The third planet from the suns, its atmosphere is white with deep veins of blue. Baker III's circumference is actively expanding and therefore has been deemed as a hazard by the UEE Department of…

Tyrol III

Planets

Tyrol III is a coreless terrestrial planet in the unclaimed Tyrol system. Third from its suns, it is distant enough from them that it is overall cooler than Tyrol I and Tyrol II, although still very hot. Thanks to the absence of a metallic core at the center, it lacks an…

Odin III

Planets

Odin III is a planet in the Odin system, United Empire of Earth (UEE), and is the second closest planet to its sun. In SEY 2943, hiker Akeno Ashraf discovered fossils of ancient animals near the planet's equator during a 25 kilometer trek. These fossils prove that Odin III…

Horus III

Planets · Human

Horus III is a super-Jupiter on the Horus system, United Empire of Earth (UEE), and is the most distant planet from its sun. More massive than most other gas giants, it has a high-density atmosphere that compresses the planet, lowering its overall circumference in comparison to…

Oso III

Planets

Oso III is a gas giant in the Oso system and is the third planet from its sun. Slightly green and white in color, its atmosphere is rich in silicate and iron clouds. Evidence suggests that it was once a rogue planet that was pulled into orbit around Oso's star at some point…

Cano III

Planets

Cano III is a smog planet in the Cano system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). While it is located within the system's green band, its dense, thick atmosphere has made terraforming impossible. Geohacking corporations that once operated on Carteyna (Cano II) have been granted…

Yulin III

Planets

Yulin III is the third planet from the sun of the Yulin system, Banu Protectorate. Located on the outer edge of the habitable zone, it is cold but temperate enough to be habitable for Banu. However, its ammonia oceans and high-pressure, methane-rich atmosphere make it…

Nexus III

Planets · Human

Nexus III is a naturally habitable terrestrial planet in the Nexus system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). Once the central hub of the Hathor Group, former owners of exclusive mining rights to Nexus, the planet was inhabited by squatters and outlaws when the company abandoned the…

Kellog III

Planets

Kellog III is the third planet from the sun of the Fair Chance Act (FCA)-protected Kellog system. With a high-pressure atmosphere of carbon dioxide and a runaway greenhouse effect, temperatures on Kellog III are hotter than those on neighboring planet Xis (Kellog II). In 2911, a…