Lore

Aaron Halo (Stanton Belt Alpha)

Space

The Aaron Halo (Stanton belt alpha) is a dense asteroid belt in the Stanton system that falls between the orbits of Crusader (Stanton II) and ArcCorp (Stanton III). After Crusader Industries purchased Stanton II from the United Empire of Earth (UEE), it attempted to enact mining…

Schwester (Chronos II)

Planets

Schwester (Chronos II) is an uninhabitable planet located second from the sun of the Chronos system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). In 2925, a Senate attaché was tasked with creating a progress report on a cluster of harvesting and refining facilities that had been constructed to…

Taranis II

Planets

Taranis II is the second planet from the sun of the unclaimed Taranis system. Although Taranis II was classified as a poor choice for terraforming after its discovery, geo-developer Ophion Inc. attempted to terraform the planet in 2566 using an experimental process. The…

Takto (Geddon I)

Planets

Takto (Geddon I) is the only planet of the Geddon system, Banu Protectorate. A windswept mass of volcanic rock, it is home to a sizable population of Banu who reside beneath the planet's surface. The atmospheric pressure and mixture of gasses that would be fatal to Xi'an,…

Branaugh II

Planets

Branaugh II is the second planet from the sun of the Branaugh system. Uncommonly among terrestrial worlds of its size, it has a wide set of rings that are visible from its surface. Surveyors initially thought the beautiful rings might attract people to Branaugh II, but upon…

Tomb (Tiber II)

Planets

Tomb (Tiber II) is the second planet from the sun of the Tiber system in Vanduul territory. An arid, desert world, it was once a sparsely-settled mining colony operated by settlers from the United Empire of Earth(UEE). In SEY 2734, halfway through the Siege of Tiber, the Vanduul…

Kuā'li (Yā'mon I)

Planets · Xi'an

Kuā'li (Yā'mon I) is the first planet from the sun of the Yā'mon system, Xi'an Empire. Tidally locked to its star, one of its sides is in permanent daylight, and the other in permanent night. During the Xi'an-Human Cold War, Human military intelligence identified a facility…

Vosca (Elysium III)

Planets · Human · Tevarin

Vosca is the third planet from the sun of the Elysium system, United Empire of Earth (UEE), and is home to a small population of Humans and Tevarin. Largely covered with an arid desert, water is scarce on the surface of Vosca, except near the north and south poles. To cope with…

Ko'li (Ē'aluth III)

Planets · Xi'an

Ko'li (Ē'aluth III) is the third planet from the sun of the Ē'aluth system, Xi'an Empire (SaoXy'an). Soon after it was discovered, the Xi'an government elected to terraform Ko'li and use it as a nature preserve for all known plant and animal species in Xi'an space. It contains a…

Delamar

Space

Delamar is an inhabited asteroid located in the Glaciem ring (Nyx belt alpha) of the Nyx system. In SEY 2655, a group of political dissenters against the United Empire of Earth (UEE) moved into an abandoned mining facility on Delamar and formed an independent community they…

Oso I

Planets

Oso I is a terrestrial planet on the Oso system, and is the first world from its sun. Tidally locked, one of its sides permanently faces its star, leaving the other side dark and cold. The warm side of Oso I is covered in a sea of lava that ends at the dividing line between…

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…

MacArthur (Kilian V)

Planets · Human

MacArthur (Kilian V) is the fifth planet from the sun of the Kilian system, United Empire of Earth (UEE), and serves as the main headquarters of the UEE Navy. Soon after the planet was terraformed to Human specifications, the Navy constructed boot camps (known locally as…

Ergo (Nemo III)

Planets · Human

Ergo (Nemo III) is an inhabited ocean planet in the Nemo system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). Although today there is no indigenous life on the planet, the vast quantities of oil under its oceans suggests that at one point it supported an ecosystem of animals and plants.…

Horus II

Planets

Horus II is the second planet from the sun of the Horus system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). Although it is located in the habitable zone, it lacks any natural bodies of water and does not have an atmosphere that can support life. After the 2947 signing of the Human-Xi'an Trade…

Yethlūl y.ath'o (Yā'mon II)

Planets

Yethlūl y.ath'o (Yā'mon II) is the second planet from the sun of the Yā'mon system, Xi'an Empire. Although it saw little use other than resource extraction during the Xi'an-Human Cold War (SEY 2530 - 2793), it is now a hub of activity as it is being terraformed under a joint…

Nick Croshaw

People · Exploration · Human

Nick Croshaw (2236-2321) was an astrophysicist and pilot who achieved fame as the first Human to discover and successfully navigate a jump point on 10 April SEY 2271. He was also the first Human to visit a planetary system beyond Sol, which would eventually be named in his honor…

Yām'ping (Yā'mon IV)

Planets

Yām'ping (Yā'mon IV) is a dwarf planet in the Yā'mon system, Xi'an Empire, and is the last planet from its sun. Once home to several military outposts during the Xi'an-Human Cold War (SEY 2530 - 2793), Yām'ping is now orbited by stations dedicated to entertainment, such as…

Lo (Corel III)

Planets · Human

Lo (Corel III) is the largest populated planet in the Corel system, United Empire of Earth (UEE), and is represented by one Senator. As a major population center on the border between the UEE and the Banu Protectorate, it is a hub of trade and commerce between the two…

Kabal III

Planets · Tevarin

Kabal III is the third and furthest planet from the sun of the Kabal system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). A naturally inhabitable world, it was colonized by the Tevarin and then believed to have been abandoned en masse at some point before the First Tevarin War (2541 - 2546).…

R.aip'uāng (Kai'pua II)

Planets · Xi'an

R.aip'uāng (Kai'pua II) is the second planet from the sun of the Kai'pua system, Xi'an Empire (SaoXy'an). One day on R.aip'uāng is equal in length to 100 Modern Xi'an Years (MXY), a coincidence with enough significance for it to have been turned into the spiritual center of…

Kellog IV

Planets

Kellog IV is a super-Earth in the Fair Chance Act (FCA)-protected Kellog system, and is the fourth planet from its sun. Early surveys of the planet indicated that it possesses copious mineral resources, but its location near Xis (Kellog II) has led the United Empire of Earth…

RyiXy'an (Hyoton III)

Planets · Xi'an

RyiXy'an (Hyoton III) is the third planet from the sun of the Hyoton system, Xi'an Empire (SaoXy'an), and is the homeworld of the Xi'an people. Once a lush world teeming with life, its atmosphere was accidentally tainted with poison by House Kl.ō during an assassination attempt…

Tethle'a (Hyoton II)

Planets

Tethle'a (Hyoton II) is the second planet from the sun of the Hyoton system, Xi'an Empire (SaoXy'an). From the surface of the Xi'an homeworld RyiXy'an (Hyoton III) it is the brightest "star" in the sky, and was associated with intelligence and clarity of thought in ancient Xi'an…