Lore

Ariel (Sol 7b)

Moons

Ariel (Sol 7b) is a moon of Uranus (Sol VII), United Empire of Earth (UEE). Scientists speculate that the many scarps, canyons, and ridges carved into the moon's surface were created in the distant past by liquid forms of ammonia, methane, or carbon dioxide. The UEE operates…

Nemo 3a

Moons

Nemo 3a, nicknamed the "Space Whale" by locals, is the moon of Ergo (Nemo III). A captured asteroid, it is oblong in shape with one end tapering into a smaller one. The silhouette is said to resemble a whale, an ocean mammal indigenous to the planet Earth (Sol III) but not found…

Penselin (Davien 2a)

Moons · Human

Penselin is the moon of Cestulus (Davien II), a planet in the United Empire of Earth (UEE). It was named for Dr. Daniel Penselin, a physicist who died there testing his improvements to the quantum drive. Its radius is only a few meters longer than that of Earth's moon.

Port Olisar

Locations · Human

Port Olisar is a space station and trade hub owned and operated by Crusader Industries. Normally located in orbit above the gas giant Crusader (Stanton II), it was decommissioned in 2943 for extensive repairs and updates. When in use, it serves as a rest stop and gateway to the…

Green Imperial Housing Exchange (Grim HEX)

Locations · Human

The Green Imperial Housing Exchange, also known as Grim HEX, is a housing exchange located in the ring of Yela (Stanton 2c) that was closed in 2938 and subsequently fell under the control of criminals. Completed in 2903, the exchange was constructed inside an asteroid to provide…

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…

Pue'nu (Kyuk'ya 1a)

Moons · Xi'an

Pue'nu (Kyuk'ya 1a) is the moon of Kyuk'ya I, Xi'an Empire. During the Xi'an-Human Cold War (SEY 2530 - 2793), it was the site of a Xi'an military base that was used as a launch point for scouting missions into United Empire of Earth (UEE) territory. In 2798, a few years after…

Marama (Helios 2a)

Moons

Marama (Helios 2a) is the moon of Tangaroa (Helios II), United Empire of Earth (UEE). Its dense iron and nickel core combined with a very fast orbital period of 4.3 SED contribute to its parent planet's strong tidal forces, sometimes causing waves hundreds of meters high. Like…

Charon (Sol 9a)

Moons

Charon (Sol 9a) is a moon of Pluto (Sol IX), United Empire of Earth (UEE). The largest of the dwarf planet's five natural satellites, Pluto and Charon are mutually tidally locked to one another and orbit a common barycenter that lies outside Pluto's surface. The two bodies are…

Rhea (Sol 6b)

Moons

Rhea (Sol 6b) is a moon of Saturn (Sol VI), United Empire of Earth (UEE). Composed of water ice and rock, it has numerous high-albedo ice cliffs that appear as streaks on the surface when viewed from space with the naked eye. Although it does experience some endogenic activity…

Europa (Sol 5b)

Moons

Europa (Sol 5b) is a moon of Jupiter (Sol V), United Empire of Earth (UEE). Coated with a sheet of water ice that hides a brackish ocean, its surface is crisscrossed with vast cracks that appear when tidal heating induces too much stress upon it. In SEY 2431, single-celled…

Miranda (Sol 7a)

Moons

Miranda (Sol 7a) is a moon of Uranus (Sol VII), United Empire of Earth (UEE). Round and tidally locked, it has an unusually high orbital inclination that suggests in the past that it was in orbital resonance with Umbriel (Sol 7c) for a period of time. Although massive enough to…

Touvoni/Aiya (Charon 3a)

Moons

Touvoni (Charon 3a) is the moon of Charon III, United Empire of Earth (UEE), known as Aiya in Dellin. After Tarquin Klast was elected governor of Dellin in 2944, he passed a popular decree renaming the moon to differentiate the values of Dellin from the other states on Charon…

Ellis 5a

Moons

Ellis 5a is the first moon of the planet Noble (Ellis V), United Empire of Earth (UEE). To the naked eye, it appears to be softly pink. In 2845, the prominent jewelry company Apgar's debuted a line of pink pearl necklaces inspired by Ellis 5a, made of pearls harvested from…

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…

Driller

Spacecraft · Vanduul

"Driller" is the United Empire of Earth (UEE) Navy military designation for a type of escort and troop carrier operated by the Vanduul. A capital ship, it has most often been observed accompanying large-sized Vanduul Clans during major raids. Declassified military reports…

Ellis 5b

Moons

Ellis 5b is the second moon of Noble (Ellis V), United Empire of Earth (UEE), and is tidally locked to the planet. Nearly three times larger than its sister moon Ellis 5a, the light reflected off its pristine white surface is sometimes bright enough that Ellis 5a becomes…

Luna (Sol 3a)

Moons

Luna (Sol 3a) is the moon of Earth (Sol III), United Empire of Earth (UEE). Tidally locked to Earth, it has long been a subject of fascination for Humans, and became the first celestial body they visited in SEY 1969. In the 22nd century, Humans began to experiment with sealed…

Drop Kings

Illegal Activity · Organizations

The Drop Kings are a major criminal syndicate that is active in multiple systems across the United Empire of Earth (UEE). Founded in the SEY 2640s by a group of anti-Messer activists who fled their homes under threat of retaliation from the Messer government, their earliest…

Pyrotechnic Amalgamated

Commerce · Human

Pyrotechnic Amalgamated was a mining company most notable for discovering the Pyro system in 2493 and the Hadrian system in 2510. Founded in 2409 by Tromo Nivelin, it started out specializing in scouting and prospecting remote areas for viable claims and taking control before…

Nine Tails

Organizations · Illegal Activity

Nine Tails is a criminal organization based in the Stanton system. First active in SEY 2938, the gang established itself by leading an attack on a prisoner transport vehicle that left 28 Terra (Terra III) police officers dead and liberated Albert "Sinkhole" Holden, leader of the…

Day of the Vara

Culture · Holidays · Human

Day of the Vara Day of the Vara is a holiday celebrated in the United Empire of Earth (UEE) annually on October 27th. The holiday involves public festivals adorned with decorations in black and green and private gatherings convened to remember and honor the dead. Celebrants…

Headhunters

Organizations · Illegal Activity

The Headhunters are a major criminal organization based in the Pyro system that specializes in smuggling, theft, and protection. Originally from the Virgil system, the gang first rose to prominence as smugglers in the 2610s, when they established a fast shipping route from…

S-Pop

Music · Human

S-POP S-pop (abbreviation of Saisei Pop) is a form of Human popular music originating on Saisei (Centauri III). Common characteristics of S-pop include the incorporation of relaxing organic-sourced sounds and traditional Saisei instruments. The term can refer either specifically…