Lore

Janis Rezaian

People · Human

Janis Rezaian (2469-2550) was High-Secretary of the United Planets of Earth from 2539 to 2546. Along with High-Advocate Mauricio Tusk, she publicly criticized High-General Ivar Messer for his unwillingness to negotiate with his colleagues on the Tribunal. When Messer obtained…

Janna Thurville

People · Human

Janna Thurville (b. 2895) is the Senator of Severus (Kiel III), Kiel system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). The oldest daughter of former Governor of Severus Joona Tzur and concert pianist Xin Yi Tzur, she was elected as one of the first Senators of Severus alongside Centralist…

Janus

Science and Technology · History · Human

Janus was an artificial intelligence (AI) program designed to monitor and pilot the long-haul colony spacecraft Artemis, launched in SEY 2232. Prominent AI researcher Dr. Carol Zahir began work on the program that would become Janus in 2201. Zahir spent the rest of her career…

Jarl (Virgil 3b)

Moons

Jarl (Virgil 3b) is the second moon from Virgil III, Virgil system, located in Vanduul territory. Instead of a water cycle, it has a methane cycle, fed by the vast fields of methane ice that coat its surface. Gaseous methane directly sublimates off the ice and creates clouds…

Jata

Settlements · Human

Jata is the most populous city of Cestulus (Davien II). Because the planet's atmosphere is thin, Jata is largely located under enormous, complex biodomes kept habitable by a system of air production facilities that help supplement the oxygen supply. It became the United Nations…

Javelin

Military · Spacecraft · Human

The Javelin is a destroyer created by Aegis Dynamics for the United Empire of Earth (UEE) Navy. Designed as a modular spacecraft, the UEEN can make major conversions to the Javelin for different roles rather than constructing individual specialized capital ships. Javelins are…

Jax McCleary

People · Human

Jax McCleary (b.2887 - present) is a Human journalist, pilot, and Spectrum personality best known for hosting the shows Galactic Tour and Whitley's Guide. Before becoming a show host, McCleary worked as the sports anchor for the local news program in Aydo on Green (Ellis III),…

Jele City

Settlements · Human

Jele City is the capital of Vann (Croshaw III). Since its founding early in Vann's terraforming process, the city was designed to offer maximum protection from the cold weather. Most of the vibrantly-painted homes are built in rows very close to one another in order to cut down…

Joker Engineering

Commerce · Weapons · Human

Joker Engineering is a Human manufacturer of novelty spacecraft weapons and components. Founded by eccentric engineer Barlowe Elias, the company's key interest is designing alternative weapons with unlikely applications that defy the usual missile-or-gun classification. Their…

Joona Tzur

People · Human

Joona Tzur (b. 2852) is the former Governor of Severus (Kiel III), Kiel system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). Elected in 2903, he established a program to revitalize Severus' economy by selling the planet's abandoned military infrastructure to corporations in search of low-cost…

Joule Consortium

Commerce · Weapons · Human

Joule Consortium is a Human manufacturer of energy-related products, including energy weapon munitions. Although the company advertises itself as a medical supply company, their flagship product is a high-end laser cell used in personal and spacecraft weaponry. Joule has…

Judecca (Ellis XII)

Planets

Judecca (Ellis XII) is a terrestrial ice planet located in the Ellis system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). Covered in kilometers of water ice, Judecca is profoundly cold, and has a tenuous atmosphere made of hydrogen and oxygen. The planet is occasionally used for ice-mining…

Juliet Maupin

People · Human

Juliet Maupin (2747 - 2862) was a weapons and scanner engineer. She began her career at Aegis Dynamics as a machinist in 2766, eventually transferring to the ships team on Cestulus (Davien II) in 2772. There, she worked her way up to lead engineer and led the team responsible…

Jump Point

Science and Technology

A jump point is a point in space that marks the opening of a traversable wormhole (jump tunnel) that tunnels through interspace and opens to another location, often a different solar system. In their natural state, jump points are nearly invisible to the naked eye. Their…

Jump Tunnel

Science and Technology

A jump tunnel (traversable wormhole) is a naturally-occurring topological feature in spacetime that effectively allows for superliminal travel through interspace across vast distances. Jump tunnels allow spacefaring civilizations to easily and quickly travel to other planetary…

Jumping Lime (Yar Fruit)

Food and Beverages · Plants

JUMPING LIME (YAR FRUIT) The jumping lime, also called the Yar lime or the Yar fruit, is a sweet, sour, astringent fruit that grows from a cactus that naturally mutated on Yar (Centauri II) some time after the planet's terraformation. Discovered in 2450, the fruit was named for…

Jupiter (Sol V)

Planets

Jupiter (Sol V) is the fifth planet from the sun of the Sol system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). A gas giant, it is the largest and most massive planet in the system. During the Human Colonial Expansion Era, Humans constructed some of their earliest attempts at hydrogen fuel…

JusticeStar Satellite

Locations · Human

The JusticeStar Satellite is a space station in the Fair Chance Act (FCA)-protected Kellog system. Located at one of the Lagrange points of Kellog VI's orbit, it serves as the central processing center for new arrivals to the maximum security prison QuarterDeck. It also hosts a…

Jynx Gin

Food and Beverages

Jynx is a brand of gin that is distilled and bottled on Delamar in the Nyx system. First brewed In SEY 2901, it resulted from an experimental batch of spirits brewed by the bartender Alta Turei, who was seeking a way to create a drink that used ingredients that could be grown on…

K'ya.k'uing (Ail'ka II)

Planets

K'ya.k'uing (Ail'ka II) is a barren, terrestrial planet that is second from the sun of the Ail'ka system, Xi'an Empire (SaoXy'an). Although it is not habited and appears to be deserted, the Xi'an government forbids any spacecraft from landing on the planet's surface. Scans taken…

K.yuk'o (Kai'pua IV)

Planets · Xi'an

K.yuk'o (Kai'pua IV) is the fourth planet from the sun of the Kai'pua system, Xi'an Empire (SaoXy'an), and is a gas dwarf. Since its rocky core and diffuse atmosphere have nearly identical properties to those of neighboring planet Kyu'kyu (Kai'pua III), some astronomers…

K.yuy'a'than (Th.us'ūng II)

Planets

K.yuy'a'than (Th.us'ūng II) is the second planet from the sun of the Th.us'ūng system, Xi'an Empire (SaoXy'an). Blanketed in a thick, high-pressure atmosphere of sulfur-dioxide, K.yuy'a'than's surface is extremely dangerous, and the Xi'an government appears to have left the…

Ka'ua (Hyoton IV)

Planets · Xi'an

Ka'ua (Hyoton IV) is the fourth planet from the sun of the Hyoton system, Xi'an Empire (SaoXy'an). The heart of the Xi'an government, it is the home of the Emperor and the Imperial House's Council of Three, and is the nerve center of the Civil Service. Originally uninhabitable,…

Kabal Cluster Alpha

Space

The Kabal cluster alpha is an asteroid cluster found in the Kabal system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). Rich in minerals, there is evidence that the Tevarin mined ores and metals there, but stopped when they abandoned the system at some point before 2541. They left some of their…