Lore

C8 Pisces

Spacecraft · Human

The C8 Pisces is a scouting spacecraft manufactured by Anvil Aerospace as a landing craft for the Carrack. It is not available for standalone purchase. While it can be utilized as a reconnaissance, exploration, or landing ship by a single pilot, it is capable of transporting two…

325a

Spacecraft · Human

The 325a is a variant of the 300 series of spacecraft developed by Origin Jumpworks. Built as a dedicated combat ship, the 325a allows militia, police forces, and private security to arm themselves using the existing civilian maintenance chain. This ship comes standard with…

Mantis

Military · Spacecraft · Human

The Mantis is an interdiction spacecraft manufactured by Roberts Space Industries (RSI). Designed around the ability to mount a specialized quantum enforcement device, the Mantis is flown by police forces and security concerns to interdict other ships while they are in quantum…

Pyen'pui.a

Locations · Xi'an

Pyen'pui.a is a large Xi'an shipping base and orbital scaffolding array located on the moon of Kyuk'ya I. Ships moving through the system offload their cargo at the array, where it is then processed and distributed. Crews often spend time at the base on the surface while this is…

Cutlass Blue

Spacecraft · Human

The Cutlass Blue is a variant of the Cutlass fighter developed by Drake Interplanetary. Seen as an attempt by Drake to address the criminal reputation of the Cutlass series, the Blue adapts the original design for use as a police interceptor and a medium range patrol ship.…

Reliant Sen

Spacecraft · Human

The Reliant Sen is a variant of the Reliant spacecraft developed by Musashi Industrial and Starflight Concern (MISC) that adapts the Kore platform for use as a single-ship explorer and science platform. The spacecraft comes pre-configured with an additional scanner suite and…

Hadrian Belt Alpha

Space

The Hadrian belt alpha is an asteroid belt in the Hadrian system, United Empire of Earth (UEE) that orbits between the system's second and third planets. Although it is abundant in resources, no corporation has elected to mine it due to the presence of undetonated anti-ship…

Squadron 118

Military · Human

The 118th Fighter Squadron (Squadron 118, the "Hare Triggers") is an active United Empire of Earth (UEE) Navy unit. Currently assigned to the 5th Fleet, 87th Battle Group, the unit was first formed in the midst of the Second Tevarin War in SEY 2609. During the war, the 118th…

Stalker

Spacecraft · Human

The Stalker is a variant of the Avenger patrol ship developed by Aegis Dynamics. When the standard Avenger fighter failed to connect with military users, Aegis adapted it as a police spacecraft with the addition of the Stalker Prisoner Transport Module, a system of cell and…

Lyris Flotilla

Settlements

The Lyris flotilla is a vast interconnected network of spacecraft and space stations that orbits the sun of the Gliese system, Banu Protectorate. Located in orbit around Nogo (Gliese IV), it is the main trade hub in Gliese, and is home to a dense population of Banu. While the…

Liberator

Spacecraft · Human

The Liberator is a light carrier spacecraft manufactured by Anvil Aerospace. Designed with three open air landing pads and an interior bay that can accommodate up to two ground vehicles, the Liberator is capable of making long-range journeys to transport short-range ships to…

Oil'xa (T.āl II)

Planets

Oil'xa (T.āl II) is the second planet from the sun of the T.āl system, Xi'an Empire (SaoXy'an). The technological heart of T.āl, its government-assigned function is to fabricate spacecraft, from large-scale ships to advanced ship components to avionics software. It is densely…

MOLE

Spacecraft · Human

The MOLE is a medium mining spacecraft developed by Argo Astronautics. Its name is an acronym of the ship's primary function as a multi-operator laser extractor. Designed to support a crew of up to four, the MOLE can be used for longer-term mining missions in remote areas of…

Gatac Manufacture (Ao't.o'a'Ng.at'ak)

Xi'an · Commerce

Gatac Manufacture (Ao't.o'a'Ng.at'ak) is a commercial and industrial spacecraft manufacturer located on Tethle'a (Hyoton II). The company has a reputation in the Xi'an Empire (SaoXy'an) for producing cutting-edge and reliable cargo ships. After the SEY 2947 Human-Xi'an Trade…

Reliant Kore

Spacecraft · Human

The Reliant is a light freighter developed by Musashi Industrial and Starflight Concern (MISC)) as a versatile and agile entry to the intro-level ship market. The series was introduced in SEY 2946 as a followup to the Freelancer design. Like the Freelancer, the Reliant Kore…

Avenger

Spacecraft · Military · Human

The Avenger is a multi-role fighter sold by Aegis Dynamics. It was initially designed as a United Empire of Earth (UEE) carrier-borne spacecraft in the mid-28th century SEY. As more focused interceptors and space superiority spacecraft were developed in the mid-29th century, the…

Mustang Alpha

Spacecraft · Human

The Mustang Alpha is a single-seat civilian spacecraft in the Mustang line of spacecraft developed and sold by Consolidated Outland. It was developed to the specifications of company founder and CEO Silas Koerner, who intended it to offer radical competition to Roberts Space…

Vulcan

Spacecraft · Human · Military

The Vulcan is a refuel, rearm and repair spacecraft manufactured by Aegis Dynamics for the United Empire of Earth (UEE) military. First launched in SEY 2594, it was commissioned by the UEE Navy after they requested proposals for a medium-sized support spacecraft. After a…

Aegis Dynamics

Commerce · Military · Human

Aegis Dynamics is a spacecraft manufacturer based on Cestulus (Davien II). Because it manufactured a majority of the military ships used by the United Empire of Earth (UEE) during the Messer Era, the company became synonymous with the fascist regime of the time. After the fall…

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…

Daniel Penselin

People · Human

Dr. Daniel Penselin (2445 - 2496) was a physicist whose work improved the fuel economy of Humanquantum drives. In 2491, Penselin published a paper outlining a working hypothesis for the creation of more efficient quantum drives that would allow for an approximate 20 percent…

Zeus

Spacecraft · Human

The Zeus was a short-range spacecraft developed by Roberts Space Industries (RSI), and was the first ship equipped with a quantum drive to be offered to civilians on the commercial market. After the first quantum drive was developed by RSI for the military in 2075, demand for a…

Dahunsil Kosoko

People · Human · Exploration

Dahunsil Kosoko (2512 - 2581) was an explorer and navjumper best known for his 2539 discovery of the Gurzil system. Born on Cestulus (Davien II), he joined a navjumping crew in 2529 when he answered a local job posting. In 2538, he suffered a starship crash that required eight…

Quantum Drive

Science and Technology

A quantum drive is a type of engine that generates a Chan-Eisen field, enabling spacecraft to travel at approximately 20% of the speed of light. Because it takes a great deal of energy for a quantum drive to work, larger ships with more room for specialized power and cooling…