Lore

Armitage (Weapons Manufacturer)

Commerce · Weapons · Human

Armitage is a Human weapons manufacturer founded in 2717 by a group of survivors from the Battle of Orion (2712). Named for the once Human-inhabited planet in the fallen system, Armitage produces weapons that are simple to use by people without training. The company has remained…

Fuego (Pyro 5e)

Moons

Fuego is the fifth moon from the gas giant Pyro V, Pyro system. Relatively temperate but still cold, it has a mostly carbon dioxide atmosphere with small percentages of nitrogen, sulfur dioxide, and oxygen. High amounts of iron-sulfide in its soil gives its surface a yellow and…

Spider

Settlements · Illegal Activity

Spider is a habitable space station in the unclaimed Cathcart system. The station was fabricated by squatters from a half-finished platform and hundreds of abandoned spacecraft hulls that were dumped in the system. Despite its reputation for lawlessness, the station's location…

Min 1d

Moons

Min 1d is the most distant moon from the rogue planet Min I in the unclaimed Min system. Unlike the other moons in its system, it doesn't experience tidal heating, and has no detectable tectonic activity. Its surface is nearly saturated with craters. So many objects have made…

Tarquin Klast

People · Human

Tarquin Klast (2879-present) is the elected Governor of the state of Dellin on the planet Charon III. Born to a low-income family, he was elected governor amidst the ongoing conflict Between Dellin and its neighboring state of Acheron. Klast has been accused by newsorgs and…

Revel & York

Commerce · Human

Revel & York is a high-end Human design firm, specializing in furniture and hangar manufacturing. After being founded as a couture design group, the company made an unexpected turn to hangar development in the early 30th century. Revel & York gained a foothold in the market by…

Life/Labor-Style Employee Contract

Human · Commerce

The Life/Labor-style employee contract is a controversial legal agreement that gives a corporation a high degree of control over employees in exchange for housing, medical support, and the provision of other social services. It was developed in the early 26th century by Arial…

INS Hephaestus

Locations · Military

INS Hephaestus is a military outpost that orbits Tangaroa (Helios II) in the Helios system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). Operated by the UEE Navy, the station acts as a general launching area for system security and as a waystation for fleets moving through the system. Battle…

Battle of Koren Pass

Military · History · Human · Tevarin

The Battle of Koren Pass was a military engagement between the United Empire of Earth (UEE) and the Tevarin in 2605. It took place on Crion (Caliban II), when a group of UEE Army soldiers traveling in Nova tanks were besieged by a Tevarin strike team. The battle lasted sixteen…

Archangel Station

Locations · Human

Archangel Station is a Human space station in the Chronos system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). It was initially constructed by the UEE in the 29th century as the marshaling and scientific nerve center for Project Archangel, also known as Synthworld. Shipping traffic through…

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…

Vanduul Clans

Vanduul

Vanduul Clans are groups of Vanduul who have banded together to form a single mutually-beneficial unit. Although observers have not yet fully defined the leadership structure, it is believed that Clans operate as a martial meritocracy that shares some similarities with a…

GIO

Settlements · Human

GIO (Geological Investigation Outpost) is a mining outpost owned and operated by Shubin Interstellar on Baker IV, United Empire of Earth (UEE). GIO mostly consists of a vast network of interconnected mining tunnels deep underground, marked on the planet's surface by a group of…

Ashana (Nul V)

Planets

Ashana is the fifth planet from the sun of the unclaimed Nul system. A cold desert world, the majority of its surface is covered in shifting sand dunes interspersed with glaciers. In 2571, the UEES Olympus was pursuing a group of anti-Messer activists to their makeshift base on…

Idris-M

Spacecraft · Military · Human

The Idris-M is a frigate manufactured by Aegis Dynamics. It lends its name to the standard line of frigates in the United Empire of Earth (UEE) Navy. Idrises are larger than traditional corvettes, but smaller than destroyers and destroyer escorts. They can be found in most…

Xi'an Language (uo'aXy'an)

Xi'an · Culture

The Xi'an Language (uo'aXy'an) is a group of languages spoken by the Xi'an. It refers to the standard dialect, the military dialect, and countless other dialects dispersed throughout the Xi'an Empire. Most Xi'an dialects are mutually intelligible due to the re-organization of…

Hull D

Spacecraft · Military · Human

The Hull D is a modular bulk freighter produced by Musashi Industrial & Starflight Concern (MISC). The Hull D is the second largest freighter in the Hull line and is capable of transporting large quantities of goods attached to the frame in standard cargo containers. The Hull D…

Kallis Belt Beta

Space

The Kallis belt beta is the second asteroid belt from the sun of the developing Kallis system. Less dense than its sibling belt, it is primarily composed of dust grains and small asteroids that may be remnants from the formation of Kallis IV and Kallis V. In 2931, a group of art…

Gladiator

Military · Spacecraft · Human

The Gladiator is a two-seat light bomber developed by Anvil Aerospace for the United Empire of Earth (UEE) Navy. It was designed as a combination fighter-bomber companion to Anvil's F7A Hornet line of spacecraft, offering the UEEN the ability to significantly increase the…

Derion

Commerce

Derion is a clothing brand that creates high-end business wear. Headquartered on Mars (Sol IV) in the United Empire of Earth (UEE), it was founded by a group of tailors from Earth (Sol III) who settled in Port Renatus during the first wave of immigration after Mars was fully…

Starburst Collective

Music

Starburst Collective is a HumanS-pop band based in Saisei (Centauri III). The group is composed of S-guitar player Haruhiko Maeda, synthesizer player and keyboardist Zen Shirogawa, drummer, violinist, and vocalist Aya Saito, and bassist and vocalist Maya Watanabe. Mostly S-pop,…

Ne'er

Settlements · Tevarin

Ne'er is a majority-Tevarin town on Branaugh II in the unclaimed Branaugh system. After surveyors for the United Empire of Earth (UEE) determined that Branaugh II was not a good terraformation candidate, they abandoned the structures they lived in while evaluating the planet. A…

B3

Food and Beverages · Human

B3 is a strong brandy distilled in the Rhetor system from blue bilva, a fruit indigenous to Reisse Rhetor III). In 2733, a group of students at the University of Mentor on Mentor (Rhetor IV) used a bushel of blue bilva as the basis for an experimental homemade spirit. The…

INS Aniene

Military · Locations

INS Aniene was a United Empire of EarthNavy (UEEN) installation in the Tiber system. It was originally established as one of two fleet support bases in the system with large-scale drydock and collier facilities capable of outfitting multiple capital ships simultaneously. During…