Lore

Y.ōm'e (T.āl I)

Planets

Y.ōm'e (T.āl I) is the first planet from the sun of the T.āl system, Xi'an Empire (SaoXy'an). A mesoplanet that closely orbits its star, it is pockmarked with craters from countless mining probes that were dispatched to survey the planet for potentially valuable resources. While…

Corel II

Planets

Corel II is a coreless, terrestrial planet located in the Corel system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). The second planet from its sun, it has no magnetic field and an undifferentiated interior. UEE surveys of the planet have shown that it is rich in valuable mineral resources. An…

Cassel (Goss II)

Planets · Human

Cassel (Goss II) is the second planet from the binary suns of the Goss system in the United Empire of Earth (UEE). An ocean world with many islands and small continents, Cassel was colonized in the early 2500s. The natural beauty of turquoise, gold, and deep orange bands in the…

Gonn (Oberon I)

Planets

Gonn is the first planet from the neutron star of the unclaimed Oberon system. A super-Earth that was once the core of a brown dwarf, this planet is rich in carbon and has long been rumored to hide vast deposits of diamonds that have yet to be discovered. Because the extreme…

Kallis IX

Planets

Kallis IX is a dwarf planet in the developing Kallis system, and is the ninth planet from its sun. Frigidly cold, its surface is marked with active cryovolcanoes that spew ice and water into the ammonia-rich atmosphere. The planet came to fame in the SEY 2943 Tonya Oriel story…

Kellog V

Planets

Kellog V is the fifth planet from the sun of the Fair Chance Act (FCA) protected Kellog system. A gas dwarf, it has a rocky core and a thick, expansive hydrogen-helium atmosphere, but does not have enough mass to classify as a gas giant. Resources from the planet are sometimes…

Yulin II

Planets

Yulin II is the second planet from the sun of the Yulin system, Banu Protectorate. A smog planet, it has a deadly but prismatic atmosphere that shimmers with many colors under the light of its star. It is a popular subject of photography among tourists. Postcards,…

Mercury (Sol I)

Planets

Mercury (Sol I) is the first planet from the sun of the Sol system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). An iron planet, has been extensively mined and stripped of most of its natural resources. When Humans first began mining planets other than their homeworld Earth (Sol III), hundreds…

Tangaroa (Helios II)

Planets · Human

Tangaroa (Helios II) is a terrestrial planet located in the Helios system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). Highly geologically active, volcanic eruptions are frequent and unpredictable, often giving rise to short-lived landmasses that are reclaimed by the sea. Its few permanent…

Lixāuu (T.āl IV)

Planets · Xi'an

Lixāuu (T.āl IV) is the fourth planet from the sun of the T.āl system, Xi'an Empire (SaoXy'an). Naturally habitable, the acid already-present in Lixāuu's atmosphere convinced officials to make it the home of processing facilities, refineries, and other pollution-causing…

Gliese I

Planets

Gliese I is the first planet from the sun of the Gliese system Banu Protectorate. An iron planet with a superheated ferromagnetic core that is partially exposed to vacuum, its intensely hot conditions make landing on its surface nearly impossible without specialized technology.…

Ellis VI

Planets

Ellis VI is a terrestrial planet that sits just outside the green band of the Ellis system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). Since 2931, it has been used by Humans as an experimental terraforming site for the development of technology that will allow planets far from their system's…

Leir III

Planets · Human

Leir III is the final planet from the sun of the Leir system. A carbon planet, Leir III's surface is a sandy desert partially covered in towering graphite crystals. Its atmosphere of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, sulfur, nitrogen, and ozone gives rise to powerful storms. Soon…

Kellog III

Planets

Kellog III is the third planet from the sun of the Fair Chance Act (FCA)-protected Kellog system. With a high-pressure atmosphere of carbon dioxide and a runaway greenhouse effect, temperatures on Kellog III are hotter than those on neighboring planet Xis (Kellog II). In 2911, a…

Kins III

Planets

Kins III is the third planet from the sun of the Kins system, Banu Protectorate. A massive super-Earth, it has oceans of mixed water and ammonia and an atmosphere composed of nitrogen, oxygen, ammonia, and carbon dioxide. While Banu can breathe the air comfortably, Humans,…

Asura (Ferron III)

Planets

Asura is the third planet from the sun in the Ferron system in the United Empire of Earth (UEE). Terraformed shortly after the system's discovery in 2460, the early settlers of Asura generated a great deal of wealth from the planet's rich mineral deposits. Asura became one of…

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…

Uriel (Oberon II)

Planets · Human

Uriel is the second planet from the neutron star in the unclaimed Oberon system. Before the formation of the United Nations of Earth (UNE), there were few regulations on the discovery of new systems. When Titania Terraforming won the coordinates of Oberon in an auction, they…

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…

Noble (Ellis V)

Planets · Human

Noble (Ellis V) is a heavily forested planet in the Ellis system, United Empire of Earth (UEE), and is one of three habitable planets in the system. In the early days after its terraforming, colonists established settlements and harvested resources as needed with little regard…

Hyperion (Fora III)

Planets

Hyperion (Fora III) is the third planet from the sun of the Fora system, United Empire of Earth (UEE), and is the system's only populated world. In 2316, the Aether Worldbuilding Corporation started terraforming operations on Fora III, but abandoned the project in 2319 when the…

Pluto (Sol IX)

Planets

Pluto (Sol XI) is a dwarf planet and one of the farthest celestial bodies from the sun of the Sol system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). Not the most distant object, it is included as an honorary ninth planet in star charts due to its relative proximity to the Croshaw-Sol jump…

Kabal II

Planets

Kabal II is the second planet from the sun of the Kabal system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). A terrestrial desert world, its position in the system's green band would make it an excellent candidate for terraforming if not for the ancient abandoned Tevarin cities on neighboring…

Xis (Kellog II)

Planets

Xis (Kellog II) is the second planet from the sun of the Fair Chance Act (FCA)-protected Kellog system. A biologically diverse, lushly vegetated world, it is home to the developing Orm civilization and is protected by UEE Army patrols who enforce the FCA. Deep, multi-canopied…