Lore

Blue Bilva

Food and Beverages · Plants

The blue bilva (or blubee) is a rich, sugary, and aromatic tree fruit that originated on Reisse (Rhetor III). Fibrous in its natural state, the vivid turquoise flesh of the fruit clings to a large black stone that is so hard it must be cracked through mechanical means. Some…

Sydney Kamarck

People · Human

Sydney Kamarck (2761-2864) was a historian of Human Political Systems at the University of Rhetor, most well-known for her 2812 book The Path to Prime Citizen. In 2806, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission released thousands of personal and official records connected to the…

Marshall Leon

People · Human

Marshall Leon (2753-2891) was a Human politician who served as Imperator of the United Empire of Earth from 2801 to 2811. Leon started his career in social services in 2774 and worked up to the Governors Council of Reisse (Rhetor III). From there, he was elected as Senator where…

Gold Horizon

Commerce · Human

Gold Horizon was a Human orbital platform manufacturing company that went defunct in 2655. Established as a prospecting corporation in 2546, the company transitioned to manufacturing prefabricated mining stations, and then to terraforming support stations, which made up the bulk…

Kōri'lya

Settlements · Xi'an

Kōri'lya is a major city on Xi (R.il'a V), Xi'an Empire (SaoXy'an). Originally filled with barracks for soldiers and support staff that worked and trained on neighboring planet Xōl'uu (R.il'a IV), the city was reclassified as a residential zone by the Xi'an government after the…

Ma'tok.yaai (Tokyai)

Animals

The ma'tok.yāi is a forest-dwelling apex predator indigenous to Xi (R.il'a V). Speakers of UEE Standard sometimes refer to it as the tokyai. About 2 meters in length, it has occasionally been known to take down prey twice its size. Its long, curved claws help it grip branches,…

MaxOx

Commerce · Weapons · Human

MaxOx is a Human manufacturer of personal and spacecraft-mounted weapons. The company was originally formed in the late 28th century to produce medical lasers. Impressed by their laser's power and precision, United Empire of Earth (UEE) government officials contracted with MaxOx…

Behring Applied Technology

Commerce · Weapons · Military · Human

Behring Applied Technology is a weapons consortium based on Terra (Terra III). Founded in SEY 2554, Behring is comprised of dozens of smaller research and development firms to build a variety of items, weapons, and vehicles, usually for defense purposes. Their laboratories…

Nul System

Planetary Systems

The Nul system is an unclaimed planetary system that consists of a type G cepheid variable star and five planets. Discovered in SEY 2290 by navjumper Antoine Lebec, it was one of the first systems visited and charted by Humans after Croshaw in 2271 and Rhetor in 2287. The…

Pyro IV

Planets

Pyro IV is the outermost moon ofPyro V, and astronomers theorize that it was once the fourth planet from the sun of the Pyro system. At some point before Humans discovered Pyro, a massive celestial body collided with Pyro IV, catastrophically warping its landscape, destroying…

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…

SSN/CAtv

Entertainment · Commerce

SSN/CATV SSN/CAtv is a spectrum network that provides news, political analysis, commentary programs, news magazines, and talk shows. It was founded in SEY 2458 as a result of a merger between former news channels Sheridan Special News Television (SSNtv) and Communications…

Pyro System

Planetary Systems

The Pyro system is an unclaimed planetary system that consists of a K-type flare star, five terrestrial planets, and a gas giant. Discovered in SEY 2493 by Pyrotechnic Amalgamated, it was not claimed by the United Nations of Earth (UNE) due in part to the dangers surrounding its…

Fairo (Pyro 5d)

Moons

Fairo is the fourth moon from the gas giant Pyro V, Pyro system. A hotbed of seismic activity, Fairo experiences frequent earthquakes that disturb its deep oceans of brackish water. The moon has an unusual ecosystem that thrives both on the surface and under the sea, supported…

Adir (Pyro 5c)

Moons

Adir is the third moon from the gas giant Pyro V, Pyro system. Jagged mountains and rocky hills dominate its crater-ridden landscape. Because it lacks a protective atmosphere that would otherwise break apart most approaching celestial objects, its surface sees frequent impacts.…

Oso VI

Planets

Oso VI is a dwarf planet in the Oso system, and is the last planet from its star. Uniform in appearance, its surface is coated in tholin, a hydrocarbon sludge that colors the world dark red and covers up deep layers of methane and water ice. Like neighboring planet Oso V, it is…

Vatra (Pyro 5b)

Moons

Vatra is the second moon from the gas giant Pyro V, Pyro system. Its thick, high-pressure atmosphere of nitrogen and methane supports an ecosystem of plants that subsist on hydrocarbons instead of carbon dioxide. Some water is present on Vatra in the form of ice, but it is too…

Callisto (Sol 5d)

Moons

Callisto (Sol 5d) is a moon of Jupiter (Sol V), United Empire of Earth (UEE). Of all the celestial bodies in the Sol system, Callisto's surface is the most heavily cratered. Because it has never been geologically active, it is home to multiple sealed settlements and a handful of…

Vuur (Pyro 5f)

Moons

Vuur is the sixth moon from the gas giant Pyro V, Pyro system. Thanks to an increased greenhouse effect in its dense carbon dioxide atmosphere, it is unusually warm for a moon so distant from its sun. Its carbon-rich soil supports forms of vegetation that utilize crystalline…

Io (Sol 5a)

Moons

Io (Sol 5a) is a moon of Jupiter (Sol V), United Empire of Earth (UEE). Due to tidal heating and the presence of a subsurface ocean of molten and solid rock, Io is the most geologically active object in the Sol system. Armor manufacturer Caldera utilizes the surface of Io as a…

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…

Ignis (Pyro 5a)

Moons

Ignis is the innermost moon of the gas giant Pyro V, Pyro system. The canyons and dry riverbeds on its surface suggest that liquid water once flowed there in the distant past. Its frigid average temperature and deadly atmosphere of sulfur dioxide creates an unfriendly…

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…

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…