Lore

Buloi Sataball Arena

Locations

The Buloi Sataball Arena is a space station and staball stadium located in the Yulin system, Banu Protectorate. Founded by the Buloi Sataball Souli, it hosts hundreds of games each year. A crystal-clear hull on one side of the station shows spectacular views of Yulin II's…

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…

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…

Fulcrum Mining Associates

Commerce · Human

Fulcrum Mining Associates was a Human mining concern that operated from 2448 through its sale to Shubin Interstellar in 2554. The company was one of the first Human off-world mining concerns. In 2554, Fulcrum reached out to Shubin with a bid to sell off unwanted corporate assets…

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…

Elysian Bloom

Planets

The elysian bloom is a carnivorous plant that was created by Rayari Inc. Designed to alleviate pest problems for farmers on newly terraformed worlds, it uses the sticky resins it exudes to attract and trap insects and other small animals. Rayari is currently conducting a…

Xenia

Locations · Human

Xenia is a Human-constructed space station in the Baker system that serves as a shipping hub for the Covalex corporation. It was built to support trade between the United Empire of Earth (UEE) and the Xi'an Empire. Its habitation facilities and pressurized hangar bays provide…

Groupe Nouveau Paradigme (GNP)

Commerce · Human

Groupe Nouveau Paradigme (GNP) is a Human spacecraft component manufacturer that sells sensors, engines, and software. An unusually structured company, GNP was founded via an alliance between the governments of the Helios, Odin, Charon, and Baker systems in order to utilize…

Mariana

Settlements

Mariana, also called Shorebreak by locals, is the capital of Tangaroa (Helios II), United Empire of Earth (UEE). Located on and around one of Tangaroa's few permanent islands, it was initially established soon after the system was discovered as a base for scientists to study the…

Ceprozin

Science and Technology

Ceprozin is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug invented by Rayari Inc in 2938 at the Hickes Research Outpost on the moon Cellin (Stanton 2a) in the Stanton system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). A product of decades of research and development, Ceprozin provides pain relief…

Shipping Checkpoint

Government

A shipping checkpoint is a government-run agency in which the cargo manifests of spacecraft are examined to make sure they are in compliance of the law. They are typically located in platforms near jump points that cross into sovereign systems, with a checkpoint on either side.…

Front Row

Settlements

Front Row is a settlement on the surface of Lanisto (Tyrol 1a), the moon of Tyrol I in the unclaimed Tyrol system. In 2848, a series of interconnected research stations funded by multiple private institutes were constructed below the surface in old lava tunnels as a part of a…

Sylvie Randall

People · Human

Commander Sylvie Randall (SEY 2835 - 2884) was a United Empire of Earth Naval Officer, most famously known as the final commanding officer of the 89th Logistic Support Squadron ("the Lost Squad"). She took command of the 89th in 2878, and spent her tenure requesting more funding…

Terra Mills (Terragra)

Commerce · Human

Terra Mills is a manufacturer of consumer foods that was founded in SEY 2665 on Terra (Terra III). It produces a wide variety of well known brands, such as Pips, Fieldsbury, Prallies, and Big Benny's. Formerly known as Terragra, the company merged with Bremen Mills in 2717, and…

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…

Kyuk'ya Belt Alpha

Space

The Kyuk'ya belt alpha is an asteroid belt in the Kyuk'ya system, Xi'an Empire. Some of the larger asteroids are occupied by members of the nyayu'a, the professional class of criminals who operate with the conditional approval and oversight of the Xi'an government. People…

Port Fairfax

Settlements · Human

Port Fairfax is a United Empire of Earth Navy (UEEN) base located on Goss III, United Empire of Earth (UEE). Constructed during the Messer Era (2546 - 2792), it was originally intended to be a staging point for the invasion of the Terra system in case it tried to secede. After…

Crusader (Stanton II)

Planets · Human

Crusader (Stanton II) is a low mass gas giant in the Stanton system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). The world was purchased by Crusader Industries from the UEE in 2865 and is now the company's headquarters. Rare among gas giants, Crusader's upper atmosphere is breathable by…

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…

Buloi Satabo

People · Banu

Buloi Satabo is the Essosouli of the Buloi Sataball Souli and its namesake arena, located in the Yulin system, Banu Protectorate. They re-founded the Souli in the late 2920s after the sudden death of the previous Essosouli and immediately contracted with a Construction Soili to…

Squadron 89 (The Lost Squad)

Military · Human

The 89th Logistic Support Squadron (Squadron 89, "the Lost Squad") is an inactive United Empire of Earth Navy (UEEN) unit. Founded in SEY 2608, the squadron served as a logistics and operations support squadron to various units, bases, and capital ships until its final posting…

UEE Navy

Human · Military

The United Empire of Earth (UEE) Navy is the largest branch of the UEE's armed forces. It is responsible for the operation of capital spacecraft, support ships, and fighters and the maintenance thereof. The UEE Navy is headed by the Legatus Navium, who represents the branch in…

University of Rhetor

Education · Human · Locations

The University of Rhetor is a public institute of higher learning located on Reisse (Rhetor III) in the Rhetor system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). A research university, it offers a wide range of subjects and invests heavily in research and development. Undergraduates at the…

Fire Rats

Organizations · Illegal Activity

The Fire Rats are a criminal organization and religious cult based in the Pyro system. It originated in 2563, when a group of former Pyrotechnic Amalgamated workers found themselves abandoned on Bloom (Pyro III) after their employer declared bankruptcy. Forced to eke out a…