Lore

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…

Plain Truth

Entertainment · Human

PLAIN TRUTH The Plain Truth is a Human tabloid talk show broadcast by SSN/CAtv and hosted by former New United reporter Parker Terrell. It premiered in SEY 2944, in the wake of a widely reported upon, three-month disappearance by Terrell. After his sudden reappearance, Terrell…

Wintle Design Company

Commerce · Human

The Wintle Design Company is a Human manufacturer of luxury craft goods, located in Prime on Terra (Terra III). Since its founding in 2895, the company has remained committed to using only master craftspeople and their apprentices to create artisanal furniture, home goods,…

Quasi Grazer

Animals

The Quasi grazer is a large, warm-blooded herd animal that is indigenous to the vast plains of Quasi on Terra (Terra III). Most notable for its unusual method of carrying their eggs on its underside, the Quasi grazer has become one of the standard seed animals used in the…

Prime Transit Metrorail (PTM)

Ground Transportation · Human

The Prime Transit Metrorail (PTM) is a public transportation system located in Prime on Terra (Terra III), developed under government contract by Argo Astronautics in 2545. The PTM's main city center station sits in downtown Prime, with lines connecting it to hubs located in the…

J Harris Arnold

People · Human

J HARRIS ARNOLD Jude "J" Harris Arnold (2742 - 2853) was the lead designer and founder of Anvil Aerospace. Born in 2742, he was the only son of Pax Harris and Ndilimeke Arnold, real estate moguls on Terra (Terra III). He graduated from the Astronautics Laboratory within the…

Anvil Aerospace

Commerce · Military · Human

Anvil Aerospace is a spacecraft manufacturing corporation headquartered on Terra (Terra III). Founded in SEY 2772 by spacecraft designer J. Harris Arnnold, it produces both military and civilian crafts. Anvil's earliest ship, the Osprey, was directly inspired by the work of 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…

Banded Fessle

Animals

Banded Fessle The banded fessle is a carnivorous saltwater fish indigenous to the warmer areas of the Animas Sea on Terra (Terra III), Terra System, United Empire of Earth (UEE). A popular aquarium fish, banded fessles in captivity have been bred to encourage docility and to…

Devil May Care Productions

Entertainment · Commerce · Human

Devil May Care Productions is a Human entertainment production company founded in 2943 by writers Jaina Tatman and Hadrian Weir to produce Lost Squad. After the success of Lost Squad, the company has begun development on two other unannounced projects. Its offices are located on…

Nova Pyrotechnica

Commerce · Weapons · Human

Nova Pyrotechnica is a Human manufacturer of missiles, rockets, and other ordnance. Founded in 2932, Nova quickly carved a niche in the market by developing a reputation for low-cost, highly-powered weapons. In 2945 allegations surfaced that their products are more prone to…

Esperia

Commerce · Human

Esperia is a Human spacecraft manufacturer that adapts, reproduces, and sells existing spacecraft designs. The company was founded in 2873 by Jovi and Theo Ingstrom, brothers interested in preserving spacecraft-building history. Esperia's current lineup of spacecraft…

Ascension Astro

Commerce · Human

Ascension Astro is a Human spacecraft equipment company that develops and manufactures aftermarket stealth components. The company was founded in 2901 by a group of friends who had developed a new technique to reduce the infrared and electromagnetic signature of standard ship…

Huichuaihyao y.ath'o se Th.us'ūng

Space

The Huichuaihyao y.ath'o se Th.usūng (Th.us'ūng belt alpha) is an asteroid belt in the Th.us'ūng system, Xi'an Empire (SaoXy'an). Rich in valuable mineral resources, Kathryn Segovia cited its presence as a primary motivating factor in her decision to sell the location of the…

Daedalus Cluster (Croshaw Cluster Beta)

Space

The Daedalus cluster (Croshaw cluster beta) is an asteroid cluster that shares an orbit with the Icarus cluster (Croshaw cluster alpha) in the Croshaw system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). Dense and initially resource rich, the cluster has supported generations of miners in…

New Austin

Settlements · Human

New Austin is a city on Terra (Terra III), and is one of the planet's initial colonization points. While a city of industry, the factories of New Austin are constructed to protect the natural beauty that surrounds it by blending into the environment as seamlessly as possible.…

Gedinasho

Fiction

Gedinasho is a fictional hero character created by artist/writer Fief. Her adventures exploring unknown areas of space were chronicled in a comic that ran from 2432 to 2445. Numerous Spectrum series and movie adaptations were made of the comic throughout the 25th century. The…

Xyeping (Ail'ka I)

Planets

Xyeping (Ail'ka I) is the innermost planet in the Ail'ka system, Xi'an Empire (SaoXy'an). A rocky protoplanet, it is likely to have originated from the nearby Ail'ka belt alpha that's located between it and the rest of the planetary system. Xyeping is bombarded with heat and…

Ye'ten (Ail'ka III)

Planets · Xi'an

Ye'ten (Ail'ka III) is the third planet from the sun of the Ail'ka system, Xi'an Empire (SaoXy'an). Terraformed for the express purpose of agricultural production, Ye'ten is a world in which all available arable land is being used to grow food and other important organic…

M.iiy'ong (Ail'ka IV)

Planets · Xi'an

M.iiy'ong (Ail'ka IV) is the fourth planet from the sun in the Ail'ka system, Xi'an Empire (SaoXy'an). As a base of operations for the Xi'an military, M.iiy'ong is a densely populated, busy world that houses flight academies, command centers, intelligence facilities, and…

Triton (Sol 8a)

Moons

Triton is a moon of Neptune (Sol VIII), United Empire of Earth (UEE). The largest of Neptune's moons, it the planet's only natural satellite massive enough to have achieved gravitational rounding. Additionally, even though it is a moon, it is larger than all other dwarf planets…

Stanton System

Planetary Systems · Human

STANTON SYSTEM The Stanton system is a planetary system in the United Empire of Earth (UEE), discovered in SEY 2851 by navjumper Toshi Aaron. It is one of only two fully colonized systems in the UEE, and is made up of three super-Earths, a gas giant, an asteroid belt, and a…

Vega System

Planetary Systems · Human

VEGA SYSTEM The Vega system is a planetary system in the United Empire of Earth (UEE). It consists of one mesoplanet, two terrestrial planets, one gas giant, one asteroid belt, and a G-type main sequence star. It was discovered in SEY 2402 and colonized only seven years later,…

Ellis System

Planetary Systems · Human

The Ellis system is a planetary system located in the United Empire of Earth (UEE) that consists of thirteen planets, one asteroid belt, and one F-type main sequence star. Most famously home to annual spacecraft race the Murray Cup, its three habitable planets are all centers of…