Lore

Tears of Fire

Culture · Art

Tears of Fire Tears of Fire is a painting by the early Messer Era landscape and military artist Aaron Fring. It was completed in SEY 2610, after Fring witnessed Tevarin Warlord Corath'Thal and his fleet falling through the atmosphere of Jalan (Elysium IV, formerly Kaleeth) in an…

microTech (Company)

Commerce · Human

microTech is a manufacturer of a variety of electronics, digital displays, software, and computers, including the mobiGlas wearable computer. Founded on Earth (Sol III) in SEY 2782 by programmer Magnus Tobin, it is headquartered in New Babbage on the planet microTech (Stanton…

TDD Station Kesner

Locations

The Trade and Development Division (TDD) Station Kesner is a shipping station located in the Sol system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). Operating near the Sol-Croshaw jump point, it is a large facility with commercial docks, hangars, shops, and housing. Most cargo entering Sol…

Kamposi Magnus

Animals

KAMPOSI MAGNUS The kamposi magnus was a tusked aquatic animal that inhabited Kampos (Ellis IV) until roughly 500,000 SEY ago. Kamposi was an omnivorous apex predator with a dense, solid, compact skeleton adapted for the high-gravity, high-pressure environment of Kampos' deep…

INS Dunleavy

Locations · Military

The Imperial Naval Station (INS) Dunleavy is a Naval base located in the Sol system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). Found near the Sol-Davien jump point, it is the main operational center of the Sol fleet, and is the system's first line of defense against potential invaders. The…

Shubin Interstellar

Commerce · Human

Shubin Interstellar is a major corporation headquartered on microTech (Stanton IV) in the United Empire of Earth (UEE). Founded as an investment group, it acquired the terraforming conglomerate Worldmaker in the late 25th century SEY, and Fulcrum Mining Associates in the…

Tanys

Settlements · Human

Tanys is a city located in the Corsti Mountains on Locke (Idris IV), United Empire of Earth (UEE). Founded as a resort town for climbing enthusiasts, in 2542 Tanys became the center of the resistance movement against the invading Tevarin called the Greys. When Idris IV was…

Euterpe (Stanton 4c)

Moons · Human

Euterpe is the third and smallest moon of microTech (Stanton IV), named for the ancient Earth (Sol III) muse of music. Largely covered by ice sheets and frozen oceans of water, the landscape of the moon is dotted with pillars of rock formations that researchers theorize are…

Clio (Stanton 4b)

Moons · Human

Clio is the second-closest moon to microTech (Stanton IV), and is a popular destination for tourists due to its liquid oceans and pink and teal sky. It was named for the ancient Earth (Sol III) muse of history in order to remind those on microTech that their work is built on the…

Calliope (Stanton 4a)

Moons · Human

Calliope is a cold, windy moon of microTech (Stanton IV), named after the mythical muse of epic poetry and eloquence from ancient Earth (Sol III). Due to the high winds and extreme cold, weather suits worn by visitors to the planet are known to fail, particularly on the moon's…

Amioshi Plague

Plants

The amioshi plague is a lichen that is invasive on multiple planets throughout known space. Originally from Kampos (Ellis IV), it naturally grows in the cracks of rocks, where it anchors its rhizines to absorb nutrients and water. It needs little to no light to survive, and can…

Roussimoff Rehabilitation Systems

Commerce · Weapons · Human

Roussimoff Rehabilitation Systems is a multi-disciplinary manufacturer of personal and spacecraft-mounted weaponry and protective armor. Headquartered on Earth (Sol III), it is distinct among defense corporations in that it mostly produces non-lethal weaponry. Roussimoff's…

Neo Taurii

Settlements · Human

Neo Taurii is a city on Kampos (Ellis IV) in the United Empire of Earth (UEE). Founded in the early 2800s, it was built along the coast of the Sorghum Sea, where the temperature stays comfortable most of the year. Buildings erected in Neo Taurii are constructed low to the ground…

Nedila

Settlements · Human · Tevarin

Nedila is a small town on Jalan (Elysium IV), United Empire of Earth (UEE) located in a rocky area south of the planet's capital Gemma. Many of its inhabitants are water farmers, and their harvests are distributed to the major population centers on Jalan. The town's natural hot…

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…

New Babbage

Settlements · Human

New Babbage is the largest city on microTech (Stanton IV) and home to microTech's main headquarters. Construction of New Babbage was personally overseen by company founder Magnus Tobin, whose goal was to make the city an ideal working environment for the technological innovators…

Boreal Stalker

Animals

The boreal stalker is an apex predator found on microTech (Stanton IV) and created by the company microTech to help round out their planet's ecosystem. After the error in the terraforming process that led to a climate far colder than had been intended, many of the plants and…

Mazzi

Plants

The mazzi is a tropical evergreen tree originally from Jalan (Elysium IV), United Empire of Earth (UEE). Preferring moist soil in partial shade, high-humidity, and warm temperatures, it can grow up to five meters in height in ideal conditions. The tree's bark can be cut from the…

Asiatica

Locations · Human

Asiatica is the largest state on the planet Earth (Sol III). It was created in the nascency United Nations of Earth (UNE), the first single-world Human government. Populous and prosperous, Asiatica is a center of commerce and transportation. The Human Overpopulation Era left…

University of Mentor

Education · Human · Locations

The University of Mentor (UM) is a public research university on Mentor (Rhetor IV), United Empire of Earth (UEE). The school is one of several prestigious universities located in the Rhetor system. Established shortly after the planet was terraformed, it is the oldest and…

Flatcat

Animals

A flatcat is a small carnivorous animal indigenous to Kampos (Ellis IV). Because it evolved on a high-gravity world, the flatcat has a wide, squat body and stocky, muscular legs. A social animal, it lives in groups of between two and forty individuals in its natural habitat.…

Gemma

Settlements · Human · Tevarin

Gemma is the capital city of Jalan (Elysium IV), United Empire of Earth (UEE), but formerly part of the Tevarin Empire. It was overtaken by the UEE after the Tevarin surrendered to Human-led forces at the end of the First Tevarin War (2541 - 2546). Historically, it was a Tevarin…

Antoine Lebec

People · Human · Exploration · History

Antoine Lebec (SEY 2258 - 2307?) was a navjumper most notable for his discovery of the Nul system in 2290. Born on Earth (Sol III), he was inspired to become an explorer after Nick Croshaw discovered the Croshaw system in 2271. He completed pilot training in 2277, but wasn't…

Patek Coen

People · Human

Patek Coen (2786 - 2867) was a navjumper most notable for his discovery of the Kellog system in 2811. Born on Kampos (Ellis IV), Coen began his career as a pilot for a private ferry service from Kampos to neighboring planets Green (Ellis III) and Noble (Ellis V). He became…