Lore

Yulin IV

Planets

Yulin IV is the fourth planet from the sun of the Yulin system, Banu Protectorate. Tectonic activity on this world has raised towering pillars of rock with natural windows caused by constantly-shifting wind patterns. The Banu in the system utilize these natural formations as…

Hurston Dynamics

Military · Weapons · Commerce · Human

Hurston Dynamics is a Human weapons manufacturer and materials processor based on Hurston (Stanton I). They are the largest producer of standard munitions warheads for military contracts in the United Empire of Earth (UEE), as well as the third-largest refiner of antimatter…

Pico the Penguin

Commerce · Human

Pico the Penguin is the official mascot of New Babbage, the largest city on microTech (Stanton IV). Debuted in 2902 by the microTech Tourism Board as part of that year's Snow Sport Invitational, the penguin was embraced by the inhabitants of the city and around the United Empire…

Nexus II

Planets

Nexus II is the second planet from the sun of the Nexus system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). A world with a dense, nitrogen-rich atmosphere, it was used by the then-United Nations of Earth (UNE) as a testing ground to develop new terraforming technology to use on smog planets.…

Terraforming

Science and Technology

Terraforming is the process of rendering an environment habitable for particular inhabitants through the use of industrial technology applied on a planetary scale. Humans have been terraforming worlds since the early 22nd century SEY, allowing for a more rapid expansion into the…

Gladiator

Military · Spacecraft · Human

The Gladiator is a two-seat light bomber developed by Anvil Aerospace for the United Empire of Earth (UEE) Navy. It was designed as a combination fighter-bomber companion to Anvil's F7A Hornet line of spacecraft, offering the UEEN the ability to significantly increase the…

Carteyna (Cano II)

Planets

Carteyna is the second planet from the star of the Cano system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). An ocean world discovered in 2463, Carteyna has resisted terraforming attempts. Its residents inhabit sealed arcologies surrounded by geothermal waters underneath the planet's northern…

Port Tressler

Locations · Human

Port Tressler is a space station that serves as the main transfer hub to New Babbage on microTech (Stanton IV). Named after Aleena Tressler, a mentor of microTech's founder Magnus Tobin, it is owned and operated by microTech, and houses multiple shops and services focused on…

Tethyeng (Hyoton I)

Planets

Tethyeng (Hyoton I) is the first planet from the sun of the Hyoton system, Xi'an Empire (SaoXy'an). Given the name "fire world" by ancient Xi'an astronomers, the soil on Tethyeng's surface is deep rust in color, making the planet appear to be a red star when observed from the…

Rust Society

Organizations · Human

The Rust Society is a majority-Human organization of haulers and salvagers who mentor newcomers in both fields. Founded in SEY 2423 by Franklin "Knocks" Yeung, it began as an informal, irregular gathering of pilots who shared job postings with one over glasses of Rust, a potent…

Unified Currency Riot

Human · Politics · History

The Unified Currency Riot was a two-week period of political unrest and violence in Jata, Cestulus (Davien II) in SEY 2529 following the introduction of the United Earth Credit (UEC) to the United Planets of Earth (UPE) market. The riot began when a private security officer…

Kins II

Planets

Kins II is the second planet from the sun of the Kins system, Banu Protectorate. A world with a natural oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere, it is the home of the largest indentured servant market in the Protectorate. Its large cities have historically enjoyed a low crime rate, but as…

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…

Freeman Act

Human · Government

The Freeman Act is a piece of legislation passed cooperatively by all governments on Earth (Sol III) in 2281 that created a lottery system to grant land and mineral rights to potential colonists of the Croshaw system. Revenue generated from the lottery was used to fund ongoing…

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…

Cyrus Ishitaka

People · Human

Cyrus Ishitaka (SEY 2521 - 2546) was a United Planets of Earth Army veteran (Corporal, honorably discharged) squadmate of Ivar Messer I who participated in the Battle of Idris IV. Little is known about his private life outside of multiple arrests for narcotic possession and…

K.yuy'a'than (Th.us'ūng II)

Planets

K.yuy'a'than (Th.us'ūng II) is the second planet from the sun of the Th.us'ūng system, Xi'an Empire (SaoXy'an). Blanketed in a thick, high-pressure atmosphere of sulfur-dioxide, K.yuy'a'than's surface is extremely dangerous, and the Xi'an government appears to have left the…

Goss III

Planets · Human · Military

Goss III is a terrestrial super-Earth located in the Goss system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). The furthest world from its systems suns, Goss III is temperate and heavily forested with multiple tropical and subtropical biomes. It is largely undeveloped save for Port Fairfax, a…

Taranis III

Planets

Taranis III is the third planet from the sun of the unclaimed Taranis system. A smog planet, it has a thick and high-pressure atmosphere that gives rise to frequent storms. Although the air isn't breathable, it is home to a sizable settlement of Humans and Tevarin situated in an…

Oretani II

Planets

Oretani II is the second planet from the sun of the lost Oretani system. An ocean world with small land masses, it was located on the system's green band, and had been chosen as a prime candidate for future settlement. Turiya Terraforming took on the task of making the planet…

Massacre of Garron II

History · Human

In 2792, ImperatorLinton Messer XI sold off the terraforming rights of Garron II to the Bright Worlds Terraforming Group (BWTG). One of the indigenous species, which had shown sentience and was known to both the BWTG and Linton Messer, was exterminated during the terraforming…

Banu

Banu · Civilizations

The Banu are a spacefaring civilization, and the first extrasolar one to ever make contact with Humans. They are capable of quantum travel, traversing jump points, and terraforming planets. Because the Banu do not keep historical records and inhabit multiple celestial bodies in…

Linton Messer XI

People · Human

Linton Messer XI (2745-2792) was the last of the Messers to occupy the office of Imperator in the United Empire of Earth (UEE). He assumed control of the UEE in 2781 after seizing power from his father, Ulysses Messer X. During his reign, he sold the terraforming rights 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…