Lore

Puaangkiil (Ē'aluth V)

Planets · Xi'an

Puaangkiil (Ē'aluth V) is the fifth and final planet from the sun of the Ē'aluth system, Xi'an Empire (SaoXy'an). A gas giant with a pale red and white atmosphere, it is the sole source of unprocessed hydrogen in the system. Although most mining is prohibited in Ē'aluth in order…

Nul II

Planets

Nul II is the second planet from the sun of the unclaimed Nul system. Large and dense, it is composed mostly of iron, and is thought to be the former core of a super-Earth that lost its mantle. While there is no water to be found, there are many lakes on the planet, including…

Magnus I

Planets · Locations

Magnus I is a chthonian planet in the Magnus system that orbits closest to the sun. Rich with high-value minerals and gemstones, the United Empire of Earth (UEE) maintains exclusive mining rights to the planet, dating from when its main shipyards were located on Borea (Magnus…

Green (Ellis III)

Planets · Human

Green (Ellis III) is the third planet from the sun of the Ellis system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). A warm oceanic world dotted with high-end resorts and small cities, Green is home to the most popular spacecraft race in the UEE, the Murray Cup. Each year, its resorts fill…

Trise I

Planets

Trise I is the first and only planet from the sun of the Trise system, Banu Protectorate. An inhabitable super-Earth near the inner edge of the system's green band, it has a warm climate and multiple oceans. For as long as the Banu have been in contact with other civilizations,…

Third Sister (Kilian III)

Planets

The Third Sister (Kilian III) is a protoplanet in the Kilian system, United Empire of Earth (UEE) that orbits the system's sun in the L5 Lagrange point of the hot Jupiter First Sister (Kilian I). Glittering patches of ice can be found dotted across its surface. Because the UEE…

Bacchus III

Planets

Bacchus III is the third planet from the suns of the Bacchus system, Banu Protectorate. A gas giant with a green and brown atmosphere, it is dotted with swirling clouds that mark the location of violent storms, some of which have raged for hundreds of years. The largest and…

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…

ArcCorp (Stanton III)

Planets

ArcCorp is the third planet from the sun of the Stanton system, and is one of four planets in the United Empire of Earth (UEE) owned by a corporation. When the megacorporation ArcCorp purchased the world in 2865, leadership chose to partition off the land and lease it to other…

Oso II

Planets

Oso II is an inhabited terrestrial planet in the Oso system, best known as the home of the developing Osoian civilization. The second world from its sun, it sits in a temperate location in the green band and is covered in lushly forested continents and brackish liquid water…

Keeger Belt (Nyx Belt Beta)

Space

The Keeger belt (Nyx belt beta) is the outermost asteroid belt in the Nyx system. Asteroids in the Keeger belt are more thinly-distributed than those of the Glaciem ring (Nyx belt alpha) and orbit the system's sun at a lesser velocity. The United Empire of Earth (UEE) Advocacy…

Yulin II

Planets

Yulin II is the second planet from the sun of the Yulin system, Banu Protectorate. A smog planet, it has a deadly but prismatic atmosphere that shimmers with many colors under the light of its star. It is a popular subject of photography among tourists. Postcards,…

Yulin III

Planets

Yulin III is the third planet from the sun of the Yulin system, Banu Protectorate. Located on the outer edge of the habitable zone, it is cold but temperate enough to be habitable for Banu. However, its ammonia oceans and high-pressure, methane-rich atmosphere make it…

Kellog V

Planets

Kellog V is the fifth planet from the sun of the Fair Chance Act (FCA) protected Kellog system. A gas dwarf, it has a rocky core and a thick, expansive hydrogen-helium atmosphere, but does not have enough mass to classify as a gas giant. Resources from the planet are sometimes…

Orion Belt Alpha

Space

The Orion belt alpha is the only asteroid belt in the Orion system. It orbits the system's sun between Armitage (Orion III) and the gas giant Orion IV. In 2699, Humans discovered deposits of gold and platinum there and set up small mines. However, these were abandoned when…

Caliban V

Planets

Caliban V is the outermost planet from the sun of the Caliban system in Vanduul territory. A protoplanet with a craggy surface, it was considered of little value to the United Empire of Earth(UEE) and was therefore largely ignored. After the Vanduul took the system in SEY 2884,…

Kallis VII

Planets

Kallis VII is the seventh planet from the sun of the Kallis system. A young gas giant, it formed in the outer parts of the system during the star's stellar nebula phase, where it collected enough mass to attract huge amounts of hydrogen and helium gas over the relatively rapid…

Caliban I

Planets

Caliban I is the first planet from the sun of the Caliban system in Vanduul territory. A small coreless world, it was rich in valuable resources that Humans extracted to aid in the development of Crion (Caliban II). Now completely strip-mined, it is ignored by the Vanduul who…

Lyris Flotilla

Settlements

The Lyris flotilla is a vast interconnected network of spacecraft and space stations that orbits the sun of the Gliese system, Banu Protectorate. Located in orbit around Nogo (Gliese IV), it is the main trade hub in Gliese, and is home to a dense population of Banu. While the…

Bremen IV

Planets

Bremen is the fourth planet from the sun of the Bremen system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). An ice giant, it is largely made up of hydrogen; however, violent weather conditions on the planet create inhospitable conditions for harvesting gas. The people of Rytif (Bremen II)…

Min I

Planets

Min I is the rogue planet that forms the heart of the unclaimed Min system. Like other rogue planets, it may have been ejected from its original planetary system, or it may have formed without ever having been gravitationally bound to a star. Its four moons suggest that it may…

Kallis IX

Planets

Kallis IX is a dwarf planet in the developing Kallis system, and is the ninth planet from its sun. Frigidly cold, its surface is marked with active cryovolcanoes that spew ice and water into the ammonia-rich atmosphere. The planet came to fame in the SEY 2943 Tonya Oriel story…

UEE Calendar

Human · Culture

The United Empire of Earth (UEE) calendar (Standard Earth Year, SEY) is a system of time measurement that is based on the celestial mechanics of the Human homeworld, Earth (Sol III). The year is charted by how long it takes Earth to revolve around the system's sun, and each day…

Ashana (Nul V)

Planets

Ashana is the fifth planet from the sun of the unclaimed Nul system. A cold desert world, the majority of its surface is covered in shifting sand dunes interspersed with glaciers. In 2571, the UEES Olympus was pursuing a group of anti-Messer activists to their makeshift base on…