Lore

Kins System

Planetary Systems · Banu

The Kins system is a planetary system in the Banu Protectorate that is made up of a K-type main sequence star, a mesoplanet, a terrestrial rocky planet, two super-Earths, a gas giant, and two asteroid belts. Best known as the location of the Protectorate's main indentured…

Cano System

Planetary Systems · Human

The Cano system is a planetary system in the United Empire of Earth (UEE), discovered in SEY 2463 by Tabatha Caster and Jamel Normond during Project Far Star. It consists of a G-type main sequence star, a mesoplanet, two terrestrial planets, an asteroid belt, and a gas giant.…

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…

Cathcart System

Planetary Systems

The Cathcart system is an unclaimed planetary system that consists of a class A main sequence star and an asteroid belt. Discovered in SEY 2438 by Human fugitive Adelaide Lorris, who named the system after the Marshal who had been pursuing her, it was not claimed by the United…

Centauri System

Planetary Systems · Human

The Centauri system is a planetary system in the United Empire of Earth (UEE), made up of an A-type main sequence star, a protoplanet, three terrestrial planets, an asteroid belt, and a super-Jupiter gas giant. Discovered in SEY 2365, two of its planets have been terraformed for…

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…

Kallis System

Planetary Systems

Kallis is an unclaimed, developing planetary system in its accretion phase that consists of a G-type main sequence star, a protoplanet, five terrestrial planets, a gas giant, an ice giant, a dwarf planet, and two asteroid belts. Discovered in SEY 2921 by the staff of the OB…

Scott Childress

People · Human

Dr. Scott Childress (2032 - 2121) was the head engineer of the team of scientists at Roberts Space Industries (RSI) that created the first Human-made quantum drive in 2075. His doctoral thesis, A new framework for the construction of high-speed spacecraft engines, caught the…

Consolidated Outland

Commerce · Human

Consolidated Outland is a Human spacecraft development and manufacturing company based on Rytif (Bremen II). The company was founded by trillionaire Silas Koerner in an express effort to disrupt modern spacecraft manufacturing and design conventions. Its first spacecraft, the…

United Nations of Earth

Human · Government

The United Nations of Earth (UNE) was the first Human unified government, founded in 2380, shortly after the first planet outside the Sol system was successfully terraformed. The world leaders of the time decided that Humanity's expansion into space would be better managed by a…

Interspace Communication Technology

Science and Technology

Interspace communication technology refers to devices that enable the rapid transmission of data across great distances. Composed of an intricately connected web of space stations and satellite-based relay towers, the network facilitates quick information transfer by sending…

Vermilion System (VS-11)

Planetary Systems · Vanduul

The Vermilion system (designated VS-11 by the United Empire of Earth (UEE)) is a Vanduul-controlled planetary system that shares no publicly-known jump points with any other systems. Included in UEE star charts as a part of Vanduul territory, all details on the system's makeup…

Levski

Settlements · Human

Levski is a permanent, independent settlement located on Delamar in the Nyx system. Built out of the remains of an abandoned QV Planet Services mining facility, it was founded in SEY 2655 by a group of Human political dissenters called the People's Alliance and named after a…

Project Archangel

Government · Human

Project Archangel is the official designation for a United Empire of Earth (UEE)-funded program to create an artificial planet. Commonly known as Synthworld, the project was announced in 2872 during Corbyn Salehi's tenure as Imperator as a way to move beyond the inherently…

United Nations of Earth Council

Government · Human

The United Nations of Earth Council was the ruling body of the United Nations of Earth (UNE) government from its inception in 2380 until the advent of the United Planets of Earth (UPE) in 2523. It was made up of an elected representative from each of the states (then called…

Osiris System

Planetary Systems

The Osiris system is a protected planetary system that consists of a K-type main sequence star, a terrestrial planet, a gas giant, and an asteroid belt. Discovered in 2788, it became the first system to be protected under the Fair Chance Act (FCA) when detailed surveys, delayed…

Artemis

Spacecraft · History · Human

Artemis was a long-haul colony spacecraft that launched from Earth (Sol III) in 2232 and disappeared in 2237. Built before the discovery of jump points and after the discovery of quantum travel, its mission was to travel to the potentially habitable planetary system GJ 667Cc and…

Ergo (Nemo III)

Planets · Human

Ergo (Nemo III) is an inhabited ocean planet in the Nemo system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). Although today there is no indigenous life on the planet, the vast quantities of oil under its oceans suggests that at one point it supported an ecosystem of animals and plants.…

Tayac System

Planetary Systems

The Tayac system is a small planetary system in the United Empire of Earth (UEE), made up of a G-type main sequence star, a terrestrial planet, a gas giant, a dwarf planet, and an asteroid belt. Starting in 2546, Dr. Thessaly Tayac, for whom the system is named, conducted a…

Genesis System

Planetary Systems

The Genesis system is a developing planetary system that consists of a G-type main sequence star, a mesoplanet, a terrestrial planet, an ice giant, and an asteroid belt. Discovered in SEY 2812, it was immediately evident that the second planet from the sun was lush with…

Nyx System

Planetary Systems

Nyx is an unclaimed planetary system situated at the border of a dark nebula. It consists of an F-type main sequence star orbited by a terrestrial planet, a smog planet, an ice giant, and two asteroid belts. The system's main settlement, Levski, is located on a large asteroid in…

Janus

Science and Technology · History · Human

Janus was an artificial intelligence (AI) program designed to monitor and pilot the long-haul colony spacecraft Artemis, launched in SEY 2232. Prominent AI researcher Dr. Carol Zahir began work on the program that would become Janus in 2201. Zahir spent the rest of her career…

Kilian System

Planetary Systems · Human

The Kilian system is the largest planetary system in the United Empire of Earth (UEE). Discovered in SEY 2463, it was a key stepping stone in Humanity's early push outward from the Sol system. Four of its fourteen planets are populated. Kilian became the main headquarters for…

999th Test Squadron

Organizations · Military

The 999th Test Squadron (Squadron 999, "the Wreckless") is a special unit of the United Empire of Earth(UEE) Navy dedicated to the evaluation of new and experimental spacecraft and vehicles. Originally formed to assist Roberts Space Industries (RSI) with testing the Zeus…