Lore

Thermyte Concern

Commerce · Weapons · Human

Thermyte Concern is a Human multidisciplinary manufacturer of mining equipment, personal and spacecraft-mounted weaponry, and munitions. Originally founded as a demolition and mining equipment company, Thermyte expanded its reach to weapons and missile warheads in the late…

Charon 2b

Moons

Charon 2b is the outermost moon of Charon II, United Empire of Earth (UEE). Though it is desolate today, systems of channels and caves on its surface suggest that liquid water once flowed there. The majority of caves on Charon 2b have yet to be fully charted.

Petram (Terra 1a)

Moons

Petram is a captured carbonaceous asteroid, one of two natural satellites of Aero (Terra I), United Empire of Earth (UEE). It orbits closer to Aero than its sister moon, Petrus.

Imperial Cartography Center

Government · Human

The Imperial Cartography Center (ICC) is a public institute in the United Empire of Earth (UEE) responsible for locating jump points and keeping current stellar cartography information up to date. It was founded by Ivar Messer I in 2546 as a branch of the Government Cartography…

Integrity and Honor

Military · Entertainment · Human

Integrity and Honor is a 45 minute-long United Empire of Earth Navy (UEEN) recruiting film released in 2935. It was intended to spur naval enlistment and to improve the public's understanding and opinion of the military's role in the conflict with the Vanduul. It was filmed…

Titania (Sol 7d)

Moons

Titania (Sol 7d) is a moon of Uranus (Sol VII), United Empire of Earth (UEE). The largest of Uranus' moons, its surface is scored with enormous canyons and scarps. Under its surface is a mantle of slushy ice that sits over a solid rocky core. It has a tenuous atmosphere of…

Toja (Terra 2a)

Moons · Locations

Toja is a natural satellite of Pike (Terra II) in the United Empire of Earth (UEE). Tidally locked, its far side is heavily scarred with frequent meteor impacts from space debris. The near side of Toja is dotted with auxiliary service centers built to support the mining…

Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Government · Human

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was a formal committee convened by the United Empire of Earth (UEE) to declassify unlawful acts committed by members of the government during and leading up to the Messer Era (SEY 2546 - 2792). Formed in 2806, the Commission made thousands…

Muse Simpod

Science and Technology

The Muse Simpod is an virtual reality game system and immersive simulation device manufactured by microTech. Most commonly used for playing games, the Simpod can also be used for educational purposes in a wide variety of fields. Specific classes of the Simpod are utilized by the…

Atchivo

Settlements · Human

Atchivo is a settlement on Goss I, United Empire of Earth (UEE), located deep within the planet's largest agricultural zone. A major shipping center with a busy spaceport, it is surrounded by enormous commercial and storage facilities. Most of the produce on Goss I marked for…

Deimos (Sol 4b)

Moons

Deimos (Sol 4b) is the second and farthest moon from the surface of Mars (Sol IV), United Empire of Earth (UEE). At only 6.2 kilometers in diameter, it bears a strong resemblance to an asteroid. One leading theory proposes that it originated as a part of a larger asteroid that…

Charon 2a

Moons

Charon 2a is the innermost moon of Charon II, United Empire of Earth (UEE). Unusually for a moon of its small size, it has a thin atmosphere generated by high volcanic and seismic activity. An independent band of mercenaries attempted to establish a base on Charon 2a in the late…

Rhea (Sol 6b)

Moons

Rhea (Sol 6b) is a moon of Saturn (Sol VI), United Empire of Earth (UEE). Composed of water ice and rock, it has numerous high-albedo ice cliffs that appear as streaks on the surface when viewed from space with the naked eye. Although it does experience some endogenic activity…

Oberon (Sol 7e)

Moons

Oberon (Sol 7e) is a moon of Uranus (Sol VII), United Empire of Earth (UEE). Slightly red in color, it likely obtained its hue from the accretion of materials from other parts of the Uranus system. Meteorite impacts have also knocked ice from the surface, leaving dark, non-ice…

Department of Transportation and Navigation (DTN)

Government · Human

The Department of Transportation and Navigation (DTN) is a branch of the United Empire of Earth (UEE) government that regulates intersystem travel. Management of space traffic lanes, shipping routes, quantum travel points, and jump points fall under the auspices of the DTN. The…

Phobos (Sol 4a)

Moons

Phobos (Sol 4a) is the closest moon to Mars (Sol IV), United Empire of Earth (UEE). The larger of the planet's two satellites, it is a non-spheroid object with a jagged surface covered in grooves and streaks. In the next 30 to 50 million years, Phobos will be pulled in by Mars'…

MacArthur Naval Base

Military · Human

MacArthur Naval Base is the largest Navy base in the United Empire of Earth. Located on the planet MacArthur (Kilian V), it is home to the Navy headquarters, shipyards, academies, boot camps, and hospitals. Most of MacArthur is occupied by the naval base; travel, therefore, is…

Apocalypse Arms

Commerce · Weapons · Human

Apocalypse Arms is a handheld and shipboard weapons manufacturer headquartered on Lo (Corel III). The company released its first branded munitions in SEY 2913, after founder Dalton Colabello discovered a cache of unused designs from deceased Messer Era (2546 - 2792) engineer…

Charon (Sol 9a)

Moons

Charon (Sol 9a) is a moon of Pluto (Sol IX), United Empire of Earth (UEE). The largest of the dwarf planet's five natural satellites, Pluto and Charon are mutually tidally locked to one another and orbit a common barycenter that lies outside Pluto's surface. The two bodies are…

Callisto (Sol 5d)

Moons

Callisto (Sol 5d) is a moon of Jupiter (Sol V), United Empire of Earth (UEE). Of all the celestial bodies in the Sol system, Callisto's surface is the most heavily cratered. Because it has never been geologically active, it is home to multiple sealed settlements and a handful of…

Iapetus (Sol 6e)

Moons

Iapetus (Sol 6e) is a moon of Saturn (Sol VI), United Empire of Earth (UEE). Tidally locked to Saturn, the leading hemisphere of the moon is much darker than that of the trailing hemisphere, giving it a striking two-tone coloration. Dust that has fallen from Saturn's rings over…

Titus

Settlements · Human

Titus is the most populous city on Selene (Vega III), United Empire of Earth (UEE), and the seat of the planet's government. Titus was once a center of commerce, but it experienced a sharp economic and population drop after the Fall of Virgil in 2737. While the city center is…

Davien III

Moons · Human

Davien III is a smog planet in the Davien system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). Though it orbits further from the sun than Davien's only inhabited planet, Cestulus, its thick, acidic atmosphere has made the planet much hotter. Landing on Davien III is technically possible, but…

Umbriel (Sol 7c)

Moons

Umbriel (Sol 7c) is a moon of Uranus (Sol VII), United Empire of Earth (UEE). One of the darkest in color of the moons of Uranus, one of its larger craters has a ring of reflective material on its floor, making Umbriel appear as if it has a single small eye. Visual artist Tamsa…