Lore

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…

QuarterDeck

Locations

QuarterDeck is a maximum-security prison located on Kellog VI in the Fair Chance Act-protected Kellog system. Built to withstand the planet's frigidly cold, low-oxygen atmosphere, the penitentiary is under heavy guard and is considered virtually inescapable. The United Empire of…

Nemo System

Planetary Systems · Human

The Nemo system is a planetary system in the United Empire of Earth (UEE) with three planets and an F-type main sequence star. Officially discovered in SEY 2364 by Dae-ho Ochoa of NemoCo, the system's provenance came under question when Tadmor Terraforming Concern filed a…

Goss System

Planetary Systems · Human

The Goss system is a planetary system in the United Empire of Earth (UEE) that consists of two K-type main sequence stars, two rocky planets, and one super-Earth. All three of its planets are habitable, and have skies streaked with bands of turquoise, orange, and gold due the…

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…

Kabal System

Planetary Systems · Human

The Kabal system is a planetary system in the United Empire of Earth (UEE), composed of an F-type main sequence star, a protoplanet, two terrestrial planets, and an asteroid cluster. In SEY 2941, stellar surveyor Usuni Colo of the Imperial Cartography Center discovered a jump…

Ellis System

Planetary Systems · Human

The Ellis system is a planetary system located in the United Empire of Earth (UEE) that consists of thirteen planets, one asteroid belt, and one F-type main sequence star. Most famously home to annual spacecraft race the Murray Cup, its three habitable planets are all centers of…

Joona Tzur

People · Human

Joona Tzur (b. 2852) is the former Governor of Severus (Kiel III), Kiel system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). Elected in 2903, he established a program to revitalize Severus' economy by selling the planet's abandoned military infrastructure to corporations in search of low-cost…

Helios System

Planetary Systems · Human

The Helios system is a planetary system in the United Empire of Earth (UEE), consisting of a peculiar main sequence B-type star, three terrestrial planets, and a gas giant. It was discovered in 2529 by a group of outlaws known as the Daybreak Marauders, who used it as a…

Davien System

Planetary Systems · Human

The Davien system is a planetary system in the United Empire of Earth (UEE). Discovered in SEY 2430, it was the system in which Humans first encountered intelligent extraterrestrial life: the Banu. People and businesses flocked to Davien after this, in spite of the thin…

Eri City

Settlements · Human

Eri City is the capital of Severus (Kiel III), Kiel system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). Once a center of military power during the Xi'an-Human Cold War (SEY 2530 - 2793), the infrastructure abandoned by the armed forces when they left Kiel after tensions cooled are now being…

Bremen System

Planetary Systems · Human

The Bremen system is a planetary system in the United Empire of Earth (UEE), consisting of a K-type main sequence star, one protoplanet, two terrestrial planets, and one ice giant. Discovered by explorer Bao Yun in SEY 2441 during the Human Colonial Expansion Era (2380 - 2530),…

Idris System

Planetary Systems · Human

The Idris system is a planetary system in the United Empire of Earth (UEE), made up of an F-type main sequence star, four terrestrial planets, and a protoplanet. Discovered in SEY 2493, the system experienced significant economic expansion when the United Planets of Earth (UPE)…

Croshaw System

Planetary Systems · Human

The Croshaw system is a planetary system in the United Empire of Earth (UEE). Discovered in SEY 2271 by Nick Croshaw, it was the first planetary system explored and colonized by Humans outside of their home system Sol. Private companies initially tried to lay claim to the…

Terrence Akari

People · Human

Terrence Akari (2743-2859) was the Senator of Terra (Terra III) from 2781 to 2789, and again from 2792 to 2812. He was the first Human to defy Linton Messer XI and broker détente between Humans and Xi'an. In 2789, Akari secretly crossed the Perry Line to Tohil III with the aid…

Deacon Messer II

People · Human

Deacon Messer II (2567-2661) was Imperator of the United Empire of Earth from 2592 to 2628. The only son of Ivar I and Delia Hassan, Deacon oversaw the Second Tevarin War (2603-2610), increased military spending, expanded the powers of the Advocacy, increased minimum sentences…

Transitionalist Party

Human · Politics

The Transitionalist party is one of the three major political parties in the United Empire of Earth (UEE). Formed on Terra (Terra III), the core ideologies of the Transitionalist party support measures that decentralize UEE governmental power, raise government spending towards…

Universalist Party

Human · Politics

The Universalist party is one of the three major political parties in the United Empire of Earth (UEE). The core ideologies of the Universalist party support measures for the expansion of government power, increasing government regulation, decreasing taxes on the wealthy,…

Legatus Navium

Government · Military · Human

Legatus Navium is the highest possible rank obtainable in the United Empire of Earth (UEE) Navy and serves as the Navy's representative in the High Command. The Navium interprets and facilitates the orders of the Imperator and briefs the Senate and Imperator on such matters as…

Legatus Exercitus

Government · Military · Human

Legatus Exercitus is the Army's representative in the High Command and is the highest possible rank for an officer of the United Empire of Earth (UEE) Army to obtain. Their responsibilities are to set Army policy, directly interpret the orders of the Imperator, and brief the…

Legatus Marinuum

Government · Military · Human

The Legatus Marinuum is a representative from the United Empire of Earth Marines (UEEM) who serves on the High Command. The highest possible rank for a UEE Marine to obtain, the Legatus Marinuum is responsible for dictating UEEM policy, interpreting and facilitating the orders…

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…

Project Far Star

Government · Human

Project Far Star was a United Empire of Earth (UEE) funding initiative initiated to expand its borders outward from the Virgil system. Terraforming companies and navjumpers who focused their exploration efforts in this direction were granted priority funding from the UEE for…

Archangel Station

Locations · Human

Archangel Station is a Human space station in the Chronos system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). It was initially constructed by the UEE in the 29th century as the marshaling and scientific nerve center for Project Archangel, also known as Synthworld. Shipping traffic through…