Lore

Astravin University at Cestulus

Education · Human · Locations

Astravin University at Cestulus (AUC) is a public research university in Jata on Cestulus (Davien II) and the flagship campus of the Astravin University system. Founded in SEY 2520, AUC survived Cestulus' difficult colonial period and expanded during the planet's economic…

Cestulus (Davien II)

Planets · Human

Cestulus is the second planet in the Davien system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). Despite being initially considered a poor candidate for terraforming, Cestulus became a major shipping hub after first contact with the Banu in SEY 2438. The city of Jata was the site of a series…

University of Mentor

Education · Human · Locations

The University of Mentor (UM) is a public research university on Mentor (Rhetor IV), United Empire of Earth (UEE). The school is one of several prestigious universities located in the Rhetor system. Established shortly after the planet was terraformed, it is the oldest and…

University of Rhetor

Education · Human · Locations

The University of Rhetor is a public institute of higher learning located on Reisse (Rhetor III) in the Rhetor system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). A research university, it offers a wide range of subjects and invests heavily in research and development. Undergraduates at the…

University of Persei

Education · Human · Locations

The University of Persei is the oldest continually operating institute of higher education in the Rhetor system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). It is a collegiate research university made up of several semi-independent colleges and research institutes, including the University of…

University of Lo New Junction (ULON)

Education · Human · Locations

The University of Lo, New Junction (ULON) is a small public university in New Junction, Lo (Corel III), United Empire of Earth (UEE). In SEY 2859, it was founded thanks to a large donation from Shubin Interstellar. ULON offers a wide variety of two year and four year degrees,…

Universal Body Armor (UBA)

Commerce · Human

Universal Body Armor, commonly referred to as UBA, is a Human manufacturer of personal armor. UBA was initially formed as a holding company. It gradually acquired small armor manufacturers until it had the capacity to offer a unified product across the United Empire of Earth…

Juliet Maupin

People · Human

Juliet Maupin (2747 - 2862) was a weapons and scanner engineer. She began her career at Aegis Dynamics as a machinist in 2766, eventually transferring to the ships team on Cestulus (Davien II) in 2772. There, she worked her way up to lead engineer and led the team responsible…

Inácio Santos Melo

People · Human

Inácio Santos Melo (2513-2615) was a Human journalist and the host of Showdown! from 2546 to 2588. Born on Cestulus (Davien II) in 2513, Melo's first job was as a political aid, leading to a brief career in campaign management, until he became a political correspondent for the…

Aegis Dynamics

Commerce · Military · Human

Aegis Dynamics is a spacecraft manufacturer based on Cestulus (Davien II). Because it manufactured a majority of the military ships used by the United Empire of Earth (UEE) during the Messer Era, the company became synonymous with the fascist regime of the time. After the fall…

Dahunsil Kosoko

People · Human · Exploration

Dahunsil Kosoko (2512 - 2581) was an explorer and navjumper best known for his 2539 discovery of the Gurzil system. Born on Cestulus (Davien II), he joined a navjumping crew in 2529 when he answered a local job posting. In 2538, he suffered a starship crash that required eight…

Jata

Settlements · Human

Jata is the most populous city of Cestulus (Davien II). Because the planet's atmosphere is thin, Jata is largely located under enormous, complex biodomes kept habitable by a system of air production facilities that help supplement the oxygen supply. It became the United Nations…

Tadmor Terraforming Concern

Commerce · Human

Tadmor Terraforming Concern (TTC) was a terraforming company that operated from SEY 2298 to 2369. Founded by tech entrepreneur Korian Tadmor and backed by venture capitalist funding, the company won terraforming rights to Fora II in 2308. Although the planet was located outside…

UPARQ

Human · Military · Education

University of Persei Analytical Research and Quantification (UPARQ) is a research center headquartered on Persei (Rhetor II), sponsored by the United Empire of Earth (UEE). The researchers at UPARQ work largely on classified projects for the benefit of the UEE military. Due to…

Sydney Kamarck

People · Human

Sydney Kamarck (2761-2864) was a historian of Human Political Systems at the University of Rhetor, most well-known for her 2812 book The Path to Prime Citizen. In 2806, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission released thousands of personal and official records connected to the…

Opera Mushroom

Plants

OPERA MUSHROOM The opera mushroom is an artificially engineered fungus developed by a team of researchers at the University of Rhetor's (UR) Department of Genetics. It has a fleshy, violet, trumpet-shaped, fuzz-covered stem that amplifies a natural sound created by the expansion…

Hades System

Planetary Systems

HADES SYSTEM The Hades system is a planetary system that consists of an F-type main sequence star, a mesoplanet, two terrestrial planets, and one broken terrestrial planet. First visited by Humans in SEY 2531, it was immediately obvious that the system had once been home to a…

Daniel Penselin

People · Human

Dr. Daniel Penselin (2445 - 2496) was a physicist whose work improved the fuel economy of Humanquantum drives. In 2491, Penselin published a paper outlining a working hypothesis for the creation of more efficient quantum drives that would allow for an approximate 20 percent…

B3

Food and Beverages · Human

B3 is a strong brandy distilled in the Rhetor system from blue bilva, a fruit indigenous to Reisse Rhetor III). In 2733, a group of students at the University of Mentor on Mentor (Rhetor IV) used a bushel of blue bilva as the basis for an experimental homemade spirit. The…

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…

Persei (Rhetor II)

Planets

Persei is the second planet from the sun of the Rhetor system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). Soon after the system was discovered in 2287, surveyors identified vast deposits of rare elements in the crust. The United Nations of Earth (UNE) government used profits from selling the…

Untold Tales

Entertainment · Human

UNTOLD TALES Untold Tales is a Spectrum show hosted by Saanvi Tejwani that recounts and explores a single real-world mystery to the audience. The format varies depending on the subject. An episode may present actual footage or re-enactments of incidents to examine a mystery,…

SSN/CAtv

Entertainment · Commerce

SSN/CATV SSN/CAtv is a spectrum network that provides news, political analysis, commentary programs, news magazines, and talk shows. It was founded in SEY 2458 as a result of a merger between former news channels Sheridan Special News Television (SSNtv) and Communications…

Penselin (Davien 2a)

Moons · Human

Penselin is the moon of Cestulus (Davien II), a planet in the United Empire of Earth (UEE). It was named for Dr. Daniel Penselin, a physicist who died there testing his improvements to the quantum drive. Its radius is only a few meters longer than that of Earth's moon.