Lore

Min 1a

Moons

Min 1a is the closest moon to the rogue planet Min I in the unclaimed Min system. Due to the forces of tidal heating, Min 1a is intensely geologically active, with a network of volcanoes that produce plumes of sulfur that can climb hundreds of kilometers above its surface. Lava…

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…

Min 1b

Moons

Min 1b is the second moon from the rogue planet Min I in the unclaimed Min system. Unique among known celestial bodies, Min 1b supports life in spite of a total lack of sunlight. The same tidal heating that makes Min 1a violently volcanically active causes geothermal activity on…

Min 1d

Moons

Min 1d is the most distant moon from the rogue planet Min I in the unclaimed Min system. Unlike the other moons in its system, it doesn't experience tidal heating, and has no detectable tectonic activity. Its surface is nearly saturated with craters. So many objects have made…

Min 1c

Moons

Min 1c is the third moon from the rogue planet Min I in the unclaimed Min system. The smallest of the four moons, it has a thin atmosphere of nitrogen and carbon dioxide, and is composed of rocky material and water ices. Like its neighbors, Min 1c experiences tidal heating,…

Min System

Planetary Systems

The Min system is an unclaimed system of four moons that orbit the rogue planet Min I. Discovered in SEY 2473 by the mining concern the Hathor Group, it was a company secret until 2672, when the Hathor Group suffered a hack that leaked Min's location. Tall tales began to…

Jai (Virgil 1a)

Moons

Jai (Virgil 1a) is the first moon from Cyrene (Virgil I), Virgil system, located in Vanduul territory. Composed of silicate and carbon, its pale and largely unmarred surface strongly reflects the light of its sun. During the rare cloudless nights that Jai is full, it shines so…

Gainey (Odin 1a)

Moons

Gainey (Odin 1a) is the former moon of Odin I, Odin system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). After Odin I was destroyed, it slipped into a stable orbit around the system's sun close to its parent planet's remains. It has a breathable atmosphere, and was the home of many fracking…

Lanisto (Tyrol 1a)

Moons

Lanisto (Tyrol 1a) is the moon of Tyrol I, the closest planet to the two stars of the unclaimed Tyrol system. There is evidence that many years in the past, Lanisto was very geologically active. Empty lava caverns provide temporary shelter to those who want to escape the heat of…

Pue'nu (Kyuk'ya 1a)

Moons · Xi'an

Pue'nu (Kyuk'ya 1a) is the moon of Kyuk'ya I, Xi'an Empire. During the Xi'an-Human Cold War (SEY 2530 - 2793), it was the site of a Xi'an military base that was used as a launch point for scouting missions into United Empire of Earth (UEE) territory. In 2798, a few years after…

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.

Arial (Stanton 1a)

Moons · Human

Arial is the first moon of Hurston (Stanton I), and is named for Arial Hurston, the creator of the Life/Labor-style contract utilized by Hurston Dynamics for their employees. It has a thin nitrogen-methane atmosphere and a rocky, dry landscape. Colonies of the invasive…

Front Row

Settlements

Front Row is a settlement on the surface of Lanisto (Tyrol 1a), the moon of Tyrol I in the unclaimed Tyrol system. In 2848, a series of interconnected research stations funded by multiple private institutes were constructed below the surface in old lava tunnels as a part of a…

Corsito (Virgil 1b)

Moons

Corsito (Virgil 1b) is the second moon from Cyrene (Virgil I), Virgil system, located in Vanduul territory. In contrast to its sister moon Jai (Virgil 1a), it has a dark, slightly blue surface and reflects about half as much light. An enormous crater with a large ring of bright…

Kyuk'ya Belt Alpha

Space

The Kyuk'ya belt alpha is an asteroid belt in the Kyuk'ya system, Xi'an Empire. Some of the larger asteroids are occupied by members of the nyayu'a, the professional class of criminals who operate with the conditional approval and oversight of the Xi'an government. People…

Kyuk'ya System

Planetary Systems · Xi'an

The Kyuk'ya system, also called the Indra system, is a planetary system in the Xi'an Empire that consists of an A-type main sequence star, a white dwarf, a gas giant, a terrestrial planet, and an asteroid belt. Discovered in MXY III.826 (SEY 2515) when a Xi'an military convoy…

Xi'an Youth Counterculture (Yitē'kuit.i)

Xi'an · Culture

Xi'an youth counterculture (yitē'kuit.i) is a movement made up of young Xi'an, mostly those who have not yet completed their compulsory time with the Xi'an Service (Pō't.ōngp.ū), who experiment with practices not traditional to Xi'an society. Human culture is particularly…

Chemline Solutions

Commerce · Human

Chemline Solutions (CS) is a Human manufacturer and distributor of industrial chemicals. It was founded in SEY 2889 by Victor Zahid, a businessman, and his twin sister Adorai Zahid, a geological engineer, after Adorai's company Edo Inc. cancelled her project to develop a new…