Lore

Samuel Messer VIII

People · Human

Samuel Messer VIII (2678-2715) was Imperator of the United Empire of Earth (UEE) from 2697 to 2715, though some historians date his rule from 2701. He had officially been named successor by his mother Illyana VI, but his cousin Astrid seized power upon her death and ousted…

Fiona Messer

People · Human

Fiona Messer (2768-unknown) was the younger sister of Linton Messer XI, and after his death, became the last surviving member of the Messer dynasty of United Empire of Earth (UEE) Imperators. After working with her brother to usurp power from their father Ulysses, she engaged in…

Anti-Messer Revolution

Politics · History · Human

The Anti-Messer Revolution was a complex series of events spanning decades that culminated in the end of the fascist Messer regime, the death of Linton Messer XI, and the disappearance of Fiona Messer in SEY 2792. The Akari-Kr.ē Treaty, which signaled the upcoming end of the…

Linton Messer XI

People · Human

Linton Messer XI (2745-2792) was the last of the Messers to occupy the office of Imperator in the United Empire of Earth (UEE). He assumed control of the UEE in 2781 after seizing power from his father, Ulysses Messer X. During his reign, he sold the terraforming rights of…

Galor Messer IX

People · Human · History

Galor Messer IX (SEY 2666 - 2751), Imperator of the United Empire of Earth (UEE) from 2715 - 2751, was the older brother of Samuel VIII. Under his rule, he changed the name of the UEE currency system to Imperials, remade government buildings in the Meta-Baroque style, and named…

Astrid Messer VII

People · Human · History

Astrid Messer VII (SEY 2661 - 2701) was one of two Imperators of the United Empire of Earth (UEE) from 2697 to 2701. She seized power from her aunt Illyana Messer VI after the latter died of a sudden stroke. Agents loyal to Illyana smuggled her youngest son and named successor,…

Illyana Messer VI

People · Human

Illyana Messer VI (2631-2697) was Imperator of the United Empire of Earth (UEE) from 2662 to 2697 after the assassination of her father, Corsen Messer V and brother Gammon. Under her rule, the UEE lessened some of its propaganda practices, allowing news organizations to…

Gammon Messer

People · Human

Gammon Messer (2629 - 2662) was the eldest child of ImperatorCorsen Messer V and actress Inaya Satti. He spent his childhood on Earth (Sol III) with his sister Illyana and his cousin Marius. Third in line from ascension at the time of his birth, he was raised without expectation…

Ivar Messer I

People · Human

Ivar Messer (2516-2592) was the first Imperator of the United Empire of Earth (UEE). He was a Captain in the United Planets of EarthArmy 112th Infantry Battalion when he distinguished himself in the First Tevarin War (2541-2546) during Operation Nemesis and in the Battle of…

Corsen Messer V

People · Human

Corsen Messer V (2609-2662) was the Imperator of the United Empire of Earth (UEE) from 2643 to 2662. Born youngest son of Deacon Messer II, his older sister, Livia III, became Imperator in 2628. He ascended to the office in 2643, when his sister retired from public life two…

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…

Marius Messer IV

People · Human

Marius Messer IV (2625-2641) was the only son of United Empire of Earth(UEE) Imperator Livia III and her husband Daniel Scota, a former pilot. He spent his childhood on Earth (Sol III) with his cousins, Gammon and Illyana. His grandfather Deacon II tutored him privately from a…

Livia Messer III

People · Human

Livia Messer III (2593-2661) was Imperator of the United Empire of Earth (UEE) from 2628 to 2643. She inherited the office from her father, Deacon Messer II, when he voluntarily stepped down. Livia expanded her father's legal reform efforts by increasing the maximum sentences…

Ulysses Messer X

People · Human

Ulysses Messer X (SEY 2702 - 2781) was Imperator of the United Empire of Earth (UEE) from 2751 - 2781. Before becoming Imperator, he served as High-Secretary under his uncle Galor IX from 2722, overseeing the reconstruction of government buildings in the Meta-Baroque style of…

Messer Era

History · Human

The Messer Era (SEY 2546 - 2792) was a Human time period during which the Messer family were the absolute rulers of the United Empire of Earth (UEE). It started with Ivar Messer I in 2546, when he seized power of the United Planets of Earth (UPE) government through a combination…

Ellis VIII

Planets

Ellis VIII is a planet in the Ellis system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). Cold and desolate, the rolling plains of Ellis VIII are coated in thick layers of nitrogen and water ice supplied by a system of active cryovolcanoes. Off-gassing from this ice has produced a thin…

Kilian VIII

Planets

Kilian VIII is a smog planet in the Kilian system, United Empire of Earth (UEE) that appears to be covered in a tropical ocean made of water. However, the liquid of the planet is a mix of hot, high-density, and volatile fluids. Due to the high-pressure atmosphere and the danger…

Kallis VIII

Planets

Kallis VIII is the seventh planet from the sun of the developing Kallis system. An ice giant, it is composed of hydrogen, helium, and volatile icy compounds. In contrast to its neighboring planet Kallis VII, which began its life in the outer reaches of the Kallis system, it most…

Massacre of Garron II

History · Human

In 2792, ImperatorLinton Messer XI sold off the terraforming rights of Garron II to the Bright Worlds Terraforming Group (BWTG). One of the indigenous species, which had shown sentience and was known to both the BWTG and Linton Messer, was exterminated during the terraforming…

Neptune (Sol VIII)

Planets

Neptune (Sol VIII) is the eighth planet from the sun of the Sol system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). The densest of the Sol system's gas and ice giant planets, its atmosphere contains high proportions of ice and traces of hydrocarbons. Roughly every two-and-a-half centuries…

Messer Era War Crimes Trials

Human · History · Government

The Messer Era War Crimes Trials were a series of trials against high-ranking members of the Messer Era government for crimes against the United Empire of Earth (UEE). They lasted from 2793 to 2795. The trials took place on Earth (Sol III) and were broadcast live by Human news…

Empire's Light Conversion Centers

Human · History · Government

Empire's Light Conversion Centers The Empire's Light Conversion Centers of the Charon system were a large network of prisons constructed on Charon III by the Messers, starting with ImperatorLivia Messer III. These maximum-security facilities were reputed to be the most secure in…

Prime Citizen

Politics · Government · History · Human

Prime Citizen was the highest government office obtainable by a resident of the United Planets of Earth (UPE). Created in 2546, the office was proposed by Ivar Messer I, then High-General of the UPE, in response to a series of bombings reported as terrorist attacks on multiple…

Gold Horizon

Commerce · Human

Gold Horizon was a Human orbital platform manufacturing company that went defunct in 2655. Established as a prospecting corporation in 2546, the company transitioned to manufacturing prefabricated mining stations, and then to terraforming support stations, which made up the bulk…