Lore

Vanduul-Human First Contact

Exploration · Vanduul · Human

On 9 August 2681 SEY, a Vanduul raiding party invaded Armitage (Orion III), destroying the Human settlement of Dell Township. All 638 people were killed, save one. United Empire of Earth (UEE) authorities initially believed that outlaws were responsible for the attack. It wasn't…

Vanduul Kingship

Vanduul · Spacecraft

Kingship is a military designation for Vanduul capital ships that serve as the apparent flagships of some especially large Vanduul Clans. The Kingship is the largest type of Vanduul capital asset encountered and is the most powerful class of known warship. Functionally, a…

Vanduul Clans

Vanduul

Vanduul Clans are groups of Vanduul who have banded together to form a single mutually-beneficial unit. Although observers have not yet fully defined the leadership structure, it is believed that Clans operate as a martial meritocracy that shares some similarities with a…

Vanduul

Vanduul · Civilizations

The Vanduul are hostile beings capable of space flight, quantum travel, and jump point navigation. Humans first made contact with the Vanduul after a Clan raided Dell Township on Armitage (Orion III) in SEY 2681, killing all the settlers but one. Every subsequent encounter with…

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.

Vega 2b

Moons

Vega 2b is the outermost moon of Aremis (Vega II), United Empire of Earth (UEE). A shepherd moon, it closely orbits the outer edge of Aremis' system of rings, clearing out stray debris in orbit around the planet which gives the rings a sharply defined edge. It is believed that…

Euterpe (Stanton 4c)

Moons · Human

Euterpe is the third and smallest moon of microTech (Stanton IV), named for the ancient Earth (Sol III) muse of music. Largely covered by ice sheets and frozen oceans of water, the landscape of the moon is dotted with pillars of rock formations that researchers theorize are…

Clio (Stanton 4b)

Moons · Human

Clio is the second-closest moon to microTech (Stanton IV), and is a popular destination for tourists due to its liquid oceans and pink and teal sky. It was named for the ancient Earth (Sol III) muse of history in order to remind those on microTech that their work is built on the…

Calliope (Stanton 4a)

Moons · Human

Calliope is a cold, windy moon of microTech (Stanton IV), named after the mythical muse of epic poetry and eloquence from ancient Earth (Sol III). Due to the high winds and extreme cold, weather suits worn by visitors to the planet are known to fail, particularly on the moon's…

Nemo 3a

Moons

Nemo 3a, nicknamed the "Space Whale" by locals, is the moon of Ergo (Nemo III). A captured asteroid, it is oblong in shape with one end tapering into a smaller one. The silhouette is said to resemble a whale, an ocean mammal indigenous to the planet Earth (Sol III) but not found…

Wala (Stanton 3b)

Moons · Human

Wala is the second-closest moon of ArcCorp (Stanton III). Naturally-formed veins of blue-green crystal jutting from the moon's surface are visible from orbit. ArcCorp operates a number of surface mining facilities on Wala. Although the thin atmosphere and bitter cold make life…

Vega 2a

Moons

Vega 2a is a moon of Aremis (Vega II), United Empire of Earth (UEE). Its icy surface, remarkably smooth in some locations, is bright white and highly reflective. Jets of frozen water containing silica and salts that blast from the moon's many cryovolcanoes sometimes escape orbit…

Lyria (Stanton 3a)

Moons · Human

Lyria is a natural satellite of ArcCorp (Stanton III) that orbits more closely to the planet than its sister moon, Wala (Stanton 3b). Water ice geysers and cryo-volcanoes force water vapor into Lyria's oxygen and ammonia atmosphere when they erupt. Although the air is too thin…

Aemelia (Kiel 3a)

Moons

Aemelia (Kiel 3a) is the moon of Severus (Kiel III), United Empire of Earth (UEE). Before the anti-Messer revolution in 2792, the UEE Army utilized its wide icy plains as training grounds for land warfare. There are many long, straight scars left by tank treads across Aemelia's…

Eda (Terra 3a)

Moons · Human

Eda (Terra 3a) is the only natural satellite of Terra (Terra III), United Empire of Earth (UEE). Because it is nearly identical in size to the moon of Earth (Sol III), its presence in Terra's skies was seen as a sign by early settlers that Terra was meant for Human habitation.…

Petrus (Terra 1b)

Moons · Locations

Petrus is a natural satellite of Aero (Terra II), United Empire of Earth (UEE). Irregularly shaped, pockmarked with craters, and following an inclined orbit, Petrus may possibly be a remaining piece of a once larger celestial body.

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…

Vanduul Raids

Vanduul

Vanduul raids are attacks coordinated for the apparent purpose of harvesting or capturing resources. Raids vary in size; most are made up of a few Vanduul and employ quick hit and run tactics. Larger raids can sometimes include the deployment of "Harvesters," large vehicles used…

Caliban 4b

Moons

Caliban 4b is the second moon from the gas giant Caliban IV, Caliban system, located in Vanduul territory. Enveloped by a weak magnetosphere, it is encircled by a pair of auroral belts that generate shimmering red light shows when the moon's magnetic field interacts with that of…

Caliban 3b

Moons

Caliban 3b is the second moon from the surface of Caliban III, Caliban system, located in Vanduul territory. Much smaller than its companion moon, it is porous, ovoid, and low in mass. It was most likely captured from the nearby Caliban belt alpha sometime before it was…

Caliban 4d

Moons

Caliban 4d is the fourth moon from the gas giant Caliban IV, Caliban system, located in Vanduul territory. Composed of silicate rock, it has a water-ice crust with a very smooth surface that completely covers a moon-wide ocean of liquid salt water. The ice is laced with dark…

Caliban 4a

Moons

Caliban 4a is the first moon from the gas giant Caliban IV, Caliban system, located in Vanduul territory. Iron-rich and very dense, studies conducted on the moon have shown that it is likely older than any other celestial body in the system. Astronomers hypothesize that it is…

Caliban 3a

Moons

Caliban 3a is the first moon from the surface of Caliban III, Caliban system, located in Vanduul territory. Large and lumpy in appearance, astronomers speculate that it is the leftover nucleus of a planet that failed to coalesce into a planet. The Vanduul have been observed…

Caliban 2a

Moons

Caliban 2a is the sole moon of Crion (Caliban II), located in the Caliban system in Vanduul territory. Its yellowish surface is covered in unusual craters which were the subject of a long-term study to determine their origin before the Vanduul overtook the Caliban system in SEY…