Places
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Albion 4
Albion 4 is a planet that was once home to a medieval civilization, now it is covered in ruins.
Aldebaran 2
Aldebaran 2 was a scientific treasure-trove, brimming with exotic life and rare minerals. The University that was built there became the preeminent center of advanced learning in the galaxy.
History
Artanis
Artanis is the home-system of the Nalorgians, and one of the core-systems of the Empire of 1,000,000 Suns.
Artanis 4
Berwynne's Reach
Berwynne's Reach is an isolated star system, easily reached via Berwynne's Rift, a huge rip in space-time.
Berwynne's Gate
Bonnard
Named for the explorer who first reached it, Bonnard is an F-class star with half a dozen planets, and one in its habitable zone.
Bonnard's World
Bravaxia
Bravaxia is a young terrestrial planet, and home-world of the Bravaxians. It has changed hands a number of times throughout history.
Cielieus System
Cielius is a Blue Star (spectral class A) orbited by a dozen planets and two asteroid belts. Only one of the planets (Cielius 5) is in the habitable zone.
Cielius 5
Dionysus
Dionysus is a G-class star with about a dozen planets, including one inhabited one. The planet Dionysus exports a variety of alcohol-bearing fruits.
Dionysus
Dogur-dann
Dogur-dann was a terrestrial planet with an advanced civilization, when a passing star ejected it from its solar system.
Description
Fitzgerald's World
An Earth-like planet orbiting a G-class star, Fitzgerald's world lacks land predators and has no native intelligent species. Home to the Fitzgerald's Landstrider, and Fitzgerald's Lung Rot.
Description
Gibson
Located near Earth, Gibson is a planet rich in minerals and controlled by a consortium of large corporations.
History
Mefitis
Mefitis is a rather Earth-like planet, with slightly more gravity, two main moons, and a 72-hour day. It also has a biosphere where most organic molecules are prions, and is the origin of the Mefitis Plague.
Overview
Midori
Midori was colonized by Cosmid, as a place to experiment with mind-control. It was the founding-place of the Church of God, and later the capitol of the Midori Republic.
Overview
New Promise
New Promise was the first really Earth-like planet discovered by the Planetary League. It had a complex ecosystem, and was used for agricultural production.
Description
Ovid
Ovid, in the far-flung Tartarus Sector, was the first garden world, and one of the first to join the Galactic Republic.
Paradise
The name says it all. Paradise is a warm, tropical planet covered in beaches and islands.
History
The Sagittarius Gap
The Sagittarius Gap is an important region in galactic history, as it is the place where the Human race made their first major expansion into the galaxy at large.
Saurex System
Deep in the heart of the Ashovo Nebula, on the core-ward frontier of the Empire of 1,000,000 Suns, the Saurex System is sparsely populated, and is the site of many cosmic storms. Saurex is a K-class orange star. There is a large inter-dimensional rift beyond the habitable zone. The surrounding nebula contains a large number of black holes and neutron stars, leading to the area's classification as a “stellar graveyard”.
New Albuquerque
Shoji
Shoji was a prosperous colony of the Planetary League until it was decimated by the Mefitis Plague.
The Veil of Fear
The Veil of Fear is a brilliant green nebula shot through with magnetic fields that oscillate at very low frequencies. The magnetic fluctuations are caused by a magnetar known as "the Weeping Eye". Visitors to this region of space often report a vague feeling of unease, possibly due to the oscillations.
Gabriel
Takara Prime
Takara Prime is the home-world of the Takarran people, and of the Cryptobots and Defendrons.