Sol III

"The loss of Terra was the most terrible thing ever, up until we realized just how things really were...

— The shape of things to come, Amanu Shigae, 2348, Terran Meritocracy.

"How does a planet vanish?"

"Obviously, it didn't vanish, but someone sabotaged, very throughly, all our navigational systems, such that we no longer have the coordinates!"

"By my geneparent! Any idea who could pull that off?"

"Whoever it is was reaching over low latency quantum link, from the direction of Sol III itself."

"Convenient, so Birthsphere wanted us off?"

"Someone on her did, someone with knowledge, certainly."

"But we are their best gene-expressions! This makes no sense."

"You would know better than I, commander. I do not think whoever did this did it with fanfare."

Parent location:

Sol System

Alternative names:

Terra

Demonym:

Terran

Geography

Divided into the continents of Eurasia, Africa, America, Oceania and Antarctica, Sol III, otherwise known as Terra or Earth, is probably known to most of you by now. In the world of Hammersphere, Terra is a distant memory, bordering on a myth, except for the fortunate few who have recently(less than 30y) met its diplomatic envoys.
Orbiting Sol with a period of 365.25 days, and orbited in turn by Sol IIIa aka Luna/Selene, Sol III is preceded by Sol I(Mercury) and Sol II(Venus) both aggressively unsuited to life, and terraforming efforts failed spectacularly on both. By contrast, Sol VI(Mars) has been terraformed, and countless orbitals have sprung up in the asteroid belt, colloquially known as Sol 4.5

Ecosystem

Twenty billion Homo Sapiens call the Sol System home, and twelve billion of these are located on Sol III.

Localized Phenomena

The list of natural wonders on Terra is quite extensive, but from a macro perspective, the tides, influenced by Sol IIIa come to mind first.

Climate

Sol III has thousands of climates and micro-climates, but most areas on its surface have been modified to make them survivable to Sapiens Sapiens.

Alternative Name(s)

Terra, Terrans, Terran Codominion

Type

Planet

Location under

Sol System

Ruling/Owning Rank

Gubernator of Sol

Owning Organization

Solarian Federation