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Settlement | Aug 17, 2024

Kallisti Aerospace is a Ganymedian producer of air and space craft. On the wings of their infamous multi-role superiority craft the Sunderer SF-1, Kallisti won the bid for the Mercurian specialized craft with the Sunbreaker SF-2.

Penumbra

In the shadows of the Iron Spires, migrating along the terminator, walks Penumbra. Soldiers, mercenaries, and civilians alike warily watch the sky, always prepared for another Solar Pulse.

Sunbreaker SF-2

Spacecraft | Jul 17, 2024

A trio of blindingly bright fighters cut through a sunbeam. The mirror-clad Sunbreakers take the fight to the solar abominations, outnumbered but not outgunned, and beat back an incursion once more.

Walker

Species | Sep 23, 2024

A young nomad soothes their Walker as they pass by a graveyard of it's kin; their exoskeletons boiled dry by a torn sky. Similar husks litter the expanses of Mercury, a testament to what happens to those who do not adapt.

March

A Day in the Caloris Basin

Physical / Metaphysical Law | Jul 17, 2024

A full Solar Cycle as observed from the Caloris Basin. This article describes the rotation and orbit of Mercury, with some helpful visual aids.

Blue NM-2

Blue NM-2 is a Sentinel; a living weapon. It has been provided for Project Ikarus from Neptune. Even in the low humidity atmosphere of Mercury it poses a notable threat, but has been deemed acceptable considering the consequences of failure.

Borealis Ice Mining

Settlement | Jul 17, 2024

Borealis Ice Mining is the leading provider of ice and water on Mercury. Some of their mining lasers have recently been retrofitted to sentries to protect the cargo.

Caelus Eyrie

The Caelus Eyrie is one of the great floating cities carried by the biting winds of Uranus.

Eun

Character | Aug 18, 2024

Squadron Leader Eun is an ex-mercenary fighter pilot employed in Penumbra under the aegis of Project Ikarus. Eun has an irregular history, like many of the pilots of Penumbra, but has shown competency and good fit to a military structure.

Oasis

Building / Landmark | Nov 1, 2024

As Penumbra settles her people gather around Oasis for liquour and company. The gentle melodies of the hydraulophone spill out from the fountain and, for a while, it feels like the world isn't on fire.

Roseah

Roseah is a study in contradictions. They move mountains to help Mercurians flee, but disdain them for abandoning their home. A misanthrope who has built the most welcoming Oasis there is on Mercury.

Tellus

Tellus is a verdant blend of forests and oceans. To protect its delicate ecosystems and fragile beings Tellus is placed under protective sequestration.

April

Uniforms of Penumbra

Item | Sep 2, 2024

At Penumbra, the uniform was meant to be seen. Grey was a given, who would offer their life unless there was something to atone for? White was justified when you tallied monsters rather than men. Blue cleansed the red out of the ledger.

June

Deep Space Syndrome

Condition | Jul 29, 2024

! CW: Eye Trauma, Bruises, Mental Disorder ! In the endless fathoms of deep space between and beyond the planets, something beckons. It creeps upon those who are isolated, when their mind is tired and weak...

Iron Spires

Spacecraft | Jul 17, 2024

Once they were the Sunscrapers; luxurious arcologies that symbolized the wealth and prosperity of Mercury. Today the Iron Spires stand like jagged memorials of all that was lost.

July

Antonee Benoit is a famous travellogue. He documents his travels throughout the Sol System, with a focus on cuisine and the human condition.

Dragonfly Carrier

A titanic spacecraft laden with thousands of brightly painted containers filled with the works of millions accelerates out of the station, joining dozens of other craft like itself in years-long journeys between the planets.

Dumplings in Space

Tradition / Ritual | Nov 16, 2024

The whole world was in that very mouthful. It was immediately addicting. The thin padi film burst and my mouth was all sensations, numbingly it rolled in sweet, then sour, then a sharp floral sang all the way up my sinuses.

Gateway Portals

Geographic Location | Oct 11, 2024

Gateway Portals or Transporters can comfortably beam up to twenty people and their luggage along a tether between connected Gateways. They are often used to circumvent the cost of exiting or entering the atmosphere.

Oort Cloud

Far beyond our borders it lies; the offcuts of our creation. A vast array containing everything that once made us, stretching thousands of times wider than our own system. In the dead silence of space, it whispers.

Operation War Dove

Military Conflict | Sep 2, 2024

Ganymedes was the loveliest born of the moons, and therefore when it rebelled, Jupiter caught its heart away, to be their wine-pourer for the sake of admonishing those, who might consider themselves equal. This was their retaliation.

Remote Personality Cache/Display

Vehicle | Jul 17, 2024

Remote Personality Cache/Displays ( abbreviated RPC/D ) are artificial bodies used to temporarily host a person so they may communicate in real time across vast distances.

Scourge

Species | Nov 1, 2024

Fear the spawn of the Chained Sun: those angelic abominations. Once, they guided and protected us, today they seek the radiant annihilation of us all.

Sunderer SF-1

Spacecraft | Sep 25, 2024

The Sunderer SF-1 is a multi-role superiority craft built by Kallisti Aerospace. It can carry out air-to-air, close support, recon, and suppression roles in both atmospheric and near-space environments, and excels at operating in low gravity.

August

Universal New Years Eve

Tradition / Ritual | Jul 17, 2024

As the party wraps up in Mithras, they begin in New Commerce. The festivities sprawl across Sol in a triumphant frenzy of fireworks, ringing in the New Universal Year.

September

Interlace

The Interlace is an interconnected web of crystal networks. Sprawled out over the solar system, the lacework thickens around hubs of civilization.

Refugees of Mercury

Ethnicity | Jul 17, 2024

A few decades ago the people of Mercury had the tech to rival Mars, deeper pockets than Saturn, and a cultural legacy as impactful as Venus. Today her people spread across the Sol System, huddled in asylum and sanctuaries, mourning the loss of their home.

October

Tray

Tray is a tray. He works at Oasis, serving the drinks and meals. Please rate your satisfaction.

December

Airship of Theseus

Settlement | Sep 2, 2024

The oldest and most grand of Uranus' floating cities, Theseus Eyrie, is the only airship that still drifts through the Aer. She has been in flight for millennia, although scholars argue that her extensive repairs mean she is no longer truly ancient.

Deep Space Leviathan

In the massive deep space above and below the planetary disc, gentle giants drift through the void. Leviathans, also known as astracetaceans and space whales, are gargantuan filter feeders.

Dutrius Atlas

Duty runs deep in the veins of the Atlas family, even among its black sheep. Dutrius has dedicated his life and vast amounts of the family coffers to his cause: discovering why the Scourge turned on the planets they once swore to protect.

Fei

Generic article | Oct 21, 2024

The Fei are the plantlike people of Venus. Their striking appearance demands attention, with coloration in all shades of the rainbow. Their breath is toxic to other humanoids, so travelling Fei wear masks to avoid poisoning others.

Guide to Solaris

Your Guide to Solaris, the Solar Invasion, and more!

Jupiter

Countless moons orbit Jupiter, the self-proclaimed cradle of civilization. Internal trouble has kept the Jovians focused inwards, handling a succession of wars for lunar independence known as Catamite Wars. Now that these wars have been decisively ended,

Keystone

Each age the planets choose a mortal to embody them. A young girl is granted immense power, the potential of the planet itself, and from that point on she is known as a Keystone.

Mars

Planet | Sep 2, 2024

Mars is a planet of great contrast, from the colourful padi fields to the monochrome cities that stretch up towards the skies. Its inhabitants believe they have forged today's technologically advanced Mars through the power of rationalism and meritocracy.

Oceanid

Oceanids are one of the nymphs native to Neptune. Oceanids have a natural aptitude for hydrokinesis, which allows them to propulse themselves through the seas despite their lack of hydrodynamic anatomy. Oceanids seem more attuned to mysticism than most.

People

Species | Sep 13, 2024

Humanoids are a catch-all term for sapient bipedal beings that vaguely resemble humans. Humanoids are not necessarily related species, but instead an example of covergent evolution.

Saturn

Geographic Location | Nov 1, 2024

The brilliant skies of Saturn are ringed with advertisements. Merchant Princes carve out their domains on the planet and her moons. Saturn is known as the Grey Market, anything can be acquired for the right price and any law broken with the right bribe.

Sentinel

Profession | Sep 2, 2024

and there in the distance is the sentinel, named after the asteroid that shall one day serve as its grave

Sol System

Between a resentful sun and a hostile galaxy, life persists. Orbiting around the nuclear heart known as Sol are eight planets, each rich in history and culture.

Symbiosis

Condition | Jul 17, 2024

Symbiosis is a mutualistic and natural form of body modification. People can get live corals, plants, crystals and more embedded into their skin. It has been practiced in Neptune since ancient times, and spread across Sol with spacefarers.

Uranus

Constant storms whip across the skies of Uranus. On those wild winds fly the Eyries; floating vehicle-cities. No one lives on Uranus without knowing how to fly, be it with craft or their own wings.

Venus

Planet | Sep 2, 2024

Brilliant toxic smogs protect and obscure Venus from outsiders. The planet is a lush and hostile paradise, and it's inhabitants are the strange and alien Fei.

2023

January

Telepresence

Built on top of the framework provided by the Interlace, telepresence technologies are technologies that allow an individual to appear to be present in a location they are not currently in.

February

Keras

Keras are an ecothermic insectoid class of creatures native to Mercury. It includes everything from the gargantuan Walkers to the soft and cuddly Mot.

Mot

Military Conflict | Sep 2, 2024

The mot is a small domestic keras native to Mercury. Mots are soft and furry, and have six legs with two claws on each paw. They are ferocious hunters of small prey, and are welcome companions for their ability to keep food safe from pests.

March

Catamite Wars

The Catamite Wars were a series of conflicts over lunar independence in the Jovian system, encompassing the uprisings and rebellions on Jupiter's moons triggered by the Io miners' strike, as well as the war between Ganymede separationists and Jupiter.

April

Lexi Lazarus

Pirate Queen Lexi Lazarus first rose to infamy during the Catamite Wars. Despite the moniker, the criminal record and the exhaustive list of crimes he is currently wanted for, Lexi Lazarus enjoys the high life on Saturn.

May

Neptune

Planet | Oct 27, 2024

Hidden beneath the vicious storms of Neptune are continent-wide ice sheets and a vast and mysterious ocean. The planet is known for their dedication to the defence of the Kuiper Belt, but salacious tales of secret shrines to the same dark entities persist

June

Indo

Language | Sep 2, 2024

My words flow like ooblek; in nasty little clusters. On the broadcasts they speak like a song. I sound strangled, despite speaking it long enough to wilt my mother tongue. If Indo is the language of the stars, I have my feet firmly planted in the dirt.

July

Albino Palace

Settlement | Sep 2, 2024

The Albino Palace is the home of the Empress of Neptune, a city for the Imperial Court, and an extravagant display of the wealth and connections of the Empire. The palace is a Fall, carved from the corpse of a rare albino kraken-whale.

Alliance for Peace

Organization | Sep 2, 2024

The Alliance for Peace was a gentlefolks society, and a precursor to the Alliance of Nations.

Alliance of Nations

Founded at the turn of the decillium, the Alliance of Nations has strengthened the bonds between the planets and moons of Sol. Made up of over two thousand nations across the Sol System, the Alliance strives for a world of peace and prosperity.

Asteroid Belt

Geographic Location | Sep 2, 2024

The Asteroid Belt is a hotly contested territory and a unique ecosystem. It is home to the majority of the known cosmic wildlife.

Fritz Fram

Geographic Location | Sep 25, 2024

Fritz Fram is famous as an explorer, altruist, and xenobiologist. He was instrumental in getting Neptune and Uranus to join the Alliance of Nations. His status is unknown since his last expedition to Deep Space.

Hun Kal

Hun Kal was a city on Mercury famous for its solar observatory. It was the first to fall during the Scorching of Mercury.

Keystone of Mercury

The last Keystone of Mercury sacrificed herself to chain the Sun and contain the Invasion. With the majority of the population seeking asylum all across the solar system finding her successor may prove to be quite the challenge.

Labyrinthe

Settlement | Sep 2, 2024

Labyrinthe is the capital of the Comiterranean. It is one of the oldest cities in the world, and has been inhabited for millennium. The city has continually built on top of itself.

Migrari

Ethnicity | Sep 2, 2024

The Migrari were nomadic mixed-species spacefarers known for their effort to improve living standards across space. They were at their height during the Early Spacefaring Age.

Orbitross

Military Conflict | Nov 8, 2024

Orbitross are extraplanetary avians who glide on solar winds with their mouth wide open, consuming whatever happens to fall in.

Scorching of Mercury

The Scorching of Mercury, also known as the First Solar Invasion, was an invasion by the angelic armies known today as the Scourge. The invasion destroyed most of Mercurian civilization and radically changed the planet's biosphere across four years.

Sofi Casabella

Character | Aug 24, 2024

Casabella is an artist, socialite, and activist. She is a former courtesan of the Venusian court. Her network and diplomatic skills were used to help build the Alliance of Nations. She runs several foundations for trans youth, and young artists.

Super Wide Access Network

The Super Wide Access Network, or SWAN, is a lacework that aims to be reliable and highly available throughout the entire system. As a downside of these goals, however, it cannot handle large amounts of data.

The Collision Course

Generic article | Jul 16, 2024

The Collision Course is a diner built in the century-old wreck of a passenger spacecraft. It's an iconic and beloved landmark of the Asteroid Belt, seen as the point where the Inner and Outer Worlds meet.

Timeline

The Sol Standard calendar is based on the solar orbit of the planet Tellus. The current year of Solaris is 220022.

October

Astrallite

Material | Sep 26, 2024

In cyntherocentric orbit, the crystal seed farms shimmer like fine gossamer mesh. These veils above Venus have long been the primary source of astral crystal, but as Jovian and Martian mining operations expand through the Belt the status quo shifts.

Caduceus

Building / Landmark | Sep 25, 2024

A bright false star in the skies of Mercury, Caduceus is attended by a small host of lesser satellites, weapon platforms, sensor arrays and all sorts of lethal tools of war directed at the enemy.

Chained Sun

Geographic Location | Jul 17, 2024

The chained sun Sol strains against its shackles, releasing vicious bursts of radioactive energy. Scores of Scourge barrage Mercury to finish what it started

Crystal Technology

Technology / Science | Sep 2, 2024

It started with a bang and continued as a chime. Millenia later, it rejoiced to be unearthed, and to us it sang; let us carry you further than you could ever dream. Let us be the bedrock for your wonder. Let us, let us.

Gatt Divus-Piceni

Merchant Prince Gatt Divus-Piceni was himself a result of the peace pact between the Princes of Piceni and Divus. It is fitting he would go on to make his name as a founding figure of the Alliance of Nations.

Interplanetary Solar Defence Council

Rank/Title | Jul 17, 2024

As wartorn Mercury burned, the Interplanetary Solar Defence Council held luxurious fundraisers and debated the most appropriate colour story for their new armies. A promise towards peace was broken, and a pretty penny traded hands.

Labyrinthe Travelogue

Prose | Oct 2, 2024

The lords and ladies of Labyrinthe like to think that light is best used to highlight and accentuate. It is something to be let in through carefully designed crystal or denied in a way that makes the act of denial itself art.

Merchant Prince

The life of a Merchant Prince is a lonely one. Where a suit might die in a hostile takeover, a Prince are most likely to find themselves at the wrong side of their right-hand-man's gun.

Signs of Ascension

Physical / Metaphysical Law | Jul 17, 2024

The first sign of an emerging Keystone is an unnatural aptitude. The second is disaster. Natural and unatural disasters occur around her, and soon, because of her.

Strobed Men

Generic article | Sep 2, 2024

Rumours from the Mercurian enclaves of strange creatures in the guise of man. Who are they, and why are they seeking the Keystone?

Sunbleached Wastelands

Geographic Location | Oct 4, 2024

As wildfires burn the forests to ash, as water boils out of the oceans, lakes, and land, and as the sun sears rock and sand, Mercury devolves into homogenous skeletal grey; a sunbleached wasteland.

Sword of Clouds

Item | Sep 29, 2024

When it is fully powered, the Sword of Clouds lights up sun-gold white. It cuts through bone and flesh as easily as clouds. The Sword can slash through reality and translocate its wielder to where their hearts desire.

November

Hokusai

Settlement | Sep 25, 2024

The destruction of Hokusai scars the planet. Visible even from space, the impact of the Solar Pulse obliterated the city and seared bright rays of ejecta across most of the northern hemisphere of Mercury.

Mercurian Triumvirate

Tradition / Ritual | Sep 25, 2024

The Mercurian Triumvirate lead Mercury only in name, the true power on the scene is the ISDC. Whatever supremacy the three Nations claimed evaporated as their people fled.

Mercury

Planet | Sep 2, 2024

Mercury was once the economic center of the Sol System, but today most of its people are refugees. The Scorching of Mercury has left the planet an arid husk of its former glory.

Sciah

Character | Sep 6, 2024

Eun's commanding officer and a Martian. Sciah does not come from a pilot background and it shows in her interactions. Bookish and by-the-rules, she is at least dependable.

Still Sun

The Still Sun is celebrated at the start of the Mercurian calendar. The tradition was once to turn off all lights to appease the zealous Sun, but these days the Mercurian people light even more to spite him.

December

Aerie O-1

Spacecraft | Sep 2, 2024

The Aerie O-1 is the first dedicated Spaceborne Warning and Control System (SWACS) fielded by the Jovian Orbital Guard. Large, bulky, and packed full with sophisticated electronics and sensors, it is capable of precisely identifying and tracking objects.

Aessa Aemili

Holy Daughter Aessa was first announced to the world as the seventh son of the Aemili family. When she ascended as Holy Daughter and Keystone of Jupiter, she was reintroduced to the world as Aessa, first daughter of the Aemili.

Airdocks

An airdock is an air-filled structure constructed in space that is used for building and repairing spacecraft quicker and easier than in vacuum.

Aquila

Arielle

Arielle was Godqueen of Venus. Arielle is best known for their exploration of gender, frequently and publically presenting as masculine, feminine, both, and neither over their reign.

Astroplankton

Tradition / Ritual | Sep 2, 2024

The microscopic base of the interplanetary food web.

Cosmic Bloom

Condition | Sep 2, 2024

Cosmic Bloom is caused by an astroplankton infestation onboard a spacecraft. The blooming algae releases dangerous toxins into the air which can cause severe symptoms up to and including death.

Crystal Infestation

Condition | Jul 17, 2024

Crystal infestations are like a ship possessed. Survivors describe animated cables strike out at crew, lights turned up blindingly bright, and a constant disharmonious chime. Thankfully, infestations are very rare.

Cuisine of the Mercurian Nomads

The culinary practices of the Nomads of Mercury have a profound impact on the areas they travel through. Wherever they travel, they bring foods and seeds with them.

Cyklopes SSF-9

Spacecraft | Sep 2, 2024

The Cyklopes SSF-9 is a current-generation space superiority fighter exclusively fielded by the Orbital Guard. It is a high tech platform built to seize control of the battlespace.

Defenders of Mercury

Geographic Location | Jul 17, 2024

Penumbra and Caduceus together defend Mercury from the solar incursion.

Fast Cutter

Vehicle | Jul 17, 2024

A fast cutter is a type of military craft that is small, fast, and lightly armed.

Ganymede

The largest moon in the Solar System, Ganymede, is also one of the most populated. It is a cold moon, as much rock as it is ice. Permafrost makes agriculture hard on Ganymede, which to this day relies heavily on herds, fishing, and hunting.

Godqueen of Venus

Rank/Title | Jul 17, 2024

Godqueen of Venus is the title bestowed upon the current Keystone of Venus. Most Venusian nations honor her as symbolic head of state, although her powers are restricted and determined by their national laws.

Gravity Plates

Technology / Science | Jul 26, 2024

Gravity plates are large flat structures that are used to simulate planetoid gravity, particularly on space stations. They are considered a luxury.

Halobate Salt

Profession | Jul 17, 2024

Halobate salt is a Mercurian table salt collected by the Halobates, a group of Mercurian nomads. It is a protected product under the regulations of the Inner Planet Trade Association.

Handmaiden

Handmaidens are servants and close companions of the Godqueen of Venus. Since the time of Godqueen Arielle, Handmaidens have been expected to use their powers of metamorphis to transform into identical copies of the Godqueen.

Heller Cave Paintings

The Heller Cave system is the site of the oldest known figurative art in the Sol System. The most famous of the Heller Cave Paintings depicts what is believed to be an astracetean migration.

Heretic GA-7

Vehicle | Sep 2, 2024

The Heretic GA-7 is a close air support gunship designed and used by Venus. It is also the gunship of choice for Penumbra.

Holy Daughter of Jupiter

Holy Daughter of Jupiter is a title and role bestowed upon the Jovian Keystone. The Holy Daughter is the spiritual leader of Jupiter, as the head of the Triune Temple and patroness of the Imperial Cult.

Human

As a lunar people, humans fall under the political domain of planet superpowers. They sit in an interesting niche as the "majority minority" and live on the margins of society, oribital or otherwise.

Jovian Orbital Guard

Jovian Senate

The Jovian Senate is the largest and oldest assembly that still exists. It claims domain over Jupiter and its moons.

Juno-class Carrier

Vehicle | Sep 25, 2024

The Juno-class carrier is a venerable series of fast carriers that served as the predecessor to the Pater-class.

Jupiter Stella

Kara

Kara are less common than the Mori, their planetary cousins. They have natural armour in the form of thick ceratinous plates. The threats the ancient Kara evolved to survive no longer exist, but their existence is evident in Kara physiology.

Magnomight Systems

Magnomight Systems is a small Jovian electronics and sensors manufacturer. It specializes in spacebourne sensors, including collision detection, asteroid assessors, craft radar, and radio telescopes.

Metamorphis

Spell | Sep 2, 2024

Appearance is a matter of choice for the Fei, not one of inheritance. Through metamorphis the Fei can change any aspect of their appearance. The process is slow and deliberate, and a great pride of the Venusian people.

Minos

Broad-shouldered and horned, the Minos strike an imposing frame. The Minos are nymphs native to Jupiter. Despite making up about the same amount of the population as the Daphnae, the Minos are barely represented in the Jovian Senate.

Mori

The fragile Mori are moth-like people from Mercury. The former denizens of the Sunscrapers are very distinct with their massive white manes, and fluffy feather-like antennae.

Nomads of Mercury

Ethnicity | Aug 16, 2024

In the harsh extremes of Mercury, the nomadic peoples of the planet live on the edge. Their traditional migration patterns have made the terminator nomads uniquely suited to life after the Scorching of Mercury, but it is by no means an easy life.

Othello Shaft-hole Axe Head

The Othello shaft-hole axe head is an ancient artifact most notable for providing rare information about the design of prehistoric axe handles.

Palace of Delights

The Venusian Palace may lack the grand ornamentation of other palace, but its true ornament are its guests. The splay of light against the wall comes alive when the halls and rooms fill with people, dancing across fine silks and catching on sequins.

Pallas Steradian

Character | Sep 17, 2024

Commodore Pallas Steradian is a Martian commodore and the officer in command of the defenders of Mercury.

Parachute Trees

Rank/Title | Jul 17, 2024

The Parachute Trees are native to the Aer of Uranus, and thrive in the summer pole. They grow on the islands of Uranus. They have a very quick life cycle, growing to maturity in just a few years.

Paradisius

Condition | Sep 2, 2024

Paradisius is a ship condition caused by the paradise vine, a highly invasive plant native to Venus, and a natural terraformer. They break down the ship, leaving nothing but a verdant wreck.

Parelion Orbital Defender

Spacecraft | Sep 2, 2024

Each one was like a star spilled from the waistpouch of a hunting goddess, divine and deadly. They whirled around Mercury, waiting for the word to kill.

Pater-class Carrier

Vehicle | Jul 17, 2024

The Pater-class is a fast carrier employed by the Jovian Orbital Guard. It serves a crucial part of the Orbital Guard's anti-piracy strategy, operating as a mobile spaceport that can launch and resupply Cyklopes incredibly close to areas of operation.

Patrician

Patricians are full citizens of Jupiter, the only people allowed to hold certain public offices such as Senator or Govenor, as well as the only people allowed to own land on the planet of Jupiter. Patricanship is usually a matter of birth, inherited throu

Pavo

Red Spot Shipyards

Geographic Location | Jul 17, 2024

Red Spot Shipyards is one of the oldest and largest shipyards of Jupiter. It is currently producing the Pater-class carrier.

Rhea

Rhea is the second largest moon of Saturn, and one of the possible origins of humans. It is known for being the site of the Heller Cave Paintings, the oldest known figurative art on the Sol System.

Space Warfare

Generic article | Sep 17, 2024

Space warfare covers military operations conducted in or from space. It includes ship-to-ship combat, control of space, space-to-ground weaponry, and insertion from orbit to ground. Includes an overview of the state of space militarization in Sol.

Starwatch

Starwatch is the collective defense organization of Uranus that patrols its skies and orbital space.

Stryx

Svetluzca Morana

Svetluzca Morana is the emerging Keystone of Saturn. The young girl has already survived one assassination attempt, albeit not without scars. She is the care of Merchant Prince Quo, who has invested greatly in her security.

Titania

Titania became the Eternal Godqueen of Venus centuries ago. She appeared to be eternally young and nigh immortal, until the truth was exposed by teen magazine Beaux.

Triune Temple

The Triune Temple is the dominant state religion of Jupiter. It is an olympic religion based on the worship of the family unit as embodied by the gods of the Triune: Jove, Juno and Minerva.

Venusian Consilium

Technology / Science | Sep 7, 2024

Voluntary Indication of Position

Voluntary Indication of Position (VIP) systems are used by spacecraft to periodically broadcast their identity, position and velocity according to their internal systems, and receive positions and velocities of other nearby craft.

2024

February

Bosonic Clock

Personal Computer

Sonar Orchestrion

Item | Sep 2, 2024

A large mechanical musical instrument for communicating in the oceans of Neptune.

Timekeeper Institute

March

Mzia the Martyr

April

Empress of Neptune

The Empress of Neptune is the sovereign of the Trident Empire, and the keystone of Neptune. Known as the Daughter of the Stars, the Empress derives the right to rule from a heavenly covenant with the sun.

Trident Empire

May

Venilia VII

Geographic Location | Aug 13, 2024

Venilia is the current Empress of Neptune, and the Keystone of Neptune. Similar to her mother the previous Empress, she is credited with continuing to shepard the Empire through a transition from its colonial past to a more modern and equitable relations

June

Floating Islands

Floating islands are giant rocks held aloft by the whirling winds of the Aer. Over the course of dozens to a few hundred years they descend into the depths of Uranus. Despite their ephemeral existence, the islands form the bedrock of Uranian life.

Mantle

Condition | Jul 17, 2024

Marinne

Young Marinne went from a nobody to a frontrunner when she mantled the divinity of Neptune, saving her own life and that of her entourage. Thrust into the center of the callous courts of Neptune, will Marinne sink or swim?

Society of the Shard

Thauma Magallana

Geographic Location | Jul 26, 2024

Few have dwelved as deep into the mystic arts of Neptune as Thauma. Their magical talent sets them apart as one of the leading prospective heiresses of Neptune.

July

Aer

Rapid winds whip up and around the Aer, the outermost of the three layers of Uranus. It is the home of most Uranians, who live and travel aboard Eyries, or temporarily settle onto the Floating Islands.

Belgica Complex

Building / Landmark | Sep 25, 2024

The Belgica Complex is a sprawling underground factory built and operated by Thermoset Chemistry, a subsidiary of Dadarejo Robotics. It has undergone numerous expansions and retrofits over the years to better deal with the situation after the Scorching.

Duwana

Character | Jul 22, 2024

The shining pearl of the courts of Neptune, Duwana is reknowned for her beauty, tact, and her web of connections. She has long been the bookmakers favourite prospective heir of Neptune.

Enheduanna

Settlement | Jul 29, 2024

The power invested into the protection of Enheduanna still drums in the air. The High Temple stands untouched among the rubble, an abandoned tent city sprawled out in the shade of her wings.

Eyries

Vehicle | Aug 13, 2024

Eyries, the Uranian vehicle-cities, come in many shapes and sizes, from archaic airships, to cart-cities towed by skybeasts, to pollution-spewing motor-eyries, to modern flying fortresses powered by crystal engines.

Far Star Cult

Organization | Sep 2, 2024

The Far Star Cult, also known as the Far Star Temple, is dedicated to the care of advanced cases of oortic poisoning. By inviting and allowing the sufferers to worship the Oort Cloud, they are able to supervise and support them through a troubled life.

Kelpland Medusae

Species | Jul 29, 2024

The Kelpland Medusae, the living kelp forests, are simple invertebrates found on Neptune. They provide stability for nesting, protection for prey, and great hunt for predators.

Mares

Geographic Location | Aug 16, 2024

Toxic clouds pool in the Mares, the sea-like depths of Uranus. Boiling gas surges towards the Aer, as frigid waters drag the Floating Islands towards the natural furnaces of Terra.

Oortic Poisoning

Condition | Sep 2, 2024

Oortic poisoning was a dormant disease, a rare case brought on by dangerous antiques and especially unlucky meteor strikes, until the Oortite rush brought it back in full swing.

Oortite

Material | Sep 29, 2024

Oortite is the dark mirror of Astrallite and Aurorite crystals. Some have great potential, capable of bending natural law and influencing minds, while others seem entirely inert save for their tendency to spread.

Power Armour

Technology / Science | Oct 4, 2024

Power armour typically refers to the full suits of powered armour worn by bodyguards and security, but the term technically covers any worn machine that augments the wearer's strength.

Svulst

Settlement | Aug 4, 2024

Svulst is one of the largest cities of Saturn, and stretches from the pits of the planet to far above the clouds. Rather than a city of skyscrapers, Svulst is a city built on top of a city, built on top of another.

Take-out

Item | Sep 2, 2024

When you need a quick bite to eat, experienced travellers know to look for the first hole in the wall with a queue. Take-out is a classic no matter where you are in the Sol System.

August

Achena

Organization | Nov 12, 2024

Before Achena's pop career could even really begin, she was strongarmed into not just to give up her dreams, but her identity. Achena became a Handmaiden to the Godqueen, and would've faded from public conciousness if it hadn't been for her fans.

Chewpaper

Material | Sep 17, 2024

Chewed and spat, a humble little nightlight sat on a window sill. With a loop for a tiny finger and a well for a candle. A comforting trinket provided you forgot the material was tinder and only a stub of wax seperated it from flame.

September

Convocation

Mars Homefleet

Organization | Sep 27, 2024

There is an academic pride in the halls of Homefleet. Everyone believes in their ideas, and each idea gets a fair shot. Those which prove themselves are given the full backing of Homefleet. Those which fail perhaps need only be refined.

Tunneller