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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.

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.

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.

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.

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...

Dutrius Atlas

Settlement | Jul 29, 2024

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Fall

Building / Landmark | Nov 13, 2024

The first cities of Neptune were build on and around the gargantuan corpses of the Kraken-Whales. The largest Falls, known as metropoles, sprawl out into vast submarine mega-cities that barely resemble their origin.

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.

Ganymede

Geographic Location | Jul 17, 2024

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.

Handmaiden

Profession | Jul 17, 2024

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

Building / Landmark | Sep 2, 2024

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

Rank/Title | Sep 2, 2024

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.

Interlace

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

Jovian Senate

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

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,

Kara

Species | Sep 2, 2024

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.

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.

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.

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.

Marinne

Organization | Sep 27, 2024

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?

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.

Mars Homefleet

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.

Minos

Species | Sep 2, 2024

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.

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

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.

Othello Shaft-hole Axe Head

Item | Jul 17, 2024

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

Pallas Steradian

Character | Sep 17, 2024

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

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.

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

Rank/Title | Jul 17, 2024

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Society of the Shard

Generic article | Sep 17, 2024

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.

Sonar Orchestrion

Item | Sep 2, 2024

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

Space Warfare

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Thauma Magallana

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.

Those who fly close to the sun

Prose | Sep 2, 2024

Icarus flew too close to the sun. It was hubris, they say, or complacency, or not respecting the powers greater than you. It is, they might say, an inauspicious name for the mercenary pilots who expect to fly their ships a stone’s throw from the sun.

Tray

Tradition / Ritual | Jul 17, 2024

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

Universal New Years Eve

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.

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.

Venilia VII

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

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.

Obscure

Achena

Geographic Location | Jul 26, 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.

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.

Alliance for Peace

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

Antonee Benoit

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

Aquila

Arielle

Building / Landmark | Sep 25, 2024

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.

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.

Belgica Complex

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.

Borealis Ice Mining

Building / Landmark | Sep 25, 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.

Bosonic Clock

Item | Jul 17, 2024

Caduceus

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.

Caelus Eyrie

Settlement | Jul 17, 2024

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

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

Convocation

Organization | Nov 12, 2024

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.

Defenders of Mercury

Spacecraft | Jul 17, 2024

Penumbra and Caduceus together defend Mercury from the solar incursion.

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.

Fast Cutter

Vehicle | Jul 17, 2024

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

Fritz Fram

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.

Gateway Portals

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.

Gatt Divus-Piceni

Settlement | Sep 25, 2024

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.

Halobate Salt

Item | 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.

Hokusai

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.

Hun Kal

Geographic Location | Sep 25, 2024

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

Interplanetary Solar Defence Council

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.

Jovian Orbital Guard

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

Kallisti Aerospace

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.

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.

Magnomight Systems

Geographic Location | Aug 16, 2024

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.

Mantle

Condition | Jul 17, 2024

Mares

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.

Merchant Prince

Rank/Title | Jul 17, 2024

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.

Mercurian Triumvirate

Geographic Location | Jul 17, 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.

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.

Rose Knight

Profession | Oct 15, 2024

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.

Saturn

Physical / Metaphysical Law | Jul 17, 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.

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.

Signs of Ascension

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.

Starwatch

Tradition / Ritual | Sep 25, 2024

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

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.

Stryx

Spacecraft | Sep 25, 2024

Sunderer SF-1

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.

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.

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.

Tellus

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

Timekeeper Institute

Trident Empire

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.

Tunneller

The grey little Tunnellers were well adapted for life underground, with their huge eyes. A few fringe groups believe the Tunnellers still exist, burrowed so far deep into Mars that they go unnoticed by the surface society.

Venusian Consilium