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Worldember 2023

Worldember 2023
Event | Feb 1, 2024

An overview of everything written by Annie and Sky for Worldember 2023.

Annie's Worldember Prep
Event | Dec 6, 2023

Preparing for World Ember 2023, planning what to write, and announcing the ~comment carolers~! You're invited to join, badge included in article.

Articles

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
Character | Sep 2, 2024

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
Technology / Science | Jul 17, 2024

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

Arielle
Character | Sep 2, 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.

Astroplankton
Species | 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
Tradition / Ritual | Sep 2, 2024

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.

Fast Cutter
Vehicle | Jul 17, 2024

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

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.

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.

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.

Human
Species | Sep 25, 2024

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 Senate
Organization | Jul 17, 2024

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

Jupiter Stella
Organization | Sep 25, 2024
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.

Magnomight Systems
Organization | Sep 25, 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.

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
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.

Mori
Species | Sep 2, 2024

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
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.

Palace of Delights
Building / Landmark | Sep 2, 2024

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
Species | Sep 2, 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
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

Pavo
Species | Sep 25, 2024
Red Spot Shipyards
Organization | Sep 25, 2024

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

Rhea
Geographic Location | Jul 17, 2024

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.

Secret
Generic article | May 17, 2024

A reward for those who complete the Solaris Scavenger Hunt <3

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.

Svetluzca Morana
Character | Sep 2, 2024

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
Character | Sep 2, 2024

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
Organization | Jul 17, 2024

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.

Voluntary Indication of Position
Technology / Science | Sep 7, 2024

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.

Worldember 2022

Worldember 2022
Event | Jan 24, 2024
Worldember 2022 Art Gallery
Generic article | Jun 15, 2023

Explore Solaris this Worldember through art!

Articles

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
Species | Sep 2, 2024

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
Character | Jul 17, 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.

Fei
Species | Sep 2, 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
Generic article | Oct 21, 2024

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

Jupiter
Planet | Aug 13, 2024

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
Rank/Title | Sep 2, 2024

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
Species | Sep 2, 2024

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
Planet | Aug 13, 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
Geographic Location | Nov 1, 2024

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
Planet | Aug 13, 2024

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.

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