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Dubois (Marine)

## Dubois

Private **Dubois** is a Centran Marine attached to the Avalon Exploratory Initiative.

## Biography

At some point, Dubois joined the Centran Marine Corps, and by 0304 PCU, was part of the Marine complement aboard the CSV *Shabayev* under the command of Vice Admiral Winston Redfield. Dubois deployed with the *Shabayev* through Edric's Gate as part of the Avalon Expedition Fleet. Most of the fleet was scattered on its arrival in CDC-41-Gamma, though the *Shabayev* managed to rendezvous with a handful of other ships.

Months later, Dubois was selected by Commander Lewis Harper to be a part of his 8-man boarding party during the recovery of the Gatehauler at the Raid on the Aegis of Invia.

## References

1. ↑ *Inclement Weather*
2. ↑ *Theirs Not to Make Reply*
3. ↑ *Where Angels Fear to Tread*
Advar

> *"And the Faithful shall endure only by the grace of Holy Advar. For beyond his Sanctum, no life can exist."*
> -Empress Valendra the Sixth.
>
>

**Advar** is the central figure of the Faith Eternal of the Advari. The Advari believe Advar to be the creator of the CDC-41-Gamma nebula, which they know as the "Sanctum of Advar", and believe that life beyond the nebula is impossible.

## Theology

Advar is worshipped as a deity by the Faith Eternal. The Faith's mythology holds Advar responsible for creating the CDC-41-Gamma to shield his people from the intergalactic void, which they refer to as "the Great Nothing" and "the cursed void".

In deference to Advar, the native species of CDC-41-Gamma named themselves the Advari.

The senior clergy of the Faith Eternal believe that Advar has charged the Advari people to maintain the number of "thinking minds" (presumably, sophonts) in the nebula below a certain threshold, with unknown but dire consequences if this limit is breached. Accordingly, the Faith Eternal upholds ritual sacrifice as a means of population control. The Faith's senior clergy maintain an elaborate deception whereby hundreds of clerics would be sent to worlds long-since abandoned or left desolate, ostensibly to conduct religious worship but in practice as a larger form of sacrifice. The truth of this matter was concealed even from the rulers of the Holy Advari Empire themselves.

## Attributes

Advar is known by the Faith Eternal by the epithets "Holy Advar", "the Divine Illuminator", "shield and saviour", "Master of Hosts", and "redemptor most holy". The Faith associates the Wheel, a pulsar-like star, with Advar. According to the Fourth Canticle, an Advari holy text, in their ancient history a group of Advari known as the Lightsingers encountered Advar, who offered bounty in exchange for the Advari separating themselves from their past in favour of his divine truth. The Advari destroyed their historic records and vowed that they would never keep records except those blessed by the Faith Eternal.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Inclement Weather*
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 *Dust and Shadow*
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 *Forlorn Hope*
4. ↑ *The Fourth Canticle*
Dalstaff System

## Dalstaff

The **Dalstaff System** is a star system in the Tantalus Cluster under the control of the Frontier Union. The system was settled as a Centran penal colony based around the maximum security prison of Nightbridge on Dalstaff II. At the outbreak of the Frontier War, the prison was seized by its inmates and converted into a city by the Frontier Union.

## Description

The Dalstaff System is home to the tundra world of Dalstaff II, which was originally settled as a penal colony to house criminals from across Tantalus. Genetically-engineered mosses and lichens were introduced to the planet to create a thin atmosphere.

A number of civilian settlements and stations were established in the system under the guidance of the Frontier Union, but before the Union's declaration of independence, the economy of the system was almost entirely dependent on the Nightbridge maximum security prison and its support structures on the planet Dalstaff II. After the Frontier Union declared independence, Nightbridge's inmates seized the prison and converted it into a city.

## History

The Dalstaff System was originally settled as a vast penal colony to house criminals from across the Tantalus Cluster: the original population of 816 convicted criminals was settled on the planet Dalstaff II by the penal barque *Grey Stablemaid* in 0219 PCU, with tools, materials, and industrial equipment to begin the construction of the planetary prison. It took eleven years for them to complete shelters, with many succumbing in the cold and thin atmosphere.

The system's economy was entirely dependent on the Nightbridge prison and its support structures. This changed when the Frontier Union declared independence from the Assembly in 0290 PCU, starting the Frontier War. The wardens and guards of Nightbridge prison fell victim to riots, and the system was abandoned to the Union. The former prison would be converted into a city under the supervision of the Frontier Union, becoming one of their most populous settlements, and the city is now renowned for its weapons factories and breweries.

## Layout

### Planetary Bodies

* Dalstaff I - Small Rocky Planet
* "Dalstaff" (Dalstaff II) - Terraformed Barren Planet
	+ Nocturne - Craggy Moon
		- Jingwei's Parapet - Security Station
* "Refuge" - Small Frozen Ocean Planet
	+ Senjin Wharf - Orbital Spaceport
* Dalstaff IV - Ice Giant
	+ Bakshi C54 - Customs Control Station

### Drift Gates

* Dalstaff-Atamara Crossroads Drift Gate - Dalstaff II-Star Lagrange 4
* Dalstaff-Maiala's Rest Drift Gate - Dalstaff IV-Star Lagrange 4

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Sojourn: Worlds of Tantalus - Frontier Union
2. ↑ The Grey Stablemaid (feat. Milseán) | A Sojourn Original Folk Song

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Dalstaff II

**Dalstaff II** is the second planet in the Dalstaff System. Originally colonised as a Centrum Assembly penal colony, the world is now aligned to the Frontier Union.

## Characteristics

### Geography

Dalstaff II is a barren tundra world that has been terraformed to support Human life: genetically engineered moss and lichens have been introduced to create a thin atmosphere.

### Settlements

Outside of a small number of settlements, the planet's largest city is Nightbridge, a former Centran maximum security prison that is now one of the Frontier Union's most populous settlements.

### Satellites

Dalstaff II is orbited by a single natural satellite, the craggy moon Nocturne.

## History

Like the rest of the Frontier systems, the Dalstaff System was settled by the Centrum Assembly as part of a test of human adaptability on near-uninhabitable worlds, making use of new survival techniques and settlement designs. Dalstaff II was originally settled as a vast penal colony to house criminals from across the Tantalus Cluster: the original population of 816 convicted criminals was settled on the planet by the penal barque *Grey Stablemaid* in 0219 PCU, with tools, materials, and industrial equipment to begin the construction of the planetary prison. It took eleven years for them to complete shelters, with many succumbing in the cold and thin atmosphere.

The planet eventually developed a number of civilian settlements and stations under the guidance of the Frontier Union, but virtually the entire planet's economy was driven by the Nightbridge maximum security prison facility and its support structures.

Following the *Primrose* Incident of 0290 PCU, which provoked revolutionary violence across the four Frontier systems, the staff of the prison quickly fell victim to riots. The concrete towers of Nightbridge were transformed into an improvised city. Tacito Lemaire proclaimed himself "Freewarden of Dalstaff", and represented the planet on the original Union Council on Teldrin when the four systems declared independence as the Frontier Union.

## Society

Dalstaff is renowned for its weapon factories and breweries, with Nightbridge Munitions being a significant Frontier weapons manufacturer. In recent years a new creole variant of Teldrani has been seen developing on Dalstaff II.

*The Grey Stablemaid* is a Unioner folk song that remembers the original colonisation of Dalstaff II.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *The Sojourn Visual Dictionary - Edition One*
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 The Sojourn: Worlds of Tantalus - Frontier Union
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Grey Stablemaid (feat. Milseán) | A Sojourn Original Folk Song
4. ↑ The Primrose Incident | Official Lore Short | The Sojourn
5. ↑ Teldrani | Official Lore Short | The Sojourn
Alessiah-class Fast Frigate

The Alessiah-class Frigate Rodrigo

The ***Alessiah*-class Fast Frigate** is a Frontier Union warship design.

## Design

### Spaceframe

Much like the smaller *Florencia*-class, the *Alessiah*-class features a distinctive catamaran frame, known as the *naijgānduno* frame in Teldrani. Notably, however, the *Alessiah* is built around a central third hull, making the ship a trimaran instead.

## History

According to Tamara 'Meds' Melari, the Abigail is an "antique", suggesting the *Alessiah*-class had been placed into service long before the start of the Avalon Expedition.

## Notable Ships

* Abigail - Avalon Expedition, Captain Tamika Jinn, lost with all hands
* Rodrigo - Avalon Expedition, Captain Omar Maalsuwda
Axius-Meric's Keep Drift Gate

The **Axius-Meric's Keep Drift Gate** is a Drift Gate in the Axius System. Placed at the Axius I-Axius Nuis Lagrange Point 4, it connects to the Meric's Keep-Axius Drift Gate and permits faster-than-light travel along the Drift Lane to the Meric's Keep System.. The gate went largely unused following the Great Merician Exile, given the relative resource sparsity of the Meric's Keep System, but has seen greater use since the Merician Freehold  re-established contact with the rest of the Cluster.

## References

1. ↑ The Sojourn: Worlds of Tantalus: The Centrum Assembly
2. ↑ The Merician Freehold | The Sojourn Lore
Azevedo-Bessa Theory of Universal Relativity

The **Azevedo-Bessa Theory of Universal Relativity** is a theory of gravitation published by the Centran scientists Antonio R. Azevedo and Paul R. Bessa in 0008 PCU. Universal Relativity greatly expands on its predecessor theory, General Relativity, and in particular accounts for and corrects General Relativity's predictions of particle behaviour in exotic spatial topologies.

The theory's most significant practical application is its description of faster-than-light travel through exotic spatial topologies. This permitted the construction of the first Drift Gate and enabled humanity's colonisation of the Tantalus Cluster.

## History

Following the discovery of Drift on the Centran moon of Lysara, scientists could for the first time use its unique gravitoelectromagnetic properties to create experiments to study gravity. These experiments soon showed that General Relativity consistently yielded wrong predictions of particle behaviour inside exotic spatial topologies. This led to roughly a decade of intense study to try to reconcile one of Centrum's most accurate theoretical models with the behaviours observed in Drift.

In 0007 PCU, Valentina Nakayama described the Nakayama Mechanism, a modelling of the relationship between exotic hadrons and gravitoelectromagnetism, which allowed headway on the issue. In Summer Solstice, 0008 PCU, Antonio R. Azevedo and Paul R. Bessa published their solution to General Relativity's shortcomings in their paper "The Derivation of a New Universal Theory of Relativity" in the *Annals of Theoretical Physics*. The new theory was christened the Azevedo-Bessa Theory of Universal Relativity in their honour.

Among its many predictions, Universal Relativity predicts that superluminal motion, the motion of an object at speeds greater than that of light, is allowed through exotic space topologies. This led to the construction of the Centrum-Pioneer Drift Gate, the first Drift Gate ever constructed by humanity, allowing faster-than-light travel to the Pioneer System and permitting humanity to establish its first interstellar colony on the planet Storm.

## Behind the Scenes

> *"I have no idea how it works! If I did, I would have Nobel! I wouldn't be here!"*
> - Gabriel Fonseca on the Universal Theory of Relativity.
>
>

The Azevedo-Bessa Theory of Universal Relativity was first described in *The Science of Drift* lore document. It was created by Gabriel Fonseca, *The Sojourn's* scientific consultant, as an in-universe advancement on General Relativity to provide verisimilitude to the series' methods of faster-than-light travel.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 *The Science of Drift*
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Science of The Sojourn - Roundtable Discussion, Cast Adrift
Firewatch whisky

**Firewatch whisky** is an alcoholic beverage originating from Firewatch II. A potent, specialty beverage produced in some of the finest distilleries in Firewatch System, Firewatch whisky is aged in oak barrels for at least four years prior to bottling.

Like most foodstuffs following the start of the Great Famine, authentic Firewatch whisky has become harder to find, with it being mostly replaced by artificial substitutes such as Glycosynthetic Colloidal Ethanol Solution.

## References

1. ↑ Firewatch | Worlds of Tantalus | The Sojourn
2. ↑ *Yesterday's War*
CSV Repulse

The **CSV *Repulse*** was a *Confiance*-class Frigate fielded by the Centran Defence Force.

## History

The *Repulse* was likely deployed either before or during the Frontier War.

## Behind The Scenes

*Repulse* is a common historic name for ships within the Royal Navy, having been used since at least 1596. Its use in *The Sojourn* is yet another reference to the nautical inspiration of the series.

## References

1. ↑ Confiance-Class Frigate | Ship Breakdown
Gaterunning

**Gaterunning** is the act of making a Drift Gate transit without first registering or clearing the transit with gate control. The act is most commonly practiced by pirates and smugglers, running with their transponders disabled to avoid detection at either end of the drift lane.

While nominally a crime, certain organisations such as the Centran Provost Corps and the Centran Defence Force are permitted to engage in legal gaterunning, often to pursue illegal gaterunners or in critically urgent situations.

## References

1. ↑ Gate Transits and Gaterunning | Official Lore Short | The Sojourn
CSV Confiance

The **CSV *Confiance*** was a *Confiance*-class Frigate, the lead ship of her class, fielded by the Centran Defence Force.

## History

The *Confiance* was the first of her class to be built, presenting a new step forward in the historic lineage of Centran Frigates.

## Behind The Scenes

*Confiance* /kɔ̃.fjɑ̃s/ is a word of French origin meaning "Confidence". The word's etymological roots speak to the multicultural inspirations of Centrum as a nation.

## References

1. ↑ Confiance-Class Frigate | Ship Breakdown
2. ↑ Confiance Pronunication
Dennitch Aitken

## Appearances

**Dennitch Aitken** was the founder of the Crownskull Buccaneers pirate group. Originally an asteroid miner working the Aaberg Spread in the Pioneer System, Aitken found a more profitable career in raiding traffic transiting through Pioneer to the Axius System. Aitken ultimately became the leader of a sophisticated pirate network that was supported by corrupt officials on Storm, capturing vessels, ransoming their crews, and selling the ships under new papers and transponder codes.

## References

1. ↑ Pioneer | Worlds of Tantalus | The Sojourn
CSV Tripathia

## Appearances

### First appearance

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgWJLvZT8Gs Tripathia Class Third-Rate Ship of the Line

## Real world infomation

### Mechanical designer

Gabriel Fonseca

**CSV *Tripathia*** was a *Tripathia*-class Third-Rate Ship of the Line, lead ship of her class, and was likely active during the Frontier War.

## History

The *Tripathia*, like the class that followed her, was named for the Tripathia Archipelago on Centrum.

## Behind the Scenes

The ship has only appeared in the background of the Tripathia Ship Breakdown, and has otherwise gone unmentioned so far.<ref name="SBD">

## References

1. ↑ Tripathia Class Third-Rate Ship of the Line | Ship Breakdown (Redux)
Darin Heijai

Captain **Darin Heijai** was the Frontier Union Militia Captain in command of *Tserekai*, serving alongside Captain Omar Maalsuwda in his flotilla as part of the Avalon Exploratory Initiative.

## Biography

Sometime before 0304 PCU, Heijai joined the Frontier Union Militia, eventually being given command of *Tserekai*. Then, he, alongside a number of other Militia vessels, joined the Avalon Exploratory Initiative. Sometime after arriving in CDC-41-Gamma, he and many other vessels in the Union contigent of the Avalon Expedition Fleet were able to join up once more. The group encountered Advari forces on multiple occasions.

Sometimes after Vice Admiral Winston Redfield's bout with the Advari at the edge of the Callandra Nimbus, and the loss of Redfield's escorted Gatehauler, Maalsuwda's flotilla observed the missing gate component being taken and stowed away behind the Aegis of Invia within the Inner World territory of the Holy Advari Empire. As such, Maalsuwda ordered the creation of a Holdfast station, interconnecting the hulls of the ships in his fleet, so that they could plan and prepare a rescue operation of the looted component.

Following the arrival of Director Elizabeth Ancelet's unanticipated support fleet, an Advari force from the Aegis were dispatched, and Heijai, alongside other crews, were deployed from the disassembling Holdfast to ward off the incoming enemy fleet.

During the battle, Heijai and the *Tserekai* was able to escape alongside the civilian vessels, *Rodrigo*, *Hotstepper*, and *Guinevere*. Shortly after, he partook in the Raid on the Aegis of Invia.

During the evacuation of The Greenhouse by the Avalon Expedition Fleet through the Return Gate, Captain Heijai, alongside the *Guinevere*, *Hotstepper*, and *Siochana* bushwacked an Advari Lightship as it approached the fleet. However, the *Siochana* suffered a sudden reactor failure, falling behind the rest of the ships as they retreated to the Avalon. With no hope of rescue, the *Tserekai* and cohort were forced to leave them behind.

Shortly after this, the Heijai's ship aided the rest of the defensive formation, helping destroy incoming fliers and, later, missiles. However, the vessel was struck by a Lightship's main weapon, killing Captain Heijai along with the rest of his crew.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Forlorn Hope*
2. ↑ Ship ID Chart
3. ↑ Where Angels Fear to Tread
Glancewend Strait

The **Glancewend Strait** is a body of water on the planet Centrum. Victoria Weaver successfully traversed the strait in 0176 BCU, an achievement by which many subsequent explorations, such as the colonisation of the Firewatch System nearly 400 years later, would be judged.

## References

1. ↑ Firewatch | Worlds of Tantalus | The Sojourn
Centran Provost Corps

The **Centran Provost Corps (CPC)** is the military police and surface garrison service of the Centran Defence Force.

## Role

The Centran Provost Corps acts as a police and surface garrison force on the planets of the Centrum Assembly. In this role it acts essentially as a territorial army, however the Provost Corps has never been deployed offensively and is instead used to maintain civic security. Certain officers of the Provost Corps are responsible for managing courts-martial and controlling military justice within the CDF.

The Provost Corps also polices the space around Drift Gates, in which capacity its ships are permitted to engage in gaterunning - unscheduled, unplanned Drift Gate transits - if they are in hot pursuit of a criminal spacecraft.

## Equipment

The Provost Corps operates a fleet of S-36 Stardancer Multi-Role Attack Fighters to police the space around Drift Gates. The Pattern 0214 Field Sword is a traditional sabre carried by Assembly Provosts as a dress weapon.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 *The Sojourn Visual Dictionary - Edition 1*, page 7
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Gate Transits and Gaterunning | Official Lore Short | The Sojourn

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Barkov (Marine)

## Barkov

Private **Barkov** is a Centran Marine attached to the Avalon Exploratory Initiative.

## Biography

At some point, Barkov joined the Centran Marine Corps, and by 0304 PCU, was part of the Marine complement aboard the CSV *Shabayev* under the command of Vice Admiral Winston Redfield. Barkov deployed with the *Shabayev* through Edric's Gate as part of the Avalon Expedition Fleet. Most of the fleet was scattered on its arrival in CDC-41-Gamma, though the *Shabayev* managed to rendezvous with a handful of other ships.

Months later, Barkov was selected by Commander Lewis Harper to be a part of his 8-man boarding party during the recovery of the Gatehauler at the Raid on the Aegis of Invia. Shortly after, in the days before a fleet of Advari Lightships begun their attack on the *Avalon*, Barkov, along with other marines, betted on an arm wrestle between Tamara Melari and Castian Vadric.

## References

1. ↑ *Inclement Weather*
2. ↑ *Theirs Not to Make Reply*
3. ↑ *Where Angels Fear to Tread*
4. ↑ *Observer Effect*
Carida Concordance

The **Carida Concordance** is a key piece of trans-planetary legislation signed during the early expansion of the Centrum Assembly. It established the safe usage of Drift Drives and Drift Gates to limit the possibility of catastrophic accidents and to prevent their deliberate use as weapons of mass destruction. Under the treaty, restrictions were placed on the purposeful weaponization of Drift, which could potentially be developed into Relativistic Mass Drivers and other related weaponry.

The treaty was infamously violated in 0300 PCU during the Battle of the Atamara Crossroads of the Frontier War, when a small but desperate contingent of Frontier Union Militia attempted seize and re-orient a Drift Gate in the Atamara Crossroads System in hope of accelerating a captured asteroid directly into the planet Centrum. The attempt was ultimately thwarted by the Centran Defence Force.

## References

1. ↑ The Sojourn: Drift and Drift Gates - Avalon Archives
Devin Tandil

## Appearances

Fleet Leader **Devin Tandil** was a senior officer of the Frontier Union Militia during the Frontier War.

## Biography

Early in the Frontier War, Tandil, along with Freewarden Tacito Lemaire of Dalstaff, opposed the pre-emptive attack by Arcelia Abescal and the Paleborn on the Axius System: Lemaire and Tandil believed that Abescal's reputation for brutality would undermine support in the Assembly for the Union's independence, and were furious when it became clear that Abescal and Kaito Hakim had unilaterally chosen to conduct the attack before convening the Union Council. The brutality of the First Battle of Axius ensured that Lemaire and Tandil's worst fears came to pass, ending any hopes of a negotiated settlement to the crisis and ensuring that Centrum would see total victory over the Union as the only acceptable outcome of the Frontier War.

Tandil was then responsible for planning the Tandil Rush, a bold strategy that secured numerous victories for the Frontier Union over the Centrum Assembly early in the war.

## References

1. ↑ First Battle of Axius | Official Lore Short | The Sojourn
2. ↑ *The Sojourn Visual Dictionary - Edition One*
Frontier Union (political party)

The **Frontier Union** was a Centran political party that comprised the Members of Parliament representing the Atamara Crossroads, Teldrin, Maiala's Rest, and Dalstaff Systems. It was represented in the Parliament of the Centrum Assembly until 0290 PCU, when its members were assassinated in a violent coup that saw the four frontier systems declare independence from the Centrum Assembly.

## History

From the 0210s PCU, the Centrum Assembly began the colonisation of four star systems in the Southeastern Reaches of the Tantalus Cluster. These systems were initially settled as part of a test of human adaptability on near-uninhabitable worlds, making use of new survival techniques and settlement designs. Heavily dependent on imported food and resources, the Atamara Crossroads, Teldrin, Maiala's Rest, and Dalstaff Systems suffered repeated shortages and growing poverty as a combination of government incompetence, corruption, and piracy delayed shipments to the systems.

In an effort to redress this, the four systems' representatives in the Centrum Parliament formed a political party called the Frontier Union, aiming to bring the frontier worlds' difficulties to the Centran government's attention. However, the response was unsympathetic, with the Frontier systems being frequently ignored in budgetary allocations and security debates in Parliament. One of the Frontier Union's few successes in Parliament was getting six *Linford Island*-class Coastal Defence Ships assigned to the Frontier in the 0240s PCU to combat the piracy that had become endemic to the region.

This, coupled with the greater attention the Centrum Assembly paid to the growing colony in the Firewatch System, led to increased resentment in the frontier systems. Conditions worsened on the Frontier with the outbreak of the Great Famine in 0270 PCU. Ultranationalist groups, embittered by the lack of activity in Parliament, resorted to terrorist attacks, including the bombing of the *Wanderer* in the Firewatch System in 0277 PCU.

Events came to a head in 0290 PCU, when one such group launched a violent coup, massacring the Frontier Union's MPs and proclaiming the independence of the four systems from the Centrum Assembly. Ironically, they chose to adopt the name "Frontier Union" for their newly-independent nation.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *The Sojourn Visual Dictionary - Edition One*
2. ↑ The Sojourn: Florencia Class Outrider | Official Ship Breakdown

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Aberfane Assembly

The **Aberfane Assembly** was a Centran planetary government that succeeded the Aberfane Kingdoms following the death of its last monarch, Queen Faridah Amindura, in the 2nd century BCU. The parliamentary republican tradition of the Aberfane Assembly influenced the development of the Centrum Assembly centuries later.

## References

1. ↑ The Last Queen of Centrum | Official Lore Short
Atamara Crossroads-Seravis Major Drift Gate

The **Atamara Crossroads-Seravis Major Drift Gate** is a Drift Gate in the Atamara Crossroads System. It connects to the Seravis Major-Atamara Crossroads Drift Gate and permits faster-than-light travel along the Drift Lane to the Seravis Major System.

Traffic control through the gate is managed by Portunus Terminal.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Sojourn: Worlds of Tantalus - The Frontier Union
A.R. Courvoisier

## Appearances

**A.R. Courvoisier** was a Centran physicist active early in the period of Centrum's unification. In 0001 BCU, they led a team in writing the paper "Unpredictable Particle Motion Within Artificial Spacetime Topologies", which described the limitations of general relativity in describing particle behaviour in exotic spatial topologies generated by Drift, and paved the way for the discovery of universal relativity.
Centrum Broadcast Radio

> *"News and tunes at your tempo, Centrum Broadcast Radio."*
> - Centrum Broadcast Radio jingle.
>
>

**Centrum Broadcast Radio (CBR)** is a public radio service in the Centrum Assembly, carrying news reports, shipping forecasts, and popular music. In 0304 PCU, CBR newsreader Oliver Sefton delivered the news at six bells, covering the departure of the Avalon Exploratory Initiative and the progression of the Great Famine.

## References

1. ↑ *Centrum Broadcast Radio: 45th of Solstice, 304 PCU*
Battle of the Wainwright Gateforge

The **Battle of the Wainwright Gateforge** was an engagement betwen the Centran Defence Force and the Crownskull Buccaneers pirate group at the Yashoda-Wainwright Gateforge in the Pioneer System in 0107 PCU. The battle saw the defeat of the Crownskull Buccaneers, who were temporarily driven from their base in the gateforge.

## Prelude

Despite its significance as Humanity's first colony outside the Centrum System, the Pioneer System proved to have little in the way of useful resources, and a plan to use it as a stepping-stone for the colonisation of other systems was rendered obsolete by advances in Drift Gate technology. A gateforge established in orbit of the ice giant Yashoda for future gate construction was ultimately left derelict.

The Axius System was colonised from the Pioneer System in 0051 PCU, leading to an increase in traffic transiting through the Pioneer System. Such targets led the Pioneer System to become the birthplace of interstellar piracy: disaffected asteroid miners led by Dennitch Aitken, in collusion with corrupt officials on Storm, established a sophisticated pirate network known as the Crownskull Buccaneers, capturing vessels, ransoming their crews, and selling the ships under new papers and transponder codes. The Buccaneers were based out of the abandoned Wainwright Gateforge in orbit of Yashoda.

The Buccaneers' activities proved to be low-level enough to be ignored or dismissed by several successive Centran administrations. In fact, the fencing of captured shipping had become a significant supporting element to Storm's economy. Procrastinating over the issue allowed the Centran government to delay the necessity of supporting the colony through more legal means. However, the Buccaneers' depredations ultimately developed to the point that resolving them could no longer be delayed.

## The battle

In 0107 PCU, a Centran Defence Force fleet of three ships led by Post Captain Matthew Cormier was dispatched to the Wainwright Gateforge to eliminate the pirate threat. There it engaged a fleet of seven smaller pirate ships, emerging victorious.

## Aftermath

Despite driving the Crownskull Buccaneers from the Wainwright Gateforge, the Centrum Assembly failed to deal with the structural issues encouraging piracy. The Buccaneers endured as one of the Tantalus Cluster's most ubiquitous pirate groups. The Wainwright Gateforge has bee re-occupied by dozens of different groups of pirates and vagabonds throughout the centuries since.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Pioneer | Worlds of Tantalus | The Sojourn
GH-0007-VG

One of 4 Gatehaulers that went through Edric's Gate

**GH-0007-VG** was a gatehauler in the Avalon Expedition Fleet containing components for the return gate back to the Tantalus Cluster.

## History

Originally a Riberite ore hauler, GH-0007-VG was one of four gatehaulers assigned to the Avalon Exploratory Initiative. It deployed through Edric's Gate in 0304 PCU. However, like much of the fleet, it encountered a Lauralyn Conduit shortly after arriving in the CDC-41-Gamma nebula, ultimately ending up in an eccentric orbit around a gas giant in an unknown star system. The orbit took the gatehauler through the gas giant's ring system, and severe micrometeroid damage resulted in the deaths of all but one of its crew complement.

The wreck of the vessel was encountered by the *Guinevere*, shortly after the ship's first journey through a Lauralyn Conduit. The crew of the *Guinevere* promptly searched the wreck for any surviving crew members as well as for critical Drift Gate components. Along with the remaining survivor, the crew of the *Guinevere* also recovered the gate component stored aboard the gatehauler. However, the wreck soon suffered from a fuel tank detonation, causing it to fall deeper into the micro-meteoroid field. Rescued by the freighter *Belladonna*, the crew of the *Guinevere* abandoned GH-0007-VG.

## Known Crew

* Kayda, Staff Medic
* "Wounded Man"
Gabriel Fonseca (Character)

## Gabriel Fonseca

**Gabriel Fonseca** is a transrelativistic Physicist working at the Axius Institute for Higher Education for the Avalon Exploratory Initiative, specifically being involved with the study of Drift.

## Biography

At some point, Gabriel Fonseca earned his doctorate in Transrelativistic Physics, beforing joining the University research staff at the Axius Institute for Higher Education. There, he primarily was involved in the research of Drift and components derived from the material.

After this, he joined up with the Avalon Initiative, serving as an archivist and researcher of Drift Science, likely meaning he was involved with Dr. Sadavar Edric in the development and construction of Edric's Gate. His team was responsible for collecting together all required reading on Drift into a single document called the *The Science of Drift - A Short Summary*, which was then distributed amongst the incoming staff of the Expedition.

## Trivia

* Gabriel Fonseca is named after Gabriel Fonseca, the Science Advisor on *The Sojourn*. He was responsible for the creation of the in-lore Science of Drift document.
Faridah Amindura

## Appearances

Queen **Faridah Amindura** was the final monarch of the Aberfane Kingdoms of pre-unification Centrum. At her instigation, her kingdom transitioned to a republic, the Aberfane Assembly, on her death.

## Biography

### Transition to republicanism

In the early 2nd Century BCU, Amindura ascended to the throne of the Aberfane Kingdoms. Early in her life she had expressed opposition to monarchical concepts, though these opinions went largely silent prior to and in the beginning of her reign to maintain political stability.

In 0199 BCU, her husband suddenly committed suicide, which set Amindura on a path to end the monarchy entirely, a goal she formally announced in 0186 BCU.

In response, her three sons arose in revolt as the Tripathia Pact, otherwise known as the Three Princes Pact, only to eventually fall to the Crown. Following her sons' defeat and her own death, the Aberfane Kingdoms would reform into a parliamentary democratic republic known as the Aberfane Assembly.

### Legacy

The culmination of her life's work, the Aberfane Assembly would persist in one form or another for nearly half a millennium, withstanding war and crisis. Her own name would be last in human memory for generations, being honoured at Farida's Glass and Amindura Rionis. As for her sons, the name of their briefly-held lands would be carried into distant galaxies by great vessels.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Last Queen of Centrum | Official Lore Short
Flag Captain

**Flag Captain** is a rank in the Centran Defence Force. Flag Captains are officers who have had their names added to the Rakestrowe List, a roster from which flag officers choose a captain to command their personal flagship.

While nominally an esteemed position, as most on the list have achieved their post through nepotism rather than ability, Flag Captains are subject to quiet mockery throughout the Centrum Assembly, having earned the derogatory nickname of 'flag hackney'.

## References

1. ↑ Post Captains and Staff Captains | Official Lore Short
Astra Relativistic Drift-Augmented High-Frequency Pulsed Fusion Engine

> *"That engine module is bigger than most cruisers, I can't imagine the power behind that thing."*
> - Cassandra Farren
>
>

The **Astra Relativistic Drift-Augmented High-Frequency Pulsed Fusion Engine** is an extremely large design of Drift Drive manufactured by Keeper's Dance Fleet Yards, that equips the *Wanderer*-class Explorer Platform *Avalon*. One of the most powerful Drift engines ever designed, before the *Avalon's* deployment through Edric's Gate in 0300 PCU, Gatehouse Station had to clear the gate's approach lane to ensure no other ships were damaged by its drive plume.

The drive is so powerful that it is capable of tearing an Advari lightship clean in half, a feat unachievable by even a kamikaze attack from a *Tripathia*-class Third Rate Ship of the Line.

## References

1. ↑ The Sojourn: Wanderer Class Explorer Platform | Ship Breakdown
2. ↑ *The Cold Divide*
3. ↑ *Forlorn Hope*
Atamara Crossroads-Dalstaff Drift Gate

The **Atamara Crossroads-Dalstaff Drift Gate** is a Drift Gate in the Atamara Crossroads System. It connects to the Dalstaff-Atamara Crossroads Drift Gate and permits faster-than-light travel along the Drift Lane to the Dalstaff System.

Traffic control through the gate is managed by Yang-Jianshan Terminal.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Sojourn: Worlds of Tantalus - The Frontier Union
Cardeus I

**Cardeus I** is the first planet in the Cardeus Brink System. The craggy planet is orbited by two observatory and research stations, Monitor 24C and Cerebrum Cardeus.

Cardeus I was home to the Aiden's Prospect agricultural commune, before it abandoned the planet in 0304 PCU in a desperate attempted to reach an alleged "Verdant Paradise" in CDC-41-Gamma by illegally running Edric's Gate with the Avalon Expedition Fleet

## References

1. ↑ The Sojourn: Worlds of Tantalus: The Centrum Assembly
2. ↑ *The Promised Land*
Alex

**Alex** is the romantic partner of Lieutenant Jasper Ravi. They are likely from Axius.

During the Frontier War, Alex and their family were on Dalais during a Frontier Union attack, which prompted Jasper Ravi to join the Centran Defence Force

## Trivia

* Alex's gender is either non-binary, or (likely deliberately) left ambiguous.

## Appearances

* *"Dearest Alex"* (mentioned)
* *"Theirs Not to Reason Why"* (mentioned)
Anesidora

**Anesidora** is a planet in CDC-41-Gamma, under the control of the Holy Advari Empire.

## History

At some point prior to 0304 PCU, according to the Tantalus Cluster calendar, Anesidora was the site of a movement that the Empire regarded as an apostasy against the Faith Eternal. This movement was quashed by the actions of Inquisitor Castian Vadric and the forces under his command.
Callandra Nimbus

The **Callandra Nimbus** is a large, dense ice belt that forms the rim of the CDC-41-Gamma nebula. At least eight light-years in radius, it fills both the outlying star systems of the nebula and the space between them.

According to the Faith Eternal of the Holy Advari Empire, life beyond the Callandra Nimbus is impossible, and the very suggestion is considered heretical. Nevertheless, the Avalon Expedition Fleet sent from the Tantalus Cluster arrived in the Callandra Nimbus in the year 0304 PCU, and was badly scattered within the belt. A debris field so large and dense was considered physically impossible according to the Tantalus Cluster's understanding of science.

## Appearances

* *"The Cold Divide"*
* *"Inclement Weather"*
* *"Yesterday's War"*
* *"The Promised Land"*
6th Lysara Southern Survey Expedition

The **6th Lysara Southern Survey Expedition** was an expedition on the Centran moon of Lysara in 0005 BCU that led to the discovery of the material known as Drift. As such, it is one of the most important events in history.

## History

During the Equinox of 0005 BCU, three astronauts, Juliana Anahera, Tan Lin, and Karl Aaberg, were dispatched from Symphony Base to Mare Somnia, a volcanic basin in Lysara's southern hemisphere to study the geology of the area. During a lava tube survey on Equinox 14th, the team discovered a material initially believed to Hematite, which they collected samples of.

Upon returning to Symphony Base the material they had recovered could not be positively identified. This piqued the interest of many of the most prestigious research institutes back on Centrum, and as the material samples were returned to Centrum for study during the next crew rotation.

## Consequences

The anomalous material was named Riberite, and the substance known as Drift was isolated from the material. After over a year of intensive study, the esoteric material properties of Drift were established and in 0003 BCU, the Henshall Institute for Higher Learning published a paper co-authored by over 120 scientists from a variety of fields, titled "The Novel Relationship Between Exotic Hadrons and Gravitoelectromagnetism". The paper outlined the unusual properties of Drift, in particular its ability to generate gravitoelectromagnetic fields. The usefulness of Drift as a material immediately became apparent. As such, the importance of the 6th Survey cannot be understated - without it, interstellar travel may not have become feasible for Humanity.

## Participants

* Juliana Anahera
* Tan Lin
* Karl Aaberg

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gabriel Fonseca, *The Science of Drift*
Firewatch-Rialtis Drift Gate

The **Firewatch-Rialtis Drift Gate** is a Drift Gate in the Firewatch System. Placed at the Firewatch II-Firewatch Lagrange Point 5, it connects to the Rialtis-Firewatch Drift Gate and permits faster-than-light travel along the Drift Lane to the Rialtis System.

## History

Owing to the navigational difficulties posed by the size of the star Firewatch, the Firewatch System could only be colonized at slower-than-light speeds. Setting off in 0239 PCU, the colony platform *Wanderer* made an eight-year journey to the Firewatch System and arrived in 0247 PCU. Upon arrival, a return Drift Gate was constructed and was completed in 0249 PCU, connecting the system to the rest of the Tantalus Cluster.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Sojourn: Worlds of Tantalus: The Centrum Assembly
2. ↑ *The Sojourn Visual Dictionary - Edition One*
Adachi Fayadja

## Appearances

> *"The tools forever break down. The waters forever run dry.
> The shelters forever give way. But forever, the people endure.
> Broken cage. Unbreakable Union."*
> - Adachi Fayadja, "*Amar-Karah*"
>
>

**Adachi Fayadja** is a Unioner poet. The patriotic poem "*Amar-Karah*" was considered to be their seminal work.

## References

1. ↑ The Sojourn: Florencia Class Outrider | Official Ship Breakdown
Crownskull Buccaneers

The **Crownskull Buccaneers** are a major pirate group in the Tantalus Cluster. The Buccaneers were founded by Dennitch Aitken, a former asteroid miner, and were originally based out of the Wainwright Gateforge in orbit of Yashoda in the Pioneer System.

## References

1. ↑ Pioneer | Worlds of Tantalus | The Sojourn
Axius-Atamara Crossroads Drift Gate

The **Axius-Atamara Crossroads Drift Gate** is a Drift Gate in the Axius System. Placed at the at the Axius III-Axius Nuis Lagrange Point 4, it connects to the Atamara Crossroads-Axius Drift Gate and permits faster-than-light travel along the Drift Lane to the Atamara Crossroads System.

The drift gate is guarded by the battlestations Bastion Gamma, Bastion Delta, and Palisade Station.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Sojourn: Worlds of Tantalus: The Centrum Assembly
CSV Claudia Laurent

The **CSV *Claudia Laurent*** was a *Confiance*-class Frigate fielded by the Centran Defence Force.

## History

The *Claudia Laurent* was likely deployed either before or during the Frontier War.

## Behind The Scenes

*Claudia Laurent* is likely an original creation of *The Sojourn* production team.

## References

1. ↑ Confiance-Class Frigate | Ship Breakdown
Atamara Crossroads-Teldrin Drift Gate

The **Atamara Crossroads-Teldrin Drift Gate** is a Drift Gate in the Atamara Crossroads System. It connects to the Teldrin-Atamara Crossroads Drift Gate and permits faster-than-light travel along the Drift Lane to the Teldrin System.

Traffic control through the gate is managed by Jiao-Ming Terminal.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Sojourn: Worlds of Tantalus - The Frontier Union
CSV Barricata

### Crew

270 (crew complement) + 50 (CMC Marines) (as Standard)* Vice Admiral Winston Redfield (CO)

## Equipment

### Propulsion

* 2x Propulsive Dynamics G18-S D/FTR Retrograde Engines (fore)
* 3x Propulsive Dynamics G19-L D/FTR Prograde Engines (aft)

### Armaments

* 12x 15-inch Broadhead-Lock Coilgun Turrets
* 4x Sponson-Mount Twin-Barrelled Bodkin-Lock Coilguns
* 2x Twin-Barrelled Bodkin-Lock Bowchasers
* 2x Twin-Barrelled Bodkin-Lock Sternchasers

### Utilities

* Imaging LIDAR
* Phase array radar
* LightCOM Transstellar Communication System

## Real world infomation

### Mechanical designer

Gabriel Fonseca

**CSV *Barricata*** was a *Tripathia*-class Third-Rate Ship of the Line active during the Frontier War.

## History

The *Barricata* was named for the planetary capital of Rialtis IV. In 0297 PCU, Vice Admiral Winston Redfield served aboard the *Barricata* alongside the soon-to-be Captain of the CSV *Republic* and his brother.

## Crew

* Winston Redfield (CO)
* Captain of the CSV *Republic*
* Captain of the CSV Republic's Brother

## Behind the Scenes

The name *Barricata* probably comes from the Italian resort village of the same name, or from their shared origin in the word *Barricata*, Italian for "Barricade".

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://twitter.com/KeepersDan/status/1571267617708511232?s=20&t=YCWqglINQ8wYamgFI4C15w
2. ↑ *Theirs Not to Reason Why*
3. ↑ https://www.villaggiobarricata.com/en/
'Porter' Medium Packet Schooner

## *Porter*

The Porter can carry many standard issue cargo crates at once through the void.

The **Tamworth Porter**, more commonly referred to as a "Porter", is a freighter vessel primarily utilised by the Merician Freehold.

## Description

The Porter is a freight schooner and, much like that term's more archaic usage would suggest, it's a smaller vessel designed for light cargo, mail, or passengers. The Porter consists of several cargo crates attached to a central spine, with a front cap where (presumably) living quarters and other crew necessities are found, whilst the aft of the vessel houses the vessel's engineering section, including its two Drive cones and an antenna array.

## History

Little is known about when the Porter was introduced. However, it is possibly the most common Merician Vessel seen in Tantalus, even more so than Treasure Ships due to its smaller size.

## Utilities

The Schooner can carry at most 8 cargo containers. It's possible that these cargo containers are of a standard design for trade within Tantalus, or that the docking collars used by the Porter can attach to many different types of cargo depending on what intended on being carried.

## Notable Ships

* *Winchell Chung* - Merician Freighter-turned-Hospital Ship

## Behind The Scenes

Gabriel Fonseca kindly allowed the wiki team to present some concept shots of the Porter, made by him in Blender.

Porter Mock-up, BowPorter Mock-up, Stern
## References

1. ↑ Visual Dictionary Edition 1, Page 6
2. ↑ Patreon, Ship ID Chart
Discontinuity (Episode)

**"Discontinuity"** is the seventh episode in the Anthology Shorts series. Written by Daniel Orrett and performed by Larissa Thompson, it was released on October 27th 2021.

## Synopsis

> *"One thousand, five hundred and eighty days, seventeen minutes and counting."*
>
>

Cassandra Farren recalls the attack on the *Acrisius* and her life afterwards.

## Summary

In a stream-of-consciousness narrative, Cassandra Farren recalls her role in the mistaken attack on the CSV *Acrisius* in the aftermath of the Battle of the Atamara Crossroads, the cover-up arranged by the Centran Defence Force, and her final meeting with her father. As a data courier, Cass returns to Atamara in the aftermath of the war and attempts suicide by depressurising an airlock, but is rescued by Meds. Aboard the *Guinevere*, Cass goes through the motions of life but remains unmoored. In the aftermath of the near-disastrous mission on the Vitrified Planet, Cass reflects on her confession to Elizabeth and realises, "I am happier than I know how to be."
Castian's Gun

- the Firearm after being loaded

**Castian's Gun** is a pistol/hand-cannon wielded by Lord Inquistor Castian Vadric.

## Description

The Firearm has many similarities to a Revolver in shape, but the similarities stop there. It is breach-loaded with unknown Blue ammunition of some kind. Many of its parts appear wooden and metal, although the exact materials of each aren't yet known, and the gun is painted/carved with intricate golden patterns.

## Usage

* Lord Inquistor Castian Vadric
* Other Inquistors (Presumed)

## Appearances

* "*Through the Looking Glass*"
* Season 1 (Presumed)