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Ultima Thule

**Ultima Thule** is a binary moon system of the gas giant Vahagn, located in the Oppenheimer System 575 light-years from Earth. The first stable subsatellite system discovered in the galaxy, they are a pair of terrestrial worlds, the larger **Ultima** and the smaller **Thule**, that orbit around a common barycenter. Both possess a thick atmosphere, while Ultima holds an ocean of liquid water; despite this, both worlds are hostile to human life: Ultima due to its radioactive composition, and Thule for its heat due to extreme tidal forces.

The binary moons and their symbolism are deeply important to the pirate confederation Twin Moon, whose headquarters, Libertalia, lies within the same moon system. Due to their orbits, the moons always appear in the sky above the station; at certain times of the year, the moons are each eclipsed, forming the two opposing crescents present on Twin Moon's jolly roger.
Octolion

The **octolion** is a reptilian extraterrestrial native to the Venusian planet Garneau, where it is the apex predator. Named for its eight spiked appendages that form a "mane" when unfurled, it is the best-studied silicon-based lifeform.

Beginning in the mid-2340s, the octolion was introduced to other planets in the Settled Systems as a form of pest control; although they were engineered with shorter lifespans, these introduced octolions proved too successful in their new habitats and became an invasive species on many planets.
Sky Marshal

**Sky Marshal** is a six-star officer rank in the Defence Force of the Free Republics and one of the two executive ranks, the other being First Marshal. There are nine sky marshals at any given time, including the First Marshal, each sitting at the head of a different government department; as a result, the sky marshals collectively serve as the head-of-government within the Herschel Nations and are responsible for ratifying all laws voted on by the Moot.

## List of Marshals

1. First Marshal
2. Marshal of Defence
3. Marshal of State Affairs
4. Marshal of Justice
5. Marshal of Labour
6. Marshal of Energy
7. Marshal of Agriculture
8. Marshal of Commerce
9. Marshal of Education
Rick Goodspeed

Commander **Richard "Rick" Goodspeed** is a veteran of the SPACECOM Marine Corps who was selected to captain the UCS *Voyager* on its five-year exploratory mission in Messier 23, on the edge of the Settled Systems.

## Biography

### Early Life & Background

Born shortly before the Great Galactic War to MDF officer Alex Goodspeed and an unnamed mother, Richard "Rick" Goodspeed was raised on the planet Magellan, deep in the Home Systems. His father, a veteran law enforcement officer, earned galactic fame for foiling the "Second Lesson", an attempted antimatter bombing of Magellan by the Hanseatic League in a similar vein to their successful attack on Luna.

Goodspeed entered the SPACECOM military academy, the Sentinel, at the age of fourteen and trained in the deserts and tundra of Nibiru, some of the harshest habitable conditions in the Settled Systems. He graduated into the Officer Candidate School at twenty and left the program as a lieutenant attached to the Marine Corps. Goodspeed's subsequent career was distinguished: he saw combat at the beginning of the Fifth Corporate War and earned a reputation as a tactical, if unorthodox, ground commander during marine deployments.

In the 2460s the Union & Democracy Party became the governing party in the General Assembly; as customary, membership was offered to all enlisted SPACECOM personel. Goodspeed rejected the offer of membership, birthing accusations that he was a Mazovist. With his reputation tarnished, Goodspeed was assigned to the Corps' colonial security division on a large U.C. bridge system colony; near the end of his deployment, the colony was ransacked by Twin Moon pirates. Ignoring orders to withdraw, Goodspeed led the evacuation of hundreds of colonists that were trapped within the colony's mine, killing many pirates in the process. Despite his defiance of direct orders, Goodspeed was celebrated for his endeavour and inducted into the Hall of Valour; additionally, he was promoted to commander.

Prior to 2475, Goodspeed married Vera, a social administrator that worked with Marine Corps veterans. She fell pregnant with their child, a son, and was due near the end of 2475.

### Voyager Mission

In September 2475, Goodspeed was selected to captain the UCS *Voyager*, a brand new starship designed to explore the M23 frontier over the course of five Earth-years.

## Overview

### Personality & Traits

A veteran marine and reluctant hero whose reputation was earned through defiance, Goodspeeed is level-headed, wise, tactical and always ready to put his life on the line for his comrades. A decorated soldier known for his leadership ability, he has a natural charisma and welcoming demeanour, allowing him to talk his way out of danger before any shooting starts; these talents in particular make him a natural captain, one capable of uniting a diverse crew on a long and arduous journey.
Axion Energy

**Axion Resources Interstellar**, doing business as **Axion Energy**, is an interstellar megacorporation whose primary focus is the energy industry. They are the largest producer and distributer of synthetic biofuels, helium-3 and antimatter and control several moons and asterioid fields where they harvest rare precursors to their products. Axion controls numerous energy corps under their umbrella, including Petrochem and Gauss Power, which grants them a monopoly in the energy industry and thus makes Axion the wealthiest corporation in human history.

Founded in 2210 from the merger of several energy corporations, Axion Energy holds joint sovereignty over the planet Gagarin with the Herschel Nations. It is one of the five corporations on the Board of the Free Economic Zone, making it a corporate superpower. It has grown through both acquisitions and armed conflict, most notably the Third Corporate War, and was an ally of the United Colonies during the Caspian War.
Fall of Laconia

### Result:

**Stellar Alliance victory*** Laconia is completely destroyed by an antimatter bomb
* Salen Dune is assassinated by the Werewolves

## Casualties

The **Fall of Laconia**, officially named **Operation Hammer of Justice**, was one of the two offensives of Operation Broadsword, the final campaign of the Great Galactic War. A fleet consisting of DFFR destroyers, Legion warships, modified merchant vessels and a Twin Moon raiding party led by Josia Price fought desperate Hanza defenders in orbit above Laconia, the Hanza capital and League homeworld. After two weeks of fighting, the battle came to an end with the antimatter bombing of Laconia and the assassination of Salen Dune by the Werewolves.
Incyte Biotechnical

**Incyte Biotechnical**, also called **Incyte Biotech** or simply **Incyte**, is a biotechnology megacorporation with business dealings in agriculture, food production, health sciences and pharmaceuticals, and even biological weapons. While still the smallest of the megacorporations, Incyte is a corporate powerhouse and the largest biotechnology company in the Settled Systems. Incyte is a co-founder of the Free Economic Zone and one of the six corporations on the Board.
Teegarden

**Teegarden**, formerly **Teegarden's Star b**, is a terrestrial planet located in the Teegarden System, orbitting the M-type red dwarf Teegarden's Star. One of the United Colonies' most powerful and influential colonies, Teegarden serves as the headquarters of the U.C.'s SPACECOM, as well as its navy and marine corps.
Sedna Salvage & Shipping

**Sedna Salvage & Shipping**, also simply called **Sedna**, is a corporation which operates from the dwarf planet Sedna in the Sol System. Once a board member of the Free Economic Zone until they rebelled, Sedna is a network of "salvagers" with business ties to "transportation" and "waste disposal". A tangled web of contractors and secretive vice presidents make up their official hierarchy, leaving no one to speak on the record about Sedna's more legally dubious activities.
Sol

**Sol**, archaically known as the **Sun**, is the central star of the Sol System. The system contains a multitude of asteroids and comets, eight planets from Mercury, the closest planet, to Neptune, the furthest planet, as well as hundreds of moons. The Oort Cloud is considered the edge of the Sol System.

Sol is a G-type main-sequence star (G2V) whose diameter is about 1.39 million kilometers (864,000 miles), or 109 times that of Earth. Its mass is about 330,000 times that of Earth, comprising about 99.86% of the total mass of the Sol System. Roughly three-quarters of Sol's mass consists of hydrogen (~73%); the rest is mostly helium (~25%), with much smaller quantities of heavier elements, including oxygen, carbon, neon, and iron.
Dreadnought

**Dreadnoughts** are combat spacecraft designed to carry heavy armaments, kinetic shielding and high-range roemer drives for rapid deployment. They are typically the heaviest ships in a fleet and serve as battleships.

## Notable Dreadnoughts

The FRS *Umbra*, a stealth dreadnought of the Free Republic NavyThe *Ivan the Terrible*, flagship of Twin Moon
Secretary-General of the United Colonies

The **Secretary-General of the United Colonies (SecGen)** is the head of state of the United Colonies. The Secretary-General directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United Colonies Space Command. A title carried over from the chief executive of the United Nations and the subsequent Earth Directorate, the Secretary-General of the United Colonies is arguably the most powerful position, at least politically, in the Settled Systems.

## Powers

The United Colonies is a semi-presidential system where the Secretary-General holds sweeping powers. Although the chancellor, through their government as well as the General Assembly, oversees much of the U.C.'s actual day-to-day domestic affairs, the Secretary-General wields significant influence and authority, especially in the fields of national security and foreign policy. The Secretary-General holds the title of Commander-in-Chief and holds the power to name or dismiss the chancellor; in addition, the General Assembly cannot act constitutionally without the permission of the Secretary-General.

When a majority of the Assembly has opposite political views to that of the Secretary-General, this leads to political *cohabitation*; in that case, the Secretary-General's power is diminished, since much of the *de facto* power relies on a supportive chancellor and General Assembly. When the majority of the Assembly sides with them, the Secretary-General can take a more active role and further influence government policy.
Marco Saarius

**Marco Saarius** was a spacer supremacist and arms dealer who served as a Commander-General in the United Hanza Fleet and briefly as Lord Commander (head-of-state) during the Great Galactic War. A Spartan, Saarius was an early member of the Hanseatic League and headed the Hanza's military administration on Sparta until the war's end.
Hanza Partisans

The **Hanza Partisans** were a collection of organizations that fought the Hanza occupation and collaborationist regimes in Hanza space during the Great Galactic War. Partisan cells were small groups of armed men and women who conducted guerrilla warfare and published underground newspapers. They also provided first-hand intelligence information and escape networks that helped Alliance soldiers and airmen trapped behind enemy lines. Further, the Partisans planned, coordinated, and executed sabotage acts on electrical power grids, transport facilities, and telecommunications networks.

The Partisans began their fight long before the war even began, during the Hanseatic League's campaigns to claim Laconia for themselves. The cause quickly spread to Sparta, where it took the form of the Spartan Order, and eventually to Thermopylae, where Partisan cells fought against the collaborationists. The Partisans became vital for the Alliance's push against enemy defences after the Home Systems campaign and fought alongside Alliance officers during Scorpius-Centaurus and the liberation of Thermopylae. Several Partisan groups joined the Spacers Legion or the U.C. Army Legion for Operation Broadsword, fighting the Hanza until the end of the war.
Earth Directorate

The **Earth Directorate** is the united world government of Earth, founded as an intergovernmental peacekeeping organization that launched an international effort to prevent future world conflicts and colonise the inner Sol System. In the 25th century, it remains one of the interplanetary governments that make up the United Colonies, with direct authority over Earth, Luna, Venus, Ceres and Ganymede.

The Directorate was founded in 1945 after World War II as the **United Nations**, an international organization facilitating cooperation in, among other areas, international law. In the 1990s, they launched the World Initiative for Space, an international effort to colonise Mars with the aid of private corporations, and subsequently spread throughout the inner Sol System and asteroid belt during the early 21st century. It became a federalised supranational government in 2042 and faced opposition from nationalist governments in the Directorate Wars, in which it proved victorious. By the 2060s, the Directorate lost control of Mars in the C.A.R. Rebellion and formed an interplanetary government called the Interstellar Collective, with the aim of expanding to the outer planets and eventually into interstellar space. When the Herschel Wars erupted in 2235 the Directorate became the core of the Earth-aligned governments that formed the United Colonies. In the wake of Luna's destruction and the Great Galactic War, the Directorate lost its political influence and was forced to turn to megacorporations, such as the Nemesis Group, to keep order.
Kugelblitz

A **kugelblitz** is a concentration of heat, light or radiation so intense that its energy forms an event horizon and becomes self-trapped, warping spacetime to such an extent that it forms a black hole, albeit one whose mass–energy is in the form of radiant energy rather than matter.

Kugelblitzes are one of two essential components in roemer drives, within which they are responsible for compressing the energy of a matter-antimatter annihilation reaction until spacetime warps enough for HZQ to leak into ordinary spacetime, thus generating sagittarius fields.
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Quantum

**Quantums** are humans that have been genetically and/or cybernetically augmentated to think as quickly and as accurately as an artificial intelligence or quantum computer. Conceived in the aftermath of the Crash, quantums are required in most modern starships to navigate and perform calculations; they are also used in law enforcement for interrogations or trials. Quantums are generally cold, calculated and unemotional due to the neurological experiments that create them.

## Overview

Most quantums are recruited as children after being screened for beneficial mutations or high intelligence; while rare, some children enter the program voluntarily.

After passing a series of mental tests, candidates proceed to the first phase of transformation; in the United Colonies, this first phase consists of drug treatment and rigorous aptitude tests; in the Herschel Nations, the first phase involves surgical procedures to the brain such as the addition of implants and synthetic neurotransmitters.

The second phase is where most candidates fail: the implantation of alien genetic material to increase neural impulse speed. The surgery is both painful and complicated; most die within hours of the procedure due to the intense immune response, and the few that survive emerge completely changed. Stripped of their emotions, surviving candidates then undergo years of academic training involving mathematics, physics, astrodynamics and engineering. Some quantums undergo further surgeries that add cybernetic augmentations.

Upon completing the program, quantums are awarded an officers rank in their respective militaries and assigned to a fleet, where they are responsible for navigation.

## References

1. ↑ Commander L. Spyder entered the U.C.'s quantum program on his own accord
Jump Juice

**Jump Juice** is a chemical cocktail consisting of adrenaline, blood thinners, blood vessel reinforcers and other stimulating drugs designed by Machiavelli Pharmaceuticals. Its purpose is to protect a spacecraft passenger from literally being crushed, physically and mentally, by the high Gs and stresses of FTL travel.
Gallowglass

**Gallowglass** is a rock band formed in Nemesis City in 2468. The band's line-up consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Adam Belladonna, lead guitarist and producer Andy Astro, drummer Anja Strong, keyboardist Lucky Lana and bassit/backing vocalist Dino Cantrell. One of the most popular and controversial bands in Nemesis City, they are known for their revolutionary anti-corporate lyrics, adversarial personas, and incorporation of grunge, punk and glam into rock music. Behind the scenes, they are also active in the city's underground mercenary activity.

## Musical Style

Although labelled "rock" by the non-corporate media, Gallowglass is known for incorporating many genres considered "rock adjacent": grunge, punk and glam elements are staples of their sound, style and performances. Their lyrics often focus on nihilistic themes such as war, politics and oppression, but occasionally deal with topics such as alienation and social problems. The lead songwriters, Belladonna and Astro, mix these themes with anti-corporate messages that strike out against public surveillance, government conspiracies and class division, with the aim of inspiring public action against the government and their corporate overseers.

Gallowglass' sound is driven by Astro's effects-heavy, downtuned riffs, Cantrell's heavy bass, Strong's aggressive drumming style, Lucky Lana's speed and creativity and Belladonna's powerful, wide-ranging vocals. Many of their songs incorporate sudden key changes introduced via keyboard, leading some reviewers to describe their songs as "stitched together".

## Members

* Adam Belladonna - lead vocals, rhythm guitar
* Andy Astro - lead guitar, producing
* Anja Strong - drums, percussion
* Lucky Lana - keyboards, piano, organ
* Dino Cantrell - bass, backing vocals

## Discography

### Albums

* *Parabellum* (2470)
* *Glitter & Gold* (2472)
* *3* (2474)

### EPs

* *2.4.6.8. (We Play to Liberate)* (2468)
* *Wake Up Nemesis* (2473)

## Trivia

* The name "Gallowglass" was taken from the title of elite Irish warriors that lived between the 13th and 16th centuries.
Pierre Danois

Dr. **Pierre Danois** was a physicist and spacer supremacist who served as deputy leader of the Hanseatic League before and during the Great Galactic War. In this capacity he was also Operations Chief of the United Hanza Fleet and commander of the 3rd Hanza Fleet during the course of the war.

An early acolyte of Salen Dune, Danois served as Dune's translator during their visits to Laconia and Sparta and was chosen as Dune's deputy upon the formation of the Hanza Republic. Danois was instrumental in organizing the numerous spacer factions that joined the League and was the mastermind in the antimatter attack on Luna, more popularly known as the Lesson. As captain of the UHFS *Olympus Mons*, Danois led several victories in the Battle of the Bridges and most famously led the Hanza efforts in the Home Systems campaign, which brought the Hanza to the edge of victory in June 2443. However, Danois's career - and life - ended in the monumental defeat that was the Battle of Earth, which turned the tide against the Hanza and ultimately led to their defeat. Danois was replaced as Operations Chief and fleet commander by Marco Saarius, governor of Hanza-controlled Sparta.
Races

**Races** are those which, by their development due to particular factors, have developed an intelligence which goes beyond simple animal sentience. These species interact through complex social patterns, and use objects rather than what nature has endowed them with, in order to optimize work. Their complexity and self-awareness has placed them on an upward slope towards the rank of species of undeniable intellectual superiority.

So far, humans are the only extant sapient race, although remnants of past civilizations have been uncovered.
Kepler Space

**Kepler Space** refers to the portion of the Settled Systems that was observed by the Kepler Space Telescope in the early 21st century. It is one of the two primary inhabited regions of the Milky Way, alongside the Home Systems. Targeted for exploration in the early 23rd century due to the high number of habitable planets within its bounds, Kepler Space is home to some of the most powerful colonies in the Settled Systems, including the DFFR's homeworld Schwarzschild.
Stribog

**Stribog** is a Jovian-class gas giant and the only such world to be permanently inhabited, as opposed to just its moon system. It is the home of the NovaCola Corporation, whose headquarters sits on an orbital platform in the habitable outer layers of its atmosphere. Its largest natural satellite, Strybozhskaya, is also home to the Exo Building Complex, headquarters of NovaCola's owner Exo Group.
EM-Weapon

**Electromagnetic weapons**, shortened to **EM-Weapons**, are directed energy weapons that make use of the various wavelengths in the electromagnetic spectrum. They can range from compact service weapons used by front-line infantry to artillery fire.

The primary wavelengths in EM-guns are infrared, microwaves and gamma radiation.
Juliette Pliskin

**Juliette "Julie" Pliskin** is the incumbant Justice Secretary of the United Colonies, the former Governor-General of Earth and the adoptive sister of legendary prospector James Goode.

## Biography

### Early Life & Background

Little is yet known about Julie's background, other than she is the daughter of a United Colonies military detective named Pliskin. When Julie was 10 years old, in 2441, her father returned home with a young boy in tow named John whom he had adopted after the death of his parents. Initially reluctant to accept John as her brother, Julie would grow very close with him, eventually no longer seeing him as an outsider but as family.

While John studied military sciences with the goal of becoming a pilot, Julie studied politics, sociology and socioeconomics. It was at university where she had her first taste of the corruption and corporate interferance, as well as the economic toll of the Great Galactic War, that was plaguing the United Colonies. She especially felt for the people of Earth, whom she believed had been forsaken by the government in the aftermath of the Lesson and abandoned to the devices of the ineffective Earth Directorate and the megacorporation known as the Nemesis Group. Aiming to change that, she decided to run for government, believing that change could only occur from within.

#### Politics

Moving to a ruined Earth in 2457, Julie stood in the 2458 election to select the North American delegates to the lower house of the Earth Directorate; she won in a landslide and served a two-year term. By the end of her first term she had steadily rose through the ranks by chairing committees and rallying public support via social media and denouncing the corporations that secretly controlled many decisions of the Directorate. Despite significant corporate meddling, Julie won the 2462 North American Senate election, making her one of the most powerful non-executive politicians on the planet.

After winning another term in 2464 she decided to use her new platform to run for Governor-General, a decision that many of her advisors considered unwise. Nonetheless, with the help of investigative journalists and fixers, Julie was able to expose high-class scandals within the campaigns of several corporate-backed rivals. She won the 2466 Governor-General election with a small majority, becoming the youngest Governor-General in history.
United States of America

The **United States of America** was a federal republic in North America consisting of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Native American reservations. In 1976 the U.S. repaired relations with the East and joined the World Initiative for Space, ultimately becoming an autonomous governing body of the Earth Directorate.
Herschel Nations/Free Republics

The **Free Republics** are the constituent political entities of the Herschel Nations. Bound together in a political union, each Free Republic holds governmental jurisdiction over its star system, sharing authority only with the DFFR. Due to this shared sovereignty, the people of the H.N. are citizens both of the Herschel Nations and of the Free Republic in which they reside. While most republics are unitary entities that control an entire planet, some consist of subdivisions such as entire countries.

## The Free Republics

### Cassini

The **Free Republic of Cassini** is located in the 55 Cancri system and constitutes the most important aresian birther colony in the Herschel Nations. The Free Republic of Cassini was one of the three co-founders of the Herschel Nations, and one of the closest to Earth; its strategic position made it a vital supply depot during the Herschel Wars, and pollution from the Cassini Campaign still poses a threat to its local wildlife and has been blamed for a rise in congenital disorders among children born there.

### Harmony

The **Free Republic of Harmony** was one of the three co-founders of the Herschel Nations and is arguably the H.N.'s most powerful member, being the origin of the partisan movement and the *de facto* core of the H.N.'s territory. While Mars remains the true capital, Harmony is the H.N.'s financial centre and thus wields influence equal to the Red Planet.

### Mars

The fourth colony to join the Herschel Nations, the **Free Republic of Mars** is located in the Sol System and serves as the legislative capital of the Herschel Nations. It was the fourth Free Republic to declare independence from the Collective, following the example of its rebel colonies, and alongside Harmony is considered the most powerful Free Republic in the Settled Systems. Mars' capital, Olympus City, is where the H.N. Moot meets to pass legislation and create new laws.

## General Information

### Capital(s)

Kepler City

The **Free Republic of Schwarzschild** is located in the Kepler-22 system, deep within Kepler Space, and was the first Free Republic to declare independence from the Collective, doing so in June 2233. It covers four light-years of space surrounding the star Kepler-22 and was, at the time of its founding, humanity's most distant interstellar colony. The FR Schwarzschild is directly administered by the Defence Force of the Free Republics, the Herschel Nations' military, and is home to both the Free Republic Navy (Staryard *Jayne*), the Mobile Infantry (Rebel's Respite) and the Sovereignty Patrol (The Rock).

### Terminus

The **Free Republic of Terminus** holds the distinction of being the farthest permanently inhabited planet in the Settled Systems: it is located 1807 light-years from Earth, at the innermost edge of the aptly-named Edge Systems that stretch out to around 2000 light-years.
Caspian System

The **Caspian System** is a gravitationally bound planetary system located in the Orion–Cygnus Arm of the Milky Way approximately 1645 light-years from Earth. Centered around the K-type main-sequence star Caspian, the system contains eight planets, two of which are habitable, and a vast number of moons, dwarf planets and smaller bodies.

The system is best known as the location of the nine-year Caspian War between the United Colonies and Herschel Nations over the issue of annexation by the latter.

## Inner System

### Inner Planets

#### Hyrcania

* Diameter: 11,100 km
* Mass: 0.78 M⊕
* First landing: 2320s

An arctic world just barely habitable by humans, Hyrcania is permanently locked in a global ice cap.
Mars

Mars during summer, with the Mare Marineris and the lights of Olympus City

A H.N. fleet at Mars' south

**Mars** is the fourth planet from Sol and the second-smallest planet in the Sol System, being larger than only Mercury. It is often referred to as the "**Red Planet**" thanks to the iron oxide prevalent on Mars's surface, which gives it a striking reddish appearance in the sky. Mars is a terrestrial planet with a thin atmosphere, with surface features such as impact craters, valleys, dunes, and polar ice caps.

Humanity's first extraterrestrial colony was established on Mars in the mid-21st century; physiological changes to martian colonists eventually meant that they would struggle to survive in Earth's environment, thus birthing the aresian race. Originally governed by the Earth Directorate, Mars achieved independence in the C.A.R. Rebellion and partned with the Directorate to form the Interstellar Collective. Mars joined its rebellious colonies in the Herschel Wars and is now governed by the **Free Republic of Mars**, capital of the Herschel Nations. Although Mars has undergone significant terraforming in the last few centuries, thickening its atmosphere and making it more suitable for humans, it remains a hostile desert world where water can only flow during the summer.
Antimatter Weapons

An **antimatter weapon** is a device that derives its destructive force from matter-antimatter collisions to produce an antimatter explosion. The paramount advantage of such a weapon is that antimatter and matter collisions result in the entire sum of their mass energy equivalent being released as energy, with just one half gram of antimatter reacting with one half gram of ordinary matter (one gram total) resulting in 21.5 kilotons-equivalent of energy, or about the same as just one of the earliest nuclear bombs.

An antimatter device no larger than a conventional bomb can devastate an entire planet by blast, fire, and radiation. Since they are weapons of mass destruction, the proliferation of antimatter weapons is a focus of international relations policy; both the United Colonies and Herschel Nations have officially banned research into and development of antimatter weapons. Such devices have been deployed on several occasions, namely the Lesson, which destroyed Luna, and the Fall of Laconia during the Great Galactic War.
Adam Belladonna

**Adam Du Bois** is a former Talon Company marine and veteran of the Sixth Corporate War who, under the influence of the psychostimulant "nightshade", became the infamous rocker **Adam** **Belladonna**, lead vocalist of the band Gallowglass, and seeks to inspire revolt and protest against the corporate government of Nemesis City.
Saw Trace

**Saw Trace** was the eleventh Pirate King of Twin Moon, serving from 2419 until his death in 2423. A respected businessman until he turned to piracy, he was known as a "gentleman pirate".

As leader of Clan Trace, one of the largest pirate clans in Twin Moon's history, he primarily recruited youngsters that he rescued from poverty-stricten worlds. One of his many wards was Josia Price, a future Pirate King, whom he rescued from the planet Jeddah as it was being destroyed by House Izar. Trace won election as king a few years later; a divisive king, he was considered a neutral choice between the captains of the Liberty Table. His career as king was relatively unremarkable compared to his successors, namely Josia Price and Cyrus von Ironclaw, but he is well known for admitting Price to the Liberty Table when he was just 25, making Price the youngest captain to sit at the Table and precipitating Price's own election as king two years later.
C.A.R. Rebellion

### Result:

Treaty of Olympus* Mars and the aresians are granted autonomy from Earth and the terrans
* Establishment of the Interstellar Collective
* Aresian-terran conflict continues

## Major Events

### Battles:

Fleet Day Attack
Battle of Ceres

## Casualties

The **C.A.R. Rebellion**, also called the **Sol Civil War**, the **Earth-Mars War** or the **Aresian Revolution**, was a conflict fought on Earth, Mars, Venus and within the asteroid belt from 2062 until the 2069 Treaty of Olympus. It was the first instance of open warfare during the aresian-terran conflict and was fought between the Earth Directorate, humanity's interplanetary government at the time, and the Confederation of Aresian Republics (C.A.R.), an aresian separatist movement, for the control of Mars' resources and government. It concluded with the C.A.R.'s successful overthrow of the Earth-controlled martian government and the establishment of the Interstellar Collective, the union government that would remain in place until the Herschel Wars less than two centuries later.

International efforts to boose the population of Mars through breeding programs and tax incentives resulted in the birth of three generations of native martians in as little as 70 years. During and after this population spike, many martians believed that Earth was exploiting their labour and awarding little in return; tensions only worsened when anthropologists declared that martians were a physiologically and culturally distinct group from the people of Earth, which led to the classification of martians as "aresians" and earthers as "terrans". This fuelled calls for aresian autonomy or outright independence, culminating in the founding of the Confederation of Aresian Republics in 2060. In 2062, during the annual worldwide Fleet Day parade, several C.A.R. bombers attacked civilians and military personel, forcing the Earth Directorate to declare war on the C.A.R.

The war was heavily in Earth's favour until Mars made a breakthrough in sublight travel with a series of new ion engines, allowing C.A.R. bombers to perform bombing runs while outpacing the heavier Directorate frigates. Ultimately the C.A.R.'s insurgency on Mars allowed them to overthrow the Colonial Council with little bloodshed, earning them widespread support. The Directorate ultimately conceded and signed the Treaty of Olympus in 2069, more than a year after fighting ended. The treaty secured Mars' autonomy and united their governments as the Interstellar Collective, which aimed to expand beyond the Sol System within the next 150 years. The Collective itself would ultimately collapse in the Herschel Wars.
Helium-3

**Helium-3** (**3He**), also nicknamed **threelium**, is a light, stable isotope of helium with two protons and one neutron. Other than ordinary hydrogen, helium-3 is the only stable isotope of any element with more protons than neutrons. Helium-3 is one of the Settled Systems' most important resources; unlike most nuclear fusion reactions, the fusion of helium-3 atoms releases large amounts of energy without causing the surrounding material to become radioactive. As a result, it is commonly used as nuclear fuel or to produce electricity; other uses for helium-3 include refrigeration and medical imaging. Helium-3 is mined from gas giants and some moons but can also be produced via the radioactive decay of tritium.

At various points in history, helium-3 production and usage has stalled due to conflicts, economic crises, short stocking or simply because of its natural rarity. Both the helium war and to a lesser extent the Caspian War were driven by economic shocks linked to depleted helium-3 reserves.
Space Station

A **space station** is a spacecraft capable of supporting a human crew in orbit for an extended period of time, and is therefore a type of space habitat. It lacks major propulsion or landing systems. Stations must have docking ports to allow other spacecraft to dock to transfer crew and supplies, and range from small modular structures to gargantuan habitats housing tens of thousands. Approximately a sixth of all operational space stations are affiliated with the Spacers Legion.

## Architecture

Three types of space stations have been flown: monolithic, modular and ringworlds. Monolithic stations consist of a single vehicle and are launched by one rocket. Modular stations consist of two or more separate vehicles that are launched independently and docked on orbit; modular stations are currently preferred due to lower costs and greater flexibility. Ringworlds are gargantuan modular stations constructed in a wheel shape that rotates about its axis, creating an environment of artificial gravity. Hundreds of modular stations have been built, some with ring-shaped sections that allow artificial gravity, while only two true ringworlds have been constructed: *Fortune* and *Event Horizon*, the latter of which is the largest object ever constructed.

A space station is a complex vehicle that must incorporate many interrelated subsystems, including structure, electrical power, thermal control, attitude determination and control, orbital navigation and propulsion, automation and robotics, computing and communications, environmental and life support, crew facilities, and crew and cargo transportation. Stations must serve a useful role, which drives the capabilities required.

### Orbit and purpose

#### Materials

Space stations are made from durable materials that have to weather space radiation, internal pressure, micrometeoroids, and thermal effects of stars and cold temperatures for very long periods of time. They are typically made from stainless steel, titanium and high-quality aluminum alloys, with layers of insulation such as Kevlar as a ballistics shield protection.

#### Habitability

For decades, the space station environment presented a variety of challenges to human habitability, including short-term problems such as the limited supplies of air, water and food and the need to manage waste heat, and long-term ones such as weightlessness and relatively high levels of ionizing radiation. These conditions could create long-term health problems for space-station inhabitants, including muscle atrophy, bone deterioration, balance disorders, eyesight disorders, and elevated risk of cancer.

Modern space habitats have addressed these issues, and have been designed for occupation beyond the weeks or months that past missions typically lasted; solutions including the creation of artificial gravity by a rotating structure, the inclusion of radiation shielding, and the development of on-site agricultural ecosystems have allowed some designs to accommodate large numbers of people, becoming essentially "cities in space" where people reside permanently.

## Notable Stations

* *Event Horizon*
* *Fortune*
* *Gateway*
* *Myōken*
Buck Blythe

Sergeant **Buck Blythe** is the combat specialist of the UCS *Voyager* on its five-year exploratory mission of Messier 23. A former member of the Spartan Order, Blythe is a soldier of the U.C. Army Legion and thus unable to achieve an officer's rank; nonetheless, he serves as part of the *Voyager*'s command crew.
Gateway

The ***Gateway***, formerly the **International Space Station (ISS)**, is the oldest operational space station ever built, with its primarily structure completed in the 2020s. A symbol of human cooperation, the *Gateway* was used as a stepping stone for exploration of Mars and the outer planets, and later served as the 2196 launch site of humanity's first FTL-capable spacecraft, the X-50. The *Gateway* continues to operate in the 26th century.
Anvil Engineering

―Anvil's slogan

**Anvil Engineering** is an interstellar manufacturing conglomerate specialising in aerospace, infrastructure, megaengineering and power generation across multiple subsidiaries, making it the largest megacorporation in human history. Specialising in numerous fields of engineering, from cars to interstellar cargo vessels to terraformers, Anvil holds a monopoly in several major industries that allows it to wield unprecedented political and econominc influence throughout the Settled Systems.

Founded in 2038 by aerospace engineers that previously worked for the World Initiative for Space, Anvil was founded on the goal of reducing space transportation costs and constructing large-scale infrastructure in outer space. They were one of the first manufacturers of roemer drives and were the first private entity of claim ownership over and colonise an extrasolar planet, Monarch. Their continued growth was stifled by U.C. regulators after the Herschel Wars until they and other megacorporations seceded to form the Free Economic Zone during the Great Galactic War. In the decades since, Anvil's unimpeded growth has made them the most powerful corporation in the Zone and the entire Settled Systems, largely thanks to the U.C.'s dependence on their power generation facilities.

## Known Subsidiaries

* Astrodyne
* Black Site Developments
* Hammond Robotics
* Lemniscate
Starship

**Starships** are any spacecraft capable of traveling between star systems using thrusters and faster-than-light travel. Starships can range from ten-metre vessels to colossal colony and exploration ships.

## Overview

A starship's first and foremost purpose is to ferry its occupants through the void of space. For this purpose, starships are covered with an atmospherically sealed hull that protects against space-borne debris and radiation. To enter and exit a starship, occupants must use pressurized gates called airlocks; these take the form of hatches or doors in the hull. Finally, to allow passengers to occupy the starship comfortably, most models are equipped with life support systems which convert the air, ambient temperature, and pressure inside the hull to levels survivable levels.

To propel themselves through between star system, starships are equipped with roemer drives, engines that use HZQ to generate mass-altering sagittarius fields. When moving in ordinary space, starships and other spacecraft use sublight engines, which work by burning and expelling fuel from the ship's fuel tank or by mixing exotic components from an onboard reactor. More complex drives such as the twin ion engine utilize accelerated ions and other subatomic particles.

Due to the prevalence of criminal and radical organizations such as Twin Moon and Eclipse, space travel can be dangerous even in highly-secured systems. To defend themselves from attacks, or carry out attacks themselves, starships can be equipped with various types of weapons and shield generators.
Hanseatic League

―The League's motto

The **Hanseatic League** was a spacer supremacist militia group active in the Settled Systems during the 25th century that supported, and later governed, the Hanza Republic during the Great Galactic War. Under the command of Salen Dune, the League was dedicated to eroding the power and influence of both the United Colonies and the Herschel Nations and establishing a sovereign spacer superpower. To that end, they attacked Earth, the U.C. capital, in an event now called "The Lesson" and subsequently fought as the armed forces of the Hanza Republic during the Great Galactic War.

The League had its roots in a student protest movement among spacers in the United Colonies that later turned into a guard unit for separtist meetings. Under Salen Dune's leadership, the League provided armed support to the outer colonies of Sparta, Thermopylae and Laconia, the latter of which became their home, as they declared independence of the United Colonies as a sovereign spacer nation known as the Hanza Republic. Small skirmishes between League insurgents and SPACECOM patrols turned into all out war when the League destroyed Luna in the Lesson, igniting the largest conflict in human history.

In addition to defence and security, the League undertook law enforcement and propaganda activities, allowing them to eliminate any actual or perceived threats to the Hanza with impunity. When it became apparent that the tide of war was turning against them, the League took full control of the Hanza Republic and declared total war rather than accept defeat. Dune's refusal to heed the warnings of his generals culminated in the Alliance's invasion of Hanza space, the bombardment of Laconia, and Dune's assassination by the Werewolves, all of which effectively killed the League.
Libertalia

―The station's motto

**Libertalia** is the capital and only permanent settlement of the pirate confederation Twin Moon, built between two minor moons inside Vahagn's ring system. The station's orbit resonates with that of the binary moon system Ultima Thule, meaning they always appear in the sky above the station. It is home to a permanent population of around 10,000, mostly consisting of the relatives and children of those serving in Twin Moon's fleets.

## History

The station that would become Libertalia was constructed by Boötes Mining as a base from which to strip the Oppenheimer system of any valuable minerals. The system's isolation, however, both attracted pirates and limited the station's ability to call for aid; inevitably, the station was eventually overwhelmed and taken over by Jericho Heim, leader of one of the largest pirate fleets in the Settled Systems.

In the aftermath of the Herschel Wars, the pirates of the Settled Systems found themselves up against two governments - the United Colonies and the Herschel Nations - and a number of ambitious corporations. With so many threats on so many fronts, pirates of the time had three choices: retire, surrender or join the Spacers Legion. Most chose the latter but a number were rejected, leaving them completely isolated. At Heim's request, a number of pirate captains agreed to meet at Libertalia and form a pact of defense and shared liberty; thus was founded Twin Moon, named for the eclipsing binary moons Ultima Thule in the sky above them.

As Twin Moon grew, it became necessary for a form of order to be established, which took the form of the Code and the Hierarchy; the latter necessitated the election of a supreme "captain of the captains" or Pirate King, whose realm would be Libertalia. The station subsequently became Twin Moon's capital and only official settlement, a closely-guarded secret or else their enemies might find them.