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Jamake

The ***Jamake*** was a warship of the Frontier Union Militia attached to the Avalon Exploratory Initiative. It served under the command of Captain Omar Maalsuwda.

## History

At some point before 0304 PCU, the *Jamake* signed on with the Avalon Initiative.

### Lost in CDC-41-Gamma

Sometime after arriving in CDC-41-Gamma, the *Jamake* regrouped with many other Frontier Union vessels, including that of Captain Maalsuwda. For several months the group traversed the nebula, likely encountering the Advari for the first time during this period. They also managed to recover one the Drift Gate components during this time, hauling it with them.

### Finding the Last Component

Sometime before the 100th of Equinox, 0305 PCU, Maalsuwda's group came across another Gate component being hauled beyond the Aegis of Invia by members of the Holy Advari Empire. Realising how vital it was to reclaim this component if the expedition was to succeed, Maalsuwda ordered the ships in his fleet to form around their already found component in order to create a silent-running Holdfast station, where they would observe the Advari from afar and prepare a daring rescue mission to recover the component.

### Return to The *Avalon*

However, before Maalsuwda's mission could be sent underway, his flotilla regained contact with the *Avalon*. Shortly afterwards, the *Avalon* sent resupply ships and their Gatehauler to pick up Maalsuwda's component. This dramatic increase in activity, however, promptly alerted the Advari to the location of the Holdfast, forcing the Union forces to hastily disassemble the station. The *Jamake* was ordered to remain in wait besides the still in-repair *Winchell Chung*, intended to serve as its escort once emergency repairs were complete. However, in the midst of the battle, some Advari Fliers broke through the defensive screen of the force, approaching the *Chung* rapidly; the *Jamake* moved to defend, but was destroyed when it's reactor went up, presumably taking many fliers with them.

## Trivia

*Jamake*, alongside *Sutedo* and *Tserekai*, is one of the first ships to be named using the Teldrani conlang.
Oliver Sefton

**Oliver Sefton** is a radio DJ and host for Centrum Broadcast Radio, presenting the station's six bells news. In 0304 PCU, he delivered the news of the departure of the Avalon Exploratory Initiative, and interviewed Professor Leticia Sandreen on the necessity of acquiring new resources from CDC-41-Gamma to reverse the impact of the Great Famine.

## Refrences

1. ↑ *Centrum Broadcast Radio: 45th of Solstice, 304 PCU*
Laura Faye Smith

Laura Faye Smith is an actress, voice actress, improviser, and teacher, who voices Tamara 'Meds' Melari in *The Sojourn*.

## Biography

She has voiced in other works, notably Princess Rosalina for Nintendo's Super Mario Brothers games, as well as the character of Kana (male) for Nintendo's English cast of Fire Emblem Fates. Similarly, she had voice numerous other characters for Mad Head Games. She appeared as DeEtta Calvert on NBC's Grimm, and has also appeared on TNT's Leverage.

## *The Sojourn*

Smith joined *The Sojourn* sometime before the release of the pilot episode at the end of 2018, providing the voice for Tamara 'Meds' Melari.

## Crew Role

Smith provides the voice for Tamara 'Meds' Melari in Season 1.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.thesojournaudiodrama.com/cast-crew
Propulsive Dynamics

**Propulsive Dynamics** is a spacecraft component manufacturer that worked on the *Tripathia*-class Third-Rate Ship of the Line in collaboration with Keeper's Dance Fleet Yards.

## History

At some point before 0286 PCU, Propulsive Dynamics was contracted by KDFY to design and produce prograde and retrograde Drift Drives for use on KDFY's *Tripathia* ship-of-the-line design.

## Products

* G18-S D/FTR Retrograde Engine
* G19-L D/FTR Prograde Engine

## References

1. ↑ The Sojourn: Tripathia Class Ship of the Line - Ship Breakdown
Morgana Galaxy

The **Morgana Galaxy**, also known as simply as **the Galaxy**, is the parent galaxy of the Tantalus Cluster and the CDC-41-Gamma nebula. The Tantalus Cluster orbits the Morgana Galaxy at a distance of approximately 4,000 light years.

## Behind the Scenes

The galaxy is likely named after Morgana, sometimes known as Morgan le Fay, a figure in Arthurian Legend.

## References

1. ↑ *The Sojourn Visual Dictionary - Edition One*
Larissa Thompson

**Larissa Thompson** is a professional audiobook narrator based in Vancouver, Canada, voicing Cassandra Farren in *The Sojourn* and serving as an associate producer.

## Biography

Upon graduating on the Honor Roll as an Arts student from Lord Beaverbrook High School, she worked in the Alberta film industry, earning skills and experience that would applied to several short film projects of her own. Her other works includes another short Sci-Fi/Fantasy audio fiction podcast, *The Centropic Oracle*.

## *The Sojourn*

Thompson joined *The Sojourn* sometime before the release of the pilot episode at the end of 2018, providing the voice for Cassandra Farren. From there, her role on *The Sojourn* grew; originally serving as a creative consultant alongside her voice role, she is now a key member of *The Sojourn* team, serving as associate producer, and having written and directed most of the Anthology Shorts.

## Crew Role

Larissa primarily voices Cassandra Farren. She also serves as *The Sojourn*'s associate producer, the writer and director of the Anthology Shorts, and a moderator on *The Sojourn*'s cast & crew Q&A show, *Cast Adrift*.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.thesojournaudiodrama.com/cast-crew
Lauralyn

**Lauralyn** was a scientist who lived several centuries before the departure of the Avalon Exploratory Initiative to the CDC-41-Gamma nebula in 0304 PCU. She proposed the concept of Lauralyn Conduits as a method of faster-than-light travel.

Lauralyn's theories were largely dismissed as impossible until long after her death, when the Avalon Exploratory Initiative discovered several apparently-naturally occurring Lauralyn Conduits in the CDC-41-G nebula.

## Appearances

* Volume 1
	+ *Inclement Weather* (mentioned only)
Pilot

## Chronology

> *"The Universe was cruel when she gave life to the Tantalus Cluster..."*
> - Elizabeth Ancelet in the episode's opening.
>
>

**"Pilot"** is the prologue episode of *The Sojourn*. It was released on Kickstarter and YouTube in late 2018 as a proof of concept of *The Sojourn* as a motion comic. The episode is no longer officially available, and is not considered canon.

## Synopsis

The *Guinevere* takes on its last job in Tantalus, before it joins up with the Avalon Expedition Fleet in Cardeus Brink.

## Summary

Elizabeth Ancelet briefs the Centrum Parliament on the progress of the Avalon Exploratory Initiative. Meanwhile, Cassandra Farren attempts to arrest a group of thieves stealing supplies earmarked for the Expedition. The thieves escape but their ship is pursued by the *Guinevere*. After an exchange of fire, the *Guinevere* successfully disables the thieves' vessel through Mathias Croft' expert piloting.

Preparing to arrest the crew, the *Guinevere* receives word that the Avalon Expedition is ready to depart.

## Cast

### Main

* Larissa Thompson as Captain Cassandra Farren
* Emily Serdahl as Director Elizabeth Ancelet
* Ben Prendergast as Mathias Croft
* Laura Faye Smith as Tamara 'Meds' Melari

## Crew

* Daniel Orrett - Writer, Showrunner
* Kallum Weyman - Producer
* Justin. H. - Associate Producer
* Gabriel Fonseca - Science Advisor
* Alasdair McCabe - Editor
* Hayden Emmett-Bird - Voice Director
* Leon Woon - 2D Artist
* Danni Martin - 3D Interior Artist
* EC Henry - 3D Ship Artist
* Sam Redfern - Composer

## Trivia

* The Pilot was created as a proof-of-concept for a potential motion comic version of The Sojourn, but ultimately proved unworkable. Given that The Sojourn is primarily an audio drama, The Sojourn team focussed production entirely to its audio component.
* This episode, as shown by the title card at the pilot's end, would eventually become the current iteration of The Cold Divide that we see today.
* The language spoken by the Unioner pilot is Teldrani; however, the Teldrani conlang will be unrelated to this utterance, due to the line being written before the team were considering turning Teldrani into a true conlang.
* The Unioner ship present in the Pilot is a design by Gabriel Fonseca, who has stated the design may return at a later date.
Seravis Major

The Braidwood Expedition's first exploration of Seravis Major

**Seravis Major** is the second planet in the Seravis Major System. The jungled planet is home to the greatest concentration of natural lifeforms discovered by Humans in the Tantalus Cluster.

## Characteristcs

### Geography

Seravis Major is covered in dense jungle and has an atmosphere that is poisonous to humans. Furthermore, the presence of airborne hallucinogens in Seravis Major's atmosphere, which were discovered in the first survey expedition to be able to penetrate breathing gear, make a visit to the surface of the planet intensely dangerous even with protective equipment. Seravis Major is orbited by the comparably-inhospitable jungle moon Addicus, and Cormorant Station, a maximum-security research base.

### Flora and fauna

Seravis Major is home to a vast number of highly-dangerous plant and animal species, such as the stringwolf, all of which are predatory or lethally-toxic to humans. However, many of these creatures contain substances in their biology that can be refined to create valuable medicines.

## History

Seravis Major was first surveyed by the Braidwood Expedition of 0182 PCU. The expedition's commander, Post Captain Raphael Colegrove, personally led the first landing party. Within a matter of hours, the landing party was apparently set upon and torn apart by local wildlife, leaving Captain Colegrove the only survivor. Colegrove was discovered by a rescue team seemingly unscathed, but later became hostile and refused medical attention. The day after being rescued, Colegrove drew a pistol and opened fire on on his command staff, killing two and wounding three. Posthumous examination revealed that Colegrove had been exposed to an airborne hallucinogen native to the planet that had penetrated the breathing equipment in use by the landing party.

Following this disturbing discovery, the entire star system was placed under quarantine, with civilian traffic being restricted to narrow corridors between the system's gates. Only well-equipped science teams are permitted access to the planet.

With the onset of the Great Famine, extensive research was performed on Seravan wildlife to see if it could be used as a food source, but to no avail. No amount of research could overcome the inherent levels of toxicity present in every plant and animal on the planet.

During the Frontier War, Seravis Major was seized by the Frontier Union in the Tandil Rush offensive. Conditions on the surface of Seravis Major proved to be so inhospitable that Frontier Union Militia and Centran Defence Force personnel were compelled to assist each other to survive.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 The Sojourn: Worlds of Tantalus: The Centrum Assembly
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Braidwood Expedition | The Sojourn Lore Short
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 *Beneath The Banner*
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 *The Sojourn Visual Dictionary - Edition One*
Kennedy Phillips

Kennedy Phillips is the sound designer for the Sci-Fi/Fantasy audio series *The Sojourn*. He was the creator of the Audie-nominated fantasy comedy audio drama *Magus Elgar*, which would later secure him a job as the lead Sound Designer for the massively popular series *Hazbin Hotel*, amassing 1.5 million views within the first week of its launch.

He has also worked for DreamWorks TV as an Editor and Sound Designer until 2015. Since then, he has been freelancing for various studies, clients, and productions.

## Early life

Raised on a Sailboat for a good portion of his life, Kennedy entertained, Improvising commercials telling stories other vessels out at sea with his family's support before settling back on dry land, where his love of storytelling grew exponentially.

Graduating from Chapman University with a Master's Degree, He worked on Many shorts such as Zombie Addiction and Sage, before moving on to becoming a *Foley Artist* in Broken: A Musical

## Magnus Elgar

Armed with his innate creativity he attempted without much success to create a show of his own in 2007. Recording single take performances and tackling various furniture in his dorm for sound effects. eventually accomplishing it with nearly 5 years of professional experience to form *Magus Elgar* a fantasy comedy for all ages inspired by the works of Terry Pratchett. Where He would write, produce, act and even edit the sound for the highly intensive audio drama.

## Hazbin Hotel & Helluva Boss

Owing to the great success of his own series, He was then approached in 2018 to work on a New project Called Hazbin hotel, Designing, Editing, Producing the sounds and synchronizing it to the video, receiving high Praises from many fans and allowing the series successor Helluva Boss to Be greenlit.

## Sojourn

Being approached to do a new Audiodrama Kennedy started work on a series of sounds and designs even managing to continue work during the times of Covid, using Various items around the house to keep up with production timing eventually finishing the first 3 episodes and is still producing works for the sojourn to this day.

## Reference

* Magus Elgar
* Production Credits
* Newgrounds independent projects
* Linkedin page
* Professional Website
Juliana Anahera

## Appearances

**Juliana Anahera** was a Centran astronaut active shortly before Centrum's unification. Together with Tan Lin and Karl Aaberg, they were part of the 6th Lysara Southern Survey Expedition, a momentous scientific expedition on the Centran moon of Lysara in 0005 BCU, which discovered the material known as Riberite, and through it the substance known as Drift.
Teldrin System

The **Teldrin System** is a colonised star system in the Tantalus Cluster that is the *de facto* capital of the Frontier Union, a matter of pride (and arrogance) for the Teldrani people.

## Description

Teldrin is located on the South-Eastern border of the Tantalus Cluster and lies within the territory of the Frontier Union. It is home to the planet of Mizudori, a ringed gas giant that is unusually rich in valuable elements such as noble gases and gases used in fusion fuel. Gases are extracted by the twin stations of Inashi-Suto and Inashi-Katoro are exported throughout Tantalus.

Mizudori is orbited by Teldrin, an inhabited ice moon. As the richest and most populous Union world, Teldrin has earned a reputation as the *de facto* capital of the Union through its influence on the governing Union Council.

## History

Teldrin was one of four star systems on the Cluster's frontier that declared independence from the Centrum Assembly in 0290 PCU, establishing the Frontier Union and beginning the Frontier War with the Centrum Assembly. The Teldrin System's reserves of fusion fuels made the system invaluable to the Union war effort. This granted the moon of Teldrin unrivalled political leverage within the Union, a status that has led to the people of Teldrin often being regarded as arrogant and selfish by the rest of the Union.

## Layout

### Planetary bodies

* Smokestone (Teldrin I) - Carbon Planet

* Vustribad (Teldrin II) - Greenhouse Planet

* Heshlam's Crook (Teldrin III) - Dusty Planet

* Yadarunei Traverse - Asteroid Belt

* Mizudori (Teldrin IV) - Ringed Gas Giant
	+ Inashi-Suto - Orbital Fuel Refinery
	+ Inashi-Katoro - Orbital Gas Mine
	+ Teldrin - Inhabitable Ice Moon
		- Teldrin-Hatoba - Orbital Spaceport
		- Kādarīn Dorai - Orbital Shipyard

* Barashiim (Teldrin V) - Massive Tectonic Planet
	+ Battlestation Carishiro - Orbital Battlestation

### Drift Gates

* Teldrin-Maiala's Rest Drift Gate - Teldrin IV-Star Lagrange 5
* Teldrin-Atamara Crossroads Drift Gate - Teldrin V-Star Lagrange 4

## Reference

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Teldrani | Official Lore Short | The Sojourn
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Sojourn: Worlds of Tantalus - The Frontier Union
3. ↑ **The Sojourn Visual Dictionary - Edition One**
4. ↑ The Sojourn: Florencia Class Outrider | Official Ship Breakdown

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Maiala's Rest-Dalstaff Drift Gate

The **Maiala's Rest-Dalstaff Drift Gate** is a Drift Gate in the Maiala's Rest System. Placed at the Perashīm-Mirage Lagrange point 5, it connects to the Dalstaff-Maiala's Rest Drift Gate and permits faster-than-light travel along the Drift Lane to the Dalstaff System.

## References

1. ↑ The Sojourn: Worlds of Tantalus - The Frontier Union
Keeper's Dance System

The **Keeper's Dance System** is a Centran star system in the Tantalus Cluster. Lacking any usable planets, it was permanently leased to the Keeper's Dance Fleet Yards, the leading manufacturer of spacecraft in all of Tantalus.

## Description

Keeper's Dance hosts no habitable planets, but is home the binary star system of Keeper's Dance A and Keeper's Dance B and two sizable ore belts rich in shipbuilding material. Keeper's Dance is home Keeper's Dance Fleet Yards (KDFY), the primary manufacturer of spacecraft in the Tantalus Cluster prior to Great Famine.

## History

Keeper's Dance was the third system reached by human colonists, after Pioneer and Rialtis. The system was found to contain no potential colony sites, but its resource-rich ore belts meant that the system was ideal for ship construction. Upon discovering the system, Santana Starworks, previously involved only in Drift Gate construction, reorganised itself into Keeper's Dance Fleet Yards, and assembled a massive shipbuilding facility in the system.

Thereafter, the history of Keeper's Dance was heavily linked to that of KDFY. The Centrum Assembly would later permanently lease the system to KDFY, which became the single largest ship-building business in the Tantalus Cluster.

 Layout

###  Gravitational governor

* Keeper's Dance A - B-type Main Sequence Star
* Keeper's Dance B - M-type Main Sequence Star

### Planetary bodies

* Keeper's Dance I - Tiny Rock Planet
* Keeper's Dance Asteroid Belt 1 - High ore concentration
* Keeper's Dance Fleet Yards - Massive Shipyard
* Keeper's Dance Asteroid Belt 2 - High ore concentration
* Keeper's Dance II - Ice Giant
	+ Keeper's Dance IIa - Rocky Moon
	+ Keeper's Dance IIb - Craggy moon

### Drift Gates

* Keeper's Dance-Centrum Drift Gate - Keeper's Dance I-Star Langrange Point 4
* Keeper's Dance-Mericia Drift Gate - Keeper's Dance II-Star Lagrange Point 4

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Sojourn: Worlds of Tantalus - The Centrum Assembly
2. ↑ *The Sojourn Visual Dictionary - Edition One*

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Teldrin-Maiala's Rest Drift Gate

The **Teldrin-Maiala's Rest Drift Gate** is a Drift Gate in the Teldrin System. Placed at the Mizudori-Teldrin Lagrange point 4, it connects to the Maiala's Rest-Teldrin Drift Gate and permits faster-than-light travel along the Drift Lane to the Maiala's Rest System.

## References

1. ↑ The Sojourn: Worlds of Tantalus - The Frontier Union
Raphael Colegrove

## Appearances

Post Captain **Raphael Colegrove** was an officer of the Centran Defence Force who saw service during Halpern's War. His long career in both military and exploratory service was overshadowed by the circumstances of his death during the Braidwood Expedition in 0182 PCU.

## Biography

### Centran Defence Force service

Raphael Colegrove joined the Centran Defence Force and rose to the rank of Post Captain. He saw service in the conflicts in the Valeria Sibus and Vidara systems against the pirate forces of Jocastus Halpern in the 0170s PCU. His experiences during Halpern's War led him to be briefly put under medical supervision for possible post-traumatic stress disorder. However he was nevertheless cleared to return to active duty.

### Braidwood Expedition and death

Colegrove's command of the Braidwood Expedition was to be his final command before retiring. In 0182 PCU, commanding aboard the CSV *Braidwood*, Colegrove led several gatehaulers to conduct the first survey of the Seravis Major System and connect it to the rest of the Tantalus Cluster. Colegrove led the *Braidwood* on an extensive survey of Seravis I while the gatehaulers completed the return Drift Gate, before proceeding to Seravis II, where they confirmed that the planet had a breathable-but-toxic atmosphere, and was completely covered in dense jungle.

Against the advice of his staff, Captain Colegrove insisted on leading the first landing party to Seravis II. Landfall was made at nine bells in the evening on Equinox 133rd. Within hours, Colegrove's party lost radio contact with the *Braidwood*. A search and rescue team found the entire party dead and dismembered with the exception of Colegrove himself, who appeared to be completely unharmed. Believing that native wildlife had killed the party, the team swiftly withdrew to the *Braidwood*. Colegrove refused any attempt at medical examination and became increasingly hostile and confrontational, ordering the chief medical officer to be confined to quarters.

At four bells in the morning the following day, having apparently calmed down, Colegrove without prompting drew a sidearm and began firing indiscriminately on his command staff, killing the second officer and a yeoman, and injuring three others before he was killed by Marines. Witnesses reported that the Captain screamed in terror and mentioned the names of long-dead fellow officers and the locations of battles during Halpern's War as he fired. A post-mortem revealed the presence of an unknown hallucinogen native to Seravis II that had overcome the shore party's breathing equipment.

The fiasco led to the entire star system being placed under quarantine by the Centrum Assembly, with civilian traffic through the system being confined to narrow, tightly-policed corridors. The nature of Colegrove's death meant that a plan to name Seravis I as "Colegrove Watch" in his honour was abandoned. The planet was instead named Braidwood Watch in recognition of the CSV *Braidwood's* military and exploratory service.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Braidwood Expedition | The Sojourn Lore Short
2. ↑ Piracy In Tantalus | Official Lore Short
Maalsuwda's Holdfast

**Maalsuwda's Holdfast** was a temporary station built at the edge of the Aegis of Invia by Frontier Union Militia elements lead by Captain Omar Maalsuwda.

## Design

As with all holdfasts, the makeshift station was constructed out of a chain of vessels, docked (and in some places welded) together in a ring to support ease of navigation. At the centre of Maalsuwda's holdfast was one of the Drift Gate Components that he had previously recovered, which served as a central anchor for all ships around it.

The holdfast was deliberately designed to break down easily in the case of detection or attack, with the entire station being able to be deconstructed in under 3 hours.

## History

The Holdfast was assembled shortly after Cpt. Maalsuwda's fleet observed Advari elements moving a second Drift Gate component beyond the Aegis of Invia. For several months, Maalsuwda used the Holdfast as a staging ground and listening post, keeping tabs on the movement of the Gate component, and drafting a rescue mission to strike past the Aegis and take back the component.

Unfortunately, before such plans could go underway, Maalsuwda made contact again with other surviving elements of Avalon Exploratory Initiative. From the *Avalon,* Director Elizabeth Ancelet lead a fleet of four ships to resupply the Holdfast and recover the Gate component held at the station's centre, but her arrival caused enough disturbance that the Holdfast's location was discovered by the Holy Advari Empire, forcing Maalsuwda to hastily disassemble the station and prepare to retreat.

## Crew

* Captain Omar Maalsuwda (CO)
* Captain Taida Jadina
* Crews of the *Rodrigo*, *Hotstepper*, *Tserekai*, *Winchell Chung*, *Sutedo*, *Seraphina*, *Jamake*, and *Whiplash*.
Human

**Humans** are a sapient species native to the Tantalus Cluster that originated on the planet Centrum.

## Biology and appearance

Humans are characterised by bipedalism, sexual dimorphism between males and females, and large, complex brains enabling the development of complex thought and language. They superficially resemble the Advari of CDC-41-Gamma, but are distinguished from them by a number of internal and external traits, including greater variation in skin and eye colour.

## History

Originating on the planet Centrum, Humans have extensively colonised sixteen star systems in Tantalus, and are governed by the three states of the Centrum Assembly, the Frontier Union, and the Merician Freehold. Humans are the only sapient species native to the Tantalus Cluster and believed themselves to be the only sapient species in existence until their discovery of the Advari.

## References

1. ↑  THE SOJOURN | Official Teaser 2019 | Through The Looking Glass
2. ↑ *Dust and Shadow*
3. ↑ *The Sojourn Visual Dictionary - Edition One*
4. ↑ *The Cold Divide*
Teldrani

**Teldrani** is the *lingua franca* of the Frontier Union. Originating as a creole on Maiala's Rest, the language was appropriated and standardised by the regional government based on Teldrin. Teldrani has spread throughout the Tantalus Cluster and can be found alongside Centran Standard in signage and public announcements.

## History

Teldrani originated as an unnamed language that developed as a creole of the various native languages of the settlers of Maiala's Rest in the third century PCU. Developing nationalism within the Frontier systems led to the regional government of Teldrin appropriating the language and applying their own name to it as an expression of cultural independence, despite the language having little presence on Teldrin itself.

General freedom of movement throughout the Tantalus Cluster means that Teldrani has spread to both the Centrum Assembly and the Merician Freehold, and it can often be found as an alternative language in signage and public announcements.

## Dialects

### Standard Teldrani

Standard Teldrani is the official variant of Teldrani standardised by the Frontier Union government, and is the language of politics, education, and media. Teldrin maintains a tightly-prescriptivist attitude towards Standard Teldrani, as part of a broader cultural project of appropriating the original Maialan identity into a universal Frontier one.

### Maiala's Rest Teldrani

Maiala's Rest Teldrani is the original language that developed among the settlers of the Maiala's Rest System. Following the Teldrin government's attempt at standardisation, Maialan Teldrani is often looked down upon as uncouth, impolite, or simply incorrect compared to Standard Teldrani.

### Dalstaff creole

A new Teldrani creole has recently developed among the residents of the former prisons of Dalstaff II.

## Lexicon

So far, very few words and phrases of the Teldrani lexicon have been revealed. The most notable are;

* *Amal-Karah* (/amal karah/, /amar karah/, or /amar karaː/) - lit. "Together we stand" or, in some translations, "Unbreakable Union". Rallying call/cry/chant, not unlike those heard at protests or marches, such as *For King and Country*. Also the title of a patriotic poem.
* *Arashi-Sakara* - "Storm-Splitter"
* *Kādarīn Dorai* - "Sailmaker's Moon", name for a shipyard orbiting Teldrin.
* *Naijgānduno* - "catamaran", term used to describe starship hull design.
* *Pannoran* - "backpack"
* *Rangomu* - Unknown, used for the eponymous Rangomu Lockstep maneuvre.
* *Yadja* (/jadˈja/ or /jaˈdja/) - lit. "Spinners," a derogatory term used against Mericians, referencing the large centrifuge habs that dot their asteroids within Mericia and Meric's Keep.

## Trivia

* The language is primarily influenced by Japanese and Arabic.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Teldrani | Official Lore Short | The Sojourn
2. ↑ *Non-Zero Sum*
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 The Sojourn: Florencia Class Outrider | Official Ship Breakdown
4. ↑ *Yesterday's War*
Mariana

The *Mariana* was a *Florencia*-class Outrider of the Frontier Union Militia that was part of the Avalon Expedition Fleet. It was the first vessel to make contact with the Holy Advari Empire, with disastrous results.

## History

Part of the Frontier Union's commitment to the Avalon Exploratory Initiative, the *Mariana* jumped through Edric's Gate to CDC-41-Gamma in 0304 PCU. The Expedition Fleet was badly scattered on arrival and the *Mariana* became wedged into a sizable ice fragment.

Stranded in the middle of an ice belt, the *Mariana* encountered the *Guinevere*, another ship of the Expedition Fleet, as well as an unknown alien craft, the *Cloak of Mercy* of the nebula's native civilisation. Despite attempts to communicate with the alien lifeforms, the encounter took a hostile turn. While the *Guinevere* successfully released the *Mariana* from the ice fragment, the *Mariana* was unable to escape being targeted by the *Cloak of Mercy* resulting in the destruction of the ship with the loss of all hands.

Following this, the wreckage of the *Mariana* was towed to Deacon's Post by the *Cloak of Mercy*. Revion Jedrish Carradin supervised an investigation of the interior of the ship and the bodies of its deceased crew, overseen by Inquisitor Castian Vadric.

## Crew

* Captain Edwin Darwish
* ~ 60 crew members

## Appearances

* *"The Cold Divide"*
* *"Inclement Weather"* (mentioned)
* *"Yesterday's War"* (mentioned)
* *"Dust and Shadow"* (mentioned)

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *The Cold Divide*
2. ↑ *Yesterday's War*
Mericia

**Mericia** is a space-based city in the Mericia System, the capital of the Merician Freehold.

## History

Mericia was founded in the aftermath of disaster: in 0053 PCU in what became known as the Great Merician Exile, a colony expedition to the system suffered severe losses from a solar flare and was cut off from the rest of the Tantalus Cluster. The expedition's chief engineer, Adam Meric, successfully rallied the survivors and led them in attaching their ships together to create makeshift space stations and begin exploitation of the system's rich mineral resources. By the time of Adam Meric's death, many of these space stations had been attached together to create a floating city, named Mericia in his honour.

## References

1. ↑ The Merician Freehold | The Sojourn Lore
2. ↑ *The Sojourn Visual Dictionary - Edition One*
Prime Minister of the Centrum Assembly

The **Prime Minister of the Centrum Assembly** is the head of government of the Centrum Assembly. Among other duties, the Prime Minister leads the Cabinet and is responsible for authorising Letters of Marque for privateers.

## Known officeholders

* 0234 PCU: Lucia Castilio, People's Modernist Party
* 0301 PCU: Nicola Sarali.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *The Sojourn Visual Dictionary - Edition One*
2. ↑ Firewatch | Worlds of Tantalus | The Sojourn
3. ↑ Date as shown on Cassandra Farren's Letter of Marque.

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Rupal Katri

## Appearances

Researcher's Mate **Rupal Katri** was a sailor of the Centran Defence Force who served in the Braidwood Expedition to the Seravis Major System in 0182 PCU. They were part of the search and rescue team that retrieved the only survivor of the doomed first landing party on Seravis Major, and drew several sketches of the planet's unique and vicious wildlife.

## References

1. ↑ The Braidwood Expedition | The Sojourn Lore Short
Season 1, Volume 1 Soundtrack

The Sojourn's **Season 1, Volume 1 Soundtrack** is a combination of an OST, composed by Sam Redfern, and a re-arrangement of the track "Wilderness" by Taylor Davis.

The Soundtrack can be found on Distrokid (with the exception of "Wilderness", which can be found on Spotify and iTunes as part of her "Odyessy" Album)

## Tracks

1. "Wilderness" Rearrangement (Taylor Davis)
2. "Tantalus"
3. "Chalk Up Another One for the Guin"
4. "The Last One"
5. "Edric's Gate/Trouble on the Pad"
6. "Cass and Elizabeth Meet"
7. "Mariana Attack"
8. "Mariana Lament"
9. "Empress Valendra"
10. "Cass Awakes"
11. "Lieutenant Jasper Ravi CDF"
12. "It's a Lauralyn Conduit"
13. "Elizabeth Ancelet"
14. "Flying into the Conduit"
15. "A Life Not Lived"
16. "Cass' War"
17. "Theme for a Wounded Man, Pt. 1"
18. "The Gate Component"
19. "Theme for a Wounded Man, Pt. 2"
20. "The Storm"
21. "Ravi and the Belladonna"
22. "Cassandra Farren"
23. "Vadric's Arrival"
24. "Meds and the Unioners"
25. "On Deck"
26. "Interrogating Captain Jinn"
27. "Segregating the Unioners"
28. "Still Fighting Yesterday's War"
29. "We Were Never the Target"
30. "Tamara Melari"
31. "Beyond His Sanctum, No Life Can Exist..."
32. "Cassandra's Theme"
33. "Cassandra's Lament"
34. "Fair Winds"
Keeper's Dance-Mericia Drift Gate

The **Keeper's Dance-Mericia Drift Gate** is a Drift Gate in the Keeper's Dance System. Placed at the Keeper's Dance II-Star Lagrange Point 4, it connects to the Mericia-Keeper's Dance Drift Gate and permits faster-than-light travel along the Drift Lane to the Mericia System.

The route between Keeper's Dance and the Mericia System is the newest Drift Lane in the Tantalus Cluster: originally, trade with the Merician Freehold was only possible via the Meric's Keep System to preserve the security of the Mericia System. The Keeper's Dance-Mericia Drift Lane was established to ease trade with the rest of the Cluster. The route is heavily policed by the Mericians, but less so than the route via Meric's Keep, as the Keeper's Dance-Mericia Drift Gate is located in KDFY-controlled corporate space and cannot be easily accessed by the public.

## References

1. ↑ The Sojourn: Worlds of Tantalus: The Centrum Assembly
2. ↑ Confirmed by Daniel Orrett in a Discord message
3. ↑ The Merician Freehold | The Sojourn Lore
Leander-class Destroyer Sloop

The ***Leander*-class Destroyer** **Sloop** was a ship class used by the Centran Defence Force during the Frontier War.

## History

The *Leander*-class was developed during the war, as the result of attempts by the shipbuilders of Keeper's Dance Fleet Yards to emulate the lethal success of the Frontier Union's *Indria*-class Outrider.

## References

1. ↑ *The Sojourn Visual Dictionary - Edition One*
Spin

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## Behind the ~~Spin~~ Scenes

'Spin' is an in-joke on *The Sojourn*'s Official Discord server. Originally, it was made in reference to how Mericians made use of a number of centrifuge stations to create a comfortable artifical gravity for their people in Mericia and Meric's Keep. This was followed by the creation of several recreations of the (in)famous crocodile spinning meme (seen below), with the crocodile replaced by, variously, a cut out of Croft's head and the Merician Freehold flag.

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Iteration-9 Spider Fighter Drone

The **Iteration-9 Spider Fighter Drone** is an unmanned spacecraft manufactured by Merician Dronesmiths. During the Frontier War, the Merician Freehold sold Spider drones to the Frontier Union: the *Florencia*-class Outrider can carry up to eight drones in two external *pannaron* pods.

## References

1. ↑ The Sojourn: Florencia Class Outrider | Official Ship Breakdown
Tan Lin

## Appearances

**Tan Lin** was a Centran astronaut active shortly before Centrum's unification. Together with Juliana Anahera and Karl Aaberg, they were part of the 6th Lysara Southern Survey Expedition, a momentous scientific expedition on the Centran moon of Lysara in 0005 BCU, which discovered the material known as Riberite, and through it the substance known as Drift.
Seravis Major-Atamara Crossroads Drift Gate

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

## References

1. ↑ The Sojourn: Worlds of Tantalus: The Centrum Assembly
Office of the Cabinet

Seal of the Office of the Cabinet

The **Office of the Cabinet**  is the executive governing body of the Centrum Assembly. The Cabinet is composed of the leading members of the political party currently dominant in the Centrum Parliament. The Cabinet is led by the Prime Minister of the Centrum Assembly and works to develop and implement legislation and government policies.

In times of conflict, the Cabinet coordinates with the Admiralty to command the Centrum Defence Force.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *The Sojourn Visual Dictionary - Edition One* - Page 4

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Meds' Clinic

Prior to the outbreak of the Frontier War, Tamara 'Meds' Melari operated **a medical clinic** on the planet of Maiala's Rest, located near the Tordesh Distribution Centre.

## History

Some time before 0289 PCU, Tamara 'Meds' Melari became a doctor at the clinic. Following a bombing attack on the Tordesh Distribution Centre by the Union Militia between 0289 and 0290 PCU, many of those wounded in the attack sought treatment at the clinic. Meds, her assistant Jennah, and other doctors and nurses treated the injured without regard to affiliation. This prompted one Militia member, Nassar, to execute one patient in her sickbed.

Meds left the clinic after the Frontier Union was established and the Frontier War began. It is unknown what happened to the clinic in the years following this. Meds speculated ten years later that; "Place has probably burned down in a food riot by now."

## Staff

* Tamara Melari (formerly)
* Jennah (unknown)

## References

1. ↑ "*Bright Promise*"
2. ↑ *The Cold Divide*
Keagan Quintero

Captain **Keagan Quintero** was a Merician merchant captain and the commanding officer of the Freighter *Belladonna*.

## Biography

Shortly after arriving in CDC-41-Gamma, Quintero's vessel met up with the *Avalon*. The *Belladonna* was used by Lieutenant Jasper Ravi to rescue the crew of the *Guinevere* following their discovery and salvage of the gatehauler GH-0007-VG.

Over the next few days, the vessel was assigned to collecting ice from the local asteroids to be processed into drinking water.

After the CSV *Shabayev* re-established contact with the Expedition Fleet, the *Belladonna* was re-directed from water processing operations to assist in repairs to the *Shabayev*. During the subsequent general revolt against Vice Admiral Winston Redfield's commandeering of the expedition fleet, Captain Quintero, alongside the rest of the civilian fleet, ordered a reactor shutdown and refused to heed to the Admiral's demands.

Shortly after, control of the fleet was returned to civilian hands, and the *Belladonna* moved with the rest of the surviving fleet to The Greenhouse.

When a fleet of Advari Lightships were spotted heading towards The Greenhouse, Quintero, alongside the rest of the command staff of the fleet, was brought in to discuss the fleet's next course of action. Quintero first asked if there was anyway to fight the lightships off. Then, he later asked if the fleet had any chance at all.

During the evacuation of The Greenhouse system by the Avalon Expedition Fleet through the Return Gate, the *Belladonna* was awaiting transit when it was targeted by a salvo of Advari missles. It's communication array was destroyed quickly, leaving Captain Quintero unable to call for aid. although the *Guinevere* attempted to defend the ship after getting the *Friendly Expedience* through the Gate first, the *Guin* was unable to save the Belladonna before she blew.

## Appearances

**Volume 4**

* *Observer Effect*
* *Forlorn Hope*

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Forlorn Hope*
2. ↑ Observer Effect
3. ↑ *Inclement Weather*
4. ↑ *Yesterday's War*
5. ↑ *Theirs Not to Make Reply*
6. ↑ *Theirs Not to Reason Why*
7. ↑ *Contact, Wait Out*
8. ↑ *Observer Effect*
Lysane

**Lysane** is the first moon of the planet Centrum in the Centrum System. An irregular, rocky moon, like its sister moon Lysara, Lysane was extensively colonized and has become home to several domed cities, though many of these have fallen into disrepair, destitution, and partial states of deconstruction as a result of the Great Famine.

## References

1. ↑ The Sojourn: Worlds of Tantalus: The Centrum Assembly
Rangomu Lockstep

The **Rangomu Lockstep** is a space warfare tactic pioneered by the Frontier Union Militia during the Frontier War with the Centrum Assembly. Conducted using a pair of outriders, it allows the smaller vessels to overcome much larger Centran warships.

## References

1. ↑ The Sojourn: Florencia Class Outrider | Official Ship Breakdown
Sam Redfern

Sam Redfern is the composer for the Sci-Fi/Fantasy audio series *The Sojourn*. After receiving his Bachelor of Science in Music Technology from the University of Glamorgan, Sam worked on numerous projects including a variety of short films and several feature films. His work was nominated for the Eclipse Award in 2015 for Best Original Score.
Riberite

**Riberite** is a crystalline ore that is the oxide form of Drift. Riberite is an essential raw material for the development of Drift-based technologies like Drift Drives and Drift Gates.

## Composition

Riberite is a crystalline mineral, a combination of primarily iron, equal parts of Drift Atoms, and a few trace elements.

Riberite is only found in deposits, never in veins. The first ever deposits of Riberite were found on Centrum's moon, Lysara. Riberite is generally incredibly scarce compared to other minerals: the first deposit to be found and mined yielded, in its totality, less than a metric ton of refined Drift. Human expansion across the Tantalus Cluster has largely been driven by the need to find and exploit new Riberite deposits.

## Properties

Riberite is visually similar to Hematite, having a dark and lustrous appearance with sharp angles and edges. However, Hematite has next to no Drift content and so has earned the nickname *"Fool's Drift"*.

Because of Drift's unique gravitoelectromagnetic (GEM) properties, it is essential to keep containers of Riberite electrically- and magnetically-insulated during transport to minimise the possibility of generating an electric current inside the ore, which could create unwanted GEM fields. The greater the mass of a Riberite shipment, the stronger an accidental field could potentially be, meaning that such measures are especially important during bulk transport.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *The Sojourn Visual Dictionary - Edition One*
2. ↑ Drift - Discovery and Properties | Official Lore Short | The Sojourn
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Gabriel Fonseca, *The Science of Drift*
4. ↑ The Sojourn: Worlds of Tantalus: The Centrum Assembly
Storm

**Storm** is the third planet in the Pioneer System and the only one to have been colonized by Humans. It is Humanity's oldest colony outside the Centrum System.

## Characteristics

### Geography

Storm is tidally-locked to its sun Pioneer, with one side of the planet in permanent daylight and the other in total darkness. The temperature gradient between the day and night sides drives intense gales from the cold face through the twilight terminator band to the sunward side, where moisture precipitates into a colossal, permanent storm that gave the planet its name. Temperatures on the sunward side of Storm range from 100 degrees centigrade close to the terminator, to 60 degrees centigrade under the cloud blanket of the storm at the substellar point. Here, sunlight is reflected off the permanent clouds, making the temperature more amenable to Humans.

Storm has a thicker atmosphere than Centrum, and its higher atmospheric pressure means that water stays liquid in saline lakes at the surface despite the planet's high average temperature.

### Settlements

The bulk of Storm's settlements are located under the cloud blanket to take advantage of the cooler temperatures around the substellar point. Settlements tend to be built near saline lakes for a plentiful water supply. The planet's intense gales are harvested with eolic turbines for electricity generation.

By the modern standards of the Centrum Assembly, Storm is barely habitable for Humans: while protection beyond an oxygen mask is not strictly necessary to survive on the surface, personnel not in environmental suits may be severely injured by scalding lake water or lashing rains. Nevertheless, Storm has been continually restructured and rebuilt at great expense in the three centuries since its establishment, with the colony's historical significance overriding its lack of intrinsic value or stability.

### Satellites

Storm is orbited by a single natural satellite, the rocky moon Tormenta.

## History

Storm was humanity's first ever settlement outside of the home system of Centrum. The planet was settled in the year 0017 PCU, after scans indicated that the Pioneer system hosted a Centrum-mass planet. Colony ships were launched through the Centrum-Pioneer Drift Gate and returned within a year via a new Drift Lane, bringing word of a burgeoning colony on the surface of the third planet in the Pioneer system.

With the Great Famine continuing to plague the rest of Tantalus, the world of Storm, which has always been sparsely populated, has been used partially deal with the problem of overpopulation, providing living space for those fleeing from other systems.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Sojourn: Worlds of Tantalus: The Centrum Assembly
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Pioneer | Worlds of Tantalus | The Sojourn
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Sojourn: Drift and Drift Gates - Avalon Archives
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Gabriel Fonseca, *The Science of Drift*
Lucia Castilio

## Appearances

**Lucia Castilio** was a Centran politician who served as Prime Minister of the Centrum Assembly, the first to come from the People's Modernist Party. Taking power in 0234 PCU, Castilio's government would approve the *Wanderer* Project in 0236 PCU, the colonisation of the Firewatch System.

## References

1. ↑ Firewatch | Worlds of Tantalus | The Sojourn
Rota Excavations Company

The **Rota Excavations Company** was a mining corporation active in the early years of the Centrum Assembly. Active on the moons of the gas giant Arasin Maxima, it allied with Savaragi Industrial to form the Savaragi-Rota Alliance in protest of Centran requisitions of Drift, ultimately leading to the Arasinian Commerce War.

## References

1. ↑ *The Sojourn Visual Dictionary - Edition One*
Ship's Mast

The **Ship's Mast** is a component of warships of the Centran Defence Force. Installed largely for ceremonial reasons, ship's masts evoke the ancient maritime traditions of Centrum, and are typically found on or close to the quarterdeck, often spanning multiple decks of the ship.

Ship's Masts were historically made of Aberfane oak or Brasspine from Centran trees, sometimes even reclaimed from the preserved hulls of ancient seafaring ships. As the Centrum Assembly expanded, this became impractical and synthetic wood is now the primary construction material. By tradition, the captain of a Centran warship will not sit when at the conn, and instead will stand grasping the mast's handrail.

The mast-stepping ceremony is an important ritual element when a Centran warship is first laid down, where a single silver clarion is laid below the mast as it is installed, often accompanied by other mementos from the shipbuilders. A captain who has had a particularly distinguished command may be honoured by having new mementos of their career placed within the mast.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ship Masts | Official Lore Short