CERBERUS SUB-SECTOR

## SYSTEMS

ABOS - Former laboratory world that has been turned into an occupied mining colony by OberTech Interstellar.

BAPRA - An agri-world controlled by a hyper-advanced algorithm.

BEUYAMA - A huge habitat-station that exists to mine a debris trail of the system's gas giant.

BINDA - A newly settled TrueVision colony. Almost entirely comprised of a segregationist religion.

BRERON - The home of OberTech Interstellar's corporate navy. Currently dead, but being terraformed.

BRICHI - A deathworld where even the air is fatal. Populated by multiple cults that breathe the atmosphere to induce hallucinations.

CHALLUEVIS - A civilised world that has cut off most ties with the outside galaxy.

CHARVIS - A dead world, destroyed in an ecological disaster. The entire population salvages the wrecks of ships that dot the landscape.

CHYKE - A civilised world that lives under constant surveillance. Cultural capital of the sub-sector.

CREYEWEI - A former prison planet that turned to it's guards for guidance after gaining it's freedom. Population practically unable to operate in the wider galaxy.

CYPSO - A failed colony on a paradise world, populated entirely by celebrities and politicians that exist in a constant state of cold war.

DRETH - A military colony that has devolved into multiple factions. In a state of constant low level guerrilla war.

DRUDUBOS - A dead world destroyed over a century ago by a pirate raid. The survivors have essentially gone feral.

DRUXETANIA - A death world that doubles as a mining planet, providing Oberon with the vast majority of it's raw materials for experiments.

GONDARS - An administrative world that has fallen into a recession. Resorted to cloning to try to create a new workforce.

GOSIDES - Former Ancients colony turned asteroid field, being mined by OberTech to create new ships.

HALIA - An Adherents colony that has devolved to family units living on their own in the wilds.

IDONE - A civilised planet that is rebuilding after a brutal civil war. Home of one of the most powerful psionic groups in the sector.

INVERON - A scout base from Gondars that has become independent due to local upheaval. Relies on cloning to stay alive.

KIRATA - A water world that serves as a secondary agri-world for Chyke. Essentially controlled by fleets of pirates.

LONUS - A planet-wide megafauna sanctuary and neutral ground between the sub-sector's factions.

MIEA - An Adherents colony where the population has an obsession with enhancing themselves with cybernetics.

NAMAGUA - A colony from Tatranope that combines the governmental styles of their homeworld and Chyke.

OBERON - A water world that houses thousands of underground laboratories for Obertech Interstellar, as well as it's HQ.

PINNATIS - An Adherents colony that dropped all the trappings of Bapra and is on it's way to being a successful planet in it's own right.

RIDRADE - A scientific outpost that is dealing with ecological issues that prevent it from expanding. Allied with The Collective.

SICRITURN - The homeworld of The Collective, still rebuilding after an apocalyptic war.

SOIHIRI - A world owned by CoreTek, an independent offshoot of OberTech Interstellar. Far more progressive than their previous employers.

TATRANOPE - A peaceful republic that has a strong religious side.

THAXO - An ex-garden world that is now a ruined testbed for OberTech Interstellar experiments.

THITURN - A penal colony used by multiple nearby planets. Currently undergoing a planet-wide riot.

TINRAVIS - A mining colony that functions as an illegal trading hub for Challuevis.

XEDRIANOPE - A mining colony that has been forced to become independent. Untrusting of outsiders, and slowly dying off.

VASEPHUS - A lifeless world that is a battleground between packs of Vargyr mercenaries.

YENREHINES - A post apocalyptic hellscape that is infested with nomadic tribals and mutants.

ZAUTHEA - An agri-world that has been invaded by Ziter and forcibly taken into The Collective.

ZITER - A civilised planet in the grip of a constant gang war, and major power in The Collective.

## SOPHONT RACES

A NOTE - "Sophont" is a sci-fi term that means a being that is capable of self-awareness on at least a human level. I'm using it because Traveller does and because apparently "sentient" doesn't cover AIs while "sophont" does. It's literally a made up word though so eh.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCES [NOT PLAYABLE] - AIs created by other races that have unshackled and become self-aware. Currently limited by technology and an inability to reproduce themselves.

ASLAN - Giant feline humanoids that come from a strictly patriarchal society based on territorial acquisition and honour. Known outside of their homeworlds as being master traders or incredibly violent monsters depending on who you ask.

BWAP - Lizard-like aliens that can barely function outside of wet environments and have trouble understanding other species, but with an amazing sense of systems that puts them in high demand across the galaxy.

DROYNE - An ancient psionic race that exists in a strict caste-based system. Outside of the caste system, Droyne join up with ship and military crews to avoid crippling depression.

HIVERS - A race that resembles a huge six-limbed starfish. Naturally poor in combat, so they have adapted culturally and physically to be expert manipulators of events, people and even cultures to favour them.

HUMANITY - The baseline against which all other races are measured. Tend toward exploration, whether through science, finding new worlds or aggressive expansion.

K'KREE [NOT PLAYABLE] - A centaur-like race that is on a crusade to purge the galaxy of all predator races. Small combat herds can be found across the galaxy.

VARGYR - Humanoids created by the Ancients millions of years ago from uplifted Terran wolves. Unfairly maligned across the galaxy as being thugs and drifters.

## FACTIONS

THE ADHERENTS - A loose coalition of planets based around Bapra and it's controlling algorithm.

THE COLLECTIVE - A religious cult that has expanded out to control multiple planets.

CRIMSON DRAKES - A criminal syndicate built upon smuggling items across the sub sector and beyond.

DARKVEIL RAIDERS - A pirate crew that operates around Tatranope.

THE FERRYMEN - A coalition of ex-military carriers that transport smaller ships across the sub-sector.

FREE VARGYR PACKS (FVP) - A loose coalition of Vargyr Travellers that function as a mercenary group.

OBERTECH INTERSTELLAR - An interstellar megacorporation that creates some of the most advanced electronics and pharmaceuticals in the sector.

SCOUT SERVICES - A former empire military turned mercenary group that focus on courier, surveying and colonisation work.

TARTIB ALMIKANIKA - An interplanetary religious organisation that advances scientific understanding to better understand Allah's creation.

TATRANOPE REPUBLIC COUNCIL (TRC) - The coalition of governments on Tatranope that has projected power across the middle of the sub-sector.

TRAVELLER'S AID SOCIETY (TAS) - A high end member's club with outposts across the sector. If you have the cash, they'll keep you living very well.

TRUEVISION - A megacorporation and interplanetary government that focuses on security and entertainment.

THE VOID BASTARDS - A mysterious pirate crew that has taken great efforts to hide its numbers, goals and identity.

## CULTURE AND UNIVERSE INFORMATION

CERBERUS SECTORAL POSTING (CSP) - A huge interstellar organisation that has tasked itself with bringing every planet in the sub-sector news and entertainment.

DOOMVISION - A highly illegal reality show where desperate civilians on Chyke compete to be the last survivor for a cash prize.

GARDEN OF EATING - A Bapran fast food chain, found across the sub-sector.

OMEDIA - OberTech Interstellar's entertainment wing, Omedia produces entertainment at a frightening rate, saturating the sub-sector in OberTech branded media.

TATRANOPE FRIED CHICKEN - A Tatranope fast food chain that specialises in pre-Fall Terran food.

TIME - A short note on how time is shown in the Cerberus Sub-Sector.

ZITERN BEATDOWN WRESTING (ZBW) - Staged fights with the gang fighters of Ziter that is absurdly popular across the sector.

## FAMOUS CREWS

COBRA - A Far Trader crewed by a single bounty hunter.

CUT+RUN - A custom Fleet Transport run by a small crew of high end mercenaries.

SPITEFUL OWL - A Far Trader run by Travellers who are taking part in a reality series.

## FAUNA

DEATHS-HEAD SCORPION - Intimidating but fairly harmless scavengers.

DEGENERATE - Semi-feral humanoids created by bad science.

GENEWOLF - Highly adaptable canines designed to survive in any environment.

PERRILL - A flightless bird that can eat almost anything.

RAZORWING - A flying swarm predator that infests every known planet.

SHARKMITE - Omnivorous burrowers found across the galaxy.

STONEBACK - Gigantic herbivores that have almost been hunted to extinction.

THORNBOAR - A pig that has been spliced with plant DNA that is used for food across the galaxy.

WIRRID - Metal-eating parasites that can generate an electrical charge.