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Star systemBacchus System
The Bacchus system is a planetary system in the Banu Protectorate that consists of a super-Earth, a terrestrial planet, a gas giant, and a binary star system made up of a type G and a type K main sequence star. Believed…
Star systemGeddon System
The Geddon system is a planetary system located in the Banu Protectorate that consists of an O-type main sequence star and one terrestrial planet. Directly connected to the United Empire of Earth(UEE) via the…
Star systemGliese System
The Gliese system is a planetary system in the Banu Protectorate that consists of a type-A main sequence star, three terrestrial planets, one smog planet, one gas giant, one protoplanet, an asteroid cluster, and two…
Star systemTrise System
The Trise system is a planetary system in the Banu Protectorate that consists of a G-type main sequence star and one planet. A stronghold of religion Soulis, the Trise system is the heart of spiritualism in the Banu…
Star systemYulin System
The Yulin system is a planetary system in the Banu Protectorate that consists of a G-type main sequence star, an iron planet, three terrestrial planets, an ice giant, a gas giant, and an asteroid cluster. A center of…
Banu Protectorate
The Banu Protectorate (BP) is an allied coalition of planet-states and city-states, some based in Banu flotillas, that make up Banu-controlled territory. A governmental body called the Protectorate or the Protectorate…
Star systemFora System
The Fora system is a planetary system in the United Empire of Earth (UEE), and is made up of a K-type main sequence star, a mesoplanet, two terrestrial planets, a gas giant, and an ice giant. After a jump point to the…
Banu
The Banu are a spacefaring civilization, and the first extrasolar one to ever make contact with Humans. They are capable of quantum travel, traversing jump points, and terraforming planets. Because the Banu do not keep…
Banu Flotilla
A Banu flotilla is a loosely allied collection of Banu-owned space stations and ships. Usually, Banu flotillas operate as vibrant marketplaces, acting as centers of trade for travelers. Most Banu planetary systems host…
Banu Language
Banu language refers to a family of languages originating with and spoken by the Banu. Though all Banu share the same writing system, they speak many dialects, some of which are not mutually intelligible. Xenolinguists…
EventBanu-Human First Contact
Humans and Banu first made contact in 2438, when navjumper Vernon Tar encountered a Banu fugitive in the outskirts of the Davien system. After mistakenly opening fire on the Banu vessel, Tar relayed his coordinates to…
Star systemCorel System
Corel is a planetary system on the border between the United Empire of Earth (UEE) and the Banu Protectorate that was discovered in SEY 2449. As an important center of trade between the two civilizations, it is home to…
Star systemDavien System
The Davien system is a planetary system in the United Empire of Earth (UEE). Discovered in SEY 2430, it was the system in which Humans first encountered intelligent extraterrestrial life: the Banu. People and businesses…
Ē'aluth System
The Ē'aluth system is a planetary system in the Xi'an Empire (SaoXy'an) that consists of a K-type main sequence star, a puffy planet, a smog planet, a terrestrial planet, a gas dwarf, a gas giant, and an asteroid belt.…
Star systemKins System
The Kins system is a planetary system in the Banu Protectorate that is made up of a K-type main sequence star, a mesoplanet, a terrestrial rocky planet, two super-Earths, a gas giant, and two asteroid belts. Best known…
Krēl System
The Krēl system is a planetary system that reportedly consists of one star of unknown type and nine planets. Located along the border of the Xi'an Empire (SaoXy'an), it is the home system of the Kr'thak and is thought…
Star systemKyuk'ya System
The Kyuk'ya system, also called the Indra system, is a planetary system in the Xi'an Empire that consists of an A-type main sequence star, a white dwarf, a gas giant, a terrestrial planet, and an asteroid belt.…
Star systemTamsa System
The Tamsa system is a planetary system in the United Empire of Earth (UEE). Uniquely among UEE systems, its two planets revolve around a black hole rather than a star. The innermost world is thought to have been a rogue…
Star systemVeritas System (VS-05)
The Veritas system (designated VS-05 by the United Empire of Earth(UEE)) is a Vanduul-controlled planetary system that shares no known jump points with any other systems. It is included in UEE star charts as a part of…
LocationGliese III
Gliese III is the third planet from the sun of the Gliese system, Banu Protectorate. A terrestrial world with an unbreathable atmosphere, it is dotted with various Soulis engaged in a wide variety of trades, from…
LocationHyperion (Fora III)
Hyperion (Fora III) is the third planet from the sun of the Fora system, United Empire of Earth (UEE), and is the system's only populated world. In 2316, the Aether Worldbuilding Corporation started terraforming…
Entertainment Music Show Vid NetworkArena Commander
Arena Commander is a spaceflight simulator released in 2943 by Original Systems. In the game, players fly realistic versions of real spacecraft and engage in dogfights with similarly realistic recreations of modern…
Armistead Perry
Armistead Perry was a General of the United Planets of Earth (UPE) Navy from 2531 to 2546, and of the United Empire of Earth(UEE) Navy from 2546 to 2589. She is best known as the architect of the Perry Line. Born into a…
LocationBacchus I
Bacchus I is the first planet from the suns of the Bacchus system, Banu Protectorate. A massive and dense super-Earth, it has both high gravity and a wide circumference. It is close enough to its suns that parts of its…
LocationBacchus II
Bacchus II is the second planet from the suns of the Bacchus system, Banu Protectorate. A temperate terrestrial world blanketed by vast oceans, it is dotted with thousands of populated islands and archipelagos and is…
LocationBacchus III
Bacchus III is the third planet from the suns of the Bacchus system, Banu Protectorate. A gas giant with a green and brown atmosphere, it is dotted with swirling clouds that mark the location of violent storms, some of…
LocationBuloi Sataball Arena
The Buloi Sataball Arena is a space station and staball stadium located in the Yulin system, Banu Protectorate. Founded by the Buloi Sataball Souli, it hosts hundreds of games each year. A crystal-clear hull on one side…
Buloi Satabo
Buloi Satabo is the Essosouli of the Buloi Sataball Souli and its namesake arena, located in the Yulin system, Banu Protectorate. They re-founded the Souli in the late 2920s after the sudden death of the previous…
LocationCestulus (Davien II)
Cestulus is the second planet in the Davien system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). Despite being initially considered a poor candidate for terraforming, Cestulus became a major shipping hub after first contact with the…
LocationDavien IV
Davien IV is an ice giant in the Davien system, United Empire of Earth (UEE) and is the furthest planet from the sun. It was chosen as the parent body for the BanuFriendship Museum due to its picturesque blue and white…
Drop Kings
The Drop Kings are a major criminal syndicate that is active in multiple systems across the United Empire of Earth (UEE). Founded in the SEY 2640s by a group of anti-Messer activists who fled their homes under threat of…
First Contact Day
First Contact Day is a holiday celebrated by Humans in the United Empire of Earth (UEE) to commemorate the moment they first made contact with civilizations outside their own. On 12 June 2438, explorer Vernon Tar…
LocationFora Belt Alpha
The Fora belt alpha is an asteroid belt in the Fora system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). Smugglers in Fora typically use the belt as a drop point for contraband, which is then picked up and smuggled into the Banu…
LocationGliese Belt Alpha
The Gliese belt alpha is the first asteroid belt from the sun of the Gliese system, Banu Protectorate. Packed with valuable ores and minerals, it is an active mining site and is home to countless Soulis engaged in…
LocationGliese Belt Beta
The Gliese belt beta is the second belt from the sun of the Gliese system, Banu Protectorate. Located between Nogo (Gliese IV) and Gliese V, it is packed with ancient outposts and abandoned rigs, left there from an…
LocationGliese Cluster Gamma
The Gliese cluster gamma is the farthest asteroid cluster from the sun of the Gliese system, Banu Protectorate. Only sparsely populated with asteroids, it sees little traffic in comparison with the alpha and beta belts.…
LocationGliese I
Gliese I is the first planet from the sun of the Gliese system Banu Protectorate. An iron planet with a superheated ferromagnetic core that is partially exposed to vacuum, its intensely hot conditions make landing on…
LocationGliese II
Gliese II is the second planet from the sun of the Gliese system, Banu Protectorate. A smog planet, it has a dense, high-pressure atmosphere of carbon dioxide and nitrogen. Surface conditions on Gliese II can be…
LocationGliese V
Gliese V is the fifth planet from the sun of the Gliese system, Banu Protectorate. Clouds of water vapor float in the upper reaches of its hydrogen-methane atmosphere, creating bands of white, light grey, and dark grey.…
LocationGliese VI
Gliese VI is the sixth and final planet from the sun of the Gliese system, Banu Protectorate. A protoplanet, it is oblate in shape and has no atmosphere. An unknown Souli built a statue of Cassa, the Patron of Luck here…
Humans
Humans are a spacefaring civilization originating on Earth (Sol III). They are capable of spaceflight, quantum travel, traversing jump points, and terraforming planets. Since achieving piloted spaceflight in SEY 1961,…
LocationJata
Jata is the most populous city of Cestulus (Davien II). Because the planet's atmosphere is thin, Jata is largely located under enormous, complex biodomes kept habitable by a system of air production facilities that help…
LocationKedsu Reef
The Kedsu Reef is a space station composed of derelict ships and abandoned military platforms located in the Hadrian system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). Founded in SEY 2881 by former Banu indenture Delilah Havers, the…
LocationKins Belt Alpha
The Kins belt alpha is an asteroid belt in the Kins system, Banu Protectorate. Located between the inhospitable planets Kins IV and Kins V, it is home to multiple rest stops operated by interconnected webs of Soulis…
LocationKins Belt Beta
The Kins belt beta is the second asteroid belt in the Kins system, Banu Protectorate. The outermost point in the system, it has traditionally been used as a convenient location to dump unfixable equipment and other…
LocationKins I
Kins I is the first planet from the sun of the Kins system, Banu Protectorate. A mesoplanet with an iron-rich crust, it has been extensively mined and bears the scars of ancient strip-mining operations. Visitors to the…
LocationKins II
Kins II is the second planet from the sun of the Kins system, Banu Protectorate. A world with a natural oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere, it is the home of the largest indentured servant market in the Protectorate. Its large…
LocationKins III
Kins III is the third planet from the sun of the Kins system, Banu Protectorate. A massive super-Earth, it has oceans of mixed water and ammonia and an atmosphere composed of nitrogen, oxygen, ammonia, and carbon…
LocationKins IV
Kins IV is the fourth planet from the sun of the Kins system, Banu Protectorate. Under its dense atmosphere, its surface is coated in solid ice in spite of high temperatures. Atmospheric pressure forces the planet's…
LocationKins V
Kins V is the fifth planet from the sun of the Kins system, Banu Protectorate. Pale yellow with some very light red and green banding, its color is due to the presence of ammonia crystals in its upper atmosphere.…
Kofi Baféuma (Cothi Bat-Thel-Ma)
Kofi Baféuma (Cothi Bat-Thel-Ma) is a Banu explorer, most notable for discovering the Tamsa system in SEY 2943. They sold the location of the system to the United Empire of Earth (UEE) on the condition that they be…
LocationLo (Corel III)
Lo (Corel III) is the largest populated planet in the Corel system, United Empire of Earth (UEE), and is represented by one Senator. As a major population center on the border between the UEE and the Banu Protectorate,…
Luminalia
LUMINALIA Luminalia is a holiday celebrated by both Banu and Humans annually on December 22nd. It originated as the irregularly-held Banu festival tsikti efanga (Glow Festival), marked by the lighting of ceremonial…
LocationLyris Flotilla
The Lyris flotilla is a vast interconnected network of spacecraft and space stations that orbits the sun of the Gliese system, Banu Protectorate. Located in orbit around Nogo (Gliese IV), it is the main trade hub in…
SpacecraftMercury Star Runner
The Mercury Star Runner is a courier spacecraft designed by Crusader Industries. Used by the United Empire of Earth Navy (UEEN) in blockade running operations, the Mercury is a fast, armored runner ship capable of…
LocationMya (Leir II)
Mya is the second planet from the sun of the Leir system. Although it was discovered in 2677, it remained undeveloped until 2743, when Galor Messer IX sold the terraforming and mining rights of Leir II to Hatfield &…
Neal Socolovich
Neal Socolovich (2373 - 2474) was a General in the United Nations of Earth (UNE) Army, and a key figure in the negotiation of the Banu-Human Interstellar Peace and Trade Accord, the first interspecies treaty in Human…
New Junction
New Junction is a city on Lo (Corel III) in the Corel system, United Empire of Earth (UEE). Situated on the plains of the equatorial Quoph region, the city is hot year-round and suffers from frequent dust storms. To…
Njeri
Njeri, known also as Jerry, was the first Banu to establish contact with Humans. In SEY 2438, Njeri fled through a then-unknown jump point to the Davien system to avoid punishment after being caught embezzling funds…
LocationNogo (Gliese IV)
Nogo (Gliese IV) is the fourth planet from the sun of the Gliese system, Banu Protectorate. A lush, temperate planet with an oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere and a variety of climates, it is nonetheless avoided by the Banu.…
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