EXPANDED UNIVERSE

CREDITS

Game Designer: João Paulo da Vinha Santos

Additional Contributions: Ricardo Freire da Silva, Olivier Brassard, Christopher Humphries, Tommy Rayburn, Javier Suarez, Bobby
Weiss, Mathew Rodriguez, Robert Day, S. D. Kahler II, Yoav Beeri, Alice "Motoko" Michalak, Sergey Arseev

Cover Designer: Alice "Motoko" Michalak

Special Thanks

To the BioWare team that brought us one of the most amazing science-fiction universes and one of the best roleplaying games out there.

To all those who supported me and helped shaped this game with ideas, feedback and playtests.

Based on the Mass Effect RPG created by BioWare and on the d20 system rules.

This game would not be possible without the passion and dedication of gamers who helped playtest and develop it.
Thank you for all your time and effort.

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 Contents
Expanded ME Maps 3 Earth Alliance Space 26 Batarian Space 101
Inner Council Space 3 Attican Traverse 49 Geth Space 105
Outer Council Space 15 Terminus Systems 82

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 Expanded ME Maps
This add-on provides a more extensive information about Jak Ser is the first planet orbiting the star Aru. It is a large
the Mass Effect universe in terms of maps and important terrestrial world. Jak Ser features heavily in ancient volus
locations on the Milky Way. It serves to provide a context on mythology and folklore, since its bright white surface made it
distances travelled and time spent moving around the galaxy. It easy to chart in the night sky without the aid of a telescope.
is extremely useful for any campaign where the characters have Once the volus developed advanced astronomical equipment,
their own ship. their scientists discovered that Jak Ser's luminosity was caused
It was created to be used as an information source for by a thick carbon monoxide cloud cover that had hidden the real
tabletop RPG campaigns that take place in the Mass Effect face of the planet for millennia.
universe, namely the Mass Effect d20 game created by myself. Additional information:
The following map provides an accurate reference for star Orbital Distance 0.6 AU
clusters as well as the political division of the galaxy, prior to Orbital Period 0.4 Earth Years
the events of Mass Effect 3. Radius 10,792 km
Following the map are descriptions of star systems as well Day Length 35.3 Earth Hours
as the most important information on the various planets already Atm. Pressure 18.46 atm
presented in the ME1, ME2 and ME3 games. Surface Temp 415 °C
The information here was taken from the game codex but a Surface Gravity 1.04 g
few corrections were made (for example in ME1 not every Satellites N/A
planet presented had Orbital Distance and various planet were
considered as gas giants when they could have only been ice
giants). Orbital Distances or Orbital Period adjusted or added Irune is the second planet orbiting the star Aru. The volus
obey the Keplerian Laws of Planetary Orbits. homeworld is a high-pressure, high-gravity planet that supports
Remember that only 1% of the galaxy is explored. There are an ammonia-based ecology. This rare environment means that
still billions of stars and planets to explore, with possibly dozens the volus have been slow to colonize, as there are few planets
of relays still to discover. that meet their habitation requirements. Most prefer to stay on
Irune, working remotely via the extranet. The more adventurous
don the clumsy but vital pressure suits and venture out to worlds
in Citadel space to make their fortunes.
Inner Council Space Irune is remarkable for having done away with warfare as an
Inner Council Space is a region of the Milky Way galaxy. institution of the state. Volus culture lacks the romantic view of
As its name implies, Inner Council Space is the central region of war found in the galaxy's more aggressive species. Physical
the area of space under the control of the Citadel Council. It is skirmishes between groups rarely last long, and are almost
bordered by Outer Council Space, Earth Systems Alliance always ended by social castigation, bargaining agreements, or
Space, and the Attican Traverse. harsh economic sanctions.
In addition to its centrality, Inner Council Space holds great Irune's cities tend to be built on fast trade routes rather than
importance to the Council. First, it is home to the Citadel, the militarily defensible positions.
seat of galactic government. Second, it contains the homeworlds Citadal Travel Advisory: Irune's ammonia-based atmosphere
of several of the galaxy's sapient races. These include the is toxic to non-volus life-forms. Visitors to Irune must wear
salarians and the turians, two of the races with representation on pressure suits at all times when traveling outside of
the Citadel Council, as well as the hanar and the volus, both of environmentally controlled areas.
which also have Citadel representation. Finally, the homeworld Additional information:
of the krogan, a former Citadel race, is located within this
region. Orbital Distance 1.3 AU
Orbital Period 1.5 Earth Years
Radius 11,525 km
Aethon Cluster Day Length 36.2 Earth Hours
The ancient Greek word aithôn means "burning", "blazing" Atm. Pressure 60.56 atm
or "shining." Less strictly, it can denote the colour red-brown, or Surface Temp 9 °C
"tawny”, of the nebula. Surface Gravity 1.5 g
Aethon Cluster has four known star systems: the Aru Satellites N/A
system, the Esori system, the Nura system and the Satu Arrd
system. Homeworld
The cluster‟s Mass Relay is located in the Aru system. Species Volus
Capital Lenos
Aru Population 8.8 billion
Aru is a medium system with five planets and an asteroid
belt. Locil is the third planet orbiting the star Aru. The first of
Distance from Esori: 5 light-years the Aru system's three gas giants, Locil is also the largest.
Distance from Nura: 7 light-years Boasting over 96 moons, this planet's orbit bustled with
Distance from Satu Arrd: 12 light-years hundreds of helium-3 extraction centers. Most of the work
population lived on Locil's orbital stations, which were so
Mass Relay: Orbits Aru at a distance of 25 AU numerous they became an unofficial city chained together by
taxi services and extendable umbilical cords.
Fuel Depot: Aru has fuel depots orbiting Locil and Cherk
Sab.

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 Additional information: Additional information:
Orbital Distance 5.8 AU Orbital Distance 1.0 AU
Orbital Period 14.0 Earth Years Orbital Period 1.0 Earth Year
Radius 52,635 km Radius 7,556 km
Day Length 10.6 Earth Hours Day Length 40.4 Earth Hours
Satellites >96 Atm. Pressure 2.82 atm
Surface Temp 141 °C
Cherk Sab is the fourth planet orbiting the star Aru. It is a Surface Gravity 0.49 g
small gas giant. Named after a northern Irunian luck deity, Satellites N/A
Cherk Sab is overshadowed by the economy on Locil and the
scientific research on Doldit. Regardless, it also possesses a few Yan Tao is the third planet orbiting the star Esori. It is a
fuel depots orbiting it. huge terrestrial world. Even by volus standards, the planet‟s
Additional information: atmospheric pressure is crushing. With an atmosphere composed
Orbital Distance 10.4 AU of carbon dioxide, argon, and small traces of oxygen, the surface
Orbital Period 33.6 Earth Years is devoid of life. However, tiny, fossilized sea creatures have
Radius 39,139 km been discovered in the deepest crevices of what used to be Yan
Day Length 12.1 Earth Hours Tao's oceans.
Satellites N/A Additional information:
Orbital Distance 1.6 AU
Doldit is the fifth planet orbiting the star Aru. It is an ice Orbital Period 2.0 Earth Years
giant. Doldit's moons have long been mined out, but they still Radius 11,460 km
hosted dozens of laboratories relocated there to avoid the Day Length 37.9 Earth Hours
environmental restrictions placed on research and development Atm. Pressure 133.1 atm
firms by Irune. Everything from weapon testing to cutting edge Surface Temp 325 °C
biological research was outsourced to facilities orbiting Doldit. Surface Gravity 1.45 g
Additional information: Satellites N/A
Orbital Distance 20.8 AU
Orbital Period 95.2 Earth Years Kailo is the fourth planet orbiting the star Esori. It is
Radius 28,982 km another huge terrestrial world. Kailo's frigid surface is dotted
Day Length 10.6 Earth Hours with impact craters left during a legendary meteor shower that
Satellites N/A happened more than 400,000 years ago. The meteors contained
1st asteroid belt: orbits Aru at a distance of 3 AU traces of cobalt, but not enough to warrant a full-scale mining
expedition.
Additional information:
Orbital Distance 3.2 AU
Esori
Esori is a medium system with five planets. Orbital Period 5.7 Earth Years
Distance from Aru: 5 light-years Radius 11,489 km
Distance from Nura: 10 light-years Day Length 93.9 Earth Hours
Distance from Satu Arrd: 8.5 light-years Atm. Pressure Trace
Surface Temp -93 °C
Surface Gravity 0.91 g
Fuel Depot: Esori has fuel depots orbiting Solu Paolis. N/A
Satellites
Mola is the first planet orbiting the star Esori. For a
terrestrial planet, Mola hurtles around the system's star at
Solu Paolis is the fifth planet orbiting the star Esori. It is
an ice giant. Solu Paolis's helium-3 collection mechanisms
breakneck speed. Its rapid orbit and molten core cause oceans of
historically turned a large profit, not because of any great
magma to be pumped out onto the surface, cooling into the
immigration into the Esori system, but because Solu Paolis
continent-sized formations then erased by fresh flows of molten
made a good refueling stop between Irune and Satu Arrd.
rock
Additional information:
Additional information:
Orbital Distance 6.6 AU
Orbital Distance 0.3 AU
Orbital Period 17.2 Earth Years
Orbital Period 0.1 Earth Years
Radius 28,567 km
Radius 7,608 km
Day Length 14.7 Earth Hours
Day Length 18.4 Earth Hours
Satellites N/A
Atm. Pressure 3.78 atm
Surface Temp 625 °C
Surface Gravity 0.82 g
Satellites N/A Nura
Nura is a medium system with four planets and an asteroid
Atos Irn is the second planet orbiting the star Esori. It is a belt.
terrestrial world. It was claimed, along with the rest of its Distance from Aru: 7 light-years
system, after the volus learned FTL travel. In the great volus Distance from Esori: 10 light-years
exploration push of 300 BCE, the species found only a few Distance from Satu Arrd: 15 light-years
planets capable of supporting their colonies. They did, however,
discover many planets teeming with valuable elements. Fuel Depot: Nura has fuel depots orbiting Welm Urun and
Gorgun.

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 Lahu is the first planet orbiting the star Nura. It is a large Satu Arrd
terrestrial world. Massive silicate-filled dust storms plague the Satu Arrd is a small system with three planets.
surface of Lahu. In an odd partnership of commerce and science, Distance from Aru: 12 light-years
high-rolling volus casinos on Oma Ker entered a partnership Distance from Esori: 8. light-years
with the scientific research teams whose observation satellites Distance from Nura: 15 light-years
watch over Lahu. The casinos took bets on how long Lahu
storms would last and how high their wind speed might climb. Fuel Depot: Nura has fuel depots orbiting Welm Urun and
Payouts made the rare volus rich, with jackpot winners forming Gorgun.
a small fraternal order.
Additional information: Poloh Tem is the first planet orbiting the star Satu Arrd. It
Orbital Distance 1.1 AU is a terrestrial world. This world is believed to be an extrasolar
Orbital Period 1.2 Earth Years capture that built up its atmosphere over millions of years to
Radius 8,616 km become the hothouse it is today. Volus robo-miners descended
Day Length 53.6 Earth Hours on Poloh Tem when element zero was first discovered there, and
Atm. Pressure 0.74 atm in turn, pirates descended on the volus. The pirates then found
Surface Temp 0.85 °C out, to their detriment, that wealthy volus can buy a lot of
Surface Gravity 0.85 g influence in the Turian Hierarchy.
Satellites N/A Additional information:
Orbital Distance 2.1 AU
Omar Ker is the second planet orbiting the star Nura. It is a Orbital Period 3.1 Earth Years
temperate garden world currently in its megafauna stage. The Radius 5,738 km
planet's nitrogen-oxygen atmosphere and dextro-amino-acid- Day Length 35.8 Earth Hours
based life wasn't particularly attractive to the volus, so they sold Atm. Pressure 28.6 atm
the colonization rights to their turian partners. Surface Temp 262 °C
Additional information: Surface Gravity 0.78 g
Orbital Distance 2.0 AU Satellites N/A
Orbital Period 2.7 Earth Years
Radius 6,739 km Rilar is the second planet orbiting the star Satu Arrd. It is a
Day Length 25.4 Earth Hours barren, terrestrial rock world. Only a small portion of the planet
Atm. Pressure 1.29 atm has been explored, as cursory scans showed little of interest on
Surface Temp 16 °C Rilar compared to the eezo deposits on the neighboring world of
Surface Gravity 1.03 g Poloh Tem.
Satellites N/A Additional information:
Orbital Distance 3.0 AU
Colony Orbital Period 5.3 Earth Years
Species Turian Radius 5,082 km
Capital Sarlik Day Length 23.2 Earth Hours
Colony Founded 1153 CE Atm. Pressure 4.62 atm
Population 259,200,000 Surface Temp 28 °C
Surface Gravity 0.37 g
Welm Urun is the third planet orbiting the star Nura. It is a Satellites N/A
hydrogen-helium gas giant. The phrase "Welm Urun" in the
volus native language translates to "the golden one," a reference Nalisin is the third planet orbiting the star Satu Arrd. A
to its deep yellow-orange rings. Much to prospectors' dismay, lonely world of rock and ice, Nalisin clings to the outer rim of
there was no gold to be found in its moons. Welm Urun's the Satu Arrd system. Its freezing temperatures and carbon-
economic contributions to the system is the ubiquitous helium-3. dioxide atmosphere were braved by eezo smugglers, who set up
Additional information: camps in the tunnels honeycombing the southern hemisphere's
Orbital Distance 6.8 AU mountain ranges. The camps were abandoned when turian
Orbital Period 17.7 Earth Years patrols began regular raids on the smugglers' cave systems.
Radius 62,522 km Additional information:
Day Length 16.4 Earth Hours Orbital Distance 23.4 AU
Satellites >1 Orbital Period 113.6 Earth Years
Radius 4,494 km
Gorgun is the third planet orbiting the star Nura. It is a Day Length 20.6 Earth Hours
hydrogen-helium gas giant with a helium-3 extraction Atm. Pressure 0.97 atm
infraestructrure. Surface Temp -156 °C
Additional information: Surface Gravity 0.64 g
Orbital Distance 13.4 AU Satellites N/A
Orbital Period 49.2 Earth Years
Radius 67,733 km
Day Length 13.0 Earth Hours Annos Basin
Satellites N/A A cluster with a single explored system. It is also the home
system of the Salarians.
1st asteroid belt: orbits Aru at a distance of 3 AU It has only one system, the Pranas system.

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 Pranas remains hostile to life. In the clandestine fashion typical of
Pranas is a medium system with four planets and an asteroid salarians, a military outpost orbits the planet but does not appear
belt. on Alliance star maps.
Like Saradril, Dragel is named for the matrilineal clan that
Mass Relay: Orbits Pranas at a distance of 6.5 AU sent the first manned mission to the planet‟s surface. However, a
thriving minority from the Sylar Clan, who sent the first manned
mission to orbit the planet, insists to this day that their landing
Fuel Depot: Pranas has fuel depots orbiting Halegeuse.
attempt was sabotaged by the Dragels and the planet should bear
their name. Relations between the two clans remain tense.
Saradril is the first planet orbiting the star Pranas. It is a Additional information:
terrestrial world. Sur'Kesh's sister planet is in a weak hothouse
Orbital Distance 1.9 AU
state, retaining enough carbon dioxide and monoxide to form an
atmosphere thicker than a garden world's but thinner than a true Orbital Period 2.5 Earth Years
hothouse like Venus. In the early days of salarian space Radius 1,528 km
exploration, the species saw mining the planet as an engineering Day Length 60.2 Earth Hours
challenge. When the salarians made contact with the asari, the Atm. Pressure Trace
robo-mining industry developed for planets like Saradril quickly Surface Temp -37 °C
became the galactic standard. Surface Gravity 0.15 g
The planet is named for the Saradril Clan, specifically the Satellites N/A
salarian dalatrass Saradril Il Sorason Mal Netya Par Tore Nura,
who sponsored the first manned mission to the planet. In Halegeuse is the fourth planet orbiting the star Pranas. It is
antiquity, the planet was named for various gods, as well as the a gas giant. Spacer investors are fond of saying: "You can‟t
astronomer who first classified it as a planet rather than a star. exhaust a gas giant." But the salarians have certainly tried.
But Nura's political machinations won out and the planet now Halegeuse is home to a thriving community of robo-miners and
bears her clan's name on all standard salarian star maps. those who work in helium-3 collection and refinement. More
Additional information: than 16 of Halegeuse's more metallic moons have been settled.
Orbital Distance 0.6 AU The giant bears the name of the Halegeuse Corporation,
Orbital Period 0.5 Earth Years which combined the best efforts of several salarian clans to
Radius 5,243 km manufacture the advanced shielding necessary to colonize the
Day Length 22.2 Earth Hours planet‟s moons. The planet‟s magnetosphere retains massive
Atm. Pressure 8.45 atm amounts of radioactive ions from Pranas, the system‟s star.
Surface Temp 325 °C Because of this, the cities on the moons are subsurface,
Surface Gravity 0.71 g protected from lethal radiation levels by shielding and thick
Satellites N/A layers of rock. Halegeuse was bought out centuries ago, but the
name endures as a symbol of salarian innovation and
cooperation.
Sur’Kesh is the second planet orbiting the star Pranas. It is Additional information:
a terrestrial world. The salarian homeworld has been likened to
Orbital Distance 3.6 AU
the jungles of Earth: pretty to look at, teeming with life,
uncomfortable to live in and dangerous to the unwary. The Orbital Period 6.8 Earth Years
technophilic salarians had significant pollution and waste Radius 54,743 km
problems early in the development of their society. They also Day Length 16.8 Earth Hours
embraced social solutions just as quickly, and through complex Satellites >16
breeding rules, Sur'Kesh now maintains a crowded but
sustainable population. The planet tends to be wetter than Earth, Colony
and salarian cities spare no expense to collect and provide fresh Species Salarian
water, as one might expect from an amphibious species. Capital Aifa
Additional information: Colony Founded 560 BCE
Orbital Distance 1.1 AU Population 129,000
Orbital Period 1.2 Earth Years
Radius 6,709 km 1st asteroid belt: orbits Aru at a distance of 6 AU
Day Length 21.5 Earth Hours
Atm. Pressure 1.42 atm
Surface Temp
Surface Gravity 0.94 g
25 °C Apien Crest
Apien Crest has three known star systems: the Castellus
Satellites N/A
system, the Gemmae system and the Trebia system.
The cluster‟s Mass Relay is located in the Trebia system.
Homeworld
Species Salarian Castellus
Capital Talat Castellus is a medium system with five planets and two
Population 10.3 billion asteroid belts.
Population (Orbital Stations) 1.1 million Distance from Gemmae: 18 light-years
Distance from Trebia: 10 light-years
Dragel is the third planet orbiting the star Pranas. The tiny
rock planet Dragel is notable for its status as a strategic reserve Carborix is the first planet orbiting the star Castellus. It is a
of heavy metals. It has been warmed slightly by a thin tiny rock planet with a thin, reducing atmosphere, Carborix has
atmosphere of nitrogen and carbon monoxide, but otherwise been remotely mined for millennia, first for rarer platinum-

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group metals and radioactives, then catalysts and semi- Orbital Distance 2.7 AU
conductors, and eventually structural materials like titanium, Orbital Period 4.4 Earth Years
iron, and nickel. Radius 9,735 km
Additional information: Day Length 68.6 Earth Hours
Orbital Distance 0.4 AU Atm. Pressure Trace
Orbital Period 0.3 Earth Years Surface Temp -78 °C
Radius 2,579 km Surface Gravity 2.1 g
Day Length 28.8 Earth Hours Satellites N/A
Atm. Pressure Trace
Surface Temp 268 °C Iritium is the fifth planet orbiting the star Castellus. It is a
Surface Gravity 0.51 g moderately-sized hydrogen-helium gas giant with clearly visible
Satellites N/A rings.
Additional information:
Nios is the second planet orbiting the star Castellus. It is a Orbital Distance 10.2 AU
small terrestrial planet bathed in argon and carbon dioxide. Nios Orbital Period 32.7 Earth Years
has a pressure-cooker atmosphere. Probes have revealed calcite Radius 53,884 km
cliffs below, but few valuable minerals, and so the planet has Day Length 12.8 Earth Hours
only a few artificial satellites Satellites >1
Additional information:
Orbital Distance 0.75 AU Colony
Orbital Period 0.7 Earth Years Species Turian
Radius 2,849 km
Day Length 29.4 Earth Hours
1st asteroid belt: orbits Castellus at a distance of 5 AU
Atm. Pressure 115.77 atm
Surface Temp 756 °C 2nd asteroid belt: orbits Castellus at a distance of 14 AU
Surface Gravity 0.39 g
Satellites N/A
Gemmae
Digeris is the third planet orbiting the star Castellus. It is a Gemmae is a small system with no planets. Gemmae is a
hospitable world home to dextro-amino-acid-based life. This class-B blue giant.
turian colony was famous, until recently, for being the site of the Distance from Castellus: 18 light-years
bloodiest battle in turian history. During the Krogan Rebellions, Distance from Trebia: 10 light-years
a warlord named Graken Dhal took the fight to Palaven's home
cluster, bombarding the modestly-defended Digeris. When Pheiros is the first planet orbiting the star Gemmae. It is is
reinforcements came to intercept him, Dhal's navy put their rear an asteroid towed near Gemmae to serve as a terrestrial military
to Digeris so that stray shots would hit the planet. The turians base in a system devoid of planets. A vast array of solar
won despite this severe handicap, using countless fighters and collectors absorb energy from the star and beam it to receptors
cruisers to take down the krogan dreadnoughts. near the tidally locked asteroid's terminator zone. Beneath the
Additional information: surface, dozens of particle accelerators generate antiprotons for
Orbital Distance 1.35 AU starship fuel.
Additional information:
Orbital Period 1.6 Earth Years
Radius 4,061 km Orbital Distance 160.1 km
Day Length 37.2 Earth Hours Orbital Period 479.2 Earth Days
Atm. Pressure 0.35 atm Radius 1,401 km
Surface Temp 21 °C Day Length 110.2 Earth Years
Surface Gravity 0.69 g Atm. Pressure Trace
Satellites N/A Surface Temp 496 °C
Surface Gravity 0.19 g
Satellites N/A
Colony
Species Turian
Capital Apparitus
Colony Founded 381 BCE Trebia
Population 1.9 billion Trebia is a large system with six planets.
Distance from Castellus: 10 light-years
Distance from Gemmae: 10 light-years
Fiax is the fourth planet orbiting the star Castellus. It is a
large terrestrial planet with a freezing surface and a thin
nitrogen-based atmosphere. It presented the turians with the Mass Relay: Orbits Trebia at a distance of 25 AU
engineering challenge of mining its abundant heavy metals and
getting them off the high-gravity planet without burning so Fuel Depot: Trebia has fuel depots orbiting Essenus.
much fuel or requiring so much eezo that it killed the profit
margin. As a result, mining concerns here were heavily Aventen is the first planet orbiting the star Trebia. It is
subsidized by the Hierarchy, in return for the government named for a tactician-philosopher whose treatise on leadership is
keeping large stores of gold, iridium and niobium for their known by every turian youth who pays attention in class. It is a
strategic reserve. small, hot rock planet surrounded by a haze of methane and
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early days of the turian space age, and since then has had little to tunnels with powerful mass effect field generators that retain
offer. heat and atmosphere over swaths of the surface.
Additional information: Menae is one of two moons orbiting the turian homeworld
Orbital Distance 0.3 AU of Palaven. The Turian Hierarchy put Menae in the hands of the
Orbital Period 0.2 Earth Years military soon after their spacecraft first landed on the moon,
Radius 5,488 km immediately halting civilian research and exploration. Menae's
Day Length 19.1 Earth Hours geological composition and specifications have been classified
Atm. Pressure 3.01 atm ever since. These days, a few active naval bases dot the
Surface Temp 454 °C moonscape, as well as infantry installations focused on extreme
Surface Gravity 0.7 g survival training.
Satellites N/A The mystery of Menae is a lasting fascination for many
turian citizens. Speculation about its presumably rare and
Caelax is the second planet orbiting the star Trebia. It is a valuable resources has become a common plot point in vids,
terrestrial world. Like nearby Aventen, Caelax was named for an novels, and even poetry for young turians.
ancient philosopher and author. But where Aventen wrote for Additional information:
the military leaders of tomorrow, Caelax focused on those who Orbital Distance Classified
feed, clothe, heal and arm the soldier. Her enormous tome: Orbital Period 33 Earth Days
"Service" features a lengthy chapter on laws that formed the Radius Classified
basis for the turian concept of citizenship tiers. Caelax is lower Day Length Classified
in temperature than Aventen, and its minerals were thus Atm. Pressure Classified
exploited first. Surface Temp Classified
Additional information: Surface Gravity Classified
Orbital Distance 0.6 AU Satellites N/A
Orbital Period 0.4 Earth Years
Radius 6,349 km Impera is the fourth planet orbiting the star Trebia. It is a
Day Length 64.5 Earth Hours small terrestrial world. The small planet Impera is a hothouse of
Atm. Pressure 0.06 atm helium and argon, the latter a product of decaying radioactive
Surface Temp 187 °C materials. Robo-mining was once lucrative here, but like the rest
Surface Gravity 1.0 g of the solar system, the only remaining veins are inaccessible by
Satellites N/A cost-effective means.
The planet is named for Atrin Impera, the "turian
Palaven is the third planet orbiting the star Trebia. It is a Machiavelli," whose ambitious political philosophies led to her
terrestrial world and the homeworld of the Turian race. "The reign as regent in the continent-spanning Nialin Empire for more
only thing on this planet that isn't silver are the turians. It's all than a decade. She famously combined citizenship tiers with a
too clear they're made of steel." These were Alliance hero Jon meritocracy, rather than a caste system, which served to
Grissom's impressions of the turian homeworld Palaven, seen by strengthen her empire. This practice fell in and out of favor for
humans for the first time following the First Contact War. The centuries before its revival early in the turians' age of nation-
turians' martial attitude permeates every aspect of Palaven states.
society, from architecture to art to politics. It's no surprise that Additional information:
their homeworld was never occupied by an invading force until Orbital Distance 2.4 AU
now. Orbital Period 3.7 Earth Years
Additional information: Radius 1,676 km
Orbital Distance 1.15 AU Day Length 32.6 Earth Hours
Orbital Period 1.2 Earth Years Atm. Pressure 24.28 atm
Radius 8,990 km Surface Temp 223 °C
Day Length 28.3 Earth Hours Surface Gravity 0.1 g
Atm. Pressure 1.1 atm Satellites N/A
Surface Temp 31 °C
Surface Gravity 1.14 g Essenus is the fifth planet orbiting the star Trebia. It is a
Satellites Menae, Nanus hydrogen-helium gas giant that is home to a substantial turian
garrison defending the planet's fuel infrastructure. It helds a
Homeworld distribution center for antiproton-based fuel as well as the more
common helium-3 collectors.
Species Turian
Additional information:
Capital Cipritine
Population 6.1 billion Orbital Distance 4.8 AU
Population (Orbital Stations) 350,000 Orbital Period 10.4 Earth Years
Radius 73,976 km
Day Length 12.3 Earth Years
Palaven’s Moon: Manae
Satellites N/A
Palaven's largest moon has been shrouded in secrecy since
the dawn of the turian space age. During the Krogan Rebellions,
the Hierarchy classified nearly all data on Menae, and its sister Datriux is the sixth planet orbiting the star Trebia. It is a
moon Nanus, because they feared the krogan could use the small rock and ice planet with an extremely thin nitrogen-based
moons as weapons by smashing them into Palaven's surface. atmosphere. Exploited for its metal deposits, the planet's iridium
However, some information has leaked out. Images of turian was marked as part of Palaven's strategic reserve during the
bases where personnel walk without enviro-suits indicate Krogan Rebellions. Its facilities have been maintained to this
advanced infrastructure – likely a network of subterranean day.

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 Additional information: Basin, it was mined for light metals in the interbellum between
Orbital Distance 8.7 AU the Rachni War and Krogan Rebellions. Any obvious resource
Orbital Period 25.7 Earth Years concentrations have long since been stripped.
Radius 7,183 km Additional information:
Day Length 31.8 Earth Hours Orbital Distance 1.66 AU
Atm. Pressure Trace Orbital Period 1.6 Earth Years
Surface Temp -164 °C Radius 3,312 km
Surface Gravity N/A Day Length N/A
Satellites N/A Atm. Pressure Trace
Surface Temp 155 °C
Surface Gravity 0.28 g
Krogan DMZ Satellites N/A
The Krogan DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) is a star cluster
relatively near to the Local Cluster and Serpent Nebula, towards
Kruban is the third planet orbiting the star Aralakh. It is a
tidally locked Venusian hothouse. Its surface is perpetually
the galactic center. As the name would imply, it is home to the
obscured by clouds of sulfur and carbon dioxide. The first group
birthplace of the krogan race, Tuchanka and nearby star systems
of krogan brought into orbit by the salarian uplift teams
occupied by the krogan prior to and during the Rachni Wars and
requested a trip to Kruban. The salarians at first thought the
Krogan Rebellions.
Krogan DMZ has three known star systems: the Aralakh krogan were confused about the nature of Kruban's
environment; the planet is named for a krogan mythological
system, the Dranek system and the Nith system.
paradise in which honorable warriors feast on the internal organs
The cluster‟s Mass Relay is located in the Aralakh system.
of their enemies. In fact, krogan astronomers had correctly
Aralakh deduced the nature of Kruban in the years before the global
Aralakh is a large system with six planets and an asteroid holocaust. In the two millennia since Kruban had come to be
belt. thought of as an ideal test of one's toughness. Every year a few
Aralakh is an F-class star and its name means “Eye of krogan attempt to land on Kruban and exit their ships naked in
Wrath”. an attempt to prove their "kroganhood". The planet's surface is
Distance from Dranek: 6 light-years littered with the crushed, corroded remains of their ships. Only
Distance from Nith: 13.5 light-years one, Shath Norda, is known to have returned from the surface
alive, albeit with most of his bones crushed and all four of his
Mass Relay: Orbits Aralakh at a distance of 22 AU lungs damaged by sulfuric gas. Norda recovered from his trial to
earn the adulation of his people. Until he died in 1943 he could
Fuel Depot: Aralakh has fuel depots orbiting Tuchanka lay with any fertile female he wished.
and Ruam. Additional information:
Orbital Distance 3.31 AU
Durak is the first planet orbiting the star Aralakh. It is a Orbital Period 4.6 Earth Years
small, heat-blasted rock lost in the blinding glare of the star Radius 5,443 km
Aralakh. It occasionally traps a trace atmosphere of gases blown Day Length N/A
in on Aralakh's powerful solar wind, which inevitably blows the Atm. Pressure 47.3 atm
gases back out again. The planetoid has a few valuable lodes of Surface Temp 728 °C
heavy metals, which were sporadically mined by the krogan at Surface Gravity 0.7 g
the height of their power. In the closing years of the Rebellions Satellites N/A
the five clans working the planetoid fell to fighting over a
particularly rich deposit of iridium. All five clan warlords agreed Tuchanka is the fourth planet orbiting the star Aralakh. It
to a Crush (a meeting at a neutral location) to negotiate a truce. is a terrestrial world larger than Earth. The krogan homeworld
Unfortunately, all five arrived planning to betray their fellows. boasts extreme temperatures, virulent diseases, and vicious,
While the leaders and their seconds met, all their bases were predatory fauna. Scarred by bombardment craters, radioactive
destroyed by simultaneous hypervelocity cannon strikes. Left rubble, choking ash, salt flats, and alkaline seas, the krogan
with only the food, water, and air in their hardsuits and with no homeworld, can barely support life. Thousands of years ago life
way to call for rescue the warlords apparently fought each other grew in fierce abundance. Tree analogs grew in thick jungles,
to the death. The survivors of the five "Durak clans" on their roots growing out of shallow silty seas. Life fed upon life
Tuchanka still argue about which clan's warlord was the last one in an evolutionary crucible.
standing. Around 1900 BCE, the krogan discovered atomic power and
Additional information: promptly instigated many intraplanetary wars, sending
Orbital Distance 0.83 AU Tuchanka into a nuclear winter. With most of their industrial
Orbital Period 0.6 Earth Years base destroyed, the krogan entered a new dark age and warring
Radius 1,972 km tribal bands dominated. Populations remained low for the next
Day Length 8.8 Earth Hours 2,000 years. The world was also killed, with nuclear winter
Atm. Pressure Trace killing off the remaining plant life. The reduced albedo has
Surface Temp 348 °C caused global temperatures to rise.
Surface Gravity 0.22 g In 80 CE, decades into the Rachni Wars, the Salarian Union
Satellites N/A made first contact with the primitive krogan and initiated a
"cultural uplift" to shape them into a modern army capable of
Kanin is the second planet orbiting the star Aralakh. It is a confronting the rachni. During this uplift, the salarians
small terrestrial world. One of Kanin's hemispheres contains an constructed the Shroud facility on Tuchanka to shield the planet
impact crater 700 kilometers in diameter. Dubbed the Renkat from harmful forms of solar radiation.

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 Krogan brought to less hostile planets bred exponentially Radius 73,944 km
and returned to reconquer their home. They built vast Day Length 12.1 Earth Hours
underground shelters to shield themselves from surface Satellites >1
radiation, which proved prescient during the Krogan Rebellions
when many of them isolated themselves in a vain attempt to 1st asteroid belt: orbits Aralakh at a distance of 7 AU
avoid the genophage. Convinced they could outbreed the
genophage, they transmitted it into more than 90 percent of the
sealed bunkers. Today, Tuchanka's population is sharply limited
and while individual krogan are long-lived, the genophage
Dranek
Dranek is a medium system with four planets.
ensures few replacements.
Distance from Aralakh: 6 light-years
In recent centuries many krogan have returned to their
Distance from Nith: 10.4 light-years
homeworld.
The planet is monitored by the Council Demilitarization
Enforcement Mission (CDEM) which is based on orbiting Kelim is the first planet orbiting the star Dranek. It is a
battlestations. tectonically inert rock with an atmosphere of krypton, xenon,
CDEM Advisory: Visitors to Tuchanka land at their own and argon. There are a few valuable lodes of light metals
risk. The CDEM will not attempt to extract citizens threatened scattered across its surface, but these are difficult to find; most
by clan warfare. were mined out in the years leading up to the Krogan
Travel Advisory: The ecology of Tuchanka is deadly. Rebellions.
Nearly every native species engages in some predatory behavior; Additional information:
even the remaining vegetation is carnivorous. Travel beyond Orbital Distance 0.2 AU
guarded areas is strongly discouraged. Orbital Period 0.2 Earth Years
Additional information: Radius 5,580 km
Orbital Distance 5.3 AU Day Length 28.3 Earth Hours
Orbital Period 16.7 Earth Years Atm. Pressure 0.5 atm
Radius 8,293 km Surface Temp 42 °C
Day Length 21.4 Earth Hours Surface Gravity 0.32 g
Atm. Pressure 1.1 atm Satellites N/A
Surface Temp 72 °C (36 °C in shrouded areas)
Surface Gravity 1.14 g Dor is the second planet orbiting the star Dranek. It is a
Satellites N/A conventional methane-ammonia ice giant. It is the main fueling
port in the Dranek system. Pildea Station, the headquarters for
Homeworld patrol ships of the Council Demilitarization Enforcement
Mission (CDEM), lies at the trailing Lagrange point of Dor.
Species Krogan
The CDEM logs all ships passing through the Krogan
Capital Urdnot (since 2183)
Demilitarized Zone, and has the right to board and search them
Population 2.1 billion
for contraband at any time and for any reason. There are no
CDEM Garrison 2.400 (in orbital battlestations)
exceptions; at points over the last two centuries, diplomatic
incidents have been caused when the patrol frigates boarded an
Ruam is the fifth planet orbiting the star Aralakh. The asari hospital ship, a batarian diplomatic courier, and private-
smaller of Aralakh's hydrogen-helium gas giants maintains a owned human "tramp" freighters.
small helium-3 recovery infrastructure. Although the depth of These measures are provided for under the terms of the
Ruam's gravity well makes it inefficient to export, visitors to krogan armistice. While the krogan were allowed to retain their
Aralakh system often "top off" their fuel tanks at Ruam's government and personal weapons, any attempt to provide
stations. The Council Demilitarization Enforcement Mission starship-mounted weapons to the clans on Tuchanka is
(CDEM) maintains a token garrison to monitor any potential punishable by law. Nearly a millennia after the war ended, the
sale of fuel to known subversives and terrorists. official penalty for smuggling proscribed weapons is still death
Additional information: by spacing.
Orbital Distance 11.1 AU Additional information:
Orbital Period 28.4 Earth Years Orbital Distance 0.36 AU
Radius 67,154 km Orbital Period 0.4 Earth Years
Day Length 13.8 Earth Hours Radius 25,588 km
Satellites N/A Day Length 18.4 Earth Hours
Satellites N/A
Colony
Population 1,040 Colony
Population 7,300
Vaul is the sixth planet orbiting the star Aralakh. It is a
hydrogen-helium gas giant named for an ancient krogan deity Sazgoth is the third planet orbiting the star Dranek. It is a
that stood watch for enemies of his pantheon. The gas giant's small ice dwarf with an eccentric orbit. During perigee, portions
moons are named after some of Vaul's myriad eyes and ears. of its icy surface sublimate into a thin atmosphere of nitrogen
The only reason to visit the Vaul system is scientific curiosity, and carbon dioxide, which quickly freeze again as it recedes into
which the krogan lack. the outer reaches of the Dranek system.
Additional information: Additional information:
Orbital Distance 17.8 AU Orbital Distance 0.58 AU
Orbital Period 57.8 Earth Years Orbital Period 0.8 Earth Years

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 Radius 3,349 km Tula is the second planet orbiting the star Nith. It is a
Day Length 27.1 Earth Hours terrestrial world. Its methane-ammonia atmosphere traps the
Atm. Pressure 0.19 atm blistering heat of Nith, driving dayside temperatures up over
Surface Temp -99 °C 1,000 degrees. While some lodes of useful metals are present,
Satellites N/A the planet's incredible heat makes mining impractical.
Additional information:
Rothla is the fourth planet orbiting the star Dranek. Once Orbital Distance 108.7 AU
Rothla was a large ice dwarf with the statistics listed below. In Orbital Period 293.9 Earth Years
the waning years of the Krogan Rebellions it was shattered into Radius 5,204 km
field of debris by what is assumed to have been the test of an Day Length 59.7 Earth Hours
exotic weapons system. In the wake of "the event," the planetoid Atm. Pressure 0.54 atm
was reduced to a relatively contained field of thousand of tiny Surface Temp 1,036 °C
moonlets rotating around one another, colliding and ricocheting. Surface Gravity 0.55 g
The method used to destroy the planetoid has never been Satellites N/A
deduced. The krogan clan who performed the experiment
apparently all died in the event. Ships that have traveled to the Vard is the hird planet orbiting the star Nith. It is a
edge of the event's light cone observed a moment of extreme methane-ammonia ice giant. Until the Krogan Rebellions it had
gravitational lensing around Rothla immediately before its break a sizable helium-3 fuel-refining infrastructure. Once the solar
up, but no other clues. arrays orbiting Nith were destroyed, the constant flow of
A popular extranet meme put forward by the asari author antiproton tankers visiting the system disappeared. There was
Delsae Orthysa insists that the turians are covering up the little point to maintaining the facilities, so they were shut down
existence of a krogan "super biotic" breed that was genetically and abandoned. Today, transients, criminals, and outcasts are
engineered within Rothla. The CDEM enforces quarantine squatting in the ancient stations. Although few of the stations are
around the Rothla Field, citing cases of amateur investigators safe for habitation, neither the krogan nor the Council
whose ships came to grief in the debris field. Demilitarization Enforcement Mission patrols care if the
Additional information: squatters take their chances.
Orbital Distance 1.15 AU Additional information:
Orbital Period 2.3 Earth Years Orbital Distance 195.6 AU
Orbital Period 709.6 Earth Years
Radius 36,670 km
Nith Day Length 18 Earth Hours
Nith is a small system with three planets. Nith is a class-B Satellites N/A
blue giant.
Warning: due to the huge distance between planets, it is not Colony
advisable to travel to Nith without a ship with a high fuel Population 2,072
capacity.
Distance from Aralakh: 13.5 light-years
Distance from Dranek: 10.4 light-years
Serpent Nebula
Mantun is the first planet orbiting the star Nith. It is a small The dense Serpent Nebula surrounds the ancient Citadel and
terrestrial world. The class-B blue giant Nith was once the most is one of the station's most effective defences. The thick gas and
strategically valuable system within krogan territory. Though far dust from the nebula make it impossible for enemy ships to
too hot for habitation, Nith emits thousands of times the energy launch an organised attack, or locate the Citadel without co-
of a main sequence star like Earth's Sol. With help from salarian ordinates. The nebula is also home to dozens of mass relays.
uplift teams, the krogan constructed a chain of solar power The composition and origin of the Serpent Nebula is the
collector stations in orbit around Nith. These vast arrays beamed subject of debate. Some believe the nebula was actually created
power to particle accelerators on the surface of Mantun, which by the Citadel itself, over millennia of ejecting particles and
manufactured antiproton fuel for warship thrusters. debris from self-repair into space.
In the Krogan Rebellions the Spectre agents managed to get Serpent Nebula has two known star system: the Boltzmann
a virus into the computers of the solar power arrays; every fifth system and the Widow system where the Citadel is located.
array suddenly applied braking thrusters. The arrays behind
them "piled up", and all were reduced to wreckage. This has Boltzmann
since dispersed into a relatively stable ring system. The krogan Boltzmann is a medium system with five planets and an
never had the resources to rebuild the solar arrays, depriving asteroid belt. The system is likely named after Ludwig
them of their fleet's main fuel supply for the remainder of the Boltzmann, a late 19th century Austrian physicist.
war. The particle accelerators still exist on Mantun but have not Distance from Widow: 3 light-years
been used in thousands of years.
Additional information: Fuel Depot: Boltzmann has fuel depots orbiting Veltman.
Orbital Distance 57.2 AU
Orbital Period 112.1 Earth Years Wheeler is the first planet orbiting the star Boltzmann. It is
Radius 2,150 km a sizable rock planet. Its atmosphere is a hostile mix of hydrogen
Day Length N/A and carbon monoxide, which poses little hazard to remote robo-
Atm. Pressure Trace mining. Modern equipment can easily tolerate the planet's
Surface Temp 641 °C temperatures and gravity. Wheeler's crust is rich in bauxite and
Surface Gravity 0.28 g other light metals used in fabricators the galaxy over.
Satellites N/A

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 Additional information: Radius 3,247 km
Orbital Distance 0.85 AU Day Length 34.2 Earth Hours
Orbital Period 0.8 Earth Years Atm. Pressure 1.88 atm
Radius 7,894 km Surface Temp −5 °C
Day Length 60.5 Earth Hours Surface Gravity 0.2 g
Atm. Pressure 2.35 atm Satellites N/A
Surface Temp 165 °C
Surface Gravity 1.9 g Veltman is the fourth planet orbiting the star Boltzmann. It
Satellites N/A is a hydrogen-helium gas giant and home to the koshiroten,
enormous storm cells that appear as whitish spots and are visible
Bekenstein is the second planet orbiting the star as far away as Bekenstein. As with most other colonized gas
Boltzmann. It is a terrestrial world similar to Earth. giants, Veltman's orbital space sports a variety of helium-3
"More glittering than diamonds, more expensive than refueling stations for merchant vessels. Of particular note among
surgery," is how travel agents describe this planet behind closed the orbital stations is the Dynamis Corporation's facility for
doors. Given the opportunity to colonize planets after the First manufacturing metastable metallic hydrogen, despite the risks
Contact War, the Systems Alliance chose Bekenstein to be their involved in manipulating the powerful mass effect fields needed
trading arm, producing goods to be sold on the nearby Citadel. to do so. Citadel warships, which use the substance in their
Cracking the vast galactic marketplace proved difficult – the thrusters, can frequently be seen docking at Veltman as a result.
first human products sold on novelty alone, then lack of demand This makes the Boltzmann system one of the most heavily
hit Bekenstein's economy hard. Only in the second generation of patrolled in Citadel space.
colonists did the planet find a sustainable niche in high-quality Additional information:
entertainment and luxury goods. Once brand awareness sunk in, Orbital Distance 7.1 AU
aliens flocked to Bekenstein's many spaceports. The planet Orbital Period 19.0 Earth Years
today boasts more millionaires and billionaires per capita than Radius 61,755 km
any other human colony. Day Length 14.0 Earth Hours
Though its crime tends to be white-collar and nonviolent, Satellites N/A
Bekenstein is not without its dark side. Both its suicide rate and
inflation are extremely high compared to other worlds. Feynam is the fifth planet orbiting the star Boltzmann. It is
Unemployment is artificially low because few people immigrate a hydrogen-methane gas giant. Feynman is of far less interest to
to the expensive planet without having a job lined up, and the the colonists of Bekenstein than its moons. All 24 are under
cost of living is so great that unemployed workers typically heavy development by three rival firms, Hoshichiri Heavy
leave for kinder planets after just a few months. Those who stay Industries, Guanghui Solutions, and the Dynamis Corporation.
see themselves as tougher, sharper, and more skillful than the These three firms are under ironclad contracts to sell their raw
rest, as well as capable of getting respect and employment on materials exclusively to corporations based on or orbiting
any lesser planet. As a popular song says, "If you can make it on around Bekenstein, a situation which has led to heavy
the Bek, you got 'em by the neck." investment on Bekenstein from manufacturing corporations
Additional information: looking to get a piece of the action. Feynman itself has been
Orbital Distance 1.8 AU relatively untouched by the mining concerns as its strong
Orbital Period 2.4 Earth Years magnetosphere and great dark storm cells create a barrier to all
Radius 6,050 km but the newest generation of scanners.
Day Length 21.3 Earth Hours Additional information:
Atm. Pressure 1.17 atm Orbital Distance 15.2 AU
Surface Temp 43 °C (mean) 25 °C (habitable zone) Orbital Period 59.4 Earth Years
Surface Gravity 0.9 g Radius 40,196 km
Satellites N/A Day Length 16.9 Earth Hours
Satellites 24
Colony
Species Human 1st asteroid belt: orbits Boltzmann at a distance of 3,6 AU
Capital Milgrom
Colony Founded 2158
Population 5,425,000 Widow
Widow is a small system with no planets. The Widow
Thooft is the third planet orbiting the star Boltzmann. It system contains only the star itself, additional gases from the
stands within the asteroid belt of that system. Technically named Serpent Nebula, a fuel depot, and the Citadel.
T'hooft (Dutch for "the head"), Thooft is a dwarf planet with a Distance from Boltzmann: 3 light-years
moderate carbon dioxide atmosphere and rich deposits of
periclase. Originally put on the star charts when a human scout Citadel:
ship needed to discharge its drive core and wasn't able to reach The massive station, center of government for the Citadel
the system's gas giants in time, Thooft has seen some Space, orbits the star Widow at a distance of 1
development by Hoshichiri Heavy Industries. Periclase from the Near it, at distances little over than half a million kms, are
asteroid can be found in common industrial products, such as dozens of Mass Relays and a fuel depot.
industrial cable insulation and fire-resistant prefab housing
walls.
Additional information:
Orbital Distance 3.6 AU
Orbital Period 6.8 Earth Years

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 Outer Council Space Colony
Outer Council Space is a region of the Milky Way galaxy. It Species Asari
consists of the majority of space claimed by the asari as well as Capital Etheai
the elcor homeworld. It is bordered by Inner Council Space and Colony Founded 544 BCE
the Attican Traverse. Population 975 million
While the elcor content themselves with their home system
and a handful of colonies, the asari have settlements across the Zylium is the third planet orbiting the star Ialessa. The
territory. Easily the most economically powerful sector of the hydrogen-helium gas giant Zylium provides fuel for ships flying
galaxy, the asari worlds use their financial clout to keep the to and from Sanves. The equipment here is noted for its
galactic market stable. Their military fleets patrol shipping lanes efficiency. Business flourishes in its orbital stations, which
and colony space against smugglers arriving via relays from the promised roomy bunks, hydroponic food and attention from
Attican Traverse. charming asari hostesses while ships refueled.
Additional information:
Athena Nebula Orbital Distance 5 AU
A nebula containing the Asari home system. Orbital Period 11.2 Earth Years
Athena Nebula has five known star systems: the Ialessa Radius 63,511 km
system, the Orisoni system, the Parnitha system, the Tomaros Day Length 9.8 Earth Hours
system and the Vernio system. Satellites N/A
The cluster‟s Mass Relay is located in the Parnitha system.
Colony
Ialessa Species Asari
Ialessa is a medium system with five planets and an asteroid
belt. Trilakon is the fourth planet orbiting the star Ialessa. It is a
Distance from Orisoni: 42 light-years small rock planet that was home to a centuries-old asari venture
Distance from Parnitha: 25 light-years called the Tirii Supercollider. This massive particle accelerator
Distance from Tomaros: 60 light-years encircled the entire planet at an orbital distance. When political
Distance from Vernio: 50 light-years sea change among the Asari Republics led to funding cuts,
human scientists stepped in with the credits and labor to finish
Fuel Depot: Ialessa has fuel depots orbiting Zylium. the project, renaming it the Susskind Supercollider. It came
online just days before the Reapers invaded the galaxy.
Ilmos is the first planet orbiting the star Ialessa. It is a Additional information:
terrestrial world. The once-rich thorium reserves of Ilmnos have Orbital Distance 10 AU
long been mined out, mostly by remote asari drones that operate Orbital Period 31.7 Earth Years
well enough in the planet's heat and trace atmospheric pressure. Radius 1,905 km
There is little reason to visit this harsh world unless further Day Length 59.4 Earth Hours
deposits are discovered. Atm. Pressure Trace
Additional information: Surface Temp -87 °C
Orbital Distance 0.5 AU Surface Gravity .25 g
Orbital Period 0.4 Earth Years Satellites N/A
Radius 6,528 km
Day Length 22.5 Earth Hours Colony
Atm. Pressure Trace Species Asari
Surface Temp 183 °C
Surface Gravity 0.83 g Nossia is the fifth planet orbiting the star Ialessa. It is a
Satellites N/A large terrestrial world. Scans show little of value on Nossia,
aside from sizable copper deposits near the equator. The only
Sanves is the second planet orbiting the star Ialessa. It is a landmark of note is the wreck of a krogan freighter, a remnant of
terrestrial garden world. The hospitable nitrogen-oxygen attacks on the system during the latter half of the Krogan
atmosphere, temperate-climate and sprawling wilderness of Rebellions.
Sanves made the planet a popular tourist destination. Large Additional information:
tracks of untamed forest surrounding the capital drew in millions Orbital Distance 18.7 AU
of sightseers, game hunters, and biologists. The asari, mindful of Orbital Period 81.1 Earth Years
how rapid expansion has damaged the ecologies of other planets, Radius 10,909 km
restricted settlements. Day Length 54.1 Earth Hours
Additional information: Atm. Pressure Trace
Orbital Distance 1.4 AU Surface Temp -146 °C
Orbital Period 1.6 Earth Years Surface Gravity 0.76 g
Radius 7,484 km Satellites N/A
Day Length 51.8 Earth Hours
Atm. Pressure 0.96 atm 1st asteroid belt: orbits Ialessa at a distance of 2.5 AU
Surface Temp 25 °C
Surface Gravity 0.95 g
N/A
Satellites Orisoni
Orisoni is a medium system with four planets.
Distance from Ialessa: 42 light-years

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 Distance from Parnitha: 22.5 light-years Combine sought the mineral rights to Egalic from the matriarchs
Distance from Tomaros: 37 light-years on Thessia.
Distance from Vernio: 62.2 light-years Additional information:
Orbital Distance 6.5 AU
Thissoni is the first planet orbiting the star Orisoni. It is a Orbital Period 16.6 Earth Years
terrestrial world. Its surface is a desert of lime streaked with Radius 69,039 km
sodium banks. The only real features of note are empty calderas Day Length 19.2 Earth Hours
scattered around the fault lines, suggesting Thissioni was once Satellites >1
more geologically active. While average temperatures are near-
habitable, Thissioni has not retained a protective atmosphere and
is thus a third-tier world unlikely to be terraformed. Parnitha
Additional information: Parnitha is a large system with six planets and an asteroid
Orbital Distance 1 AU belt.
Orbital Period 1 Earth Year Distance from Ialessa: 25 light-years
Radius 6,039 km Distance from Orisoni: 22.5 light-years
Day Length 46.9 Earth Hours Distance from Tomaros: 25 light-years
Atm. Pressure Trace Distance from Vernio: 24 light-years
Surface Temp 55 °C
Surface Gravity 0.95 g Mass Relay: Orbits Parnitha at a distance of 30 AU
Satellites N/A
Fuel Depot: Parnitha has fuel depots orbiting Janiri and
Niacal is the second planet orbiting the star Orisoni. It is a Athame.
lush terrestrial planet with an overabundance of photosynthetic
life, leading to oxygen concentrations greater than on most Kurinth is the first planet orbiting the star Parnitha. It is a
garden worlds. This is tolerable for a few hours, but soon small terrestrial world. Wrapped in a crushing haze of hydrogen
oxygen toxicity becomes a real danger. Asari colonies here use and methane, Kurinth is named for an asari goddess of war and
breathers and sealable buildings. hunting, the two being similar in the asari mindset. The planet is
Niacal's economy centers on agribusiness and particularly bright in Thessia's morning and evening skies,
biotechnology. Many genetically modified crops have their enough to cast noticeable shadows on moonless nights.
origin here. Understandably, warriors and hunters operating at night were
Additional information: grateful for Kurinth's blessing.
Orbital Distance 1.9 AU The planet was never heavily exploited for minerals; early
Orbital Period 2.6 Earth Years asari explorers focused on the asteroid belt and by the time robo-
Radius 11,397 km mining machines were created that could withstand the intense
Day Length 35.3 Earth Hours heat, more lucrative planets were already on the star charts.
Atm. Pressure 2.99 atm Modern charts record several scientific stations orbiting the
Surface Temp 54 °C planet.
Surface Gravity 1.27 g Additional information:
Satellites N/A Orbital Distance 0.45 AU
Orbital Period 0.3 Earth Years
Colony Radius 4,103 km
Species Asari Day Length 57.5 Earth Hours
Capital Aurolis Atm. Pressure 69.95 atm
Colony Founded 177 CE Surface Temp 734 °C
Population 7,300,000 Surface Gravity 0.32 g
Satellites N/A
Kralla is the third planet orbiting the star Orisoni. It is a
terrestrial world. After half the crew of a survey ship died in a Thessia is the second planet orbiting the star Parnitha. It is
freak accident, the ship's captain named this desert planet Kralla, a lush garden world. The asari homeworld has been called the
after an ancient asari demon of misfortune. "crown jewel of the galaxy," the "apex of democracy," and the
Additional information: "beating heart of galactic love." Its republics have a remarkably
Orbital Distance 3.1 AU low incidence of war, disease, violent crime or famine, riding a
Orbital Period 5.6 Earth Years stable economy backed by wealthy colonies and Thessia's vast
Radius 5,879 km element zero reserves. Traces of eezo in the water and soil are so
Day Length 48.6 Earth Hours common that most life on Thessia has adapted to its presence.
Atm. Pressure Trace Additional information:
Surface Temp -93 °C Orbital Distance 0.94 AU
Surface Gravity 0.57 g Orbital Period 0.9 Earth Years
Satellites N/A Radius 5,940 km
Day Length 27.6 Earth Hours
Egalic is the fourth planet orbiting the star Orisoni. The Atm. Pressure 0.96 atm
system's only gas giant has rings laced with the faintest traces of Surface Temp 25 °C
Element Zero dust, likely form an extrasolar asteroid pulverized Surface Gravity 1.1 g
by a collision with the planet's moons. Collecting and refining Satellites 0
the eezo in dust form is a long and costly process. The Elkoss

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 Homeworld Tevura is the sixth planet orbiting the star Parnitha. It is a
Species Asari hydrogen-methane ice giant with a core of frozen ammonia and
Population 5.5 billion trace hydrocarbons.
Population (Orbital Stations) 33,000 The world is named for an ancient asari goddess of love,
sex, travel, and law – spheres of influence whose overlap
Piares is the third planet orbiting the star Parnitha. It is a initially baffled human xenoanthropologists. Asari reproductive
terrestrial world. The lifeless sister planet to Thessia lacks water instincts are strongly exogamous, and before alien contact, their
or oxygen. It is covered instead with deserts, the "air" a mix of instincts sent the asari roaming outside their kinship groups to
carbon dioxide and ethane. The manageable temperatures and avoid mating with relatives. The journeys necessitated a system
gravity on Piares led to heavy exploitation for mineral wealth in of rules governing guests, fugitives, and alliances – all watched
the beginning of the asari space age. Today, Piares is largely over by the goddess Tevura.
mined out. Additional information:
Piares is named for an ancient asari goddess of death, who Orbital Distance 24.4 AU
was not seen as a malefic figure, but as one who guided asari Orbital Period 120.9 Earth Years
spirits on their final journey. From her home in the stars, she Radius 26,655 km
could grant an asari who had lost a lover the ability to restore Day Length 15.5 Earth Hours
them to life in another body. This legend, heavily modified, Satellites >=1
formed the basis for a recent, highly profitable human simstim
called "Nekyia Corridor." 1st asteroid belt: orbits Parnitha at a distance of 3.5 AU
Additional information:
Orbital Distance 1.75 AU
Orbital Period 2.3 Earth Years Tomaros
Radius 5,984 km Tomaros is a medium system with four planets.
Day Length 35.5 Earth Hours Distance from Ialessa: 60 light-years
Atm. Pressure 2.94 atm Distance from Orisoni: 37 light-years
Surface Temp 61 °C Distance from Parnitha: 25 light-years
Surface Gravity 0.9 g Distance from Vernio: 50 light-years
Satellites N/A
Fuel Depot: Tomaros has fuel depots orbiting Niagolon
Colony and Beness.
Species Asari
Lusia is the first planet orbiting the star Tomaros. It is a
Janiri is the fourth planet orbiting the star Parnitha. It is a large terrestrial world. The Krogan Rebellions began in the asari
hydrogen-helium gas giant, named for an ancient asari goddess colony of Lusia. After centuries of unabated expansion, the
of seasons, storms, and agriculture. With the advent of the siari krogan finally forced the Council's hand when they tried to
religion, Janiri's holy day Janiris became largely secular, but it is annex this world. Aware that in a generation, Lusia could be a
still celebrated on worlds with asari influence. staging base for an invasion of Thessia, the Council came to the
Additional information: colony's defense. They cut the krogan supply lines off at
Orbital Distance 6.6 AU Thessia's mass relay and inflicted heavy casualties. The krogan
Orbital Period 17.0 Earth Years here surrendered, but others across the galaxy were enraged.
Radius 54,704 km Lusia became the catalyst for a much greater war.
Day Length 8.8 Earth Hours Additional information:
Satellites N/A Orbital Distance 2.6 AU
Orbital Period 4.1 Earth Years
Athame is the fifth planet orbiting the star Parnitha. It is a Radius 8,479 km
hydrogen-helium gas giant with spectacular rings. The planet's Day Length 57.4 Earth Hours
apparent magnitude varies when seen from Thessia based on Atm. Pressure 1.06 atm
atmospheric conditions and relative distance. To the ancient Surface Temp 12 °C
asari, the "mysterious star" that shone in some months and Surface Gravity 1.2 g
disappeared in others was linked to fortune, and so it was named Satellites N/A
Athame, after the matriarch of the pantheon and a goddess of
prophecy and fate. Athame's worship changed over time, Colony
eventually becoming the basis for a monotheistic religion in Species Asari
which her maiden, matron, and matriarch aspects oversaw all Capital Monoi
stages and roles in asari society. When an asari says "by the Colony Founded 505 BCE
goddess," they are referring to Athame. Population 2.2 billion
Additional information:
Orbital Distance 13.3 AU Niagolon is the second planet orbiting the star Tomaros. It
Orbital Period 48.6 Earth Years is a hydrogen-helium gas giant. During the Lusia campaign that
Radius 64,549 km started the Krogan Rebellions, Niagolon was the site of krogan
Day Length 18.7 Earth Hours Overlord Kredak's ultimate defeat. As his flagship was
Satellites N/A discharging its drive core and undergoing repairs, an asari
commando team snuck on board and detonated resonant warp
bombs, sacrificing their lives to destroy the vessel through
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 Additional information: Orbital Distance 1.4 AU
Orbital Distance 5.8 AU Orbital Period 1.3 Earth Years
Orbital Period 14 Earth Years Radius 6,563 km
Radius 58,382 km Day Length 57.1 Earth Hours
Day Length 10.1 Earth Hours Atm. Pressure 19.19 atm
Satellites N/A Surface Temp 633 °C
Surface Gravity 0.82 g
Pronoia is the third planet orbiting the star Tomaros. It is a Satellites N/A
methane-ammonia gas giant, notable for the large deposits of
platinum discovered by Lusia colonists on its largest moon. Sotera is the third planet orbiting the star Vernio. It is a
Asari have been selling the precious metal, used in some terrestrial world. Its atmosphere retains a modest amount of
medical equipment, to the Sirta Foundation for less than its oxygen, but it is too hot to support life that relies on liquid
market value. The discount may have single-handedly saved water. This is fortunate, because projections show that Sotera
Sirta from bankruptcy, a debt that is rapidly being repaid galaxy- will collide with Promavess, a planet crossing its orbit, within
wide through Sirta's humanitarian efforts. the next three years. The impact is expected to pulverize both
Additional information: worlds while forming new asteroids and moons. The asari have
Orbital Distance 10 AU constructed research stations at safe distances to record this rare
Orbital Period 31.8 Earth Years event.
Radius 16,105 km Additional information:
Day Length 11.1 Earth Hours Orbital Distance 1.4 AU
Satellites >1 Orbital Period 1.2 Earth Years
Radius 5,069 km
Beness is the fourth planet orbiting the star Tomaros. It is Day Length 22.4 Earth Hours
an ice giant. It likely formed much closer to the system's star and Atm. Pressure 1.62 atm
migrated outward over time. Surface Temp 219 °C
Additional information: Surface Gravity 0.71 g
Orbital Distance 19.9 AU Satellites N/A
Orbital Period 89 Earth Years
Radius 18,809 km Tritogenith is the fourth planet orbiting the star Vernio. It
Day Length 11.1 Earth Hours is a gas giant. The asari have set up research stations on the
Satellites N/A largest moon of Tritogenith, a gas giant, in order to observe the
eventual collision of Promavess and Sotera.
Additional information:
Vernio Orbital Distance 10.8 AU
Vernio is a medium system with five planets and an asteroid Orbital Period 27.3 Earth Years
belt. Radius 52,103 km
Distance from Ialessa: 50 light-years Day Length 11.3 Earth Hours
Distance from Orisoni: 62.2 light-years Satellites >1
Distance from Parnitha: 22.5 light-years
Distance from Tomaros: 50 light-years Polissa is the fifth planet orbiting the star Vernio. It is a
ringed gas giant composed of hydrogen, helium, and traces of
Nauti is the first planet orbiting the star Vernio. It is a rocky ammonia. It has 26 moons, but the asari extracted the most
planet with a crushing atmosphere. Thick clouds have created a valuable resource deposits from all of them long ago. The
runaway greenhouse effect, locking in the brutal heat from its facilities have largely been forgotten in the face of greater
yellow-white star, Vernio. Much of Nauti's surface is brittle rock excitement among the system's inner planets.
with deposits of molten metal. Additional information:
Additional information: Orbital Distance 18.3 AU
Orbital Distance 0.7 AU Orbital Period 60.2 Earth Years
Orbital Period 0.5 Earth Years Radius 51,136 km
Radius 10,081 km Day Length 15.5 Earth Hours
Day Length 54.4 Earth Hours Satellites 26
Atm. Pressure 78.03 atm
Surface Temp 1,300 °C 1st asteroid belt: orbits Vernio at a distance of 5 AU
Surface Gravity 1.42 g
Satellites N/A
Minos Wasteland
Promavess is the second planet orbiting the star Vernio. It Minos is named after a legendary king of Crete.
is a terrestrial world. Within three years, Promavess will slam Minos Wasteland has three known star systems: the Arrae
into a neighboring planet, Sotera, and suffer an apocalyptic system, the Caestus system and the Fortis system.
transformation. Asari explorers searching for life in Promavess's The cluster‟s Mass Relay is located in the Fortis system.
hydrocarbon morass were relieved to find none. Promavess's
methane-ethane atmosphere is likely to ignite when it mingles
with Sotera's oxygen, and both planets will shatter under the
Arrae
Arrae is a medium system with four planets.
force of the collision.
Distance from Caestus: 12 light-years
Additional information:
Distance from Fortis: 11.3 light-years

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 Erros is the first planet orbiting the star Arrae. It is a Atm. Pressure 20.88 atm
terrestrial world. Erros is a turian word meaning "overlook" or Surface Temp 214 °C
"pleasant view," not to be confused with humanity's Surface Gravity 1.5 g
mythological Eros. The name refers to the planet's nearly absent Satellites N/A
atmosphere, allowing visiting probes and rovers a sweeping
view of its volcanic mountains. Erros's hematite deposits give Nirrus is the fourth planet orbiting the star Arrae. It is a
the world a reddish color. Accessible deposits of iron and copper moderate-sized hydrogen-helium gas giant is of mild interest to
have attracted second tier turian and volus conglomerates that turian scientists because of its abnormal atmospheric
robo-mine the surface. composition. The planet has only a fraction of the expected
Additional information: methane with high levels of carbon monoxide and ethylene
Orbital Distance 0.8 AU instead.
Orbital Period 0.7 Earth Years Additional information:
Radius 7,095 km Orbital Distance 6.2 AU
Day Length 37.6 Earth Hours Orbital Period 15.5 Earth Years
Atm. Pressure Trace Keplerian Ratio 0.992
Surface Temp 127 °C Radius 56,378 km
Surface Gravity 1.33 g Day Length 12.6 Earth Hours
Satellites N/A Satellites N/A

Gellix is the second planet orbiting the star Arrae. It is a

small terrestrial garden world. It was given to the krogan after Caestus
the Rachni Wars, but bitterly contested in the Krogan Rebellions Caestus is a small system with four planets.
and reconquered by the turians. This left the turians as Distance from Arrae: 12 light-years
caretakers to a levo-amino-acid-base world that they could not Distance from Caestus: 22 light-years
inhabit themselves but were unwilling to give up.
In cooperation with the Vol Protectorate, the turians Invictus is the first planet orbiting the star Caestus. It is a
attempted to rent the planet out for colonization. Between the terrestrial world slightly larger than Earth. Home to dextro-
high price and a surface littered with unexploded ordinance, amino-acid-based life, Invictus has temperate zones that were
however, Gellix found few reputable tenants. Its most notable settled by a turian population that initially fell prey to a
inhabitants were penal colonies. To those who know of it today, bewildering number of diseases. Two decades later after its first
Gellix is a symbol of tragic waste - an entire garden world colony was founded the population had been reduced by half
nearly forgotten by the galaxy at large. due to fatalities and a large colonist exodus. But when the
Additional information: Primarchs considered ceding the planet to robo-mining interests,
Orbital Distance 1.6 AU the turian statesman Shastina Emperus ambitiously declared that
Orbital Period 2.0 Earth Years she would start her own colony and double its population within
Radius 3,842 km five years. This effort succeeded, largely due to the colonies'
Day Length 19.4 Earth Hours location in deserts with a minimal number of pest species.
Atm. Pressure 0.40 atm The image of Shastina's triumph in the frontier made for
Surface Temp 4 °C good political theater, and the turian population poured in. The
Surface Gravity 0.774 g planet's tropical belt still remains largely unexplored as its
Satellites N/A aggressive organic life still wreaks havoc on turian biology. A
"house in an Invictus jungle" is a modern turian phrase for an
Colony idea that seems like a good idea but only to the one who came
Species Turian up with it. Invictus's atmosphere is primarily nitrogen and
Capital Anapondus oxygen, and its surface crust varies but has high concentrations
Colony Founded 658 CE (krogan) of alumina and silver. Because it can support life easily,
801 CE (turian) criminals from throughout the Terminus Systems hide out on
Population 54,000 Invictus. Its official population is estimated to be half the
number of sapients that are actually on the planet.
Antinax is the third planet orbiting the star Arrae. It is a Additional information:
large terrestrial planet. Antinax has been passed over by the Orbital Distance 1.3 AU
turians and potential investors alike. When the turians won the Orbital Period 1.5 Earth Years
planet from the krogan, they sought to sell mineral rights, but Radius 7,260 km
ultimately found no buyers. One survey team dubbed it "a Day Length 31.6 Earth Hours
stinking world with nothing to recommend it but brimstone and Atm. Pressure 1.15 atm
bad steel," and like Gellix, the planet was soon forgotten. Surface Temp 30 °C
Despite being farther from its parent star than Gellix, Surface Gravity 1.5 g
Antinax has a thick atmosphere of nitrogen and ethane- Satellites N/A
greenhouse gases that retain significant heat. There are four
valuable minerals on Antinax, the most abundant being sulfur Colony
and iron. Species Turian
Additional information: Capital Shastinasio
Orbital Distance 3.05 AU Colony Founded 1939
Orbital Period 5.3 Earth Years Population 32,0535,000
Radius 9,584 km (est. 640,000,000 with illegals)
Day Length 34.2 Earth Hours

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 Temarus is the second planet orbiting the star Caestus. It is Surface Temp 21 °C
a small terrestrial world. Visible in Invictus's night sky is Surface Gravity 0.7 g
Temerarus, a planet named for the turian spirit said to have Satellites N/A
inspired the crew of their first manned moon launch. A boiling
hot rock, Temerarus is much hotter than its temperate neighbor Aequitas is the second planet orbiting the star Fortis. It is a
due to a thick atmosphere rich in carbon dioxide and helium. Its terrestrial world home to the famous Iron Canyons. Aequitas has
hot surface is composed largely of boron. Surrounded by a thick reddish iron oxide dust (hematite) covering much of its surface
dust cloud, Temerarus is often struck by small meteors, making and significant blue cobalt deposits that freckle the terrain.
exploration dangerous. Turian explorers have discovered hot springs in the polar ice
Additional information: caps, heated by magma in the planet's crust. In a strange
Orbital Distance 3.4 AU combination of science and hucksterism a small facility exports
Orbital Period 6.3 Earth Years water from these springs, which is bottled and sold as having
Radius 3,321 km medicinal properties. The funds are then used to maintain a
Day Length 66.4 Earth Hours research station, which has discovered some fossil evidence that
Atm. Pressure 15.86 atm Aequitas once harbored microscopic life, based on
Surface Temp 131 °C deoxyribonucleic acids in these springs.
Surface Gravity 0.2 g Additional information:
Satellites N/A Orbital Distance 4.0 AU
Orbital Period 8.0 Earth Years
Radius 7,437 km
Fortis Day Length 51.6 Earth Hours
Fortis is a small system with three planets. Atm. Pressure 0.49 atm
Fortis is Latin for "strong" or "brave". The names of the Surface Temp −85 °C
planets in the Fortis system are named after ancient Roman Surface Gravity 1.6 g
ideals, virtues or gods. Satellites N/A
Distance from Arrea: 11.3 light-years
Distance from Caestus: 22 light-years
Nimbus Cluster
Mass Relay: Orbits Caestus at a distance of 35 AU Nimbus Cluster has four known star systems: the Agaiou
system, the Kallini system, the Mesana system and the Pelion
Vir is the first planet orbiting the star Fortis. It is a pressure- system.
cooker terrestrial planet with a thick, nitrogen-heavy The cluster‟s Mass Relay is located in the Pelion system.
atmosphere. Vir is largely ignored by the galactic community.
Probes have revealed a crust of nickel and scorched carbon, both
of which can be found in abundance elsewhere at far lower
Agaiou
Arrae is a medium system with two planets.
temperatures.
The system possesses two stars, the major one being Agaiou
Additional information:
and the second, much smaller one, called Hali. Hali is an orange
Orbital Distance 0.6 AU dwarf star, the cool companion to Agaiou, a yellow-white F-
Orbital Period 0.5 Earth Years class star that is the primary source of mass and light in the
Radius 8,162 km system. The planets orbit both stars.
Day Length 44.4 Earth Hours Distance from Kailini: 9.81 light-years
Atm. Pressure 106.22 atm Distance from Mesana: 6 light-years
Surface Temp 778 °C Distance from Pelion: 6 light-years
Surface Gravity 2.1 g
Satellites N/A Carcosa is the first planet orbiting the star Agaiou. It is a
terrestrial world. It was thought to be a naturally occurring
Pietas is the second planet orbiting the star Fortis. It is a hothouse planet until an asari expedition discovered palatial
terrestrial world. Though Pietas has a combination of features ruins on its barren surface. Likely the seat of an ancient city, the
that make terraforming a possibility, the rights to the planet have crumbling edifice dates back more than 2.7 million years. The
been tied up in Citadel Council courts for the past eight years. only intact chamber appears to be a throne room, overlooking a
The running joke is that by the time the Council finally gives the large depression believed to have once been an enormous lake.
go-ahead to colonize the planet, Pietas will evolved life of its There is evidence that the people of Carcosa polluted their
own. Home to comfortable temperatures and a mild atmosphere planet until it became uninhabitable, triggering a runaway
of mostly nitrogen and argon, Pietas could be habitable with the greenhouse effect and spoiling the planet's fresh water supply.
addition of oxygen-producing cyanobacteria. Its crust is high in Additional information:
silicates and carbon, allowing for easy fabrication of Orbital Distance 3 AU
construction materials. 5.3 Earth Years
Orbital Period
Smugglers, pirates, and other unregistered starships 7,484 km
Radius
sometimes touch on Pietas to lay low or make repairs. Civilian 40 Earth Hours
Day Length
travel is not advised. 3.4 atm
Atm. Pressure
Additional information: 67 °C
Surface Temp
Orbital Distance 1.8 AU Surface Gravity 1.1 g
Orbital Period 2.4 Earth Years Satellites N/A
Radius 5,430 km
Day Length 26.5 Earth Hours
Atm. Pressure 1.26 atm

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 Neargas is the second planet orbiting the star Agaiou. It is Day Length 39.7 Earth Hours
an icy planet far from the system's twin suns. Star charts indicate Atm. Pressure 8.69 atm
that Neargas once orbited the binary star in a figure-8 pattern Surface Temp 479 °C
that proved to unstable to maintain. The planet is now hurtling Surface Gravity 1.14 g
out of the system. Satellites N/A
Additional information:
Orbital Distance 26.6 AU Colony
Orbital Period N/A Species Asari
Radius 3,897 km
Day Length 35.7 Earth Hours
Atm. Pressure Trace Mesana
Surface Temp -158 °C Mesana is a medium system with five planets.
Surface Gravity 0.38 g Distance from Agaiou: 6 light-years
Satellites N/A Distance from Kailini: 6 light-years
Distance from Pelion: 8.5 light-years

Kailini Lessus is the first planet orbiting the star Mesana. It is an

Kailini is a medium system with three planets. unpopular garden world, with characteristics just outside of the
Distance from Agaiou: 9.81 light-years comfort zone of its asari population. Its gravity is a little too
Distance from Mesana: 7 light-years high, its diseases a little too virulent, and the soil inhospitable
Distance from Pelion: 7 light-years for growing food. Further information is difficult to come by –
the asari government is uncharacteristically silent about Lesuss.
Ithrone is the first planet orbiting the star Kailini. It is a Normally, a garden world settled so long ago would be highly
large terrestrial world. Vast swaths of Ithrone's surface are populated, but little light pollution can be seen on Lesuss's night
covered in thick ash, spewed into the air be chains of volcanoes side.
across the planet. Beneath this layer of soot, Ithrone has an iron Lesuss is inhabited only by a small asari colony. The main
core and significant levels of cobalt in its crust. feature is a monastery that houses a large population of asari
Additional information: with active or latent Ardat-Yakshi genes, a disorder that causes
Orbital Distance 0.5 AU the death of anyone who mates with the afflicted asari. Although
Orbital Period 0.3 Earth Years some of the colonists exiled themselves voluntarily, many were
Radius 10,436 km sent to Lesuss by their families to protect society from their
Day Length 61 Earth Hours deadly potential.
Atm. Pressure 2.17 atm The monastery emphasizes individual sacrifice for the good
Surface Temp 566 °C of the community. Latent Ardat-Yakshi, as well as active
Surface Gravity 0.79 g sufferers who show that they can control their condition, may be
Satellites N/A offered a chance to reintegrate into asari society after spending
sufficient time on Lesuss. Active Ardat-Yakshi whose
Pania is the second planet orbiting the star Kailini. It is a psychological profiles show capacity for neither empathy nor
rock planet exploited for minerals by robo-miners. Pania was reeducation are confined to the monastery for life.
named for an ancient mythological asari hero. Her music was so Additional information:
stirring the goddess Athame granted Pania anything her heart Orbital Distance 0.8 AU
desired. Differing legends reflect the variety of hero cults of the Orbital Period 0.8 Earth Years
time: in some stories, she became the first ruler of Armali, while Radius 6,126 km
others claim Pania took to the stars with Athame herself. Day Length 23.5 Earth Hours
Additional information: Atm. Pressure 0.75 atm
Orbital Distance 0.8 AU Surface Temp 38 °C
Orbital Period 0.6 Earth Years Surface Gravity 1.23 g
Radius 5,126 km Satellites N/A
Day Length 55.5 Earth Hours
Atm. Pressure Trace Colony
Surface Temp 224 °C Species Asari
Surface Gravity 0.47 g Capital Marya
Satellites N/A Colony Founded 473 BCE
Population Unknown
Colony
Species Asari Lymetis is the second planet orbiting the star Mesana. It is a
desertified rock planet with a thin atmosphere of carbon dioxide
Lemnia is the third planet orbiting the star Kailini. It is a and monoxide. The surface has water ice as well as occasional
large terrestrial world. As with Pania, Lemnia had mining liquid water near volcanic areas. The planet has an abundant
facilities in orbit, remotely controlling machines on the planet's supply of zeolites, which the asari use for water purification, as
surface to recover Lemnia's highly valued transuranic elements. an ingredient in detergent, and as a shielding material for
Additional information: disposal of radioactive waste. A small colony still maintains the
mining equipment. Despite centuries of colonization, the asari
Orbital Distance 1.4 AU
have developed Lymetis at a modest pace. The planet shows no
Orbital Period 1.3 Earth Years
sign of resource exhaustion.
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Orbital Distance 1.5 AU
Orbital Period 2 Earth Years
Radius 4,109 km Pelion
Day Length 63.6 Earth Hours Pelion is a medium system with four planets.
Atm. Pressure 0.17 atm Distance from Agaiou: 6 light-years
Surface Temp -59 °C Distance from Kailini: 7 light-years
Surface Gravity 0.76 g Distance from Mesana: 8.5 light-years
Satellites N/A
Zosteros is the first planet orbiting the star Pelion. It is a
Colony large terrestrial planet. The dense atmosphere of nitrogen and
Species Asari carbon monoxide has turned Zosteros into a hothouse of
Capital Irira enormous windstorms that blow toxic gases nonstop. Its most
Colony Founded 430 BCE valuable deposits are cobalt and polonium, which netted it the
Population 12,550 #3 spot on a list of "Amazingly Poisonous Planets," on the
popular vidshow "Your Awesome Galaxy."
Medokos is the third planet orbiting the star Mesana. It is a Additional information:
medium-size gas giant. Although its mass exceeds that of Orbital Distance 0.9 AU
Jupiter, the planet is somewhat denser and thus smaller. A large Orbital Period 0.8 Earth Years
number of moons, plantesimals, and other detritus orbits Radius 10,598 km
Medokos, as its gravitational pull has "cleared the Day Length 71.3 Earth Hours
neighborhood" of material that might otherwise form an asteroid Atm. Pressure 30.95 atm
belt. Surface Temp 406 °C
Additional information: Surface Gravity 0.66 g
Orbital Distance 2.85 AU Satellites N/A
Orbital Period 5.4 Earth Years
Radius 63,544 km Sthenia is the second planet orbiting the star Pelion. It is a
Day Length 10.4 Earth Hours large terrestrial world. The most temperate planet in the solar
Satellites >1 system, Sthenia is a terrestrial world with a light atmosphere of
nitrogen and argon. Asari from neighboring Trategos built
Shastessia is the fourth planet orbiting the star Mesana. A mining operations around the southern pole after discovering
hydrogen-helium gas giant. Shastessia is a twin to its more mountains with veins of iridium and osmium.
massive neighbor Medokos in more than once sense. The two Additional information:
are named for a semi-mythological pair of twins from asari Orbital Distance 1.6 AU
antiquity who ruled neighboring city-states and had a lifelong Orbital Period 2.1 Earth Years
dialog about the best form of government. As the legend goes, Radius 9,289 km
Shastessia died before her vision of a democratic republic could Day Length 68.3 Earth Hours
be realized. Her sister, Medokos, then took up the cause, Atm. Pressure 0.54 atm
sacrificing personal power so that all free landowners in her city Surface Temp 34 °C
would have a voice. Although historians doubt that the changes Surface Gravity 0.71 g
were entirely altruistic, pointing to uprising that demanded Satellites N/A
representation, the development was a step towards modern
asari government. Trategos is the third planet orbiting the star Pelion. Largely
Additional information: frozen ice except for liquid seas at the equator, Trategos has the
Orbital Distance 5.7 AU coldest winters of any asari colony, taking it down near the
Orbital Period 15.2 Earth Years second tier of habitability. Trategos's colonists are a hardy
Radius 57,700 km bunch, using the freezing winter months to test whether
Day Length 12 Earth Hours newcomers have what it takes to carve out a life on the planet.
Satellites N/A Additional information:
Orbital Distance 2.3 AU
Vylius is the fifth planet orbiting the star Mesana. It is a Orbital Period 3.5 Earth Years
hydrogen-methane ice giant drifting out in the frozen depths. Its Radius 7,682 km
orbit hosts rings of rock and ice as well as many moons, all Day Length 29.7 Earth Hours
drawn from what would otherwise be a secondary asteroid field Atm. Pressure 0.76 atm
similar to Sol's Kuiper Belt. Surface Temp -42 °C
Vylius is named for a trickster figure in asari mythology, a Surface Gravity 0.95 g
crafty animal called a manual that seduced asari maidens who Satellites N/A
then gave birth to hideously deformed offspring. In the tales,
Vylius is caught and punished, but they serve as a warning to Colony
young asari not to initiate a bond with anyone they cannot trust. Species Asari
Additional information:
Orbital Distance 11.5 AU Trategos is the fourth planet orbiting the star Pelion. The
Orbital Period 43.7 Earth Years rock and ice planet Aitis's position was ideal for collecting data
Radius 22,972 km on extrasolar activity. According to star charts, the asari has a
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small, VI-run system of satellites in geosynchronous orbit with Surface Temp 23 °C
the planet. Surface Gravity 0.95 g
Additional information: Satellites N/A
Orbital Distance 6.6 AU
Orbital Period 16.9 Earth Years Colony
Radius 8,213 km Species Asari
Day Length 23.7 Earth Hours Capital Polos
Atm. Pressure Trace Colony Founded 322 CE
Surface Temp -146 °C Population 260 million
Surface Gravity 0.25 g
Satellites N/A Katebolo is the second planet orbiting the star Kypladon. It
is is a relatively large methane-ammonia ice giant. Although
Cyone and its orbital stations offer military-grade starship fuel,
Silean Nebula commercial ships took advantage of the helium-3 refineries
Silean Nebula has five known star systems: the Kypladon here.
system, the Loropi system, the Nahuala system, the Phontes Additional information:
system and the Teyolia system. Orbital Distance 4.1 AU
The cluster‟s Mass Relay is located in the Kypladon system. Orbital Period 9.1 Earth Years
Radius 48,746 km
Kypladon Day Length 15.4 Earth Hours
Kypladon is a small system with three planets and an Satellites N/A
asteroid belt.
Distance from Loropi: 25 light-years 1st asteroid belt: orbits Kypladon at a distance of 2.1 AU.
Distance from Nahuala: 35 light-years Aware that it only takes one weaponized asteroid to destroy the
Distance from Phontes: 36 light-years fueling station at Cyone, the asari seeded the asteroid belt in this
Distance from Teyolia: 73 light-years system with a warning network of sensors and spy drones. The
system's "brains" are server clusters at the equidistant asteroids
Mass Relay: Orbits Kypladon at a distance of 6 AU Tropai, Lochia, and Nili.

Fuel Depot: Kypladon has fuel depots orbiting Cyone and Loropi
Katebolo. Loropi is a small system with two planets and an asteroid
belt.
Hanalei is the first planet orbiting the star Kypladon. Early Distance from Kypladon: 25 light-years
surveyors of Hanalei dismissed its resource potential, saying it Distance from Nahuala: 26 light-years
had "more heat than a planet needs and more argon than a Distance from Phontes: 43 light-years
galaxy would buy." As an enormous terrestrial planet buried Distance from Teyolia: 90 light-years
under a merciless atmosphere of argon, nitrogen, and carbon
dioxide, Hanalei hosted only small orbital stations that were Fuel Depot: Loropi has fuel depots orbiting Paphos
primarily scientific in nature.
Additional information: Paphos is the first planet orbiting the star Loropi. It is a
Orbital Distance 0.5 AU hydrogen-helium gas giant with a significant amount of
Orbital Period 0.4 Earth Years nitrogen, is named for a prominent asari lawgiver. Her treatise
Radius 11,477 km on the reluctance of democracies to go to war formed a key tenet
Day Length 46.4 Earth Hours of asari political theory that led to Thessia‟s modern golden age.
Atm. Pressure 72.52 atm Additional information:
Surface Temp 490 °C Orbital Distance 20.5 AU
Surface Gravity 2.36 g Orbital Period 64.2 Earth Years
Satellites N/A Radius 71,458 km
Day Length 17.8 Earth Hours
Cyone is the second planet orbiting the star Kypladon. It is Satellites N/A
a terrestrial garden world. This world's claim to military fame is
that it was assaulted repeatedly during the Krogan Rebellions, Yasilium is the second planet orbiting the star Loropi. It is
but never occupied by more than token forces. The asari cut off a minor rock planet that has not quite cleared the ring of debris
the krogan supply line at the Citadel relay and drove the at the edge of Loropi's orbits. It is believed to be a extrasolar
invaders out. Today, antimatter generators on the surface and in capture. For several centuries, Yasilium supported a succession
orbital stations provide fuel for military starships throughout of mining colonies – first iridium, then titanium and finally light
asari space. The matriarchs defending the planet today have metals like bauxite and alumina.
vowed to maintain Cyone's legacy -- they pledge it will fall to Additional information:
no enemy, organic or synthetic. Orbital Distance 38.3 AU
Additional information: Orbital Period 164.1 Earth Years
Orbital Distance 0.9 AU Radius 2,601 km
Orbital Period 1.0 Earth Year Day Length 31.5 Earth Hours
Radius 6,271 km Atm. Pressure N/A
Day Length 39.6 Earth Hours Surface Temp -100 °C
Atm. Pressure 0.84 atm Surface Gravity 0.47 g

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 Satellites N/A Colony
Species Asari
Colony Capital Port Lerama
Species Asari Colony Founded 735 CE
Population 119 million
Espota Station
The asari have an enormous solar collectors around the Phoros is the third planet orbiting the star Nahuala. It is a
bluish-white A0V star Loropi, using the star's considerable heat hydrogen gas giant, tinted orange by swirling bands of ammonia
to create antiprotons for military starship fuel. It orbits the star at and sulfur. Its four moons hosted small spaceports used to mine
a distance of 30 AU. the moons and the nearby Haelimar asteroid belt.
Nothing else is known about the station, not even its Additional information:
population. Orbital Distance 2.45 AU
Orbital Period 4.3 Earth Years
1st asteroid belt: orbits Loropi at a distance of 38.3 AU. Radius 57,188 km
Day Length 17.2 Earth Years
Satellites 4
Nahuala
Nahuala is a small system with three planets and an asteroid Colony
belt. Species Asari
Distance from Kypladon: 35 light-years Population 43,700
Distance from Loropi: 26 light-years
Distance from Phontes: 16 light-years 1st asteroid belt: orbits Loropi at a distance of 1.5 AU.
Distance from Teyolia: 64 light-years

Agessia is the first planet orbiting the star Nahuala. It is a Phontes

terrestrial world. Rife with volcanic activity and scorched by the Phontes is a medium system with four planets and an
nearby orange star Nahuala, Agessia is an unforgiving and ever- asteroid belt.
shifting puzzle box of a planet. Ceaseless solar winds and Distance from Kypladon: 36 light-years
magnetic bombardment have thinned Agessia's atmosphere, but Distance from Loropi: 43 light-years
these features are actually a boon in wartime. Powerful magnetic Distance from Nahuala: 16 light-years
fields and large quantities of airborne volcanic ash make many Distance from Teyolia: 48 light-years
forms of scanning difficult, allowing the asari to hide valuable
palladium and molybdenum mines needed for any war effort. Fuel Depot: Phontes has fuel depots orbiting Sangel
Additional information:
Orbital Distance 0.48 AU Lenuamund is the first planet orbiting the star Phontes. It
Orbital Period 0.4 Earth Years is an enormous terrestrial world. Its scorching hot surface is
Radius 5,984 km composed of lime with deposits of copper. It has faint traces of
Day Length 45.1 Earth Hours nitrogen atmosphere. The elcor have left it untouched, aside
Atm. Pressure 0.65 atm from orbital probes that monitor the planet in case anything
Surface Temp 136 °C noteworthy should one day occur.
Surface Gravity 0.92 g Additional information:
Satellites N/A Orbital Distance 0.3 AU
Orbital Period 0.2 Earth Years
Colony Radius 11,975 km
Species Asari Day Length 42.1 Earth Hours
Atm. Pressure Trace
Hyetiana is the second planet orbiting the star Nahuala. It Surface Temp 367 °C
is an enormous terrestrial world and serves as a bastion of Surface Gravity 1.14 g
research for the asari, boasting multiple observation outposts, Satellites N/A
glacial drilling stations, and educational institutions. While the
planet's average temperature hovers near freezing, the equatorial Dekkuna is the second planet orbiting the star Phontes. It is
band contains oceans and many fresh-water rivers. an enormous terrestrial world. The elcor homeworld Dekuuna
Xenobiologists of all stripes often visited the planet, as its overflows with natural resources protected by law, from large
expansive facilities were a haven for the life sciences. deposits of precious metals to vast forests. The elcor themselves
Additional information: live in rich grasslands near the equator. The majority of
Orbital Distance 0.8 AU Dekuuna settlements are tucked within this belt, as the
Orbital Period 1.1 Earth Years conservative elcor feel little desire to build outside their comfort
Radius 11,245 km zone. Their twin capitals are for migrations from the wet season
Day Length 19.2 Earth Hours to the dry season, a tradition made obsolete by modern
Atm. Pressure 1.35 atm technology but still observed.
Surface Temp 1 °C Additional information:
Surface Gravity 1.39 g Orbital Distance 1.1 AU
Satellites N/A Orbital Period 1.1 Earth Years
Radius 10,387 km
Day Length 68.4 Earth Hours

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 Atm. Pressure 1.02 atm bands of luminescence along the twilight boarder. Loxia's crust
Surface Temp 29 °C is mainly igneous rock with wide salt flats and occasional
Surface Gravity 4g deposits of potassium.
Satellites Oltan Additional information:
Orbital Distance 0.7 AU
Homeworld Orbital Period 0.43 Earth Years
Species Elcor Radius 3,016 km
Capital Sereuun, Malvuon Day Length 29.3 Earth Hours
Population 2.35 billion Atm. Pressure 0.458 atm
Surface Temp 152 °C
Dekkuna’s moon: Oltan Surface Gravity 0.47 g
The first mission to Oltan was a century in the making. Satellites N/A
Elcor leaders felt resources for space travel could be better used
on their homeworld, and it took decades of persuasion to secure Nevos is the second planet orbiting the star Teyolia. First
project funding. discovered by asari pioneers in 430 CE, Nevos is a vibrant
Additional information: garden planet and home to a thriving asari colony. Sandy
Orbital Distance 625,369 km beaches and romantic twin moons fuel a bustling tourism
Orbital Period 44.45 Earth Days economy, while practical secretive corporate matters are handled
Radius 2,822 km in spiraling arcologies built along towering cliffs. Even though it
Day Length 44.45 Earth Days has been colonized for centuries, Nevos feels a frontier away
Atm. Pressure N/A from regulation and oversight. Consequently, a number of
Surface Temp -40 °C influential political lobbies have established sizable presences
Surface Gravity 0.24 g on the planet.
Satellites N/A Additional information:
Orbital Distance 1.6 AU
Telluune is the third planet orbiting the star Phontes. It is
an enormous terrestrial world named after first elcor settlement Orbital Period 1.8 Earth Years
in recorded history. The planet's name roughly translates to "the Radius 7,134 km
deep and restful meadowland," which is somewhat of misnomer Day Length 19.7 Earth Hours
given that Telluune's thick crushing atmosphere keeps its Atm. Pressure 1.07 atm
surface boiling hot, and the air is a noxious mixture of carbon Surface Temp 23 °C
dioxide and helium. Surface Gravity 1.11 g
Additional information: Satellites N/A
Orbital Distance 2.0 AU
Orbital Period 2.9 Earth Years Colony
Radius 11,274 km Species Asari
Day Length 57.6 Earth Hours Capital Astella
Atm. Pressure 61.04 atm Colony Founded 430 CE
Surface Temp 3,418 °C Population 677 million
Surface Gravity 1.56 g
Satellites N/A Quirezia is the third planet orbiting the star Teyolia. It is a
typical hydrogen-helium gas giant. It serves as a naval resource
Sangel is the third planet orbiting the star Phontes. It is a for fuel-gathering and magnetic-field discharge. The planet is
gas giant. surrounded by a band of seven large moons that form The
Additional information: Necklace – a reference to a legendary jewel owned by the
Orbital Distance 8.1 AU ancient asari queen for which Quirezia was named.
Quirezia's orbit places it within the system's frost line, where
Orbital Period 23.1 Earth Years
gas giants do not usually form. For this reason, the planet is
Radius 75,335 km
believed to be an extrasolar capture. The alternative, that its
Day Length 9.7 Earth Hours
orbit is decaying, is a horrifying prospect to the tourism and
Satellites N/A
immigration boards of Nevos, since they would be in the gas
giant's eventual path.
Additional information:
Teyolia Orbital Distance 2.48 AU
Teyolia is a medium system with four planets. Orbital Period 3.9 Earth Years
Distance from Kypladon: 73 light-years Radius 68,541 km
Distance from Loropi: 90 light-years Day Length 17.9 Earth Hours
Distance from Nahuala: 64 light-years Satellites 7
Distance from Phontes: 48 light-years
Atebolos is the fourth planet orbiting the star Teyolia. It is a
Fuel Depot: Phontes has fuel depots orbiting Quirezia
low-density terrestrial planet peppered with outdated mining
facilities and a few independent mechanical contractors. The
Loxia is the first planet orbiting the star Teyolia. It is a unmanned mining scouts that first surveyed the planet conveyed
small terrestrial planet tidally locked to Teyolia. Due to its low positive reports, based on the light gravity, gentle atmospheric
mass and relatively small size, Loxia has an exceptionally fast pressure, and easily penetrable crust of silica and salt. Neither
stellar orbit. The planet's light atmosphere consists mainly of methane pockets nor low temperatures were barriers to the asari,
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but after centuries of mining, the veins of genuinely valuable Distance from Euler: 12 light-years
minerals are gone and all but a few inhabitants have departed
Additional information: Mass Relay: Orbits Arcturus at a distance of 17 AU
Orbital Distance 7.45 AU
Orbital Period 20.4 Earth Years Fuel Depot: Arcturus has fuel depots orbiting Eirene.
Radius 8,152 km
Day Length 31.4 Earth Hours Themis is the first planet orbiting the star Arcturus. It is a
Atm. Pressure 0.734 atm hydrogen-helium gas giant. Themis is one of Arcturus's stable
Surface Temp -177 °C satellites. It rapidly orbits the massive star.
Surface Gravity 0.76 g Additional information:
Satellites N/A Orbital Distance 3.5 AU
Orbital Period 1.3 Earth Years
Colony Radius 56,484 km
Species Asari Day Length 14.1 Earth Hours
Satellites N/A

Earth Alliance Space Eirene is the second planet orbiting the star Arcturus. It is
Earth Systems Alliance Space, also known as the System‟s one of Arcturus' hydrogen-helium gas giants, Eirene has
Alliance Space, is a region of the Milky Way galaxy bordered infrastructure in place for fueling civilian and military starships
by Inner Council Space and the Attican Traverse. The name of with helium-3 and antiprotons.
the region is somewhat of a misnomer: While it includes Earth Additional information:
and much of the territory under the control of the human Orbital Distance 6.8 AU
Systems Alliance, not all human colonies are located in this Orbital Period 3.6 Earth Years
region. Moreover, it also envelops a tremendous amount of Radius 44,077 km
space previously desired by the Batarian Hegemony. Day Length 10.3 Earth Hours
Earth has increased its holdings more than tenfold since the Satellites N/A
discovery of the Charon Relay linked humanity to the rest of the
galaxy. Humanity's aggressive expansionism has triggered Eunomia is the third planet orbiting the star Arcturus. It is
conflicts with several neighboring species and their largely made of ice – frozen around a metal-poor core. Its
governments, most notably the Batarian Hegemony. Despite deposits were of little use to the humans building Arcturus
this, the Systems Alliance shows no signs of slowing its growth. Station, who favored materials from the asteroids towed into the
Due to being extremely vast, the region isn‟t exactly a safe system. Eunomia lies neglected in the void.
heaven. Batarian terrorists plague the borders with batarian Additional information:
space, and pirate raids from the Terminus Systems are common. Orbital Distance 13.4 AU
Regardless, the Earth Systems Alliance is willing to continue to Orbital Period 10.0 Earth Years
push into the Attican Traverse, with the Council‟s blessing but 4,758 km
Radius
warning that the Citadel will do nothing if humanity insists 63.6 Earth Hours
Day Length
going into the Traverse – lest they provoke a major war with the Trace
Atm. Pressure
Terminus Systems. Surface Temp -170 °C
Surface Gravity 0.36 g
Satellites N/A
Arcturus Stream
The Arcturus Stream is a stellar stream which includes the Arcturus Station
nearby bright star Arcturus. It comprises many stars which share Arcturus Station is a 5-kilometer diameter Stanford Torus-
similar proper motion and so are physically associated. type space station, at the trailing Lagrange point (L5) of the gas
This stream is not in the plane of the Milky Way galaxy and giant Themis. Construction on Arcturus Station began in 2151
is likely a remnant of an ancient dwarf satellite galaxy, long and concluded in 2162, utilising many metal-rich asteroids that
since disrupted and assimilated into the Milky Way. It consists remain nearby, housing transient populations. Arcturus Station
of old stars deficient in heavy elements. was inaugurated in 2156, and has served as the military and
Arcturus Stream has two known star systems: the Arcturus political headquarters of the Systems Alliance since the First
system and the Euler system Contact War. Arcturus Station currently has a permanent
The cluster‟s Mass Relay is located in the Arcturus system. population of 45,000
As the headquarters of the Alliance Navy, Arcturus Station
Arcturus is the command center of the fleet, and is conveniently located at
Arcturus is a small system with three planets and an asteroid the nexus of several mass relays. Furthermore, it guards the
belt. mass relay leading to Earth. Arcturus's centralized location
Arcturus is a type K1.5 IIIpe red giant star located in the makes it an ideal choke point for defense as well as a jumping-
constellation of Boötes and, seen from Earth, is the third off point for further exploration. It also serves as a shipyard, as
brightest star in the night sky. When the Charon Relay was the dreadnought SSV Aconcagua was constructed there.
activated in 2149, Jon Grissom's exploratory team found that the Admiral Hackett commands the Fifth Fleet from Arcturus.
relay led to Arcturus, 36 light years from Earth. Arcturus in turn
had several other mass relays in close proximity, which enabled 1st asteroid belt: orbits Arcturus at a distance of 1 AU.
humanity's rapid expansion into space. The belt also has various asteroids towed to the system to help
Arcturus is home to the Arcturus Station, the Human build Arcturus Station. The largest of them being Alcyoneus.
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Becaue of that, many of the asteroids possess transient Surface Gravity N/A
communities, mostly human. Satellites N/A

Silva is the fourth planet orbiting the star Euler. Named for
Euler Mateus Silva, leader of the prospector team that unearthed the
Euler is a medium system with four planets. Prothean Archives on Mars, this ice giant is home to a large
The star and at least some of the planets in the system are recovery operation for helium-3.
named after human physicists and mathematicians. In particular, Additional information:
the star is possibly named after Leonhard Euler, a Swiss Orbital Distance 4.1 AU
physicist. Orbital Period 6.8 Earth Years
Distance from Arcturus: 12 light-years Radius 31,096 km
Day Length 17.7 Earth Hours
Fuel Depot: Euler has fuel depots orbiting Silva. Satellites 1

Fermi is the first planet orbiting the star Euler. It is a rock

wrapped in a haze of carbon dioxide and oxygen, though its
temperatures and concentrations make it difficult to support life. Argos Rho
Many moons and debris are in its immediate vicinity, leading The known systems of Argos Rho are named after creatures
researchers to believe that at some point Fermi was impacted by from Greek mythology.
something large, launching fragments of the planet into orbit. Argos Rho has three known star systems: the Gorgon
Additional information: system, the Hydra system and the Phoenix system.
Orbital Distance 0.6 AU The cluster‟s Mass Relay is located in the Hydra system.
Orbital Period 0.4 Earth Years
Radius 4,194 km Gorgon
Day Length 60.0 Earth Hours Gorgon is a medium system with five planets.
Atm. Pressure 8.09 atm The system is named after the gorgons of Greek mythology.
Surface Temp 358 °C Medusa, who was slain by Perseus, is the best known of the
Surface Gravity 0.63 g three named gorgons. The ancient stories speak of Medusa
Satellites >1 transforming men into stone when they gazed directly at her.
This is reminiscent of how the tidally-locked planets of the
system, Wuo and Camaron, have the side that is facing Gorgon
Benning is the second planet orbiting the star Euler. It is
perpetually scorched, with the opposite side being completely
the nearest garden world to Arcturus Station, is the primary
frozen, thus making colonization impractical at best. Gorgon is
source of its food supply and an important staging area for
classified as a B-type star.
starship maintenance and repair.
Warning: due to the huge distance between planets, it is not
Additional information:
advisable to travel to Gorgon without a ship with a high fuel
Orbital Distance 1.1 AU capacity.
Orbital Period 0.9 Earth Years Distance from Hydra: 5.6 light-years
Radius 9,362 km Distance from Phoenix: 10 light-years
Day Length N/A
Atm. Pressure 1.13 atm
Wuo is the first planet orbiting the star Gorgon. It is a
Surface Temp 63 °C terrestrial planet only known from scan data picked up by
Surface Gravity 1.14 g unmanned probes. Though over 76 AU from the blue giant
Satellites N/A
Gorgon, temperatures in Wuo's orbit are still dangerously high.
Only ships with very powerful heat radiating systems can
Colony venture that deep into the system.
Species Human Fortunately, Wuo is not a terribly interesting world. It has a
Capital Joughin thin atmosphere of nitrogen and methane, and the scorching
Colony Founded 2153 surface is mainly composed of alumina with deposits of
Population 2.25 million platinum. The world is tidally locked to Gorgon, leaving the
sunward side a scorched and irradiated wasteland, and the dark
Yukawa is the third planet orbiting the star Euler. It is a side frigid and ice-crusted.
small rock planet with a thin atmosphere of carbon dioxide. Additional information:
After a labor dispute with companies shipping metallic asteroids Orbital Distance 76.4 AU
to the nearby Arcturus system, Yukawa's iron core and blanket Orbital Period 158.0 Earth Years
of hematite were briefly mined to aid in the construction of Radius 6,959 km
Arcturus Station. Yukawa's reputation as "the scab planet" Day Length 158.0 Earth Years
persists to this day, as its other resources are not particularly Atm. Pressure 0.44 atm
notable. Surface Temp 1,157 °C
Additional information: Surface Gravity 0.66 g
Orbital Distance 2.2 AU Satellites N/A
Orbital Period 2.7 Earth Years
Radius 2,943 km Vectra is the second planet orbiting the star Gorgon. It is a
Day Length 64.9 Earth Hours typical hydrogen-helium gas giant with traces of methane and
Atm. Pressure Trace sodium in its atmosphere. The heat of the star Gorgon is slowly
Surface Temp -27 °C

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blasting away the gas giant's massive atmosphere, which is volcanic processes. In these relatively cool areas, some primitive
visible as a long, dim tail that trails behind the planet. life has developed.
Additional information: Additional information:
Orbital Distance 99.45 AU Orbital Distance 0.5 AU
Orbital Period 234.7 Earth Years Orbital Period 0.4 Earth Years
Radius 69,833 km Radius 9,593 km
Day Length 234.7 Earth Years Day Length 19.4 Earth Hours
Satellites N/A Atm. Pressure 1.3 atm
Surface Temp 503 °C
Camaron is the third planet orbiting the star Gorgon. It is a Surface Gravity 1.2 g
terrestrial world with a thin atmosphere of carbon dioxide and Satellites N/A
argon. The surface is scorching hot, primarily composed of iron
with deposits of nickel. Like Wuo, Camaron is tide-locked to the Metgos is the second planet orbiting the star Hydra. It is a
blue giant, forever "looking into the face of the Gorgon." large terrestrial planet with an atmosphere of carbon dioxide and
Additional information: nitrogen. Its hot surface is mainly composed of nickel with
Orbital Distance 199.0 AU deposits of potassium and heavy metals. It is a mineralogical
Orbital Period 664.8 Earth Years treasure trove, with concentrated heavy elements constantly
Radius 5,198 km being brought to the surface by volcanic activity.
Day Length 664.8 Earth Years Metgos is inhospitable and dangerous, and expeditions must
Atm. Pressure 0.23 atm be well-prepared to survive any length of time. With its high
Surface Temp 747 °C mass, heat-trapping clouds and constant volcanic venting,
Surface Gravity 0.55 g Metgos seems well on its way to becoming a Venusian "pressure
Satellites N/A cooker" world.
Additional information:
Sharblu is the fourth planet orbiting the star Gorgon. It is a Orbital Distance 2.0 AU
standard hydrogen-helium gas giant, the methane in Sharblu's Orbital Period 2.8 Earth Years
atmosphere gives it an azure hue. Radius 7,301 km
The asari crew who initially surveyed the system (during Day Length 47.2 Earth Hours
Earth's 17th century) named Sharblu after a then-popular Atm. Pressure 1.00 atm
soprano. The singer was renowned for her unusual skin tone, Surface Temp 169 °C
which was quite similar to that of the planet. Surface Gravity 1.1 g
Additional information: Satellites N/A
Orbital Distance 373.63 AU Theyar is the third planet orbiting the star Hydra. It is a
Orbital Period 1,711.0 Earth Years large gas giant with traces of chlorine and sodium in its
Radius 43,342 km atmosphere. It also has a significant amount of water vapor in
Day Length 1,711.0 Earth Years the clouds of its upper atmosphere.
Satellites N/A Theyar was struck by an asteroid at least 12 kilometers in
diameter within the last hundred years. The superheating caused
Slekon is the fifth planet orbiting the star Gorgon. Orbiting by the impactor's atmospheric passage created a large bank of
at an unbelievable distance of 710 AU (over 66 billion vicious storms along the equatorial band.
kilometers) from Gorgon, Slekon is a huge gas giant, with an Additional information:
atmosphere tainted by methane and chlorine. Orbital Distance 5.45 AU
Additional information: Orbital Period 12.8 Earth Years
Orbital Distance 709.9 AU Radius 60,774 km
Orbital Period 4,483.1 Earth Years Day Length 11.8 Earth Hours
Radius 77,115 km Satellites N/A
Day Length 4,483.1 Earth Years
Satellites N/A Canrum is the fourth planet orbiting the star Hydra. It is a
small, rocky world with a trace atmosphere of methane and
krypton. Its surface is mainly composed of magnesium and
silicates with deposits of carbon.
Hydra Canrum was the site of the warlord Shiagur's defeat by
Hydra is a medium system with five planets.
turian peacekeeping forces during the Krogan Rebellions. While
It is named after the Lernaean Hydra, a monster from Greek
this band was not especially powerful, Shiagur was a female
mythology with nine heads that is killed by Hercules during his
warlord – and one of the few remaining fertile females, at that.
Twelve Labors.
She had, through viciousness and cunning, parlayed her unique
Distance from Gorgon: 5.6 light-years
value into a position of power. Krogan males competed for the
Distance from Phoenix: 5 light-years
right to join her band and lie with her.
When Shiagur's death was announced, vengeful male krogan
Mass Relay: Orbits Hydra at a distance of 35 AU admirers near and far swore blood oaths against the participating
turian crews. In the end, several thousand of the turian
Varmalus is the first planet orbiting the star Hydra. It is a participants were killed in open combat or through assassination.
terrestrial world that has a thick atmosphere of nitrogen and To this day, many krogan proudly proclaim that they have the
helium. Its surface is scorching hot, and mainly composed of "blood of Shiagur."
alumina with deposits of borax. The planet has an extensive
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 Additional information: scattered across the vast deserts, operating wind farms and
Orbital Distance 16.52 AU geological research stations.
Orbital Period 67.3 Earth Years Additional information:
Radius 5,220 km Orbital Distance 15.68 AU
Day Length 32.5 Earth Hours Orbital Period 47.8 Earth Years
Atm. Pressure 0.07 atm Radius 5,897 km
Surface Temp -132 °C Day Length 27.6 Earth Hours
Surface Gravity 0.55 g Atm. Pressure 0.95 atm
Satellites N/A Surface Temp 46 °C
Surface Gravity 0.8 g
Syba is the fifth planet orbiting the star Hydra. It is a Satellites N/A
standard Neptune-type gas giant, the upper cloud decks of its
hydrogen-helium atmosphere tinted a dramatic blue by traces of Colony
methane. Species Human
Additional information: Capital Thoreau Mesa
Orbital Distance 29.66 AU Colony Founded 2166 CE
Orbital Period 162.1 Earth Years Population 150,000
Radius 45,145 km
Day Length 12.8 Earth Hours Tuntau is the fourth planet orbiting the star Phoenix. It is
Satellites N/A an enormous, low-density terrestrial planet, with a thick
atmosphere of methane and helium. Despite being nearly 20 AU
from Phoenix, the star's great heat and the insulating thickness
Phoenix of the atmosphere make the surface surprisingly temperate.
Phoenix is a medium system with five planets and two The crust is mainly composed of sodium and silicon dioxide
asteroid belts. It is also the system where Pinnacle Station is. with deposits of various light metals. While Tuntau is not
This system may be named for the phoenix, a mythical bird habitable, the relative pleasantness of the surface conditions
from Arabia that burns itself in a fire and is reincarnated from make it a popular location for small ships traveling through the
the ashes every 500 years. Argos Rho cluster to land for drive discharge.
Distance from Gorgon: 10 light-years Additional information:
Distance from Hydra: 5 light-years Orbital Distance 19.01 AU
Orbital Period 63.8 Earth Years
Patashi is the first planet orbiting the star Phoenix. It is a Radius 11,867 km
sun-blasted terrestrial world whose atmosphere was blasted Day Length 69.7 Earth Hours
away millennia ago by the star Phoenix. The surface is Atm. Pressure 3.12 atm
scorching hot, and mainly composed of iron with deposits of tin. Surface Temp 21 °C
Due to its relatively low density, Patashi is tidally locked to Surface Gravity 1.1 g
Phoenix. Seas of molten light metals cover much of the sunward Satellites N/A
side.
Additional information: Vebinok is the fifth planet orbiting the star Phoenix. It is a
Orbital Distance 0.5 AU small terrestrial world with a thin atmosphere of krypton and
Orbital Period 0.3 Earth Years xenon. Its frozen surface is mainly composed of carbonaceous
Radius 7,082 km material, water ice, and low-density silicates. Rare but
Day Length 0.3 Earth Years concentrated lodes of light metals have been deposited by
Atm. Pressure 0.00 atm asteroid impacts.
Surface Temp 546 °C One hemisphere of Vebinok is covered by surface deposits
Surface Gravity 0.75 g of oxidized copper. Approximately 270 years ago a turian bulk
Satellites N/A gas transport was attacked by pirates in the Phoenix system.
Damaged, it made a rough landing on Vebinok. The heat of the
Sylsalto is the second planet orbiting the star Phoenix. It is landing melted significant quantities of surface ice, and ruptured
a standard Neptune-type “ice giant”. It has no remarkable shipping containers spilled LOX across the surface. Before this
features. evaporated and escaped Vebinok's weak gravity, it reacted to
Additional information: cause the widespread rust.
Additional information:
Orbital Distance 13 AU
Orbital Period 36.0 Earth Years Orbital Distance 24.7 AU
Radius 56,621 km Orbital Period 94.5 Earth Years
Day Length 13.6 Earth Hours Radius 3,379 km
Satellites N/A Day Length 68.3 Earth Hours
Atm. Pressure 0.27 atm
Surface Temp −154 °C
Intai’sei is the third planet orbiting the star Phoenix. An
Surface Gravity 0.28 g
atmosphere similar to Earth's made Intai'sei an early candidate
Satellites N/A
for human colonization. However, prohibitively high
temperatures and an arid climate have proven a hindrance to
terraforming and agriculture. A few human cities were founded, Pinnacle Station was built on an asteroid, in the second
but the majority of the human population on Intai'sei remains asteroid belt. It was originally constructed as a concealed
command center during the Krogan Rebellions. It has been
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operations teams employed by the Council. The station's combat humidity to 100%, creates constant cloud cover, and powers
simulator allows teams to train under a variety of hazardous colossal typhoons that rage across the surface year-round.
conditions. Hot, humid, and storm-wracked, Proteus' rare combination
The station has three notable sections. After the airlock, of oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere and carbon-based biosphere
visitors enter the command center, where the station's operators nevertheless recommend it for colonization. A pilot program is
and commanding officer can be found. The command centre studying the possibility of colonies below the ocean surface, safe
shows evidence of the station's turian heritage as, like the from the worst effects of the weather.
construction of the SSV Normandy's CIC, the CO is placed Additional information:
behind and above his subordinates to look over them. The Orbital Distance 3 AU
command centre also offers a spectacular view of Vebinok and Orbital Period 4.9 Earth Years
the local asteroid field. Radius 10,210 km
The second section, the observation deck, is where Day Length 51.4 Earth Hours
competitors rest between scenarios, check their scores, and Atm. Pressure 1.21 atm
watch other competitors going through the simulator. Ochren, Surface Temp 34 °C
the simulator's designer, is on hand here to set up new scenarios Surface Gravity 1.3 g
and monitor the simulation. Satellites N/A
The third section is the simulator itself. Using a combination
of sophisticated combat VIs, holographic images and kinetic Colony
barriers, the simulator can produce small-scale combat scenarios
Species Human
to test the competitors, using kinetic slugs to simulate damage
Capital Ithaka
(though they hurt as much as real rounds, and actually cause
Colony Founded 2179
damage if they penetrate shields).
Population 12,470
1st asteroid belt: orbits Phoenix at a distance of 9 AU Nausicaa is the third planet orbiting the star Athens. It is a
standard gas-giant. Traces of sodium in the atmosphere give
2nd asteroid belt: orbits Phoenix at a distance of 20 AU Nausicaa its overall dark grey color, but it is otherwise a typical
hydrogen-helium gas giant. An abundance of water vapor in the
upper atmosphere account for its white clouds.
Artemis Tau Additional information:
The Artemis Tau cluster is named after Artemis the Orbital Distance 14.91 AU
huntress, who was the Greek goddess of forests and hills. Orbital Period 57.6 Earth Years
The four star systems of the Artemis Tau cluster are named Radius 59,729 km
after cities or kingdoms in ancient Greece and Crete. Day Length 14.0 Earth Hours
The cluster‟s Mass Relay is located in the Athens system. Satellites N/A

Athens Circe is the fourth planet orbiting the star Athens. It is a

Athens is a medium system with five planets and an asteroid modestly Neptune-type planet with traces of sulphur and
belt. It is named after the classical Greek city-state of Athens. chlorine. These give it its striking yellow-green tint. As the
All the planets in the system are named after characters and development of the Proteus colony continues, Circe will likely
locations associated with ancient Greece. be developed for helium-3 mining.
Distance from Knossos: 4 light-years Additional information:
Distance from Macedon: 5 light-years Orbital Distance 27.2 AU
Distance from Sparta: 7 light-years Orbital Period 141.9 Earth Years
Radius 22,479 km
Mass Relay: Orbits Hydra at a distance of 42 AU Day Length 10.9 Earth Hours
Satellites N/A
Salamis is the first planet orbiting the star Athens. The
geological properties of Salamis have been scanned from orbit, Pharos is the fifth planet orbiting the star Athens. It has
but little else is known about it. Due to its thick carbon dioxide seen only a cursory examination by an unmanned probe. It has a
atmosphere and proximity to the energetic star Athens, the trace atmosphere of nitrogen and argon. Its surface is mainly
equatorial daytime temperatures have been known to turn the composed of tin with deposits of carbon. Deeper craters have
surface molten. The crust is composed of iron with deposits of been partly filled by ice, suggesting there may be a significant
platinum group metals. amount of water locked up beneath its frozen surface. A large,
Additional information: ice-bright crater in the southern hemisphere makes the planet
Orbital Distance 0.55 AU visible from the inner system, leading to the planet's name.
Orbital Period 0.4 Earth Years Additional information:
Radius 6,894 km Orbital Distance 42.3 AU
Day Length 58.6 Earth Hours Orbital Period 275.4 Earth Years
Atm. Pressure 1.40 atm Radius 7,623 km
Surface Temp 520 °C Day Length 47.4 Earth Hours
Surface Gravity 1.3 g Atm. Pressure 0.04 atm
Satellites N/A Surface Temp −176 °C
Surface Gravity 0.9 g
Proteus is the second planet orbiting the star Athens. Like Satellites 1
the hanar homeworld, Proteus has more than 90% oceanic cover.
The incredible heat thrown off from Athens raises global 1st asteroid belt: orbits Athens at a distance of 4.6 AU

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 Knossos Surface Temp -71 °C
Knossos is a medium system with five planets and two Surface Gravity 0.4 g
asteroid belts. It is named after the classical Minoan (and, later, Satellites N/A
Greek) city of Knossos. Fittingly, all the planets in the Knossos
system (with the exception of Therum) are named for ancient Armeni is the fourth planet orbiting the star Knossos. It is a
Minoan cities and monuments. terrestrial world with an unusually thin atmosphere of krypton
Distance from Athens: 4 light-years and xenon. Its surface is composed of silica with deposits of
Distance from Macedon: 8 light-years carbonaceous materials. The initial flyby probe of Armeni
Distance from Sparta: 4 light-years detected multiple areas at the equator with oddly regular surface
protrusions.
Fuel Depot: Knossos has a fuel depot orbiting at a distance Closer investigation revealed these as millions of elaborate
of 30 AU crypts a few meters below the surface, left by a long-extinct
space-faring species called the zeioph. Many human universities
Phaistos is the first planet orbiting the star Knossos. It is a wish to perform archaeological excavations. Council law holds
small terrestrial with a trace atmosphere of carbon dioxide and grave sites as sacrosanct, however, and the matter has been tied
xenon. The surface is scorching hot, and mainly composed of up in court for a decade.
sulphur and various silicates. There is little of interest on this Additional information:
desolate world. Orbital Distance 28.9 AU
Additional information: Orbital Period 151.3 Earth Years
Orbital Distance 0.5 AU Radius 6,077 km
Orbital Period 0.3 Earth Years Day Length 57.8 Earth Hours
Radius 4,238 km Atm. Pressure 0.18 atm
Day Length 57.2 Earth Hours Surface Temp −168 °C
Atm. Pressure 0.27 atm Surface Gravity 0.8 g
Surface Temp 551 °C Satellites N/A
Surface Gravity 0.63 g
Satellites N/A Archanes is the fifth planet orbiting the star Knossos. It is a
small “ice giant”. The planet has been developed as a full-
Therum is the second planet orbiting the star Knossos. It is featured, if modest, stopover for ships hauling refined materials
a distant but rich industrial world claimed by the human from Therum. In addition to a powerful magnetic field to dump
Systems Alliance. Its plentiful heavy metals have fueled the drive charge, Archanes has a largely automated infrastructure of
recent manufacturing boom on Earth. Core samples rich with the helium-3 refining and deuterium mining on its many water ice
fossils of simple silicon-based organisms indicate Therum was moons.
more habitable in the past than it is at present. Perhaps this Additional information:
explains the many Prothean ruins dotting the surface, most of Orbital Distance 60.6 AU
which have been looted by mining corporations. Orbital Period 470.2 Earth Years
Additional information: Radius 14,549 km
Orbital Distance 4 AU Day Length 16.2 Earth Hours
Orbital Period 6.4 Earth Years Satellites >1
Radius 6,724 km
Day Length 28.3 Earth Hours 1st asteroid belt: orbits Knossos at a distance of 1.8 AU
Atm. Pressure 0.68 atm 2nd asteroid belt: orbits Knossos at a distance of 37 AU
Surface Temp 59 °C
Surface Gravity 1.12 g
Satellites N/A Macedon
Macedon is a medium system with four planets and an
Colony asteroid belt. It is named after the ancient Greek kingdom of
Species Human Macedon.
Capital Nova Yekaterinburg Distance from Athens: 5 light-years
Colony Founded 2167 Distance from Knossos: 8 light-years
Population 34,000 Distance from Sparta: 6 light-years

Zakros is the third planet orbiting the star Knossos. It is a Sharjila is the first planet orbiting the star Macedon. It has
terrestrial world with a nitrogen-methane atmosphere containing a very dense atmosphere of ammonia and oxygen. Its temperate
trace amounts of hydrocarbons. Its frigid surface is mainly surface is mainly composed of alumina with deposits of sulfur.
composed of water ice and hydrocarbon slush. Most of the Comm buoys in the system have recently logged a number of
surface is not solid enough to support the full weight of a landed unregistered vessels operating nearby.
ship. If approach is necessary, use shuttles or keep the ship's Sharjila has an extensive silicon-based, oxygen-breathing
mass effect envelope up. ecology. Heavily populated areas are covered with fine silica
Additional information: (silicon dioxide) dust, the respiratory by-product of the world's
Orbital Distance 11 AU higher animal forms. High-speed surface winds, often laden with
Orbital Period 33.9 Earth Years abrasive silica dust, present a hazard. In areas where the wind
Radius 4,572 km deposits a great deal of silica, footing can be treacherous. EVAs
Day Length 45.6 Earth Hours are discouraged.
Atm. Pressure 0.40 atm

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 Additional information: Distance from Knossos: 4 light-years
Orbital Distance 0.67 AU Distance from Macedon: 6 light-years
Orbital Period 1.0 Earth Year
Radius 5,693 km Tremanre is the first planet orbiting the star Sparta. It is a
Day Length 40.6 Earth Hours dwarf planet composed of light magnesium silicates, with
Atm. Pressure 39.16 atm deposits of aluminum. Its surface is covered by wide swathes of
Surface Temp 25 °C ancient, dark basaltic lava, possibly indicating the world was
Surface Gravity 0.9 g created through an impact with some other body in the system.
Satellites N/A Tremanre's magnetic field is nonexistent. This makes it
impossible for ships to dump their drive core charge from orbit.
Porolan is the second planet orbiting the star Macedon. It is That said, Tremanre's minuscule gravity allows even cruiser-
an enormous terrestrial planet, half again the size of Earth. sized vessels to land safely for direct grounding.
Despite its thick atmopshere, the weak output of the red dwarf Additional information:
Macedon leaves its surface biting cold. The crust is mainly Orbital Distance 0.9 AU
composed of silica, but significant deposits of iron and other Orbital Period 1.0 Earth Year
industrial metals are present. These lodes may prove rich enough Radius 1,528 km
to be profitably mined despite the heavy gravity. Day Length 1.0 Earth Hour
Orbital Distance 5.07 AU Atm. Pressure 0.00 atm
Orbital Period 21.0 Earth Years Surface Temp 55 °C
Radius 9,749 km Surface Gravity 0.1 g
Day Length 45.4 Earth Hours Satellites N/A
Atm. Pressure 1.4 atm
Surface Temp -197 °C Edolus is the second planet orbiting the star Sparta. It is a
Surface Gravity 1.5 g terrestrial planet with an atmosphere of carbon dioxide and
Satellites N/A nitrogen. Edolus' surface is covered by wide deserts of silicate
sand, with only a few areas of igneous rock highlands to break
Patavig is the third planet orbiting the star Macedon. It is the abrasive, dust-choked wind.
the second of the Macedon system's giant terrestrial planets, and Edolus' orbit is congested with debris thrown inwards by the
by far the more interesting. Most of the surface is covered by a gravity of the gas giant Ontamalca. Due to a high rate of meteor
vast sea of liquid ammonia, in which a unique aquatic ammonia- impacts, exploration is highly dangerous.
based biosphere has developed. While the frozen continents are Additional information:
largely bereft of life, a rich bounty of complex organisms – Orbital Distance 1.75 AU
many larger than a human – flourish in the chilly, toxic seas. Orbital Period 2.7 Earth Years
While dreadfully inhospitable to humans, Patavig is suitable Radius 5,729 km
for colonization by the volus. Negotiations between the Systems Day Length 50.3 Earth Hours
Alliance and the volus' patrons, the Turian Hierarchy, have Atm. Pressure 0.8 atm
made good progress. Surface Temp −1 °C
Additional information: Surface Gravity 0.87 g
Orbital Distance 11.3 AU Satellites N/A
Orbital Period 69.8 Earth Years
Radius 10,529 km Altaaya is the third planet orbiting the star Sparta. It is an
Day Length 30.4 Earth Hours unusually large terrestrial world with a trace atmosphere of
Atm. Pressure 22.4 atm methane and ammonia. The surface is frozen, and mainly
Surface Temp −230 °C composed of sandstone and other sedimentary rocks with
Surface Gravity 1.6 g deposits of iron and chlorides. Judging by the sedimentary
Satellites N/A composition of the crust, it appears that Altaaya once possessed
an atmosphere thick enough to support some form of liquid.
Fargeluse is the fourth planet orbiting the star Macedon. It What cataclysm stripped the atmosphere and left the planet to
is a standard “ice giant” with an abundance of airborne freeze is not currently known.
hydrocarbons. Orbital Distance 6.34 AU
Additional information: Orbital Period 18.1 Earth Years
Orbital Distance 15.46 AU Radius 11,190 km
Orbital Period 111.7 Earth Years Day Length 47.2 Earth Hours
Radius 40,394 km Atm. Pressure 0.20 atm
Day Length 19.1 Earth Hours Surface Temp -136 °C
Satellites N/A Surface Gravity 1.7 g
Satellites N/A
1st asteroid belt: orbits Macedon at a distance of 13AU
Ontamalca is the fourth planet orbiting the star Sparta. It is
a large hydrogen-helium gas giant with traces of chlorine and
sulphur in the atmosphere. Its massive gravity well tugs many
Sparta asteroids from the outer belt inwards, past the orbit of Altaaya
Sparta is a medium system with five planets and two
and Edolus and eventually settle into the inner belt.
asteroid belts. It is probably named for the ancient Greek city-
Ontamalca's orbit is congested with hundreds of captured
state of Sparta.
moons. Most last only a few thousand years before being
Distance from Athens: 7 light-years
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tidal forces and added to the gas giant's immense rings. Additional information:
Attempting to navigate this chaotic environment is hazardous at Orbital Distance 5.35 AU
best. Ships without military grade kinetic barriers are likely to Orbital Period 9.5 Earth Years
suffer catastrophic impacts. Radius 3,537 km
Additional information: Day Length 64.9 Earth Hours
Orbital Distance 10.5 AU Atm. Pressure 0.37 atm
Orbital Period 39.1 Earth Years Surface Temp 388 °C
Radius 81,764 km Surface Gravity 0.39 g
Day Length 17.7 Earth Hours Satellites N/A
Satellites hundreds
Syided is the second planet orbiting the star Hercules. It is a
Alsages is the fifth planet orbiting the star Sparta. It is a terrestrial world larger than Earth. The proximity of the
small terrestrial, with a trace atmosphere of methane and argon. energetic star Hercules causes constant blue and violet auroras
The surface is composed of water ice and calcium with in Syided's nitrogen-argon atmosphere. During periods of
occasional deposits of light metals. increased solar flares, the auroras are bright enough to read by
During the Alliance's pirate suppression campaign in the on the surface, and can be seen with off-the-shelf optics from a
2160's, the batarian Eluam Ran'perah was caught with his frigate distance of several AU.
Tunerron grounded on Alsages for drive discharge. When Syided's scorching hot surface is mainly composed of
challenged by the cruiser Hyderabad, Ran'perah refused to magnesium with deposits of iron. A surprising variety of simple
surrender. The Tunerron was destroyed attempting to take off. carbon-based life flourishes in a complex network of cave
The debris is strewn across the southern hemisphere. systems that wind through the crust, protected from Hercules'
Additional information: heat and radiation.
Orbital Distance 15.9 AU Additional information:
Orbital Period 73.8 Earth Years Orbital Distance 6.93 AU
Radius 4,926 km Orbital Period 14 Earth Years
Day Length 23.3 Earth Hours Radius 7,702 km
Atm. Pressure 0.00 atm Day Length 67.0 Earth Hours
Surface Temp -193 °C Atm. Pressure 1.18 atm
Surface Gravity 0.7 g Surface Temp 523 °C
Satellites N/A Surface Gravity 1.3 g
Satellites N/A
1st asteroid belt: orbits Macedon at a distance of 1.1AU
2nd asteroid belt: orbits Phoenix at a distance of 13 AU Eletania is the third planet orbiting the star Hercules. It
appears to be a world eminently suited for colonization. Sadly,
appearances are deceiving. It is covered by a verdant carpet of
Attican Beta mosses, algae, and lichen, and possesses a thick oxygenated
atmosphere, but the animal kingdom is a web of microscopic
The Attican Beta cluster is named after the Greek region of symbiotic creatures. These are impossible to filter from the air
Attica. The name might also refer to its position near the Attican and necessary for the native life to thrive. Unfortunately, they
Traverse. also cause anaphylactic shock when inhaled by non-native life.
The star systems of the Attican Beta cluster are named after In short, settlement requires either fully sealed environment
heroes from Ancient Greece. suits, or replacement of the entire world‟s ecosystem. Some
Prior to the First Contact War, a remote, frigid terrestrial have proposed limited colonization at altitudes above the
world in Attican Beta hosted half of a turian interferometric symbiotes' range, or in areas where favorable winds keep the air
telescope array. Connected by an expensive chain of FTL comm clear.
buoys to a similar telescope hosted at Gromar in the Voyager Additional information:
Cluster, the two functioned as a virtual "lens" with an effective
Orbital Distance 12.6 AU
aperture equal to the thousands of light years between them. The
Orbital Period 34.4 Earth Years
turians used this to map the Terminus Systems with great
Radius 8,864 km
accuracy.
Day Length 35.6 Earth Hours
The cluster‟s Mass Relay is located in the Hercules system.
Atm. Pressure 2.1 atm
Surface Temp 13 °C
Surface Gravity 1.2 g
Hercules Satellites 1
Hercules is a medium system with four planets. The star is
named for the mythological hero Hercules.
Zatorrus is the fourth planet orbiting the star Hercules. It is
Distance from Theseus: 7 light-years
a hydrogen-helium gas giant, with high-level decks of sulphur
clouds. A layer of hydrocarbons has formed deeper in the
Mass Relay: Orbits Hercules at a distance of 35 AU atmosphere. Vast electrical storm fronts can be seen flickering
across the dark side.
Xathorron is the first planet orbiting the star Hercules. It is Additional information:
a small rock planet, with a thin atmosphere of carbon dioxide Orbital Distance 27.85 AU
and hydrogen sulfide. The surface is scorching hot, and mainly
Orbital Period 113.1 Earth Years
composed of sulfur with deposits of boron.
Radius 52,290 km
Day Length 17.2 Earth Hours
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 Theseus Prothean development, suggesting Sharring may have been
Hercules is a medium system with five planets. It is named mined for helium-3.
for the mythological Greek hero Theseus. Theseus was said to Additional information:
have slain the Minotaur in the Cretan Labyrinth. Orbital Distance 12.93 AU
Distance from Hercules: 7 light-years Orbital Period 46.6 Earth Years
Radius 55,721 km
Sytau is the first planet orbiting the star Theseus. It is Day Length 14.6 Earth Hours
shrouded by a high-pressure atmosphere composed of carbon Satellites > 60
dioxide and sulphuric acids. The surface is composed of
geologically young plains of volcanic basalts and rhyolites, with Quana is the fourth planet orbiting the star Theseus. The
high concentrations of carbon and radioactives. planet‟s frozen surface is rich with heavy metals, and the
Sytau is rabidly volcanic; a dozen "supervolcanoes" 50-120 planet's higher than average density suggests further mineral
kilometers wide are erupting across the planet. Sytau's carbon richness in the depths. The atmosphere is composed of nitrogen
content and constant volcanism make natural diamonds and carbon monoxide.
plentiful, if extremely costly and dangerous to recover. The remains of a well-developed Prothean mining
Additional information: infrastructure dot the planet. Abandoned mines are connected to
Orbital Distance 1.05 AU dead cities by collapsed maglev lines. Unlike the crumbling
Orbital Period 1.1 Earth Years skyscrapers of Feros, Quana's ruins are reasonably intact.
Radius 9,547 km Unfortunately, this only made it easier for looters to strip the
Day Length 32.2 Earth Hours silent necropolis of anything valuable.
Atm. Pressure 94.51 atm Additional information:
Surface Temp 343 °C Orbital Distance 20.07 AU
Surface Gravity 1.7 g Orbital Period 90 Earth Years
Satellites N/A Radius 7,271 km
Day Length 67.8 Earth Hours
Feros is the second planet orbiting the star Theseus. Two- Atm. Pressure 0.91 atm
thirds of the habitable surface is covered with the ruins of Surface Temp -141 °C
crumbling Prothean megalopolis. In the millennia since the Surface Gravity 1.2 g
Prothean extinction, the ruins have been picked over by looters Satellites N/A
many times.
Feros was considered a poor prospect for colonization, as Logan is the fifth planet orbiting the star Theseus. It is a
little open ground remains for agriculture. The only sizable fresh standard hydrogen-helium gas giant. The survey team who
water sources are the poles, which are tapped by the decaying charted the system twenty years ago reported many strange
Prothean aqueduct system. The dead cities, while in good disturbances in Logan's cloud bands, suggesting many
condition considering their antiquity, are of uncertain stability. remarkably large solid objects were present beneath the cloud
Ground level is congested by a dozen meters of fallen debris, tops. As the ship approached, however, they subsided one by
and the air is fouled by dust. one. These disturbances have not been reported again.
In 2178, the human ExoGeni Corporation announced its Additional information:
intention to place a permanent colony on Feros, to thoroughly Orbital Distance 23.27 AU
explore the ruins. The pioneer settlement was placed on the Orbital Period 112.6 Earth Years
upper levels of the several intact skyscrapers, using the Radius 66,341 km
surviving Prothean aqueducts and rooftop hydroponics gardens Day Length 18.6 Earth Hours
to support the population. Satellites N/A
Additional information:
Orbital Distance 2.15 AU
Orbital Period
Radius
3.2 Earth Years
8,366 km Exodus Cluster
Day Length 30.3 Earth Hours The Exodus Cluster is probably named for the story of the
Atm. Pressure 5.44 atm Exodus of the Jews, who were led from Egypt to the promised
Surface Temp 10 °C land by Moses.
Surface Gravity 1.1 g Exodus is Greek for "departure". The systems and planets it
Satellites 2 contains are named for the ideal planes of various belief
systems.
This cluster was one of the first extrasolar clusters reached
Colony
by humans, and it was one of the first to be colonized by the
Species Human System Alliance. The Mass Relay to Earth's cluster, however,
Capital Zhu‟s Hope actually goes to Arcturus Station rather than to the Charon Relay
Colony Founded 2178 directly.
Population 300 The cluster‟s Mass Relay is located in the Utopia system.

Sharring is the third planet orbiting the star Theseus. It is a Asgard

standard hydrogen-helium gas giant. The atmosphere contains
Asgard is a medium system with four planets and 90 moons.
traces of ammonia, methane, and surprisingly large amounts of
It is named for the home of the Norse gods; three of its planets
water vapor, making the atmosphere a striking mix of browns,
are named after members from the pantheon.
blues, and whites. Of Sharring's 60-odd moons, two have Distance from Utopia: 10 light-years
diameters of over 3,000 kilometers. Both have signs of former

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 Terra Nova is the first planet orbiting the star Argard. It The Asgard system now supplies nearly 4% of the galactic
was one of the Class-1 colonization prospects discovered by the market.
first wave of Alliance surveys in 2150. It was the second human Additional information:
extrasolar colony, and the first beyond the Charon Relay. It Orbital Distance 4.0 AU
currently has the highest population of any Alliance colony. Orbital Period 8.05 Earth Years
Though banded by a harsh equatorial desert, areas closer to Radius 6,332 km
the poles are temperate. The pace of development was modest Day Length 46.2 Earth Hours
until extensive deposits of platinum were discovered in the Atm. Pressure 0.8 atm
2170s. This rare metal, required in the clean-burning hydrogen Surface Temp −73 °C
cells that power private vehicles, attracted a 'platinum rush' of Surface Gravity 0.95 g
immigrants and investment from throughout Alliance space. In Satellites N/A
the past twelve years, Terra Nova has seen a 30% rise in
population, and growth does didn‟t slow down until a terrorist Colony
batarian group seized the asteroid X57 and attempted to propel it Species Human
to the surface of the planet, hoping to completely kill the human Capital Kaldidalur
presence in the system. The attempt was stopped by Commander Colony Founded 2156
Shepard but it was still enough to scare thousands into seeking Population 47,000 (2183)
safer places to live. 44,000 (2186)
Additional information:
Orbital Distance 1.3 AU
Loki is the fourth planet orbiting the star Argard. It is a
Orbital Period 1.5 Earth Years small terrestrial world with little to recommend it. One
Radius 5,261 km hemisphere is largely covered by an ice cap, and the other by
Day Length 37.3 Earth Hours craggy basaltic highlands. The rough, varied terrain suggests an
Atm. Pressure 0.91 atm ancient cataclysm caused significant damage to the planet. This
Surface Temp 56 °C is seemingly reinforced by its unusually elliptical orbit, which
Surface Gravity 0.95 g reaches 6.5 AU at perigee and 7.1 AU at apogee.
Satellites N/A Penetrating scans of Loki's ice cap reveal a network of
crisscrossing subterranean tunnels. Because some of the tunnels
Colony were surprisingly regular in shape and size, early expeditions
Species Human looked for signs of excavation. It was concluded they formed by
Capital Scott natural processes.
Colony Founded 2152 Loki's thin atmosphere is mostly composed of krypton and
Population 4.4 million (2183) xenon. When it approaches perigee, frozen sulphur trioxides and
4,150,000 (2186) dioxides can evaporate into clouds on the hemisphere facing
Asgard.
Borr is the second planet orbiting the star Argard. It is a Additional information:
huge hydrogen-helium gas giant with over 90 moons. Its striking Orbital Distance 6.8 AU
coloration is caused by the light of ionized hydrogen filtering Orbital Period 17.8 Earth Years
through an upper cloud deck of sodium. The source of the Radius 3,630 km
ionization has not yet been confirmed, but Borr's mass (equal to Day Length 61.3 Earth Hours
six Jupiters) and high temperature suggest it may be a small Atm. Pressure 0.2 atm
"brown dwarf", a large gas giant that gained nearly enough mass Surface Temp −135 °C
to ignite into a small star. Surface Gravity 0.22 g
Through Borr's deep gravity well makes mining operations Satellites N/A
difficult, it is the only gas giant in the system. The hydrogen
needed for the local fuel cell industry, combined with the ever-
present need for helium-3 fusion torch fuel, make it economical Utopia
to mine. Utopia is a medium system with five planets and one moon.
Additional information: The system and the planets within it are named after various
Orbital Distance 2.2 AU idealized locations or states of mind.
Orbital Period 3.3 Earth Years Distance from Asgard: 10 light-years
Radius 74,612 km
Day Length 8.8 Earth Hours Mass Relay: Orbits Utopia at a distance of 103 AU
Satellites > 90
Fuel Depot: Utopia has fuel depots orbiting Zion
Tyr is the third planet orbiting the star Argard. It is
compositionally quite similar to Earth. However, it lies over 4 Arcadia is the first planet orbiting the star Utopia. It is an
AU from Asgard, and possesses an atmosphere primarily unusually large terrestrial world, Arcadia has a dense
composed of nitrogen and ethane. While a potential target for atmosphere compound of nitrogen and helium. Its scorching hot
terraforming, the presence of the 'shirt sleeves' habitable Terra surface is mainly composed of alkaline basalts, but metal
Nova relegated Tyr to a support role. deposits are plentiful.
Nearly a hundred corporations – human and alien – have Although several spectacular examples of columnar basalt
constructed extensive teleoperated mining, refining, and formations offer scenic beauty, Arcadia's hostile environment
manufacturing facilities across the face of Tyr. Combined with has precluded commercial development.
the platinum lodes of Terra Nova, the resources they produce are
driving development of the local hydrogen fuel cell industries.

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 Additional information: Nirvana is the fourth planet orbiting the star Utopia. It is a
Orbital Distance 0.7 AU rocky world that has a trace atmosphere of xenon and krypton.
Orbital Period 0.6 Earth Years The surface is a mix of water ice and iron oxides, with
Radius 10,893 km cryovolcanic plumes of potassium concentrated around the
Day Length 25.6 Earth Hours equatorial ridge.
Atm. Pressure 16.17 atm Nirvana has little of commercial or scientific interest.
Surface Temp 358 °C Though a few geological research stations were constructed in
Surface Gravity 5.0 g the early 2160s, all have been shut down for years. The Alliance
Satellites N/A maintains an automated ice cracking station, which has quietly
stockpiled a large amount of deuterium fuel for use by the fleet.
Eden Prime is the second planet orbiting the star Utopia. Additional information:
This idyllic agrarian world was one of the first human colonies Orbital Distance 25.6 AU
established beyond the Charon mass relay. Eden Prime's Orbital Period 129.9 Earth Years
biosphere is unusually well-suited for importation of Earth- Radius 3,212 km
native life. This fertility drew heavy immigration and Day Length 63.9 Earth Hours
development by the Systems Alliance and various corporations. Atm. Pressure 0.02 atm
Today Eden Prime is a model of sustainable, organized Surface Temp -203 °C
development. The population is housed in space-efficient Surface Gravity 0.2 g
arcologies that tower over thousands of kilometers of green Satellites N/A
fields and orchards.
Eden Prime is a human colony founded on the borders of the Xanadu is the fourth planet orbiting the star Utopia. Its
Terminus Systems. Known for its pristine, Earth-like greenery atmosphere is composed of methane and argon, while the
and suitability for sustaining life, it has become a kind of planet's frozen surface is largely potassium with deposits of
symbol for humanity's ability to create functioning colonies in calcium. Its location in the deep cold of the outer system and its
an interstellar community. Eden Prime is known for being a lack of valuable resources leave little to recommend it.
beautiful paradise for all species. Most long time colonists are in Additional information:
the agriculture business. Orbital Distance 101.7 AU
Additional information: Orbital Period 1,029.9 Earth Years
Orbital Distance 1.85 AU Radius 3,730 km
Orbital Period 2.5 Earth Years Day Length 69.8 Earth Hours
Radius 7,026 km Atm. Pressure 0.19 atm
Day Length 64.1 Earth Hours Surface Temp -216 °C
Atm. Pressure 1.45 atm Surface Gravity 0.3 g
Surface Temp 23 °C Satellites N/A
Surface Gravity 1.04 g
Satellites N/A

Colony
Gemini Sigma
The Gemini Sigma cluster might be named for the Gemini
Species Human
constellation. The constellation represents the Dioscuri, Castor
Capital Constant
and Pollux. The systems in this cluster are named after Chinese
Colony Founded 2152
Imperial dynasties.
Population 3.7 million (2183)
The cluster‟s Mass Relay is located in the Han system.
4.2 million (2186)

Zion is the third planet orbiting the star Utopia. It is a

Han
Han is a medium system with five planets. It is named for
hydrogen-helium gas giant even larger than Jupiter. Despite its
the Chinese Han Dynasty (汉朝)
deep gravity well and lethal radiation, it supports a small
helium-3 mining industry. The reason is simple: as the only gas Distance from Ming: 16 light-years
giant in the Utopia system, it is the only local source for fuel for
Eden Prime's power stations and spaceports. Mass Relay: Orbits Utopia at a distance of 50 AU
Zion has 112 satellites, ranging from orbiting asteroids to
the moon of Asphodel, which is large enough to retain a thick Paravin is the first planet orbiting the star Han. It is a
atmosphere. small, unremarkable rock world. The surface is scorching hot,
Additional information: and mainly composed of calcium with deposits of aluminum.
Orbital Distance 14.05 AU Paravin's low mass has left it tidally locked to the star Han. If
Orbital Period 52.8 Earth Years there were any resources of value, mining stations could be
Radius 74,333 km established on the relatively temperate "twilight band".
Day Length 10.5 Earth Hours Additional information:
Satellites 112 Orbital Distance 0.65 AU
Orbital Period 0.5 Earth Years
Colony Radius 4,839 km
Day Length 0.5 Earth Years
Species Human
Atm. Pressure 0.0 atm
Population 1,061 (2183)
Surface Temp 414 °C
1,062 (2186)
Surface Gravity 0.5 g
Satellites N/A

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 Huningto is the second planet orbiting the star Han. It is a Ming
Jovian-sized gas giant with a standard hydrogen-helium Ming is a small system with three planets and an asteroid
atmosphere. Traces of methane give the planet its distinct cobalt belt. It is described as an "energetic blue giant"; the mass is
blue tint. Spectral analysis indicates its extensive ring system is derived from rounding up the minimum Keplerian ratio allowed
mostly composed of ice crystals. Huningto has an exceptionally by Parag. It is probably named for the Chinese Ming
powerful magnetic field, which creates strong radio interference Dynasty（明朝)
throughout the inner system. Warning: due to the huge distance between planets, it is not
Additional information: advisable to travel to Ming without a ship with a high fuel
Orbital Distance 10.025 AU capacity.
Orbital Period 31.8 Earth Years Distance from Han: 16 light-years
Radius 73,733 km
Day Length 16.7 Earth Hours Antiroprus is the first planet orbiting the star Ming. It is a
Satellites N/A hydrogen-helium gas giant that formed in the outer regions of
Ming's system, and is in the process of migrating inwards. In a
Mavigon is the third planet orbiting the star Han. It is a few million years the planet's atmosphere will begin to "boil
small rock and ice planet with a thin atmosphere of ammonia away" into space.
and methane. The surface is frozen, and mainly composed of tin There is a sizable temperature difference between the side of
with deposits of potassium. Antiroprus facing the energetic blue giant primary and the side
The planet has rudimentary ammonia-based life, mainly facing the cold of deep space. This variance powers massive
concentrated around geothermal vents deep underground. Severe cyclonic wind systems. The intense heat it absorbs from the sun,
storm cycles are common; due to limited visibility, navigation in addition to its own internal heat engine, causes the planet's
may be difficult. dark side to radiate faintly in the infrared.
Additional information: Additional information:
Orbital Distance 12.125 AU Orbital Distance 168.7 AU
Orbital Period 42.3 Earth Years Orbital Period 284.2 Earth Years
Radius 4,906 km Radius 57,948 km
Day Length 52.0 Earth Hours Day Length 10.8 Earth Hours
Atm. Pressure 0.82 atm Satellites N/A
Surface Temp −124 °C
Surface Gravity 0.8 g Parag is the second planet orbiting the star Ming. It is a
Satellites N/A large rock planet, with an atmosphere composed of nitrogen and
argon. Despite lying over 600 AU from Ming, its surface is
Forcrothu is the fourth planet orbiting the star Han. A scorching hot, and mainly composed of alumina with deposits of
standard hydrogen-helium gas giant, Farcrothu is only silver. Due to the radiation and heat, landing on Parag's sunward
distinguished by its moons; several dozen of them have been side with anything less than warship-grade shielding will likely
sculpted into the likenesses of an arthropodal alien race not yet be fatal. Parag rotates at a retrograde to the rest of the Ming
known to Council science. Radiometric dating suggests the system, indicating it is likely a captured body.
moons were worked over half a million years ago. Additional information:
Additional information: Orbital Distance 604.72 AU
Orbital Distance 23.2 AU Orbital Period 1,930.3 Earth Years
Orbital Period 112.1 Earth Years Radius 7,979 km
Radius 66,014 km Day Length 22.4 Earth Hours
Day Length 8.4 Earth Hours Atm. Pressure 1.58 atm
Satellites >12 Surface Temp 1,117 °C
Surface Gravity 2.0 g
Patatanlis is the fifth planet orbiting the star Han. It is a Satellites N/A
large rock world, with an unusually thin atmosphere of hydrogen
and carbon monoxide. The frigid world's crust contains Altanorch is the third planet orbiting the star Ming. It is a
extensive deposits of uranium, and occasional lodes of naturally typical “ice giant” with no outstanding features. Its combination
occurring plutonium. With a total mass more than four times of strong magnetic field and relatively shallow gravity well
that of Earth, Patatanlis should have a significantly thicker make it a popular "stopover" world for discharging FTL drive
atmosphere. This unusual feature has flagged it as worthy of cores.
scientific investigation, but the need for expensive amounts of Additional information:
radiation shielding has deterred interest. Orbital Distance 983.6 AU
Additional information: Orbital Period 4,005.7 Earth Years
Orbital Distance 44.45 AU Keplerian Ratio 59.306
Orbital Period 297.4 Earth Years Radius 32,605 km
Radius 8,927 km Day Length 16.3 Earth Hours
Day Length 36.0 Earth Hours Satellites N/A
Atm. Pressure 0.06 atm
Surface Temp -174 °C 1st asteroid belt: orbits Ming at a distance of 700 AU
Surface Gravity 2.8 g
Satellites N/A

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 Hades Gamma Surface Gravity
Satellites
0.86 g
2
The Hades Gamma cluster was previously known as Crab
Nebula. It is now named for the ancient Greek underworld.
"Gamma" is the third letter in the Greek alphabet. The systems Edmos is the third planet orbiting the star Antaeus. It is a
in this cluster are all named for characters or places from the Neptune-type “ice giant” with traces of methane in its
Inferno, the first canticle of the Divine Comedy by the poet atmosphere. If Trebin's terraforming is successful, it is expected
Dante Alighieri. that a helium-3 fuel refining facility for the system will be set up
The Anansi-Ishtar shipping lane passes through the Farinata here.
/ Cacus side of this cluster, passing near to Farinata and uses Additional information:
Treyarmus as a convenient discharge point. Quarian starships Orbital Distance 3.65 AU
often take advantage of the heavy shipping traffic near Orbital Period 7.8 Earth Years
Treyarmus to sell salvage or refreshments; the number of Radius 36,826 km
merchant vessels along the Anansi-Ishtar route also makes it a Day Length 13.7 Earth Hours
popular 'hiding place' for any unregistered ship wishing to Satellites N/A
obfuscate its signal.
The cluster‟s Mass Relay is located in the Anteous system. Ploba is the fourth planet orbiting the star Antaeus. It the
second, and by far the larger, of Antaeus' two gas giants. Active
Anteous scans by survey ships have returned tantalizing indications of
Antaeus is a large system with six planets. It is named for massive, solid structures deep within the atmosphere, too regular
the giant Antaeus and is a reference to Dante's Inferno, the first in pattern to be anything natural.
canticle of his Divine Comedy. In the Divine Comedy, Antaeus Some believe Ploba is a "Jupiter Brain", a planet-sized
is one of the guardians of the ninth circle of Hell. supercomputer. Adherents of this theory have fruitlessly beamed
Distance from Cacus: 4 light-years signals toward the sunken megastructures, hoping to get the
Distance from Dis: 7.2 light-years machine's attention.
Distance from Farinata: 8 light-years Others believe that an ancient spacefaring race disposed of
Distance from Plutus: 3.6 light-years their weapons of war by dumping them into the planet. The last
attempt to reach and salvage Ploba's "Deep Anomalies" went
Mass Relay: Orbits Antaeus at a distance of 19.1 AU tragically wrong, and ended with a crew of 12 being trapped and
crushed in the gas giant's lower atmosphere.
Ageko is the first planet orbiting the star Antaeus. It is a Additional information:
standard terrestrial with a thin atmosphere of krypton and xenon. Orbital Distance 6.93 AU
Its crust is mainly composed of magnesium with deposits of Orbital Period 20.4 Earth Years
cobalt and other heavy metals. Due to extremely rough, cratered Radius 74,221 km
terrain, starships are discouraged from landing. Day Length 17.3 Earth Hours
During the initial survey of the Antaeus system, only a Satellites N/A
single fly-by probe was spared for the small, scorched world of
Ageko. It revealed a planet unusually rich in heavier elements, Vemal is the fifth planet orbiting the star Antaeus. It is an
given its size. enormous terrestrial world of mixed rock and ice with an
Additional information: atmosphere of methane and ethane. Its frozen surface is mainly
Orbital Distance 0.25 AU composed of calcium with deposits of iron. Because of noxious
Orbital Period 0.1 Earth Years surface gases, explorers are warned to use extreme caution.
Radius 2,147 km Additional information:
Day Length 59.9 Earth Hours Orbital Distance 10.38 AU
Atm. Pressure 0.27 atm Orbital Period 37.5 Earth Years
Surface Temp 346 °C Radius 10,314 km
Surface Gravity 0.25 g Day Length 36.3 Earth Hours
Satellites N/A Atm. Pressure 1.0 atm
Surface Temp −61 °C
Trebin is the second planet orbiting the star Antaeus. It is a Surface Gravity 1.1 g
modest terrestrial world, with an atmosphere composed of Satellites N/A
nitrogen and argon. Its surface is mainly composed of nickel
with deposits of silver. Hunidor is the sixth planet orbiting the star Antaeus. It is a
Trebin's environment is relatively mild, but the scarcity of moderately sized ice world with an extremely thin atmosphere
water or similar enabling substances has prevented the composed of krypton and xenon. Its frozen surface is unusually
development of any biosphere. ExoGeni Corp recently smooth, suggesting widespread "repaving" by cryovolcanic
performed a test impact of a single water-ice comet into the processes though no such activity is currently evident.
surface, the first step of a long-term plan to thicken the Additional information:
atmosphere and introduce water to the environment. Orbital Distance 18.68 AU
Additional information: Orbital Period 90.5 Earth Years
Orbital Distance 1.0 AU Radius 3,686 km
Orbital Period 1.1 Earth Years Day Length 48.2 Earth Hours
Radius 5,489 km Atm. Pressure 0.2 atm
Day Length 41.8 Earth Hours Surface Temp -202 °C
Atm. Pressure 0.84 atm Surface Gravity 0.22 g
Surface Temp 8 °C Satellites N/A

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 Cacus Satellites N/A
Cacus is a medium system with five planets and an asteroid
belt. It is named for the 'centaur' Cacus and is a reference to Faringor is the fourth planet orbiting the star Cacus. It is a
Dante's Inferno, the first canticle of his Divine Comedy. In the large but low-density, terrestrial world. It is generally believed
Divine Comedy, Cacus is one of the guardians of the eighth to consist mainly of water ice. Occasional upwelling of metals,
circle of Hell. caused by the interacting tidal forces of several large moons,
Distance from Antaeus: 4 light-years suggest the core is small, but extremely dense.
Distance from Dis: 7.16 light-years Faringor has a thin atmosphere of carbon dioxide and
Distance from Farinata: 4 light-years ethane. Its frozen surface is mainly composed of dark carbon-
Distance from Plutus: 4.5 light-years laced water ice.
Ten years ago, Faringor's grim surface color and dim
Zayarter is the first planet orbiting the star Cacus. It is an illumination drew the cinematographer Risa Uvarsen to film the
enigmatic terrestrial planet. It has a hazy atmosphere of nitrogen exterior scenes of "Starless" on location. Acknowledged as a
and argon. The surface is scorching hot, and mainly composed masterpiece of gothic horror, the sets – well preserved by the
of calcium with deposits of sodium. vacuum – draw hundreds of tourists to the backwater system
Three times in the last century, ships stopping to discharge every year.
at Treyarmus reported geometric patterns of lights on the dark Additional information:
side of Zayarter. Attempts at further investigation proved Orbital Distance 20.2 AU
fruitless; the lights disappear when ships approach the inner Orbital Period 69.8 Earth Years
system. Radius 11,129 km
Additional information: Day Length 69.6 Earth Hours
Orbital Distance 2 AU Atm. Pressure 0.00 atm
Orbital Period 2.1 Earth Years Surface Temp −144 °C
Radius 5,535 km Surface Gravity N/A
Day Length 53.8 Earth Hours Satellites >2
Atm. Pressure 0.5 atm
Surface Temp 166 °C Treyarmus is the fifth planet orbiting the star Cacus. It is a
Surface Gravity 0.7 g Neptune-type “ice giant”. It has a strong magnetic field, making
Satellites N/A it a popular discharge point for freighters working on the
Anansi-Ishtar shipping route.
Chohe is the second planet orbiting the star Cacus. It is a It is popular enough, in fact, that quarian ships can often be
terrestrial planet whose surface is mainly composed of found loitering in orbit, selling the freighter crews cheap
aluminum, with numerous deposits of calcium. Though it has refreshments, salvage, and odd craftworks assembled by their
enough mass to retain a dense atmosphere, Chohe is nearly a children. There are no ships in orbit at present, however.
vacuum. This lack of atmosphere allows a moderate average Additional information:
temperature, but the differences between night and day are Orbital Distance 51.75 AU
extreme. Orbital Period 286.7 Earth Years
The surface of Chohe's sunward-facing side is usually Radius 42,211 km
covered by a haze of volatiles (mainly water vapor and carbon Day Length 12.8 Earth Hours
dioxide), which return to the ground as frost over the course of Satellites N/A
the long, cold night.
The Sirta Foundation has established a research outpost on 1st asteroid belt: orbits Cacus at a distance of 15.5 AU
Chohe to investigate the native subterranean life of Chohe,
which shows incredible resilience to extremes of heat and cold.
Additional information:
Orbital Distance 3.7 AU
Dis
Dis is a medium system with five planets and an asteroid
Orbital Period 5.4 Earth Years belt. It is named for the City of the Dead in Dante's Inferno, the
Radius 8,000 km first canticle of his Divine Comedy. In the Divine Comedy, Dis
Day Length 54.5 Earth Hours is located in the sixth circle of Hell.
Atm. Pressure 0.00 atm Distance from Antaeus: 7.2 light-years
Surface Temp 11 °C Distance from Cacus: 7.16 light-years
Surface Gravity 1.0 g Distance from Farinata: 7.55 light-years
Satellites 1 Distance from Plutus: 3.6 light-years

Xamarri is the third planet orbiting the star Cacus. It is a Jartar is the first planet orbiting the star Dis. It is a
small, airless, cratered terrestrial – a lifeless rock quite similar to terrestrial world with a trace atmosphere of krypton and xenon.
Luna. Its frozen surface is mainly composed of silicates, though The surface is hot, and mainly composed of unremarkable
one hemisphere has several "seas" of dark basaltic rock. silicates. Occasional deposits of aluminum, magnesium, and
Additional information: other light metals can be found.
Orbital Distance 13.03 AU Jartar is noted for the discovery of the "Leviathan of Dis,"
Orbital Period 36.1 Earth Years the apparent corpse of a genetically engineered living starship.
Radius 2,236 km The Leviathan was found in the bottom of a crater by a batarian
Day Length 42.1 Earth Hours survey team, and estimated to be nearly a billion years old. It
Atm. Pressure 0.00 atm "disappeared" after a visit to the system by a batarian
Surface Temp −117 °C dreadnought in 2163
Surface Gravity 0.19 g

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Orbital Distance 3.02AU Orbital Distance 16.37 AU
Orbital Period 2.8 Earth Years Orbital Period 35.4 Earth Years
Radius 1,410 km Radius 3,691 km
Day Length 2.8 Earth Hours Day Length 61.7 Earth Hours
Atm. Pressure 0.00 atm Atm. Pressure 0.27 atm
Surface Temp 82 °C Surface Temp -84 °C
Surface Gravity 0.17 g Surface Gravity 0.28 g
Satellites N/A Satellites N/A

Nearrum is the second planet orbiting the star Dis. It is a Raysha is the fifth planet orbiting the star Dis. It is a
terrestrial world with a thin atmosphere of methane and argon. Neptune-type “ice giant”. It has traces of sodium and ammonia
Its frozen surface is mainly composed of basaltic rock. Its most in its atmosphere.
prominent feature is the Ellos Rift Valley, a long volcanic During the brief "gold rush" to Klensal, a few companies
divergence zone that stretches across half of the northern established an infrastructural for helium-3 skimming and
hemisphere. deuterium mining on Raysha's icy moons. When Klensal proved
Additional information: to be less wealthy than expected, the facilities were stripped for
Orbital Distance 5.18 AU parts and abandoned.
Orbital Period 6.3 Earth Years Additional information:
Radius 6,779 km Orbital Distance 29.47 AU
Day Length 31.7 Earth Hours Orbital Period 85.5 Earth Years
Atm. Pressure 0.67 atm Radius 34,914 km
Surface Temp 58 °C Day Length 11.5 Earth Hours
Surface Gravity 0.82 g Satellites >1
Satellites ≥1
1st asteroid belt: orbits Dis at a distance of 15 AU
Klensal is the third planet orbiting the star Dis. It is a
terrestrial world slightly smaller than Earth. It has a thin
atmosphere of carbon dioxide and ethane. Its first geological Farinata
surveys were performed by batarians, and suggested areas of Farinata is a small system with three planets and two
great mineral wealth. Human mining concerns spent billions of asteroid belts. It is named for Farinata degli Uberti and is a
credits hustling to the distant system and sinking test bores to reference to Dante's Inferno, the first canticle of his Divine
claim the planet for humanity. Comedy. In the Divine Comedy, Dante speaks with Farinata in
But Klensal had only an average level of mining wealth – the sixth circle of Hell.
valuable, but hardly worth the rush and expense. Merida Warning: due to the huge distance between planets, it is not
Industria, a small Mexican company hoping to strike it rich in advisable to travel to Farinata without a ship with a high fuel
their first extrasolar mining venture, had to file for bankruptcy capacity.
protection. Distance from Antaeus: 8 light-years
Investigation revealed the batarian crew had deliberately Distance from Cacus: 4 light-years
falsified their surveys, hoping it would encourage human rivals Distance from Dis: 7.55 light-years
to invest in a costly boondoggle. While unethical, this was not Distance from Plutus: 6.8 light-years
technically illegal, and the batarian government disavowed the
"personal actions of a few misguided patriots." The planet is still Tunshagon is the first planet orbiting the star Farinata. It is
littered with abandoned mining bases, which are often used as a superterrestrial protoplanet with traces of chlorine and nitrogen
temporary meeting places for criminals. in its atmosphere.
Additional information: Additional information:
Orbital Distance 11.7 AU Orbital Distance 6.95 AU
Orbital Period 21.4 Earth Years Orbital Period 3.2 Earth Years
Radius 5,447 km Radius 42,418 km
Day Length 37.2 Earth Hours Day Length 9.1 Earth Hours
Atm. Pressure 0.58 atm Satellites 7
Surface Temp -35 °C
Surface Gravity 0.86 g
1
Juntauma is the second planet orbiting the star Farinata. It
Satellites
is a small, broiling terrestrial world. Its thin atmosphere of
carbon dioxide and ethane is being steadily "blown off" by the
Gremar is the fourth planet orbiting the star Dis. It is an icy powerful solar wind from the star Farinata. The surface is
terrestrial world with a thin atmosphere of carbon dioxide and scorching hot, and mainly composed of sulphur with deposits of
krypton. Its surface is mainly composed of frozen ammonia with copper. Its density is low enough to leave the world tidally
deposits of tin and other light metals. locked to Farinata.
When exposed to sunlight, Gremar's ammonia can melt, The Alliance Defense Data Network notes that several ships
forming equatorial seas of the toxic chemical. This allowed a have been spotted cruising near Juntauma with transponders
profusion of simple fungus and lichens to evolve in the low- turned off. While an Alliance patrol attempted pursuit of one,
energy environment. A by-product of their metabolism causes the unidentified vessel "rabbited" to FTL. Its trail was lost when
them to glow very faintly. While the light of an individual is it obscured its light trace in the confusion of signals along the
insignificant, large patches seem to reinforce the light of one Anansi-Ishtar shipping lane.
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Orbital Distance 69.9 AU Orbital Distance 5.45 AU
Orbital Period 102.0 Earth Years Orbital Period 3.3 Earth Years
Radius 4,227 km Radius 6,914 km
Day Length 102.0 Earth Years Day Length 33.4 Earth Hours
Atm. Pressure 0.36 atm Atm. Pressure 0.48 atm
Surface Temp 1,176 °C Surface Temp 497 °C
Surface Gravity 0.38 g Surface Gravity 0.88 g
Satellites N/A Satellites N/A

Nepneu is the third planet orbiting the star Farinata. It is a Clocrolis is the third planet orbiting the star Plutus. It is a
small terrestrial planet, with a thin atmosphere of carbon dioxide modest rock planet, roughly the size of Mars. It has a thin
and krypton. As with all the worlds of Farinata, its surface is atmosphere of carbon dioxide and ethane. Its scorching hot
scorching hot. The crust mainly consists of silicates laced with surface is mainly composed of silicate rock with deposits of
iron. With a rare combination of features, Nepneu is of aluminum and other light metals.
particular interest to the scientific community. Clocrolis has a very weak magnetic field. In addition to high
Additional information: levels of solar radiation, it is not suitable for mass effect drive
Orbital Distance 144.128 AU discharge operations.
Orbital Period 302.0 Earth Years Additional information:
Radius 3,742 km Orbital Distance 21.2 AU
Day Length 30.1 Earth Hours Orbital Period 25.2 Earth Years
Atm. Pressure 0.23 atm Radius 3,675 km
Surface Temp 848 °C Day Length 57.0 Earth Hours
Surface Gravity 0.27 g Atm. Pressure 0.37 atm
Satellites ≥1 Surface Temp 161 °C
Surface Gravity 0.39 g
1st asteroid belt: orbits Farinata at a distance of 18 AU Satellites N/A
2nd asteroid belt: orbits Farinata at a distance of 47.3 AU
Nonuel is the fourth planet orbiting the star Plutus. It is a
terrestrial world. Though it is one of the oldest entries in the star
Plutus charts, Nonuel has not yet been fully mapped. It is the largest
Plutus is a medium system with five planets and an asteroid body in the asteroid belt of the blue star Plutus, not only large
belt. Plutus is a blue star. It is named for the 'demon' Plutus, one enough to maintain a spherical shape, but also massive enough
of the guardians of the fourth circle of Hell in Dante's Inferno, to maintain the noxious carbon and sulphur dioxides venting
the first canticle of the Divine Comedy. from its many volcanoes as an atmosphere.
Warning: due to the huge distance between planets, it is not Nonuel is rabidly volcanic, and the source of its great heat is
advisable to travel to Plutus without a ship with a high fuel also the source of its inordinate mass. Nonuel is a "secondary
capacity. source" of element zero, coalesced around a large chunk of eezo
Distance from Antaeus: 3.6 light-years ejected by a supernova billions of years ago.
Distance from Cacus: 4.5 light-years Surface conditions are extremely hazardous. In addition to
Distance from Dis: 3.6 light-years the thin crust and numerous magma flows, wide stretches of the
Distance from Farinata: 6.8 light-years landscape are coated with slippery ash and cinders ejected from
the volcanoes.
Additional information:
Mingito is the first planet orbiting the star Plutus. It is a
sunbaked wasteland of sodium, chlorates, and radioactives. Its Orbital Distance 51 AU
relatively light mass has left it tidally locked to Plutus, with a Orbital Period 94.0 Earth Years
day side "hot pole" and a night side "cold pole". The powerful Radius 4,439 km
solar wind has stripped most of the atmosphere away. Day Length 46.9 Earth Hours
Additional information: Atm. Pressure 0.88 atm
Orbital Distance 3.1 AU Surface Temp 127 °C
1.4 Earth Years Surface Gravity 0.85 g
Orbital Period
Satellites N/A
Radius 4,384 km
Day Length 1.4 Earth Years
Atm. Pressure 0.2 atm Veyaria is the fifth planet orbiting the star Plutus. It is a
Surface Temp 675 °C huge hydrogen-helium gas giant with traces of methane in its
Surface Gravity 0.44 g atmosphere.
Satellites N/A Additional information:
Orbital Distance 95.03 AU
Maidla is the second planet orbiting the star Plutus. It is a Orbital Period 239.2 Earth Years
terrestrial planet with a light atmosphere of carbon dioxide and Radius 78,204 km
hydrogen sulfide. The surface is hot, and mainly composed of Day Length 10.0 Earth Hours
magnesia with deposits of sulfur. Over a dozen volcanoes are Satellites N/A
erupting across the surface.
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The Horse Head Nebula (also known as Barnard 33 in bright
nebula IC 434) takes its name from the horse head shape in its Therumlon is the third planet orbiting the star Fortuna. It is
middle. The first human to discover it was Williamina Fleming a terrestrial world with a thick nitrogen-argon atmosphere. The
in 1888 at Harvard University. crust contains silicates and unremarkable ores, but is
It is lately discovered that Cerberus holds a strong presence surprisingly rich in phosphates. Since the atmosphere lacks free
in the cluster, with one large space station, the Minuteman oxygen, the phosphates are relatively pure and could be of value
Station being present in the cluster and most importantly the HQ in the manufacture of fertilizer and incendiary ammunition.
for the entire organization – the Cronos Station, which orbits the Additional information:
red supergiant Anadius. This star is a minor footnote on the star Orbital Distance 7.33 AU
maps of the Horsehead Nebula: a cold, dying star of about 20 Orbital Period 31.4 Earth Years
solar masses and 1500 times Sol's radius. No Cerberus station Radius 5,492 km
listed on any charts, and Cronos Station is nearly imperceptible Day Length 69.0 Earth Hours
in the star's periodic bursts of solar output. Atm. Pressure 17.11 atm
The cluster‟s Mass Relay is located in the Pax system. Surface Temp −134 °C
Surface Gravity 0.7 g
Fortuna Satellites N/A
Fortuna is a medium system with four planets.
Fortuna is a red dwarf. Its name is Latin for "fate", "fortune" Wentania is the fourth planet orbiting the star Fortuna. It is
or "luck" and is used as the proper name of the Roman goddess a small rocky world. Hard data on Wentania is very limited.
of fortune and fate. When the system was charted by the Alliance surveyor Kupe,
The Fortuna system was initially charted by the Alliance only a small, unmanned flyby probe was spared for the distant
starship Kupe, though only a small probe could be spared for world. It is a small rock and ice planet, with a trace atmosphere
Wentania. One of her crewmen was the poet Sofia Cabral, who of krypton and sulfur dioxide. While it is largely water ice,
was aboard during her tour of duty with the Alliance and who mapping of mass concentrations suggests it has a core of pure
named the planet Amaranthine. Kupe is named after the aluminum.
Polynesian who -- according to some Maori mythologies -- Additional information:
discovered Aotearoa (New Zealand). Orbital Distance 13.93 AU
Distance from Strennus: 12 light-years Orbital Period 82.2 Earth Years
Distance from Pax: 15 light-years Radius 3,198 km
Day Length 32.5 Earth Hours
Maganlis is the first planet orbiting the star Fortuna. It is a Atm. Pressure 0.03 atm
rock terrestrial with an atmosphere of sulphur dioxide and trace Surface Temp -237 °C
amounts of helium. Scans reveal ancient lava plains on the Surface Gravity 0.2 g
surface, implying a geologically active past. The crust consists Satellites N/A
of sulphur and basalts, but the planet's mass suggests a core of Pax
iron and heavier materials. Cursory drill coring suggests the Fortuna is a medium system with four planets.
possibility of simple subterranean life. Distance from Fortuna: 15 light-years
Additional information: Distance from Strennus: 10 light-years
Orbital Distance 1.32 AU
Orbital Period 2.4 Earth Years Mass Relay: Orbits Pax at a distance of 27 AU
Radius 7,708 km
Day Length 33.2 Earth Hours Fuel Depot: Pax has one fuel depot orbiting the start at 12
Atm. Pressure 1.03 atm AU
Surface Temp −150 °C
Surface Gravity 1.1 g
Svarog is the first planet orbiting the star Pax. It is a typical
Satellites N/A
ice giant whose orbit is quite close to the star. It is unusual for a
star with a close orbiting gas giant to have a habitable world.
Amaranthine is the second planet orbiting the star Fortuna. Svarog is Pax‟s only gas giant, but its temperature, powerful
It is a chilly rock world with an atmosphere of carbon dioxide winds, and high orbital velocity make it a poor candidate for
and nitrogen. Its frozen surface consists largely of light titanium helium-3 mining. While Noveria enjoys plentiful deuterium for
and aluminum oxides, with deposits of thorium and other heavy its fusion plants, it imports all of its helium-3 from out-system.
metals located in the deep crust. Amaranthine was named by the Like most pegasids, Svarog is thought to have formed
human poet Sofia Cabral during her tour of duty aboard the outside the frost line of its parent star and migrated inward due
Alliance surveyor ship Kupe. Under the dim light of the red to an unstable orbit. Its small size compared to the usual
dwarf Fortuna, the surface of this world is lit in rich twilight hydrogen-helium gas giants is likely due to hydrodynamic
blues and purples even at midday. escape. Since it orbits closer than 0.015 AU, the planet's
Additional information: atmosphere is likely soon to be consumed. Scientific debate
Orbital Distance 3.86 AU continues on how the other planets in the system survived
Orbital Period 12.0 Earth Years Svarog's migration, as its gravity may have played havoc with
Radius 6,694 km them early in their formation.
Day Length 59.7 Earth Hours Additional information:
Atm. Pressure 1.19 atm Orbital Distance 0.32 AU
Surface Temp −178 °C Orbital Period 0.2 Earth Years
Surface Gravity 1.16 g Radius 32,285 km

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 Day Length 13.4 Earth Hours Orbital Distance 24.5 AU
Satellites N/A Orbital Period 136.6 Earth Years
Radius 7,547 km
Noveria is the second planet orbiting the star Pax. It is a Day Length 62.0 Earth Hours
snowy, rocky world, with most of its hydrosphere locked up in Atm. Pressure 0.07 atm
massive glaciers. A privately-chartered colony world, the planet Surface Temp -220 °C
is owned by Noveria Development Corporation holding Surface Gravity 1.7 g
company. The NDC is funded by investment capital from two Satellites N/A
dozen high technology development firms, and administrated by
an Executive Board representing their interests.
The investors built remote hot labs in isolated locations Strennus
across Noveria's surface. These facilities are used for research Fortuna is a medium system with five planets.
too dangerous or controversial to be performed elsewhere, as Distance from Fortuna: 12 light-years
Noveria is technically not part of Citadel space and therefore Distance from Pax: 10 light-years
exempt from Council law.
By special arrangement, Citadel Council Special Tactics and Yunthorl is the first planet orbiting the star Strennus. It is a
Reconnaissance agents have been granted extraterritorial terrestrial world. Shrouded by a thick atmosphere of complex
privileges, but it remains to be seen how committed the hydrocarbons, Yunthorl has never been fully mapped. The
Executive Board is to that principle. Given its unique situation, surface is hot, and completely covered by a global ocean of
it is understandable that Noveria is often implicated in all liquid hydrocarbons. There are indications of primitive organic
manner of wild conspiracy theories. life developing deep within the global ocean.
Additional information: Additional information:
Orbital Distance 0.9 AU Orbital Distance 3 AU
Orbital Period 0.9 Earth Years Orbital Period 5.8 Earth Years
Radius 5,656 km Radius 5,905 km
Day Length 52.0 Earth Hours Day Length 55.2 Earth Hours
Atm. Pressure 0.87 atm Atm. Pressure 2.1 atm
Surface Temp -1 °C Surface Temp 68 °C
Surface Gravity 0.81 g Surface Gravity 0.8 g
Satellites N/A Satellites N/A

Colony Antitarra is the second planet orbiting the star Strennus. It

Species Human is a standard ice giant with traces of ammonia. Hydrocarbons in
Capital Port Hanshan the atmosphere lend it a distinct brown tint.
Colony Founded 2163 Additional information:
Population 361,400 (2183) Orbital Distance 13 AU
405,200 (2186) 52.0 Earth Years
Orbital Period
Radius 35,417 km
Morana is the third planet orbiting the star Pax. It is an icy Day Length 14.7 Earth Hours
planetoid smaller than Earth's moon. Many planetary geologists Satellites N/A
suspect it was once an Oort cloud "ice dwarf" which migrated
inwards after an encounter with some other body. While the Trelyn is the third planet orbiting the star Strennus. It is a
crust is frozen water ice, deeper layers are mostly silicates, with lifeless rock with a trace atmosphere of nitrogen and xenon. Its
pockets of magnesium and aluminum. Morana is tidally locked surface contains large amounts of iron and magnesium silicates.
to Pax; the same side always faces the sun. Due to the heavy cratered terrain, starships are discouraged form
Additional information: landing. A salarian religious cult claims that a certain pattern of
Orbital Distance 6.3 AU overlapping craters in the southern hemisphere resembles their
Orbital Period 17.7 Earth Years goddess.
Radius 1,089 km Additional information:
Day Length 17.7 Earth Years Orbital Distance 16 AU
Atm. Pressure 0.0 atm 74.9 Earth Years
Orbital Period
Surface Temp -158 °C 1,163 km
Radius
Surface Gravity 0.1 g Day Length 36.7 Earth Hours
Satellites N/A 0.00 atm
Atm. Pressure
Surface Temp -147 °C
Veles is the fourth planet orbiting the star Pax. It is a Surface Gravity 0.1 g
terrestrial world. Veles has a thin atmosphere of xenon and Satellites N/A
krypton – most other materials have frozen and fallen as snow.
Its surface is composed of potassium with deposits of Xawin is the fourth planet orbiting the star Strennus. It is a
magnesium. While investigating the primitive anaerobic life of terrestrial world with a thin atmosphere of carbon dioxide and
Veles, Binary Helix survey teams discovered a cunningly hidden ethane. The surface is frozen, and mainly composed of cobalt
anchorage of the ancient krogan warlord Moro. Many records with deposits of copper. Planetside conditions are hazardous,
and artifacts of the Krogan Rebellions were recovered and sold with constant ice storms wracking the surface.
at auction. The empty base is now abandoned.
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 Additional information: Day Length 243 Earth Days
Orbital Distance 19 AU Atm. Pressure 90 atm
Orbital Period 97.3 Earth Years Surface Temp 465 °C
Radius 5,756 km Surface Gravity 0.88 g
Day Length 21.8 Earth Hours Satellites N/A
Atm. Pressure 0.79 atm
Surface Temp −131 °C Colony
Surface Gravity 0.8 g Species Human
Satellites N/A Population 800 (aerostat habitats)

Thesalgon is the fifth planet orbiting the star Strennus. It is Earth is the third planet orbiting the star Sol. It is a
a standard hydrogen-helium gas giant. Its atmosphere is tinted terrestrial world well suited for most life.
blue by trace quantities of methane. Earth's orbit is riddled with debris generated by "bootstrap"
Orbital Distance 30 AU space development; use of kinetic barriers is recommended at
Orbital Period 173.4 Earth Years altitudes over 85 km.
Radius 53,520 km The homeworld and capital of humanity is entering a new
Day Length 15.5 Earth Hours golden age. The resource wealth of a dozen settled colonies and
Satellites N/A a hundred industrial outposts flows back to Earth, fueling great
works of industry, commerce, and art. The great cities are
greening as arcology skyscrapers and telecommuting allow more
Local Cluster efficient use of land.
Earth is still divided among nation-states, though all are
The Local Cluster contains Sol, the system which contains affiliated beneath the overarching banner of the Systems
the human home planet, Earth. Alliance. While every human enjoys longer and better life then
The Local Cluster has one system: Sol. It is there its Mass ever, the gap between rich and poor widens daily. Advanced
Relay is located. nations have eliminated most genetic disease and pollution. Less
fortunate regions have not progressed beyond 20th century
Sol technology, and are often smog-choked, overpopulated slums.
Sol is a large system with nine planets and an asteroid belt. Sea levels have risen two meters in the last 200 years, and
Sol is the home system to the humans and the Systems violent weather is common due to environmental damage
Alliance. inflicted during the late 21st century. The past few decades,
however, have seen significant improvement due to recent
Mass Relay: Orbits the planet Pluto at a distance of 39.5 technological advances.
AU from Sol. Additional information:
Orbital Distance 1 AU
Fuel Depot: Sol has fuel depots orbiting Saturn, Uranus Orbital Period 1 Earth Year
and Neptune. Radius 6,378 km
Day Length 23.9 Earth Hours
Mercury is the first planet orbiting the star Sol. It is a small Atm. Pressure 1 atm
terrestrial world. A handful of solar power stations exist on Surface Temp 23 °C
"peaks of eternal light" at the north and south poles of Mercury. Surface Gravity 1.0 g
The difficulties imposed by the planet's proximity to the sun and Satellites Luna
high orbital velocity have limited development.
Additional information: Homeworld
Orbital Distance 0.39 AU Species Human
Orbital Period 88 Earth Days Population 11.4 billion
Radius 2,440 km Population (L4 and 250,000
Day Length 58.7 Earth Days L5 stations)
Atm. Pressure Trace
Surface Temp 430 °C Earth’s Moon: Luna
Surface Gravity 0.38 g Luna is the only moon of Earth. An early source of helium-
Satellites N/A 3, it is now mined for materials used in space habitat
construction. Two dozen major stations have been constructed at
Colony Earth's L4 and L5 Lagrange points, all from lunar resources.
Species Human Additional information:
Population 340 Orbital Distance 384,403 km (from Earth)
Orbital Period 27.3 Earth Days
Venus is the second planet orbiting the star Sol. It is a Radius 1,737 km
terrestrial world. With its molten temperatures, sulphuric acid Day Length 27.3 Earth Days
clouds, and crushing carbon dioxide atmosphere, Venus has only Atm. Pressure Trace
a handful of aerostat research outposts. Surface Temp −53 °C
Additional information: Surface Gravity 0.1654 g
Orbital Distance 0.72 AU Satellites N/A
Orbital Period 224.7 Earth Days
Radius 6,052 km

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 Colony Day Length 9.93 Earth Hours
Species Human Satellites 63
Capital Armstrong
Colony Founded 2069 Colony
Population 4,1 million Species Human
Population 9,100 (all moons)
Mars is the fourth planet orbiting the star Sol. It is a
terrestrial world much smaller than Earth. Saturn is the sixth planet orbiting the star Sol. It is a gas
Once considered a prospect for terraforming and giant. It has been a major source of helium-3 fuel for fusion
colonization, the discovery of faster than light travel turned plants since the 2150s. The moon of Titan is mined for
Mars into a quiet backwater. Its southern pole is a historical hydrocarbons, and used as a hostile environment training facility
preserve centered on the Prothean ruins found there. for Alliance Marines.
Immigration and development are restricted as the search for Additional information:
Prothean artifacts continues. Orbital Distance 9.5 AU
Mars was explored via various robotic expeditions for nearly Orbital Period 29.5 Earth Years
a century before the first manned research stations were placed Radius 60,268 km
in the 2080s. The first permanent settlement on Mars was Day Length 10.3 Earth Hours
Lowell City, founded in 2103 by the European Space Agency, Satellites 60
and based in Eos Chasma. Within a decade, both the US and
China had founded permanent settlements as well. However,
satellites near Promethei Planum began reporting strange Colony
phenomena that gave the region a 'Bermuda Triangle' reputation, Species Human
mostly unexplained magnetic field shifts. Capital Huygens Dome
In 2148, a prospecting team led by Mateus Silva began Population 117,000 (orbitals and
exploring near the Deseado Crater, and found the source of these Titan)
disturbances when they unearthed a subterranean Prothean ruin.
The ruins contained a malfunctioning mass effect core and Uranus is the seventh planet orbiting the star Sol. It is an
several starships, as well as refined element zero. After a global ice giant. After the development of mass effect FTL drive,
effort, the information remaining in the ruins' computers was distant Uranus was the target of a "land rush" to exploit its
translated, identifying the structure as a former observation and combination of plentiful helium-3 fuel and shallow gravity well.
biosciences station, set up to receive and process data from Today Uranus is the largest producer of He-3 in Alliance space.
Earth as the Protheans studied Cro-Magnon humans. Additional information:
The motives and conclusions of the Prothean observers Orbital Distance 19.2 AU
remained unknown, but the ruins' data cache, though Orbital Period 84.3 Earth Years
fragmented, accelerated human sciences by roughly two hundred Radius 25,559 km
years. It paved the way for the development of FTL drives and, Day Length 17.3 Earth Hours
later, mass effect field technology. Satellites 27
Some of the refined element zero in the ruins, however, fell
into less responsible hands. Criminal triads on Mars used it to Colony
create red sand; the drug may have taken its name from Mars' Species Human
distinctive colouring and arid surface. Capital Sakharov Station
Additional information: Population 371,000
Orbital Distance 1.52 AU
Orbital Period 1.88 Earth Years Neptune is the eigth planet orbiting the star Sol. It is an ice
Radius 3,402 km giant. Though Neptune, like Uranus, has plentiful helium, its
Day Length 24.6 Earth Hours remoteness made it an unpromising target for mining before the
Atm. Pressure Trace development of mass effect drive. With Uranus cheaper to
Surface Temp -138 °C exploit, it has never seen extensive development. The only
Surface Gravity 0.38 g permanent human presence is a small research facility on Triton.
Satellites 2 Additional information:
Orbital Distance 29.1 AU
Colony Orbital Period 164.8 Earth Years
Species Human Radius 24,764 km
Capital Lowell City Day Length 16.1 Earth Hours
Colony Founded 2103 Satellites 14
Population 3.4 million
Colony
Jupiter is the fifth planet orbiting the star Sol. It is a Species Human
standard gas-giant. Jupiter's deep gravity well and lethal Population 70 (Triton)
radiation have kept its moons from being significantly exploited.
The largest outpost is Binary Helix Corporation's Nautilus
facility, attached to the underside of Europa's ice sheet.
Pluto is the ninth planet orbiting the star Sol. It is one of
Additional information: Sol's numerous "ice dwarf" terrestrial worlds. It is mainly of
note for being the gravitational "anchor" for the Mass Relay to
Orbital Distance 5.2 AU
Arcturus. Pluto and the Charon Relay (formerly encased in ice,
Orbital Period 11.7 Earth Years and considered a moon) orbit each other. Pluto's orbit was
Radius 71,492 km

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circularized in 2157 as a side effect of the Charon Mass Relay Its remote location in the Skyllian Verge was ideal for the
recovery operations. retirement of Alliance hero Jon Grissom. He arrived on the
Additional information: colony in 2160 and five years later became involved in an
Orbital Distance 39.5 AU investigation into the attack on an Alliance research station. In
Orbital Period 247.7 Earth Years 2176, the Jon Grissom Academy space station was
Radius 1,151 km commissioned in Grissom's honor. Grissom himself always
Day Length 9.4 Earth Hours refused invitations and never visited the station. He remained on
Atm. Pressure Trace Elysium until his death in 2186, at the age of 75.
Surface Temp -229 °C In 2176, the colony was attacked by a large force of
Surface Gravity 0.06 g mercenaries and pirates under the command of Elanos Haliat in
Satellites 3 what would become known as the Skyllian Blitz. The Alliance
repulsed that attack, leading to significant increases in patrols
1st asteroid belt: orbits Sol at a distance of 2.4 AU throughout the Terminus Systems.
Additional information:
Orbital Distance 1.3 AU
Petra Nebula Orbital Period
Radius
1.5 Earth Years
5,723 km
The Petra Nebula was named after the archaeological city in Day Length 27.9 Earth Hours
what is now Jordan. Many locations in this cluster, with the Atm. Pressure 1.3 atm
notable exception of Elysium, were also named after places from Surface Temp 8 °C
this region. Surface Gravity 0.695 g
Petra Nebula has only one known system: the Vetus system. Satellites N/A

Vetus Colony
Vetus is a medium system with five planets and an asteroid Species Human
belt. Capital Illyria
Colony Founded 2160 CE
Mass Relay: Orbits Vetus at a distance of 25 AU Population 8.3 million
Population (Orbital Stations) 223,500
Fuel Depot: Vetus has fuel depots orbiting Joppa.
Sidon is the third planet orbiting the star Vetus. It is a large
Tyre is the first planet orbiting the star Vetus. It is a terrestrial planet with wide, cold deserts, Sidon has a trace
terrestrial world wrapped in a crushing atmosphere of nitrogen atmosphere that is principally carbon monoxide. Alliance
and carbon monoxide that make for a blistering oven of a planet. planners found its gravity agreeable, however, and built a small
Clouds of ash from volcanic eruptions trigger frequent domed research facility on the planet in the 2160s. The project
lightening storms on the surface, and the majority of its mineral was classified until recently, when Blue Suns mercenaries who
deposits are metal-poor, not worth the expense of mining. allegedly attacked the facility were apprehended and brought to
Additional information: trial, revealing the facility's existence in open court.
Orbital Distance 0.65 AU Eager to counter the negative publicity, Elysium investment
Orbital Period 0.5 Earth Years firms now advertise that Sidon is free of military facilities and
Radius 5,864 km just "minutes away" from the garden world, thanks to recent
Day Length 23.2 Earth Hours improvements in faster-than-light travel. Whether or not the
Atm. Pressure 21.61 atm marketing attracts development remains to be seen.
Surface Temp 414 °C Additional information:
Surface Gravity 0.473 g Orbital Distance 2.3 AU
Satellites N/A Orbital Period 3.5 Earth Years
Radius 7,645 km
Elysium is the second planet orbiting the star Vetus. It is Day Length 31.6 Earth Hours
terrestrial garden world. When searching for a colony to retire Atm. Pressure Trace
to, Alliance hero Jon Grissom said he wanted "the one where the Surface Temp -62 °C
sun has the decency to set at a reasonable time”. Elysium Surface Gravity 0.947 g
fulfilled this criteria and many more, featuring low gravity, Satellites N/A
tolerable atmospheric pressure, and a suitable climate. Humans
and aliens alike flocked to the "alpine paradise" early in its Joppa is the fourth planet orbiting the star Vetus. It is a
colonial years, and the planet remains a vibrant hub for both modestly sized hydrogen-helium Jovian planet and close enough
visitors and permanent residents. and reflective enough to be seen in Elysium's night sky. It orbits
Founded in 2160, Elysium is humanity's oldest colony in the in retrograde, possibly indicating that it was an extrasolar
Skyllian Verge, only a few hours travel from Sidon. capture. Human and alien consortiums compete fiercely for the
Strategically placed at the nexus of several primary and rights to gather helium-3 from the planet, since Elysium's
secondary mass relays, the colony quickly became a major hub favorable position along trade routes means high profits.
for travel and commerce. The population grew fast: in 2165, Additional information:
only five years after its founding, it boasted a population of Orbital Distance 4.4 AU
several million inhabitants, nearly half of them aliens. Due to the Orbital Period 9.2 Earth Years
fact half of Elysium's population is non-human, requiring extra Radius 58,415 km
screening procedures, security there is very tight. Day Length 8.7 Earth Hours
Satellites N/A

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 Gilead is the fifth planet orbiting the star Vetus. The largest mass to maintain a much thicker atmosphere, much of it has
object in the Klein Belt, Gilead is a stony dwarf planet of rock been blasted away.
and ice, mined for its nickel. It is notable for a recent collision The red giant Amazon is a long-period variable star,
with another asteroid. The residents had several weeks of currently at the nadir of a 16-year cycle. At peak, its energy
advance warning and set up recording devices before they output doubles, lashing Agebinium with intense heat and
evacuated the planet. After selling footage of the asteroid strike radiation.
to extranet news corporations, the residents found they were The crust is mainly composed of aluminum with deposits of
now somewhat famous – as well as a little wealthier than before. tin. Much of the surface is coated with fine silicate dust, which
Of the 221 residents, all but 25 proceeded to leave the nickel easily penetrates the smallest cracks to foul machinery.
business. Additional information:
Additional information: Orbital Distance 1.6 AU
Orbital Distance 8.7 AU Orbital Period 1.8 Earth Years
Orbital Period 25.7 Earth Years Radius 4,910 km
Radius 2,102 km Day Length 42.1 Earth Hours
Day Length 24.7 Earth Hours Atm. Pressure 0.17 atm
Atm. Pressure Trace Surface Temp −72 °C
Surface Temp -164 °C Surface Gravity 0.79 g
Surface Gravity 0.315 g Satellites N/A
Satellites N/A
Dernuca is the second planet orbiting the star Amazon. It is
Colony an enormous terrestrial world, nearly twice the size of Earth. Its
Species Human environment is similar to that of Mars; arid, and a mix of craggy
Capital Ephesus basalt highlands and sand-scoured deserts of iron-laced silcate
Colony Founded 2180 CE dust.
Population 25 Derneuca's atmosphere mainly consists of carbon dioxide
and argon, but the planet's mass is great enough that measurable
Grissom Academy Space Station amounts of helium, and even molecular hydrogen, remain
The stated mission of the Jon Grissom Academy, trapped in its atmosphere.
commissioned in 2176, is to "serve a student population The planet's gravity well is deep enough that it has collected
demonstrating excellence and passion for math, science, and the nearly a dozen small satellites, most captured asteroids. Its
liberal arts." Its entirely human student body ranges in age from surface is scarred by many large craters, marking the final
the early teens to the mid-twenties. Although the fact is not resting place of other captured asteroids.
heavily advertised, the institution also offers classes for students Additional information:
with biotic capability. The school's Ascension Project seeks to Orbital Distance 2.31 AU
train these students and integrate them into normal society. Orbital Period 3.1 Earth Years
Population: 8,620 Radius 11,728 km
Station Length: 1.1 km Day Length 65.5 Earth Hours
Atm. Pressure 1.93 atm
1st asteroid belt: orbits Vetus at a distance of 8.7 AU Surface Temp -60 °C
Surface Gravity 1.8 g
Satellites ~ 12

Voyager Cluster Sonedma is the third planet orbiting the star Amazon. It is
The Voyager Cluster has its name from the Voyager the second of the Amazon system's arid "super-terrestrial"
program, a space probe program. worlds. It is considerably less dense than its neighbor Derneuca
The systems in the cluster are named for rivers, that the and has an atmosphere of carbon dioxide and ethane. Its frozen
name is derived from the French term voyageur, a licensed surface is mainly composed of iron-laced silicates with deposits
French fur trader in 17th and 18th century North America; in the of sulfur.
era before roads, they frequently used rivers for travel and Additional information:
shipment of goods.
Orbital Distance 3.66 AU
The cluster‟s Mass Relay is located in the Yangtze system.
Orbital Period 6.2 Earth Years
Radius 9,647 km
Amazon Day Length 44.7 Earth Hours
Amazon is a medium system with five planets. All of the Atm. Pressure 1.16 atm
systems in this cluster are named after rivers. This one is named Surface Temp -108 °C
after the Amazon River. Surface Gravity 1.2 g
Amazon is a long-period intrinsic variable red giant, Satellites N/A
currently at the nadir of a 16-year cycle. At peak, its energy
output doubles.
Sybin is the fourth planet orbiting the star Amazon. It is a
Distance from Columbia: 31 light-years
small rock and ice planet with an extremely thin atmosphere of
Distance from Yangtze: 14 light-years
hydrogen sulfide and ethane. Its frozen surface is mainly
composed of magnesium and silicates with deposits of iron.
Agebinium is the first planet orbiting the star Amazon. It is Sybin's crust contains significant deposits of green
a small terrestrial world with an extremely thin atmosphere of serpentine, a mineral formed by volcanic activity. This suggests
carbon dioxide and krypton. Though the planet has sufficient Sybin was a more geologically active world in the distant past.

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 Additional information: Ontaheter is the third planet orbiting the star Columbia. It
Orbital Distance 6.63 AU is an unusually large ice world, with a core of silicate rock and
Orbital Period 15.1 Earth Years light metals, and a trace atmosphere of krypton and xenon. The
Radius 4,645 km crust is mainly composed of water ice. Ontaheter's ice sheets
Day Length 62.6 Earth Hours show obvious signs of large scale fracture and refreezing,
Atm. Pressure 0.18 atm centered on a massive crater near the south pole.
Surface Temp −169 °C A recent extranet meme suggests that a Prothean ship
Surface Gravity 0.5 g crashed through the crust of the planet before the collapse of
Satellites N/A their empire, and might still be recovered from the planetary
core. This is purportedly the source of the planet's unusually
Tremar is the fifth planet orbiting the star Amazon. It is a high mass. Careful mapping of the planet's gravity field have
standard hydrogen-helium gas giant with traces of methane and proved that the planetary core is entirely normal.
nitrogen in its upper atmosphere. Additional information:
Additional information: Orbital Distance 3 AU
Orbital Distance 11.26 AU Orbital Period 5.2 Earth Years
Orbital Period 33.4 Earth Years Radius 3,718 km
Radius 61,266 km Day Length 56.3 Earth Hours
Day Length 12.5 Earth Hours Atm. Pressure 0.06 atm
Satellites N/A Surface Temp -124 °C
Surface Gravity N/A
Satellites N/A
Columbia
Columbia is a medium system with four planets and two Gromar is the fourth planet orbiting the star Columbia. It is
asteroid belts. This one is named for the Columbia River. a rocky, terrestrial world with a trace atmosphere of krypton and
Distance from Amazon: 31 light-years xenon. The frozen surface is mainly composed of copper with
Distance from Yangtze: 35 light-years deposits of calcium. Prior to the Alliance's expansion into the
Voyage Cluster, Gromar hosted half of a turian interferometric
telescope array. Connected with similar telescope in the Attican
Clojiia is the first planet orbiting the star Columbia. It is a
Beta cluster by an expensive chain of FTL comm buoys, the two
"hothouse" terrestrial world with a dense atmosphere of nitrogen
functioned as a virtual "lens" with an effective aperture equal to
and sulphur dioxide. The surface is scorching hot, and mainly
the thousands of light years between them. The turians used this
composed of iron with deposits of gold.
to map the Terminus Systems with great accuracy.
The core of Clojiia is very hot and tectonically active.
Additional information:
Volcanic eruptions are common, and the outgassing continues to
add to the density of the atmosphere. The largest active volcano Orbital Distance 23.73 AU
has a caldera nearly 100 kilometers in diameter, and its basalt Orbital Period 115.6 Earth Years
floods have covered an area roughly equivalent to the size of the Radius 4,911 km
Earth continent of Australia. Day Length 30.3 Earth Hours
Additional information: Atm. Pressure 0.13 atm
Orbital Distance 0.45 AU Surface Temp -218 °C
Surface Gravity 0.28 g
Orbital Period 0.3 Earth Years
Satellites N/A
Radius 7,074 km
Day Length 47.6 Earth Hours
Atm. Pressure 18.33 atm 1st asteroid belt: orbits Columbia at a distance of 0.7 AU.
Surface Temp 312 °C 2nd asteroid belt: orbits Columbia at a distance of 13 AU
Surface Gravity 1.1 g
Satellites N/A
Yangtze
Nepheron is the second planet orbiting the star Columbia. Sol is a medium system with five planets. This system is
It is a barren, volcanic terrestrial world with an atmosphere of named after the Yangtze River.
carbon dioxide and krypton. Its surface is mainly composed of
sodium with deposits of magnesium. Mass Relay: Orbits Yangtze at a distance of 60 AU
Aside from displays of geologic beauty (including many
spectacular volcanoes), this barren world is of little interest. Renshato is the first planet orbiting the star Yangtze. It is a
Entries relating to Nepheron in the astronomical database are dense ice giant with traces of sulphur in its hydrogen-helium
sparse. atmosphere. The disruptive gravity well of the gas giant
Additional information: prevented any planets from forming nearby.
Orbital Distance 0.86 AU Renshato is well within the Frost Line, where gas giants
Orbital Period 0.8 Earth Years usually don‟t form. As such, it is believed to be an extrasolar
Radius 6,865 km capture.
Day Length 56.2 Earth Hours Additional information:
Atm. Pressure 0.73 atm Orbital Distance 0.794 AU
Surface Temp 37 °C Orbital Period 0.5 Earth Years
Surface Gravity 0.88 g Radius 25,957 km
Satellites 1 Day Length 18.1 Earth Hours
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 Binthu is the second planet orbiting the star Yangtze. It is a Attican Traverse
terrestrial world with an atmosphere of carbon dioxide, a Located near the lawless Terminus Systems, the Attican
permanent haze of toxic chlorine and clouds of sulphur dioxide Traverse is the true frontier of Citadel-controlled space. The area
that periodically drop torrents of acidic rain on the surface. Its contains many worlds once inhabited by the Protheans, and
crust is mainly composed of sulphur with deposits of calcium. many mass relays are located throughout the systems of the
Like most worlds in the Voyager Cluster, Binthu has only Traverse. Colonies established in the Traverse are subject to
been charted within the last 20 years by Alliance surveyors. It constant raids and attacks from the nearby Terminus Systems,
has no known native ecology. Data about the world is but the presence of multiple worlds both rich in resources and
surprisingly brief and generic, painting a picture of an Prothean ruins, continues to draw colonizing interest.
unpleasant and uninteresting place. Though the Citadel officially claims the region as its own,
Additional information: the forces of the Terminus Systems have claimed many of the
Orbital Distance 3.68 AU planets and systems to be under their control. Unwilling to
Orbital Period 5 Earth Years engage in an all-out war against the Terminus Systems, the
Radius 5,935 km Citadel has adopted a military non-interference policy in the
Day Length 53.2 Earth Hours region. However, the Council makes no objection to the Systems
Atm. Pressure 0.91 atm Alliance's expansion in the Traverse, because the large Alliance
Surface Temp 94 °C Navy can settle unstable regions without the Council needing to
Surface Gravity 0.94 g get involved.
Satellites 1

Dregir is the third planet orbiting the star Yangtze. It is a Armstrong Nebula
small, barren rock world with a trace atmosphere of krypton and The Armstrong Nebula is named after Neil Armstrong, the
xenon. The surface is frigid, and mainly composed of silicates first human to walk on the moon. The systems themselves are
with deposits of magnesium, aluminum, and other light metals. named for landmarks in human space exploration.
Dregir has a weak magnetic field, making it unsuitable for drive Armstrong has five known star systems: the Gagarin system,
discharge operations. the Grissom system, the Hong system, the Tereshkova system
Additional information: and the Vamshi system.
Orbital Distance 10.4 AU This cluster‟s Mass Relay is located in the Gagarin system.
Orbital Period 23.7 Earth Years
Radius 2,843 km Gagarin
Day Length 34.0 Earth Hours Gagarin is a medium system with five planets.
Atm. Pressure 0.00 atm It is named after the Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. He is
Surface Temp -96 °C best remembered as the first human who orbited the Earth,
Surface Gravity 0.28 g during the Vostok 1 flight of 1961.
Satellites N/A Distance from Grissom: 4 light-years
Distance from Tereshkova: 5.4 light-years
Alrumter is the fourth planet orbiting the star Yangtze. It is Distance from Hong: 10.2 light-years
a small, rocky terrestrial planet with a trace atmosphere of Distance from Vamshi: 19 light-years
nitrogen and krypton. Its frigid surface is mainly composed of
light metals with deposits of frozen ammonia. Mass Relay: Orbits Gagarin at a distance of 7 AU
Additional information:
Orbital Distance 13.53 AU Junthor is the first planet orbiting the star Gagarin. It is a
Orbital Period 35.2 Earth Years large terrestrial planet with a thick atmosphere of carbon dioxide
Radius 3,718 km and chlorine. The surface is mainly composed of aluminum with
Day Length 39.5 Earth Hours deposits of nickel.
Atm. Pressure 0.00 atm Surveyors found the ruins of a technical civilization near the
Surface Temp -96 °C equator – evidently the colony of an ancient spacefaring race.
Surface Gravity 0.39 g The ruins had subsided to almost nothing – merely wind
Satellites N/A hollowed husks of arcologies and other megastructures. In the
center of the ruins was a single column whose inscriptions
Patakiri is the fifth planet orbiting the star Yangtze. It is a defied translation for several centuries.
terrestrial world with a thin atmosphere composed of neon and When asari linguists finally managed a translation, the
chlorine. Its frozen surface is mainly composed of silica with elaborate relief carvings said merely, "Walk among these works,
deposits of copper. During the long, cold night, the chlorine in and know our greatness." The crude scratches on the base of the
the atmosphere falls to the ground in the form of frost. reverse side said, "Monsters from the id."
Additional information: It is a scientific mystery how the planet‟s temperatures are
Orbital Distance 31.26 AU so low, given its proximity to Gagarin. Due to the instability of
Orbital Period 123.6 Earth Years the region, and the difficulty of setting up research outposts, this
Radius 7,304 km mystery isn‟t likely to be solved in the near future.
Day Length 57.7 Earth Hours Additional information:
Atm. Pressure 0.42 atm Orbital Distance 0.34 AU
Surface Temp -118 °C Orbital Period 0.3 Earth Years
Surface Gravity 0.99 g Radius 10,480 km
Satellites N/A Day Length 56.7 Earth Hours
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 Surface Temp -49 °C methane and ethane. The frozen surface is mainly composed of
Surface Gravity 0.98 g carbon with deposits of calcium.
Satellites >1 Antirumgon has been used as a crude anchorage for
Terminus pirates for many years. The shells of temporary
Pressha is the second planet orbiting the star Gagarin. It is dwellings blasted by Alliance frigate patrols dot the surface. But
a standard Neptune-type “ice giant” with large amounts of always, the pirates return to ground their ships' drive charges,
hydrocarbons in the middle layers of the atmosphere. chip out some water ice, and trade slaves and stories.
When the Krogan Rebellions ended three millennia ago, the The deeper layers of Antirumgon's interior are semi-liquid
turian chief of naval operations, a distinguished soldier named slush, due to the presence of methanol. It is thought that
Mehrkuri, declared his immediate retirement. He disappeared bacterium in the deep core create this natural anti-freeze. Some
into what was then uncharted territory. It was only two hundred species of Terminus pirate drill through the ice crust to recover
years ago that his ship was found on the surface of Pressha's this natural alcohol.
largest moon. It had landed gently and been deliberately shut Additional information:
down. Of Admiral Mehrkuri, however, no trace was ever found. Orbital Distance 2.52 AU
Pressha is well within the frost-line so it could not have Orbital Period 4.0 Earth Years
formed naturally. Most likely it formed well within outside the Radius 9,508 km
frost-line and later on migrated to its current orbit. Day Length 32.1 Earth Hours
Additional information: Atm. Pressure 0.00 atm
Orbital Distance 0.78 AU Surface Temp −178 °C
Orbital Period 0.7 Earth Years Surface Gravity 0.90 g
Radius 38,482 km Satellites N/A
Day Length 16.2 Earth Hours
Satellites >1
Grissom
Rayingri is the third planet orbiting the star Gagarin. It is a Grissom is a small system with three planets, and two
small, barren terrestrial world. While it possesses a reasonably asteroid belts. It is named after Virgil 'Gus' Grissom, the second
temperate climate and a number of useful resources, no mining American into space and one of the first American astronauts to
corporation is willing to risk investment. have died in the line of duty (Apollo 1).
A rogue planetoid, dubbed Vahtz by the initial salarian Warning: due to the huge distance between planets, it is not
surveyor team, entered the system approximately ten thousand advisable to travel to Grissom without a ship with a high fuel
years ago, and was trapped in a decaying orbit around Rayingri. capacity.
It is nearing the end of its slow spiral inwards. Earthquakes and Distance from Gagarin: 4 light-years
cyclonic windstorms are increasingly common on Rayingri. Distance from Hong: 8.7 light-years
Within a few hundred years, the planets will rip each other Distance from Tereshkova: 6 light-years
apart. Some asari travel consortiums have already announced Distance from Vamshi: 14 light-years
sponsorship of cruises to observe the spectacle.
Additional information: Benda is the first planet orbiting the star Grissom. It has a
Orbital Distance 1.07 AU dense atmosphere of sulfur dioxide and chlorine. Though
Orbital Period 1.1 Earth Years technically classified as a "terrestrial" world, the surface of the
Radius 5,171 km planet has never cooled enough for a crust to form. It is a global
Day Length 60.5 Earth Hours sea of molten rock. Like Zaherux, its atmosphere is being
Atm. Pressure 0.84 atm blasted away by the solar wind. Once its thick atmosphere is
Surface Temp 46 °C gone, Benda's surface will be a "mere" 400 degree C.
Surface Gravity 0.87 g Additional information:
Satellites 1 Orbital Distance 73 AU
Orbital Period 127.3 Earth Years
Sogelrus is the fourth planet orbiting the star Gagarin. It is Radius 6,788 km
a small terrestrial planet with a thin atmosphere of nitrogen and Day Length 41.2 Earth Hours
argon. The frigid surface is mainly composed of water ice, Atm. Pressure 26.35 atm
which can be plainly seen in the bottoms of recent craters. The Surface Temp 3,151 °C
dark coloration of the surface is caused by a carbon and ferrous Surface Gravity N/A
material, pushed up from the denser core by cryovolcanic Satellites N/A
processes.
Additional information: Zaherux is the second planet orbiting the star Grissom. The
Orbital Distance 1.5 AU planet‟s nitrogen-argon atmosphere is being blasted away by the
Orbital Period 1.8 Earth Years solar wind of the blue giant Grissom. Its surface consists of
Radius 4,327 km "seas" of loose silica dust, some kilometers deep, which
Day Length 63.9 Earth Hours periodically swirl into global sandstorms.
Atm. Pressure 0.52 atm Many unmanned probes to Zaherux have been lost over the
Surface Temp −136 °C years. Though investigation has attributed all to mechanical
Surface Gravity 0.46 g failure or computational error, a popular extranet meme insists
Satellites N/A the entire planet is composed of dormant nanotechnology,
created millennia ago by a race even more advanced than the
Protheans.
Antirumgon is the fifth planet orbiting the star Gagarin. It
According to the story, Zaherux's silica dust is actually
is a small rock and ice planet, with a trace atmosphere of
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themselves. Though discounted by every reputable scientist, this Casbin is the second planet orbiting the star Hong. It is a
theory has been popularized by a series of sensationalistic texts classic "pre-garden" terrestrial world, with conditions similar to
by asari author Delsae Orthysa. those on Earth millions of years ago. Its hot, humid atmosphere
Additional information: is mainly composed of nitrogen and carbon dioxide. An
Orbital Distance 119.5 AU increasing amount of the surface is covered by simple lichen and
Orbital Period 266.8 Earth Years algae. Should no unexpected calamity occur, these tiny plants
Radius 6,729 km will change the atmosphere to an Earth-like nitrogen-oxygen
Day Length 51.5 Earth Hours mix over the next few millennia.
Atm. Pressure 0.32 atm Due to its potential for future habitability and sapient life,
Surface Temp 959 °C Casbin has been designated a Sanctuary World by the Citadel
Surface Gravity 0.61 g Council. Landing is prohibited by law, and any disturbance of
Satellites 1 the fragile young ecosystem will result in harsh fines and
imprisonment.
Notanban is the third planet orbiting the star Grissom. It is At present, the planet is passing through the debris trail of a
a hydrogen-helium gas giant with traces of ammonia. Molecular long-period comet.
nitrogen is present in the highest levels of the atmosphere, Additional information:
giving the planet its odd violet tint. Orbital Distance 1.07 AU
The upper levels of Notanban's atmosphere are inhabited by Orbital Period 1.1 Earth Years
"shoals" of tiny ammonia-based lifeforms, no larger or more Radius 7,819 km
complex than the plankton of Earth's oceans. Held aloft by air Day Length 44.6 Earth Hours
pressure and wind, these bioluminescent creatures constantly Atm. Pressure 1.1 atm
flee from the approach of the terminator. Should they be Surface Temp 99 °C
exposed to the light and heat of Grissom, they die. How is it Surface Gravity 1.1 g
possible for these life-forms to have come to existence, and how Satellites N/A
they manage to avoid the day-light is a complete mystery, since
they need to be travelling at speeds higher than 27000 km/h, Matar is the third planet orbiting the star Hong. It is a
something hard to achieve even by taking advantage of the terrestrial planet with a thick atmosphere composed of nitrogen
upper winds. and krypton. Its frigid surface is mainly composed of sodium
Additional information: oxide with deposits of copper. Because of noxious surface gases,
Orbital Distance 286.62 AU explorers are warned to use extreme caution.
Orbital Period 990.5 Earth Years Matar lacks a magnetic field. This makes it useless for
Radius 73,314 km discharging FTL drive cores in orbit. The energetic particles of
Day Length 16.9 Earth Hours solar wind from Hong strike the upper atmosphere directly,
Satellites >1 ionizing the krypton. This gives the planet its distinctive "minty"
green-white hue.
1st asteroid belt: orbits Grissom at a distance of 26 AU Additional information:
2nd asteroid belt: orbits Phoenix at a distance of 35 AU Orbital Distance 9.61 AU
Orbital Period 29.8 Earth Years
Radius 4,599 km
Hong Day Length 54.5 Earth Hours
Hong is a medium system with five planets. It named after Atm. Pressure 3.72 atm
China's first successful satellite, the Dong Fang Hong I Surface Temp −64 °C
(东方红一号, "Red East 1"). Surface Gravity 0.57 g
Satellites N/A
Distance from Gagarin: 10.2 light-years
Distance from Grissom: 8.7 light-years
Distance from Tereshkova: 6 light-years Theshaca is the fourth planet orbiting the star Hong. It is a
Distance from Vamshi: 9 light-years standard hydrogen-helium gas giant. In the past, it was often
used as a drive discharge point for pirates raiding human
settlements from the Terminus Systems. In 2178 the Alliance set
Pomal is the first planet orbiting the star Hong. It is an
up a network of covert sensing devices on Theshaca's moons.
enormous terrestrial planet, with a very dense atmosphere of
Recordings of pirate FTL exit vectors over the course of six
carbon dioxide and sodium. The surface is scorching hot, and
months led the Alliance Navy to eight major pirate anchorages.
mainly composed of sodium oxides and deposits of nickel.
Since the "Theshaca Raids," no ships from the Terminus have
There is evidence that Pomal was once covered with broad,
been reported in the Hong system.
shallow seas. Should a probe ever be sent to the surface, a check
Additional information:
for ancient fossil life might prove valuable.
Additional information: Orbital Distance 20 AU
Orbital Distance 0.63 AU Orbital Period 84.4 Earth Years
Radius 65,976 km
Orbital Period 0.5 Earth Years
Day Length 14.0 Earth Hours
Radius 9,616 km
Satellites >1
Day Length 47.0 Earth Hours
Atm. Pressure 31.59 atm
Surface Temp 492 °C Treagir is the fifth planet orbiting the star Hong. It is a tiny
Surface Gravity 1.2 g "ice dwarf", with a trace atmosphere of xenon and krypton. The
Satellites N/A frozen surface is mainly composed of water ice and ammonia.
Cryovolcanic processes are gradually repaving the surface with
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 Additional information: in the upper atmosphere, which glow purple when ionized by the
Orbital Distance 38.5 AU solar wind. Hunsalra's convenience as a place to dump drive
Orbital Period 238.8 Earth Years charge has left its orbit littered with debris "dumped overboard"
Radius 1,402 km by visiting crews
Day Length 30.2 Earth Hours Additional information:
Atm. Pressure 0.04 atm Orbital Distance 9.5 AU
Surface Temp -211 °C Orbital Period 46.2 Earth Years
Surface Gravity 0.1 g Radius 11,496 km
Satellites N/A Day Length 18.6 Earth Hours
Satellites N/A

Tereshkova Thegeuse is the fourth planet orbiting the star Tereshkova.

Tereshkova is a large system with six planets and an asteroid It is a terrestrial world with an atmosphere of chlorine and
belt. It is named after Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman to krypton. The surface is mainly composed of silicates with
fly in space. deposits of carbon. Thegeuse has a low mass for its size, and is
Tereshkova is a binary system with Tereshkova-A in the tidally locked to the star Tereshkova-A. The temperature
center; unlike Vamshi their combined energy is low. It appears difference between the sunward "hot pole" and the dark side
to be in a state of change. Patamalrus is set to lose its "cold pole" creates constant gale-force winds across the
atmosphere and Mawinor to be ejected entirely. terminator.
Distance from Gagarin: 5.4 light-years Additional information:
Distance from Grissom: 6 light-years Orbital Distance 10.3 AU
Distance from Hong: 6 light-years Orbital Period 52.3 Earth Years
Distance from Vamshi: 15 light-years Radius 5,130 km
Day Length 25.3 Earth Years
Antibaar is the first planet orbiting the star Tereshkova. It Atm. Pressure 0.49 atm
is a cold terrestrial world with an atmosphere of methane and Surface Temp -141 °C
argon. Its frozen surface is mainly composed of iron with Surface Gravity 0.47 g
deposits of magnesium. The world has been noted as a possible Satellites N/A
target for long-term terraforming; if the atmosphere could be
increased to the thickness of Earth's, the global average Solmarlon is the fifth planet orbiting the star Tereshkova.
temperature would rise by 10 degrees Celsius. It is one of Tereshkova's two outer worlds. Significantly
Antibaar's combination of low temperatures, high speed removed from the rest of the system, and with unstable elliptical
surface winds, and low visibility make it dangerous to explore. orbits, it is thought they may have formed within 3 AU of the
Additional information: binary stars, and were hurled outward due to the instability of
Orbital Distance 1.6 AU such an orbit.
Orbital Period 3.2 Earth Years Solmarlon is a hydrogen-helium gas giant with significant
Radius 6,501 km quantities of sodium in the upper atmosphere, giving it a distinct
Day Length 54.1 Earth Hours grey color.
Atm. Pressure 0.79 atm Additional information:
Surface Temp −34 °C Orbital Distance 39.4 AU
Surface Gravity 1.1 g Orbital Period 399.7 Earth Years
Satellites N/A Radius 69,862 km
Day Length 14.4 Earth Hours
Patamalrus is the second planet orbiting the star Satellites N/A
Tereshkova. Its atmosphere is very similar to Venus in terms of
pressure and temperature. Unlike Venus, however, Patamalrus' Mawinor is the sixth planet orbiting the star Tereshkova. It
atmosphere has a significant quantity of oxygen, both free and is the second of Tereshkova's outer worlds. It is essentially a
bound in sulphur dioxides. The surface is largely composed of rock of unremarkable ores with some deposits of water ice, but
magnesia with deposits of carbon. It is possible, if unlikely, that no minerals of value. The frozen surface is composed of silica.
simple life may be developing on Patamalrus. Like the gas giant Solmarlon, it is thought that Mawinor
Computer modeling suggests that the powerful solar winds formed too close to the Tereshkova stars and was thrown
from the Tereshkova stars will blow off Patamalrus' atmosphere outwards by gravitational effects. Computer models suggest it
in a few million years, lowering the temperature on the surface will be ejected from the system in a few hundred thousand years.
to the -70 ºC. Additional information:
Additional information: Orbital Distance 56 AU
Orbital Distance 4.54 AU Orbital Period 662.7 Earth Years
Orbital Period 15.3 Earth Years Radius 1,170 km
Radius 5,831 km Day Length 61.8 Earth Hours
Day Length 47.1 Earth Hours Atm. Pressure 0.00 atm
Atm. Pressure 90.47 atm Surface Temp -228 °C
Surface Temp 451 °C Surface Gravity 0.08 g
Surface Gravity 0.78 g Satellites N/A
Satellites N/A
1st asteroid belt: orbits Tereshkova at a distance of 1 AU
Hunsalra is the third planet orbiting the star Tereshkova. It
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 Vamshi Caleston Rift has five known star systems: the Aysur
Vamshi is a small system with three planets. Vamshi is a system, the Balor system, the Solveig system, the Talava system
binary system. Vamshi-A is a main-sequence white dwarf of and the Yakawa system.
spectral class A4 V 1 whose surface temperature is over 8667 K, This cluster‟s Mass Relay is located in the Balor system.
giving it mass 2.1 and radius 1.7 sols (a bit more than A5 Beta
Pictoris). Vamshi-B is an aging red giant of class M5 III 1 Aysur
(temperature under 3500 K), over 220 times the diameter (and Aysur is a large system with six planets and an asteroid belt.
radius) of Sol: so, a radius on the order of 1 AU. Aysur is a pale yellow star.
Distance from Gagarin: 19 light-years Distance from Balor: 10 light-years
Distance from Grimson: 14 light-years Distance from Solveig: 10.5 light-years
Distance from Hong: 9 light-years Distance from Talava: 13 light-years
Distance from Tereshkova: 15 light-years Distance from Yakawa: 7.6 light-years

Maji is the first planet orbiting the star Vamshi. It has a thin Agnin is the first planet orbiting the star Aysur. It is a
atmosphere of methane and carbon monoxide. The difference in hothouse terrestrial planet. Agnin's scorching clouds of methane
temperature between the hemisphere facing the suns and that and sulfur dioxide give the planet a pale green color in visible
facing deep space causes constant wind, stirring the silica and light. The SO2 from volcanic activity rains down as sulfuric acid
sodium dust of the surface. in the upper atmosphere, but this is boiled away before the
Unsavory characters from the Terminus Systems liquid reaches the surface. Agnin's harsh environment has
occasionally use Maji for forms of cruel sport, dumping slaves, prevented exploration by anything except probes.
hostages, quarreling shipmates, or even (when bored) vicious Additional information:
animals on the surface. One must kill the other before they will Orbital Distance 0.7 AU
be rescued from the lethal radiation of the giant stars. Orbital Period 0.6 Earth Years
Additional information: Radius 4,834 km
Orbital Distance 3.4 AU Day Length 61.1 Earth Hours
Orbital Period 5.9 Earth Years Atm. Pressure 86.87 atm
Radius 5,727 km Surface Temp 684 °C
Day Length 55.3 Earth Hours Surface Gravity 0.5 g
Atm. Pressure 0.42 atm Satellites N/A
Surface Temp -121 °C
Surface Gravity 0.85 g Shasu is the second planet orbiting the star Aysur. It is a
Satellites N/A dwarf planet that is believed to have been ejected from Agnin
during a giant impact with another planet-sized body. At the
Pregel is the second planet orbiting the star Vamshi. It is an time, Agnin had a magma ocean covering much of its surface,
enormous terrestrial world with an atmosphere of chlorine and and the liquid rock sprayed into space, where it coalesced and
ethane. Its surface is mainly composed of sulphur with deposits cooled over millions of years. The theory is that during the
of aluminum. No landing has ever been attempted. cooling Shasu first orbited Agnin but was eventually pulled
Additional information: from that orbit by the gravity wells of other planets, primarily
Orbital Distance 6.82 AU Dranen.
Orbital Period 17.8 Earth Years Today Shasu is relatively temperate, with a light hydrogen-
Radius 10,510 km helium atmosphere attracted spacers who use its atmosphere to
Day Length 49.8 Earth Hours refuel. Its crust composition is similar to Agnin, as is evident in
Atm. Pressure 1.0 atm its high sulfur content.
Surface Temp −131 °C Additional information:
Surface Gravity 1.1 g Orbital Distance 1.4 AU
Satellites N/A Orbital Period 1.7 Earth Years
Radius 1,454 km
Almos is the third planet orbiting the star Vamshi. It is a Day Length 37.4 Earth Hours
hydrogen-helium gas giant with traces of sodium darkening its Atm. Pressure 0.34 atm
atmosphere. Surface Temp 23 °C
Additional information: Surface Gravity 0.1 g
Orbital Distance 13 AU Satellites N/A
Orbital Period 46.7 Earth Years
Radius 60,948 km Dranen is the third planet orbiting the star Aysur. A sizable
Day Length 67.1 Earth Hours hydrogen-nitrogen gas giant just on the far side of its pale
Satellites N/A yellow star's frost line, Dranen is known for its spectacular
storms. At least three persistent observable "spots", actually
cyclonic and anticyclonic storms, have lasted for over 544 years
– significantly longer than Jupiter's Great Red Spot. The largest
Caleston Rift of these spots, the Ishna, has consistently held a diameter over
A cluster in the Attican Traverse and bordering the three times that of Earth.
Terminus Systems. Though technically under the protection of Dranen has 44 moons. Two of them are of special interest to
the Citadel Council, Caleston Rift sees a lot of pirate and the Citadel Committee on Habitable Worlds. The first, Arvuna,
criminal activity coming from the nearby Terminus Systems. is a life-bearing world that has already been colonized. The
second, Alahya, is slowly being terraformed into an ammonia-
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Orbital Distance 2.5 AU
Orbital Period 4.0 Earth Years Tamgauta is the sixth planet orbiting the star Aysur. It is a
Radius 72,021 km remote and largely unexplored terrestrial world. Its carbon
Day Length 17.1 Earth Hours dioxide atmosphere has long since frozen into fields of dry ice.
Satellites 44 Additional information:
Orbital Distance 42.2 AU
Dranen’s Moon: Arvuna Orbital Period 275.1 Earth Years
Arvuna is one of Dranen‟s many moons. It is classified as a Radius 3,354 km
water world because oceans or ice cover 90% of its surface. Day Length 64.8 Earth Hours
Besides prodigious sea life, Arvuna is home to a host of Atm. Pressure Trace
venomous arthropodal pests in the tropical zone with metallic Surface Temp −216 °C
carapaces similar to those found on Palaven to resist radiation Surface Gravity 0.2 g
coming from Dranen's magnetosphere. There are several well- Satellites N/A
shielded human colonies on Arvuna, although they are alienated
from the Council and politically insignificant to the Traverse 1st asteroid belt: orbits Aysur at a distance of 5 AU
and Terminus Systems.
Additional information:
Orbital Distance 2.5 AU Balor
Orbital Period 66 days Balor is a medium system with four planets and an asteroid
Radius 6,448 km belt.
Day Length 29.2 Earth Hours Balor is a red dwarf star. It produces a weak solar output;
Atm. Pressure 1.45 atm however, during solar flares, the luminosity of this star can
Surface Temp 1 °C double or triple. Balor is named after a king of the Fomorians in
Surface Gravity 1.1 g Irish mythology, and several of the system's planets are also
Satellites N/A named after figures from the Irish Mythological Cycle.
Distance from Aysur: 10.5 light-years
Colony Distance from Solveig: 7.6 light-years
Species Human Distance from Talava: 6 light-years
Capital Asa Distance from Yakawa: 13 light-years
Colony Founded 2160 CE
Population 948,700 Mass Relay: Orbits Balor at a distance of 13 AU

Alformus is the fourth planet orbiting the star Aysur. A Fuel Depot: Balor has one fuel depot orbiting .at a
hydrogen-helium gas giant, Alformus had its helium-3 refueling distance of 6 AU
stations destroyed in an attack by Grow Zero, an anti-population
terrorist group that wanted no more immigration to Arvuna. A Cernunnos is the first planet orbiting the star Balor. It is a
consortium of Arvuna-based corporations is currently rebuilding sizable gas giant with a hydrogen-nitrogen atmosphere. It is
the stations. believed to be extrasolar capture due to its close stellar location.
Alliance Advisory: Alformus is not considered vital to the In a rare phenomenon, it is near enough to its red dwarf star to
stability of the Aysur system. Civilians working on the helium-3 be within the life zone, though its massive size prevents the tidal
platforms should not expect Alliance military intervention in lock that usually occurs at such a range. While nothing could
case of kidnapping or other violence. survive on the surface of a planet with such crushing gravity,
Additional information: Cernunnos's moon Caleston is habitable. Cernunnos is skimmed
Orbital Distance 10.1 AU for its abundant hydrogen, and refineries on Caleston process it
Orbital Period 32.2 Earth Years into a metastable metallic form for use as starship fuel.
Radius 67,626 km Additional information:
Day Length 8.8 Earth Hours Orbital Distance 0.07 AU
Satellites N/A Orbital Period 31 Earth Days
Radius 49,231 km
Shir is the fifth planet orbiting the star Aysur. It is a small Day Length 17 Earth Hours
terrestrial world capped in ice. Shir has been exploited by Satellites >1
Arvunan corporations for its minerals. Home to gold ore, which
is used in spaceship shielding as well as jewelry, and to cobalt Cernunnos’ Moon: Caleston
deposits used in high-tensile alloys. Shir shows no signs of The hostile moon Caleston is the largest satellite of the gas
being exhausted anytime soon. A light gravity helps keep the giant Cernunnos. An ancient asteroid strike deposited major
planetary exploration process cheap. lodes of element zero within the molten sulfur mantle. Eldfell-
Additional information: Ashland Energy's mining operations have made it the largest
Orbital Distance 20.0 AU source of starship drive core material in the Attican Traverse.
Orbital Period 89.7 Earth Years Caleston is wracked with volcanism due to tidal stresses
Radius 4,900 km from Cernunnos. Because of the weak solar output, plant-like
Day Length 31.0 Earth Hours life on Caleston is not carbon-based and photosynthetic but
Atm. Pressure Trace silicon-based and thermosynthetic, requiring heat rather than
Surface Temp −185 °C sunlight to power its chemical reactions. These organisms
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can double or triple in luminosity. Sadly, sapient habitation is 1st asteroid belt: named Fomor Belt, this asteroid belt is
not possible here, and Caleston's biodiversity is considered so massive that its innermost layer orbits Balor at a distance of
"threatened" by the Citadel Council Committee on Habitable 2.9 AU and its outermost laywer orbits the star at a distance of
Worlds. 5.5 AU.
Additional information:
Orbital Distance 0.07 AU (orbits Cernunnos)
Orbital Period 21.5 Earth Hours (around Cernunnos) Solveig
Radius 6,600 km Solveig is a small system with two planets.
Day Length 21.5 Earth Hours Solveig is evolving prematurely into a red giant star. The
Atm. Pressure 0.9 atm name Solveig is of Norse origin, but has different meanings, the
Surface Temp 30 °C closest of which is "strong sun"; from the Norse word for sun
Surface Gravity 1.2 g "Sol" and the Norse word for strength "veig". The planets in this
Satellites N/A system all have Norse names.
Distance from Aysur: 10 light-years
Colony Distance from Balor: 7.6 light-years
Capital Syneu Distance from Talava: 7.6 light-years
Colony Founded 1975 CE Distance from Yakawa: 9 light-years
Population 1,802,705,000
Fuel Depot: Solveig has fuel depots orbiting Thrivaldi.
Bres is the second planet orbiting the star Balor. A member
of the Fomor Belt, Bres is a dwarf planet with no atmosphere. It Surtur is the first planet orbiting the star Solveig. It is a
is, however, rich in lithium, which is integral to the heat sinks of small but dense desert planet close to its parent star. All but
starships and hand-held weapons. A large robo-mining operation traces of its nitrogen-carbon monoxide atmosphere have burned
from Caleston can be found here. away, leaving it cooler than similar planets in other systems.
Additional information: Robo-mining has proved lucrative, as it has developed
Orbital Distance 2.9 AU significant deposits of beryllium and palladium.
Orbital Period 4.9 Earth Years Surtur‟s moon, Sinmara, has been used for many generations
Radius 975 km to monitor its parent star Solveig. It has no atmosphere to
Day Length 23.3 Earth Hours interfere with solar observational equipment, which is critical at
Atm. Pressure 0.00 atm this juncture; the star recently showed signs of erupting
Surface Temp −146 °C prematurely into a red giant. In preparation for the day when the
Surface Gravity 0.173 g critical warning goes out, the extranet channel from Sinmara's
Satellites N/A research station is given top priority throughout the comm buoys
in the system. The chances of such a signal being received over
the sun's magnetic interference at that time is low, but relegating
Elatha is the third planet orbiting the star Balor. A tiny rock it to a lower channel proved politically untenable.
planet, Elatha is noted for its frigid temperatures and crushing
Additional information:
nitrogen and krypton atmosphere. Lying out beyond the Fomor
Belt, it has little to recommend it. Orbital Distance 0.7 AU
Additional information: Orbital Period 0.6 Earth Years
Radius 4,433 km
Orbital Distance 5.5 AU
Day Length 65.0 Earth Hours
Orbital Period 23.6 Earth Years
Atm. Pressure Trace
Radius 1,812 km
Surface Temp 126 °C
Day Length 57.3 Earth Hours
Surface Gravity 0.8 g
Atm. Pressure 43.34 atm
Satellites 1
Surface Temp −72 °C
Surface Gravity 0.1 g
Satellites N/A Thrivaldi is the second planet orbiting the star Solveig. It is
an ice giant. Thrivaldi's refueling stations provide helium-3 for
commercial spacecraft visiting the system. It has nine known
Partholon is the fourth planet orbiting the star Balor. It is a moons and many smaller bodies in its rings.
large planet composed of ice surrounding a rocky core with trace
Travel Advisory: Recent attacks by pirates have targeted
gases of nitrogen and carbon monoxide. Its crushing gravity
Thrivaldi's refueling stations. Authorities list the perpetrators as
makes for an inhospitable stay and mining largely infeasible.
"at large." Travel is not recommended.
However, its orbit's proximity to the mass relay in the system
Additional information:
means space travelers will, for the next few years, use it for a
gravitational slingshot to add speed on their way to and from Orbital Distance 1.5 AU
Caleston. Orbital Period 1.8 Earth Years
Additional information: Radius 35,957 km
Day Length 11 Earth Hours
Orbital Distance 11.2 AU
Satellites 9
Orbital Period 68.6 Earth Years
Radius 11,921 km
Day Length 28.2 Earth Hours
Atm. Pressure Trace Talava
Surface Temp −236 °C Talava is a medium system with four planets.
Surface Gravity 6.6 g Talava is named after an ancient county of Latgale in
Satellites N/A present-day Latvia. Talava is an F-class star
Distance from Aysur: 13 light-years

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 Distance from Balor: 6 light-years Taitus is the fourth planet orbiting the star Talava. It is a
Distance from Solveig: 7.6 light-years terrestrial world. A desert of whitish potassium salts and reddish
Distance from Yakawa: 16.6 light-years iron oxides, Taitus is far enough away from its parent star to
have a tolerable surface temperature. Though it has only a trace
Aitarus is the first planet orbiting the star Talava. It is a atmosphere of carbon dioxide and oxygen, it is still hospitable
large rock planet. It is pummeled by radiation, heavy gravity, enough for criminals in the Terminus Systems to use it as a
and tectonic activity. Its crust is mostly silicates and of little staging base. Turian patrols sometimes fly through the area,
value. Travel is not advised. looking to pre-empt jailbreak attempts on Maitrum's prisons.
Additional information: Travel Advisory: Unregistered starships have been spotted
Orbital Distance 0.5 AU in the vicinity of Taitus. Civilian travel is not recommended.
Orbital Period 0.3 Earth Years Additional information:
Radius 8,945 km Orbital Distance 4.0 AU
Day Length 65.1 Earth Hours Orbital Period 6.1 Earth Years
Atm. Pressure Trace Radius 6,045 km
Surface Temp 549 °C Day Length 22.2 Earth Hours
Surface Gravity 2.8 g Atm. Pressure Trace
Satellites N/A Surface Temp −1 °C
Surface Gravity 0.9 g
Kaushus is the second planet orbiting the star Talava. It is a Satellites N/A
young terrestrial planet with extreme tectonic and volcanic
activity. It is also home to the spectacular Infinity Caldera. With
nine supervolcanoes that can throw out at least 1,000 cubic Yakawa
kilometers of dense rock equivalents each, and Kaushus' activity Talava is a medium system with five planets.
has put its atmosphere in a state of shroud. It will likely suffer Distance from Aysur: 7.6 light-years
from global dimming for at least the next 10 years. Though Distance from Balor: 13 light-years
much of the surface is no more dangerous than many other Distance from Solveig: 9 light-years
inner-ring planets, this extreme tectonic activity has given Distance from Talava: 16.6 light-years
Kaushus a bad reputation and discouraged all resources
exploitation. Fuel Depot: Yakawa has fuel depots orbiting Nambu and
Additional information: Kobayashi
Orbital Distance 1.2 AU
Orbital Period 1.0 Earth Year Sakata is the first planet orbiting the star Yakawa. It is a
Radius 6,212 km large Venusian hothouse planet. Its rough weather and active
Day Length 42.6 Earth Hours magnetosphere has a reputation for confounding or destroying
Atm. Pressure Trace space probes launched to investigate it. What has been
Surface Temp 249 °C discovered is that its dense atmosphere is largely carbon dioxide
Surface Gravity 1.0 g and sodium and its surface, lime. Its magnetosphere suggests an
Satellites N/A iron-rich core, but its heavy gravity precludes most
development.
Maitrum is the third planet orbiting the star Talava. It is a Additional information:
small hot rock with few resources. It is used by the turian armed Orbital Distance 0.6 AU
forces for its maximum security prison and interrogation centers. Orbital Period 0.5 Earth Years
The temperatures are high enough to prevent any escape without Radius 11,672 km
an environmental suit, but low enough that construction of Day Length 35.8 Earth Hours
additional buildings will not be hindered. Atm. Pressure 13.68 atm
Over 500,000 prisoners are detained on Maitrum, only a Surface Temp 374 °C
handful of which have ever managed even a temporary escape. Surface Gravity 3.5 g
A small supply economy and prefab-habitats support the prison Satellites N/A
staff, who usually work only for two-year tours of duty before
they are rotated out to less stressful positions. Nambu is the second planet orbiting the star Yakawa. It is a
Additional information: small hydrogen-helium gas giant. It has an extensive ring system
Orbital Distance 2.8 AU but only twenty moons - comparatively few. Its moon Sumiko is
Orbital Period 3.6 Earth Years the smallest moon known to be tectonically active in the Milky
Radius 4,642 km Way, covered by bright factures. Visitors to Maskawa often take
Day Length N/A advantage of Nambu's refueling platforms.
Atm. Pressure Trace Additional information:
Surface Temp 74 °C Orbital Distance 1.1 AU
Surface Gravity 0.4 g Orbital Period 1.2 Earth Years
Satellites N/A Radius 47,852 km
Day Length 15.5 Earth Hours
Colony Satellites 20
Species Turian
Population Over 500,000 (mostly prisoners) Maskawa is the third planet orbiting the star Yakawa. It is
a dense rock planet with a thick methane-ammonia atmosphere.
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billions of years ago when it first formed life, a large volus Eagle Nebula has five known star systems: the Amun
university, the Ten-Clan Academy, hosts symposia on the system, the Imir system, the Malgus system, the Relic system
planet's surface. Unfortunately, despite their security and the Strabo system.
precautions, pirates, organ-leggers, and slavers throughout the This cluster‟s Mass Relay is located in the Imir system.
Terminus Systems have learned that kidnapped students and
professors are a source of easy money. This only adds to the Amun
university's reputation as a visit or tenure at the Academy is a Aysur is a medium system with five planets. Amun is named
clear mark of commitment on any scientific resume. after the god of creation in the ancient Egyptian pantheon. Its
Additional information: planets are named after other deities of the ancient Egyptian
Orbital Distance 2.0 AU pantheon.
Orbital Period 2.8 Earth Years Distance from Imir: 7.5 light-years
Radius 7,105 km Distance from Malgus: 7 light-years
Day Length 37.6 Earth Hours Distance from Relic: 5 light-years
Atm. Pressure 3.35 atm Distance from Strabo: 15 light-years
Surface Temp 52 °C
Surface Gravity 1.4 g Fuel Depot: Amun has fuel depots orbiting Sekhmet
Satellites N/A
Sekhmet is the first planet orbiting the star Amun. A very
Colony small hydrogen-helium gas giant believed to have entered
Species Volus Amun's system within the last billion years. Sekhmet was the
Capital Sahime site of an important battle in the Anhur Rebellions. When the
Colony Founded 2098 Eclipse mercenary company sought to capture the refueling
Population 40,250 stations to deny the rebels supplies, a fighter wing hiding in
Sekhmet's rings ambushed them. Eclipse suffered heavy initial
Karumto is the fourth planet orbiting the star Yakawa. An losses but destroyed two rebel carriers and forced them to retreat
Earth-sized planet wrapped in an impermeable haze of carbon into FTL. This was considered the "high water mark" of the
dioxide and ash, Karumto is an unforgiving place. Earthquakes, rebellion: at no point after the battle of Sekhmet did the rebels
volcanic gases, and shrouds of dust have prevented any major have a victory.
settlements. Its sulfurous crust has yet to produce resources of Today Sekhmet is home to refueling stations and a small
interest. war memorial in orbit at the planet's L5 Lagrange point.
Additional information: Additional information:
Orbital Distance 2.3 AU Orbital Distance 0.4 AU
Orbital Period 3.8 Earth Years Orbital Period 0.3 Earth Years
Radius 6,529 km Radius 38,347 km
Day Length 33.4 Earth Hours Day Length 9.0 Earth Hours
Atm. Pressure 33.72 atm Satellites N/A
Surface Temp 150 °C
Surface Gravity 1.1 g Sobek is the second planet orbiting the star Amun. It is a
Satellites N/A hydrogen-nitrogen gas giant believed to be an extrasolar capture.
Its low-G moons were the sites of many batarian labor camps
Kobayashi is the fifth planet orbiting the star Yakawa. A during the Anhur Rebellions, generating raw materials for the
small ice giant, it has a faint ring system. A "rust belt" of war. When the slaves were finally liberated by Eclipse the
decrepit refueling stations and abandoned habitats on its moons mercenaries found abysmal conditions, including whole camps
have attracted vorcha, krogan, and other ne'er-do-wells. Living a that lacked mass effect fields to keep the gravity at habitable
hand-to-mouth existence with no garden planet supplying them, levels. The widespread bone loss among the slaves was part of
they trade helium-3 fuel and recycled waste products to survive. their masters' final degradation – it would cripple them if they
Kidnapees from Maskawa are typically brought to Kobayashi to ever left for a standard-gravity world.
be released or sold as chattel to out-of-system slavers. The plight of the slaves soon garnered galactic media
Travel Advisory: Law enforcement authorities of Maskawa attention, and several charities sprang up to pay for their
categorically state that their effective range does not extend as physical therapy and find them gainful employment. Eclipse
far as Kobayashi. A statistically significant number of distress mercenaries, normally reviled for their cutthroat tactics and
signals have been broadcast from within the one-million- criminal employees, found themselves painted as heroes. The
kilometer mark of Kobayashi. Civilian traffic is not advised. mercenary company still retains an office on Sobek's moon
Additional information: Heqet, out of nostalgia as much as a business strategy.
Orbital Distance 3.9 AU Additional information:
Orbital Period 7.7 Earth Years Orbital Distance 0.8 AU
Radius 30,698 km Orbital Period 0.7 Earth Years
Day Length 11.3 Earth Hours Radius 72,530 km
Satellites >1 Day Length 12.4 Earth Hours
Satellites >1

Anhur is the third planet orbiting the star Amun. It is a

Eagle Nebula garden world with heavy populations of humans and batarians.
The Eagle Nebula is also known as Messier 16 or NGC Anhur was home to one of the ugliest violations of sapient rights
6611. The Eagle Nebula was one of eight nebulae discovered in in modern human history. A consortium of corporations and
1745-46 by Swiss astronomer Jean-Philippe de Cheseaux. corrupt politicians, fearing batarian economic competition due to

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their custom of legal slavery, passed a resolution that abolished Imir
the minimum wage - effectively relegalizing slavery on a Imir is a medium system with four planets and an asteroid
human-dominated world. belt. Imir is a gateway system, and is classified as a G-class star.
Opponents of the motion quickly turned to activism and Distance from Amun: 7.5 light-years
violence. A civil war erupted as one side sought to end slavery Distance from Malgus: 6 light-years
throughout the system and the other, primarily a batarian faction Distance from Relic: 5.5 light-years
called the Na'hesit, sought to keep the slaves they had. The Distance from Strabo: 10 light-years
Anhur Rebellions raged from 2176 to 2178. The Na'hesit had a
significant advantage in ships, labor, and weapons, forcing the Mass Relay: Orbits Imir at a distance of 13 AU
Anhur militias to hire mercenary companies to even the odds. In
the end the abolitionists won out, though at the cost of much of Fuel Depot: Imir has one fuel depot orbiting .at a distance
their infrastructure. Though Anhur today still has significant
of 7 AU and others orbiting Quodis
natural wealth, it is economically depressed save for the
reconstruction industry.
Additional information:
Osalri is the first planet orbiting the star Imir. It is a boiling
hot dwarf planet close to the G-class star Imir. Too hot for
Orbital Distance 1.7 AU lucrative exploitation, its only satellites are defunct solar arrays
Orbital Period 2.2 Earth Years destroyed by pirates long ago.
Radius 6,829 km Additional information:
Day Length 18.0 Earth Hours
Orbital Distance 0.6 AU
Atm. Pressure 0.6 atm
Orbital Period 0.5 Earth Years
Surface Temp 7 °C
Radius 2,622 km
Surface Gravity 1.3 g
Day Length 33.4 Earth Hours
Satellites N/A
Atm. Pressure 1.86 atm
Surface Temp 229 °C
Colony Surface Gravity 0.1 g
Capital New Thebes Satellites N/A
Colony Founded 2165
Population 208,587,000
Korlus is the second planet orbiting the star Imir. It is a
terrestrial world. "A garbage scow with a climate" was how one
Neith is the fourth planet orbiting the star Amun. It is a Citadel Council member described Korlus at the turn of the
Cold and dry terrestrial world, with a thin nitrogen atmosphere century, and ever since then the Korlus Tourist Board has been
and vast salt flats at its equator, which is warm enough for liquid attempting to re-brand their planet. It hasn't worked – though
water to pool during the summer period. The revealed salt is they have tried calling it "the recycling center of the galaxy",
collected and sold to sodium-poor planets for agricultural corruption scandals and a staggering murder rate ensure that
purposes. Korlus's image is permanently stained.
During the Anhur Rebellions, Neith was a staging ground Korlus's biggest business is the recycling of
for Eclipse ships and was the site of their first defeat when decommissioned or junked spacecraft into their component
enemy Na'hesit surprised and routed them with a superior force. parts. While the invention of omni-gel has made this process
Some wreckage from the battle can still be found on the planet significantly cleaner it is still a dirty business that chokes
today. Korlus's sky with smog and fills its ports with megatons of
Additional information: scrap. A shady hospitality industry and a scavenger underclass
Orbital Distance 3.4 AU round out the spectacle of urban decay.
Orbital Period 6.3 Earth Years Travel Advisory: Korlus ranks second in murder per capita
Radius 7,008 km in the Terminus Systems and first in offworld murder. Civilian
Day Length 54.7 Earth Hours traffic is encouraged to employ security professionals when
Atm. Pressure 0.7 atm visiting.
Surface Temp −25 °C Additional information:
Surface Gravity 1.4 g Orbital Distance 1.3 AU
Satellites N/A Orbital Period 1.5 Earth Years
Radius 6,850 km
Bast is the fifth planet orbiting the star Amun. It is a small Day Length 28.9 Earth Hours
ice giant. Bast and its moons served as the Eclipse mercenary Atm. Pressure 1.5 atm
company's fallback position after their defeat on Neith. Once Surface Temp 28 °C
they had gathered their strength they leaked a false position to Surface Gravity 1.3 g
the Na'hesit consortium to lure them into a trap, which devolved Satellites N/A
into a pitched battle. Both sides claimed victory. Na'hesit lost
more ships but could afford the setback in a way Eclipse could Colony
not. Capital Choquo (disputed)
Additional information: Colony Founded 1781
Orbital Distance 7.0 AU Population 3,800,000,000
Orbital Period 18.6 Earth Years
Radius 18,557 km Quodis is the third planet orbiting the star Imir. It is a small
Day Length 13.6 Earth Hours hydrogen-helium gas giant. Quodis is used by countless
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system. Commercial vessels restock on their supplies of helium- Travel Advisory: Krogan can survive in the heat with the
3 from one of its many orbital platforms. use of a breathing mask. All other species require environmental
Travel Advisory: Piracy at helium-3 refueling stations is suits to avoid heat exhaustion and burns. Liquid water can be
common in the Imir system. Visitors are encouraged to use the found in large lakes on the surface. This can be used for
escorts provided by the Korlus Security Fleet to and from the thermoregulation, but it is not potable without processing.
system's mass relay. To prevent escort fraud always ask for Alliance Bulleting: Large-scale gang warfare is a regular
identification from the escort ships and compare them to those occurrence on Wrill. Civilian traffic is not advised.
found on the Korlus Security Fleet's extranet sites. Additional information:
Additional information: Orbital Distance 0.6 AU
Orbital Distance 5.0 AU Orbital Period 0.5 Earth Years
Orbital Period 11.2 Earth Years Radius 5,999 km
Radius 48,918 km Day Length 30.1 Earth Hours
Day Length 13.3 Earth Hours Atm. Pressure Trace
Satellites N/A Surface Temp 56 °C
Surface Gravity 0.9 g
Gregas is the fourth planet orbiting the star Imir. Cold and Satellites N/A
distant, Gregas is currently 65 percent rock by mass and 35
percent frozen methane and nitrogen ices. In the planet's Flett is the third planet orbiting the star Malgus. It is a
"summer years" these percentages change as the sun heats its ice terrestrial world. Uninhabitable by most species, Flett is home to
and it evaporates into a thin atmosphere. Its calcium-heavy crust the Blood Pack's vorcha training and breeding grounds. The
has been scouted by countless Korlus surveying teams, most of thick atmosphere is nearly all nitrogen and lacks oxygen, which
whom came back empty-handed. poses no hazard to the vorcha. Needing little but imports of food
Additional information: and water, vorcha mercenaries and mercenaries-to-be train
Orbital Distance 10.0 AU religiously to overpower and kill whoever the company is at war
Orbital Period 31.7 Earth Years with this time.
Radius 5,240 km Travel Advisory: Flett's spaceports are wholly owned
Day Length 69.9 Earth Hours subsidiaries of the Blood Pack mercenary company, a
Atm. Pressure Trace corporation undergoing numerous criminal investigations for
Surface Temp −170 °C capital crimes. Civilian traffic to Flett is strongly discouraged.
Surface Gravity 0.7 g Additional information:
Satellites N/A Orbital Distance 1.2 AU
Orbital Period 1.5 Earth Years
1st asteroid belt: orbits Imir at a distance of 3 AU Radius 5,623 km
Day Length 48.2 Earth Hours
Atm. Pressure 2.49 atm
Malgus Surface Temp 16 °C
Imir is a small system with three planets. Malgus is an Surface Gravity 0.7 g
orange star. Satellites N/A
Distance from Amun: 7 light-years
Distance from Imir: 6 light-years
Distance from Relic: 7 light-years Relic
Distance from Strabo: 9.5 light-years Relic is a large system with seven planets and an asteroid
belt.
Uzin is the first planet orbiting the star Malgus. It is a gas Distance from Amun: 15 light-years
giant named for one of many krogan gods of vengeance. Uzin is Distance from Imir: 10 light-years
close enough to its orange sun that none of its moons are Distance from Malgus: 7 light-years
considered habitable. Its composition is largely hydrogen and Distance from Strabo: 11.3 light-years
methane, with traces of xenon that the krogan collect for use in
ion drives. Uzin is well within the "frost line" where gas giants Murky Waters is the first planet orbiting the star Relic. It
usually do not form, leading astronomers to believe that its orbit is a large terrestrial world. Despite the name, the planet has yet
used to be further from the star. If so this would indicate a to show any signs of having any water whatsoever. Its name is a
seriously unstable orbit, and the planet may plunge into its star literal translation from the original hanar, who consider murky
within a few million years. water a sign of danger. Murky Water has a hazy crushing
Additional information: atmosphere of carbon dioxide and methane that brings the
Orbital Distance 0.3 AU surface heat to boiling levels. It remains unexploited - its gravity
Orbital Period 0.2 Earth Years and temperature are too high to bother.
Radius 74,137 km Additional information:
Day Length 12.4 Earth Hours Orbital Distance 0.7 AU
Satellites >1 Orbital Period 0.7 Earth Years
Radius 10,551 km
Wrill is the second planet orbiting the star Malgus. A planet Day Length 53.9 Earth Hours
only a vorcha could love, Wrill is a terrestrial world notable for Atm. Pressure 19.46 atm
its "near miss" climate: punishing heat and a thin toxic methane- Surface Temp 225 °C
ethane atmosphere. Its surface is dotted with krogan and vorcha Surface Gravity 4.6 g
habitats eking out a meager living off the planet's tin and copper Satellites N/A
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 Fitful Current is the second planet orbiting the star Relic. Preying Mouth is the sixth planet orbiting the star Relic. It
It is a large terrestrial world. It was so named because it orbits in is a hydrogen-helium gas giant. Preying Mouth is a ship-killing
retrograde, indicating that it may have been an extrasolar planet enigma – the Bermuda Triangle of the Terminus Systems. There
that was captured by the Relic System's gravity well. Large for a are many theories why ships never return from there:
rock planet, Fitful Current has only traces of hydrogen in its undetectable space debris: old disruptor torpedoes and magnetic
extremely thin atmosphere. Hanar robo-miners have recovered mines from a long-forgotten war; even miniature black holes.
some uranium and thorium deposits from its depths. But what is clear is that too many ships have been lost there for
Additional information: it to be happenstance.
Orbital Distance 1.2 AU Travel Advisory: Due to the large number of ships lost
Orbital Period 1.6 Earth Years when attempting to discharge their drive cores in Preying
Radius 9,260 km Mouth, the Relic system highly recommends using First Land's
Day Length 41.9 Earth Hours complimentary discharge stations instead.
Atm. Pressure Trace Additional information:
Surface Temp −47 °C Orbital Distance 16.0 AU
Surface Gravity 3.1 g Orbital Period 64.2 Earth Years
Satellites N/A Radius 40,775 km
Day Length 11.7 Earth Hours
First Land is the third planet orbiting the star Relic. It is a Satellites N/A
hydrogen-helium gas giant believed to be an extrasolar capture.
First Land is home to many space stations supporting the Beach Thunder is the seventh planet orbiting the star
ubiquitous refueling platforms. A thriving community of drell Relic. It is a terrestrial world. Beach Thunder lives and dies on
and hanar make their homes in orbit here, giving the solar the price of titanium – the metal being the only reason to come
system's robo-miners somewhere to go when the 50-hour days to this frozen rock. A best-selling novel, "The Hard Stuff", has
and nights are driving them mad. popularized the story of the miners on the planet. It follows the
Additional information: hanar and drell robo-miners competing with krogan and vorcha,
Orbital Distance 2.1 AU who simply put on environmental suits and lase the titanium out
Orbital Period 3.4 Earth Years more or less by hand. As the novel's promotional screed says
Radius 53,826 km "accidents are frequent, rivalry is fierce, and vengeance served
Day Length 10.9 Earth Hours up fast."
Satellites N/A Additional information:
Orbital Distance 33.0 AU
Colony Orbital Period 190.2 Earth Years
Species Hanar Radius 8,058 km
Day Length 54.1 Earth Hours
Atm. Pressure 1.25 atm
Island Wind is the fourth planet orbiting the star Relic. It is
Surface Temp −157 °C
a large hydrogen-nitrogen gas giant. Island Wind is named for
Surface Gravity 2.1 g
the sweet-smelling land breezes that come off of the
Satellites N/A
archipelagos of Kahje in the evening. As tumultuous as any
other Jovian giant, Island Wind has cyclones that span tens of
thousands of kilometers. 1st asteroid belt: orbits Relic at a distance of 8.5 AU
Additional information:
Orbital Distance 3.9 AU
Orbital Period 7.7 Earth Years Strabo
Radius 73,088 km Strabo is a small system with one planet and an asteroid belt.
Day Length 17.0 Earth Hours Strabo is named after the Greek geographer of the same name.
Satellites N/A Distance from Amun: 5 light-years
Distance from Imir: 5.5 light-years
Distance from Malgus: 9.5 light-years
Rough Tide is the fifth planet orbiting the star Relic. It is a
Distance from Relic: 11.3 light-years
dwarf planet with a shroud of carbon monoxide and dioxide that
keeps it warm. Rough Tide was so named when large veins of
platinum and palladium were struck and miners from all over the Antigar is the first planet orbiting the star Strabo. Charted
cluster came in to stake their claims. Hanar police and their drell by a salarian mining expedition that went off course due to
enforcers clashed with krogan and vorcha in an ugly series of computer error, Antigar is a hydrogen and helium gas giant with
race riots in the late 2170s, and the planet has only grudgingly 11 known moons and dusty rings.
kept a shaky peace since then. Additional information:
Additional information: Orbital Distance 4.0 AU
Orbital Distance 7.8 AU Orbital Period 8.0 Earth Years
Orbital Period 21.8 Earth Years Radius 24,193 km
Radius 2,125 km Day Length 11.2 Earth Hours
Day Length 67.7 Earth Hours Satellites 11
Atm. Pressure 7.89 atm
Surface Temp 1 °C 1st asteroid belt: orbits Strabo at a distance of 2 AU
Surface Gravity 0.1 g
Satellites N/A

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 Hades Nexus Additional information:
Orbital Distance 2.2 AU
The Hades Nexus is named after Hades, the Greek god of
the underworld and wealth. Orbital Period 3.3 Earth Years
Hades Nexus has four known star systems: the Hekate Radius 6,420 km
system, the Hoplos system, the Pamyat system and the Sheol Day Length 61.7 Earth Hours
system. Atm. Pressure 1.2 atm
This cluster‟s Mass Relay is located in the Hekate system. Surface Temp −4 °C
Surface Gravity 1.1 g
Satellites N/A
Hekate
Century is a medium system with four planets.
It is a gateway system. Hekate is named after a goddess of Triodia is the third planet orbiting the star Hekate. It is a
the paranormal and magic in the Greek mythology. modestly sized ice giant with an icy core and has a hydrogen and
Distance from Hoplos: 5 light-years methane atmosphere that gives it a bluish color. It has 14 moons
Distance from Pamyat: 5 light-years named after asari virtues.
Distance from Sheol: 9 light-years Additional information:
Orbital Distance 4.8 AU
Mass Relay: Orbits Hekate at a distance of 11 AU Orbital Period 10.5 Earth Years
Radius 27,206 km
Fuel Depot: Hekate has one fuel depot orbiting .at a Day Length 18.7 Earth Hours
distance of 5.3 AU Satellites 14

Asteria is the first planet orbiting the star Hekate. It is a Bothros is the fourth planet orbiting the star Hekate. It is a
terrestrial world. A habitable planet known for its arid sulfurous rock and ice planet and home to a scientific curiosity. Evidence
deserts, Asteria is colonized near the poles to avoid the of a primate-like spacefaring civilization was found frozen in its
uncomfortable temperatures that can reach 65 degrees Celsius in equatorial ice, ranging from melted fragments of metal to
more southern latitudes. While the seas contain primitive animal preserved remains of the creatures still wearing suits for
life, little of it can live on land, leaving the soil to hardy plants extravehicular activity. Further exploration revealed that their
that can survive in the extreme heat. Asteria is home to thriving habitation centers were vaporized by orbital bombardments from
human and asari agrarian colonies but little in the way of railgun-like weapons hitting with a force of approximately 120
manufacturing or mining. kilotons of TNT. Only those that fled or happened to be away
Travel Advisory: Carbon dioxide concentrations can reach from the habitats were preserved in the ice, where they died of
2,500 parts per million in Asteria's atmosphere. Citizens should asphyxiation.
carry supplemental oxygen for children and the elderly. Consult Additional information:
with local governments to discuss animal companion detection Orbital Distance 8.5 AU
systems or other preparatory measures. Orbital Period 24.8 Earth Years
Additional information: Radius 7,191 km
Orbital Distance 1.3 AU Day Length 51.0 Earth Hours
Orbital Period 1.5 Earth Years Atm. Pressure Trace
Radius 5,900 km Surface Temp −142 °C
Day Length 21.4 Earth Hours Surface Gravity 1.5 g
Atm. Pressure 1.2 atm Satellites N/A
Surface Temp 25 °C (habitable zone)
Surface Gravity 0.8 g
Satellites N/A Hoplos
Century is a medium system with four planets.
Colony Hoplos is an ancient Greek term referring to a mythical
Species Asari armored beast, from which the term hoplite is derived. Fittingly,
Capital Blackdamp the planets in the system bear names associated with ancient
Colony Founded 2044 CE Greek weapons and raiment.
Population 188 million Distance from Hekate: 5 light-years
Distance from Pamyat: 7.1 light-years
Distance from Sheol: 12.4 light-years
Ker is the second planet orbiting the star Hekate. It is a dry
desolate terrestrial planet. Ker is temperate but supports little life
above the microscopic level. Its Earth-like temperatures and Talaria is the first planet orbiting the star Hoplos. It is a
gravity make it an appealing place to build habitation rock with all traces of atmosphere burned away. Talaria orbits
hideaways, attracting batarian slavers and criminals who can't the star Hoplos at a blistering pace: every 36 days. Though
afford more luxurious safehouses on other planets. Its forgiving tidally locked, even its twilight belt and shaded side are too
nitrogen-helium atmosphere makes EVAs possible with a barren to support life. With so many resources on its sister
minimal amount of equipment; a breathing mask and warm planet Trident, Talaria has largely been ignored by the galactic
clothing are usually sufficient. Mining and other legitimate surveying community.
activities are few and far between on Ker. The planet's crust is Additional information:
largely free of precious metals, instead producing kilometers Orbital Distance 0.1 AU
upon kilometers of dolomitic limestone calcite and gypsum. Orbital Period 0.1 Earth Years
Radius 3,569 km
Day Length 0.1 Earth Years (tidal lock)

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 Atm. Pressure Trace Colony
Surface Temp 908 °C Species Human
Surface Gravity 0.2 g Capital New Cousteau
Satellites N/A Colony Founded 2144 CE
Population 6,800,000
Makhaira is the second planet orbiting the star Hoplos. It
is a small rock planet with a thin atmosphere and high albedo Aegis is the fourth planet orbiting the star Hoplos. It is a
that keeps it from being much hotter than it is. The crust is high hydrogen-helium gas giant. Aegis was the site of an unparalleled
in sodium oxide, giving the planet a whitish tinge. cosmic event roughly 1.8 million years ago. An extrasolar body
Additional information: about 200 square kilometers in size was drawn into Aegis'
Orbital Distance 0.5 AU gravity well and struck the Jovian planet, blasting enough dust
Orbital Period 129 Earth Days and material into orbit to create a ring.
Radius 4,733 km An urban legend has grown over this event. The story goes
Day Length 34.9 Earth Hours that if the extrasolar body (usually called a comet) was
Atm. Pressure Trace unaffected by the gravity well of Aegis, it would have coincided
Surface Temp 206 °C with an orbit of Trident and created an extinction-level event on
Surface Gravity 0.5 g that planet. Prevailing scientific opinion holds that this is an
Satellites >1s exaggeration at best.
Additional information:
Makhaira’s Moon: Kopis Orbital Distance 4.5 AU
Makhaira's largest moon, Kopis, is a desolate place with an Orbital Period 9.6 Earth Years
extremely thin atmosphere. Its crust is largely silica-based, and Radius 53,682 km
there are no signs of water. Like its parent planet, its high albedo Day Length 11.6 Earth Hours
keeps it from being a total inferno, and when occluded by Satellites N/A
Makhaira, its temperatures can be nearly tolerable. Its low
gravity can easily be countered by a vehicular or personal mass
effect field for comfortable exploration. Pamyat
Additional information: Pamyat is a medium system with four planets and an
Orbital Distance 55,000 km (from Makhaira) asteroid belt.
Orbital Period 2.84 Earth Days Pamyat is Russian for "memory." The system's planets are
Radius 1,733 km named for Georgy Dobrovolski, Vladislav Volkov, Viktor
Day Length 21.3 Earth Days Patsayev and Vladimir Komarov, all Soviet cosmonauts who
Atm. Pressure Trace died during spaceflight.
Surface Temp 51 °C Distance from Hekate: 5 light-years
Surface Gravity 0.1 g Distance from Hoplos: 7.1 light-years
Satellites N/A Distance from Sheol: 7.5 light-years

Trident is the third planet orbiting the star Hoplos. A Komarov is the first planet orbiting the star Pamyat. It is an
human-dominated world with over 95% of its surface covered earth-sized terrestrial world. It has little atmosphere to speak of,
by salt water, Trident is home to a dazzling array of life. The but this has not stopped exploration by robo-miners, who have
oceans are filled with creatures ranging from tiny bivalves to recovered iridium from the planet's crust. It was first charted by
mammoth vertebrates unequaled even by Earth's whales and the asari but colonized by humans.
ichthyosaurs. Small archipelagos create what little land there is, Additional information:
and its valuable real estate is fought over constantly. Orbital Distance 1.0 AU
Underwater extraction operations have recovered a number Orbital Period 1.0 Earth Year
of valuable minerals from the ocean floor, including iridium, Radius 6,861 km
uranium, and dust-form element zero. A largely lawless world, Day Length 39.6 Earth Hours
Trident is home to a rogues' gallery of unethical corporations Atm. Pressure Trace
exploiting the resources of the planet and actual rogues – Surface Temp 55 °C
criminals, slavers and mercenaries - working the shadows. Surface Gravity 1.3 g
Travel Advisory: Due to extreme weather conditions during Satellites N/A
hurricane season, all traffic to the surface is grounded. Trident
spaceport control states this condition will persist until the end Colony
of hurricane season. Species Human
Additional information:
Orbital Distance 2.0 AU
Dobrovolski is the second planet orbiting the star Pamyat.
Orbital Period 2.8 Earth Years It is another near-Earth-sized rock planet without much
Radius 6,905 km atmosphere to speak of. Dobrovolski is home to Altai Mineral
Day Length 27.6 Earth Hours Works, a local extraction company noted for its success in eezo
Atm. Pressure 1.4 atm refining. The planet itself provides aluminum for local
Surface Temp 27 °C fabricators, which are churning out habitats at an astonishing
Surface Gravity 1.1 g rate for a system that has no garden planets. With its ore supply
Satellites N/A coming all the way from the Sheol system Dobrovolski is held
up as the proof of the miner's cliche: "Where there's eezo there's
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 Additional information: Sheol
Orbital Distance 2.3 AU Pamyat is a small system with one planet.
Orbital Period 3.5 Earth Years The star Sheol is a red dwarf, and is named after the abode
Radius 6,972 km of the dead in Judaism.
Day Length 59.1 Earth Hours Distance from Hekate: 9 light-years
Atm. Pressure 0.21 atm Distance from Hoplos: 12.4 light-years
Surface Temp −46 °C Distance from Pamyat: 7.5 light-years
Surface Gravity 0.9 g
Satellites N/A Gei Hinnom is the first planet orbiting the star Sheol. It is
a nearly atmosphere-less, tidally locked planet orbiting a red
Colony dwarf star. Gei Hinnom was the first place human explorers
Species Human discovered a dedicated Prothean burial ground. While a few sites
Patsayev is the third planet orbiting the star Pamyat. A rock were saved for posterity, Eldfell-Ashland Mining successfully
planet encased in frozen oceans, Patsayev was notable for the lobbied to scout the rest of the planet for element zero and soon
largest written message ever created by a human being. Andrei was embroiled in a scandal. Mining teams were looting
Kobzar, a disgruntled miner whose fortunes were spent gravesites searching for eezo and other treasures, and many got
prospecting for eezo, used the mass accelerator cannon of a local rich off the so-called "cemetery business". While EAM
mercenary group's A-61 Mantis gunship to carve a 208- officially brought a stop to the looting, its mining teams remain
kilometer long message in the ice saying "Zdes' nichego net," on the planet prospecting the unclaimed territory and taking
Russian for "There's nothing here." their ore to the Pamyat system for refining.
The message used to be visible from low orbit. Ironically, Additional information:
the message itself appears to have been melted away by another Orbital Distance 0.83 AU
determined individual with heavy equipment, and now, truly, Orbital Period 0.8 Earth Years
there is nothing here. Radius 2,379 km
Additional information: Day Length 0.8 Earth Years
Orbital Distance 4.2 AU Atm. Pressure Trace
Orbital Period 8.6 Earth Years Surface Temp 35 °C (habitable zone) 108 °C
Radius 6,351 km / −120 °C (uninhabitable)
Day Length 18.9 Earth Hours Surface Gravity 0.1 g
Atm. Pressure Trace Satellites N/A
Surface Temp −118 °C
Surface Gravity 1.0 g Colony
Satellites N/A Species Human
Population 11,503
Volkov is the fourth planet orbiting the star Pamyat. A
dwarf planet with a thick atmosphere of nitrogen and krypton.
Home to a thriving iridium mining community, Volkov has a Hawking Eta
reputation that is summed up as "rich but dangerous". Pirates The Hawking Eta cluster is named after the renowned
often lurk behind Volkov's two moonlets, Zenevieva and Alena, astrophysicist and theoretician Stephen Hawking, notable for his
and cripple freighters leaving the atmosphere. To make matters work concerning black holes. The cluster lies uncomfortably
worse, Volkov sits in the Chazov Belt, a field of asteroids and close to the 5 kpc ring around the galactic core, which contains a
other small bodies that leads to frequent meteor strikes on the large fraction of the Milky Way's hydrogen as well as most of its
planet. Meteor-related casualties remain rare, but on Volkov the star formation activity. Much of this area is too dangerous to
chances of such a death are high enough that they are factored safely travel.
into insurance premiums. Hawking Eta has five known star systems: the Century
Additional information: system, the Chandrasekhar system, the Schwarzschild system,
Orbital Distance 8.5 AU the Thorne system and the Verr system.
Orbital Period 24.8 Earth Years This cluster‟s Mass Relay is located in the Chandrasekhar
Radius 1,705 km system.
Day Length 68.2 Earth Hours
Atm. Pressure 3.75 atm Century
Surface Temp −59 °C Century is a medium system with four planets.
Surface Gravity 0.1 g Distance from Chandrasekhar: 4.5 light-years
Satellites 2 Distance from Schwarzschild: 15 light-years
Distance from Thorne: 8 light-years
Colony Distance from Verr: 4.5 light-years
Species Human
Population 3,600 (2185) Tamahera is the first planet orbiting the star Century. It
3,800 (2186) has a thin atmosphere of carbon dioxide and xenon. The surface
is icy, and composed of sodium oxide with deposits of calcium.
1st asteroid belt: known as Chazov Belt, orbits Pamyat at It contains a few unremarkable metals, but mainly consists of
a distance of 8.5 AU rock. The presence of canyons and flood plains indicates that
liquid water once existed, suggesting Tamahera had a thicker
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 Additional information: Day Length 66.7 Earth Hours
Orbital Distance 1.16 AU Atm. Pressure 0.83 atm
Orbital Period 1.4 Earth Years Surface Temp −175 °C
Radius 6,302 km Surface Gravity 0.7 g
Day Length 40.1 Earth Hours Satellites N/A
Atm. Pressure 0.34 atm
Surface Temp −30 °C Tharopto is the fourth planet orbiting the star Century. It is
Surface Gravity 0.66 g a typical hydrogen-helium gas giant with traces of chlorine and
Satellites N/A sulphur in its atmosphere. It has over 100 moons and an
extensive ring system composed of pulverized rock, presumably
Klendagon is the second planet orbiting the star Century. It the debris from shattered moons.
is an arid terrestrial, slightly larger than Earth, but with a lower Additional information:
density that reflects its relative lack of heavier elements. The Orbital Distance 23.6 AU
crust is composed of tin and aluminum, with wide deserts of Orbital Period 128.2 Earth Years
dust-fine sand that are easily stirred by the wind. Radius 68,714 km
Klendagon's most striking feature is, of course, the Great Day Length 17.5 Earth Hours
Rift valley that stretches across the southern hemisphere. What Satellites > 100
is most fascinating about the Rift is that it does not appear to be
natural. The geological record suggests it is the result of a
"glancing blow" by a mass accelerator round of unimaginable Chandrasekhar
destructive power. This occurred some thirty-seven million Chandrasekhar is a small system with two planets.
years ago. Chandrasekhar is a gateway system and named after
Additional information: Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, a renowned astrophysicist and
Orbital Distance 1.615 AU Nobel laureate known for his theoretical work on black holes,
Orbital Period 2.3 Earth Years notably establishing the eponymous Chandrasekhar limit for
Radius 7,377 km white dwarfs.
Day Length 53.6 Earth Hours Distance from Century: 4.5 light-years
Atm. Pressure 0.64 atm Distance from Schwarzschild: 11 light-years
Surface Temp −53 °C Distance from Thorne: 7.5 light-years
Surface Gravity 0.88 g Distance from Verr: 8.4 light-years
Satellites 1 (Presrop)
Mass Relay: Orbits Chandrasekhar at a distance of 2 AU
Klendagon’s Moon: Presrop
Presrop is the moon of Klendagon. It is a frigid, barren Fuel Depot: Chandrasekhar has one fuel depot orbiting
world, with an extremely thin atmosphere of carbon dioxide and Hebat.
ethane. The crust contains plentiful deposits of heavy metals.
The Alliance has opened bidding for the moon's mineral rights, Teshub is the first planet orbiting the star Chandrasekhar. It
but exploitation will be complicated by the system's proximity to is a standard gas-giant composed mainly of hydrogen and
the "Five Kiloparsec Ring" around the galactic core. The Ring is helium. The brown and orange coloration in its upper cloud
an area of intense star formation, and too dangerous to safely decks is caused by the upwelling of sulfur from lower levels of
travel. the atmosphere.
Presrop's landscape is a nightmare of jagged, overlapping Additional information:
ridges and geological shock zones created by some ancient
Orbital Distance 0.9 AU
disaster. This has not deterred a generation of illegal "wildcat
Orbital Period 1.6 Earth Years
miners" from attempting to exploit the moon's mineral riches.
Radius 63,568 km
Unfortunately, many have lost their lives.
Day Length 16.6 Earth Hours
Additional information:
Satellites N/A
Orbital Distance 168,500 km (from Klendagon)
Orbital Period 10.8 Earth Days
Radius 4,113 km
Hebat is the second planet orbiting the star Chandrasekhar.
It is a methane-ammonia ice giant. When Heavy Metals
Day Length 10.8 Earth Days
Exomining of China won the bidding rights to develop the moon
Atm. Pressure 0.1 atm
of Presrop in the Century system it began by establishing a
Surface Temp -73 °C
helium-3 refueling facility on Hebat. The station is considered a
Surface Gravity 0.88 g
model facility by the executives of the state-run company.
Satellites N/A
Though the station produces more than enough fuel to supply
the HMEC ships running to and from Century, it has a crew of
Canctra is the thrid planet orbiting the star Century. It is a only a dozen for maintenance and oversight. Nearly all day-to-
terrestrial world of average size. Its atmosphere is composed of day operations are automated.
nitrogen and argon and its frozen surface is mainly composed of Additional information:
tin with deposits of calcium. Aside from some spectacular
Orbital Distance 1.35 AU
formations of water-ice at the poles, the planet has little to
Orbital Period 2.9 Earth Years
recommend it.
Radius 36,257 km
Additional information:
Day Length 17.1 Earth Hours
Orbital Distance 14.3 AU N/A
Satellites
Orbital Period 60.6 Earth Years
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 Schwarzschild none of its moons is larger than 12 kilometers in diameter, a rare
Schwarzschild is a medium system with four planets. trait among the charted gas giants of the galaxy.
Schwarzschild is named after Karl Schwarzschild, a German Additional information:
astrophysicis Orbital Distance 6.34 AU
Distance from Century: 15 light-years Orbital Period 17.9 Earth Years
Distance from Chandrasekhar: 11 light-years Radius 70,778 km
Distance from Thorne: 13 light-years Day Length 15.4 Earth Hours
Distance from Verr: 17.6 light-years Satellites >1

Athil is the first planet orbiting the star Schwarzschild. It is

a typical Venusian "greenhouse" world with only a few scattered Thorne
craters of note. Though flattened by millions of years of high Thorne is a small system with one planet and one asteroid
pressure the marks of orbital bombardment strikes are belt.
unmistakable. It is generally accepted among academics that The system is named after Kip Thorne, one of the world's
whoever hailed from or settled Schwarzschild's second planet, leading experts on Einstein's general theory of relativity.
Etamis, must have had outposts on Atahil as well. Distance from Century: 8 light-years
Additional information: Distance from Chandrasekhar: 7.5 light-years
Orbital Distance 0.9 AU Distance from Schwarzschild: 13 light-years
Orbital Period 1 Earth Year Distance from Verr: 7 light-years
Radius 5,230 km
Day Length 28.8 Earth Hours Mnemosyne is the first planet orbiting the star Thorne. It is
Atm. Pressure 62 atm a brown dwarf of approximately 37 Jupiter-masses. It is young
Surface Temp 348 °C enough that some nuclear fusion still occurs within its depths. It
Surface Gravity 0.79 g is luminous, and radiates more heat than it receives from the star
Satellites N/A Thorne, with an atmospheric temperature in excess of 1,800
degrees Kelvin (1,500 degrees Celsius).
Etamis is the second planet orbiting the star Schwarzschild. Early probes of Thorne showed evidence of a minor gravitic
It is a superterrestrial world a third larger than Earth. It is in a anomaly in the northern hemisphere. This area of unexpectedly
"post-garden" state that clearly shows evidence of attack from low mass did not move with the prevailing wind patterns. While
space. While it's now waterless, the shores of former oceans an investigation was planned by the Besaral Institute of
show patterns of cratering too regular to be anything but Planetary Science, the school ultimately sent an expedition to
saturation bombardment by dreadnought-class kinetic weapons, study the famed "deep anomalies" of the gas giant Ploba instead.
although it is unclear how most of the atmosphere has been lost. Additional information:
Archaeologists have found little of note. It appears that all Orbital Distance 0.81 AU
settled regions were touched by the global bombardment. The Orbital Period 0.8 Earth Years
few relics found suggest an advanced spacefaring culture thrived Radius 72,451 km
on the world from approximately 20 to 40 million years ago. Day Length 18.7 Earth Hours
The level of antiquity makes it impossible to estimate the Atm. Pressure N/A
world's former population or guess whether it was the race's Surface Temp 1,500 °C
homeworld or a colony. Surface Gravity N/A
Additional information: Satellites ≥ 1 (largest moon: Lethe)
Orbital Distance 1.35 AU
Orbital Period 1.6 Earth Years Mnemosyne’s Moon: Lethe
Radius 9,577 km Lethe is the largest moon of Mnemosyne, massive enough to
Day Length 51.6 Earth Hours retain its own thin atmosphere of methane and nitrogen, and
Atm. Pressure 0.2 atm heated by the brown dwarf to relatively moderate temperatures.
Surface Temp −49.6 °C While nearly the size of Earth, its overall density is low,
Surface Gravity 3.4 g suggesting a paucity of valuable heavy metals. It is tidally
Satellites N/A locked to Mnemosyne, one hemisphere always bathed in the
brown dwarf's heat and dim red light.
Linossa is the third planet orbiting the star Schwarzschild. The moon experiences constant weak tectonic activity,
It is a hydrogen-helium gas giant. It is surrounded by several driven by the tidal fluxes of Mnemosyne's gravity rather than
thin rings of debris. Analysis of this debris has been difficult due Lethe's own internal heat. Several large, ancient volcanoes
to extreme age and fragility, but several apparently nano- release wide-ranging flows of molten silicate.
manufactured materials have been identified. The leading theory Additional information:
is that the inhabitants of Etamis mined the atmosphere for Orbital Distance 2,323,500 km (from Mnemosyne)
helium-3. Orbital Period 16.4 Earth Days
Additional information: Radius 5,663 km
Orbital Distance 3.34 AU Day Length 16.4 Earth Days
Orbital Period 6.8 Earth Years Atm. Pressure 0.58 atm
Radius 55,806 km Surface Temp 31 °C
Day Length 17.8 Earth Hours Surface Gravity 0.59 g
Satellites N/A Satellites N/A

Rihali is the fourth planet orbiting the star Schwarzschild. It 1st asteroid belt: orbits Thorne at a distance of 0.3 AU
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 Verr Ismar Frontier
Thorne is a small system with three planets A huge nebula, on the outer reaches of the galaxy, that
Distance from Century: 4.5 light-years borders the Attican Traverse and the Outer Council Space.
Distance from Chandrasekhar: 8.4 light-years Ismar Frontier has three known star systems: the Aquila
Distance from Schwarzschild: 17.6 light-years system, the Elysta system and the Faia system.
Distance from Thorne: 7 light-years This cluster‟s Mass Relay is located in the Aquila system.

Fuel Depot: Ver has fuel depots orbiting Allusah. Aquila

Aquila is a medium system with five planets.
Corang is the first planet orbiting the star Verr. It is a Aquila means "eagle" in both Latin and Italian. The names
terrestrial world smaller than Earth. Initial surveys of Corang of the planets in the Aquila system refer to certain locations in
noted its high density and active plate tectonics, suggesting a central and southern Italy. Aquila is a gateway system.
high internal heat fueled by a greater than normal concentration Distance from Elysta: 8 light-years
of heavy elements and radioactives. Early test cores proved the Distance from Faia: 6 light-years
mineral richness of the world, but distance from the mass relay
in the Chandrasekhar system made it unprofitable to develop
Mass Relay: Orbits Aquila at a distance of 10 AU.
until late 2183.
The atmosphere is a smog of methane, ammonia, and water
vapor, a so-called "primordial soup" similar to the conditions of
Fuel Depot: Aquila has one fuel depot orbiting Metaponto.
early Earth. However, there is no evidence of life developing on
Corang's surface beyond the level of simple dextro-amino acids. Lepini is the first planet orbiting the star Aquila. It is a
The minimal energy input of the red dwarf Verr have created an hydrogen-methane gas giant. Lepini and its moons have been
energy-starved surface environment, through the planet's cursorily scanned by space probes and found to have little in the
volcanism does hold open some possibility for subterranean way of rare resources. The galaxy at large considers it
development. unremarkable. Lepini is well within the „frost line‟, where gas
Additional information: giants do not form, so it is most likely an extrasolar capture.
Additional information:
Orbital Distance 0.7 AU
0.9 Earth Years Orbital Distance 0.5 AU
Orbital Period
Radius 4,911 km Orbital Period 0.4 Earth Years
Day Length 53.2 Earth Hours Radius 56,666 km
Atm. Pressure 0.73 atm Day Length 9.2 Earth Hours
Surface Temp 58 °C Satellites >1
Surface Gravity N/A
Satellites 0 Vecchio is the second planet orbiting the star Aquila. It is a
moderately-sized terrestrial world with a thin, hot atmosphere of
Allusah is the second planet orbiting the star Verr. It is a carbon dioxide and nitrogen. Initial surveys found trace amounts
small, dense "ice giant" with high concentrations of water, of iridium, but little else of interest in the silicate desert sands
ammonia, and methane. A few automated helium-3 fuel stations that cover much of the surface of the planet.
have been established to refuel the ore freighters shuttling to and On a recent tour, the Alliance surveyor ship Kupe
from Corang. discovered a group of partial graves hidden in the equatorial
Additional information: mountain ranges. The ancient skeletons in the burial sites were
obviously humanoid but incomplete and poorly preserved,
Orbital Distance 1.19 AU
which has made them difficult to identify. Fragments of
Orbital Period 2.4 Earth Years
primitive ceramic grave goods were also found nearby. This
Radius 25,652 km
raises further questions about who once traveled to this
Day Length 18.1 Earth Hours
inhospitable planet since the closest garden world, Volturno, has
Satellites N/A
no intelligent life. Human universities are planning further
archeological investigations.
Serao is the third planet orbiting the star Verr. It is a Additional information:
standard hydrogen-helium gas giant. Its more obvious features Orbital Distance 1.1 AU
are a pair of gigantic storm cells, one in the northern
Orbital Period 1.2 Earth Years
hemisphere, and one in the south. While richer in helium-3 than
Radius 6,443 km
Allusah, the difficulties of extraction from Serao's gravity well
Day Length 39.1 Earth Hours
and stormy atmosphere lead to the other gas giant's
Atm. Pressure 0.79 atm
development.
Surface Temp 58 °C
Serao has over 80 moons, ranging from a radius of 50 to
Surface Gravity 0.82 g
2,000 kilometers. The asari Tersicor Council has established an
Satellites N/A
observation post on one of the larger moons to study the planet's
twin storm systems.
Additional information: Volturno is the third planet orbiting the star Aquila. It is a
so-called "super-Earth". Volturno is home to organic life but is
Orbital Distance 2.14 AU
nevertheless uninhabitable for the near future. Currently in an
Orbital Period 5.7 Earth Years
ice age, most of the planet from the latitude of 30 degrees north
Radius 70,881 km
or south is a frozen wasteland, and so most organic life, limited
Day Length 9.7 Earth Hours
to algae and lichens, resides near the equator. The strong gravity
Satellites > 80
prevents any sapient species but elcor from thriving on the
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which contains lethal amounts of carbon dioxide in addition to Day Length 0.3 Earth Hours
its oxygen. Small packs of vorcha squatters are attempting to Atm. Pressure Trace
take the planet for themselves illegally, but most of them live Surface Temp 138 °C
miserable existences in the planet's crushing gravity and die Surface Gravity 0.32 g
from falls and medical complications. Only terraforming on a Satellites N/A
massive scale would turn Volturno into a habitable world, and
the elcor lack the political capital with the Citadel Council to Zeona is the second planet orbiting the star Elysta. It is a
begin such an effort. terrestrial world with a thin atmosphere of sulfur dioxide and
Additional information: trioxide, created by volcanic outgassing. There are traces of
Orbital Distance 2.1 AU water vapor in the atmosphere, but over the last five centuries of
Orbital Period 3.0 Earth Years observation particle counts have decreased 4%.
Radius 11,177 km While not habitable by any spacefaring species, there is an
Day Length 26.8 Earth Hours abundance of native sulfur-devouring bacteria that thrives
Atm. Pressure 0.83 atm around the world's many volcanic vents. Interestingly, these
Surface Temp −10 °C bacterium bear genetic similarities to the native life of Illium,
Surface Gravity 3.3 g suggesting either a "panspermia" spread of microbes via
Satellites N/A asteroids, or accidental contamination of the original
environment by careless spacefarers.
Metaponto is the fourth planet orbiting the star Aquila. It is Additional information:
a hydrogen-helium gas giant. Metaponto has developed a Orbital Distance 0.64 AU
helium-3 fueling station funded by elcor business interests who Orbital Period 0.6 Earth Years
hope to bring enough attention to the system to attract Radius 4,734 km
terraforming investors and thus eventually develop Volturno as a Day Length 49.6 Earth Hours
habitable world. Thus far, they have met with little success. Atm. Pressure 0.55 atm
Additional information: Surface Temp 68 °C
Orbital Distance 4.2 AU Surface Gravity 0.57 g
Orbital Period 8.6 Earth Years Satellites N/A
Radius 70,520 km
Day Length 12.1 Earth Hours Odasst is the third planet orbiting the star Elysta. It is a
Satellites N/A terrestrial world with an abundance of heavy metals and
radioactives. It is heavily exploited by mining concerns based on
Pollino is the fifth planet orbiting the star Aquila. It is a Illium. Forty-three years ago, a Council Spectre arrived to
small ice giant. Pollino remains undeveloped while its sister investigate reports that the businesses were selling platinum – a
planet Metaponto garners all the attention. This was not always strategic metal – to pirate groups in the Terminus Systems. The
the case - in 2180, news stories seeded throughout the extranet results of the investigation were never released, but no deaths
claimed that element zero was being found on Pollino's moons were reported.
in record lodes. This turned out to be a scam spread by the Additional information:
Dunawurachum Consortium, an elcor corporation trying to scare Orbital Distance 0.96 AU
up investors. After a small fleet of space probes scouted the Orbital Period 1.1 Earth Years
area, the hype quickly deflated, and the myth only persists now Radius 6,882 km
in unwanted extranet e-mail messages. Day Length 28.3 Earth Hours
Additional information: Atm. Pressure 1.1 atm
Orbital Distance 8.0 AU Surface Temp 20 °C
Orbital Period 22.7 Earth Years Surface Gravity 1.2 g
Radius 37,052 km Satellites N/A
Day Length 16.5 Earth Hours
Satellites >1 Colony
Capital Jorass
Population 11,640
Elysta
Elysta is a medium system with five planets. Hesano is the fourth planet orbiting the star Elysta. It is a
Distance from Aquila: 8 light-years small hydrogen-helium gas giant. Two hundred years ago, an
Distance from Faia: 8 light-years independent volus prospector found the mangled wreck of a
Prothean starship trapped within the trailing Lagrange point.
Saleas is the first planet orbiting the star Elysta. It is a small Few artifacts from the wreckage have been recovered.
terrestrial world. Saleas' cratered surface is ancient; parts of the The prospector, Lumen Kreop, was canny enough to keep
highlands have been unchanged for nearly three billion years. the hulk's existence to himself. He sold its location to a turian
The layers of overlapping craters stand as testament to the paleotechnology firm for nearly a million credits. Since then,
violence of the system's creation. Saleas is tidally locked to Hesano's Lagrange points, rings, and moons have been combed
Elysta and has a trace atmosphere of krypton and xenon, with over by fortune hunters seeking to strike it rich the same way.
helium constantly "blowing in" via solar winds. Thus far, no additional artifacts have been recovered.
Additional information: Additional information:
Orbital Distance 0.4 AU Orbital Distance 1.82 AU
Orbital Period 0.3 Earth Years Orbital Period 2.7 Earth Years
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Satellites >1
Colony
Melile is the fifth planet orbiting the star Elysta. It is a Capital Thun
common ammonia-methane ice giant with 23 moons. It has no Colony Founded 2160
particularly distinctive features. Population 148,000,000
Additional information:
Orbital Distance 3.1 AU Viantel is the third planet orbiting the star Faia. Though a
Orbital Period 6.1 Earth Years dwarf planet, Viantel's large amounts of water have led to heavy
Radius 28,684 km development by water-cracking industries seeking to turn the
Day Length 8.6 Earth Hours planet into hydrogen-oxygen fuel for starship thrusters. The
Satellites 23 surface is blanketed with habitation modules, mining equipment,
and cracking stations.
Since the initial settlement of Illium in the nearby Tasale
Faia system, the radius of Viantel has decreased by two kilometers,
Faia is a medium system with four planets. indicating removal of over 50,000,000 cubic kilometers of ice.
Distance from Aquila: 6 light-years Some groups are concerned that the rate of loss may cause
Distance from Elysta: 8 light-years instability in the remaining structure.
Additional information:
Fuel Depot: Faia has fuel depots orbiting Hito. Orbital Distance 3.0 AU
Orbital Period 5.2 Earth Years
Imaen is the first planet orbiting the star Faia. It is a small, Radius 1,381 km
cratered rock. Its crust contains various light metals, though Day Length 28.4 Earth Hours
none in any concentration worth the trouble of mining. While Atm. Pressure Trace
the rest of the Faia system has seen extensive industrialization, Surface Temp −150 °C
Imaen lies fallow. Surface Gravity 0.11 g
Additional information: Satellites N/A
Orbital Distance 0.6 AU
Orbital Period 0.8 Earth Years Colony
Radius 2,370 km Capital None; largest port is Kyleios Station 04
Day Length 62.1 Earth Hours Population 10,400
Atm. Pressure Trace
Surface Temp 108 °C Hito is the fourth planet orbiting the star Faia. As the only
Surface Gravity 0.24 g gas giant in the Faia system, Hito is heavily developed by rival
Satellites N/A helium-3 mining concerns. The world has three major and 26
minor moons, each of which is claimed by a different company.
Zorya is the second planet orbiting the star Faia. It is a Those based on moons deeper into the gravity well tend to
terrestrial world. "Bring firearms and antihistamines" is what specialize on helium-3 extraction and refining, while those on
veteran guides say about this lush garden world. First colonized the farther moons specialize in refueling services and shipment.
in 2160, Zorya's temperate and tropical zones are overrun with Additional information:
plants and fungi of all kinds. As a result, the air in most Orbital Distance 6.3 AU
habitable areas is choked with pollen and spores that range from Orbital Period 15.8 Earth Years
benign to deadly. The scattered colonies across the planet have Radius 24,984 km
resorted to clear-cutting and slash-and-burn farming to create Day Length 14.3 Earth Hours
habitable zones, and the more rural areas, where the spores are Satellites 29
thickest are populated only by vorcha. Lax ecological laws allow
mining and manufacturing industries to flourish and pollute Colony
cheaply, as the planet's carrying capacity far outstrips the current Capital None; largest port is Shol Prime
size of its colonies. Population 953,000
Zorya is also home to the Blue Suns mercenary company
who dominate the colonies' security forces. The Suns enjoy
nearly unlimited influence with local politicians and judges,
ensuring no other private military contractors can compete with Kepler Verge
them economically. Nearly every colony has a Suns recruiting This cluster is named for the German astronomer and
station, if not a training camp, though this has hardly made the mathematician Johannes Kepler. The systems within are named
planet any safer. Piracy, drugs and vice, and political violence after other great human astronomers.
are commonplace. Kepler Verge has two known star systems: the Herschel
Additional information: system and the Newton system.
Orbital Distance 1.8 AU This cluster‟s Mass Relay is located in the Newton system.
Orbital Period 2.4 Earth Years
Radius 6,247 km Herschel
Day Length 28.4 Earth Hours Herschel is a medium system with four planets and an
Atm. Pressure 1.22 atm asteroid belt. It is named for Sir William Herschel, the astromer
Surface Temp 33 °C who discovered the planet Uranus. Herschel is an "energetic
Surface Gravity 1.0 g blue star".

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 Warning: due to the huge distance between planets, it is not 1st asteroid belt: orbits Herschel at a distance of 43ti0 AU
advisable to travel to Herschel without a ship with a high fuel
capacity.
Distance from Newton: 13.6 light-years Newton
Herschel is a medium system with four planets and no
Tungel is the first planet orbiting the star Herschel. It is a asteroid belts. It is named for the polymath astronomer Sir Isaac
massive terrestrial world, nearly twice the size of Earth, with a Newton.
dense atmosphere of nitrogen and ethane. Its scorching hot Distance from Herschel: 13.6 light-years
surface is mainly composed of iron, with extensive deposits of
heavy metals and radioactives. It is a mineralogical treasure Mass Relay: Orbits Newton at a distance of 2 AU
trove, and many corporations are lobbying for mining rights.
Additional information: Ontarom is the first planet orbiting the star Newton. It is an
Orbital Distance 66.53 AU Earth-sized terrestrial world, with life of its own.
Orbital Period 85.8 Earth Years Though Ontarom's surface is uncomfortably hot, its
Radius 11,539 km nitrogen-oxygen atmosphere and abundant, shallow seas make it
Day Length 42.4 Earth Hours an ideal candidate for habitation by most known species.
Atm. Pressure 2.0 atm Unfortunately, the orbit of the moon of Thonal has been
Surface Temp 242 °C slowly decaying since the system coalesced. Its proximity is
Surface Gravity 1.9 g beginning to have tidal effects, and its dynamo-like revolution
Satellites N/A through Ontarom's magnetic field is generating increasingly
powerful electric storms.
Matol is the second planet orbiting the star Herschel. It is a While some have suggested emplacement of mass effect
typical, lifeless terrestrial world. Several attempts to chart Matol drives in an attempt to lighten the moon and correct its orbit, the
have been made, but none have been successful. By normal scale of such a project – tens of thousands of drives, costing
standards a small rock planet, Matol has a dense atmosphere enough to bankrupt the governments of all the Citadel races –
composed of carbon dioxide and argon, with a surprising make it a pipe dream. A multi-racial effort is underway to
amount of water vapor. Fogs and rain are common on the catalogue and preserve the unique genetic diversity of Ontarom's
barren, lifeless surface. vibrant young biosphere. ExoGeni Corp. and Heyuan Genomics
Matol is pleasant enough to be considered a terraforming represent the Alliance‟s share of the effort.
prospect, though its low mass and high radiation from the When humans settled on Ontarom, the asari derided it as
energetic blue star Herschel place it fairly far down on the list. foolish, but today the humans look prescient. The
Additional information: communications hub they set up on the planet has hundreds of
Orbital Distance 119.8 AU quantum communicators, whose information is spread through
Orbital Period 207.3 Earth Years broadcast on the planet and beamed out via comm buoy.
Radius 4,077 km Additional information:
Day Length 34.6 Earth Hours Orbital Distance 1.1 AU
Atm. Pressure 0.49 atm Orbital Period 1.2 Earth Years
Surface Temp 33 °C Radius 6,443 km
Surface Gravity 0.5 g Day Length 39.1 Earth Hours
Satellites N/A Atm. Pressure 0.79 atm
Surface Temp 58 °C
Clugon is the third planet orbiting the star Herschel. It is a Surface Gravity 0.82 g
massive terrestrial world so uninviting that no probes were sent Satellites 2
to the surface. Clugon's hydrogen-helium atmosphere is given a
fairly dramatic emerald tint by chlorine and ionized gases. It has Colony
nearly 100 moons. Species Human
Additional information:
Orbital Distance 345.11 AU Klencory is the second planet orbiting the star Newton. It is
Orbital Period 1,013.71 Earth Years a rock and ice planet with an atmosphere composed of chlorine
Radius 17,988 km and argon. The frozen surface is mainly composed of potassium
Day Length 19.2 Earth Hours with deposits of iron.
Satellites > 100 Klencory is famously claimed by the eccentric volus
billionaire Kumun Shol. He claims that a vision of a higher
Clobaka is the fourth planet orbiting the star Herschel. It is being told him to seek on Klencory the "lost crypts of beings of
a moderately sized terrestrial world with a hazy hydrocarbon light." These entities were supposedly created at the dawn of
atmosphere. Its surface is mainly composed of chlorides with time to protect organic life from synthetic "machine devils."
deposits of solid and liquid form hydrocarbons. Shol has been excavating on Klencory's toxic surface for
Orbital Distance 552.31 AU two decades, at great expense. No government has valued the
Orbital Period 2,052.3 Earth Years world enough to evict his small army of mercenaries.
Radius 8,198 km Additional information:
Day Length 59.7 Earth Hours Orbital Distance 7.5 AU
Atm. Pressure 0.81 atm Orbital Period 20.6 Earth Years
Surface Temp 7 °C Radius 7,677 km
Surface Gravity 0.88 g Day Length 18.3 Earth Hours
Satellites N/A Atm. Pressure 1.01 atm
Surface Temp -109 °C

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 Surface Gravity 0.82 g Atm. Pressure 0.73 atm
Satellites N/A Surface Temp 92 °C
Surface Gravity 0.78 g
Juncro is the third planet orbiting the star Newton. It is a Satellites N/A
hydrogen-helium gas giant with traces of chlorine and sodium in
its upper atmosphere. Like Uranus in the Sol system, it is Farnuri is the second planet orbiting the star Caspian. It is
"tipped on its side," its north pole facing the star Newton. a large terrestrial world. Farnuri has a trace atmosphere of
Additional information: carbon dioxide and helium. The surface is mainly composed of
Orbital Distance 15.3 AU silica laced with iron oxides, indicating the world had an
Orbital Period 60.0 Earth Years oxygenated atmosphere at some time in the past. Given the
Radius 66,642 km relative youth of the blue star Caspian and the significant gravity
Day Length 16.8 Earth Hours well of Farnuri, this must have occurred with astonishing
Satellites N/A swiftness, perhaps a result of some cataclysmic event. Further
research is required.
Sesmose is the fourth planet orbiting the star Newton. It is Additional information:
an ice dwarf world, its surface composed almost entirely of Orbital Distance 173.52 AU
frozen water. Normally a planetoid this small would not rate Orbital Period 352.7 Earth Years
inclusion on the system's charts, but Sesmose's unusually large Radius 8,968 km
and beautiful ring of ice crystals has made it a popular subject Day Length 67.8 Earth Hours
for visual artists. Atm. Pressure 0.00 atm
The ring is the result of a glancing equatorial impact, which Surface Temp -98 °C
left a large "trench" and threw a great deal of melted water into Surface Gravity 1.2 g
the atmosphere. The rings are a temporary feature that will Satellites N/A
completely decay in a few thousand years.
Additional information: Almarcrux is the third planet orbiting the star Caspian. It is
Orbital Distance 41.9 AU a small terrestrial world. It has an atmosphere of methane and
Orbital Period 272.2 Earth Years ethane.
Radius 3,111 km Despite the distance from Caspian, the energetic young star
Day Length 23.9 Earth Hours heats the surface to almost temperate levels. Thick ground fogs
Atm. Pressure 0.00 atm are common at the terminator, where water ice frozen during the
Surface Temp -188 °C long dark side night meets the warm air masses from the day
Surface Gravity 0.09 g side. The crust is mainly composed of copper with deposits of
Satellites N/A sodium.
Almarcrux's abundant water and relatively mild temperature
and gravity have placed it on the short list of terraforming
candidate worlds. However, there is significant opposition from
Maroon Sea eco-ethics groups, who assert that Almarcrux's primitive
A cluster with names after famous seas/lakes. methanotrophic bacteria may be a precursor to a full-fledged
Maroon Sea has three known star systems: the Caspian native ecology.
system, the Matano system and the Vostok system. Additional information:
This cluster‟s Mass Relay is located in the Vostok system. Orbital Distance 243 AU
Orbital Period 584.1 Earth Years
Caspian Radius 4,715 km
Caspian is a medium system with four planets and an Day Length 64.7 Earth Hours
asteroid belt. It is named for the Caspian Sea. The star is a hot Atm. Pressure 0.76 atm
young blue star. Surface Temp 31 °C
Warning: due to the huge distance between planets, it is not Surface Gravity 0.78 g
advisable to travel to Caspian without a ship with a high fuel Satellites N/A
capacity.
Distance from Matano: 15 light-years Antida is the fourth planet orbiting the star Caspian. It is
Distance from Vostok: 7 light-years standard ice giant. Its atmosphere is darkened by traces of
sodium. It is one of relatively few planets known with an orbital
Clotanca is the first planet orbiting the star Caspian. It is a period of more than a millennium.
large but low-density terrestrial world with an atmosphere of Additional information:
nitrogen and carbon monoxide. Its crust is mainly composed of Orbital Distance 413.21AU
sulphur and unremarkable silicates. Occasional deposits of 1,296.1 Earth Years
Orbital Period
heavy metals, usually the result of meteor strikes, dot the 29,657 km
Radius
surface. 12.8 Earth Hours
Day Length
High speed winds, powered by the hot blue star Caspian, N/A
Satellites
present a constant hazard. Atmospheric entry is hazardous, and
EVAs are discouraged.
Additional information: 1st asteroid belt: orbits Caspian at a distance of 18 AU
Orbital Distance 86.76 AU
Orbital Period 124.7 Earth Years
Radius 7,810 km
Day Length 19.7 Earth Hours

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 Matano Apo has a dense atmosphere composed of nitrogen and
Matano is a medium system with five planets and two carbon monoxide. Due to the constant earthquakes and landslide
asteroid belts. It is named for Lake Matano. All of the planets in activity, surface exploration is not advised. The rubble-covered
this system are named after various deities of Inca mythology. wrecks of a half-dozen expeditionary ships stand in mute
Distance from Caspian: 15 light-years testament to the planet's instability.
Distance from Vostok: 16.6 light-years Additional information:
Orbital Distance 9.6 AU
Init is the first planet orbiting the star Matano. It is a large Orbital Period 29.7 Earth Years
terrestrial planet with an atmosphere composed of ammonia and Radius 6,843 km
helium. Its surface is mainly composed of sodium oxide with Day Length 56.7 Earth Hours
deposits of magnesium. Its density is rather low, leaving the Atm. Pressure 1.2 atm
planet tide-locked to Matano. Surface Temp -116 °C
Inti is an unremarkable world, drawing little more than a Surface Gravity 1.1 g
cursory scan for surface pirate anchorages when Alliance patrols Satellites N/A
enter the system.
Additional information: Illapa is the fourth planet orbiting the star Matano. It is a
Orbital Distance 0.7 AU hydrogen-helium gas giant with an unusual ruby color caused by
Orbital Period 0.6 Earth Years contaminants in the atmosphere. The world has over 120 moons,
Radius 9,032 km one of the highest totals of all known systems.
Day Length 0.6 Earth Years Once full development of Chasca colony begins, a helium-3
Atm. Pressure 0.56 atm refining infrastructure will be developed in the Illapa system,
Surface Temp 157 °C concentrated on the large ice moon of Coniraya.
Surface Gravity 0.99 g Additional information:
Satellites N/A Orbital Distance 17.64 AU
Orbital Period 74.1 Earth Years
Chasca is the second planet orbiting the star Matano. It is a Radius 72,820 km
large, but low density terrestrial world, fundamentally similar to Day Length 15.7 Earth Hours
its inner neighbor Inti. Like Inti, Chasca is tidally-locked to Satellites > 120
Matano. The same side always faces the sun, resulting in a
scorching day side and a frozen night side. In the temperate Supay is the fifth planet orbiting the star Matano. It is a
areas around the terminator, temperatures average around 30 small terrestrial world. The planet has the composition of an ice
Celsius. Combined with a nitrogen-oxygen atmosphere, this dwarf planet, but is unusually large for such a body. It has a
slender band of habitable terrain allows limited colonization by trace atmosphere of krypton and xenon. The frozen surface is
humans. dotted with deposits composed of potassium and light metals,
Chasca's ring is unique. It appears to be, for lack of a better brought to the surface by cryovolcanic processes.
term, a massive piece of alien "installation art." The rings are Supay's icy surface was often used as a source of potable
made of small pieces of synthetic material, and are almost water by passing merchant vessels. Since the Alliance claimed
invisible from space. From the ground, they catch and scatter the the inner system world of Chasca, satellites placed in orbit
light of Matano in picturesque ways. It is not known who automatically bill any vessel landing on the world for the mass
created the ring or when. of water removed from the surface.
Chasca is very early in development, with little more than a ExoGeni has had a difficult time keeping these satellites
few pioneer teams scattered across the surface. Information is operational; they often meet with "accidents" caused by impact
being collated about native hazards and ecology, while a with jettisoned ship debris.
massive colonist recruiting drive is gearing up back on Earth. Additional information:
Additional information: Orbital Distance 42.3 AU
Orbital Distance 1.19 AU Orbital Period 275.5 Earth Years
Orbital Period 1.3 Earth Years Radius 4,317 km
Radius 8,059 km Day Length 63.4 Earth Hours
Day Length 1.3 Earth Years Atm. Pressure 0.00 atm
Atm. Pressure 0.86 atm Surface Temp −216 °C
Surface Temp 67 °C Surface Gravity 0.25 g
Surface Gravity 0.88 g Satellites N/A
Satellites N/A
1st asteroid belt: orbits Matano at a distance of 3 AU
Colony 2nd asteroid belt: orbits Matano at a distance of 22 AU
Species Human
Capital (none)
Colony Founded 2183 Vostok
Population 150 Vostok is a medium system with four planets and an asteroid
belt. It is probably named for Lake Vostok, an Antarctic lake
Apo is the third planet orbiting the star Matano. It is a named in honor of the Vosto Program, a Soviet space program
craggy world of igneous and basaltic mountains. Apo is wracked which resulted in the first manned space flight.
by constant geologic activity. While volcanic hotspots are rare, Distance from Caspian: 7 light-years
continental plates are constantly piling up new mountains, Distance from Matano: 16.6 light-years
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 Mass Relay: Orbits Vostok at a distance of 29.5 AU Day Length 18.6 Earth Hours
Satellites N/A
Clomarthu is the first planet orbiting the star Vostok. It is a
terrestrial world with a reducing atmosphere of methane and 1st asteroid belt: orbits Vostok at a distance of 6 AU
nitrogen. The surface is hot, and is mainly composed of sodium
with deposits of uranium. In terms of size and orbit, Clomarthu
could be Earth's twin, but utterly lacks life.
Additional information:
Ninmah Cluster
The Ninmah Cluster is named after the Sumerian earth
Orbital Distance 1.14 AU
goddess Ninhursag, also referred to as Ninmah. The star systems
Orbital Period 1 Earth Year
have names from the Sumerian language, as well as most of the
Radius 6,028 km
celestial bodies within them.
Day Length 18.8 Earth Hours
Ninmah Cluster has two known star systems: the Maskim
Atm. Pressure 0.9 atm
Xul system and the Mulla Xul system.
Surface Temp 95 °C
This cluster‟s Mass Relay is located in the Maskim Xul
Surface Gravity 0.9 g system.
Satellites N/A

Nodacrux is the second planet orbiting the star Vostok. It Maskim Xul
is a verdant terrestrial world with abundant water, temperate
Maskim Xul is a small system with three planets and an
climate, a thick oxygen-nitrogen atmosphere and a rich
asteroid belt.
ecosystem. It would seem to be perfect for life. The relatively
Maskim Xul may be a reference to the Simon
high percentage of oxygen makes humans feel energized and
Necronomicon, where it is alleged to mean "Evil Fiend" in
alive, though it has also allowed insect analogues to grow to
Sumerian, which refers to it being the home system of the
frightful sizes.
rachni.
Unfortunately, Nodacrux is a case of "almost but not quite."
Distance from Mulla Xul: 7.5 light-years
Thunderstorms are as common as on Earth, but in Nodacrux's
thicker, oxygen-rich atmosphere, they are deafening and spark
constant wildfires. More damning, however, are the large and
Mass Relay: Orbits Maskim Xul at a distance of 10 AU
ubiquitous tufts of pollen that float in the high-pressure air. In
humans and other oxygen-breathing species, they cause severe Fuel Depot: Maskim Xul has a fuel depot orbiting
or lethal allergic reactions. Damkianna.
Additional information:
Orbital Distance 2.7 AU Suen is the first planet orbiting the star Maskim Xul. It is a
Orbital Period 3.6 Earth Years small terrestrial world. Suen is the rachni homeworld and is
Radius 5,988 km tidally locked to the system's red dwarf. With one side
22.2 Earth Hours constantly bombarded by the sun and the other completely
Day Length
2.63 atm frozen, life evolved in the terminator, the perpetual twilight zone
Atm. Pressure
Surface Temp 23 °C between Suen's two extremes. The rachni mainly foraged
Surface Gravity 0.9 g underground: Suen's abundant subterranean rivers presented
N/A them with a place to thrive. Wrestling with the engineering
Satellites
problems of Suen's extreme surface environment may have
given the rachni their first insights into how to build interstellar
Alko is the third planet orbiting the star Vostok. The spacecraft.
geological properties of Alko have been scanned from orbit, but Suen was the site of the last battle in the Rachni Wars. When
little else is known about it. A fairly typical mix outer terrestrial krogan forces bombarded the planet, the rachni abandoned their
of rock and ice, Alko has a trace atmosphere of xenon and surface buildings for the security of their tunnels. The krogan,
krypton. Its crust is composed of silicates and water ice with resistant to Suen's toxic atmosphere, carried weapons of mass
deposits of aluminum. Unregistered starship traffic has been destruction into the secret chambers of the rachni queens, and
recorded around the planet. Travel is not advised. detonated explosions so powerful the sinkholes are still visible
Additional information: today.
Orbital Distance 10.73AU Additional information:
Orbital Period 28.7 Earth Years Orbital Distance 0.3 AU
Radius 4,949 km Orbital Period 0.3 Earth Years
Day Length 45.2 Earth Hours Radius 3,029 km
Atm. Pressure 0.00 atm Day Length 0.2 Earth Years
Surface Temp -167 °C Atm. Pressure 0.88 atm
Surface Gravity 0.5 g Surface Temp 40 °C
Satellites N/A Surface Gravity 0.71 g
Satellites N/A
Pataiton is the fourth planet orbiting the star Vostok. It is a
rather small ice giant. Its atmosphere contains large quantities of Homeworld
chlorine.
Species Rachni
Additional information:
Orbital Distance 26.32 AU
Kashshaptu is the second planet orbiting the star Maskim
Orbital Period 110.2 Earth Years
Xul. It is a very small terrestrial world. It was the first planet the
Radius 16,622 km
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Kashshaptu is composed of silicate minerals, the rachni made an accessible ores were depleted, the mining interests that exploited
important discovery when they charted "the howling gulf," an the planet quickly departed.
enormous crater near the planet's equator. The depression was Additional information:
caused by the impact of several dozen extrasolar asteroids Orbital Distance 0.9 AU
containing large quantities of Element Zero. The rachni took Orbital Period 1.0 Earth Year
samples of the new element back to Suen for further study. Radius 8,356 km
Centuries later, when the rachni captured the Citadel Day Length 36.0 Earth Hours
expedition that opened the relay to their system, their research Atm. Pressure 52.73 atm
on eezo helped them reverse-engineer the ships' FTL drives. The Surface Temp 361 °C
rachni built faster-than-light vessels of their own and rapidly Surface Gravity 1.88 g
expanded beyond their own stars. Satellites N/A
Additional information:
Orbital Distance 2.2 AU Utukku is the second planet orbiting the star Mulla Xul. It
Orbital Period 6 Earth Years is a terrestrial world. Although Utukku is habitable, extreme
Radius 1,258 km temperatures and violent weather have discouraged colonization.
Day Length 52.5 Earth Hours Because the planet has little liquid water to retain heat, surface
Atm. Pressure 0.8 atm temperatures regularly oscillate between 70 C to -60 C. Utukku's
Surface Temp 462 °C vegetation is notable for having evolved flexible central stalks to
Surface Gravity 0.24 g survive high-speed winds as well as leathery leaves to shrug off
Satellites N/A the planet's frequent sandstorms. Animal life is mostly confined
to the planet's small oceans. Utukku has few valuable minerals.
Damkianna is the third planet orbiting the star Maskim Additional information:
Xul. It is an ice giant. Damkianna, as the main source of helium- Orbital Distance 1.7 AU
3 in the Maskim Xul system, is orbited by abandoned recovery Orbital Period 2.5 Earth Years
stations that the rachni built during their days of conquest. Radius 6,865 km
Because the rachni trusted in their high tolerance for radiation, Day Length 64.2 Earth Hours
the stations were poorly shielded against cosmic rays and have Atm. Pressure 2.2 atm
deteriorated over time. The Citadel species built their own Surface Temp 10 °C
stations during the Rachni War, several of which have been Surface Gravity 0.82 g
maintained to this day. Satellites N/A
Additional information:
Orbital Distance 5.6 AU Utukku is the second planet orbiting the star Mulla Xul. It
Orbital Period 24.2 Earth Years is a hydrogen-helium gas giant. Records show that the planet
Radius 27,231 km should have a helium-3 mining infrastructure, but scans find
Day Length 8.7 Earth Hours nothing of the sort. There are neither abnormal heat sources nor
Satellites N/A space junk from destroyed refineries. If the infrastructure was
removed, it was removed entirely, and within the last few years.
Listening Post X-19 Additional information:
Listening Post X-19 was built shortly after the Rachni Wars, Orbital Distance 5.8 AU
just in case any rachni survived the annihilation of Suen. The Orbital Period 15.7 Earth Years
post orbits the mass relay and is still manned and maintained, Radius 70,912 km
although today it largely exists as a customs checkpoint for Day Length 17.6 Earth Hours
researchers studying the rachni homeworld. Among members of Satellites N/A
the Council militaries, being assigned to the station is seen as a
form of punishment or exile, considering that there have been no 1st asteroid belt: orbits Maskim Xul at a distance of 3 AU
signs of sapient life on Suen for over a thousand years.
Population: 340
Station Length: 332m
Nubian Expanse
1st asteroid belt: orbits Maskim Xul at a distance of 7 AU The Nubian Expanse is a cluster located on the eastern edge
of the Milky Way. The cluster, as well as the systems in it, have
names of Egyptian origin.
Mulla Xul Nubian Expanse has three known star systems: the Dakka
Mulla Xul is a small system with three planets and an system, the Kalabsha system and the Qertassi system.
asteroid belt. This cluster‟s Mass Relay is located in the Dakka system.
Distance from Maskim Xul: 7.5 light-years
Dakka
Maldor is the first planet orbiting the star Mulla Xul. It is a Dakka is a medium system with five planets.
terrestrial world. The krogan surveying team that first reported It is named after a temple in ancient Egypt dedicated to the
back from Maldor said, in characteristic understatement, that the god Thoth.
planet had "a bit of the good stuff, if you can get past a little Distance from Kalabsha: 6 light-years
acid." Although Maldor's mineral wealth includes uranium, Distance from Qertassi: 16.6 light-years
iridium, and other heavy metals, miners must contend with
crushing gravity and atmosphere, boiling temperatures, and Mass Relay: Orbits Dakka at a distance of 12 AU
clouds of sulfur dioxide. As such, once the planet's most
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 Bannik is the first planet orbiting the star Dakka. It is a Additional information:
large, superterrestrial "hothouse" with a crushing carbon dioxide Orbital Distance 5.19 AU
atmosphere. A high density of over 7 grams per cubic centimeter Orbital Period 11.8 Earth Years
indicates that Bannik is a mineralogical treasure trove. If only Radius 50,875 km
there were some way to safely reach its seas of molten metal and Day Length 65.6 Earth Hours
lodes of radioactives. The planet's mass is so great that trace Satellites 6
amounts of helium and molecular hydrogen can be found in the
atmosphere. Zirnitra is the fifth planet orbiting the star Dakka. It is an
Additional information: ice dwarf. Cold, distant Zirnitra has an extremely low density
Orbital Distance 0.73 AU and is thought to be mainly ice around a small rocky core. It has
Orbital Period 0.6 Earth Years little to recommend it.
Radius 7,963 km Additional information:
Day Length 54.8 Earth Hours Orbital Distance 7.78 AU
Atm. Pressure 65.4 atm Orbital Period 21.8 Earth Years
Surface Temp 599 °C Radius 2,683 km
Surface Gravity 1.6 g Day Length 44.9 Earth Hours
Satellites N/A Atm. Pressure Trace
Surface Temp −158 °C
Pragia is the second planet orbiting the star Dakka. It is a Surface Gravity 0.16 g
terrestrial garden world. Choked by the hyper growth of non- Satellites N/A
native plant species, Pragia serves as a galactic reminder about
the imperative for careful regulation during colonization.
In 1985, batarian agribusiness chose uninhabited Pragia as Kalabsha
their empire's breadbasket. Colonization authorities introduced Dakka is a small system with 2 planets.
non-native, industrially-mutated plants that flourished in the It is named after an ancient Egyptian city.
world's fertile volcanic soil. Synergizing with Pragia's natural Distance from Dakka: 6 light-years
geothermal conditions and chemotropic microbes the imported Distance from Qertassi: 16.6 light-years
species soon became a nightmare. Mutant strains of poisonous
and even carnivorous plants arose, overgrowing colonies in days
Fuel Depot:
instead of years and causing the batarians to abandon their
Kalabsha has a fuel depot orbiting Tefnut.
holdings. Because the planet's small animal population is
insufficient to check its plant growth, Alliance ecologists predict
soil exhaustion in 400 years. Yamm is the first planet orbiting the star Kalabsha. It is a
Due to its relative isolation and lack of population, Pragia terrestrial world with over 90 percent of its surface covered in
has become a regional haven for drug-runners, weapons- oceans. Yamm is a habitable nitrogen-oxygen world, but its
smugglers, pirates, mercenaries, terrorists, and intelligence extremes can be quite hostile to sapient life. The heat from its
agents seeking secrecy. extremely long days reaches dangerous levels ranging from 24
Additional information: Celsius at night to 53 in the afternoon in the temperate zones.
Hurricanes run unchecked across the oceans, with winds
Orbital Distance 1.3 AU
reaching up to 250 kilometers per hour. While there are some
Orbital Period 1.5 Earth Years arthropod-like animals, the predominant forms of life are
Radius 5,137 km various kinds of toxic algae blooms that stretch hundreds of
Day Length 29.6 Earth Hours kilometers across. However, other biohydrocarbon algae blooms
Atm. Pressure 0.84 atm are suitable for use as a biofuel, and farming the "green gold"
Surface Temp 54 °C forms the backbone of Yamm's economy
Surface Gravity 0.87 g Additional information:
Satellites N/A
Orbital Distance 2.0 AU
Orbital Period 2.8 Earth Years
Alkonost is the third planet orbiting the star Dakka. It is a Radius 6,501 km
standard ice giant with a methane-ammonia atmosphere. It has 69.6 Earth Hours
Day Length
an unusually strong magnetic field, which is occasionally useful 1.8 atm
Atm. Pressure
when ships need to discharge their drives. Surface Temp 34 °C (temperate zone)
Additional information: Surface Gravity 1.1 g
Orbital Distance 2.47 AU Satellites N/A
Orbital Period 3.9 Earth Years
Radius 17,946 km
Colony
Day Length 18.8 Earth Hours
Capital New Karnak
Satellites N/A
Colony Founded 2170
Population 488,504
Gamayun is the furth planet orbiting the star Dakka. It is a
hydrogen-helium gas giant with six large, icy moons. The
Tefnut is the second planet orbiting the star Kalabsha. It is
outermost one, Gigula, is of note for a well-preserved wreckage
a hydrogen-helium gas giant. Tefnut is home to a helium-3
of an ancient starship that was recognized by a turian military
collection and the refueling facility nearest to the Nubian
surveyor. Little information has been released to the public on
Expanse's mass relay. As such it is a major gateway to the Verge
the vessel, aside from a scholarly paper regarding how the
and Terminus Systems and has become famous for its
internal layout suggests a horizontally-oriented race.
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galaxy: "Like home, only better." Visitors here can stay at Surface Temp 510 °C
expansive resort stations, watch locally produced entertainment, Surface Gravity 1.0 g
buy mind-affecting substances not welcome in Citadel space, Satellites N/A
and rent companionship. Resources are shipped in from Yamm
at substantial discounts, allowing the small space stations to Ilos is the second planet orbiting the binary star Refuge. It is
have surprising luxuries, such as edible arthropods and large a terrestrial world. In the golden age of the Protheans, Ilos was a
amounts of fresh water. verdant world, dotted with the spires and arches of magnificent
Additional information: cities. Even casual observation shows this is no longer the case.
Orbital Distance 4.1 AU Ilos has been devastated by means unknown, its entire surface
Orbital Period 8.3 Earth Years changed to the color of rust. The atmosphere shows heightened
Radius 57,010 km levels of oxygen. Wildfires, presumably ignited by lightning
Day Length 8.8 Earth Hours strikes, can be seen burning on the dark side. This indicates that
Satellites N/A most – if not all – respiring animal life forms have died off.
Additional information:
Colony Orbital Distance 0.8 AU
Population 33,810 Orbital Period 261 Earth Days
Radius 8,607 km
Day Length 54.5 Earth Hours
Qertassi Atm. Pressure 11.26 atm
Dakka is a small system with one planet. Surface Temp 38 °C
Qertassi is an elderly metal-poor Population II star broadly Surface Gravity 1.17 g
similar to Arcturus. Satellites N/A
Distance from Dakka: 6 light-years
Distance from Kalabsha: 16.6 light-years Zafe is the third planet orbiting the binary star Refuge. It is
an ice giant. There are several tenuous belts of debris in the
Norehsa is the first planet orbiting the star Qertassi. It is an equatorial orbit. Spectral analysis of the material suggests
unremarkable methane-ammonia ice giant with a small family of artificial origin, perhaps the remains of stations that once mined
ice moons. It is likely that the Qertassi system had additional Zafe for helium-3.
worlds earlier in its history, but these have been swallowed by Additional information:
the aging giant star. Orbital Distance 10.5 AU
Additional information: Orbital Period 33.8 Earth Years
Orbital Distance 6.17 AU Radius 30,488 km
Orbital Period 2.4 Earth Years Day Length 12.2 Earth Hours
Radius 42,214 km Satellites N/A
Day Length 19.2 Earth Hours
Satellites >1
Pylos Nebula
A nebula that borders the Terminus Systems. It is named
Pangaea Expanse after a Peloponnesian settlement in Greece.
A cluster named after Earth‟s ancient 'super-continent' of Pylos Nebula has five known star systems: the Dirada
Pangaea that existed 230 million years ago. system, the Kriseroi system, the Nariph system, the Satent
Pangaea Expanse has only one star system: the Refuge system and the Zaherin system.
system. This cluster‟s Mass Relay is located in the Nariph system.

Refuge Dirada
Refuge is a small system with three planets. It is a binary Dirada is a large system with six planets and an asteroid
star-system. belt.
Warning: due to the huge distance between planets, it is not
Mass Relay: Orbits the binary star Refuge at a distance of advisable to travel to Dirada without a ship with a high fuel
25 AU capacity.
Distance from Kriseroi: 30 light-years
Agetoton is the first planet orbiting the binary star Refuge. Distance from Nariph: 6 light-years
It is a terrestrial world. It has a pressure-cooker atmosphere Distance from Satent: 15 light-years
composed of carbon dioxide and ethane. Its scorching hot Distance from Zaherin: 10 light-years
surface is mainly composed of sulfur with deposits of gold.
Surface gravity is comfortable at 1.0 standard g's. Siano is the first planet orbiting the star Dirada. It is a small
There are several areas of debris that may be the wreckage terrestrial world. Siano, named for an ancient asari philosopher
of downed Prothean aerostat colonies. Based on the size of the known for being a contrarian, orbits Dirada at a retrograde. It is
debris fields, a population of over 100,000 was likely. believed to be an object that fell into the system millions of
Additional information: years of ago from parts unknown. The outermost layers of
Orbital Distance 0.54 AU Dirada's inner asteroid belt is thought to have been a small
planetoid that was broken up by Siano's passage into the system.
Orbital Period 0.4 Earth Years
Siano is formed of low-density rock and is tidally locked to
Radius 6,172 km
Dirada; the same hemisphere always faces the star. There is
Day Length 53.5 Earth Hours
evidence that a complex of artificial structures once existed in
Atm. Pressure 84.30 atm

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the north of the sunward-facing hemisphere, but they have been Vioresa is the sixth planet orbiting the star Dirada. It is
badly degraded by millennia of heat and radiation. Several methane-ammonia ice giant. With an orbital period nearly two
bunkers of radioactive waste, apparently byproducts of primitive millennia long, the cold and distant Vioresa was actually missed
fission plants, have been discovered on the far side. in the initial asari survey of the system. Only a follow-up
Additional information: mineral assay sent to Canalus by a volus mining concern noticed
Orbital Distance 12.9 AU its subtle movement across the stars.
Orbital Period 26 Earth Years Vioresa is circled by a retinue of deep-frozen moons. Its
Radius 4,925 km remoteness makes it a popular drive discharge point for pirates
Day Length 26 Earth Hours working the Pylos Nebula cluster. In the last two years, several
Atm. Pressure Trace dozen ships have disappeared while passing through the Dirada
Surface Temp 79 °C system. As Pylos is currently unclaimed by any sovereign
Surface Gravity 0.47 g power, Council naval patrols are few and far between. Thus far
Satellites N/A none of the pirates responsible have been apprehended.
Additional information:
Thenusi is the second planet orbiting the star Dirada. It is a Orbital Distance 222.2 AU
small barren rock. Though there is evidence that it once had an Orbital Period 1,860.4 Earth Years
atmosphere of carbon dioxide, only trace amounts of krypton Radius 26,566 km
and xenon remain. Like Siano, it is tidally locked to Dirada. Day Length 12.7 Earth Hours
Additional information: Satellites many
Orbital Distance 25.7 AU
Orbital Period 73.1 Earth Years 1st asteroid belt: orbits Dirada at a distance of 6 AU
Radius 3,602 km
Day Length 73.1 Earth Years
Atm. Pressure Trace Kriseroi
Surface Temp −10 °C Kriseroi is a medium system with five planets.
Surface Gravity 0.33 g It is a red dwarf star.
Satellites N/A Distance from Dirada: 30 light-years
Distance from Nariph: 25 light-years
Canalus is the third planet orbiting the star Dirada. It is a Distance from Satent: 15 light-years
small terrestrial world. It is smaller than Earth but has unusually Distance from Zaherin: 16 light-years
high density. The high level of tectonic activity indicates that the
density is caused by an abundance of radioactive materials in the Neidus is the first planet orbiting the star Kriseroi. It is a
core. These, combined with the planet's unusually high rate of terrestrial world. Neidus lies improbably close to the red dwarf
spin, raise the planet's internal temperature and cause volcanism. Kriseroi. This allows it to approach habitability though it is quite
While several companies performed mineral assays in the late frigid. It is tidally locked, with a "hot pole" and a "cold pole".
2170s, the world's geological instability precluded development. Along the terminator the temperature averages just above
Additional information: freezing. On the lee side the temperatures are well below
Orbital Distance 46.3 AU freezing. Neidus has developed a limited native ecology. Much
Orbital Period 176.8 Earth Years of it clusters permanently attached around geothermal vents.
Radius 4,618 km There are, however, more advanced forms of life. Several
Day Length 9.8 Earth Hours arthropodal herbivore species wander back and forth across the
Atm. Pressure 0.83 atm terminator because they require nutrients available in both
Surface Temp 99 °C environments for sustenance. More dangerous are the
Surface Gravity 0.85 g omnivorous predator species that devour the arthropods. Most
Satellites N/A animal life on Neidus has limited vision but a finely developed
thermal sense.
Zeth is the fourth planet orbiting the star Dirada. It is a Additional information:
common hydrogen-helium gas giant. An abundance of sulfur in Orbital Distance 0.1 AU
the upper atmosphere gives it a distinct yellow color. Orbital Period 0.1 Earth Years
Additional information: Radius 4,875 km
Orbital Distance 69.5 AU Day Length 0.1 Earth Hours
Orbital Period 325.2 Earth Years Atm. Pressure 0.84 atm
Radius 60,327 km Surface Temp 2 °C
Day Length 14.8 Earth Hours Surface Gravity 0.87 g
Satellites N/A Satellites N/A

Sineus is the fifth planet orbiting the star Dirada. It is a Theonax is the second planet orbiting the star Kriseroi. It is
standard hydrogen-helium gas giant. It has more than 80 moons. a large terrestrial world. Its surface is covered by water and
Additional information: ammonia-hydrate ices, which are constantly repaved by
cryovolcanic processes. The world's size and density suggest the
Orbital Distance 138.9 AU
core contains heavier elements and retains much of the heat of
Orbital Period 919.2 Earth Years
the system's formation.
Radius 63,748 km
Additional information:
Day Length 16.4 Earth Hours
Orbital Distance 0.18 AU
Satellites > 80
Orbital Period 0.1 Earth Years
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 Day Length 69.9 Earth Hours Isake is the first planet orbiting the star Nariph. It is a
Atm. Pressure 1.3 atm standard hydrogen-helium gas giant. Though gas giants are
Surface Temp −70 °C known for their powerful magnetic fields, Isale's field is stronger
Surface Gravity 1.3 g than current models predict. Within the "frost line" of its solar
Satellites N/A system, where gas giants do not usually form, Isale is believed
to have once been extrasolar.
Uzin is the third planet orbiting the star Kriseroi. It is a Additional information:
typical methane-ammonia ice giant with 37 moons of various Orbital Distance 0.5 AU
sizes. Chithess, one of the largest, orbits at a retrograde, Orbital Period 0.6 Earth Years
suggesting it was a planetesimal that was captured by the gas Radius 64,005 km
giant gravity well. The planet itself is believed to be an Day Length 17.7 Earth Hours
extrasolar capture as well, though millions of years before Satellites N/A
Chithess came on the scene. Evidence collected by planetary
geologists suggest that Chithess was for many centuries a water- Jonus is the second planet orbiting the star Nariph. It is a
world heated by tidal flexing as its orbit circularized by Uzin. methane-ammonia ice giant, is being developed as a fuel depot
The planetary ocean, once hundreds of kilometers deep, must serving the Pylos Cluster. Eldfell-Ashland Energy has
now be frozen solid. Some have recommended drilling test bores established a base on one of its moons to crack ice into hydrogen
to see if life ever developed in Uzin's seas, but the question is and oxygen and skim helium-3 from its atmosphere. Jonus is
considered academic. also believed to be an extrasolar planet captured by its star.
Additional information: From orbit, any ship can pick out a hand-painted sign some
Orbital Distance 0.31 AU waggish employee has left outside the complex: "Last chance
Orbital Period 0.3 Earth Years fuel for 100 light years."
Radius 31,982 km Additional information:
Day Length 15.2 Earth Hours Orbital Distance 0.65 AU
Satellites 37 Orbital Period 1 Earth Year
Radius 20,312 km
Geus is the fourth planet orbiting the star Kriseroi. It is a Day Length 15.1 Earth Hours
methane-ammonia gas giant very similar to its near-twin, Uzin. Satellites N/A
It presents a nearly featureless robin's-egg-blue face to the
universe.
Additional information: Satent
Orbital Distance 0.64 AU Satent is a medium system with five planets.
Orbital Period 0.9 Earth Years Distance from Dirada: 15 light-years
Radius 33,036 km Distance from Kriseroi: 15 light-years
Day Length 9.9 Earth Hours Distance from Nariph: 12 light-years
Satellites N/A Distance from Zaherin: 14 light-years

Tenoth is the fifth planet orbiting the star Kriseroi. It is Rescel is the first planet orbiting the star Satent. It is a
little more than a glorified "ice dwarf" that has drifted inwards massive "hot Jupiter" gas giant that whips around the star Satent
from Kriseroi's Oort Cloud over the millennia. Its extremely once every four and a half days. Like most planets of its type it
elliptical orbit is ultimately unstable. Computer projections migrated inwards from its initial position in the system (thought
suggest it will impact the atmosphere of Geus in a few billion to be around 0.3 AU). Rescel is one of the few close-orbiting gas
years. giants to show a marked temperature difference in its sun-facing
Additional information: and dark-side hemispheres. The atmosphere absorbs and re-
Orbital Distance 1.86 AU radiates Satent's heat too quickly for winds to carry the heat to
Orbital Period 2.6 Earth Years the dark side. There is a temperature difference of over 1,000
Radius 1,411 km degrees between the gas giant's "hot" and "cold" poles.
Day Length 17.9 Earth Hours Additional information:
Atm. Pressure Trace Orbital Distance 0.02 AU
Surface Temp −220 °C Orbital Period 4.56 Earth Days
Surface Gravity .09 g Radius 69,155 km
Satellites N/A Day Length 4.56 Earth Days
Satellites N/A

Nariph Raisaris is the second planet orbiting the star Satent. It is

Nariph is a small system with two planets. It is a gateway an airless terrestrial world of mixed light ores. Raisaris is only of
system. note for the Teryinu impact crater. It was a relatively recent
Distance from Dirada: 6 light-years asteroid strike (within the last million years), and the core of the
Distance from Kriseroi: 25 light-years object was partly composed of element zero. It struck at a low
Distance from Satent: 12 light-years enough velocity that the eezo remained near the surface. Over
Distance from Zaherin: 7 light-years the years many pirates and "wildcat" miners have attempted to
extract the ore. It is believed that the Teryinu debris originated
Mass Relay: Orbits Nariph at a distance of 3 AU in the pulsar system AAP34211+19. The supernova that formed
the pulsar also created the red emission nebula that human
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 Additional information: Additional information:
Orbital Distance 0.6 AU Orbital Distance 4.1 AU
Orbital Period 0.5 Earth Years Orbital Period 8.3 Earth Years
Radius 3,790 km Radius 23,623 km
Day Length 66.3 Earth Hours Day Length 8.9 Earth Hours
Atm. Pressure Trace Satellites N/A
Surface Temp 56 °C
Surface Gravity 0.24 g
Satellites N/A Zaherin
Zaherin is a medium system with four planets.
Anedia is the third planet orbiting the star Satent. It is a Distance from Dirada: 10 light-years
small ice body with very low density: its mass is only 4 percent Distance from Kriseroi: 16 light-years
that of Earth. It appears to be composed mainly of carbon and Distance from Nariph: 7 light-years
water ice, but over the millennia it has accrued a trace Distance from Satent: 14 light-years
atmosphere of krypton and xenon. While Anedia's gravity is
weak enough that a cruiser could land on it safely, there is no Ehstag is the first planet orbiting the star Zaherin. It is a
particular reason one would want to. Pirates have been known to terrestrial world. It was discovered by a joint asari-vorcha
land to recover ice for cracking into hydrogen and oxygen. One exploration team and abandoned shortly thereafter. The planet's
area in the southern hemisphere, the so-called "Anedian light atmosphere of nitrogen and krypton is not overtly hostile to
Scrapes", is so frequently used for this purpose that higher- vorcha, but its heat makes it uninhabitable except in expensive
albedo raw ice can be easily seen into orbit. habitats. Its low density precludes the presence of many valuable
Additional information: minerals, and so settling the planet was deemed not worth the
Orbital Distance 1.14 AU effort.
Orbital Period 1.4 Earth Years Additional information:
Radius 2,949 km Orbital Distance 0.5 AU
Day Length 38.6 Earth Hours Orbital Period 0.4 Earth Years
Atm. Pressure Trace Radius 6,773 km
Surface Temp −41 °C Day Length 63.6 Earth Hours
Surface Gravity 0.19 g Atm. Pressure 0.56 atm
Satellites N/A Surface Temp 115 °C
Surface Gravity 0.62 g
Boro is the fourth planet orbiting the star Satent. It is a large Satellites N/A
terrestrial world. Boro is a young volus colony settled in
defiance of a threat by Terminus pirate groups. The pirates, who Namakli is the second planet orbiting the star Zaherin. It is
can't use the world themselves, have "suggested" that the volus an arid but habitable planet. Namakli was briefly colonized by
"hire" them to protect the colony. The volus responded by the Pyrena Corporation, a consortium of asari colonists and
requesting military protection from their turian allies. Although socialized vorcha laborers. After an economic downturn,
uncomfortably hot by volus standards, Boro has the rare however, many asari left the planet, and the vorcha population
combination of high pressure and ammonia, an ecology the kept growing to the point where they bred faster than could be
volus require. Development of the colony is proceeding rapidly. educated. Soon they turned violent and uncontrollable, and the
Additional information: colonies essentially self-destructed.
Orbital Distance 2.1 AU Today, Namakli is a wasteland with little population, but
Orbital Period 3.4 Earth Years vorcha packs are scattered across the deserts. Settlers frequently
Radius 10,573 km run into these packs, discouraging recolonization. The lack of
Day Length 31.0 Earth Hours complex biota and scarcity of profitable metals drove the last
Atm. Pressure 1.6 atm few proverbial nails into Namakli's coffin: no one has stepped
Surface Temp −57 °C forth in the past few years with the will, the funding, or the
Surface Gravity 1.66 g firepower to establish a permanent colony.
Satellites N/A Additional information:
Orbital Distance 0.8 AU
Colony Orbital Period 0.8 Earth Years
Species Volus Radius 10,133 km
Capital Yila Day Length 23.8 Earth Hours
Colony Founded 2180 Atm. Pressure 0.87 atm
Population 1,617 Surface Temp 41 °C
Surface Gravity 1.26 g
Nataisa is the fifth planet orbiting the star Satent. It is an Satellites N/A
unremarkable methane-ammonia gas giant. Nataisa would be of
no consequence if it weren't the only approachable gas giant in Azharas is the third planet orbiting the star Zaherin. It is a
the Satent system. Boro's volus colony has set up a few hothouse terrestrial world rich in nitrogen, methane, and ethane.
automated ice cracking stations around the planet, and Narhu Similar to Namakli, it is metal-poor. Additionally, it is suspected
Combine has been contracted to set up a helium-3 extraction that few asteroid impacts have struck it over the millenia,
facility. Construction has lagged due to the CEO's arrest in a precluding accessible deposits of common precious metals in the
kickback scandal that reaches to the highest levels of the Vol crust. Decrepit asari orbital stations from scientific expeditions
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Orbital Distance 1.45 AU Orbital Distance 3.32 AU
Orbital Period 1.95 Earth Years Orbital Period 3.5 Earth Years
Radius 4,715 km Radius 7,318 km
Day Length 36.1 Earth Hours Day Length 70.4 Earth Hours
Atm. Pressure 57.28 atm Atm. Pressure 1.6 atm
Surface Temp 274 °C Surface Temp 168 °C
Surface Gravity 0.57 g Surface Gravity 1.4 g
Satellites N/A Satellites N/A

Rotesk is the fourth planet orbiting the star Zaherin. It is a Virmire is the third planet orbiting the star Hoc. It is a lush
methane-soaked gas giant. Rotesk featured helium-3 collection frontier terrestrial world, ideal for colonization by carbon-based
machinery serving the colonists of Namakli, but it appears their species. Its vast seas and orbital position on the inner life zone
kinetic barriers failed long ago due to neglect. The apparatus have created a wide equatorial band of humid, tropical terrain.
was destroyed by meteorites Unfortunately, the political instability of the nearby Terminus
Additional information: Systems has impeded colonization efforts – the high risk of raids
Orbital Distance 6.1 AU by pirates and slavers makes it an unappealing homestead.
Orbital Period 16.9 Earth Years Additional information:
Radius 19,174 km Orbital Distance 6.33 AU
Day Length 10.8 Earth Hours Orbital Period 9.2 Earth Years
Satellites N/A Radius 6,440 km
Day Length 22.3 Earth Hours
Atm. Pressure 0.9 atm
Sentry Omega Surface Temp
Surface Gravity 0.86 g
32 °C
Omega is the final letter of the Greek alphabet and is often Satellites N/A
used metonymically to mean 'last' or 'final'. Sentry is a guardian
or a gate, so the cluster's name can be taken to mean "last guard"
or "final guard".
Cloroplon is the fourth planet orbiting the star Hoc. It is an
ice giant with a haze of methane in the upper atmosphere.
Sentry Omega has only one known star system: the Hoc
Additional information:
system.
Orbital Distance 19 AU
Hoc Orbital Period 47.8 Earth Years
Radius 32,191 km
Hoc is a small medium with five planets.
Day Length 13.4 Earth Hours
Satellites N/A
Mass Relay: Orbits the star Hoc at a distance of 32 AU

Jarfor is the first planet orbiting the star Hoc. It is a close- Prescyla is the fifth planet orbiting the star Hoc. It is a
terrestrial world so small, it cannot even retain a trace
orbiting "hot Jupiter" hydrogen-helium gas giant with clouds of
atmosphere. The surface is frozen and composed mostly of
airborne silicate and deeper layers of sodium. In composition, it
magnesium silicates with carbonaceous deposits.
is extraordinarily similar to 51 Pegasi's planet Bellerophon (one
In its recent past, a pirate gang from the Terminus Systems
of the first extrasolar planets discovered by humanity in the late
carved a message into the surface using ship-based laser
20th century).
weapons. In hundred-meter-wide batarian syllabic, the message
Despite its great size, Jarfor is actually rather low-mass; the
proclaims the military prowess and virility of one "Captain
incredible heat of the star Hoc has caused its atmosphere to
Zaysh". A smaller postscript alludes to the questionable
expand. In fact, Jarfor is so low-mass, it is tidally locked to Hoc.
parentage of all humans.
The temperature difference between the sunward "hot pole" and
Additional information:
the dark side "cold pole" creates constant hurricane-force winds.
Additional information: Orbital Distance 32.85 AU
Orbital Distance 1.72 AU Orbital Period 108.7 Earth Years
Radius 2,075 km
Orbital Period 1.3 Earth Years
Day Length 24.9 Earth Hours
Radius 63,169 km
Atm. Pressure 0.00 atm
Day Length 1.3 Earth Years
Surface Temp -158 °C
Satellites N/A
Surface Gravity 0.1 g
Satellites N/A
Nemata is the second planet orbiting the star Hoc. It is a
terrestrial planet with a thick, hazy atmosphere of ammonia,
methane, and a cocktail of other hydrocarbon gasses. The
surface is scorching hot, and mainly composed of nickel with Shadow Sea
deposits of iron. Home to a single system, Iera.
With a density 1.4 times that of Earth, it is obvious that
Nemata is rich with heavier elements. Mining could be Iera
extremely profitable, though the lethal heat and high gravity Iera is a medium system with four planets.
make initial development costly. Given the political instability It is a gateway system; however, unlike most other gateway
of the nearby Terminus Systems, investment is unlikely. systems, this system has no fuel depot. Iera (ιερά) is Greek for
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 Mass Relay: Orbits the star Iera at a distance of 5 AU Colony
Species Human
Venture is the first planet orbiting the star Iera. It is a Capital Discovery
pressure-cooker of a planet with a thick nitrogen-based Colony 2168 CE
atmosphere that is also the source of wealth for a small colonist Founded
industry. While Venture's high temperatures are brutal, the Population 654,930 (2185)
primordial soup is not as acidic as on other hothouse planets, Unknown, est. 800,000 - 1.5 million (2186)
and xenon can be readily collected and isolated from the lower
troposphere by recovery bots. This xenon is then sold for use in Watchman is the fourth planet orbiting the star Iera.
ion drives and electric lights. Venture's gravity is relatively low Perched on the outer edge of Iera's small solar system,
for a planet of its size, making the recovery more economical Watchman is a mid-sized rock and ice planet that has picked up
than would otherwise be expected. a dozen moon-sized objects. Its nitrogen-oxygen atmosphere is
Additional information: too thin to support life, with solid ice covering its calcium-heavy
Orbital Distance 0.7 AU rocky core. Footprints of the first surveying teams to come to the
Orbital Period 0.6 Earth Years planet can still be seen on its practically airless surface. The
Radius 10,659 km planet, devoid of valuable resources, has seen few visitors since.
Day Length 26.1 Earth Hours Additional information:
Satellites N/A Orbital Distance 4.1 AU
Orbital Period 8.3 Earth Years
Prospect is the second planet orbiting the star Iera. It is a Radius 5,728 km
hydrogen-nitrogen gas giant with 13 known moons, most of Day Length 28.6 Earth Hours
which seemed to have dense heavy metal deposits on first scan, Atm. Pressure N/A
starting a resource rush by the colonists from nearby Horizon. In Surface Temp −116 °C
a tragic turn of events, a galactic uranium surplus drove half the Surface Gravity 0.8 g
mining firms out of business, and the surfaces of some moons Satellites 12
are littered with the bodies of executives who committed suicide
by airlock. Today's mining corporations have reached a much
more palatable equilibrium and hold more diversified and
sustainable portfolios. Prospect is within the "frost line" of its
Styx Theta
The Styx Theta cluster probably derives its name from the
solar system, where ice giants do not normally form. For this
river Styx, which divided the Earth from Hades (the
reason it is believed to have been an extrasolar capture.
underworld). The systems in this cluster are named for other
Additional information:
geographic aspects of the ancient Greek underworld.
Orbital Distance 1.2 AU The cluster lies uncomfortably close to the "Five Kiloparsec
Orbital Period 1.3 Earth Years Ring" around the galactic core. Much of this area is too
Radius 45,277 km dangerous to safely travel.
Day Length 18.1 Earth Hours Styx Theta has two known star systems: the Erebus system,
Satellites 13 and the Acheron system.
This cluster‟s Mass Relay is located in the Acheron system.
Horizon is the third planet orbiting the star Iera. It is a
temperate terrestrial world that hit the "sweet spot" for carbon- Acheron
based life. Horizon has a nitrogen-oxygen atmosphere Acheron is a medium system with four planets and an
maintained by abundant indigenous photosynthetic plants and asteroid belt. Acheron, although strictly a branch of the river
bacteria. While the native plants are very palatable to humans, Styx, was also frequently used as a synonym for Hades itself.
the soil conditions are such that a handful of introduced Earth Distance from Erebus: 20 light-years
species have flourished, and the colonists must take strict care to
prevent ecological disasters. Genetically engineered "terminator Mass Relay: Orbits the star Acheron at a distance of 24
seeds" that grow nutritious but sterile crops to minimize AU
outbreaks are the rule rather than the exception. Animals on
Horizon appear to be exploding in diversity similar to during
Earth's Cambrian period. Large flying insect analogs take
Farthorl is the first planet orbiting the star Acheron. It is a
modest terrestrial planet, with an atmosphere of carbon dioxide
advantage of the thicker-than-Earth atmosphere and low gravity
and chlorine. The crust is mainly composed of sulfur with
to grow enormous. Microbial life has proven relatively benign; a
deposits of nickel. The terrain is extremely rough – a patchwork
series of vaccinations for the most virulent strains of soil-borne
of craggy, overlapping craters dating back to the formation of
diseases is all that is required for a visit.
the solar system. Farthorl is tidally locked to the star Acheron.
Additional information:
The day side has never been fully mapped.
Orbital Distance 2.1 AU Additional information:
Orbital Period 3.0 Earth Years
Orbital Distance 0.32 AU
Radius 5,402 km
Orbital Period 0.2 Earth Years
Day Length 37.8 Earth Hours
Radius 6,506 km
Atm. Pressure 1.68 atm
Day Length 0.2 Earth Years
Surface Temp 13 °C
Atm. Pressure 0.69 atm
Surface Gravity 0.7 g
Surface Temp 239 °C
Satellites N/A
Surface Gravity 0.8 g
Satellites N/A

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 Altahe is the second planet orbiting the star Acheron. It is a Distance from Acheron: 20 light-years
small terrestrial world. Altahe is an exceptional form of planet
called a Roche World. Put simply, it is one half of a pair of Nepmos is the first planet orbiting the star Erebus. It is a
small and unusually dense terrestrial worlds (Altahe and Ontahe) resource-rich terrestrial world somewhat larger than Earth, with
that orbit each other so closely, they effectively share a single a dense atmosphere of sulphur dioxide and argon. Nepmos' crust
atmosphere. That does not mean one could fly from one to the is very thin and unstable, not more than 8 kilometers deep in any
other, but both have identical atmospheres and dust from one location. Subsurface magma flows are a hazard to ground travel,
often can be found on the other. and earthquakes are frequent. While heavy metals and
Both worlds share an atmosphere of nitrogen and ethane. radioactives are plentiful, this geological instability has deterred
The surface is warm, and mainly composed of silica dust and investment by mining concerns.
dark basaltic rocks, with extensive deposits of heavy metals and An additional complication is that the Styx Cluster lies
radioactives. Tidal effects from Ontahe create constant heavy uncomfortably close to the "Five Kiloparsec Ring" around the
wind. galactic core. The Ring contains a great deal of molecular
Additional information: hydrogen, fueling the majority of the galaxy's star formation.
Orbital Distance 0.8 AU This area is too dangerous to safely travel.
Orbital Period 0.8 Earth Years Additional information:
Radius 4,404 km Orbital Distance 0.73 AU
Day Length 53.8 Earth Hours Orbital Period 0.7 Earth Years
Atm. Pressure 0.98 atm Radius 7,593 km
Surface Temp 36 °C Day Length 68.1 Earth Hours
Surface Gravity 1.1 g Atm. Pressure 1.12 atm
Satellites 1 (Ontahe) Surface Temp 68 °C
Surface Gravity 1.2 g
Grosalgen is the third planet orbiting the star Acheron. It is Satellites N/A
an enigmatic rock and ice planet with a thin atmosphere of
carbon dioxide and ethane. The surface is composed of frozen Quaji is the second planet orbiting the star Erebus. It is a
water and chlorine. terrestrial planet with an atmosphere of methane and ethane. The
Additional information: surface is composed of silica with deposits of uranium and
Orbital Distance 11.13 AU heavy metals. Clouds of small water ice crystals are common.
Orbital Period 41.5 Earth Years Quaji's skies are full of fine silica dust. From the surface, the sky
Radius 5,198 km has a pronounced salmon hue.
Day Length 28.9 Earth Hours The cursory initial scans from the Alliance surveyor ship Ibn
Atm. Pressure 0.53 atm Battuta showed geometric patterns in the northern hemisphere
Surface Temp -175 °C deserts, visible only in the ultraviolet band.
Surface Gravity 0.6 g Additional information:
Satellites N/A Orbital Distance 1.9 AU
Orbital Period 2.9 Earth Years
Imaneya is the fourth planet orbiting the star Acheron. It is Radius 5,160 km
an exceptionally large for a terrestrial world, composed of water Day Length 38.7 Earth Hours
ice with a core of various carbonaceous compounds. It has a Atm. Pressure 0.83 atm
density only half that of Earth, and an atmosphere of nitrogen Surface Temp -7 °C
and carbon monoxide. The surface is composed of surprisingly Surface Gravity 0.8 g
pure water ice, with a high albedo. Satellites N/A
Additional information:
Orbital Distance 22.2 AU Wermani is the third planet orbiting the star Erebus. It has
Orbital Period 117.7 Earth Years only been visited once by a single, unmanned probe. It is a
Radius 11,621 km standard hydrogen-helium gas giant with large formations of
Day Length 56.4 Earth Hours water vapor clouds in the atmosphere.
Atm. Pressure 0.88 atm Additional information:
Surface Temp -185 °C Orbital Distance 4.28 AU
Surface Gravity 0.9 g Orbital Period 9.9 Earth Years
Satellites N/A Radius 71,541 km
Day Length 9.2 Earth Hours
1st asteroid belt: orbits Acheron at a distance of 3 AU Satellites N/A

Chofen is the fourth planet orbiting the star Erebus. It is an

Erebus unusual ice giant, with traces of sulphur and hydrocarbons in the
Erebus is a medium system with four planets and an asteroid atmosphere. The Alliance surveyor ship Ibn Battuta provided
belt. The name of Erebus, a god representing the personification inconclusive evidence of hydrocarbon life in the atmosphere
of darkness and shadow, came to be applied to a portion of the (over 1000 meters below the cloud tops), where pressure
underworld itself. compresses Chofen's hydrogen into a liquid state.
Erebus was surveyed by the Systems Alliance ship Ibn Proof of life in the atmosphere would prove many long-
Battuta, which specifically surveyed Chofen and Quaji. The ship standing theories. Unfortunately, only a probe with extremely
is named after Ibn Battuta, a famous 14th century Moroccan expensive mass effect generators could survive the crushing
traveller and explorer who has a crater on the Moon named after pressure long enough to send back useful data – and the probe
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would be lost in the attempt. Simple expense makes
investigation doubtful. Jontan is the first planet orbiting the star Lusarn. It is a
Additional information: fairly standard close-orbiting Pegasid gas giant orbiting the star
Orbital Distance 13.73 AU Lusarn at high velocity and heated to temperatures of over 1,000
Orbital Period 56.9 Earth Years degrees. Analysis of its orbit has revealed a core of heavy
Radius 21,481 km elements with a mass double that of the planet's hydrogen-
Day Length 13.7 Earth Hours helium atmosphere.
Satellites N/A Additional information:
Orbital Distance 0.2 AU
1st asteroid belt: orbits Erebus at a distance of 1.6 AU Orbital Period 25 Earth Days
Radius 67,428 km
Day Length 25 Earth Days
Terminus Systems Satellites N/A
The Terminus Systems are located on the far side of the
Attican Traverse, beyond the space administered by the Citadel Euntanta is the second planet orbiting the star Lusarn. It is
Council or claimed by the human Systems Alliance. These a terrestrial world remarkably close to Earth. Its orbital distance
systems are populated by a loose affiliation of minor species, is similar, and while slightly larger its reduced density yields
united only in their refusal to acknowledge the political similar mass, atmospheric pressure, and gravity. There the
authority of the Council or adhere to the Citadel Conventions. similarities end, for Lusarn is a hot class F star emitting over
Their independence comes at a price; the Terminus is eight times the energy of Sol. Euntanta is a parched wasteland,
fraught with conflict. War among the various species is its water long since boiled into its nitrogen-carbon dioxide
common, as governments and dictators constantly rise and fall. atmosphere.
The region is a haven for illegal activities, particularly piracy A handful of mining outposts dot the hellishly hot surface.
and the slave trade. The prevalence of batarian criminal gangs The crews remain in underground bunkers, sending remotely
has led to the batarian language becoming a "lingua franca" in controlled machines out at night to do surface work and load
the Terminus. The Terminus Systems have no government, but cargo for shipment
the Omega station serves as a trade capital. Additional information:
At least once a year, a fleet from the Terminus invades the Orbital Distance 1.04 AU
nearby Attican Traverse. These attacks are typically small raids Orbital Period 0.3 Earth Years
against poorly-defended colonies. The Council rarely retaliates, Radius 7,740 km
as sending patrols into the Terminus Systems could unify the Day Length 24.2 Earth Hours
disparate species against their common foe, triggering a long Atm. Pressure 0.98 atm
and costly war. Surface Temp 415 °C
Despite the dangers, Citadel races have not been deterred Surface Gravity 1.0 g
from traveling through and even extensively colonizing the Satellites N/A
Terminus Systems themselves. Humans, turians, salarians, elcor,
asari, and volus each have a sizable colonial presence there. Colony
Since the Citadel Council's authority is nonexistent, these Population 230
colonies are often fully independent from any interplanetary
government. The Terminus Systems also encompass the
Doriae is the third planet orbiting the star Lusarn. It is a
homeworlds of the quarians and the vorcha.
large hot terrestrial world with a poisonous atmosphere of acidic
Before the Alliance expanded into the Voyager Cluster, the
nitrogen oxides. While the planet is too close to Lusarn for this
turians mapped the Terminus Systems in great detail using an
to condense and fall as rain it makes the environment too hostile
interferometric array, with one end in the Attican Beta cluster
for forms of life more sophisticated than bacteria to evolve.
and the other at the planet Gromar.
Additional information:
Orbital Distance 2.48 AU
Orbital Period 3.0 Earth Years
Crescent Nebula Radius 8,700 km
The Crescent Nebula is a medium sized cluster at the edge Day Length 63 Earth Hours
of asari space. It contains four systems and includes the asari Atm. Pressure 1.17 atm
settled world Illium. Surface Temp 204 °C
The Crescent Nebula stands as a doorway for the Terminus Surface Gravity 1.2 g
Systems. Though it is controlled by a powerful Asari world, Satellites N/A
Illium, the entire region is independent from Citadel Law and
conventions. Tarith is the fourth planet orbiting the star Lusarn. It is a
Crescent Nebula has three known star systems: the Lusarn broadly Earth-like terrestrial world with a fatal flaw: it has a
system, the Ondeste system, the Tasale system and the Zelene relatively high amount of chlorine in its atmosphere, which is
system. the reason for the greenish haze that becomes apparent when
The cluster‟s Mass Relay is located in the Tasale system. looking at the horizon. Chlorine has become a vital component
in Tarinth's plant life; as a defense mechanism against native
Lusarn herbivores, many species evolved the ability to release clouds of
Lusarn is a medium system with five planets and an asteroid toxic chlorine when disturbed. This gas is heavier than the
belt. atmospheric oxygen and tends to settle in low places. While
Distance from Ondeste: 8 light-years avoidable, this has placed Tarith near the bottom of the lists for
Distance from Tasale: 9.1 light-years colonization.
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 Additional information: Acaeria is the second planet orbiting the star Ondeste. It is
Orbital Distance 7.8 AU a terrestrial world roughly the size of Earth but with only 28% of
Orbital Period 16.7 Earth Years its mass. It has a trace atmosphere of neon and molecular
Radius 5,677 km nitrogen, but the predominant carbon dioxide has long since
Day Length 27.7 Earth Hours frozen and fallen to the surface as frost. While Acaeria has a
Atm. Pressure 0.84 atm core of heavy metals, the bulk of the planet's volume consists of
Surface Temp 21 °C water ice. Several unique forms of long-chain carbon molecules
Surface Gravity 0.87 g have been recovered on the surface, pushed up from beneath the
Satellites N/A ice by cryovolcanic processes. Acaeria has a large rocky moon,
compositionally similar to Luna.
Xetic is the fifth planet orbiting the star Lusarn. A common Additional information:
methane-ammonia gas giant, Xetic is best known for the Orbital Distance 1.68 AU
infamous Kal'thor Camp. Established on the ice moon of Gesis, Orbital Period 4.0 Earth Years
Kal'thor was a Blue Suns hostile environment training facility Radius 6,272 km
run by a cadre of former batarian Special Intervention Unit Day Length 36.2 Earth Hours
operators. In 2168 a cluster-wide scandal broke out when it was Atm. Pressure Trace
revealed that the mortality rate of recruits sent to the camp might Surface Temp −178 °C
be as high as 18 percent. Surface Gravity 0.38 g
Investigation by asari authorities based on Illium uncovered Satellites N/A
group graves around the facility containing the remains of
several hundred recruits dating back two decades. The camp was Maisuth is the third planet orbiting the star Ondeste.
immediately closed and the remains sent back to their worlds of Farthest from the dim red dwarf Ondeste, the ice dwarf Maisuth
origin. An inquest by the Blue Suns found the batarian has attracted no interest beyond a cursory flyby by automated
commandos had used harsh training methods but ones that were probe in 1874. No significant resources were noted.
consistent with their own training to join the SIU. The batarians Additional information:
were exonerated, though Kal'thor was shut down and they were Orbital Distance 2.35 AU
reassigned to other units. As the Crescent Nebula is beyond the Orbital Period 6.6 Earth Years
sphere of Council law, no civil charges could be filed against the Radius 3,893 km
Blue Suns. Day Length 54.7 Earth Hours
Additional information: Atm. Pressure Trace
Orbital Distance 15.6 AU Surface Temp −194 °C
Orbital Period 47.4 Earth Years Surface Gravity 0.25 g
Radius 30,054 km Satellites N/A
Day Length 13.7 Earth Hours
Satellites 1
Tasale
Tasale is a large system with six planets and an asteroid belt.
Ondeste Distance from Lusarn: 9.1 light-years
Ondeste is a small system with three planets. Distance from Ondeste: 17.1 light-years
Distance from Lusarn: 8 light-years Distance from Zelene: 11 light-years
Distance from Tasale: 17.1 light-years
Distance from Zelene: 21 light-years Mass Relay: Orbits Tasale at a distance of 12 AU
Zesmeni is the first planet orbiting the star Ondeste. It is a Fuel Depot: Tasale has a fuel depot orbiting at a distance
cold, dim terrestrial world shrouded by a methane-ammonia of 3.6 AU.
atmosphere. It has nevertheless attracted development by asari
mining concerns that service military industries. There are Beregale is the first planet orbiting the star Tasale. It is
significant lodes of valuable light metals present, including large terrestrial world. While not a classical "hothouse" world
titanium and lithium. Titanium is the primary material used in like Venus, Beregala is scarcely more hospitable. In addition to
mass accelerator slugs, and lithium is used in the military-grade being the closest to the star Tasale, its core contains many
"droplet" heat radiators used aboard warships. radioactives and other heavy elements. These increase the heat
Additional information: of the planet and drive volcanism.
Orbital Distance 0.8 AU Beregale's crust is too rigid for plate tectonics to function,
Orbital Period 1.3 Earth Years and the planet will go through cycles in which the pressure
Radius 5,806 km builds to a massive super volcanic eruption. These spew ejecta
Day Length 37.6 Earth Hours over thousands of kilometers, leave caldera a hundred
Atm. Pressure 0.64 atm kilometers across, and spew enough molten material to repave
Surface Temp −119 °C entire continents. The last such event was 812,000 years ago; the
Surface Gravity 0.66 g current rate of outgassing from volcanic hot spots suggests
Satellites N/A another will occur within the next 10 millennia.
Additional information:
Colony Orbital Distance 0.6 AU
Species Asari Orbital Period 0.5 Earth Years
Population 620 Radius 10,640 km
Day Length 45.7 Earth Hours

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Surface Temp 232 °C Orbital Distance 3.05 AU
Surface Gravity 2.1 g Orbital Period 5.33 Earth Years
Satellites N/A Radius 1,120 km
Day Length 17.3 Earth Hours
Illium is the second planet orbiting the star Tasale. It is a Atm. Pressure Trace
classic garden world, developed to serve as entrepot between the Surface Temp -91 °C
Terminus Systems and the Asari Republics. To abet this trade, Surface Gravity 0.157 g
the normally stringent customs laws of Council space on product Satellites N/A
safety, proscribed materials, and sapient trafficking are relaxed.
Officially Illium is not an asari world; it is colonized and Thail is the fifth planet orbiting the star Tasale. It is a
operated by asari corporate interests. This gives it the same legal typical hydrogen-helium gas giant. Its complex system of rings
latitude enjoyed by the human corporate research enclaves of is unstable, dating back only a few million years. They are
Noveria. thought to be the shattered remains of a comet.
Illium is one of the youngest asari colonies settled during the Additional information:
7th Expansion Wave. The first child born on the world is only Orbital Distance 4.46 AU
now reaching her middle-age. The world is hot and massive; Orbital Period 9.4 Earth Years
ground settlement is only possible at the higher polar latitudes. Radius 55,263 km
In more equatorial locations, the population is housed in Day Length 15.5 Earth Hours
arcology skyscrapers to escape the heat of the surface. Satellites N/A
Additional information:
Orbital Distance 1.3 AU Naxell is the sixth planet orbiting the star Tasale. It is an
Orbital Period 1.5 Earth Years ammonia-methane ice giant. Several smaller energy
Radius 7,431 km corporations shut out of the big market in the Faia gateway
Day Length 25 Earth Hours system are attempting to develop a local helium-3 fuel mining
Atm. Pressure 1.15 atm infrastructure to service Illium. The leading investor is the
Surface Temp 63 °C human corporation Eldfell-Ashland Energy. Their efforts have
Surface Gravity 1.2 g been hampered by the extralegal presence the "H-3 Cartels" in
Satellites N/A Faia system can bring to bear, from simple price undercuts to
bureaucratic obstructions (denied permits and constant "health
Colony and safety" inspections).
Species Asari Additional information:
Capital Nos Astra Orbital Distance 9.37 AU
Colony Founded 1617 Orbital Period 28.8 Earth Years
Population 84,900,000 (2185) Radius 22,981 km
84,950,000 (2186) Day Length 10.1 Earth Hours
Population (L4 and L5 stations) 80,500 Satellites N/A

Ponolus is the third planet orbiting the star Tasale. It is a Colony

terrestrial world. A fairly typical Venusian "hothouse", Ponolus Species Human
seems almost tame compared to the violent volcanic outbursts of Capital EAE Krafla
the inner world Beregale. In contrast, Ponolus is nearly inert, Population 6,700
with no active volcanoes or plate tectonics. The most dramatic
event in the last million years was the foundering of the asari
1st asteroid belt: orbits Erebus at a distance of 3.05 AU
aerostat research platform Alviusic in 2092, which fell after
being holed by an improbably unlucky meteor. Most of the crew
successfully reached escape capsules, but six were lost. The
crushed wreck of the platform now lies on the Kriusite Plain in Zelene
the southern hemisphere. Zelene is a medium system with four planets.
Additional information: Distance from Lusarn: 13 light-years
Orbital Distance 2.08 AU Distance from Ondeste: 21 light-years
Distance from Tasale: 11 light-years
Orbital Period 3.0 Earth Years
Radius 5,489 km
Day Length 36.2 Earth Hours Nepyma is the first planet orbiting the star Zelene. It is a
Atm. Pressure 96.6 atm small terrestrial world. Tidally locked to the star Zelene,
Surface Temp 539 °C Nepyma has the expected "hot pole" and "cold pole." Along the
Surface Gravity 0.78 g terminator is a thin band of nearly-habitable terrain.
Satellites N/A Unfortunately, the local biosphere is based on a chlorinated
oxygen atmosphere. It is not sophisticated, but it has proven
highly dangerous.
Teukria is the fourth planet orbiting the star Tasale. Named The asari surveyor Verallas landed on Nepyma in 1684 to
for a legendary asari archer from Thessia's Iron Age, Teukria is study the local ecology. Unbeknownst to the crew, a handful of
an asteroid large enough to qualify as a dwarf planet or, as some native chlorine-fixing microbes passed through biohazard
term it, a "mesoplanet". Its gravity is sufficient to give it a screening and entered the ship. The Verallas returned to the port
spherical shape. Developed for nickel and iron mining, Teukria of Nos Parnalo on Illium, where the Nepyman microbes escaped
was abandoned before the Reapers reached the system. Its into a temperate environment with plentiful unused chorine.
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 The microbes devoured the chlorides in the earth; as Satellites N/A
metabolic byproducts, they produced toxic polychlorinated
biphenyls (PCBs). By the time the infestation was contained an Gaelon is the fourth planet orbiting the star Zelene. It is a
area of nearly 30 square kilometers had been effectively turned standard gas giant. It is surrounded by an extensive ring system.
into a toxic waste dump. Nos Parnalo had to be abandoned, The inner rings are composed of pulverized nano-manufactured
accelerating the development of Nos Astra. carbon materials, thought to be the remains of an arthenni
Additional information: helium-3 mining infrastructure. The few pieces of larger debris
Orbital Distance 0.8 AU found indicate a materials technology at least equal to the
Orbital Period 0.8 Earth Years current galactic state-of-the-art.
Radius 4,456 km The outer rings consist of water-ice, silicate dust, and the
Day Length 40.4 Earth Hours odd bit of rock. Analysis of the debris often show shock damage
Atm. Pressure 0.55 atm and evidence of rapid heating. Some para-historical theorists
Surface Temp 32 °C insist that the outer rings represent debris from a moon or moons
Surface Gravity 0.57 g destroyed by mass accelerator bombardment. This has been
Satellites N/A rejected by every reputable xenoarcheologist; while it is
theoretically possible to destroy a small moon utterly with
Helyme is the second planet orbiting the star Zelene. It is a dreadnought bombardment, no species sees a compelling reason
"post-garden" world that once enjoyed an Earth-like oxygen- to do so.
nitrogen atmosphere. It is still blessed with plentiful water, but a Additional information:
generally cold climate (and extreme seasonal shifts, courtesy of Orbital Distance 2.96 AU
a 38-degree axial tilt). Orbital Period 5.7 Earth Years
Helyme is thought to be the homeworld of the arthenn, a Radius 63,539 km
spacefaring species that disappeared approximately 300,000 Day Length 8.9 Earth Hours
years ago. Precisely what happened to Helyme is still under Satellites N/A
debate. It appears a global extinction occurred, wiping out all
native animal life forms more complex than zooplankton. Plant
forms were not affected, but the lack of oxygen-breathing life
caused oxygenation of the atmosphere. Plant life was reduced Hourglass Nebula
after lighting storms ignited global wildfires. Hourglass Nebula has four known star systems: the Faryar
The leading theory for Helyme's devastation is an out-of- system, the Osun system, the Ploitari system and the Sowilo
control biological weapon. For this reason, landing is strictly system.
prohibited. The corporations of Illium have emplaced a network The cluster‟s Mass Relay is located in the Osun system.
of quarantine satellites to dissuade would-be looters from
landing in the crumbling cities. Faryar
Additional information: Faryar is a large system with seven planets and an asteroid
Orbital Distance 1.2 AU belt.
Orbital Period 1.5 Earth Years Distance from Osun: 1.15 light-years
Radius 5,522 km Distance from Ploitari: 1 light-years
Day Length 44.4 Earth Hours Distance from Sowilo: 0.3 light-years
Atm. Pressure 0.84 atm
Surface Temp −15 °C Quarem is the first planet orbiting the star Faryar. It is a
Surface Gravity 0.87 g scorchingly hot terrestrial planet close to its parent star. Quarem
Satellites N/A was bombarded by comets and asteroids during its earliest
geological periods. As the solar system stabilized, these
Epho is the third planet orbiting the star Zelene. It is a occurrences leveled off until the planet became geologically
rocky world with an atmosphere of oxygen and carbon dioxide. inactive. Its nitrogen and helium atmosphere is extremely thick
There are large craters scattered across its surface, obviously due to heavy metals making the planet's core very dense.
from hypervelocity kinetic impactors. Stretching between these Unfortunately, these metals are deep below the crust making
locations are the shattered remains of magnetic levitation rail mining impractical.
lines, which strongly suggests the craters represent the former Additional information:
locations of arthenni mining outposts or other settlements. The Orbital Distance 0.2 AU
equatorial region contains an extensive network of canyons, Orbital Period 0.1 Earth Years
formed by the planet's abundant liquid water. Radius 3,137 km
Travel Advisory: Epho's atmosphere is approximately 41% Day Length 53.1 Earth Hours
carbon dioxide at sea level. This is 4 to 6 times that necessary to Atm. Pressure 2.22 atm
render most species unconscious within a few minutes of Surface Temp 558 °C
breathing it. Breathing masks must be worn at all times when on Surface Gravity 3.5 g
the surface of Epho. Satellites N/A
Additional information:
Orbital Distance 1.56 AU Daratar is the second planet orbiting the star Faryar. It is a
Orbital Period 2.22 Earth Years small terrestrial world. Though ancient riverbeds crisscross its
Radius 8,031 km plains, photodissociation has long since dried up the world.
Day Length 70 Earth Hours There are indications of ancient mining operations, but any
Atm. Pressure 0.98 atm structures have long since been buried or worn away by the
Surface Temp −41 °C (12 equator) planet's seasonal dust storms.
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Orbital Distance 0.9 AU Surface Gravity 0.5 g
Orbital Period 0.9 Earth Years Satellites N/A
Radius 3,937 km
Day Length 62.8 Earth Hours Wenrum is the sixth planet orbiting the star Faryar. It is a
Atm. Pressure 0.49 atm small terrestrial world. Wenrum ("white knight") takes its name
Surface Temp −66 °C from a salarian story in the Romantic period of a knight who
Surface Gravity 0.5 g refused all temptation to riches, carnality, and even flavorful
Satellites N/A food until justice was served to the poor and oppressed. The
planet is named because of its white, highly reflective surface,
Tunfigel is the third planet orbiting the star Faryar. It is a composed mainly of titanium dioxide and ice and no atmosphere
large terrestrial world. First charted by the salarians, Tunfigel to speak of to dim its albedo.
(which means "hard heart") is noted for its platinum and Additional information:
uranium deposits, making robo-mining a lucrative activity. Orbital Distance 11.8 AU
While the surface temperature is well within the range of a Orbital Period 40.6 Earth Years
comfortable EVA excursion, the extremely dense Tunfigel Radius 1,574 km
generates a dangerous gravitational pull five times that of Earth. Day Length 59.3 Earth Hours
The salarian miners exploiting the planet derisively nickname Atm. Pressure 0.00 atm
planets such as these "elcor tourist traps". Surface Temp −178 °C
Additional information: Surface Gravity 0.1 g
Orbital Distance 1.8 AU Satellites N/A
Orbital Period 2.4 Earth Years
Radius 10,772 km Anticra is the seventh planet orbiting the star Faryar. It is a
Day Length 35.5 Earth Hours terrestrial world. Antictra (which means "fused metal") is so
Atm. Pressure 0.03 atm named because of its spectacular craters. A planet high in
Surface Temp −31 °C various grades of iron oxide, Antictra is regularly pummeled by
Surface Gravity 5.1 g loose asteroids in the nearby belt between it and Wenrum. The
Satellites N/A iron melted and fused by the incoming meteors makes for
spectacular landscape shots that look alien no matter what part
Nephros is the fourth planet orbiting the star Faryar. of the galaxy you may be from. However, due to frequent
Nephros (which means "restless sleep") is a relatively small meteor impacts exploration is considered highly dangerous even
hydrogen-nitrogen gas giant. Its atmosphere is home to to those with advanced kinetic barriers.
spectacular winds of up to 350 kilometers/hour and electrical Additional information:
systems up to 700 times the power of those on Earth, which Orbital Distance 12.3 AU
indicate that its hydrogen clouds contain moderate amounts of Orbital Period 43.3 Earth Years
water vapor. Radius 5,658 km
Additional information: Day Length 21.1 Earth Hours
Orbital Distance 7.5 AU Atm. Pressure 0.00 atm
Orbital Period 20.6 Earth Years Surface Temp −180 °C
Radius 44,750 km Surface Gravity 0.8 g
Day Length 11.9 Earth Hours Satellites N/A
Satellites N/A
1st asteroid belt: orbits Erebus at a distance of 12 AU
Alingon is the fifth planet orbiting the star Faryar. It is a
small terrestrial world. Alingon (which means "deceptive") was
so named by salarian scouts because as their probes landed on Osun
the planet their instruments started going awry. This turned out Osun is a medium system with four planets.
to be due to the high concentration of magnetically active Osun is a gateway system. The system and its planets all
periclase (magnesia) in the core and crust of the planet. This have names taken from Yoruba mythology. The Yoruba people
interferes with scans and broadcasts, which has given rise to are a Nigerian tribe.
countless spacer stories of pirates lying in wait in Alingon's Distance from Faryar: 1.15 light-years
magnetosphere or crashed ships with untold fortunes stranded on Distance from Ploitari: 1 light-years
the surface. In reality, any pirates would have a hard time Distance from Sowilo: 1.3 light-years
locating prey amid all the interference and would live lives cut
off from the rest of the galaxy because the magnetosphere kills Mass Relay: Orbits Tasale at a distance of 8 AU
extraplanetary communication.
Alingon's other natural features are a thin atmosphere of Fuel Depot: Osun has a fuel depot orbiting at a distance of
carbon dioxide, spectacular dry ice formations, and xenon gas, 5 AU.
which can be skimmed from the upper atmosphere and used in
ion thrusters.
Orunmila is the first planet orbiting the star Osun. It is a
Additional information:
medium-sized gas giant. Orunmila is close enough to its parent
Orbital Distance 10.1 AU star to suffer massive changes in temperature during its day and
Orbital Period 31.7 Earth Years night periods. This leads to powerful convection currents and
Radius 3,085 km storms throughout its hydrogen/helium atmosphere. Gathering
Day Length 56.3 Earth Hours
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helium-3 to refuel is possible for the hardiest of exploration Purgatory is a maximum security prison starship owned and
craft, but lesser ships are nearly always lost in the attempt. run by the Blue Suns. There are about 30 blocks on Purgatory.
Orunmila is within the "frost line" of its solar system, where In each block, there are many cells that are self-contained for
icy-cored gas giants do not usually form. For this reason it is their occupants and can be moved through use of mechanized
believed to be an extrasolar planet captured by its star's gravity. claws.
Additional information: Originally an "ark ship" designed to carry agricultural
Orbital Distance 0.5 AU animals, the Purgatory was taken by the Blue Suns mercenary
Orbital Period 0.3 Earth Years company during a large-scale battle in the Skyllian Verge. In a
Radius 34,653 km years-long reconstruction of its interior, the Blue Suns
Day Length 13.7 Earth Hours repurposed it to hold sapient prisoners, supposedly because they
Satellites N/A captured so many in their conflicts throughout the galaxy. When
media outlets started investigating claims that the ship was used
Erinle is the second planet orbiting the star Osun. It is a for slaving operations, the Blue Suns turned a public relations
terrestrial garden world in its last stages of habitability. While its nightmare into a regular income source.
soil still supports agriculture, its animal biodiversity has fallen Claiming to be in full accordance with Citadel law. the crew
to record lows, and the most successful remaining life forms are of Purgatory now regularly lands on planets or space stations
toxic blue-green algae and insect-like pest species. A large claiming that they can no longer hold their prisoners because of
salarian colony is trying to restore biodiversity to the planet, but cost overruns. To avoid keeping prisoners under inhumane
setbacks are a fact of life. Mineral and fuel mining remains conditions, they will have to release them at the nearest port,
lucrative, however, and Erinle has a thriving spaceport that dumping the scum of the galaxy directly into the local
refuels many ships passing through the Terminus Systems. population. Faced with such a scenario, the government usually
Additional information: grants Purgatory's crew massive discounts in fuel, food, and
repairs as long as they go away. Some even offload their own
Orbital Distance 0.95 AU
prisoners to Purgatory for a fee, grateful to have a problem
Orbital Period 0.9 Earth Years relocated somewhere other than their backyard. Such
Radius 6,711 km unfortunates go in the dark depths of the ship, never to be seen
Day Length 32.4 Earth Hours again by their families or contacts.
Atm. Pressure 1.1 atm Rumors abound that the Blue Suns turn skilled or fit
Surface Temp 32 °C prisoners over to batarian slavers, but few have ever seen the
Surface Gravity 1.1 g transaction and lived to tell about it. Its population is listed at
Satellites N/A 4,350, but independent journalists estimate it is nearly three
times that in periods of overcrowding.
Colony Purgatory is minimally armed with GARDIAN defenses.
Species Salarian Though a cruiser-weight ship, it relies on the Blue Suns' fighters
to prevent any attacks bent on a jailbreak or similar events.
Aganju is the third planet orbiting the star Osun. It is a Although a ship, Purgatory usually remains in the Osun
large rock planet with a thin atmosphere of hydrogen and carbon system.
monoxide. Abundant in both copper and platinum, the crust has In 2185 CE, the ship suffers catastrophic damage to life
been scanned by mining bots from Erinle, but the specialized support and structural integrity in various cell blocks. In
equipment to work in Aganju's heavy gravity (more than 5 Gs) addition, the warden and many of the guard are killed. Though
has created prohibitive costs, and so Aganju is largely this was due to a jail break perpetrated by Commander Shepard,
unexploited. the commander was merely acting in self-defense after being
Additional information: betrayed by the warden Kuril.
Orbital Distance 3.2 AU
Orbital Period 5.7 Earth Years
Radius 10,008 km Ploitari
Day Length 23.3 Earth Hours Ploitari is a medium system with four planets.
Atm. Pressure 0.02 atm Distance from Faryar: 1 light-years
Surface Temp −93 °C Distance from Osun: 1 light-years
Surface Gravity 5.3 g Distance from Sowilo: 1.1 light-years
Satellites N/A Aigela is the first planet orbiting the star Ploitari. Only
known from scan data picked up by space probes, Aigela is
Olokun is the fourth planet orbiting the star Osun. Olokun currently classified as a dwarf planet. A warm barren rock, its
('sky harvest') is a standard gas giant composed of hydrogen and thin atmosphere is composed of carbon dioxide and oxygen.
helium. The spacefarers from Erinle gather helium-3 from here Significant alumina deposits in its crust make its density and
rather than Orunmila, as its atmosphere is much more gravity very low indeed.
predictable. Additional information:
Additional information: Orbital Distance 0.7 AU
Orbital Distance 6.0 AU Orbital Period 0.6 Earth Years
Orbital Period 14.7 Earth Years Radius 1,511 km
Radius 64,718 km Day Length 19.3 Earth Hours
Day Length 11.9 Earth Hours Atm. Pressure 0.03 atm
Satellites N/A Surface Temp 125 °C
Surface Gravity 0.1 g
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 Zanethu is the second planet orbiting the star Ploitari. Uruz is the first planet orbiting the star Sowilo. It is a large
Believed to be a post-garden world, Zanethu has large deposits rock planet with a pressure-cooker atmosphere of nitrogen and
of calcium carbonate in its sedimentary rocks, indicating it may argon. Uruz's silicate-rich crust is relatively low density. It was
have once had plate tectonics and even plant life. Its swirling largely ignored by the salarian explorers who first charted the
clouds of dust and snow may have occurred more recently and system.
blocked the sun, creating a mass extinction event. Its surface Additional information:
gravity is comfortable and its temperature tolerable by most Orbital Distance 0.25 AU
sapient species. Orbital Period 0.1 Earth Years
Additional information: Radius 9,266 km
Orbital Distance 1.9 AU Day Length 51.0 Earth Hours
Orbital Period 2.6 Earth Years Atm. Pressure 78.58 atm
Radius 6,619 km Surface Temp 635 °C
Day Length 53.6 Earth Hours Surface Gravity 2.1 g
Atm. Pressure 0.38 atm Satellites N/A
Surface Temp −16 °C
Surface Gravity 1.2 g Kenaz is the second planet orbiting the star Sowilo. It is a
Satellites N/A terrestrial world with an extremely thin atmosphere is composed
mostly of methane and helium. The salarian explorers who
Synalus is the third planet orbiting the star Ploitari. Space named the system set up a small mining presence for recovering
probes indicate the planet is nowhere near as hospitable as its nickel and chromium, used in making stainless steels.
neighbor, Zanethu. Synalus's hydrogen-argon atmosphere is Additional information:
thought to be anathema to life, but the presence of borax on the Orbital Distance 0.55 AU
surface, spawned by a boron-heavy core, indicates the planet Orbital Period 0.5 Earth Years
may once have had water. Radius 5,501 km
Additional information: Day Length 68.3 Earth Hours
Orbital Distance 2.2 AU Atm. Pressure Trace
Orbital Period 3.3 Earth Years Surface Temp 72 °C
Radius 5,391 km Surface Gravity 0.69 g
Day Length 66.8 Earth Hours Satellites N/A
Atm. Pressure 1.23 atm
Surface Temp −3 °C Hagalaz is the third planet orbiting the star Sowilo. It is a
Surface Gravity 0.84 g second-tier garden world that receives little attention from the
Satellites N/A galactic community. A salarian mining expedition initially
discovered the planet, which was promptly strong-armed away
Thegan is the fourth planet orbiting the star Ploitari. from them by organized crime figures. Hagalaz's exploration
Thegan rounds out the trio of planets scouted only by space rights were then sold to the highest bidder, which led to a brief
probe in this backwater solar system. A frozen ball with burst of mining colonies in the 2000s, but most of those were
significant amounts of tin in its crust, Thegan has a fractional abandoned when other planets were found with more accessible
atmosphere with trace amounts of carbon dioxide and carbon resources.
monoxide. Strange radiation emissions have been charted Though Hagalaz has a nitrogen-oxygen atmosphere capable
coming off of Thegan, but it is unknown if these are from of supporting life, its rotational period is slower than Earth's,
radioactive elements or merely a star's radiation reflected by a making its day and night 98 Earth hours long. The intense heat
high-albedo surface. on one side of the planet and the extreme cold on the other make
Additional information: for violent storm cells wherever the sun is rising or setting. As a
Orbital Distance 4.1 AU result, the flora and fauna of Hagalaz have developed the
Orbital Period 8.3 Earth Years capability to live in cycles of ice, flooding, baking heat, and
Radius 3,581 km dramatic air pressure changes. The biota of the planet has been
Day Length 28.5 Earth Hours largely unexploited by the exotic pet and gardening trades, since
Atm. Pressure 0.05 atm simulating their natural conditions is problematic for the average
Surface Temp −116 °C consumer.
Surface Gravity 0.56 g Additional information:
Satellites N/A Orbital Distance 0.95 AU
Orbital Period 1.0 Earth Year
Radius 6,309 km
Sowilo Day Length 98.3 Earth Days
Sowilo is a large system with six planets. Atm. Pressure 0.83 atm
The Sowilo system and all of its planets likely derive their Surface Temp 72 °C (day) −64 °C (night)
names from the Proto-Norse runic alphabet. Surface Gravity 0.69 g
Distance from Faryar: 0.3 light-years Satellites N/A
Distance from Osun: 1.3 light-years
Distance from Ploitari: 1.1 light-years Ansuz is the fourth planet orbiting the star Sowilo. It is a
large rock planet. Ansuz was once under development by a
Fuel Depot: Sowilo has a fuel depot orbiting Thurisaz consortium of robo-mining interests, but an epidemic of
accidents and sabotage cost the lives of hundreds of workers and
eventually drove them off the world. Despite numerous
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trials, popular opinion holds that the real saboteurs were never desert in the southern hemisphere, thought to be the result of
found. eroded spessartite.
Additional information: Additional information:
Orbital Distance 1.6 AU Orbital Distance 1.2 AU
Orbital Period 2.0 Earth Years Orbital Period 1 Earth Year
Radius 8,795 km Radius 4,312 km
Day Length 26.4 Earth Hours Day Length 45.8 Earth Hours
Atm. Pressure 0.14 atm Atm. Pressure 0.49 atm
Surface Temp -7 °C Surface Temp 286 °C
Surface Gravity 2.7 g Surface Gravity 0.5 g
Satellites N/A Satellites N/A

Thurisaz is the fifth planet orbiting the star Sowilo. It is a Karora is the second planet orbiting the star Amada. It is
hydrogen-helium gas giant. It has a decrepit automated essentially a great rock in space, tidally locked to Amada. Its
infrastructure for refueling merchant vessels with helium-3. only notable feature is a chain of craters stitching across the
Painted onto the metal in a salarian dialect are the words "Self northern hemisphere, thought to be the result of impacts by a
Serve." swarm of meteors. Karora's low density suggests it contains no
Additional information: mineral wealth beyond common light metals. It maintains a
Orbital Distance 3.0 AU tenuous atmosphere of krypton and xeon.
Orbital Period 5.2 Earth Years Additional information:
Radius 57,287 km Orbital Distance 2.4 AU
Day Length 18.8 Earth Hours Orbital Period 2.9 Earth Years
Satellites N/A Keplerian Ratio 1.644
Radius 2,446 km
Isa is the sixth planet orbiting the star Sowilo. It is a rock Day Length 63.6 Earth Hours
and ice planet with a thin atmosphere of methane and ethane. Its Atm. Pressure 0.14 atm
borax deposits, largely trapped beneath the ice, were never Surface Temp 99 °C
considered valuable enough to mine since synthetic substitutes Surface Gravity 0.28 g
and alternative sources became widely available. Mass 0.041 Earth Masses
Additional information: Satellites N/A
Orbital Distance 5.4 AU
Orbital Period 12.6 Earth Years Eingana is the third planet orbiting the star Amada. It is a
Radius 7,219 km hot, beautiful, and deadly terrestrial world, covered with the
Day Length 66.5 Earth Hours debris of ancient starships. Approximately 127,000 years ago, a
Atm. Pressure Trace series of battles were fought over it by two organic species, the
Surface Temp -135 °C thoi'han and the inusannon. Although no records of the conflict
Surface Gravity 1.5 g remain, most historians agree that both races wanted to colonize
Satellites N/A Eingana, and neither were willing to share. The two lost
hundreds of ships in a series of battles over Eingana and its
moon, Barraiya; many of these were eventually pulled in by the
planet's gravity well.
Omega Nebula The mass effect drive cores of these ships broke apart,
The Omega Nebula contains the Omega space station, which dumping refined element zero over large stretches of the
serves as the central hub of the Terminus Systems, as well as the landscape. This poisoned the environment and a wave of
unmapped Omega 4 Relay. extinctions followed. Many of the animal species that remained
Omega Nebula has six known star systems: the Amada showed a tendency to develop biotic powers. As the ecology of
system, the Arinlarkan system, the Batalla system, the Fathar Eingana is energetic and aggressive, this makes colonization a
system, the Kairavamori system and the Sahrabarik system. deadly peril.
The cluster‟s Mass Relay is located in the Sahrabarik Additional information:
system. Orbital Distance 5.3 AU
Orbital Period 12.2 Earth Years
Amada Radius 5,733 km
Amada is a medium system with five planets. Day Length 20.8 Earth Hours
It is named after the ancient Egyptian temple Amada. Atm. Pressure 0.84 atm
Amada is an F-class star. Surface Temp 36 °C
Distance from Arinlarkan: 6 light-years Surface Gravity 0.86 g
Distance from Batalla: 6 light-years Satellites 1
Distance from Fathar: 13 light-years
Distance from Kairavamori: 9 light-years Alchera is the fourth planet orbiting the star Amada. It is a
Distance from Sahrabarik: 8 light-years large terrestrial world with a crust composed of carbon and
water ice. While low density, its large size allows it to retain a
Takkan is the first planet orbiting the star Amada. It is a thick atmosphere of methane and ammonia. It is believed that if
blistering, sun-blasted terrestrial world. Neither its carbon Alchera had acquired a bit more mass when the Amada star
dioxide nor its weak magnetic field provides any protection system formed, it would have formed the core of a second outer-
from the star's harsh radiation. Fortunately, Takkan has few system gas giant. Alchera has three moons: Uluru, Wandjina,
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 Additional information: Batalla
Orbital Distance 9.5 AU Batalla is a small system with three planets.
Orbital Period 29.4 Earth Years Distance from Amada: 6 light-years
Radius 9,229 km Distance from Arinlarkan: 12 light-years
Day Length 59.2 Earth Hours Distance from Fathar: 9 light-years
Atm. Pressure 0.83 atm Distance from Kairavamori: 13 light-years
Surface Temp −22 °C Distance from Sahrabarik: 7 light-years
Surface Gravity 0.85 g
Satellites 3 Logasiri is the first planet orbiting the star Batalla. It is a
small terrestrial world. Logasiri is a planet with a carbon-heavy
Anjea is the fifth planet orbiting the star Amada. It is a crust and a trace atmosphere of CO2 and helium. Its surface is
typical ammonia-methane ice giant. Traces of chlorine in the cool enough to have liquid water, but it is rapidly drying out as
atmosphere give it a distinct green tint. Penetrating scans have it has lost the critical mass to have a self-sustaining hydrologic
revealed large numbers of hollow, unpowered objects with cycle.
dimensions of 3.14 by 12.56 by 28.26 circulating in the Nevertheless, the batarians have colonized the world,
equatorial cloud bands. These objects appear to have "sails" or forcing slaves to work in their mines and agri-habitats. The labor
"wings" attached, allowing them to be borne aloft by Anjea's is hot, endless, and backbreaking, even in the low-G
winds. While they are too deep to be reached for study, popular environment. Every horror story told by slaves elsewhere in the
conjecture in xenoarchaeological circles holds that they are cluster seems to be topped by one from Logasiri. The most
"coffins" of an ancient race who laid their dead to rest in the gas famous is that of the slaver Silparon, who worked to death 420
giant. slaves over the course of a galactic standard year and ground up
Additional information: their bodies for compost in his greenhouses. He was eventually
Orbital Distance 15.3 AU poisoned by his wife, but his shadow – and his business model –
Orbital Period 60 Earth Years still hangs over this miserable planet.
Radius 23,120 km Additional information:
Day Length 17.4 Earth Hours Orbital Distance 0.6 AU
Satellites N/A Orbital Period 0.5 Earth Years
Radius 5,014 km
Day Length 49.7 Earth Hours
Arinlarkan Atm. Pressure Trace
Arinlarkan is a small system with one planet and an asteroid Surface Temp 56 °C
belt. Surface Gravity 0.5 g
Distance from Amada: 6 light-years Satellites N/A
Distance from Batalla: 12 light-years
Distance from Fathar: 15 light-years Colony
Distance from Kairavamori: 6 light-years Species Batarian
Distance from Sahrabarik: 9.8 light-years
Thunawanuro is the second planet orbiting the star
Utha is the first planet orbiting the star Arinlarkan. It is a Batalla. It is an enormous terrestrial garden world. A strange
terrestrial world covered by oceans. Punished with UV and island of peace in the lawless Terminus Systems, Thunawanuro
gamma radiation from the Class F Star it orbits, Utha is no one's is a planet of crushing gravity but abundant life. As its
first choice for a planet to land on. Covered in seawater, Utha ponderous name indicates, it was colonized by the elcor, who
has a hydrosphere and ozone layer similar to Earth's, but that have several booming industries on the planet. Hydroelectric
simply isn't enough to ward off the life-killing radiation. Its dams and biofuels from tough woody algae provide much of the
nitrogen-rich, oxygen-poor atmosphere goes unchanged by the planet's energy. Mines export uranium, thorium, and gold taken
few proteins that have managed to form in the ocean depths. to space with generous use of mass effect fields. Of course,
Utha, however, has served as a way station for slaves pirates target the elcor's shipping as soon as it leaves orbit, but
escaping their batarian masters. What little land it has is the elcor's deals with mercenary companies keep away all but
tectonically stable, and its considerable radiation belt and the most foolhardy of attackers.
electrical storms grant cover from many common types of Additional information:
sensors. Fleeing ships typically hide on Utha long enough to Orbital Distance 1.1 AU
discharge their drive cores and stock up on deuterium before Orbital Period 1.3 Earth Years
trying to make it to the cluster's mass relay. Radius 11,993 km
Additional information: Day Length 51.7 Earth Hours
Orbital Distance 4.0 AU Atm. Pressure 2.86 atm
Orbital Period 6.1 Earth Years Surface Temp 32 °C
Radius 6,050 km Surface Gravity 6.7 g
Day Length 49.4 Earth Hours Satellites N/A
Atm. Pressure 1.2 atm
Surface Temp 40 °C Colony
Surface Gravity 0.8 g Species Elcor
Satellites N/A Capital Nurhemathun
Colony Founded 2035
1st asteroid belt: orbits Arinlarkann at a distance of 0.2 Population 3,769,400
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 Nearog is the third planet orbiting the star Batalla. It is an surface, selling their ore at Lorek and praying that the
ice giant whose moons were once home to Essul, a batarian intermittent raids by the Terminus pirate clans will pass their
warlord who terrorized the Terminus Systems. Attempting to homestead by. There have been no children born on Korar since
unite a pirate army under his banner, he successfully conducted the infamous pirate raid of 2047, when every child on the planet
a rapid blitz against 11 habitable worlds. was rounded up and taken as a slave. Any couple finding
Fortunately for the rest of the galaxy, Essul's crimes caught themselves pregnant preemptively moves offworld.
the attention of the Spectres, who deduced his hidden location Additional information:
and assassinated him. Essul's empire, built on a hyperextended Orbital Distance 0.32 AU
army, soon came crashing down. His lost stockpiles of element Orbital Period 0.3 Earth Years
zero have become something of a legend, and foolish spacers Radius 1,919 km
have spent countless amounts of time and money searching the Day Length N/A
Batalla system, convinced they will be the ones that finally Atm. Pressure Trace
strike it rich. Surface Temp −40 °C
Additional information: Surface Gravity 0.19 g
Orbital Distance 4.8 AU Satellites N/A
Orbital Period 11.8 Earth Years
Radius 19,976 km Colony
Day Length 16.5 Earth Hours Population 2,400
Satellites >1
Dorgal is the third planet orbiting the star Fathar. It is a
small terrestrial world. The surface of Dorgal is an ethane-
Fathar soaked mush. The planet hovers near the boiling point of the
Fathar is a small system with three planets. hydrocarbon and supports a diverse if simple and slow-moving
Distance from Amada: 13 light-years carbon-based ecology. The planet's gravity is strong enough to
Distance from Arinlarkan: 15 light-years retain an atmosphere of molecular nitrogen and carbon
Distance from Batalla: 9 light-years monoxide, but the methane that dominated billions of years ago
Distance from Kairavamori: 10 light-years has long since been lost.
Distance from Sahrabarik: 5 light-years Additional information:
Orbital Distance 0.54 AU
Lorek is the first planet orbiting the star Fathar. It is a low- Orbital Period 0.7 Earth Years
density world composed of rock, light metals, and a water-based Radius 3,521 km
crust. It is tidally locked to Fathar with a sunward "hot pole" and Day Length 51.4 Earth Hours
shadowed "cold pole". Water on the sunward side evaporates Atm. Pressure 0.43 atm
quickly, traveling over the islands of the habitable terminator Surface Temp −88 °C
zone in the form of massive fast-moving thunderstorms and Surface Gravity 0.44 g
finally settling as snow on the frozen dark side. There are fears Satellites N/A
that the buildup of ice cap mass on the far side may cause axial
reorientation over the course of several million years, but
batarian officials dismiss the idea as an irresponsible theory Kairavamori
disseminated by counter-hegemonist subversives.
Kairavamori is a small system with three planets.
Lorek is an extremely rare example of a habitable world
Distance from Amada: 9 light-years
circling a red dwarf star. Originally an independent asari colony
Distance from Arinlarkan: 6 light-years
named Esan, it was annexed by the Batarian Hegemony in 1913,
Distance from Batalla: 13 light-years
causing a minor galactic incident. Despite several attempts, the
Distance from Fathar: 10 light-years
local Terminus warlords have never been able to take Lorek for
Distance from Sahrabarik: 8 light-years
themselves.
Additional information:
Sethor is the first planet orbiting the star Kairavamori. It is
Orbital Distance 0.2 AU
a rocky planet with a crushing atmosphere. Sehtor has been
Orbital Period 59.6 Earth Days scanned from orbit but largely left unexplored due to its
Radius 6,754 km sweltering conditions. Its atmosphere contains nitrogen but also
Day Length N/A an unusually high percentage of ethane, which can coalesce in
Atm. Pressure 0.4 atm pockets near the surface. The alumina-heavy crust of the planet
Surface Temp 40 °C can reach glowing-hot temperatures during the daytime,
Surface Gravity 0.6 g reaching the ethane's auto-ignition temperature and creating
Satellites N/A pockets of flame across the landscape. For this reason extra-
vehicular activities are discouraged on Sehtor, and no company
Colony has been willing to invest in exploration.
Species Batarian Additional information:
Capital Jalnor Orbital Distance 0.7 AU
Colony Founded 1764 Orbital Period 0.7 Earth Years
Population 4,700,000 Radius 5,810 km
Day Length 47.8 Earth Hours
Korar is the first planet orbiting the star Fathar. It is a Atm. Pressure 47.73 atm
small, lifeless rock blessed with significant deposits of thorium, Surface Temp 470 °C
which is used in radiation shielding and the manufacture of Surface Gravity 0.8 g
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 Satellites N/A Urdak is a class L brown dwarf with a relatively low
temperature of 1,300 degrees Celsius, but its heat and gravity
Vatar is the second planet orbiting the star Kairavamori. It have made it unpopular for development. There are rumors that
is a terrestrial world. Located within the life zone of a dimming the heads of several of Omega's crime syndicates maintain
orange sun, Vatar would be habitable except for its carbon- private residences on various moons. Whatever the truth of the
dioxide atmosphere and an icy surface that kills most oxygen- matter, battles between syndicate vessels are often observed
producing bacteria. Nonetheless, mercenary companies and around the ring plane. News outlets on Omega maintain
slavers have numerous strongholds on the planet, out of reach of satellites at Urdak's Lagrange points for real-time coverage of
any galactic authority. these battles, which garner high viewer ratings.
Travel Advisory: A statistically significant number of Additional information:
distress signals have originated within the 1-million-kilometer Orbital Distance 0.8 AU
mark of Vatar. Civilian travel is not advised. Orbital Period 1.3 Earth Years
Additional information: Radius 72,512 km
Orbital Distance 1.4 AU Day Length 19.2 Earth Hours
Orbital Period 1.9 Earth Years Satellites many
Radius 6,352 km
Day Length 18.0 Earth Hours Imorkan is the second planet orbiting the star Sahrabarik. It
Atm. Pressure 0.77 atm is a small methane-ammonia gas giant and the main source of
Surface Temp −35 °C helium-3 fuel for ships coming to or from Omega. Most of its
Surface Gravity 1.0 g fueling stations are run by criminal cartels that engage in
Satellites N/A cutthroat (sometimes literally) pricing wars. Imorkan is also
widely known for its layover stations, where pirates in a hurry
Uwan Oche is the third planet orbiting the star can find fuel, ammunition, intoxicants, gambling, and sexual
Kairavamori. It is a stony planet encased in ice under a methane- companionship at any hour.
heavy sky. Named for the Uwan Consortium (Oche means Additional information:
“Prime”), the batarian manufacturing firm that financed its Orbital Distance 3.4 AU
exploration, Uwan Oche's crust provides much of the boron Orbital Period 11.5 Earth Years
allotropes used in omni-gel throughout the Terminus Systems. Radius 53,491 km
The area has naturally become a haven for pirates, who attempt Day Length 18.7 Earth Hours
to steal the refined gel or its ingredients as soon as the cargo Satellites N/A
ships leave the atmosphere.
Additional information: Bindur is the third planet orbiting the star Sahrabarik. It is a
Orbital Distance 2.7 AU terrestrial world. If it were closer to Sahrabarik, Bindur would
Orbital Period 5.0 Earth Years have an atmosphere of carbon dioxide and ethane. In the deep
Radius 6,529 km cold of the outer solar system, however, both elements have long
Day Length 57.5 Earth Hours since frozen to the ground.
Atm. Pressure Trace Additional information:
Surface Temp −126 °C Orbital Distance 6.12 AU
Surface Gravity 1.1 g Orbital Period 27.7 Earth Years
Satellites N/A Radius 4,907 km
Day Length 53.3 Earth Hours
Atm. Pressure Trace
Sahrabarik Surface Temp −224 °C
Sahrabarik is a small system with three planets and an Surface Gravity 0.55 g
asteroid belt. It is a gateway system. Satellites N/A
Distance from Amada: 8 light-years
Distance from Arinlarkan: 9.8 light-years Omega Station was built in the mined-out husk of a
Distance from Batalla: 7 light-years metallic asteroid in the system‟s asteroid belt. Omega has been a
Distance from Fathar: 5 light-years haven for criminals, terrorists, and malcontents for thousands of
Distance from Kairavamori: 8 light-years years. At times the station has lain idle and abandoned for
Mass Relay: Orbits the star Sahrabarik at a distance of 8 centuries, only to be reactivated by a new group of outlaws
AU. This system also possesses a second Mass Relay, known as seeking a fresh start. The space station's original elegant design
the Omega-4 Relay. It has never been mapped and ships that has given way to haphazard expansion by scrabbling factions of
travel through it never return. It is believed the homeworld of every species. There is no central government or unifying
the Collector race lies beyond the Omega-4 Relay. The Omega-4 authority on Omega, and nobody can recall a time there ever
Relay orbits Sahrabarik at a distance of 4.5 AU. was one.
Additional information:
Fuel Depot: Sahrabarik has a fuel depot orbiting Imorkan Orbital Distance 2.43 AU
Orbital Period 6.9 Earth Years
Urdak is the first planet orbiting the star Sahrabarik. It is a Total Length 44.7 Km
close-orbiting brown dwarf; most red-brown dwarf binary Population 7.8 million
systems have an average separation of 8 AU. The Sahrabarik
system is about 12 billion years old and it has long since used up 1st asteroid belt: orbits Sahrabarik at a distance of 2.43
the deuterium used to fuel fusion, so Urdak is not luminous like AU
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 Rosetta Nebula Additional information:
Orbital Distance 0.6 AU
Rosetta Nebula has three known star systems: the Alpha
Draconis system, the Enoch system and the Phi Clio system Orbital Period 0.5 Earth Years
This cluster‟s Mass Relay is located in the Enoch system. Radius 7,658 km
Day Length 24.3 Earth Hours
Atm. Pressure 14.91 atm
Alpha Draconis Surface Temp 384 °C
Alpha Draconis is a small system with two planets.
Surface Gravity 1.8 g
Alpha Draconis is a white dwarf star. N/A
Satellites
Distance from Enoch: 60 light-years
Distance from Phi Clio: 60 light-years
Mizraim is the second planet orbiting the star Enoch. It is a
small gas giant. Mizraim is primarily hydrogen and methane
2175 Aeia is the first planet orbiting the star Alpha
around a rocky core. There is no remaining trace of the
Draconis. It is a terrestrial garden world. Named after an asari
civilization from Joab on Mizraim itself, but debris orbiting the
scientist, this remote planet appears to have been on the list of
planet indicates that artificial satellites were once in place before
forbidden mass relays that led to uncharted space. The little data
being destroyed.
available comes from one far-off probe that reports two planets
Additional information:
orbiting a white dwarf star. Your own scans yield far more
interesting results. The planet is within the habitable zone of the Orbital Distance 1.2 AU
star. It has oceans of liquid water and a thin nitrogen-oxygen Orbital Period 1.3 Earth Years
atmosphere consistent with carbon-based plant life. It is possible Radius 17,932 km
this is an as-yet-unexplored garden world. Day Length 10.9 Earth Hours
Additional information: Satellites N/A
Orbital Distance 4.5 AU
Orbital Period 7.3 Earth Years Joab is the third planet orbiting the star Enoch. It is a two-
Radius 6,521 km mooned habitable planet that is most well known for its mass
Day Length 31.6 Earth Hours extinction event. Thousands of years ago Joab was home to a
Atm. Pressure 0.72 atm primate-like spacefaring civilization as well as abundant flora
Surface Temp 16 °C and fauna. However, this can only be deduced from time
Surface Gravity 1.1 g capsules put into the ground well outside habitation centers - all
Satellites 2 cities and detectable dwellings were targeted in a massive orbital
bombardment that turned them into vapor. The resulting dust
shroud killed all photosynthetic life and all fauna dependent on
2175 AR2 is the econd planet orbiting the star Alpha
it. Today, humans have recolonized the planet and rapidly
Draconis. Still formally unnamed, this planet is a hydrogen-
introducing their own species, beginning with cyanobacteria and
helium gas giant with 21 moon-sized objects.
heterotrophic bacteria, to bring a suitable level of oxygen and
Additional information:
nitrogen for respiration.
Orbital Distance 9.3 AU Travel Advisory: Atmospheric pressure at sea level on Joab
Orbital Period 28.4 Earth Years is double that of Earth. Visitors with upper-respiratory
Radius 62,775 km infections, emphesyma, cancer, or a history of thoracic surgery
Day Length 14.0 Earth Hours should consult their physician before landing on Joab.
Satellites 21 Additional information:
Orbital Distance 2.3 AU
Orbital Period 3.5 Earth Years
Enoch Radius 6,709 km
Enoch is a medium system with four planets. Day Length 25.6 Earth Hours
It is a gateway system. Enoch is named after Enoch of the Atm. Pressure 2.18 atm
Old Testament and the Judaic Torah. Likewise, the system's Surface Temp 14 °C
planets also follows a naming theme based on personalities from Surface Gravity 1.2 g
both sources mentioned above. Satellites 2
Distance from Alpha Draconis: 60 light-years
Distance from Phi Clio: 60 light-years Colony
Mass Relay: Orbits the star Enoch at a distance of 8 AU Species Human
Capital New Jericho
Fuel Depot: Enoch has a fuel depot orbiting Goliath Colony Founded 2171
Population 21,553,000
Lanban is the first planet orbiting the star Enoch. It is a
desert world with sea upon sea of scorching hot iron oxide Goliath is the fourth planet orbiting the star Enoch. It is a
wearing away marbleized cliffs. Its atmosphere is thick and hydrogen-helium gas giant. Goliath's orbit takes it near the
layered with significant levels of oxygen trapped under an upper system's mass relay, a useful event for drive core discharges and
helium layer. Initially, surveyors detected traces of iridium from automated helium-3 refueling platforms. Unfortunately, its orbit
orbit, only to find a surprising archaeological discovery - the is currently taking it away from the relay, and it will continue
iridium came from bunkers on the surface that were blown apart this inconvenience for the next three galactic standard years.
by a dreadnought-class weapon. The logical conclusion was that Additional information:
the civilization on Joab had reached Laban and its outposts here
Orbital Distance 4.8 AU
were destroyed to make their extermination complete.
Orbital Period 10.5 Earth Years

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 Radius 74,985 km reveals mining equipment on its surface. It can be deduced that
Day Length 14.1 Earth Hours this mining occurred within the last five years – any longer and
Satellites N/A the machines would have been worn to nothing by the excessive
heat and dust storms of hot iron oxide.
Additional information:
Phi Clio Orbital Distance 1.4 AU
Phi Clio is a small system with two planets. Orbital Period 1.7 Earth Years
Distance from Alpha Draconis: 60 light-years Radius 6,197 km
Distance from Enoch: 60 light-years Day Length 36.2 Earth Hours
Atm. Pressure 37.64 atm
Fuel Depot: Phi Clio has a fuel depot orbiting Cyllene. Surface Temp 365 °C
Surface Gravity 1.0 g
Satellites N/A
Cyllene is the first planet orbiting the star Phi Clio. It is a
small-sized hydrogen-helium gas giant. Cyllene has an
automated helium-3 refueling station, indicating that this remote Sanctum is the second planet orbiting the star Decoris. It is
system was once inhabited. Its distance from the mass relay and a terrestrial world. Sanctum is proof of the old spacer adage
archaic design of the fuel station suggest that this system was "just because it's called a garden world doesn't mean it's a
mapped by someone who did not go through the relay but picnic." Freezing ice storms cover the poles and temperate
discovered it in independent FTL exploration. Cyllene is within zones, leaving a narrow strip of habitable land at the equator.
the "frost line" of its parent star, where gas giants do not Dry but windy, this area is home to Sanctum's minimal
normally form. terrestrial plant life. The planet has yet to develop land-based
Additional information: animals, though invertebrates grow quite large in its pelagic
Orbital Distance 0.5 AU seas. Mining referred to as "ice cracking" at anywhere but the
0.4 Earth Years equator is a common employment on Sanctum. The planet is
Orbital Period
38,920 km rich in platinum and palladium deposits as well as boron, which
Radius
12.8 Earth Hours is locally used in semiconductor doping.
Day Length
N/A Travel Advisory: Carbon dioxide levels on Sanctum can
Satellites
reach 5,000 parts per million during thermal inversions.
Travelers should carry a breath mask at all times and consult the
Paranassus is the second planet orbiting the star Phi Clio. Sanctum World Weather Service for warnings.
It is a boiling hot rock planet with extreme tectonic activity. In addition, piracy is at a 14-year global high on Sanctum.
Parnassus is home to many volcanic mountains. Surface scans Visitors should take appropriate security precautions.
reveal several geothermal and solar power stations tapping the Additional information:
planet's abundant energy. There is no history of the planet or its
Orbital Distance 2.6 AU
government in Citadel Council records. Given its proximity to a
Orbital Period 4.2 Earth Years
mapped and recorded planet like Cyllene, someone must have
Radius 6,651 km
deleted Parnassus from the database.
Day Length 69.4 Earth Hours
Additional information:
Atm. Pressure 0.4 atm
Orbital Distance 1.1 AU
Surface Temp −50 °C (mean), 4 °C (equator)
Orbital Period 1.2 Earth Years Surface Gravity 1.2 g
Radius 5,850 km Satellites N/A
Day Length 50.2 Earth Hours
Atm. Pressure 4.71 atm
158 °C Colony
Surface Temp
Surface Gravity 0.8 g Capital Vulpes
Satellites N/A Colony Founded 2169
Population 257,300

Sigurd’s Cradle Lenal

Sigurd may be named after the warrior hero in the Norse Lenal is a medium system with four planets.
mythology whose exploits are recorded in the Volsunga Saga. Lenal is an F-class star.
Sigurd‟s Cradle has five known star systems: the Decoris Distance from Decoris: 9 light-years
system, the Lenal system, the Mil system, the Psi Tophet system Distance from Mil: 8 light-years
and the Skepsis system. Distance from Psi Tophet: 10 light-years
This cluster‟s Mass Relay is located in the Skepsis system. Distance from Skepsis: 4.5 light-years

Decoris Laconix is the first planet orbiting the star Lenal. It is a

Decoris is a small system with two planets. large terrestrial world. Laconix is far enough from its F-class
Distance from Lenal: 9 light-years star that its temperatures are almost tolerable to sapient life, but
Distance from Mil: 13 light-years its extremely thin atmosphere makes it almost as hostile as a
Distance from Psi Tophet: 4 light-years vacuum. As such, the planet was uninhabited. Mining drones,
Distance from Skepsis: 7 light-years piloted from orbital stations, would brave the high gravity to
extract iridium, osmium, and other valuable heavy metals.
Laena is the first planet orbiting the star Decoris. It is a
methane-clouded hothouse planet. Its lack of a metal-rich core
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 Additional information: Nutus is the fourth planet orbiting the star Lenal. It is a
Orbital Distance 2.5 AU hydrogen-helium gas giant with high nitrogen content. It had
Orbital Period 3.6 Earth Years several colonized moons.
Radius 9,973 km Nutus's moon Etrat was home to the small-time Terminus
Day Length 22.1 Earth Hours Systems warlord Rashtek Chass, who extracted tribute from the
Atm. Pressure N/A colonists on Triginta Petra and any travelers stopping by to
Surface Temp 73 °C refuel on helium-3.
Surface Gravity 1.89 g Additional information:
Satellites N/A Orbital Distance 17.4 AU
Orbital Period 66.5 Earth Years
Triginta Petra is the second planet orbiting the star Lenal. Radius 50,752 km
It is a large terrestrial world. A low-density planet in comparison Day Length 13.4 Earth Hours
to Earth, Triginta Petra is also drier, with wide land masses that Satellites >1
are largely desert. Its dextro-chirality native life has yet to make
it out of the oceans, primarily producing cyanobacteria which Colony
provide a limited amount of oxygen in the atmosphere. Species Turian
A handful of turians colonized the planet and attempted to
introduce land plants. Their chief hurdle was the lack of good
topsoil, which required imports and sophisticated farming
practices to overcome. The farmer's maxim on Triginta Petra
Mil
Mil is a medium system with five planets and an asteroid
was "if you can last five seasons, you officially know what
belt.
you're doing."
Distance from Decoris: 13 light-years
Preliminary scans of Triginta Petra suggest that the Reapers
Distance from Lenal: 8 light-years
judged its population too low to harvest and struck its colonies
Distance from Psi Tophet: 10 light-years
with kinetic impactors. They then moved on, trusting that the
Distance from Skepsis: 5.5 light-years
destruction of the food supply's main arteries would finish off
the inhabitants of such a biota-poor world.
Additional information: Akraia is the first planet orbiting the star Mil. Tidally
locked to its parent star, Mil, Akraia is a small rock-planet that
Orbital Distance 4.8 AU
never bore much development due to the asari on Chalkhos and
Orbital Period 9.6 Earth Years Selvos having limited resources and instead focusing their
Radius 8,287 km efforts on more welcoming worlds. Old scans indicate that it
Day Length 28.8 Earth Hours may have an abundance of nickel.
Atm. Pressure 0.41 atm Additional information:
Surface Temp 20 °C
Orbital Distance 0.4 AU
Surface Gravity 0.88 g
Satellites N/A Orbital Period 0.3 Earth Years
Radius 2,800 km
Day Length 0.3 Earth Years
Colony Atm. Pressure Trace
Species Turian Surface Temp 268 °C
Capital Licitron Surface Gravity 0.39 g
Colony Founded 2120 Satellites N/A
Population 35,500
Lisir is the second planet orbiting the star Mil. It is a low-
Choitadix is the third planet orbiting the star Lenal. It is a density terrestrial world notable for its appearance in the
dwarf planet. Choitadix is notable for gold deposited by an asarisploitation holo, "Blue Steel," one of humanity's first
asteroid strike that, geologically speaking, happened fairly attempts to market entertainment galactically. The promotional
recently. Surveyors suspected Choitadix was once larger but was campaign assured viewers that it was "filmed on location in the
reduced in size by the strike, which knocked enough material most dangerous section of the galaxy, the Terminus Systems!"
out of the planet to create misshapen moonlets. Its name, which In fact, the cast and crew were relatively safe, occupying a space
means "gap-toothed" in a common turian language, was station that orbited an unremarkable, lifeless planet.
retroactively added once scientists confirmed this hypothesis. Lisir's space stations housed a largely asari crew
It appears the pulverized orbital stations here were teleoperating robo-mining of uranium. When "Blue Steel" was
abandoned as a preemptive move before the Reapers reached the released, human audiences still thought of this as an exotic
cluster. The fate of the refugees is unknown. If they fled to profession. Today, it would induce yawns.
Triginta Petra, the outlook is particularly poor. Additional information:
Additional information:
Orbital Distance 0.68 AU
Orbital Distance 9.3 AU Orbital Period 0.56 Earth Years
Orbital Period 26.0 Earth Years Radius 5,953 km
Radius 1,260 km Day Length 34.7 Earth Hours
Day Length 62.0 Earth Hours Atm. Pressure Trace
Atm. Pressure Trace Surface Temp 131 °C
Surface Temp −88 °C Surface Gravity 0.66 g
Surface Gravity N/A Satellites N/A
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 Chalkhos is the third planet orbiting the star Mil. It is a Satellites >1
terrestrial world notable for being one of the few garden worlds
in the Milky Way that is also part of a binary planet system: Colony
both it and its heavenly twin Selvos are in a stable orbit with one Species Asari
another in addition to orbiting the star Mil. Chalkhos's
greenhouse gases lead to a hotter climate than Earth, and the
solar eclipses caused by Selvos, while common, are not frequent
enough to be a good solar shade.
Psi Tophet
This did not prevent a colony from springing up, largely Psi Tophet is a small system with three planets.
asari and their varying species of mates. It was far from an Distance from Decoris: 4 light-years
idyllic settlement--like many Terminus worlds, it was rife with Distance from Lenal: 10 light-years
farmers growing psychoactive substances, armed gangs, and Distance from Mil: 10 light-years
with genetic engineering that would be illegal in Council space – Distance from Skepsis: 6 light-years
but aside from the maddening heat and photoperiod, it was quite
inhabitable. 2181 Despoina is the first planet orbiting the star Psi
Additional information: Tophet. This planet was only spotted recently by human space
Orbital Distance 1.15 AU probes, and no records indicate it has been explored since. Scans
indicate it is covered in a ocean of liquid water and has a
Orbital Period 1.24 Earth Years
nitrogen-oxygen atmosphere. It is highly likely to have at least
Radius 5,005 km
some photosynthetic life.
Day Length 68.6 Earth Hours
Additional information:
Atm. Pressure 0.66 atm
Surface Temp 57 °C Orbital Distance 1.3 AU
Surface Gravity 0.79 g Orbital Period 1.5 Earth Years
Satellites N/A Radius 6,908 km
Day Length 22.7 Earth Hours
Atm. Pressure 1.3 atm
Colony
Surface Temp 29 °C
Species Asari Surface Gravity 0.92 g
Satellites N/A
Selvos is the fourth planet orbiting the star Mil. It is a
terrestrial world. Chalkhos's binary twin is a barren world that's 2181 Arion is the second planet orbiting the star Psi
always seemed like a better terraforming prospect that it is. Its Tophet. This rock planet is only known from space probes, and
temperatures are quite tolerable for sapient life, and its gravity is there are no records of its exploration. It appears to have a
suitable for retaining a thick atmosphere. Its location, close to moderate atmosphere of hydrogen and helium over an icy
Chalkhos, makes for a tempting investment--two garden worlds surface.
so close together would benefit from mutual trade and, if Additional information:
nothing else, tourism due to their near-unique status. However,
Orbital Distance 2.45 AU
Selvos has minimal water. Early attempts at creating a
hydrosphere met with slow progress that only Chalkhos's asari Orbital Period 3.84 Earth Years
could love. Radius 4,404 km
Additional information: Day Length 59.6 Earth Hours
Atm. Pressure 1.31 atm
Orbital Distance 1.15 AU
Surface Temp -13 °C
Orbital Period 1.24 Earth Years
Surface Gravity 0.57 g
Radius 6,062 km Satellites N/A
Day Length 54.9 Earth Hours
Atm. Pressure Trace
Surface Temp 32 °C 2181 Eubolos is the third planet orbiting the star Psi
Surface Gravity 0.94 g Tophet. Like the other planets in this system, 2181 Eubolos is an
Satellites N/A unknown quantity. It appears to be a hydrogen-helium gas giant
surrounded by the usual complement of moons and rings. Scans
reveal no detectable artificial satellites.
Colony Additional information:
Species Asari Orbital Distance 5.2 AU
Orbital Period 11.9 Earth Years
Terapso is the fifth planet orbiting the star Mil. It is a Radius 66,580 km
hydrogen-helium gas giant with an abundance of nitrogen in its Day Length 15.3 Earth Hours
atmosphere. Terapso was notable because of its independence Satellites >1
from the government of Chalkhos as well as from any other
governing body. As a result, its colonized moons and orbital
stations overseeing the helium-3 recovery were neutral meeting
grounds for all manner of deals between Terminus governments, Skepsis
warlords, or crime figures. Skepsis is a large system with six planets.
Additional information: It is a gateway system. Skepsis is named for the plural form
(Σκέψεις) of the Greek word "skepsi" (Σκέψη) which means
Orbital Distance 4.53 AU
thought. As such, all of the planets within the system are named
Orbital Period 9.66 Earth Years
after notable scientists.
Radius 63,374 km
Distance from Decoris: 7 light-years
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 Distance from Mil: 5.5 light-years Atm. Pressure 0.6 atm
Distance from Psi Tophet: 6 light-years Surface Temp −18 °C (mean) 25 °C (habitable zone)
Surface Gravity 1.2 g
Mass Relay: Orbits the star Skepsis at a distance of 20 AU Mass 1.327 Earth Masses
Satellites 1
Fuel Depot: Skepsis has a fuel depot orbiting Pauling.
Colony
Wallace is the first planet orbiting the star Skepsis. It is an Species Human
unusually small Pegasid or "hot Jupiter", Wallace was originally
an extrasolar planet that entered this system and was captured by Watson’s Moon: Franklin
the gravity well of the G-class star Skepsis. Tidally locked, A large moon, Franklin retains a trace atmosphere of carbon
Wallace's "hot side" reaches temperatures over 2,500 degrees dioxide, but its desolate surface holds no signs of water or life.
Celsius. While not large enough proportionate to the star to In order to defend Watson from the pirates of the Terminus
cause eclipses visible from Watson, it is easily seen at dawn or Systems, Franklin is home to two Alliance spaceports and naval
dusk as one of the brightest objects in the sky. bases capable of fielding six fighter squadrons each and a
Additional information: classified number of interplanetary ballistic missiles. Mass
Orbital Distance 0.04 AU effect fields keep the gravity in its installations at a comfortable
Orbital Period 11 Earth Days level for long-term living.
Radius 39,459 km Additional information:
Day Length 11 Earth Days Orbital Distance 210,000 km
Satellites N/A Orbital Period 9.57 Earth Days
Radius 2,405 km
Darwin is the second planet orbiting the star Skepsis. A Day Length 33 Earth Days
mid-sized rock planet, Darwin is ironically named, being one of Atm. Pressure Trace
the worst places for life in the galaxy. Its atmosphere is Surface Temp −116 °C
punishing, its temperature boiling, its chemical makeup toxic. Surface Gravity 0.1 g
Carbon monoxide and methane warp the planet in an unyielding Satellites N/A
haze, and scans of its surface show only silicates and molten tin.
Its daily thermal fluctuations lead to hurricane-level vortices, Colony
two at each pole, forming "eyes" that can be seen from orbit. Species Human
Despite all this Darwin is still used by spacers as a drive core
discharge point - hydrogen pierces the clouds in the upper
atmosphere making for a relatively benign appearance.
Crick is the fourth planet orbiting the star Skepsis. Known
for its spectacular geysers that can be seen from orbit, Crick is a
Additional information:
rock planet with expansive frozen oceans. Though it is within
Orbital Distance 2.0 AU the temperature and pressure range for human habitation, its
Orbital Period 2.8 Earth Years thick atmosphere is largely carbon dioxide and monoxide,
Radius 6,501 km making breath masks or environmental suits mandatory. The
Day Length 69.6 Earth Hours most abundant resources for exploitation are the potassium salts
Atm. Pressure 1.8 atm found in its seabeds, which fetch good prices on terraforming
Surface Temp 340 °C worlds.
Surface Gravity 1.1 g Additional information:
Satellites N/A
Orbital Distance 4.3 AU
Orbital Period 8.9 Earth Years
Watson is the third planet orbiting the star Skepsis. Watson Radius 4,738 km
is known in human media for two things - its spectacular tides Day Length 60.7 Earth Hours
brought on by a large moon and the bureaucratic snafu over Atm. Pressure 2.77 atm
which Earth nations got to settle there first. Watson is a garden Surface Temp −32 °C
world first discovered in 2165 CE with credit claimed by the Surface Gravity 0.6 g
Chinese People's Federation, the United North American States, Satellites N/A
and the European Union. The Systems Alliance brokered the
infamous "Rekjavik Compromise", allowing limited
colonization from each coalition in cities comprised of
Pauling is the fifth planet orbiting the star Skepsis. It is a
hydrogen-methane gas giant. Pauling's gravitational field is
populations from each nation. Watson itself trends colder than
believed to have cleared most of what would otherwise have
Earth, with a temperate zone measuring about 30 degrees
been a sizable asteroid belt. The 2163 mission of the space probe
latitude in either direction from the equator. Its life does not
'Ultimate' gave the inhabitants of Watson reams of data
easily map to Earth's evolutionary eras - some islands have
reinforcing this theory, giving the colonist an accurate count of
species that resemble terrestrial placental mammals, while others
its moons (66), rings, moonlike ring objects, and more than 200
are overrun by arthropods. It is estimated that at least two more
visible impact craters on its pockmarked surface. Ultimate has
generations of xenozoologists will be needed to properly classify
since been retrieved for re-use on subsequent missions within
all the species of the planet.
the solar system.
Additional information:
Additional information:
Orbital Distance 2.1 AU
Orbital Distance 7.8 AU
Orbital Period 3.0 Earth Years
Orbital Period 21.74 Earth Years
Keplerian Ratio 1.029
Radius 50,604 km
Radius 6,733 km
Day Length 85 Earth Hours
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 Satellites 66 adaptability. Overcrowding and the extermination of most of
their ecology led to a planet covered in weeds and hardy vermin.
Keimowitz is the fourth planet orbiting the star Skepsis. The vorcha do not have a recognized single government that
Named for the 21st century pioneer of groundwater remediation would allow them membership in any galactic league. Alliances
techniques, Keimowitz is an impressive layer of ice over a stony between bloodlines are tenuous at best, and the vorcha's short,
metallic core. Despite its size it has only one moon, Noa, which violent lives ensure there are few lasting institutions.
shares its carbonaceous composition, leading astronomers to Additional information:
believe it formed following a giant impact. Iridium deposits Orbital Distance 0.75 AU
have attracted miners to the planet; they must work through Orbital Period 0.72 Earth Years
robots and telepresence because of the planet's strong gravity. Radius 3,902 km
Additional information: Day Length 44.9 Earth Hours
Orbital Distance 16.8 AU Atm. Pressure 0.27 atm
Orbital Period 69.1 Earth Years Surface Temp 32 °C
Radius 9,586 km Surface Gravity 0.695 g
Day Length 29.7 Earth Hours Satellites N/A
Atm. Pressure Trace
Surface Temp −190 °C Homeworld
Surface Gravity 3.4 g Species Vorcha
Satellites 1 Capital Hatash (disputed)
Population Lack of census data spreads estimates from
6.0-9.3 billion
Shrike Abyssal Parasc is the third planet orbiting the star Kyzil. It is a very
Shrike Abyssal is a nebula at the edge of the galaxy.
small terrestrial world. A lifeless desert, Parasc was colonized
Shrike Abyssal has four known star systems: the Kyzil
soon after first contact with the vorcha. Several asari mining
system, the Thal system, the Urla Rast system and the Xe Cha
corporations, working with a asari-based charity called Mind
system.
and Hand, build settlements on the planet's surface and orbital
This cluster‟s Mass Relay is located in the Xe Cha system.
stations. Adopting vorcha orphans from Heshtok, they raised
them to live nonviolent lives and employed them in the mining
Kyzil industry.
Kyzil is a medium system with five planets. While Mind and Hand's efforts were at first labeled
Distance from Thal: 7 light-years colonialist, the orphans became minor celebrities when it was
Distance from Urla Rast: 7 light-years discovered that the vorcha habit of using violence to
Distance from Xe Cha: 4 light-years communicate was not completely innate. Several spoke
throughout Citadel space on behalf of their species, but their
Fuel Depot: Kyzil has a fuel depot orbiting Lihrat. short life spans kept their careers very brief. Even today,
companies that want vorcha labor have the poor choice between
Naskral is the first planet orbiting the star Kyzil. It is a adopting and educating them as youngsters just to watch them
small, hot, tidally locked inner planet that had modest minerals age and die or dealing with autonomous but violent adults.
development on its dark side. Within a generation of the Additional information:
vorcha's first contact with spacefaring species, robo-mining Orbital Distance 1.7 AU
interests attempted to exploit it only to find their trading partners Orbital Period 2.5 Earth Years
violently overthrown on a regular basis. The vorcha's own Radius 2,283 km
culture disenfranchised them in Naskral's case, as their legal Day Length 49.1 Earth Hours
claims to the planet were inevitably backed up by violence as a Atm. Pressure Trace
show of dominance. This nuance was lost on the mining Surface Temp -85 °C
corporations, who hired mercenaries to guard their operations Surface Gravity 0.32 g
with lethal force and never surrendered it to vorcha claimants. Satellites N/A
Additional information:
Orbital Distance 0.37 AU Colony
Orbital Period 0.3 Earth Years Species Vorcha
Radius 1,754 km
Day Length 0.3 Earth Years
Atm. Pressure Trace Lihrat is the fourth planet orbiting the star Kyzil. It is a
Surface Temp 156 °C standard gas giant.
Surface Gravity 0.41 g Additional information:
Satellites N/A Orbital Distance 3.5 AU
Orbital Period 7.3 Earth Years
Heshtok is the second planet orbiting the star Kyzil. It is a Radius 72,280 km
terrestrial world. A Systems Alliance official once summarized Day Length 11.9 Earth Hours
his tour of the vorcha homeworld as follows: "You can make Satellites N/A
your own Heshtok in two steps: take hell, then add vorcha." The
planet is highly volcanically active, leading to periodic releases Rustaka is the fifth planet orbiting the star Kyzil. It is a
of toxic gases into the air and water supplies, as well as other standard methane-ammonia ice giant.
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 Additional information: Hardy, independent-minded turians colonized the planet.
Orbital Distance 7.1 AU The quarians briefly considered contesting them but were
Orbital Period 21.2 Earth Years daunted by the virulence of the planet's infectious life during the
Radius 32,734 km growing season, not to mention the colonists who had ties to
Day Length 14.5 Earth Hours warlords elsewhere in the Shrike Abyssal.
Satellites N/A Additional information:
Orbital Distance 1.6 AU
Orbital Period 2.3 Earth Years
Thal Radius 4,145 km
Thal is a medium system with four planets and two asteroid Day Length 19.2 Earth Hours
belts. Atm. Pressure 1.19 atm
Distance from Kyzil: 7 light-years Surface Temp -24 °C
Distance from Urla Rast: 9 light-years Surface Gravity 1.15 g
Distance from Xe Cha: 5 light-years Satellites N/A

Garan is the first planet orbiting the star Thal. It is large Colony
terrestrial world. Garan is the innermost planet of the Thal Species Turian
system, which is less than 2.56 million kilometers from its K- Capital Estivus Erax
class parent star. Temperatures on the sunward side of this Colony Founded 2021 CE
tidally locked planet reach more than 2,800 Celsius, boiling Population 13.5 million
away earth and stone. These gases are then carried away by
wind from the hottest point to the zone where temperatures are Xerceo is the fourth planet orbiting the star Thal. It is a
cool enough for the gaseous mixture to recondense, leading to hydrogen-helium gas giant. Xerceo's many moons were
the unusual weather phenomenon of rains of rocks. developed along with the colonization of Altakiril. It is believed
Garan remains largely unexploited by commercial interests, that the majority of them were military in nature, a common
as the heat of the star tends to ward off all but well-funded theme among turian colonies. Specifics are few. Altakiril's
collection ships like the so-called "Inferno-class" that mine eezo government kept its records classified.
near energetic stars. Garan does not appear to have eezo and its Additional information:
other elements are not worth the setup cost. Orbital Distance 5.4 AU
Additional information: Orbital Period 18.1 Earth Years
Orbital Distance 0.0172 AU Radius 74,616 km
Orbital Period 17.52 Earth Hours Day Length 16.4 Earth Hours
Radius 11,703 km Satellites >2
Day Length 17.52 Earth Hours
Atm. Pressure 0.67 atm 1st asteroid belt: orbits Thal at a distance of 3 AU
Surface Temp 1,284 °C 2nd asteroid belt: orbits Thal at a distance of 8 AU
Surface Gravity 1.56 g
Satellites N/A
Urla Rast
Sarait is the second planet orbiting the star Thal. It is a Urla Rast is a small system with three planets.
large terrestrial. Its methane-rich atmosphere might be mistaken Distance from Kyzil: 7 light-years
for that of a true hothouse planet. However, some terraforming Distance from Thal: 9 light-years
corporations have targeted it for development since Sarait has Distance from Xe Cha: 5 light-years
already given rise to some cyanobacteria in the liquid water that
can be found near its poles. There is some evidence that the
Bovis Tor is the first planet orbiting the star Urla Rast. It is
planet has been fluctuating between methane-heavy and oxygen-
a terrestrial world. Named "the shining sea" in an old volus
heavy atmospheres for several million years, each cycle
language, Bovis Tor is so named for its boiling surface rich in
dependent on the nutrients in the ocean that led to bacterial
glowing-hot alumina flecked with dark ridges of carbon. Its
growth or crashes.
thick atmosphere of nitrogen and oxygen is no indicator of life
Additional information:
since the temperature are simply too high.
Orbital Distance 0.85 AU Additional information:
Orbital Period 0.87 Earth Years
Orbital Distance 0.7 AU
Radius 10,413 km
Orbital Period 0.6 Earth Years
Day Length 65.0 Earth Hours
Radius 7,307 km
Atm. Pressure 5.18 atm
Day Length 33.5 Earth Hours
Surface Temp 94 °C
Atm. Pressure 8.39 atm
Surface Gravity 1.82 g
Surface Temp 253 °C
Satellites N/A
Surface Gravity 1.6 g
Satellites N/A
Altakiril is the third planet orbiting the star Thal. It is a
terrestrial garden world on the outer edge of its star's habitable
Talis Fia is the second planet orbiting the star Urla Rast. It
zone. The planet is largely frozen, yet it features native dextro-
is a planet capable of supporting life - if that life happens to
amino-acid-based life in its lower latitudes. These species
breathe ammonia. Discovered by asari explorers, the planet was
evolved to withstand periodic freezing and compensate for the
used as a bargaining chip by the Citadel Council, who quickly
cold with spectacular population explosions during the long,
drafted a colonization agreement with its wealthy client race, the
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volus. The Council would fund the volus colonization effort in Satellites N/A
return for massive trade benefits. With uncharacteristic
enthusiasm, an enormous volus influx ensued, and the Council Colony
reaped the economic benefits for a dozen years before the Species Volus
colonization bubble burst. Today the economic good times of Capital None (largest station is Dolo Station)
Talis Fia are long gone, and modern volus businesses are Colony Founded 2154
cutthroat operations. Piracy is a grave threat to shipping, as well- Population 22,500 (in orbital stations)
armed criminals see the volus as easy prey.
Additional information:
Aphras is the second planet orbiting the star Xe Cha. It is a
Orbital Distance 1.6 AU
terrestrial world. A unique discovery, Aphras is a "heavenly
Orbital Period 2.0 Earth Years twin" - a planet in a star system that has not one but two worlds
Radius 7,550 km of sufficient size to retain a nitrogen-oxygen atmosphere within
Day Length 33.8 Earth Hours the habitable life zone of its parent star. Fossil evidence shows
Atm. Pressure 6.15 atm abundant vertebrates and evidence of a sapient terrestrial avian
Surface Temp −25 °C species in its Bronze Age. However, the only trace of
Surface Gravity 1.7 g contemporary life on the planet is that of single-celled
Satellites N/A organisms in its seas. All else has suffered from an extinction
event - a series of massive impacts that vaporized vast quantities
Colony of water and lofted dust into its atmosphere. Early theories that
Species Volus this event was a collision with a fragmenting asteroid have now
Capital Usra Dao been discounted - the impact craters were aimed directly at
Colony Founded 385 CE habitation centers.
Population 3.8 billion Additional information:
Orbital Distance 1.4 AU
Doz Atab is the second planet orbiting the star Urla Rast. Orbital Period 2.0 Earth Years
An ice giant, Doz Atab ("sky warden") has a bluish tinge from Radius 4,530 km
its hydrogen-methane atmosphere. Its axial tilt causes its season Day Length 31.3 Earth Hours
to vary wildly in temperature. Atm. Pressure 2.32 atm
Additional information: Surface Temp 33 °C
Orbital Distance 3.1 AU Surface Gravity 0.7 g
Orbital Period 5.5 Earth Years Satellites N/A
Radius 47,428 km
Day Length 10.3 Earth Hours Tosal Nym is the third planet orbiting the star Xe Cha. It is
Satellites N/A a terrestrial world. The sister tragedy to the extinction event on
Aphras, Tosal Nym was the rarest of jewels: a second garden
planet within the same life zone as Aphras. Not as old as its
Xe Cha sister planet, its fossil evidence indicates it was home to
Xe Cha is a medium system with four planets. abundant invertebrate sea life. However, similar craters to those
Distance from Kyzil: 4 light-years on Aphras created a dust shroud that killed 99 percent of biota
Distance from Thal: 5 light-years on the planet. The even spacing of the craters indicates a
Distance from Urla Rast: 5 light-years coordinated simultaneous attack from points around the globe
rather than an asteroid collision or supervolcanic scenario.
Mass Relay: Orbits the star Xe Cha at a distance of 8 AU Additional information:
Orbital Distance 2.1 AU
Fuel Depot: Xe Cha has a fuel depot orbiting Vem Osca. Orbital Period 3.0 Earth Years
Radius 6,930 km
Zada Ban is the first planet orbiting the star Xe Cha. It is a Day Length 19.8 Earth Hours
large dense terrestrial world named for a volus god of Atm. Pressure 1.86 atm
punishment. Its crust is rich in uranium, eroded by winds to Surface Temp 18 °C
create large radioactive dust storms across its surface. The volus Surface Gravity 1.3 g
of Talis Fia have explored the planet thoroughly with space Satellites N/A
probes and telepresent robo-mining machines and discovered
they are not the first to exploit the planet. Plastics from a mining Vem Osca is the fourth planet orbiting the star Xe Cha. A
station approximately 50,000 years old can be found near the Jovian gas giant, Vem Osca ("weeping witness" in Iperian
planet's equator. Curiously, the mines nearby were not tapped Volus) is a low-density hydrogen-helium planet with over 35
out of uranium ore; they were instead abandoned at the height of moons. Later this year, 33 of the moons will be visible from the
their operation. planet's surface, an event that will be recorded by space probes
Additional information: from all over the galaxy.
Orbital Distance 0.7 AU Additional information:
Orbital Period 0.9 Earth Years Orbital Distance 4.6 AU
Radius 7,594 km Orbital Period 9.9 Earth Years
Day Length 70.0 Earth Hours Radius 64,826 km
Atm. Pressure 0.0 atm Day Length 11.9 Earth Hours
Surface Temp 94 °C Satellites > 35
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 Titan Nebula Harsa
A nebula near the edge of the galaxy. Harsa is a medium system with five planets and an asteroid
Titan Nebula has only one known star systems: the Haskins belt. It is the batarian home system.
system.
Mass Relay: Orbits the star Harsa at a distance of 25AU
Haskins
Haskins is a small system with one planet. Haskins is a Dezda is the first planet orbiting the star Harsa. A dwarf
gateway system; however, unlike most other gateway systems, planet, Dezda was explored in the beginnings of the batarian
this system has no fuel depot. space age and mined for its unusual occurrences of uranium,
which was rare on Khar'shan. Whether the planet has been
Mass Relay: Orbits the star Haskins at a distance of 6 AU completely mined out is unclear – accurate data on the planet
was lost after a power struggle within the batarian government.
The Reaper attack has further worsened the information flow.
Capek is the first planet orbiting the star Dholen. Baked in Additional information:
the fierce heat of a white sun, Capek is a rocky waterless world
wrapped in a haze of hydrogen and ethane. Sulfur and iron give Orbital Distance 0.8 AU
yellowish and black tinges to much of the planet's surface. No Orbital Period 0.7 Earth Years
registered settlements appear in the records, though there are Radius 1,528 km
clearly metallic anomalies that indicate roofed structures. Day Length 68.6 Earth Hours
Additional information: Atm. Pressure 16.28 atm
Surface Temp 322 °C
Orbital Distance 4.4 AU
Surface Gravity .28 g
Orbital Period 7.1 Earth Years
Satellites N/A
Radius 5,899 km
Day Length 18.7 Earth Hours
Atm. Pressure 0.95 atm Khar’shan is the second planet orbiting the star Harsa. It is
Surface Temp 65 °C a terrestrial world. The batarian homeworld, is wrapped less in
Surface Gravity 0.8 g mystery than in outright lies. Batarian propaganda claims the
Satellites N/A world has 15 billion inhabitants and an economy that rivals the
asari. Although the legal slave trade does boost the batarians'
profits somewhat, Citadel sanctions have left a paper tiger of an
empire, one that fights rivals through deniable terrorist actions
Batarian Space rather than the wars of its heyday centuries ago.
When the Batarians isolated themselves and closed down Additional information:
their embasy at the Citadel, right after the Council refused to Orbital Distance 1.45 AU
help in their struggle against Humanity, they also retreated to 1.7 Earth Years
Orbital Period
their core worlds and abandoned all exploration efforts in what 5,222 km
Radius
was once systems part of the Traverse and Inner Council Space 18.5 Earth Hours
Day Length
but had now been granted to the Human Alliance. The humans 0.62 atm
Atm. Pressure
moved in quickly, seasing clusters and creating colonies in rich 33 °C
Surface Temp
worlds, while the batarians were forced to stay with only a small
Surface Gravity 0.96 g
portion of space and available resources. Officially, Batarian N/A
Satellites
space doesn‟t even exist, since the Human Alliance has actually
made claims – accepted by the Citadel Council – on planets in
the Kite‟s Nest, the Batarian‟s home system. This, of course, is a Homeworld
cause for great anger and the proud Batarian Hegemony spares Species Batarian
no rage when it comes to accuse the Human Alliance from theft.
To avoid another all-out war, the Human Alliance doesn‟t Verush is the third planet orbiting the star Harsa. It is a
enforce the claims on Batarian controlled territory, but they are hydrogen-helium gas giant named for an ancient batarian
slowly moving and expanding much to the dismay, despair and monarch whose empire spanned continents. He had such a
anger of the Batarian people. penchant for mating that 0.6 percent of modern batarians claim
Ever since they isolated themselves, Batarian Space has only to trace their lineage to him.
dwingled and though conflicts between the two factions are rare, The planet's moons are named after his many recognized
they are in a permanent “Cold War” state. All-out conflict is wives. The largest, Bira, concealed Prothean ruins that helped
inevitable but despite the attempts from fanatics and radicals, the batarians develop FTL travel. It is a batarian point of pride
such conflict is not predicted to occur in the immediate future. that, since the ruins were damaged by earthquakes, they had less
information to go on than other spacefaring species.
Additional information:
Kite’s Nest Orbital Distance 5.4 AU
12.6 Earth Years
Kite's Nest is the batarian home cluster. It contains the Orbital Period
Radius 53,150 km
batarian homeworld Khar'shan, situated in the Harsa system.
Kite‟s Nest has four known known star systems: the Harsa Day Length 11.4 Earth Hours
Satellites >1
system, the Indris system, the Untrel system and the Vular
system.
The batarians are receptive to any traveler with the ship Ilem is the fourth planet orbiting the star Harsa. It is a tiny
associated with the humans or the Human Alliance. Those are rock and ice planet that is now missing much of its ice. Ilem was
usually taken or destroyed on sight. part of a grand project by a Hegemony dictator known as
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Ilem's ice on the surfaces of otherwise uninhabitable desert and refineries that considerably enriched the Hegemony. The
planets in the hopes of creating sustainable lakes and seas. Wiser planet enjoyed relative peace and prosperity, with the major
heads than he pointed out that diverting a comet was more lifestyle inconvenience being fresh water shortages due to a dry
plausible, but Grebosht executed those who disagreed with him. climate.
Grebosht's career was surprisingly long given his loose grip on Additional information:
reality, mostly because his projects employed large numbers of Orbital Distance 1.4 AU
batarians. Orbital Period 1.9 Earth Years
Additional information: Radius 4,866 km
Orbital Distance 11.3 AU Day Length 18.1 Earth Hours
Orbital Period 38.1 Earth Years Atm. Pressure 1.85 atm
Radius 2,179 km Surface Temp 38 °C
Day Length 42.9 Earth Hours Surface Gravity 0.924 g
Atm. Pressure Trace Satellites N/A
Surface Temp -176 °C
Surface Gravity 0.06 g Colony
Satellites N/A Species Batarian
Capital Ujon
Spekilas is the fifth planet orbiting the star Harsa. It is a Colony Founded 2154 CE
relatively large rock and ice planet known for its deposits of Population 2,875,000
magnetically active periclase, which interferes with some
starship scans. Conspiracy theories and pulp adventure claim Ramlat is the third planet orbiting the star Indris. It is a
that secret fortresses are concealed under the ice. small rock planet with a thin atmosphere of hydrogen and
Additional information: ethane. During the rush to exploit Camala for eezo and other
Orbital Distance 21 AU minerals, Ramlat supported a small but steadily-growing
Orbital Period 96.5 Earth Years population. Since the system was bereft of a significant asteroid
Radius 7,594 km belt, Ramlat became the go-to location for second-tier miners
Day Length 49.9 Earth Hours looking for work
Atm. Pressure Trace Additional information:
Surface Temp -194 °C Orbital Distance 2.5 AU
Surface Gravity 1.18 g Orbital Period 4.4 Earth Years
Satellites N/A Radius 4,526 km
Day Length 62.9 Earth Hours
1st asteroid belt: orbits Bahak at a distance of 3 AU Atm. Pressure Trace
Surface Temp −113 °C
Surface Gravity 0.71 g
Indris Satellites N/A
Indris is a medium system with five planets.
Colony
Cholis is the first planet orbiting the star Indris. It is a large Species Batarian
rock planet wreathed in a haze of carbon dioxide and xenon. It
was discovered by batarian astronomers during the last century Hiba is the fourth planet orbiting the star Indris. It is an
and first visited in the 2150s by Hegemony survey teams. A hydrogen-helium gas giant with an unstable orbit, which over
small number of colonists lived in aerostat habitats above its time has led to it clearing the space around it of asteroids and
oppressive cloud layer, harvesting carbon dioxide. protoplanetary material. As a result, its rings are thick and quite
Additional information: visible.
Orbital Distance 0.7 AU Additional information:
Orbital Period 0.7 Earth Years Orbital Distance 5.1 AU
Radius 9,813 km Orbital Period 12.9 Earth Years
Day Length 8.1 Earth Hours Radius 58.278 km
Atm. Pressure 103.93 atm Day Length 16.9 Earth Hours
Surface Temp 494 °C Satellites N/A
Surface Gravity 1.35 g
Satellites N/A
Maklan is the fifth planet orbiting the star Indris. It is the
outermost planet of the Indris system, a ball of rock and ice with
Colony a methane-argon atmosphere. Like Hiba, it has an unstable orbit,
Species Batarian but where Hiba is believed to have formed closer to the star and
gradually moved outward, Maklan is believed to have formed
Camala is the second planet orbiting the star Indris. It is a further from Indris and moved inward. Far in the future, Maklan
relatively small but eezo-rich garden world recently colonized may become a satellite of its gas giant neighbor.
by the batarians. In an unusually open gesture, the batarians Additional information:
allowed immigration of free citizens of other species, so long as Orbital Distance 9.3 AU
they came from independent colony planets such as those in the Orbital Period 31.8 Earth Years
Traverse and Terminus and retained non-citizen status during Radius 3,763 km
their stay. These strictures were small obstacles compared to the Day Length 38.1 Earth Hours
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 Surface Temp -127 °C Additional information:
Surface Gravity 0.55 g Orbital Distance 4.5 AU
Satellites N/A Orbital Period 7.3 Earth Years
Radius 5,075 km
Kaver Station was a large station that orbited Hiba. Day Length 58 Earth Hours
Alliance intelligence reports the station was tasked with arming Atm. Pressure 0.45 atm
and refueling ships to repel pirates, slave revolts, and foreign Surface Temp 60 °C
invasion. Surface Gravity 0.78 g
Satellites N/A

Untrel Colony
Untrel is a medium system with four planets and an asteroid Species Batarian
belt. Population >6 million

Fuel Depot: Untril as fuel depots orbiting Uza. Uza is the fourth planet orbiting the star Untrel. It is a
methane-rich gas giant.
Ezkas is the first planet orbiting the star Untrel. It is a Additional information:
terrestrial world. According to batarian propaganda, the batarian Orbital Distance 18 AU
population exceeds the Council races, the batarian military is the Orbital Period 58.7 Earth Years
most powerful, and the batarians' unlivable hothouse planets are Radius 37,445 km
the hottest and most unlivable. Their best proof of this last point Day Length 14 Earth Hours
is Ezka, which closely orbits the scorching yellow-white star Satellites N/A
Untrel. Ezka's nitrogen-heavy atmosphere might once have held
oxygen, but if so, it burned off long ago. Even robo-miners don't 1st asteroid belt: orbits Uza at a distance of 7 AU
care for Ezka--although some modern mining equipment can
withstand the heat, the machinery still gets stuck in the soup of
molten light metals on the planet's surface.
Additional information:
Vular
Vular is a small system with three planets and three asteroid
Orbital Distance 1.2 AU
belts.
Orbital Period 1 Earth Year
Radius 6,372 km
Erszbat is the first planet orbiting the star Vular. It is a
Day Length 30 Earth Hours
terrestrial world. It is also a wealthy batarian colony, rich in
Atm. Pressure 78.43 atm
farmland, minerals and manufacturing infrastructure. Little
Surface Temp 1,144 °C
recent information about it has escaped this section of space –
Surface Gravity 1.33 g
but radio traffic from the planet paints a dire picture.
Satellites N/A
Additional information:
Orbital Distance 0.9 AU
Klos is the second planet orbiting the star Untrel. It is a rock 1 Earth Year
Orbital Period
planet with almost no atmosphere to speak of. Consequently, the
Radius 4,187 km
planet retains fairly little heat considering how close it orbits to
Day Length 59 Earth Hours
an energetic star. The relatively mild temperature made Klos
Atm. Pressure 1.37 atm
attractive for robo-mining, with an emphasis on platinum. the
Surface Temp 41 °C
planet also has an abundance of sodium oxide, used in the
Surface Gravity 0.76 g
manufacture of lye, but profit margins on that compound are
Satellites N/A
thin by comparison.
Additional information:
Colony
Orbital Distance 2.3 AU
2.7 Earth Years Species Batarian
Orbital Period
Radius 10,116 km
Day Length 64.3 Earth Hours Azimir is the second planet orbiting the star Vular. It is a
Atm. Pressure Trace hydrogen-helium gas giant whose gravitational pull perturbs the
Surface Temp 88 °C orbit of two nearby asteroid fields, adding momentum so that
Surface Gravity 1.26 g asteroids shatter during collisions rather than accrete into
Satellites N/A planets.
Additional information:
Adek is the third planet orbiting the star Untrel. It is a Orbital Distance 3.6 AU
brutally hot and wet garden world, covered with molds and Orbital Period 6.2 Earth Years
lichen analogues. It has many viruses and bacteria lethal to Radius 53,592 km
batarian physiology. The hegemony colonized Adek early in its Day Length 15.5 Earth Hours
expansion, but few of the colonists wanted to stay. The result Satellites N/A
was domination by a class of landed slave-owners. A small
cadre of well-paid engineers and skilled laborers kept the Vana is the thrid planet orbiting the star Vular. It is a large
planet's mechs and infrastructure functioning. terrestrial planet. Vana is covered in prodigious amounts of dry
ice, leaving only thin traces of gas for its atmosphere. Uranium
deposits drew batarian miners to Vana long ago, and when that
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 Additional information: Satellites N/A
Orbital Distance 13.3 AU
Orbital Period 44.4 Earth Years Aratoht is the second planet orbiting the star Bahak. It is a
Radius 10,925 km terrestrial garden world. "Like Mount Everest inside an oven,"
Day Length 41.4 Earth Hours was how Jon Grissom characterized Aratoht while on an
Atm. Pressure Trace Alliance fact-finding mission to see if the garden world was
Surface Temp -192 °C worth contestation with the batarians. His team ultimately
Surface Gravity 1.39 g decided that the planet's air pressure and oxygen content were
Satellites N/A too low for large-scale human habitation, ending a year-long
political battle with the batarians and the Citadel Council's
Colony Committee on Habitable Worlds. Since then, the Batarian
Species Batarian Hegemony has quietly colonized the planet's polar regions,
where the heat is manageable due to heavy rainfall.
1st asteroid belt: orbits Vular at a distance of 0.35 AU "Nothing is impossible," says the Hegemony propaganda
poster that depicts a muscular batarian miner under an Aratoht
2nd asteroid belt: orbits Vular at a distance of 8 AU
sky, his rebreather held away from his face as if he's just taken it
3rd asteroid belt: orbits Vular at a distance of 16 AU off. The image sums up millions of man-hours of labor on the
batarian planet and represents (or misrepresents) much of its
history. Two decades ago, Aratoht, like several planets in the
Viper Nebula Skyllian Verge, was claimed by both human and batarian
A nebula near the edge of the galaxy colonized and explored governments, but the Alliance backed out after learning about
by the Batarians. the atmosphere's dangerously low pressure and oxygen levels.
Though the map doesn‟t show, the Viper Nebula has a Instead, they concentrated their colonial efforts on planets that
connection with the Mass Relay in Kite‟s Nest. could support human life without the aid of domed habitats and
The batarians are receptive to any traveler with the ship rebreathers. Human governments saw it as a wise move;
associated with the humans or the Human Alliance. Those are batarians saw it as cowardly.
usually taken or destroyed on sight. The batarians rose to the colonization challenge, shipping in
Viper Nebula has only one known star systems: the Bahak large numbers of laborers. They took the high financial costs
system. and casualties due to accidents or logistical snafus in stride.
Large-scale dumping of cyanobacteria has increased the oxygen
Bahak in the atmosphere by a fraction of one percent, a modest
Bahak is a medium system with five planets and an asteroid increase that the Hegemony trumpets as a sign of their eventual
belt. It was later discovered, in the prelude to the War with the victory. Short-term profits on Aratoht are largely made in the
Reapers, that the relay in the Bahak system – formely called minerals sector through mining the extremely metal-rich
Alpha Relay – could be used programed to extend its reach as planetary crust. The dark side to the mining does not appear on
far as to the Serpent Nebula and thus acted like a backdoor to the propaganda poster -- the majority of laborers are indentured
the Citadel. The Batarian Hegemony has long been aware of servants or slaves.
Alpha's capabilities, but has covered them up to avoid retaliation Information on the colony itself is restricted by the
by other races who would view the relay as a direct threat to Hegemony's Department of Information Control, but a few facts
their territories. are known. A large-scale operation to increase the oxygen
The Relay was destroyed by Commander Shepard to slow content of the planet is under way: skilled workers constantly
down the Reaper invasion in 2186, by forcing a huge asteroid dump cyanobacteria into the oceans and seed the habitable zone
into the Relay. The explosion had the same yield as a supernova with invasive plant species. Slave labor is largely reserved for
and thus obliterated the entire system. the planet's extensive mining industry, which takes advantage of
the high-density planet's rich lodes of ferrous and heavy metals.
Alliance intelligence has also confirmed that the colony is home
Mass Relay: Orbits the star Bahak at a distance of 12 AU
to several batarian military installations, a threatening sign for a
planet this close to Earth's local cluster and the Exodus Relay.
Fuel Depot: Bahak has a fuel depot orbiting Urmola, but Its infrastructure includes many satellites and several space
that is restricted for ships of the Hegemony, and another one stations. Human merchant ships rarely come to the planet,
orbiting Bastzuda, which can be used by any ship allowed into outcompeted by local companies that benefit from heavy
the system. economic protections. The average Aratoht citizen only sees
humans on the news, usually featured in stories of trials and
Clogon is the first planet orbiting the star Bahak. A executions of accused spies.
hothouse planet with a thick atmosphere of methane and ethane, Additional information:
Clogon has been left relatively untouched by the Batarian Orbital Distance 1.15 AU
Hegemony. As with many batarian planets, spy satellites circle
Orbital Period 1.2 Earth Years
it, watching for pirates or other enemies of the state who come
Radius 4,757 km
by the planet to discharge their ships' drive cores.
Day Length 20.0 Earth Hours
Additional information:
Atm. Pressure 0.57 atm
Orbital Distance 0.6 AU Surface Temp 55 °C
Orbital Period 0.5 Earth Years Surface Gravity 0.71 g
Radius 2,621 km Satellites N/A
Day Length 20.8 Earth Hours
Atm. Pressure 14.65 atm
Colony
Surface Temp 382 °C
Species Batarian
Surface Gravity 0.12 g

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 Capital Ectah has seen geth activity since it lies too close both the Perseus Veil
Colony Founded 2162 CE and the Far Rim.
Population Estimated 90,000 (free) The Geth Space is the region of space few dare venture
215,000 (other) because of possible encounters with the synthetic race. The
Phoenix Massing cluster resides within Geth Space, despite
Yunaca is the third planet orbiting the star Bahak. It is a having colonies of organics, which means geth incursions are
tiny rock planet and its is a thin sheen of carbon dioxide and common in the cluster.
carbon monoxide. Yunaca has abundant metals, but Hegemony
protectionism makes mining on Aratoht more profitable for
batarian corporations. A few aging spy satellites circle it, Far Rim
watching for unlicensed mining operations. The Far Rim is generally considered the beginning of "geth
Additional information: space".
Orbital Distance 2.4 AU Far Rim has two known star systems: the Dholen system,
Orbital Period 3.7 Earth Years and the Ma-at system.
Radius 1,769 km This cluster‟s Mass Relay is located in the Dholen system.
Day Length 63.5 Earth Hours
Atm. Pressure Trace Dholen
Surface Temp -67 °C Dholen is a small system with three planets and an asteroid
Surface Gravity 0.1 g belt.
Satellites N/A Dholen is maturing into a red giant. As the star matures, the
system experiences magnetic eruptions and increased solar
Urmola is the fourth planet orbiting the star Bahak. It is a output. This is a gateway system, although it has no fuel depot.
hydrogen-helium gas giant. Urmola is home to infrastructure Travel Advisory: Dholen is in geth space. All civilian
that generates both helium-3 and antiprotons. Both sources of traffic is prohibited.
fuel are restricted to Hegemony ships, forcing merchant vessels Distance from Ma-at: 12 light-years
to dock at Bastzuda to refuel before their journey. A sizeable
naval station is stationed at Urmola, its ships guarding the Mass Relay: Orbits the star Dholen at a distance of 8 AU
installations from enemies without and within. As with other
planets in the system, spy satellites are ubiquitous. Gotha is the first planet orbiting the star Dholen. It is a
Additional information: small terrestrial world. It has a pressure-cooker atmosphere that
Orbital Distance 4.3 AU brings its surface temperature to a scorching level. Carbon
Orbital Period 8.8 Earth Years dioxide and ethane are plentiful in the planet's hazy atmosphere.
Radius 71,610 km There has been speculation in the mining community about
Day Length 13.7 Earth Hours whether all of the precious metals were mined by the quarians
Satellites N/A before they fled the system some three centuries ago. Rumors
abound that anyone who could brave the geth in the system
Bastzuda is the fifth planet orbiting the star Bahak. It is a could find lodes of naturally occurring diamonds on Gotha, but
hydrogen-helium gas giant. Bastzuda is home to infrastructure this is likely just a starship legend.
that gathers helium-3 as well as military space stations that Additional information:
supply and protect the resource. Spy satellites are in abundance Orbital Distance 1.5 AU
here, watching for undesirables entering the system or fugitives Orbital Period 1.8 Earth Years
fleeing it. Radius 1,056 km
Additional information: Day Length 66.4 Earth Hours
Orbital Distance 8.9 AU Atm. Pressure 99.64 atm
Orbital Period 26.6 Earth Years Surface Temp 590 °C
Radius 65,015 km Surface Gravity 0.1 g
Day Length 13.1 Earth Hours Satellites N/A
Satellites N/A
Charoum is the second planet orbiting the star Dholen. It is
1st asteroid belt: orbits Bahak at a distance of 10.7 AU a small gas giant. Once a starship refueling station for the
quarians, Charoum has expanded under geth rule. Thousands of
orbital platforms surround the planet and its many moons,
Geth Space refining helium into helium-3. A vast geth fleet comes and goes
between Charoum and Haestrom, preventing all but the most
When the Geth defeated the quarians during the Geth War,
stealthy of spy drones from discovering any information about
forcing their creators to abandon their homeworld and wander
it. Current estimates place the geth fleet numbers between 5,000
the galaxy in the Migrant Fleet, the geth isolated themselves
and 10,000 ships, with unknown levels of armament.
behind the Perseus Veil. Because of the veil‟s natural
Additional information:
characteristics, no one could scan the system to determine what
the geth were doing behind it. Orbital Distance 2.9 AU
For the Council races that was the last they heard from the Orbital Period 4.9 Earth Years
Geth. For the races in the Terminus Systems, the Geth threat Radius 54,532 km
was real and not merely a bogeyman hiding behind a nebula. Day Length 11.3 Earth Hours
The Far Rim system is completely under the control of the Geth Satellites >1
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 Colony colonized many of Ammut's moons and skim the hydrogen from
Species Geth Ammut's upper atmosphere.
Capital None Additional information:
Colony Founded 1895 (occupation) Orbital Distance 102.1 AU
Population 250,000-500,000 platforms Orbital Period 1,036.0 Earth Years
Radius 92,430 km
Haestrom is the third planet orbiting the star Dholen. It is a Day Length 12.2 Earth Hours
terrestrial world. Formerly a quarian colony, Haestrom was Satellites >1
established to observe the phenomena on Dholen. The star
appeared to be unstable, with a high possibility of erupting Colony
prematurely into a red giant. Species Geth
Haestrom was lost to the geth in 1896 CE. Soon after, all
communication from the planet and its attendant space stations
ceased. The geth have shown no signs of treating Dholen as a
threat over the past three centuries, other than establishing Perseus Veil
several space stations near it. Dholen's magnetic eruptions and The Perseus Veil is a huge nebula of opaque gas and dust
solar output overwhelm most communications near it, and it is that separates geth space from the Terminus Systems. After the
unclear how the geth have compensated. Geth War with the quarians, the geth isolated themselves behind
Today spy probe scans indicate extensive orbital the Veil, far from the eyes of organic races. The Veil is almost
construction around Haestrom, housing thousands of geth impossible to scan through or navigate, meaning no one knows
platforms and an unknown number of geth software "minds". It exactly what the geth are doing beyond it. Exploring near the
is not known how many geth are on the planet's surface: Spy Perseus Veil is exceptionally dangerous, but some risk it
probes face interference from Dholen, making remote scanning because there are sometimes rich salvage pickings nearby. The
difficult. Resource estimates based on geth mining, refining, and Perseus Veil takes its name from the Perseus Arm of the Milky
fabricating procedures suggest that the planet has at least 20 Way.
more years of use before it is exhausted. Intelligence experts Perseus Veil has only one known star systems: the Tikkun
speculate that the geth have not exploited all of their resources sytem.
because they wish to keep some in reserve for repairs.
Captured geth planetary survey data indicates that despite Tikkun
sustaining damage, Haestrom's architecture remains as it was Tikkun is a medium system with four planets and an asteroid
before the war, preserving a quarian architectural style that no belt. The word "tikkun" means "a fix" or "correction" in
longer exists anywhere else in the galaxy. Hebrew. It is often used as part of the Hebrew phrase "tikkun
Because Haestrom's sun has overwhelmed the planet's olam" that means "healing and restoring the world".
protective magnetosphere, humans foolhardy enough to venture Travel Advisory: Tikkun is the heart of geth space. All
into geth-controlled Haestrom must exercise extreme caution. civilian traffic is prohibited.
Minutes of radiation exposure will overload shields and hours of
exposure will kill. Furthermore, solar output renders surface-to- Mass Relay: Orbits the star Tikkun at a distance of 9 AU
orbit communication nearly impossible.
Additional information: Rannoch is the first planet orbiting the star Tikkun. It is a
Orbital Distance 6.3 AU terrestrial world slightly similar to Earth. It was the Quarian
Orbital Period 15.8 Earth Years homeworld before they were forced into exile after the Geth
Radius 6,721 km War.
Day Length 18.5 Earth Hours Although its orange sun is only about 90% the mass of Sol
Atm. Pressure N/A and half as luminous, Rannoch is arid by Earth standards
Surface Temp 44 °C because it formed closer to its star and has slightly less ocean
Surface Gravity 1.2 g coverage. Photosynthetic life is concentrated around rivers and
Satellites N/A oceans, with large expanses of desert in between. The
importance of plant life and shade in ancient quarian culture is
1st asteroid belt: orbits Dholen at a distance of 1.9 AU evident in the translation of Rannoch's name -- "walled garden.
To a starship's sensors, the most obvious feature of the
quarian homeworld is the numerous heat sources in orbit.
Ma-at Thousands of geth space stations watch over the planet.
Rannoch has no insect life. As a result, its pollinating plants
Dholen is a small system with one planet. It is named for the
evolved to rely on animals for propagation. This symbiosis
goddess of truth and justice in the ancient Egyptian pantheon.
between flora and fauna is responsible for the quarians'
Travel Advisory: Ma-at is in geth space. All civilian traffic
weakened immune systems, which made colonization of other
is prohibited.
planets extremely difficult after their exile from Rannoch. For
Distance from Dholen: 12 light-years
many quarians, reclaiming their homeworld from the geth is a
matter of both cultural and physiological necessity.
Ammut is the only planet orbiting the star Ma-at. It is an Additional information:
enormous hydrogen-helium gas giant with a mass approximately
Orbital Distance 0.72 AU
nine times that of Jupiter and nearly 2,900 times that of Earth.
Despite massive pressure its core has failed to ignite in a fusion Orbital Period 0.64 Earth Years
reaction, qualifying it as a failed star. It is believed to have Radius 6,021 km
captured all other planet-sized bodies in the solar system as Day Length 32.3 Earth Hours
moons or in impact events leading to its name, which means Atm. Pressure 0.93 atm
"Devourer". Unintimidated by this phenomena, the geth have Surface Temp 48 °C

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Satellites 1 water ice, and ammonia. Its relatively small size is a curiosity to
human astronomers, who would have expected a larger
Homeworld hydrogen-helium giant to have accreted during the solar
Species Quarian system's formation.
Population Unknown. Quarian estimates on the number of Additional information:
geth range from the tens of millions to the Orbital Distance 7.8 AU
single-digit billions. Estimates on the number of Orbital Period 23 Earth Years
geth consciousnesses stored in servers are far Radius 17,918 km
higher. Day Length 11.6 Earth Hours
Satellites N/A
Uriyag is the second planet orbiting the star Tikkun. It is a
rock large enough to qualify as a binary dwarf planet. Its 1st asteroid belt: orbits Tikkun at a distance of 1.1 AU
companion, Etiel, is believed to have split off from the main
body after an oblique impact. Both were heavily mined early in
the age of quarian space exploration. Curiously, the geth have The Phoenix Massing
built over the old quarian space stations, even though the mined- The Phoenix Massing nebula is a gold and blue nebula
out asteroids have little obvious use. The current theory is that located near the Perseus Veil. Geth activity in the nearby Veil is
they provide a staging base to exploit other asteroids in the belt. high, and thus the nebula is very dangerous.
Additional information: The Phoenix Massing has four known star systems: the
Orbital Distance 1.1 AU Chomos system, the Salahiel system, the Tassrah system and the
Orbital Period 1.3 Earth Years Typhon system. In 2185 Commander Shepard discovers a large
Radius 1,440 km Geth Space Station in a place between stars, later named The
Day Length 23.9 Earth Hours Sea of Storms.
Atm. Pressure Trace This cluster‟s Mass Relay is located in the Tassrah system.
Surface Temp -33 °C
Surface Gravity 0.165 g Chomos
Satellites N/A Chomos is a small system with two planets.
Travel Advisory: Chomos is in geth space. Geth incursions
Adas is the third planet orbiting the star Tikkun. It is a are common so civilian traffic should be avoided.
volcanic active small terrestrial world. Adas is warmer than Distance from Salahiel: 10 light-years
Rannoch despite being further from its sun. Volcanic activity Distance from Tassrah: 10 light-years
spews methane into Adas's atmosphere, and this haze retains Distance from Typhon: 15 light-years
heat in a greenhouse effect. Historically, the quarians used the
geth to mine the planet, and when the geth rebelled, the small Trigestis is the first planet orbiting the star Chomos. It is a
quarian population on and around Adas was quickly overrun. gas giant, named for the first salarian astronomer to predict
Additional information: planets' occumences mathematically rather than through direct
Orbital Distance 2.1 AU observation. It has a faint ring system and three moons: Sidacha,
Orbital Period 3.4 Earth Years Norem, and Bestia. High-altitude clouds can be seen casting
Radius 4,145 km shadows on Trigestis' lower atmosphere and ammonia give it a
Day Length 18 Earth Hours azure color. The planet is believed to be an extrasolar capture.
Atm. Pressure 3.87 atm Additional information:
Surface Temp 73 °C Orbital Distance 0.9 AU
Surface Gravity .57 g Orbital Period 0.9 Earth Years
Satellites N/A Radius 59,051 km
Day Length 16.0 Earth Hours
Kaddi is the fourth planet orbiting the star Tikkun. It is a Satellites 3
large terrestrial world. It has low gravity for a planet of its size,
which proved a significant boon to early quarian explorers. Even Lattesh is the second planet orbiting the star Chomos. It is a
before the discovery of mass-effect technology, it was easy to terrestrial world. Lattesh translated from a salarian dialect as
extract Kaddi's resources. When the quarians made first contact "it's a still winter," has an almost habitable temperature and
with the Citadel species and gained access to eezo, profits rose abundant water but shows no signs of life. Regular
and the orbital stations became a beehive of activity. supervolcanic eruptions in the southern hemisphere have
Additional information: shrouded the sun and led to a climate even more bone-chilling
Orbital Distance 4.3 AU than usual.
Orbital Period 10 Earth Years Additional information:
Radius 11,690 km Orbital Distance 2.2 AU
Day Length 21 Earth Hours Orbital Period 5.2 Earth Years
Atm. Pressure Trace Radius 5,500 km
Surface Temp -93 °C Day Length 35.7 Earth Hours
Surface Gravity 1.9 g Atm. Pressure 1.3 atm
Satellites N/A Surface Temp N/A
Surface Gravity 0.7 g
Haza is the fifth planet orbiting the star Tikkun. It is an ice Satellites N/A
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Salahiel is a small system with one planet. practical exploitation.
Travel Advisory: Salahiel is in geth space. Geth incursions Additional information:
are common so civilian traffic should be avoided. Orbital Distance 0.6 AU
Distance from Chomos: 10 light-years Orbital Period 0.4 Earth Years
Distance from Tassrah: 8.3 light-years Radius 10,650 km
Distance from Typhon: 5 light-years Day Length 46.0 Earth Hours
Atm. Pressure 90.59 atm
Ekuna is the only planet orbiting the star Salahiel. It is a Surface Temp 1,445 °C
large terrestrial world. First discovered by the quarians at the Surface Gravity 4.6 g
turn of the century, Ekuna is habitable but a second-tier choice Satellites N/A
for most species. Circling an orange sun, Ekuna averages below
freezing temperatures. This led development firms to colonize at Sarapai is the second planet orbiting the star Tassrah. It is a
the planet's equator, where the climate is tolerable for terrestrial world. Its pressure-cooker atmosphere of carbon
agriculture. dioxide and ethane serves as a greenhouse to an already boiling-
The quarians, seeking a homeworld of their own, petitioned hot surface. Cobalt compounds are frequently found on its crust,
the Citadel Council for the right to take over Ekuna, but they giving spectacular blue tinges to its land. Scans from orbital
had already settled a few hundred thousand quarians on the probes indicates its crust contains deposits of platinum likely to
planet before approaching the Council. Seeing this occupation as be as unexploited as those on its sister planet Pahhur.
an illegal act, the Council turned a deaf ear to quarian pleas and Additional information:
gave the world to the elcor, who could withstand the high Orbital Distance 1.7 AU
gravity of the world far better. The quarians squatting on the Orbital Period 1.7 Earth Years
planet were given one galactic standard month to leave, at which Radius 6,016 km
point their colonies would be bombarded. The junk left behind Day Length 60.8 Earth Hours
by the fleeing quarians clogs up portions of the landscape to this Atm. Pressure 118.08 atm
day. Surface Temp 1,271 °C
Non-elcor visitors to Ekuna are advised to use personal or Surface Gravity 0.9 g
vehicular mass effect fields to lighten the pressure, as the Satellites N/A
surface gravity will otherwise cause health and mechanical
problems.
Ishassara is the third planet orbiting the star Tassrah. It is a
Additional information:
gas giant composed mostly of hydrogen and nitrogen. Its orbit in
Orbital Distance 1.6 AU recent years has taken it close to the mass relay in this system,
Orbital Period 2.3 Earth Years making it a popular stop for "scoop ships" to refuel the hydrogen
Radius 10,206 km in their thrusters before moving on.
Day Length 36.4 Earth Hours Additional information:
Atm. Pressure 1.4 atm Orbital Distance 3.8 AU
Surface Temp −37 °C (equator mean temperature 15
Orbital Period 5.7 Earth Years
°C)
Radius 62,769 km
Surface Gravity 4.1 g
Day Length 14.0 Earth Hours
Satellites N/A
Satellites N/A

Colony
Species Elcor
Capital Bel Shadii (elcor: Durawunafon)
Typhon
Typhon is a medium system with four planets.
Colony Founded 2103
Travel Advisory: Chomos is in geth space. Geth incursions
Population 221,256,200
are common so civilian traffic should be avoided.
Distance from Chomos: 15 light-years
Distance from Salahiel: 5 light-years
Tassrah Distance from Tassrah: 12 light-years
Chomos is a small system with three planets.
Travel Advisory: Chomos is in geth space. Geth incursions Echidna is the first planet orbiting the star Typhon. A so-
are common so civilian traffic should be avoided. called "hot Neptune" planet, Echidna rapidly orbits the star
Distance from Chomos: 10 light-years Typhon at a nose to nose distance much like a pegasid, or "hot
Distance from Salahiel: 8.3 light-years Jupiter." Also like the pegasids, it is believed to have formed
Distance from Typhon: 12 light-years further out and gradually migrated to its present position. Its
Mass Relay: Orbits the star Tassrah at a distance of 5 AU core is higher in rock content than Sol's Neptune, the
consequence of attracting asteroids and other debris as it
Fuel Depot: Tassrah has a fuel depot orbiting at a distance journeyed through its solar system.
of 3 AU Additional information:
Orbital Distance 0.2 AU
Pahhur is the first planet orbiting the star Tassrah. By Orbital Period 0.1 Earth Years
normal standards a large rock planet, Pahhur (which means Radius 23,307 km
"fiery") is constantly scorched by the white bright giant it orbits. Day Length 14.7 Earth Hours
A dense atmosphere featuring hydrogen, helium, and clouds of Satellites N/A
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 Aite is the second planet orbiting the star Typhon. It is an Day Length 60.7 Earth Hours
Earth-like world with a variety of habitable land ranging from Atm. Pressure 0.16 atm
deserts to jungles to tundra. It also possesses faint rings, an Surface Temp −73 °C
unusual feature for a non-giant planet. The rings contain rocks Surface Gravity 0.35 g
up to a meter in length and a wide dust cloud that stretches Satellites N/A
nearly 23,000 km from the center of the planet.
"Two beautiful moons, one spectacular ring, zero Colony
neighbors," says a popular advertisement for this Terminus Capital None
Systems world. Aite is known for its sparsely settled population Colony Founded 2150
despite being a garden planet with a colony nearly a century old. Population 27,800
Blessed with a mild climate, wildlife no more dangerous than
Ponos is the fourth planet orbiting the star Typhon. It is a
that on Earth, and soil and bacteria amenable to imported plants,
typical hydrogen-helium gas giant. Its once vital helium-3
Aite would appear to be an unexploited paradise.
refining machinery in orbit around the planet was destroyed in
However, it is unpopular for two reasons. The first and most
one of Aite's many wars, and Aite's extraplanetary trade suffered
obvious is that its moon, Litae, is in an unstable orbit that will
severely as a result. The dictators of Aite are not pleased with
lead to a planetary impact and an extinction-level event within
this situation, but they consider it a bad strategic move to be the
the next two centuries. As such, all investment in the planet is
first to start work on a refinery before eliminating any chance of
short-term, and the biggest business is selling off the local biota
other nations (or planets) seizing it.
to the highest bidder.
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The second drawback is the level of violence on the planet.
Like the rest of the Phoenix Massing cluster, Aite was briefly Orbital Distance 5.8 AU
considered part of Citadel space during its first wave of Orbital Period 14.0 Earth Years
colonization. However, when the colony broke off to become an Radius 69,740 km
independent planet in 2133, the Council let the doomed planet Day Length 14.4 Earth Hours
go with less than a day of debate. Free from any real governing Satellites N/A
body, Aite's history has since been filled with wars between
small frontier-town city-states over its resources. The result is a
dangerous world where the average citizen in expected to be
self-reliant to the point of fending for themselves against
cutthroat corporations, strong-arm militia groups, and even geth
incursions. The fighting is so frequent that the name of the
planet itself has changed more than eleven times. In a sign of
blunt indifference, standard Citadel galaxy maps refer to the
world by the name given to it by human colonists in the latter
half of the century.
Additional information:
Orbital Distance 1.4 AU
Orbital Period 1.7 Earth Years
Radius 5,941 km
Day Length 24.9 Earth Hours
Atm. Pressure 0.6 atm
Surface Temp 20 °C
Surface Gravity 0.88 g
Satellites 2

Colony
Capital Adrasteia (disputed)
Colony Founded 2104 CE
Population 1,540,000

Moros is the third planet orbiting the star Typhon. It is a

small rock planet with a thin nitrogen and carbon monoxide
atmosphere. Each city-state of Aite claims the rights to exploit
the planet for its heavy metal deposits; individual city-state
governments maintain three small habitats on Moros, as far
away from one another as possible. Nevertheless, the planet's
wars have extended here, and the habitats infrequently send
commando teams to assault each other in small-unit actions.
Travel Advisory: The inhabitants of Moros have set large
numbers of antipersonnel and antivehicular mines at common
choke points across the planet. Records of the mines' locations
are extremely unreliable. Civilian travel is not advised.
Additional information:
Orbital Distance 2.9 AU
Orbital Period 4.9 Earth Years
Radius 4,025 km

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