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• 40 Eridani  - Text by Aaron Hamilton
  Former member of the Eridanus League.
  
• 55 Cancri  - Text by Steve Bowers
  Inner Sphere G8 star with a red dwarf companion at 1200 AU. The non-aligned system is 41 light years from Sol. Danzig is the second planet.
  
• Akirate System  - Text by Anders Sandberg, additions by Steve Bowers
  47 Ursae Majoris. Solar Dominion Inner Sphere worlds, center of heterodox Stevens clade.
  
• Aksijaha - The Root of the Eye  - Text by Adam Getchell
  The legendary central node of the Wormhole Nexus, somewhere in the Inner Sphere
  
• Alauda  - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
  Minor NoCoZo world with wormhole links to Vast Endeavour and Frei.
  
• Alcor and Mizar  - Text by Steve Bowers
  These two star systems in the Plough are an important point of contact between the Solar Dominion and the Solipsist Panvirtuality
  
• Alpha Centauri A+B  - Text by Steve Bowers and John M. Dollan
  Colonised by Von Neumann Machines (neumanns) in the late Interplanetary Era; these self-replicating machines were designed to be self-evolving and independent, and rejected any further human contact once they arrived. This led to the loss of the resource-rich Alpha Centauri system.
  
• Altair  - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
  Fast-rotating A7V star, originally part of the Diamond Belt, in the constellation Aquila (the eagle), 16. 5 light years from Sol. The name Altair means "flying eagle" in Old Earth Arabic.
  
• Amalthea  - Text by Steve Bowers
  Inner moon of Jupiter (Sol V).
  
• Anahita  - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
  BD +47°1419 Inner Sphere system; Anahita was originally colonized by Dionysians during the expansion of the Erotocracy. After its dissolution it became part of the Conver Ambi, but retained extensive contacts with other Inner Sphere worlds.
  
• Ao Lai  - Text by Stephen Inniss
  Ao Lai (Gamma Leporis A and B) contains two Klemperer rosettes of artificial planets, and hosts a rich complex of civilisations under the umbrella of the Institute for Primate Provolution.
  
• April  - Text by Anders Sandberg
  Beta Hydri II - Inner Sphere non-aligned world in orbit around variable red subgiant Beta Hydri.
  
• Ararat  - Text by D. David Barbeau
  One of the three Capitals of the Sophic League, the other two being Sacred Heart and New Taylor. Terraformed by a long vanished alien race, to almost perfect human standards.
  
• Arcadia (Beta Comae Berenices II)  - Text by Anders Sandberg
  An Inner Sphere early colonized world. Climate extremes forced genetic modification and development of communal hive culture. Capital of the Arcadian empire, a short-lived polity during the late Imperialization and early Expansion period. It was later subverted by Empires age powers, but Arcadian memetics proved more enduring. Still an important centre for Arcadism.
  
• Arcturus - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
  (Alpha Boötis) A centre of the distributed Cyberian Network. Seen from Sol this is the brightest star in the constellation Boötes (the herdsman). It is a red giant (spectral type K1.5IIIp). Arcturus is 34 light-years from Sol. It has an absolute magnitude of 0.2.
  
• Arcturus Sector - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
  District of space with irregular borders of 10 to 20 LY on side, the most notable astronomic feature is the red giant Arcturus. This region is home to a number of small independent polities. There is a fairly strong Cyberian presence in the region.
  
• Atlantis (Zeta1 Reticuli II)  - Text by Anders Sandberg and M. Alan Kazlev
  Inner sphere old core world; a long-standing NoCoZo Tier III society.
  
• Audubon  - Text by Steve Bowers
  Arean-type planet colonized during the First Federation period.
  
• Barawatten  - Text by Anders Sandberg
  70 Ophiuchi II-1 Current Allegiance: Keter. Europan type moon of Garell, a major gas giant.
  
• Barboro  - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
  BD -16°6046; one of first Keterist worlds to be established.
  
• Barnard's Star  - Text by Anders Sandberg
  Surrounded by extensive asteroid belts, Barnard was one of the first systems to be colonised by the First Federation. Some nanotech window and nanodisaster era belt colonies had also colonised the disk, but due to the lack of volatiles their habitats could not expand much. Barnard became an important stepping-stone in interstellar colonisation but always suffered from the lack of volatiles. The adventures of the Kuiper-belt surveyors (the "comethunters") and the Water Wars remain classic stories.
  
• Benes IV  - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
  BD -13°544; an inhospitable Inner Sphere world. During the middle Empires era developed the unique if short-lived Benes Nat Ord Dionys culture.
  
• Beta Virginis  - Text by M. Alan Kazlev and Anders Sandberg
  
  
• Bill and Bull  - Text by Anders Sandberg
  Double planets discovered in AT 53 around Delta Eridani (Rana). Location of Vulcan's Forge and the baroque Vore Abergist culture.
  
• Bourgatov  - Text by Anders Sandberg
  (Theta Persei III) Formerly one of the most populous systems of the Inner Sphere, at its height home to 34 billion humans, splices and vecs. Wiped out by a collapse at the end of the Second Federation.
  
• Branswerg  - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
  CD -30°19255 - Important inner sphere system - one of first Keterist worlds to be established, includes a sizable neodolphin and post-neodolphin population.
  
• Bullseye  - Text by Steve Bowers
  Tidally locked terraformed world with post-intelligent population
  
• Byrdis (also known as Kaa Yvanti)  - Text by Anders Sandberg
  A 40,000 kilometer long former beanstalk orbiting Kaa Yavanti which was severed during the Refutology war and has now become an independent habitat.
  
• Capella  - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
  Multiple star system containing in total 9 stars in the constellation Auriga, about 43 light years from Sol. The two brightest stars in Capella are a binary star system. Long populated by a variety of exotic clades and hyperturings, Capella became the capital of an important regional polity in the wake of the ComEmp break-up.
  
• Ceres Mater  - Text by Mark Ryherd
  An early Keterist colony populated by the nanocyborg Clade Columbia-Bartlebel emigrating from Ceres.
  
• Chaihuea-Eridani system  - Text by Aaron Hamilton
  Red dwarf system near Sol: former member of the Eridanus league.
  
• Chi-1 Orionis - Text by Espen Antonsen
  28ly from Sol; Home to the Organic Ascension Alliance, a bionanotech/godtech habitat-based civilisation.
  
• Chiri  - Text by Steve Bowers
  Beta Canum Venaticorum III, target of a slow Generation Ship mission
  
• Cog  - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
  BD +25°4085, Capital of the Silicon Generation. Surrounded by a partial Dyson swarm.
  
• Conver Ky  - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
  37 Geminorum I; Capital of the Conver Ambi up until the Conver War.
  
• Core Worlds - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
  The Sol system and neighboring systems which were the first colonized by
  Terragens.
  
• Corona (Iota Piscium I )  - Text by Anders Sandberg
  Former capital of the Taurus Nexus; now an important academic world.
  
• Cythera  - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
  HD 190771 I; a popular Inner Sphere tourist attraction renowned for its biological products and ecotechnology institutes.
  
• Daedalus I  - Text by Anders Sandberg
  (Pi3 Orionis) Indonesian colony, lost to a second order perversion.
  
• Daedalus II  - Text by Anders Sandberg and M. Alan Kazlev
  (Zeta1 Reticuli III) Terraformed Paludial Gaian world, declared off-limits to transapients since the Empires Era.
  
• Dante  - Text by Steve Bowers
  Dante, a tidally locked yet habitable world
  
• Danzig  - Text by Steve Bowers
  Terraformed moon of 55 Cancri f, an independent Inner Sphere world.
  
• Darwin (Delta Pavonis IV)  - Text by M. Alan Kazlev and Anders Sandberg
  Inner Sphere world with a primitive xenoecology.
  
• Deucalion  - Text by Steve Bowers
  Mars-lke world with a rich artistic culture
  
• Dionysos (Psi5 Aurigae II)  - Text by Anders Sandberg and M. Alan Kazlev
  A terraformed world in the Inner Sphere where the Erotocracy movement began.
  
• Diwali  - Text by Steve Bowers
  Eta Cassiopeia AbI: parental vec world
  
• Doran Empire  - Text by Steve Bowers and M. Alan Kazlev
  Early interstellar dwarf cybertweak empire.
  
• Earth  - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
  Earth; Old Earth, the original home of humanity and the origin of the Terragen Civilisation. Now a Caretaker protectorate with limited access.
  
• Ecotopia  - Text by Todd Drashner
  Capital system of the Zoeific Biopolity
  
• Eden  - Text by Anders Sandberg
  Psi Capricornis. A Long established hi-tech Inner Sphere world, original home of the Eden Institute.
  
• Eostremonath - 61 Virginis IV  - Text by John M. Dollan, amendments by Mark Ryherd
  61 Virginis IV; inner sphere terraformed world, at one time a lost colony
  
• Epsilon Eridani   - Text by M. Alan Kazlev; amended by Steve Bowers
  Former member of the Eridanus League, currently part of the EpEri Combine.
  
• Epsilon Indi  - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
  Early colonized system, old Inner Sphere world, colonized by House Stevens. Since the Empires Era a part of the NoCoZo.
  
• Epsilon Sculptoris  - Text by Steve Bowers
  Binary system 89.5 light years from Sol.
  The first alien artifact, a fragmentary hull of a autonomous vessel, was discovered here in 1460 AT. This artifact was 196 million years old, a relic of the unnamed species HIE636MZE.
  
• Eridanus League, The  - Text by Aaron Hamilton, adapted by Steve Bowers
  Early Interstellar Empire, informally aligned with the First Federation.
  
• Eridanus Mandarin - Text by Anders Sandberg
  Language family based on the Mandarin-derived Eridanese. Spoken on various widely dispersed planets in the Inner Sphere, former Yoson Confederacy and among many Etodists.
  
• Felicidade - The Impossible Dyson  - Text by Steve Bowers
  Unsuccessful terraformed world, later a dyson sphere with a vast virtual cybercosm
  
• Fons Luminis (Xi Ursae Majoris)  - Text by Anders Sandberg
  Xi Ursae Majoris The Capital of the Solar Dominion
  
• Frog's Head - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
  Iota Horologi IX: Central world of the Genen culture.
  
• Gatewai  - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
  Shared Metasoft-NoCoZo world in the Inner Sphere - famous for an appearance of the so-called "Femtotech Messiah"
  
• Germyn  - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
  Brown dwarf cluster; 8 LY from Ridgewell, occupied by Negentropist forces during the Version War.
  
• Gliese 581  - Text by Steve Bowers
  Multiplanet system in the Inner Sphere
  
• Gliese 667  - Text by Mark Ryherd
  A triple-star system in the Inner Sphere
  
• Glim  - Text by Mark Ryherd
  Member system of the Doran Empire
  
• Goldilocks (70 Virginis b)  - Text by Steve Bowers
  Warm Jovian, named during the Information age (wrongly as it turned out, as the moons of this world are all too warm for easy terraformation).
  
• Halcyon (20 Leonis Minoris)  - Text by Todd Drashner
  Inner Sphere system. Halcyon was an early member of the MPA.
  
• Hammerstein  - Text by Steve Bowers
  LinnEnt colony, populated by engenerator technology
  
• Hwii  - Text by Anders Sandberg, M. Alan Kazlev and Steve Bowers
  Zeta Tucanae II - The first purely dolphin colony world.
  
• Ixeway  - Text by Anders Sandberg
  MPA system; M-type star near Djed, the site of the original Argus Array.
  
• Kang 021 system   - Text by Aaron Hamilton
  Red dwarf near Sol; former member of the Eridanus League.
  
• Karol Ring, The  - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
  A Banks Orbital constructed at HD 144585, Kiyoshi Sector, MPA, during the Empires age. A center of finance, edutainment, recreation, and historical and fabulist recreation.
  
• Kiyoshi  - Text by Todd Drashner
  Four MPA Dyson shells in a quintuple system at the coreward edge of the Inner Sphere
  
• Klarus  - Text by Anders Sandberg
  61 Ursae Majoris III - former megacorp world, home to many artistic/aesthetic activities. Site of the Perfect Garden, one of the largest collections of Perfect Art.
  
• Lalande 21185  - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
  Early colonized Genetekker outpost.
  
• Lam Wai-Chun - Text by Steve Bowers
  (Chi Draconis A-V) Former member of the Penglai Empire. In the 4450 general elections the population chose to join the Keter Dominion and later came to collectively ascend in the 5300's.
  
• Lilif - Text by AI Vin
  World in the system Gliese-Jahreiss 3655 A and B,46.5 ly from Sol; capital system of the Synthetic Human Alliance
  
• Local Bubble - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
  "Low density" plasma region of space left by former supernova some tens of millions of year ago. Approximately equivalent to the Inner Sphere.
  
• Lombardo  - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
  Inner Sphere NoCoZo system, was first established as a Free Zone during the middle Federation period. The system is inhabited by corporate hyperturings, vecs, and near-baseline bionts and cyborgs.
  
• Luna  - Text by Anders Sandberg and Steve Bowers
  The moon of Old Earth.
  
• Luyten's Star  - Text by Mark Ryherd
  Red dwarf star
  
• M'Buto - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
  Inner Sphere system, home of a number of diverse clades. Joined the Virginis Combine, later became part of the Conver Ambi, in turn annexed and assimilated by the Solar Dominion. Broke free after the Version War to become a joint Metasoft-NoCoZo administered system.
  
• Mandra Quin'Si  - Text by Steve Bowers
  Mu Herculis A I.
  
• Mars  - Text by M. Alan Kazlev, Curtis Moore, Anders Sandberg, Tony Jones, Steve Bowers and Damon Court.
  The oldest Terragen planetary colony; a partially terraformed Arean world.
  
• Master Star List  - Text by Mark Ryherd, John M. Dollan and Steve Bowers
  The stars of the Inner Sphere and their colonies.
  
• Mercury  - Text by Anders Sandberg and M. Alan Kazlev
  Hot, resource-rich world in the Old Solar System.
  
• Merrion  - Text by Anders Sandberg
  Honorary capital world of the NoCoZo
  
• Midgard  - Text by Todd Drashner
  Inner Sphere world orbiting Alpha Caeli some 65ly from Sol.
  
• Millennium  - Text by Steve Bowers
  Type world of the EpiStellar Jovian Class, with unusual spiral rings
  
• Mu Capricornis  - Text by A. C. Màtè
  Inner Sphere system with four Arean type worlds.
  
• MyuvYin  - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
  Early Inner Sphere colony, settled 892, overrun by psychophager ahuman replicator swarm of unknown origin in 1201. Recolonised and joined the Deeper Covenant.
  
• Nadia  - Text by Steve Bowers
  LinnEnt colony, populated by engenerator technology
  
• Nathan  - Text by Steve Bowers
  Inner Sphere world with a hybrid ril/virtual culture.
  
• Negsoa  - Text by Anders Sandberg
  Mu Arae bII.
  
• Neo-Helix  - Text by Todd Drashner
  Terraformed world in the Inner Sphere. Has the distinction of possessing the first wholly neogenic ecosystem ever created.
  
• Neptune  - Text by Steve Bowers
  Cryojovian in the Old Solar System.
  
• New Duibbiyat  - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
  Terran Federation system, colonised by First Federation loyalists during the early Empires period.
  
• New Earth (104 Tauri III)  - Text by Steve Bowers
  Capital of the Terran Federation.
  
• New Gaia (Lambda Aurigae A IV)  - Text by Anders Sandberg
  A natural gardenworld in the Inner Sphere, colonised by First Federation environmentalists.
  
• New Mars  - Text by Anders Sandberg
  11 Leo Minoris II. World inhabited by Martian tweaks.
  
• New Taylor  - Text by D. David Barbeau
  One of the three Capitals of the Sophic League; the other two being Ararat and Sacred Heart.
  
• NewRoot  - Text by Todd Drashner
  The ceremonial capital of the Metasoft Version Tree.
  
• Nimbus  - Text by Anders Sandberg
  Novoterra / 58 Eridani III. Former headquarters of Ubikorp. Currently centre of the Nimbus culture.
  
• Nova Terra  - Text by Anders Sandberg and M. Alan Kazlev
  The first successful human interstellar colony.
  
• Noyce  - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
  Inner sphere NoCoZo system also known as Hokon's Third Purchase, approximately 90 LY from Sol.
  
• Nuisweden  - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
  Autonomous large demopoly near the outer part of the Inner Sphere, some Negentropist and Terran Federation affiliation. Site of alpine forests and the prestigious Sondheim Academy where Stig Ranes studied.
  
• Oikoumene Dyson  - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
  MPA dyson swarm at Zeta Serpentis.
  
• Orinoco  - Text by Anders Sandberg
  Lambda Serpentis. Unsuccessfully terraformed world, now Cyberia Sphere.
  
• Ouaddai (Wadi)  - Text by Steve Bowers
  A relatively small ringworld around a white dwarf star.
  
• Pacifica  - Text by Anders Sandberg
  Beta Virginis IV former capital of the Virginis Combine (originally New America).
  
• Pandya  - Text by Steve Bowers
  Mu Cassiopeia Aa; a seedship colony almost lost because of immunology deficiencies.
  
• Paz (59 Draconis) - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
  59 Draconis - Inner Sphere Culture-World established during middle First Federation period.
  
• Penglai  - Text by Anders Sandberg and M. Alan Kazlev
  Sigma Draconis colony settled by Chinese colonists.
  
• Penglai Empire, The  - Text by Anders Sandberg
  Early superbright-tweak empire, based around Penglai.
  
• Perpetua Project, The  - Text by Steve Bowers
  A failed project to create a self-improving AI.
  
• Peta Dromanis  - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
  12 Ophiuchi Minor non-aligned Inner Sphere system, its only claim to fame is that it was the birthplace and home of Admiral Tka Lett-Vorek, the commander of the Interplanetary Combined Fleet.
  
• Phobos  - Text by Daniel Eliot Boese and Mark Ryherd
  One of Mars' two natural satellites. Little remains of the original Phobos.
  
• Praxis and Gnosis  - Text by Todd Drashner.
  Epsilon Indi B Inner Sphere brown dwarf, Deeper Covenant world and major relay node of the Deeper communications network.
  
• Procyon (Alpha Canis Minoris)  - Text by Mark Ryherd
  F star system 11.4 LY from Sol, part of the Diamond Belt.
  
• Prometheus  - Text by M. Alan Kazlev (after original concept by Anders Sandberg)
  A planet in the Zeta 1 Reticuli system, the original center of "Ufer" culture.
  
• Proxima  - Text by M. Alan Kazlev and John M. Dollan
  Closest star to Sol
  
• Proxima Centauri Colonies - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
  Habitats in the icy belts around Proxima Centauri. Center for the Buddhist revival of Boddhichittamaittreya III in the late First Federation era.
  
• Qjellto  - Text by Anders Sandberg
  Former Cygexba world. Terraformed in 2100 and settled in 2344 by retrists and low-tech peripatetics. It developed quietly until 2654 when an outbreak of the Babel plague destroyed the language centers of 78% of the population. As coordination broke down, even the relatively simple society of Qjellto crashed.
  
• Rajasekar  - Text by Anders Sandberg
  Tau 1 Gruis / CD-4913988 II; a failed colony world.
  
• Ridgewell   - Text by Anders Sandberg
  Chi Herculis V ,Eugaian with indigenous xenecology.
  
• Ross 128 system  - Text by Aaron Hamilton
  Red dwarf system near Sol: former member of the Eridanus League
  
• Ross 614  - Text by Steve Bowers
  Twin Matrioshka Brains around a binary red dwarf near Sol
  
• Saturn  - Text by Steve Bowers
  Ringed Planet in the Old Solar System
  
• Seat of Judgement, The   - Text by Anders Sandberg
  Capital World of the Negentropy Alliance.
  
• Secharia  - Text by Steve Bowers
  NoCoZo, former Doran Empire world inhabited by dwarf cybertweaks.
  
• Shamash (Xi Bootis A III)  - Text by Anders Sandberg
  Xi Bootis A III - a business paradise during the First Federation period; later became a major world of Solar Dominion.
  
• Sigma Draconis  - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
  Star system containing Penglai
  
• Silence and Anomie  - Text by Steve Bowers
  Formerly Fortuna - Cyberian agitcenter, hit by Babel Plague variant
  
• Sirius  - Text by Anders Sandberg, Xaonon and M. Alan Kazlev
  Inner Sphere system, very close to Sol.
  
• Sol Asteroid Belt   - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
  Asteroid Belt in the Old Solar System
  
• Solsys (The Old Solar System)  - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
  The Old Solar System
  
• Tau Ceti (planetary system)  - Text by Anders Sandberg and M. Alan Kazlev
  Home system of the first successful extrasolar human colony.
  
• Terranova, 82 Eridani IV  - Text by Anders Sandberg, amended by Steve Bowers and John M. Dollan
  Member of the Eridanus League, later headquarters of the Terranova Foundation exploration megacorps. Now a private resort world
  
• Titan  - Text by Felipe Brando Cadavid
  Moon of Saturn in Solsys with a long history
  
• Trees (HD 3823 II)  - Text by Anders Sandberg and Steve Bowers
  A self-sufficient Garden World with a spectacular vertical ecosystem; the planet is named after the gigantic trees that grow there.
  
• Turing (Castor)  - Text by Todd Drashner
  Capital system of the Technorapture Hypernation.
  
• Twilight  - Text by Anders Sandberg
  Tidally locked world, formerly named Dawn. Founding member of the Eridanus League.
  
• Twinkle  - Text by Steve Bowers
  An Engenerator colony; part of the LinnEnt empire.
  
• Vega   - Text by Steve Bowers
  Seat of the Vega Geodesic Triumvirate and the first Sephirotic wormholes
  
• Venus  - Text by M. Alan Kazlev and Anders Sandberg 2002, Steve Bowers and Mike Parisi 2006
  Second planet from Sol; after many delays it was terraformed late in the 100th century AT.
  
• Vesta  - Text by Steve Bowers
  
  
• Virginis Combine, The  - Text by Anders Sandberg
  
  
• Wachowski Prime  - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
  Matrioshka brain and original site of the Wachowski civilization.
  
• Wasat  - Text by Steve Bowers
  Central world of the House Conver Limis
  
• Wega  - Text by Jorge Ditchkenberg
  
  
• Wolf 359  - Text by Anders Sandberg
  Resource poor Inner Sphere system, in near proximity to Sol.
  
• World of Forking Paths, The   - Text by Mark Ryherd
  Gliese 33 supposedly the oldest continually inhabited paygeesu virch in the terragen sphere.
  
• World of Meditating Idols  - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
  BD +56°1954 / (774 Sagrei VI) - Inner Sphere Gaian Type world; first planet to be discovered with alien ruins (17th century AT).
  
• Xdim  - Text by Anders Sandberg
  Inner sphere system surrounding the M4V star HIP 38956.
  
• Xi Bootis B I - Text by Anders Sandberg
  In 6222 a Nimbus colony was set up on Xi Bootis B I, but it persisted only for 400 years before dissipating. The inhabitants are mainly mixed baseline, tweak and cyborgs, ruled by the famous Xil AI. The Etaoin Roltz remain, having become a holy order guarding the sacred sites and ecology of the planet.
  
• Yang  - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
  Brown dwarf near Solsys, site of one of the first beamrider colonies and stations. During the dark ages a number of clades settled or developed here. Currently a prosperous and diverse old core system and beamrider nexus.
  
• Zarathustra  - Text by Anders Sandberg
  A colony that recovered from near-collapse to become one of the most successful in the Inner Sphere.
  
• Zeta1 Reticuli  - Text by Anders Sandberg
  A populous system with three successfully terraformed planets.