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At the center of human space lies the Inner Sphere, also known as the Core, the Old Worlds, the Local Bubble, the Centre, the Hub, or the Alpha Region. It is a roughly spherical region containing the earliest colonised worlds, and is approximately 200 light years in diameter. It is the home to many of the oldest cultures or inhabited worlds, and contains many capital systems and a dense branching of wormhole links. Due to the age and historical complexity of the region many empires and other political units overlap or mesh within it.

As Terragen civilization spread, much colonisation occurred radially outwards, making most of the main empires look roughly like pyramidal frustrums. This tendency was emphasized by the wormholes, as the expense of wormhole building and the constraints of wormhole connections led to a treelike topology with the root near the core and the branches extending outwards. This radial structure has led to the core practice of naming regions or radial directions after the ancient Anglic Old Earth constellations. For instance, "Centaurus" refers to the pyramid extending from the Sun in the Centaurus direction. This is what is meant when someone says that the Solar Dominion mainly lies in Ursa Major, Canes Venaticorum and Lynx. This is of course both inexact and solarocentric, but it works most of the time and is widely used by interstellar cartographers.

In the outer parts of inhabited space the radial pattern breaks down, as the colonisation fronts grow increasingly diffuse and are often affected by the density of habitable worlds, wormholes or other features. There, the empires dissolve into a mess of independent clusters, isolated worlds, and small colonisation spheres launched from especially vigorous cultures.

40 Eridani - Text by Aaron Hamilton
Former member of the Eridanus League.
61 Cygni - Text by Mike Miller
System containing Trip.
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.
Anomie - Text by Steve Bowers
Formerly Tadmor - Cyberian agitcenter, hit by Babel Plague variant.
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
Inner Sphere non-aligned world with a high axial tilt, in orbit around 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, adapted by Steve Bowers
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.
Aristotle (Delta Pavonis) - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
Class G8IV star 19.9 light years from Sol; the planetary system contains Darwin, a Eugaian garden world and the gas giants Wallace and Huxley.
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 System, The - Text by Steve Bowers
Capital system of the LinnEnt Empire
Barawatten - Text by Anders Sandberg
Also known as 70 Ophiuchi II-2. A Europan type moon of the major gas giant Garell. The current allegiance of the inhabitants is to Keter.
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.
Benes System (HD 17925), The - Text by Updated by The Astronomer
Independent system in the Inner Sphere
Beta Pictoris - Text by Mike Miller
Newly formed Inner Sphere system
Beta Virginis - Text by M. Alan Kazlev and Anders Sandberg
An important Inner Sphere region, home to the famous planet Pacifica. Most polities are members of the Virginis Combine and are loosely aligned with the Utopia sphere or Solar Dominion, though they are a diverse group.
Bill and Bull - Text by Anders Sandberg
Double planets around Delta Eridani (Rana). Location of Vulcan's Forge and the baroque Vore Abergist culture.
Blanchard - Text by Steve Bowers
Venus-like world covered in a layer of inhabitable balloons.
Bone-Claw - Text by Liam Jones
Eta Cephei, a Provolved Hyena system
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.
Caph (Beta Cassiopeiae) System - Text by The Astronomer, Todd Drashner, Dangerous Safety
The Children of Caph developed an artificially rapid population growth, and were preparing to expand into the neighboring systems, but were wiped out by an environmental disaster.
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.
Chalawan - Text by Anders Sandberg, additions by Steve Bowers
47 Ursae Majoris. Solar Dominion Inner Sphere worlds, center of heterodox Stevens clade.
Chara (Beta Canum Venaticorum) - Text by Steve Bowers
Beta Canum Venaticorum III, target of a slow Generation Ship mission
Chi-1 Orionis - Text by Espen Antonsen
28ly from Sol; Home to the Organic Ascension Alliance, a bionanotech/godtech habitat-based civilisation.
Cog - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
BD +25°4085, Capital of the Silicon Generation. Surrounded by a partial Dyson swarm.
Colonisation (1100 - 1699 AT) - Text by Steve Bowers
Expansion of the Terragen Sphere in the Mid-First-Federation era.
Colonisation (1700 - 2099 AT) - Text by Steve Bowers
The expansion of the Terragen Sphere in the Late First Federation era.
Colonisation (400 - 1099 AT) - Text by Steve Bowers
The expansion of the Terragen Sphere, century by century.
Conver Ky - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
37 Geminorum I; Capital of the Conver Ambi up until the Conver War.
Copernicus - 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.
Core Worlds - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
The Sol system and neighboring systems which were the first colonized by
Terragens.
Corona (Iota Piscium d) - Text by From an original article by Anders Sandberg. Updated 2019 by The Astronomer
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 Quantum Jack and The Astronomer
A tidally locked yet habitable world
Danzig - Text by Steve Bowers
Terraformed moon of Copernicus f, an independent Inner Sphere world.
Darwin (Life-bearing World) - 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, updated by Stephen Inniss
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 and the Othelia System - Text by John M. Dollan, amendments by Mark Ryherd
61 Virginis IV; an Inner Sphere terraformed world, at one time a lost colony
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, updated by Steve Bowers
Early Interstellar Empire, informally aligned with the First Federation.
Eridanus Mandarin - Text by Anders Sandberg
Language family derived from Mandarin, a language spoken in China on Old Earth. Emerging in the Eridanus League, it was spoken on various widely dispersed planets in the Inner Sphere, the former Yoson Confederacy and in many Etodist worlds.
Eunchong, Kang 021 - Text by The Astronomer
Red dwarf near Sol; former member of the Eridanus League.
Felicidade - 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 Steve Bowers
Formerly called Heket; the central world of the Genen culture.
Gacrux and the Breather - Text by Steve Bowers
The closest red giant to Sol, Gacrux is home to the Breather, a transapient animin entity.
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, updated by The Astronomer, 2019
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. It was wrongly as it turned out, as the moons of this world are all too warm for easy terraformation.
Goodworld (Yarkk) - Text by Steve Bowers
World colonised by the Linnent empire using the engenerator method.
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.
Iota Piscium - Text by Steve Bowers and The Astronomer
System containing Corona and the Hestia Sunline
Iota Virginis - Text by Alex Mulvey
System containing the Refractory, a megastructure artform.
Ixeway - Text by Anders Sandberg
MPA system; M-type star near Djed, the site of the original Argus Array.
Jinvanco - Text by MacGregor
Inner Sphere Binary Red Dwarf System
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.
Lok Mai - Text by Four
Red dwarf system near Sol. Daughter colony of Sonthaya.
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
The moon of Old Earth.
Luyten's Star - Text by The Astronomer
Red dwarf star near Sol, colonized by early Diamond Network AIs.
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, MacGregor, 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, additional material by Todd Drashner
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 with extreme tidal range.
Millennium - Text by Steve Bowers
Type world of the EpiStellar Jovian Class, with unusual spiral rings.
Mokupuni - Text by Anders Sandberg
HIP 101997 III. Colony of Eden with artificial biosphere.
Mu Capricornis - Text by A. C. Maté
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: Mu Arae (Cervantes) - Text by Anders Sandberg
A colony with high-tech and lowtech cultures
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 Mike Miller, Steve Bowers
Cryojovian in the Old Solar System.
New Brooklyn - Text by Mike Miller
An independent system in the Inner Sphere.
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 Eureka - Text by The Astronomer
Dwarf Planet in the Iota Piscium system
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
Novawood Habitat - Text by Steve Bowers
Orbiting habitat around Nova Terra- traditional home of the Nova Media entertainment industry
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.
P Eridani - Text by Steve Bowers
Red dwarf double system, former member of Eridanus League
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-System 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 dwarfs, 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 (Proxima Centauri) System - Text by Updated by The Astronomer with contributions by Dangerous Safety and Ryan B (Rynn)
The closest star to Sol.
Proxima Centauri - History - Text by The Astronomer
Habitats in the icy belts around Proxima Centauri. Center for the Buddhist revival of Boddhichittamaittreya III in the late First Federation era.
Qinglong (world) - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
EuJovian Type planet in the Penglai system - inhabited by Mirrored Owl swarm-nets Advection of Pure Drylines during the 4000's
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.
Ran (Epsilon Eridani) - Text by M. Alan Kazlev, revised by QwertyYerty 2018
Former member of the Eridanus League, currently part of the EpEri Combine.
Refractory, The - Text by Alex Mulvey
Prismatic structure at the L1 point of a planet that projects rainbow-like colours onto its surface.
Regulus - Text by person43
A bright multiple star system with an extinct biosphere discovered on one planet, also site of early star-lifting experiments.
Ridgewell - Text by Anders Sandberg
Chi Herculis V, Eugaian with indigenous xenecology.
Ross 248 - Text by Steve Bowers
Flare star near sol
Ross 614 - Text by Steve Bowers
Twin Matrioshka Brains around a binary red dwarf near Sol.
Sacredtree - Text by Todd Drashner
System around 009 Ceti.
Sakura - Text by Mark Ryherd
A young mesojovian orbiting 59 Virginis.
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.
Seven Marbles (TRAPPIST-1) System - Pre-Colonisation - Text by The Astronomer, Dangerous Safety
Red dwarf star 40ly from Sol
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.
Shenjing (Sigma Draconis) System - Text by M. Alan Kazlev, Radtech497, QwertyYerty and Steve Bowers
Star system containing Penglai.
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 - Text by M. Alan Kazlev
The Old Solar System, origin of humanity, the progenitor of all Terragenkind. Now a backwater Inner Sphere system, though of course it retains historical significance.
Sonthaya - Text by The Astronomer
Planet with a reclusive cybercosm in the Tiwa system
Stars near Sol - Exploration and Colonisation - Text by Arik
Early exploration efforts in the Solar Neighborhood.
Tau Ceti - 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 Phil B
Moon of Saturn in Solsys with a long history.
Trip - Text by Mike Miller
61 Cygni world. Crowded city world business paradise during the First Federation period.
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.
Unon-Duuz - Text by Todd Drashner
Terran Federation trinary system surrounded by multiple orbital bands.
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
An asteroid in the Old Solar System that was for a time the capital of the First Federation and retains historical and symbolic importance even in the present era.
Virginis Combine, The - Text by Anders Sandberg
An early interstellar empire, influential during the late Federation and early Expansion periods.
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
A paraterraformed moon in the Inner Sphere, famous Inner Sphere as a centre for independent thought and modosophont autonomy.
Whirlygig - Text by Mike Miller
Planet with high obliquity in the Inner Sphere.
Wind in The Leaves, The - Text by Todd Drashner
Jupiter Brain in the SacredTree system.
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
Sagrei c - first planet to be discovered with alien ruins (20th 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.
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.
Yosonia - Text by Steve Bowers
HD 180161 Colony founded by the Yoson Confederacy in 2608.
Zallach-Whige - Text by Steve Bowers
House Genen colony at Chi Eridani.
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.
Zeta2 Reticuli - Text by Steve Bowers
Diamond Network star with one single AI inhabitant, known as Ziggy.

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