The Solar System (IRL), also referred to as the First System by later interstellar colonists, is the home planetary system of several significant planetary, dwarf-planetary, asteroidal, cometary, and satellite bodies including Earth, a terrestrial formerly-life-bearing planet. It is the ultimate origin of all Earth lifeforms, including humans and their various factions and client species.
History[]
Humanity developed technology sufficient for spaceflight in the mid 20th century.
During the course of the 21st century, a gradual manned colonisation effort followed, establishing colonies on the Moon, later Mars and some of the moons of Jupiter (e.g. Europa).
Description[]
The decline of Earth itself has led to a mass exodus of humanity from the solar system, with many of the planets and moons containing abandoned megastructures. The sun is dimming and is now a dwarf star, surrounded by a the decrepit remains of a Dyson sphere. Debris of ancient spacecraft littler the system, making much of it hard or even impossible to navigate.
Known celestial bodies[]
- Sol or Sun (unary star)
- Mercury (terrestrial planet)
- Venus (terrestrial planet)
- Earth (terrestrial planet, human homeworld)
- Mars (terrestrial planet, Earth colony, later contested between early Conjoiners and the Coalition)
- the asteroid belt of the Solar System
- Jupiter (gas giant, various Earth colonies in its vicinity)
- Europa (icy moon of Jupiter, founding and major Demarchist colony)
- Saturn (gas giant)
- Uranus (gas giant)
- Neptune (neutron star companion)
- the Kuiper Belt of the Solar System
Appearances[]
- Galactic North short story anthology (2006)
- Great Wall of Mars - Mars as the main setting
- A Spy in Europa - Europa as the main setting
Notes[]
Doomed, sadly. In more ways than one.