Vera Is a star system under the control of the New USSR 50 lightyears from earth. Not too much is known of this System as the New USSR government has been very tight lipped about it. 1. Aurora – a New USSR planet some 53.9 lightyears from Earth. It is a cross between a military and economic center, but mainly military. In the current year 2724, a yet unknown enemy attacked Aurora. With no USSR ships in the region, Russian President, Dimitri Sokolov, called on the UNF to investigate and aid in the rescue of any citizen on the surface. 2. Makarovich – Is a mining planet for the New USSR as well as a top secret weapons research and development base. Though, with its thin atmosphere, maintaining any long term civilian population is difficult, that and the fact there is a rather large snake-like creature roaming the landscape and seas.