Worldember 2023

Tradition / Ritual | Feb 4, 2024

Kara are less common than the Mori, their planetary cousins. They have natural armour in the form of thick ceratinous plates. The threats the ancient Kara evolved to survive no longer exist, but their existence is evident in Kara physiology.

Cuisine of the Mercurian Nomads

The culinary practices of the Nomads of Mercury have a profound impact on the areas they travel through. Wherever they travel, they bring foods and seeds with them.

Parelion Orbital Defender

Organization | Apr 5, 2024

Each one was like a star spilled from the waistpouch of a hunting goddess, divine and deadly. They whirled around Mercury, waiting for the word to kill.

Pallas Steradian

Character | Mar 15, 2024

Commodore Pallas Steradian is a Martian commodore and the officer in command of the defenders of Mercury.

Defenders of Mercury

Penumbra and Caduceus together defend Mercury from the solar incursion.

Halobate Salt

Item | Dec 31, 2023

Halobate salt is a Mercurian table salt collected by the Halobates, a group of Mercurian nomads. It is a protected product under the regulations of the Inner Planet Trade Association.

Venus

Planet | Nov 11, 2023

Brilliant toxic smogs protect and obscure Venus from outsiders. The planet is a lush and hostile paradise, and it's inhabitants are the strange and alien Fei.

Palace of Delights

Building / Landmark | Dec 12, 2023

The Venusian Palace may lack the grand ornamentation of other palace, but its true ornament are its guests. The splay of light against the wall comes alive when the halls and rooms fill with people, dancing across fine silks and catching on sequins.

Titania

Titania became the Eternal Godqueen of Venus centuries ago. She appeared to be eternally young and nigh immortal, until the truth was exposed by teen magazine Beaux.

Arielle

Rank/Title | Dec 15, 2023

Arielle was Godqueen of Venus. Arielle is best known for their exploration of gender, frequently and publically presenting as masculine, feminine, both, and neither over their reign.

Godqueen of Venus

Godqueen of Venus is the title bestowed upon the current Keystone of Venus. Most Venusian nations honor her as symbolic head of state, although her powers are restricted and determined by their national laws.

Handmaiden

Profession | Dec 20, 2023

Handmaidens are servants and close companions of the Godqueen of Venus. Since the time of Godqueen Arielle, Handmaidens have been expected to use their powers of metamorphis to transform into identical copies of the Godqueen.

Metamorphis

Spell | Mar 7, 2024

Appearance is a matter of choice for the Fei, not one of inheritance. Through metamorphis the Fei can change any aspect of their appearance. The process is slow and deliberate, and a great pride of the Venusian people.

Heretic GA-7

Vehicle | Dec 15, 2023

The Heretic GA-7 is a close air support gunship designed and used by Venus. It is also the gunship of choice for Penumbra.

Venusian Consilium

Organization | Dec 12, 2023

Jupiter

Planet | Dec 17, 2023

Countless moons orbit Jupiter, the self-proclaimed cradle of civilization. Internal trouble has kept the Jovians focused inwards, handling a succession of wars for lunar independence known as Catamite Wars. Now that these wars have been decisively ended,

Minos

Broad-shouldered and horned, the Minos strike an imposing frame. The Minos are nymphs native to Jupiter. Despite making up about the same amount of the population as the Daphnae, the Minos are barely represented in the Jovian Senate.

Astroplankton

Rank/Title | Dec 30, 2023

The microscopic base of the interplanetary food web.

Political

Patrician

Patricians are full citizens of Jupiter, the only people allowed to hold certain public offices such as Senator or Govenor, as well as the only people allowed to own land on the planet of Jupiter. Patricanship is usually a matter of birth, inherited throu

Jovian Senate

Organization | Dec 30, 2023

The Jovian Senate is the largest and oldest assembly that still exists. It claims domain over Jupiter and its moons.

Triune Temple

Organization | Dec 30, 2023

The Triune Temple is the dominant state religion of Jupiter. It is an olympic religion based on the worship of the family unit as embodied by the gods of the Triune: Jove, Juno and Minerva.

Holy Daughter of Jupiter

Rank/Title | Dec 30, 2023

Holy Daughter of Jupiter is a title and role bestowed upon the Jovian Keystone. The Holy Daughter is the spiritual leader of Jupiter, as the head of the Triune Temple and patroness of the Imperial Cult.

Aessa Aemili

Character | Dec 30, 2023

Holy Daughter Aessa was first announced to the world as the seventh son of the Aemili family. When she ascended as Holy Daughter and Keystone of Jupiter, she was reintroduced to the world as Aessa, first daughter of the Aemili.

Holy Aviasaurs

Jovian Orbit

Ganymede

Geographic Location | Dec 30, 2023

The largest moon in the Solar System, Ganymede, is also one of the most populated. It is a cold moon, as much rock as it is ice. Permafrost makes agriculture hard on Ganymede, which to this day relies heavily on herds, fishing, and hunting.

Aerie O-1

Spacecraft | Dec 19, 2023

The Aerie O-1 is the first dedicated Spaceborne Warning and Control System (SWACS) fielded by the Jovian Orbital Guard. Large, bulky, and packed full with sophisticated electronics and sensors, it is capable of precisely identifying and tracking objects.

Cyklopes SSF-9

Technology / Science | Dec 8, 2023

The Cyklopes SSF-9 is a current-generation space superiority fighter exclusively fielded by the Orbital Guard. It is a high tech platform built to seize control of the battlespace.

Pater-class Carrier

Vehicle | Dec 31, 2023

The Pater-class is a fast carrier employed by the Jovian Orbital Guard. It serves a crucial part of the Orbital Guard's anti-piracy strategy, operating as a mobile spaceport that can launch and resupply Cyklopes incredibly close to areas of operation.

Voluntary Indication of Position

Voluntary Indication of Position (VIP) systems are used by spacecraft to periodically broadcast their identity, position and velocity according to their internal systems, and receive positions and velocities of other nearby craft.

Magnomight Systems

Organization | Dec 30, 2023

Magnomight Systems is a small Jovian electronics and sensors manufacturer. It specializes in spacebourne sensors, including collision detection, asteroid assessors, craft radar, and radio telescopes.

Jupiter Stella

Organization | Dec 22, 2023

Jovian Orbital Guard

Organization | Dec 22, 2023

Juno-class Carrier

Vehicle | Dec 30, 2023

The Juno-class carrier is a venerable series of fast carriers that served as the predecessor to the Pater-class.

Saturn

Planet | Nov 15, 2023

The brilliant skies of Saturn are ringed with advertisements. Merchant Princes carve out their domains on the planet and her moons. Saturn is known as the Grey Market, anything can be acquired for the right price and any law broken with the right bribe.

Heller Cave Paintings

Building / Landmark | Dec 15, 2023

The Heller Cave system is the site of the oldest known figurative art in the Sol System. The most famous of the Heller Cave Paintings depicts what is believed to be an astracetean migration.

Svetluzca Morana

Character | Feb 23, 2024

Svetluzca Morana is the emerging Keystone of Saturn. The young girl has already survived one assassination attempt, albeit not without scars. She is the care of Merchant Prince Quo, who has invested greatly in her security.

Rhea

Geographic Location | Dec 8, 2023

Rhea is the second largest moon of Saturn, and one of the possible origins of humans. It is known for being the site of the Heller Cave Paintings, the oldest known figurative art on the Sol System.

Uranus

Planet | Nov 22, 2023

Constant storms whip across the skies of Uranus. On those wild winds fly the Eyries; floating vehicle-cities. No one lives on Uranus without knowing how to fly, be it with craft or their own wings.

Parachute Trees

Species | Dec 20, 2023

The Parachute Trees are native to the Aer of Uranus, and thrive in the summer pole. They grow on the islands of Uranus. They have a very quick life cycle, growing to maturity in just a few years.

Othello Shaft-hole Axe Head

Item | Dec 30, 2023

The Othello shaft-hole axe head is an ancient artifact most notable for providing rare information about the design of prehistoric axe handles.

Starwatch

Organization | Feb 21, 2024

Starwatch is the collective defense organization of Uranus that patrols its skies and orbital space.

Sorted by Topic

Species

Humanoid

Species | Feb 23, 2024

Humanoids are a catch-all term for sapient bipedal beings that vaguely resemble humans. Humanoids are not necessarily related species, but instead an example of covergent evolution.

Human

As a lunar people, humans fall under the political domain of planet superpowers. They sit in an interesting niche as the "majority minority" and live on the margins of society, oribital or otherwise.

Mori

Species | Dec 15, 2023

The fragile Mori are moth-like people from Mercury. The former denizens of the Sunscrapers are very distinct with their massive white manes, and fluffy feather-like antennae.

Kara

Minos

Wild

Astroplankton

Generic article | Dec 12, 2023

The microscopic base of the interplanetary food web.

Parachute Trees

Species | Dec 20, 2023

The Parachute Trees are native to the Aer of Uranus, and thrive in the summer pole. They grow on the islands of Uranus. They have a very quick life cycle, growing to maturity in just a few years.

Aquila

Species | Dec 19, 2023

Pavo

Species | Dec 19, 2023

Stryx

Species | Dec 19, 2023

Spacecraft Index

An index of all spacecraft and spacecraft-related articles in Solaris. Spacecraft can include those built to move cargo, convey people, destroy other spacecraft, or conduct scientific experiments.

Space Warfare

Generic article | Feb 23, 2024

Space warfare covers military operations conducted in or from space. It includes ship-to-ship combat, control of space, space-to-ground weaponry, and insertion from orbit to ground. Includes an overview of the state of space militarization in Sol.

Aerie O-1

Spacecraft | Dec 19, 2023

Cyklopes SSF-9

The Cyklopes SSF-9 is a current-generation space superiority fighter exclusively fielded by the Orbital Guard. It is a high tech platform built to seize control of the battlespace.

Pater-class Carrier

Vehicle | Dec 31, 2023

Heretic GA-7

Vehicle | Dec 15, 2023

The Heretic GA-7 is a close air support gunship designed and used by Venus. It is also the gunship of choice for Penumbra.

Parelion Orbital Defender

Rank/Title | Dec 12, 2023

Each one was like a star spilled from the waistpouch of a hunting goddess, divine and deadly. They whirled around Mercury, waiting for the word to kill.

Juno-class Carrier

Vehicle | Dec 30, 2023

The Juno-class carrier is a venerable series of fast carriers that served as the predecessor to the Pater-class.

Fast Cutter

Vehicle | Feb 21, 2024

A fast cutter is a type of military craft that is small, fast, and lightly armed.

Ship Conditions

Cosmic Bloom

Condition | Feb 8, 2024

Cosmic Bloom is caused by an astroplankton infestation onboard a spacecraft. The blooming algae releases dangerous toxins into the air which can cause severe symptoms up to and including death.

Paradisius

Condition | Dec 14, 2023

Paradisius is a ship condition caused by the paradise vine, a highly invasive plant native to Venus, and a natural terraformer. They break down the ship, leaving nothing but a verdant wreck.

Crystal Infestation

Condition | Dec 31, 2023

Crystal infestations are like a ship possessed. Survivors describe animated cables strike out at crew, lights turned up blindingly bright, and a constant disharmonious chime. Thankfully, infestations are very rare.

Keystone

Each age the planets choose a mortal to embody them. A young girl is granted immense power, the potential of the planet itself, and from that point on she is known as a Keystone.

Keystones

Titania

Titania became the Eternal Godqueen of Venus centuries ago. She appeared to be eternally young and nigh immortal, until the truth was exposed by teen magazine Beaux.

Arielle