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...eated when [[Adam's Ark]] attempted to fire it's [[tachyon cannon]] on the planet, and the mass of [[mobius pattern]]s tried to shunt the energy away, rippin ...rs of Earth, all existing as they apparently had at previous points in the planet's history, down to isochronic age estimates, the position of [[star]]s and

...planet by three or more pylons. The less massive and faster-rotating the planet, the smaller the ring. The [[Terran Ring]] and the [[Martian Ring]] were t

...s just outside of [[Venus]]' orbit twice a year, slowly tugging the larger planet's orbit outwards. While, like those of [[Earth]], these did have orbit-cor ...make the planet more permanent. The goal was to slam [[Mercury]] into the planet at the exact proper angle and force, some of which will be ejected to form

The red planet isn't, anymore. It's [[terraforming]] was finished in the early [[23rd cen ...tion project covered the planet great dust storms still swept the once-red planet.

* [[Starbase]]s either orbit a [[star]] or [[planet]]ary body, serving one purpose or another. ** [[Vehicle]]s are planet-based transportation machines of various sorts.

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranus Uranus] is the third [[Jovian]] planet out from [[Sol]], in the [[Solar System]]. It's current fate is unknown, b

...eir new civilization the [[Procyon Concord]], and the main [[terrestrial]] planet in the system is named [[Foundation]].<noinclude>

...and any star significantly larger than the [[Sun]] simply will not give a planet enough time to spawn intelligent life.

...created the [[skearn]] [[Hemera]], coterminous with the ring system of the planet.

...ourse, was a much more directed - and drastic - affair. While the once red planet is still somewhat chilly, and somewhat dry, rivers are flowing, oceans are ...tian]] surface, with more to come. Although sometimes still called the Red Planet, it most certainly isn't - even the naked eye on [[Earth]] sees a blue dot.

...]. It surrounds [[Ouranos Prime]] like [[Saturn]]'s rings do their mother planet. A vast region of darkness about four kilometers thick, it stretches for o

...the main hubs of transportation, communication and power generation on the planet. ...d spokes contain a superconducting line, for distributing power around the planet at little cost, and making it easy to collect the massive numbers of beams

...n control of Earth attempted to maintain their influence over the then Red Planet. Although not completely self sufficient, Mars did not hold itself to the s Earth's response was near immediate. All food shipments to the Red Planet were halted, and those en route were called back. An enforcement fleet was

...icitly state their goals, the meaning was obvious to many, on both the Red Planet and on Earth.

[[Terraform]]ing is the process of making a planet habitable for a specific form of biosphere. While all 'natural' complex li

** [[Zuhrah]] - Orbiting at about .95 AU, Zuhruh was the third major planet in the system to become terraformed. It has a moon labeled [[Musytari]]. ** [[Marikh]] and [[Zuhal]] make up a double-planet, and are the coldest of the major planets in the system, orbiting at about

...ing brought fully on-line. With the [[Martian Ring]] completed, the ex-red planet begins turning out over a thousand ships a month on its own, though many re

...l, named after seven of the most brilliant planetary objects seen from the planet's surface ([[Saturn]] is omitted to avoid confusion with Saturday). As Pho

...little ill will to its people, merely the corrupt regimes that spanned the planet.

...early [[23rd century]], nominally centered on the largest [[terrestrial]] planet in the [[star system]], [[Foundation]]. It was not founded in direct oppos

...to remain unattended for centuries. Still, even with the invasion of the planet proper, most things remaining on Earth were built to last for thousands of

...ad already given it, and Luna, a barely breathable atmosphere, and the Red Planet's color was slowly changing.

...scatters bluer light, making the blue sky, and lets redder light pass. Any planet with a significant atmosphere will seem to have a blue sky, at least ignori

...n [[Earth]] has little meaning to someone who spends their life on another planet. While [[Martian calendar]]s and clocks have existed since the 20th centur

...part of [[Regalia]], and could, in theory, focus enough energy to crack a planet. Of course, a tap of sufficient potency could do that anyway - but with ta

...ions are typically found on the surface of a [[terrestrial]] planet or ice planet of some sort. Their purpose varies - either to perform extensive research,

...] at the beginning of the [[Solarian Purge]]. Their homeworld is a double planet several thousand [[parsec]]s [[spinward]] of [[Sol]]'s original position.

...ssing power, perhaps remains dimly aware of the world. Winds up orbiting a planet, accretes enough dust and stuff to become a small moon.

...], a mighty space station resting inside the orbit of the [[Uranus|seventh planet]]. There, they built a new weapon, revealing its nature in an event now kno By the dawn of the [[23rd century]], [[human]]s have visited every planet in the [[Solar System]]. A roving mass of man-made satellites swarm about [

...often focusing on picking off transport vessels too and from the once-red planet. Obviously meaningless since the war.

...e, housing the tachyon transmitter and the largest artificial fusion power planet in the Solar System. As with the rings, seven sixty-kilometer diameter spok

...ctive. Or rather, a point some seventy million kilometers in front of said planet.

...barrage of Gaea was over almost as soon as it began, barely breaching the planet's defenses and singing the surface before the ship's commander, a mighty [[

...taros, respectively, and declare that the time for human occupation of the planet has come to an end. Just as awe-inspiring to many as their immense size is