Solar System

“	In front of you, there is a map of the Solar System. Here you can see which missions are available in different areas and how much time it will take to travel from one point to another. Right now, to deliver the PCPU with quasimorphic research to AnCom, we need to go to Mars.	”
	~ Frank

Inner System

Mercury

In the 2150s, terraforming equipment was delivered to Mercury. Surprisingly quickly, it was possible to saturate the atmosphere with oxygen and nitrogen, and remove toxic gases. However, life on the surface of Mercury is impossible, no one had hoped for it. Automatic stations operate on the surface.

And yet, people are present on the planet. Inside mountain ranges and deep enough underground, it was possible to create underground colonies, isolated from the temperature conditions of the surface.

Vulcan

A hybrid monster of steel and titanium, it orbits high around Mercury. Once independent spacecrafts, its two halves are now held together by a bulky asymmetrical structure designed to withstand the unpredictable gravitational forces and solar wind. The two spacecrafts that form the satellite's core house three stations in Vulcan.

With its lead-gray hull and observation windows that gleam in the reflection of the Sun, Vulcan is reminiscent of the early years of active exploration of the Solar System. The roar of the power reactors permeates every corner, and the vibration of the hull is a constant melody of life for the satellite's inhabitants.

Citadel-1

Citadel-1 is an artificial satellite of Mercury. Tianming Corporation installed cubecentric engines on the trans-Neptunian object and launched it into Mercury's orbit. After the asteroid. was delivered to its permanent location, a habitable ring was built around it along its minor axis. After that, Citadel-1 was spun at such a speed that the Coriolis force could replace gravity for people. Four of the five Citadel-1 stations are located in the habitable ring. However, Gamma Hydra 4 station is located inside the asteroid itself. Tianming was a pioneer in asteroid harvesting.

Citadel-1 is an old complex, lacking amenities like those found in HAVOC or Geist.

Venus

At the end of the 21st century, the entire power of several corporations was directed at the intensive terraforming of the planet. The following were undertaken: bombardment with ice blocks, infection of the soil with GM bacteria, sowing GM seeds, and then the settlement of GM animals (mainly insects and spiders). The terraforming process on Venus lasted 70 years, and people did not control it at every stage. For example, the upper layers of the atmosphere became a toxic greenhouse under which jungles grew, and poisonous swamps still encircle the planet along the equator.

Despite all this, Venus is now the most habitable planet after Earth.

Mechta

Once, the USSR launched a tiny artificial planet called Mechta towards the Sun. About a hundred years ago, Venus attracted the Mechta, and it became its artificial satellite. During the time of Venus' terraforming, Mechta became a convenient point for mounting structures and a loading terminal for planetary shuttles. Garbage was thrown next to Mechta, mechanisms that could be useful later were attached to it, and they were forgotten. As a result Mechta became a huge improvised engineering art object, the appearance of which was a surprise to everyone in the System.

Over time the size of Mechta became so large that it began to be used for good by placing stations there.

HAVOC

HAVOC - High Altitude Venusian Orbital City. This is an extremely successful project of the Dilthey corporation. An asteroid caught beyond the orbit of Neptune was delivered to the orbit of Venus. The asteroid served as the frame for Arcology, a city with a closed ecological system designed by Italian philosopher-architect Paolo Soleri. The Blade at the Ready training station is located outside Arcology, under the surface of the asteroid.

All those lucky enough to live on HAVOC stations can enjoy the latest technologies in the arrangement of space dwellings. Dilthey seems not to notice the shortage of resources and growing tension and lives in a real anarcho-capitalist paradise.

Earth

Earth is the ecological and agrarian paradise of humanity. According to the information from the SBN, the Earth is inhabited by 4 billion people. After the construction of New Seattle on the Moon and Intercity on Mars, the interdict mode stands on the planet.

Interdict mode: Only those market agents who are employees of corporations that have property on Earth or market agents that own such property have permission to visit the Earth.

Tsiolkovsky

A large artificial satellite of Earth. Tsiolkovsky consists of a durable central structure (CC), an automatic orbit maintenance system, and five stations located in different places of the CS. Tsiolkovsky was supposed to be a transport hub, a gateway to Earth. At the same time, it was supposed to be connected to the surface by a space elevator. So far, these plans have not been realized, since no corporation has the resources for such an ambitious project.

For a long time, it was not customary to initiate direct actions on Tsiolkovsky as well as in Earth orbit. However, in the last fifteen years combat operations have begun at Tsiolkovsky's station. When they reach Earth is a matter of time.

Moon

A satellite of the Earth where helium-3 is mined and used to produce quantum liquid H-3, fuel for cubecentric engines. The Moon has a sealed metropolis New Seattle, which houses the headquarters and other buildings of a huge number of corporations. The "Source" complex deserves special mention as it houses servers with the current text of the NCE and other documents that can be called the constitution of the ancap system.

In a sense, New Seattle, a giant sparkling city under a dome covered with lunar soil to protect it from radiation, is the heart of the ancap system. Earth< is a boring old planet. But in the steel, plastic, and glass structures of New Seattle, life is in full swing, driven by the thirst for profit and the desire for freedom.

Fuller

An artificial satellite of the Moon. It orbits in a geostationary orbit and is constantly above the Sea of Rains. The satellite is named after Richard Buckminster Fuller -- an outstanding architect, designer, engineer, inventor, philosopher, mathematician, writer, poet. And, most importantly, a hopeless utopian whose ideas had no chance of being realized under the oppression of states. The liberation granted to people by the Great Anarchist Revolution made it possible to realize many of Fuller's ideas. This artificial satellite of five module-stations, linked together by engineering structures, is a living embodiment of the dreams of an outstanding person.

When the Sun rises over the Sea of Rains, Fuller reflects its light, as if speaking on behalf of humanity: "We are moving forward! We are building the future!"

Mars

Mars was supposed to be terraformed before Venus, but the solar wind quickly blew away any atmosphere from Mars. All human efforts were reduced to maintaining the surface in the state of a cold desert with islands of GMO-tundra closer to the equator. Acceptable oxygen levels and the ability to live without spacesuits still motivate people to develop Mars. Scattered across the surface are individual bases of individual corporations, reminiscent of boomtowns from the American Old West. The only large city on the planet is Intercity.

The city was built before the Great Anarchist Revolution (GAR). It was badly damaged and was never fully restored. Intercity is a cold slum with the few corporate building rising like beacons in an ocean of poverty.

Phobos

Mars is a backwater province relative to Earth. Phobos and Deimos are backwater provinces relative to Mars. Phobos is a natural satellite of Mars, a transfer station on the way to the Outer System. Its surface, dotted with craters and cracks, is home to transport hubs, warehouse systems, a mining factory, and even a small colony Hypnos-2. Here, trade routes converge and diverge, and the interests of corporations and factions of the Outer System intersect, whose agents cannot afford sufficient cover to infiltrate the Intercity.

Phobos is too cosmopolitan for the Inner System. In fact, it doesn't take much work to find Unchained Belt pirates or Civil Resistance recruiters here.

Deimos

Mars is a backwater province relative to Earth. Phobos and Deimos are backwater provinces relative to Mars. Deimos is a natural satellite of Mars, a shadow port on the edge of the Inner System. Here you can meet not only pirates and other enemies of the people, but also corporate agents who want to infiltrate the factions of the Outer System. Deimos is not just a "forge of evil". Here, hidden from the eyes of corporations, new independent ideas are born.

Deimos is like a spider waiting for its prey: quiet, inconspicuous, dangerous. Its venom is quite capable of harming the Inner System.

Main Belt

Corporations do not control the belt's planets as securely as they do the Inner System's planets. This is a zone of true anarchy, where you will encounter pirates and a much more rampant Civil Resistance. But it's definitely worth taking a look, even though this province of the Main Belt is considered a remote and forgotten corner of the Solar System.

Ceres

The largest asteroid in the Main Belt. Settlements on Ceres appeared even before the Great Anarchist Revolution (GAR). The asteroid is not only rich in valuable ores, but also serves as a launch pad for mining expeditions throughout the Main Belt. Epitome Colony and Eos station compete for the title of the capital of Ceres. Both houses offices and other buildings of corporations operating on the border of the Outer and Inner Systems. Many stations are located inside the asteroid, and several inhabited settlements revolve around it.

Also not far from Ceres, the artificial planet Wernher moves at a synchronized speed.

During 2101, a workers' strike happened here that led to Grasshopper Technologies' security team using nerve gas to suppress it, later marking the rise of the New Corporate Ethics.

Wernher

Wernher is a unique construction, built during the Great Anarchic Revolution (GAR) by the Dilthey corporation. An artificial planet, placed in the Main Belt in such a way as to move in orbit at a constant distance from Ceres. For about 40 years after its construction, Wernher was Dilthey's base, capable of moving throughout the System and taking part in the corporation's major construction projects: it participated in the capture and delivery of Geist to a new orbit, and was also a construction base for the construction of HAVOC buildings.

Wernher is now placed in a permanent orbit in the Main Belt, and its cubecentric engines have gone out forever. It contains three stations that have been converted into freely sold assets.

Vesta

Vesta constantly changes its status in trade and transport catalogs. Today it is called the largest asteroid in the System, and tomorrow it already lays claim to the title of the tiniest dwarf planet. However, these metamorphoses pale in comparison to the true value of Vesta - endless reserves of minerals, which attracted the attention of corporations to the asteroid almost immediately after the invention of the cubecentric engine. Now Vesta is cut through by kilometers of underground mines, many of which have long been abandoned. Their tunnels go into the depths of its mineral heart.

If you are lucky enough to stumble upon a feral tribe of cannibals who have long forgotten that they live in space, do not be surprised: in the dark abandoned labyrinths of the mines, time flows by its own laws. People who are born, live, and die here are not very similar to earthlings.

Pallas

A remote province of the Main Belt. Some consider life on Pallas to be hard and a major failure, while others, looking at events in the rest of the System, consider it rather a quiet one. However, with the onset of 2200, even the most remote corners of the System were affected by a new redistribution of property. Pallas is similar to a gray stone both on the outside and in the feel of life here. People live a simple life, mining minerals and standing in huge lines after the arrival of food transporters.

At one time, Pallas was developed by the Hive corporation, and the asteroid actually became its property. After the liquidation of the corporation, Pallas was of no use to anyone until platinum deposits were accidentally discovered under a small methane mine.

Geist

Geist is a ghost asteroid. It was extremely difficult to detect due to its orbit, speed, albedo, and other factors. However, the Dilthey corporation caught Geist and, using powerful cubecentric engines, changed its orbit so that the large asteroid became a transit point in the Main Belt. Beneath the surface of Geist are three colony stations. One of them even has a real city park. It is not only a transit point connecting the Outer and Inner parts of the System, but also a hub for legal activity in the Belt.

One of the stations is held by Dilthey. It is the headquarters of the corporation after the Wernher stations were transferred for free sale. The other two change hands depending on the fluctuations of the dignitas in the ancap system.

Interamnia

An aluminosilicate-rich Main Belt asteroid that was never destined to become a mining center. Unless you count the occasional desperate group of miners who, in a mad attempt to get rich, land in a random spot on Interamnia and try to collect as many stones as possible. The thing is, Interamnia is in eternal conflict. It is home to the largest and most open station owned by the enemies of the people, the space pirates. The city of Hargeysa is the Tortuga of the 23rd century.

Why hasn't RealWare nuke Interamnia yet? It's convenient for corporations to have a free zone where undercover agents can do business outside the ancap system.

Hekate

A small asteroid in the Main Belt that attracted the attention of the Civil Resistance due to its unremarkable nature. It was here that the colnodes delivered the quasimorph with whom they made the Alliance Pact.

434 Hungaria

434 Hungaria and its asteroid group form the Belt's bridgehead in the Inner System, with orbits passing close to Mars. This makes it a key point for coordinating transit routes and mining expeditions to Mars and back to the Main Belt. Hungaria is known for its compact but strategically important settlements, surrounded by arrays of solar panels and antennas. The largest settlement, Forward, serves as a transit hub and storage facility for expeditions.

The asteroid's surface features vast empty territories used for testing new technologies and weapons. This attracts corporations seeking secure sites for testing hazardous innovations.

434 Hungaria straddles the border between two worlds: the Inner System and the Main Belt. For the Main Belt, it is considered relatively stable—until corporations instigate another power reshuffling here.

Annagerman

A small Main Belt asteroid nicknamed the Singing Rock for the strange acoustic phenomena heard within its caverns. These sounds, a combination of humming and groaning, similar to the human voice, have repeatedly forced miners to abandon their posts.

The four mining settlements on Annagerman are currently not owned by any major corporations. Operations are always conducted through temporary proxies, as no one wants to end up in the news for being held responsible for the mysterious disappearance of another mining group. However, rumors of rare lithium deposits continue to attract desperate loners and small teams of prospectors who, to protect themselves, connect with major players in the anarcho-capitalist system through a series of intermediaries.

Deep within the asteroid, a network of natural tunnels sometimes reveals strange signs, as if left by intelligent beings. The official stance is that these signs are hallucinations caused by oxygen system malfunctions in the suits of those who discovered them.

Hygiea

Hygiea is infamous for its desolation and wretchedness. The asteroid is riddled with microcraters, resembling pores. In fact, its spongy structure holds numerous deposits of mineral salts.

Hygiea is almost completely devoid of large settlements. The only exception is the mining station Connelly-4, perpetually atmost empty. Yet, Hygiea is surprisingly densely populated. Small mining colonies, identified only by numbers, are scattered across its surface and hidden within the pores. This environment makes the asteroid a haven for public enemies, the Civil Resistance, and other Belt inhabitants who remain invisible to the anarcho-capitalist system.

Local legends speak of 'salt ghosts'—ethereal figures of glittering crystalline dust that emerge in the dark.

Outer System

Jupiter

The largest planet in the solar system, the fifth in distance from the sun. Along with Saturn, Jupiter is classified as a gas giant. The planet has been known to people since ancient times, which is reflected in the mythology and religious beliefs of various cultures: Mesopotamian, Babylonian, Greek and others. The modern name of Jupiter comes from the name of the ancient Roman supreme god of thunder.

Io

A moon of Jupiter, the closest of the four Galilean moons to the planet. Named in honor of the mythological Io - the priestess of Hera and the beloved of Zeus. It has a diameter of 3642 km, which makes it the fourth largest satellite in the solar system.

Europa

The sixth-most distant moon of Jupiter, the smallest of the four Galilean moons. Discovered in 1610 by Galileo Galilei and probably by Simon Marius at the same time. Over the centuries, more and more comprehensive observations were made of Europe with the help of telescopes, and, starting from the seventies of the twentieth century, by spacecraft flying near.

Ganymede

One of the Galilean satellites of Jupiter, the seventh in distance from it among all its satellites and the largest satellite in the solar system. Its diameter is 5268 kilometers, which is 2% larger than that of Titan (the second largest satellite in the solar system) and 8% larger than that of Mercury.

Calisto

The second largest satellite of Jupiter (after Ganymede), one of the four Galilean satellites and the most distant among them from the planet. It is the third largest moon in the solar system after Ganymede and Titan.

Saturn

The sixth planet in terms of distance from the Sun and the second largest planet in the solar system after Jupiter. Saturn is classified as a gas giant planet. Saturn is named after the Roman god of agriculture.

Mimas

Satellite of Saturn, discovered September 17, 1789 by William Herschel. Named after Mimas, one of the titans of Greek mythology. Also referred to as Saturn I. With a diameter of 396 kilometers, it is the twentieth largest satellite in the solar system, as well as the smallest known cosmic body that has a rounded shape due to its own gravity.

Enceladus

The sixth largest satellite of Saturn and the fourteenth farthest from it among the 82 known satellites. Referred to as Saturn II. It is the seventeenth largest satellite in the solar system. It was discovered in 1789 by William Herschel, but remained little studied until the early 1980s, when two Voyager interplanetary probes approached it.

Tethys

The fifth largest and most massive moon of Saturn and the fifteenth largest from the planet. This is a medium-sized satellite, its diameter is about 1060 km. Tethys was discovered by Giovanni Cassini in 1684 and was named after one of the Titanides of Greek mythology. The apparent magnitude of Tethys is 10.2.

Dione

The fourth largest satellite of Saturn and the fourth farthest from the planet among the seven largest satellites of the latter. It is the fifteenth largest and largest satellite in the solar system.

Pluto

HIS Day of Fire, which carried out the thermonuclear strike on Geneva, is in eternal orbital parking near Pluto as an eternal monument to the salvo that gave the signal for the beginning of the liberation of mankind.

Kuiper Belt

It is a circumstellar disc in the outer Solar System, extending from the orbit of Neptune at 30 astronomical units to approximately 50 astronomical units from the Sun. Several asteroids have been captured from here to be sent into Inner System and Main Belt.