Planetary system

Systems is a broad term for a "system" of planets, planetoids, stars, and other celestial bodies. They are often connected by Jump Points to allow intersystem travel. Systems contain the most important locations in the galaxy; from homeworlds to military outposts.

The vast majority of systems have a large star, black hole, or other massive object around which the other stellar objects orbit.

Travel and Exploration
Between systems, jump points are nearly the only method of travel; any other means of transportation would take decades or longer to cross the light years between each system.

For intrasystem travel, a Ship would use its quantum drive to travel between objects within the system, travelling at approximately 20% of the speed of light and consuming quantum fuel to do so.

UEE

 * Sol: Homeworld of humanity and capital of the UEE
 * Stanton: Location of Crusader and the current Star Citizen Persistent Universe
 * Chronos: The site of the in-construction Synthworld, a fully artificial planet
 * Oretani: A collapsed jump point cut off this partially terraformed system from the rest of the empire. The fate of its inhabitants is unknown
 * Min: A rogue gas giant with small human encampments.

Alien

 * Rihlah: Xi'An military staging area converted to industrial and tourist world.
 * Orion: Site of the violent first contact with the Vanduul. Abandoned due to their frequent attacks on the human outposts.
 * Bacchus: Possible location of Banu homeworld and popular trading destination for UEE haulers.

Common Terms

 * Astronomical Unit (AU): Roughly the distance from Earth to the Sun. Used as a measurement for other in-system distance measurements. The actual value, in kilometers, of an AU is subject to change.
 * Asteroid Belt: A ring or cloud of rocky planetoids. Often mined for raw resources or used as a construction platform
 * Binary System : System characterized by a "binary" set of two orbiting stars around which the other objects orbit
 * Homeworld : World where a race first evolved
 * The birthplace of any person. (EX: "My homeworld is Earth")


 * Jump Point : Anomaly used for near-instant travel between systems
 * Space Station : Artificial base built as a platform for military, research, or other purposes in space. Often in orbit around planets or built into asteroids