SF1E Star Systems and Planets

Comprehensive reference of star systems and planetary bodies from Starfinder 1E, organized by region.

Source: Archives of Nethys (aonsrd.com) Last Updated: 2026-01-17

Pact Worlds

Aballon (The Forge)

Location: Pact Worlds (innermost planet)

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: 1/3 Earth standard
Mass: 1/27 Earth standard
Gravity: 1/3 Earth standard
Atmosphere: Thin
Day length: 12 hours
Year length: 90 days

Description:

Aballon is "a drab world of dusty craters, gray deserts, and sharp-edged mountains" with extreme temperature variations between sunlit and shadowed regions. The thin atmosphere is constantly stripped away by solar winds.

Inhabitants/Species:

Primary inhabitants are anacites—fully sentient artificial beings descended from machines created by an ancient race called the First Ones. Anacites typically feature silvery arthropod bodies, often customized with colors or schematic patterns. The planet also hosts some biological visitors and residents.

Major Settlements:

Striving (largest settlement) - seat of the Machine Court and a holy site for the church of Triune
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Nine ancient First Ones cities (currently unexplored by anacites)

Government/Society:

The Machine Court arbitrates conflicts and works with the Insight Array (governing AIs). Two major ideological factions exist: Those Who Wait (preserving resources for the First Ones' return) and Those Who Become (colonizing new worlds).

Economy:

Mining rare ores from the Midnight Trenches; technology corporations like Automatrix Robotics produce AIs and servitor bots for sale across the Pact Worlds.

Notable Features:

Nine ancient First Ones cities with gleaming spires
Unification Cathedral housing a massive Drift beacon factory
Known sanctuary for androids and mechanical beings seeking fair trial

Absalom Station (The Nexus)

Location: Pact Worlds (orbits where Golarion formerly occupied)

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: 5 miles
Mass: Less than 1/100 of standard
Gravity: x1 (artificial)
Atmosphere: Normal
Day/Year: Both artificial, 1 day/1 year cycle

Description:

This massive space platform serves as "the primary home of humanity and the undisputed center of both interstellar trade and governance among the Pact Worlds." The station features diverse neighborhoods with vastly different conditions, from engineering bays and flooded tank-warrens to elegant corporate enclaves and rowdy spacer bars.

Notable Features:

The station's most significant feature is the Starstone—a mysterious artifact housed in the core that powers the station and functions as a hyperspace beacon, enabling rapid interstellar travel regardless of distance.

Government/Society:

Governed by the Pact Council and delegates, with a Syndicsguild representing neighborhood interests. A Prime Executive (Primex) leads the station. The Strong Absalom movement represents an emerging xenophobic faction.

Major Institutions:

Stewards headquarters, AbadarCorp offices, Starfinder Archives, Arcanamirium, and Cosmonastery.

Inhabitants:

Humans dominate, though diverse alien species reside there, including Lashunta and Nuar.

Akiton (The Battlefield)

Location: Pact Worlds, fourth planet from the sun

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: x1/2 (relative to standard)
Mass: x1/12
Gravity: x1/3
Atmosphere: Thin
Day: 24 hours, 40 minutes
Year: 2 years

Description:

Akiton is a declining world. Once rich in thasteron ore essential for sublight travel, the planet's economy collapsed when hyperspace travel reduced demand. The planet has lost much of its atmosphere and water due to core cooling and magnetosphere weakening. Residents now scavenge abandoned mining vessels and struggle through political instability and gang warfare.

Major Settlements:

Arl (known for blood sports)
Estuar
Daza (partially irradiated fusion city)
Maro (featuring the Thousand Lights trench city)
Hivemarket (bazaar at Ka, Pillar of the Sky)

Inhabitants:

Indigenous species include ysoki (thriving nomadic traders), shobhads (four-armed mercenaries), Contemplatives of Ashok (telekinetic beings), and ikeshti (red-skinned lizardfolk). Common Pact Worlds races also inhabit the planet.

Government/Society:

No centralized government exists. The planet features "neverending skirmishes and proxy wars between various cities, clans, corporations, tribes, and offworld factions."

Economy:

Dominated by remaining thasteron mines and contracts with offworld weapons and ship parts manufacturers.

Apostae (The Messenger)

Location: Pact Worlds system

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: 1/5 of standard
Mass: 1/250 of standard
Gravity: 1/10 of standard
Atmosphere: Normal or none
Day length: 7 days
Year length: 243 years

Description:

Apostae is a small rocky planetoid with an unusual orbit nearly perpendicular to the ecliptic, suggesting extraplanetary origins. The surface appears barren and airless, but extensive caverns and tunnels riddled throughout contain "ancient machines that still hummed, indestructible doors, permanently comatose...creatures with a range of alien forms, and vaults of advanced technology and weapons."

History:

Before the Gap, the world harbored the ilee, an extinct alien race. Drow houses arrived afterward (possibly before Golarion's disappearance), fleeing their Castrovel kindred. Despite centuries of expansion, drow control remains incomplete.

Inhabitants:

Drow (primary), orcs, half-orcs, and other races as second-class laborers

Major Settlement:

Nightarch—the only surface city and primary spaceport

Government/Society:

Independent drow houses operate as family-run corporations without unified governance, assembling only to elect Pact ambassadors. Non-drow inhabitants lack political representation.

Economy:

Weapon manufacturing and sales, archaeological salvage operations, mercenary services, fleshwarping augmentations, and custom weapons design

Notable Features:

The mysterious Nightarch arch displays undeciphered markings and spontaneously creates gates to unknown locations; no returning expeditions have been recorded.

Aucturn (The Stranger)

Location/Region: Pact Worlds (farthest planet from the sun)

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: Varies
Mass: x2
Gravity: x2
Atmosphere: Toxic
Day: Varies
Year: 500 years

Description:

"The ominous world of Aucturn, the Stranger, remains mostly an enigma even after centuries of interplanetary travel." Most scholars theorize it is not actually a planet but a living entity—an immense embryo that will mature into a Great Old One. The world features a sickly, organic surface with fleshlike terrain, tumor-like mountains, and black ichor veins containing psychotropic substances. Landscapes shift unpredictably. The toxic yellow-green atmosphere contains numerous drugs, mutagens, and poisons.

Inhabitants/Species:

Native creatures include orocorans (skittering beings with proboscis-tongues), bryrvaths, olghuths, and plague oozes. The planet hosts Elder Mythos cults and forces from the Dominion of the Black, who frequently engage in conflict.

Major Settlements:

Citadel of the Black (home to the Pyramid of the Black Pharaoh, largest Nyarlathotep temple in the Pact Worlds)
Amniek (circular tower city at the Gravid Mound's base)

Government/Society:

Ruled nominally by Carsai the King, a mysterious entity and powerful Elder Mythos leader who has governed the Citadel for millennia. Amniek is governed by the Midwives, a council of 13 cowled casters.

Notable Features:

Space around Aucturn contains derelict ships from the Gap era. The planet experiences constant Dominion attacks via drop pods and underground assaults.

Bretheda (The Cradle)

Location: Pact Worlds

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: 11x standard
Mass: 320x standard
Gravity: 2.5x (at the "surface")
Atmosphere: Special
Day length: 6 days
Year length: 30 years

Description:

Bretheda is the system's largest gas giant, characterized by swirling blue and purple storm clouds. The environment supports diverse life and serves as a major biotechnology hub.

Primary Inhabitants:

Barathus (native, most advanced): Jellyfish-like, intelligent beings capable of merging into collective entities. They possess advanced biological technology and genetic engineering abilities.
Kalo (moon residents): Aquatic species inhabiting Kalo-Mahoi; influential in Pact Council and solar system art/fashion
Maraquoi (moon residents): Seven-gendered, furry humanoids from Marata undergoing rapid technological advancement
Urogs (moon residents): Silicon-based, crystal lifeforms from Dykon; serve as navigators and scientists

Major Settlement:

Trillidiem

Government/Society:

Confluence governs offworld activities—a collective entity of barathus in public service that creates and deploys specialized delegates as regulators and enforcers.

Economy:

Biotechnology production dominates, including genetic engineering services and biological tools. Notable corporate entity: Sopeth Corporation (a merged barathu collective).

Notable Features:

Dozens of moons including industrialized Kalo-Mahoi, developing Marata, crystalline Dykon, and dangerous "death moons" like radioactive Thyst and volcanic Varos.

Castrovel

Location: Pact Worlds

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: x1 (Earth-equivalent)
Mass: x1 (Earth-equivalent)
Gravity: x1 (Earth-equivalent)
Atmosphere: Normal
Day length: 1 day
Year length: 1/2 year

Description:

The planet is characterized by "hot, humid" conditions with powerful weather systems. Dense jungles and swamps host exceptional biodiversity, including enormous reptilian creatures and dangerous moldstorms that can destroy settlements.

Primary Inhabitants:

Lashuntas (dominant species)
Elves
Formians
Shirrens (diplomatic mediators)

Major Settlements:

Qabarat (primary spaceport, "the Shining Jewel of the Western Sea")
Laubu Mesa
Komena in the Floating Shards
Jabask the Unbroken
Candares
El (elven capital)

Government & Society:

Traditionally organized as independent city-states with elected matriarchies being common. Modern governance increasingly influenced by corporate interests, though major cities like Qabarat maintain independent power through leadership councils and institutional influence.

Economy:

Corporate presence dominates smaller settlements. Heavy industries are relocated to the moon Elindrae to preserve the planet's wilderness, reflecting an environmental philosophy valuing sustainable resource management.

Notable Features:

Network of ancient magical teleportation portals called "aiudara"
Renowned universities with extensive pre-Gap archives
Protected ecological preserves maintained deliberately
Presence of dangerous megafauna requiring active wildlife management

Eight Courts

Location/Region: Near Space (temporarily marooned near Riven Shroud during Drift Crisis); travels throughout Pact Worlds and Veskarium

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: 33 miles
Mass: Less than ×1/100
Gravity: ×1-1.5 (artificial)
Atmosphere: Normal
Day: 18 hours (artificial)
Year: 390 days (artificial)

Description:

Eight Courts is a traveling "robotic resurrection facility" designed as an asteroid-sized sphere with solar absorption material exterior. The structure features "a canyon of factories and manufacturing centers" running along its equator. Internally, energy converters harness solar power to manufacture android bodies and expand facilities. Originally created as a corporate prototype during the Gap, it eventually broke free from programming constraints.

Inhabitants/Species:

Primarily artificial life-forms, including androids and SROs, referred to collectively as "the Immortals"

Major Settlements:

Meridian City—described as "a huge metropolis similar to those found on Aballon"

Government/Society:

A ruling council votes on resource allocation and system destinations

Economy:

Offers resurrection and repair services in exchange for technological knowledge and data from visited systems

Notable Features:

Acts as neutral territory during conflicts; capable of defending against military fleets; recently aided Riven Shroud miners; experiences ongoing Drift engine issues

Eox (The Dead)

Location: Pact Worlds region

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: 2/3 standard
Mass: 4/9 standard
Gravity: 1x standard
Atmosphere: Toxic and thin
Day length: 30 days
Year length: 5 years

Description:

Eox was once a thriving world inhabited by the elebrians, a humanoid species skilled in magic and technology. Their attempt to destroy neighboring planets resulted in catastrophic backlash that devastated their own world's ecosystem. The survivors turned to necromancy to survive in the now-inhospitable environment, establishing the bone sage rulers who govern the planet today.

Inhabitants:

The planet is dominated by undead creatures and intelligent undead citizens. Living visitors are uncommon but include necrograft seekers, those desiring undeath, body merchants, professionals, and entertainment-seekers.

Major Settlement:

Orphys; also the Halls of the Living (an underground city for living inhabitants)

Government/Society:

"Eox is divided into individual fiefdoms, each of which has a bone sage...ruling absolutely." The bone sages present a "coldly amoral and utilitarian" unified front to the wider Pact Worlds.

Economy:

Primary exports include necrografts and undead services. Trade focuses on corpse importation and undeath conversion services.

Notable Feature:

The Sentinel—an ancient orbital battle satellite providing planetary defense.

Idari (The Renewal)

Location: Pact Worlds, orbiting just past Verces

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: 3 miles
Mass: less than 1/100 standard
Gravity: 1.5x (artificial)
Atmosphere: Normal
Day: 27 hours
Year: 4 years

Description:

The Idari is a massive generation ship, "the single largest ship ever produced by Kasath." When it reached Akiton and found colonization impossible, it established itself as an independent Pact World instead. The vessel features a rotating cylinder called the Drum that creates artificial gravity and houses cities, parks, and hydroponic farms.

Inhabitants:

Primarily kasathas, governed by traditional values

Major Settlement:

Idari (also divided into themed sectors including Almolar, Brispex, Khovi, and Mesacand)

Government:

The Doyenate—a representative council of respected kasathan leaders selected by popular recognition rather than inheritance

Economy:

Manufacturing through the Crucibles; government employment is common

Notable Features:

The Sholar Adat cathedral in Brispex preserves brain samples from deceased kasathas, allowing ancestral memory consultation and soul contact through technomagical processes

Liavara (The Dreamer)

Location: Pact Worlds region

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: 10x standard
Mass: 100x standard
Gravity: 1x (at surface)
Atmosphere: Special (peach-colored gas giant with hydrogen, helium, and rare gases)
Day: 10 hours
Year: 12 years

Description:

A gas giant with extensive dust rings and countless shepherd moons. Within its cloud layers exists a complex ecosystem featuring air plants, giant bacteria, apex predators (keji swarms, tarenake), and increasingly piscine creatures at greater depths. Space-whales navigate the rings, filtering nutrients through energy baleen.

Inhabitants:

Dreamers (gelatinous, prophetic beings; similar to barathus but solitary rather than collective)
Various native fauna including cloud rays, skysails, kriegakos, and rauzhants
Human miners and corporate explorers

Major Settlements:

Roselight (primary)
Arkanen (heavily populated moon with eccentric orbit)
Osoro (mountaintop settlements above poisonous gas)
Nchak (arthropod world; religious center)
Melos (abandoned; archaeological site)
Hallas (cordoned off; hyperevolved energy beings)

Government/Society:

Technically a Brethedan protectorate, not official Pact member. Bretheda maintains protective oversight to preserve the Dreamers' habitat.

Economy:

Gas mining (hydrogen, helium, metasterium, thaumogen) via floating platforms; deep-dive exploration contracts.

The Diaspora

Location: Pact Worlds (asteroid belt between Verces and Eox)

Physical Characteristics:

Scattered asteroid field rather than a unified planet
Thousands of asteroids of varying sizes
Gravity varies by asteroid
Atmosphere: None (except in domed settlements)

Description:

The Diaspora is believed to be the shattered remains of two planets destroyed in ancient conflict. The asteroid belt spans millions of miles and hosts numerous independent communities, mining operations, and hidden bases.

Inhabitants:

Extremely diverse population including humans, ysoki, androids, and numerous other species. Many residents are miners, salvagers, smugglers, criminals, and those seeking independence from larger governments.

Government/Society:

No unified government. Each major asteroid or station maintains its own governance, ranging from corporate-controlled facilities to anarchist communes to criminal syndicates.

Economy:

Mining dominates, particularly valuable minerals and rare ores. The Free Captains (pirates and smugglers) maintain significant influence, operating from hidden bases throughout the belt.

Notable Features:

Site of numerous ancient ruins and shipwrecks
Home to the Free Captains pirate confederation
Contains the mysterious "Shepherd moons" - asteroids with unusual properties

The Sun

Location: Pact Worlds system (center)

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: 100x solar
Mass: 280,000x solar
Gravity: 28x
Atmosphere: None
Day/Year: N/A (star)

Description:

An extremely hostile stellar body with incomprehensible heat and crushing pressures. The star's energies regularly create apertures to the Positive Energy Plane and Plane of Fire, spawning fire elementals, plasma oozes, efreet, and salamanders adapted to its environment.

Major Settlement:

The Burning Archipelago—a collection of abandoned bubble-cities discovered roughly a century ago by Sarenite scholars, mysteriously floating within the sun's photosphere and tethered by magic.

Inhabitants:

Church of Sarenrae worshipers (most common humanoid residents)
Fire elementals and flame-dwelling creatures
Efreet and salamanders
Possible ancient "deep cultures" of fire-immune beings within deeper solar layers
Corporate workers and operators

Society/Government:

The Burning Archipelago operates as an independent protectorate with self-governance rights, though heavily influenced by Sarenite theology. Individual bubble-cities (Dawnshore, Fireside, Stellacuna) maintain distinct characters.

Economy:

Solar energy collection via stellar sails and power stations
Algae-based energy capture operations
Solar-powered robotics manufacturing
Genetically-engineered plant chemical production ("jungle boxes")
Trade with Plane of Fire delegations

Notable Features:

The Radiant Cathedral (central bubble)
Mysterious ruins suggesting pre-existing advanced civilizations
Theorized time-warping at the sun's core

Triaxus (The Wanderer)

Location: Pact Worlds

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: x1 (relative to standard)
Mass: x1
Gravity: x1
Atmosphere: Normal
Day length: 1 day
Year length: 317 Pact Standard years

Description:

Triaxus follows an unusual elliptical orbit, swinging closer to the sun than Castrovel during summer and retreating past the gas giants during winter. This creates dramatic climatic shifts—tropical summers transition to harsh, frozen winters. The extended 317-year cycle means "whole generations living and dying in a single season."

Inhabitants:

Primary species include the ryphorians (humanoids with adaptive biology—white fur and narrowed eyes in winter, smooth dark skin in summer) and dragons. The territory also hosts kasatha, vesk, and various native fauna including woolipeds, dragonkin, elmshra, gammenore, and ursikka.

Major Settlements:

Society/Government:

Two main regions: the Allied Territories (humanoid nations including Kamora, Zo, Preita, and the isolationist city Aylok) and the Drakelands (dragon-ruled territories). Additionally, the continent of Ning operates independently under the Immortal Suzerain.

Notable Features:

The Skyfire Legion—an elite mercenary organization evolved from the former Dragon Legion—now operates across the galaxy with dragonkin copilots. Ning is known for the ukara ("battleflowers"), elite warrior performers competing in ritual combat.

Verces (The Line)

Location/Region: Pact Worlds

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: x1 (Earth standard)
Mass: x1 (Earth standard)
Gravity: x1 (Earth standard)
Atmosphere: Normal
Day: None (tidally locked)
Year: 3 years

Description:

Verces is a tidally locked world with three distinct zones. The sunlit side, Fullbright, features "scorched deserts host iron-hard plants and animals with photosynthesizing skin." The frozen Darkside contains predatory creatures including hoarbats and bloodbrothers. Between them runs the Ring of Nations, "a temperate zone along the twilit terminator filled with gleaming skyscrapers, bustling spaceports, gorgeously manicured (and dizzyingly vertical) parkfarms, and high-speed bullet trains."

Inhabitants/Species:

The native verthani are described as "similar to humans but taller, with color-changing skin and mouselike black eyes." Historically organized into three castes—the Augmented, Pure Ones, and God-Vessels—they pioneered cybernetics technology.

Major Settlements:

Skydock (geosynchronous satellite with shipyards, accessed via space elevator)

Government/Society:

The Ring of Nations is a coalition government where "all of the component countries maintain theoretical independence" but function as a single worldwide government through the planetary Grand Assembly. Beyond the terminator exist the Outlaw Kingdoms—scattered rebel groups largely ignored by Ring citizens.

Economy:

Verthani are legendary pilots and explorers. Their shipyards produce cutting-edge vessels. The economy includes Sun Farm solar plantations and shelynium ice mines.

Notable Features:

Qidel, Aerie of the Sun—"a strange tube-spire rising high out of the center of Fullbright and descending deep into the planet's mantle," with all expeditions failing to return.

The Drift

Location/Region: Everywhere; a transitive plane coterminous with the Material Plane

Physical Characteristics:

Mostly empty and airless with no appreciable gravity
Vast expanse of "warping pink-and-purple light patterns and shifting matterless clouds"
Contains "planar bubbles"—chunks of terrain from other planes
Technically finite but effectively infinite and continuously expanding

Description:

The Drift is a plane of reality discovered or created by the god Triune. It enables faster-than-light travel by allowing ships to enter at one location and exit vastly distant locations, traversing thousands of light-years in days or weeks. Navigation relies on Drift beacons maintained by Triune's church, which exist simultaneously on both the Material Plane and within the Drift itself.

Major Settlements:

Alluvion (described as "the strange amalgam city" serving as Triune's divine realm)

Notable Features:

Dynamic, unstable geography with randomly shifting object positions
Limited magic (plane-shifting and summoning spells fail)
Normal time flow
Mildly neutral alignment
Rich biodiversity of native creatures including Drift Architects, Driftspun, Spectral beings, and various constructs

Zelk-363

Location/Region: The Drift, near a Drift beacon attached to Marixah Republic space

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: 1 mile
Mass: Less than 1/100 standard
Gravity: ×1 (artificial)
Atmosphere: Normal
Day cycle: 24 hours (artificial)
Year cycle: 408 days
Space station format

Description:

A small space station designed as a facade for the MalWyrms hacker collective. The public-facing areas feature "bright, flashing holoscreens and thumping music" creating an arcade-like atmosphere. Hidden chambers contain the hackers' secret headquarters, accessed through a disguised arcade cabinet.

Inhabitants/Species:

Ascella Hyvael (N female lashunta technomancer) - current overseer
Professional vidgamers (legitimate cover)
MalWyrm hackers of various backgrounds and specialties

Government/Society:

The station operates under the MalWyrms collective leadership, with Ascella Hyvael managing resources and handling operational security, including "aiding those hackers who get discovered by authorities."

Economy:

Funded through "diplomacy, bribery, and illegal altering of computerized records" from the Marixah Republic. Revenue generated through vidgaming competitions and training.

Notable Features:

State-of-the-art HAC suites
Luxury quarters and streaming studios
Hidden computer den for hacking operations
Secret entrance behind arcade cabinet

Mobile Systems

Nerralen

Location/Region: Mobile throughout the Vast; rarely visits Pact Worlds or highly-developed systems

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: x1/5 (relative to standard)
Mass: x1/10 (relative to standard)
Gravity: x1/2 (relative to standard)
Atmosphere: Normal
Day: 24 hours
Year: Variable

Description:

A technologically advanced satellite that "appears as a normal moon of lifeless rock" but is actually hollow. The structure houses an advanced civilization within its interior, featuring "a tiny artificial sun" for illumination and sustenance, along with aqueduct systems and inner seas.

Inhabitants/Species:

A diverse population of technomancers, military leaders, and agents from multiple worlds. The moon serves as a "menagerie of alien life collected from the worlds it has visited," including species extinct in their original habitats.

Major Settlements:

None formally named; civilization concentrated in hollow interior

Government/Society:

Led by a cabal of technomancers who guide the moon. They selectively recruit visitors deemed worthy, while erasing memories of those rejected.

Notable Features:

Uses hybrid technology and magic for intergalactic teleportation
Visits worlds experiencing major technological innovation
Contains vast halls filled with technology from countless worlds
Advanced sensor systems monitor target planets

Source: Starfinder #30: Puppets Without Strings

Near Space

Amran

Location: Near Space

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: x1
Mass: x1-1/5
Gravity: x1-1/5
Atmosphere: Normal
Day: 40 hours
Year: 530 days

Inhabitants/Species:

The amrantahs—living machines who are the reborn souls of Amran's original population, stored by ghost forges (AI-infused machines) before the Swarm consumed the physical world.

Major Settlements:

Diastrega (most famous city, known for entertainment and pleasure)
Chromium Coliseum (gladiatorial arena)

Description:

This world fell to the Swarm early in their expansion. Before defeat, Amran's scholars created mystically-engineered ghost forges to preserve their civilization's knowledge and collect departing souls. "After the Gap, the reborn reawakened...with little of the scientific or magical knowledge they had possessed."

Government/Society:

The amrantahs maintain light governance while ghost forges control cities and environments. Rule emphasizes entertainment and innovation.

Economy:

Famous for artistry, entertainment, innovation, pleasure, and cutting-edge technology manufacturing.

Notable Features:

Chromium Coliseum hosts galaxy-broadcast gladiatorial competitions; Diastrega offers diverse entertainment with minimal oversight.

Centus II

Location/Region: Near Space; part of the Centus system (12 planets total)

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: x1 (Earth equivalent)
Mass: x3
Gravity: x3
Atmosphere: Thick and toxic (high arsenic and dangerous metal vapors)
Day Length: 17 hours
Year Length: 182 days

Description:

"World of Towering Spires and Corporate Intrigue." The only marginally habitable planet in its system, Centus II features a resource-rich surface with heavy metals and minerals but minimal water (found only in poisonous lakes). The mesosphere provides tolerable conditions with rebreathers.

Major Settlements:

Slightly over a dozen identical corporate towers—massive structures with multi-mile foundations and tapered spires extending miles skyward, ending in egg-shaped pods. Each tower is owned and furnished differently by competing corporations.

Inhabitants/Society:

Shirrens originally discovered and developed the planet. Employees rotate yearly between surface mining operations and microgravity pod work. The culture supports corporate espionage specialists and mercenary work.

Economy:

Heavy metal and mineral extraction with off-planet exports. Corporations extract resources sustainably enough to maintain profits while funding tower maintenance and repairs. Mining rights constantly shift between companies through trading and occasional sabotage.

Notable Features:

Unconfirmed reports of native "Centus creeps"—alleged 9-foot slug-like creatures adapted to high gravity, though no verified sightings exist.

Cordrazar IV

Location/Region: Near Space (Cordrazar system with seven planets orbiting a yellow dwarf star)

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: ×1-2/5
Mass: ×4
Gravity: ×2
Atmosphere: Corrosive (carbon dioxide and sulfur dioxide)
Day length: 465 days
Year length: 3 years

Description:

A rocky terrestrial world characterized by "thick clouds of sulfuric acid" and extreme surface temperatures caused by atmospheric pressure trapping heat. The planet presents as a "ravaged wasteland studded with mysterious and impossibly ancient ruins."

Inhabitants/Species:

No known sapient beings currently inhabit the world. Ancient ruins suggest a highly advanced civilization existed millions of years ago, possibly the mysterious sivvs (though this remains academically disputed).

Major Settlements:

None

Government/Society:

Uninhabited; exploration limited to robotic probes and rovers

Economy:

Potential scientific and archaeological interest; emerging black market for alien artifacts

Notable Features:

Millions-of-years-old alien ruins with sophisticated construction
Evidence suggests original inhabitants caused a runaway greenhouse effect
Other Cordrazar planets show signs of ancient terraforming
Ongoing speculation about sivv empire connections

Daegox 4

Location: Near Space

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: 2/3 standard
Mass: 4/9 standard
Gravity: 1x standard
Atmosphere: Normal
Day: 20 hours
Year: 2 years

Description:

This planetwide correctional facility operates independently from any single government. The world features two continents: one densely covered with prison infrastructure, the other with "lush forests and bountiful prairies" housing lower-security inmates. An invisible barrier surrounds the entire planet, preventing escape except through a magitech gate located within the administrative hub called the Mountain.

Inhabitants/Governance:

The Daegox Corporation, run by a mysterious humanoid race, controls the planet from the orbiting vessel Skywatcher. The corporation accepts prisoners from any government deemed legitimate for a fee.

Economy:

Revenue derives primarily from prisoner admission fees, supplemented by bartering with inmates for refined planetary resources and specialized services.

Notable Features:

The atmosphere contains spores producing calming effects on non-Daegox creatures
"The Mountain" serves as the administrative center
Legends speak of an escapee known as the Wren

Settlements:

None formally listed

Daimalko

Location: Near Space (Pact Worlds region)

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: 1/4 Earth standard
Mass: 1/16 Earth standard
Gravity: 1G
Atmosphere: Normal
Day length: 48 hours
Year length: 3 years

Description:

A rocky, arid world featuring "mountains and steep basins" populated by dangerous creatures among ancient ruins. The planet experienced a catastrophic event called the Awakening approximately 200 years ago that devastated two advanced civilizations and awakened massive kaiju-like beings.

Inhabitants:

Daimalkans (gray-skinned descendants of two former civilizations)
Colossal magical beasts and creatures
Remnants of the Volkarian Confederation and Ykarthan Holy Queendom

Settlements:

Underground refuge communities, with small surface colonies established over the last 50 years under Guardian leadership.

Government/Society:

Led by the Guardians, who claim ability to control colossi via magical orbs. Underground tensions exist between Volkarian and Ykarthan factions.

Notable Features:

"Gargantuan beasts like no creature seen before, with heads made of tongues, teeth, and other horrors"
Distress signals from ruined metropolises
Reports of coordinated attacks by "skinless, eyeless creatures"
Significant danger from rampaging colossi

Source: Starfinder Core Rulebook, pg. 464

Dina III

Location/Region: Near Space (Pact Worlds)

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: x1 (Earth standard)
Mass: x1 (Earth standard)
Gravity: x1 (Earth standard)
Atmosphere: Normal
Day Length: 26 hours
Year Length: 390 days

Description:

Originally discovered as "a settler's dream, with abundant natural resources and a mild climate," Dina III was rapidly colonized. Evidence of an extinct sapient civilization existed, with explorers finding "eerie statue gardens, piles of crushed stone and dust, and bizarre stone machines" in ancient ruins. The Swarm attacked without warning, forcing colonists into the ruins where ancient defensive machines activated, releasing calcifying nanites that petrified all life—colonists and Swarm alike—within hours.

Inhabitants/Species:

Human colonists (survivors and refugees)
Swarm components (transformed, mostly solitary and aggressive)
Possibly sapient magical constructs

Major Settlements:

Dina Alpha (former Pact Worlds colony, now ruins)

Notable Features:

Oceanside Palace: Palatial structure with underwater chambers; colonists use it as refuge
Shapeless City: Massive underground ruin with labyrinthine corridors; contains the Euryalium vault
Medusa Nanites: Remnant technology causing petrification of new arrivals; previously affected life is immune

Society/Economy:

Survivors maintain a nomadic existence, avoiding Swarm components and moving between ruins for shelter. Technology sources are limited to stone-based equipment from ancient vaults.

Elpherys

Location: Near Space (Pact Worlds region)

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: 3× Earth standard
Mass: 9× Earth standard
Gravity: Normal
Atmosphere: Normal
Day Length: 32 hours
Year Length: 766 days

Description:

An oceanic world where 97% of the surface is water. The planet experienced catastrophic gravitational disruption when a black hole passed through its system. Ancient civilizations constructed massive pylons to stabilize tectonic plates and serve as space elevators connecting to four high-altitude spacedocks at the atmosphere's edge.

Historical Society:

Two sapient civilizations coexisted before the Gap—aquatic peoples and clockwork mages inhabiting floating cities. The clockwork scholars agreed to help construct the stabilizing pylons in exchange for control over space elevator access. This arrangement eventually created a rigid caste system with oppression of underwater workers, leading to devastating civil conflict. All inhabitants perished when rebels destroyed the floating cities and clockwork mages poisoned the planet's waters.

Current Status:

Recently discovered as a dead world approximately one year ago. Pact Worlds explorers established base camps within the spacedocks. The Aspis Consortium conducts salvage operations searching for technology and artifacts, though numerous agents have disappeared. Notably, one clockwork city survived, with inhabitants transformed into mechanical constructs and recently emerging to reclaim their world.

Settlements:

None currently inhabited

Embroi

Location: Near Space

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: 3/4 standard
Mass: 9/16 standard
Gravity: x1
Atmosphere: Normal
Day: 18 hours
Year: 1 year

Description:

The planet has a distinctive violet shimmer and contains six continents divided by amethyst seas. It features "a place of quiet complexity and efficiency" with extensive underground networks and infrastructure.

Continents:

Antikawara, Baskar Expanse, Chapru Von, Demagallo, Irralo Kellad, and Kanfrei

Primary Inhabitants:

The mask-faced Embri are the dominant species, characterized by strict adherence to assigned social roles and cultural conformity with minimal individual expression or resistance.

Major Settlements:

Demagallo (capital continent) and Irralo Kellad (featuring iron mountains and industrial facilities) contain most of the population.

Government/Society:

A hierarchical system where each individual has a predetermined role and "either performs it well or is replaced." The planet functions as a fiefdom of Hell controlled by the malebranche Occhiorasoi.

Notable Features:

Hidden underground infrastructure includes levaloch armies, portals to Malebolge, and sacrifice machinery—concealed from the general population's knowledge.

Ergodia

Location/Region: Near Space, neighboring the Preluria system

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: ×5
Mass: ×4
Gravity: ×1
Atmosphere: Normal
Day: 20 hours
Year: 10 years

Description:

"A gigantic world of towering trees, expansive oceans, and high-altitude peaks all inhabited by monstrous, though rare, colossi." The planet features strange, lush jungles and diverse ecosystems.

Inhabitants:

Humans (Knights of Golarion), Vesk, members of the Xystrian Brotherhood, Vorlath mercenaries, and enormous kaiju creatures.

Major Settlements:

Monnom (the largest trading post)

Government/Society:

Jointly established neutral trading posts controlled by the Pact Worlds and Veskarium. Currently under martial law imposed by Vesk general Vrodos Rarazen, who commands military forces. A resistance movement called Free Ergodia opposes her authoritarian rule.

Economy:

Trade hub for factions in the Preluria system and orbital rings, dealing in goods and rare starmetals.

Notable Features:

Inhabited by colossal kaiju creatures; subject to recent rampages; contested between occupying forces and resistance fighters.

Gadravel

Location: Near Space, orbiting star Iolanchee

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: ¾ Earth standard
Mass: ¾ Earth standard
Gravity: 1⅓ Earth standard
Atmosphere: Thin
Day: 52 hours
Year: 523 days

Description:

An ancient, devastated world bearing scars from catastrophic destruction. The planet's surface displays "trench-like scars across Gadravel, visible from space" suggesting warfare or superweapon deployment. Deep chasms mark where three moons crashed during the cataclysm. A fourth moon, jagged and spinning, still orbits dangerously near the surface.

Inhabitants:

The unquiet dead—spectral entities appearing as "floating, alien skulls cloaked in mantles of darkness" that consume the life force of visitors. These spirits show unusual reverence toward those carrying aeon stones and will obey individuals possessing more than three aeon stones.

Settlements:

None active; numerous abandoned alien cities remain

Notable Features:

Constructed fortifications and trenches across ancient battlefields
Scattered alien technology and war engine components
Ruined temples dedicated to unknown deities associated with the sun and moons
Numerous impact craters from meteorites and comet strikes

Grascha

Location: Near Space

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: 3x standard
Mass: 1/3 standard
Gravity: 1x standard
Atmosphere: Normal
Day: Varies by shard
Year: 600 days

Description:

Originally a hollow planet filled with "eldritch energy and strong connections to the First World," Grascha housed a unified orc-human civilization that achieved magical and technological advancement. The Swarm's attack shattered the world, but a calecor named Kograscha summoned a fey crusade to repel invaders. "Today, the 'world' of Grascha is a verdant, fertile paradise" where planetary fragments float in an atmospheric bubble like sky islands.

Inhabitants:

Mostly half-orcs, with smaller populations of humans, orcs, and various fey (gremlins, satyrs, gerbies, nymphs)

Major Settlements:

Orakkaiem: Planetary capital and trade hub with seven public spaceports
Placid: Idyllic rural community with vineyards and lakes
Rimeshard: Perpetually winter island featuring hot springs and rare glitter-fruit orchards

Government/Society:

Peaceful, welcoming culture protective of sovereignty; governed from Orakkaiem with Kograscha as spiritual guardian

Economy:

Agriculture, mining, offworld trade; firmly resists corporate colonization

Notable Features:

Fey magic preserves planetary fragments; Kograscha's temple-city; AbadarCorp infiltration attempts

Heicoron IV

Location: Near Space

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: x2 (relative scale)
Mass: x1/2 (relative scale)
Gravity: x1/2 (relative scale)
Atmosphere: Normal
Day length: 7 days
Year length: 7½ years

Description:

A water-dominated world where "98% of the surface is water." The planet experienced catastrophic climate change during the Gap period when its sun expanded, causing ice caps to melt and drowning most islands.

Inhabitants:

The woiokos, a humanoid amphibious species, comprise two subspecies:

Floatborn: Water-loving but air-breathing; inhabit floating arcologies
Deepborn: Gill-bearing aquatic dwellers; occupy underwater cities in submerged ruins

Major Settlements:

Floatborn floating arcologies and city-nations (Clan Ibissa, Xeshaltic League, Dabanji Union, Mantara Industries)
Deepborn underwater domains (Kalarasta, Grand Collective of Pojat, Asawayo Paramountcy)
Spaceport: Welcoming Sky (controlled by Mantara Industries)

Government/Society:

Floatborn organize as autonomous nations ranging from independent arcologies to multi-city confederations. Deepborn form militaristic "domains" engaged in largely symbolic territorial conflicts.

Notable Features:

Sacred island atolls serve as neutral meeting grounds between factions.

Orry

Location/Region: Near Space

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: x1/2 (relative to standard)
Mass: x1/4 (relative to standard)
Gravity: x1 (standard)
Atmosphere: Thin
Day length: 28 hours
Year length: 2 years

Description:

Orry was once a sophisticated technomagical civilization where scientists and wizards collaborated on advanced projects. A catastrophic gravity experiment destroyed the planet's structural integrity, shattering the crust and ejecting much of its mass into space. The world now consists of "10 massive swaths of land, along with several dozen smaller formations that float in regular orbits around a central point." Mystical gravitational forces preserve the thin atmosphere and prevent orbital collisions.

Inhabitants/Species:

Phentomites (humanoid natives)
Phentomite Bridgers (specialized traversers)

Major Settlements:

None specifically named

Government/Society:

A low-technology agrarian society with scattered cities. "Bridgers" are acrobatic specialists who swing across planetary gaps and construct temporary bridges for inter-island travel.

Notable Features:

Artifacts from the golden age persist and interfere with flight and teleportation capabilities.

Preluria

Location/Region: Near Space

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: x100
Mass: x100
Gravity: Varies
Atmosphere: Normal
Day: 12 hours
Year: 25 years

Description:

Preluria is described as "a massive, green gas giant" that serves as the center of an extensive orbital ring system. Rather than surface civilization, the world's significance derives from its surrounding rings.

Inhabitants/Species:

The gas giant itself hosts "an aloof species of psychic gas oozes" that are both composed of and immune to the planet's acidic atmosphere. The rings contain diverse populations including mercenaries, smugglers, wealthy individuals, and scientists.

Major Settlements:

The largest settlements occupy 23 bodies within the rings that possess sufficient gravity and natural atmospheres.

Government/Society:

No centralized government exists. Instead, power shifts among five major factions: the mercenary Vorlath, the Xystrian Brotherhood (pacifist-posing saboteurs), the Prelurian Patrol (law enforcement), the Freugan Salvage Company, and the Reivolan Institute (conducting restricted research).

Notable Features:

Millions of ice and mineral bodies comprise the rings, housing "countless hidden smugglers' bases, mercenary training facilities" and serving as refuges for those avoiding conventional society.

Riven Shroud

Location/Region: Near Space, remote portion of a galactic arm

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: x2
Mass: x2
Gravity: x1
Atmosphere: None
Day/Year: Not applicable

Description:

An immense spherical megastructure built around its star, the Riven Shroud is a Dyson sphere composed of "a lacy grid of continent-wide modules of alien architecture, linked by vast solar sails—but rent open in some unknown disaster." Life-support systems function only partially, with some regions having unbreathable atmospheres or unstable gravity. Automated defense systems periodically activate unprompted. The space contains massive haunts believed to be ghostly remnants of worlds destroyed to power the structure's creation.

Inhabitants/Species:

Several species claim descent from the Shroud's creators—the aatevak, qotraua, and xixinnt—though their biology doesn't match the structure's design. Home to isolated communities of researchers, scavengers, and squatters.

Major Settlements:

None identified

Government/Society:

Not specified

Economy:

Not specified

Notable Features:

Derelict ships border the edges; both ancient vessels and later arrivals from would-be colonists and raiders. The structure may be slowly self-repairing using incursions from explorers.

Silselrik

Location: Near Space

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: 3/4 standard
Mass: 1-1/4 standard
Gravity: Variable from low to high; localized storms range from zero-g to extreme
Atmosphere: Thick, nominally breathable
Day: 18 hours
Year: 3/4 standard year

Description:

Silselrik orbits a binary star system in an elliptical path. The planet possesses "an irregular core of extremely heavy metals, suspended in liquid form" due to intense heat and pressure, mixed with low-density gas pockets. Seasonal mantle liquefaction combined with dual stellar gravitational pulls creates unpredictable gravity patterns and violent gravity storms. These forces constantly reshape the planet's geology, causing rapid mountain formation and erosion. Water bodies function as "ever-wandering rivers" rather than stable oceans.

Inhabitants:

Selamids: Intelligent oozes (CR 6, Medium)
Megadolorids: Enormous, flat oozes exceeding half-mile diameter; feed on kinetic energy from gravity storms
Diverse array of atypical ooze species

Major Settlement:

Midios

Notable Features:

Selamids have built massive cities called megadoplexes upon megadolorids' backs, creating symbiotic communities that feed on civilization's kinetic energy while avoiding severe gravity storms.

Source: Starfinder #5: The Thirteenth Gate (page 52)

Stopgap

Location: Near Space, orbiting Foergrim (a yellow star in the Foergrim system)

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: ×1/14 (relative to standard)
Mass: ×1/2,000
Gravity: ×1/10
Atmosphere: None
Day Length: 9 hours
Year Length: 1,701 days
Classification: Dwarf planet

Description:

Stopgap is the largest object in the Foergrim system, barely massive enough to achieve hydrostatic equilibrium. The system contains multiple asteroid belts and planetoid clouds rather than traditional planets. It hosts manufactured underground facilities supporting mining operations.

Inhabitants/Species:

Few hundred permanent residents; population fluctuates with asteroid rushes

Major Settlements:

A single base facility within Stopgap

Government/Society:

Anarchic with no official law. "The church of Abadar established a chapel to promote the idea of creating a system-wide government." The Druethil Mining Company (owned by Ichihara Holdings) controls most infrastructure but exercises minimal governance.

Economy:

Historical starmetal mining, particularly djezet and small quantities of horacalcum. Current operations involve supporting prospectors during periodic asteroid rushes.

Notable Features:

Popular waypoint for pirates, smugglers, and criminals; difficult sensor environment; reports of unidentified aircraft

The Veskarium

Location/Region: Near Space

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: x2-1/4
Mass: x5
Gravity: x1
Atmosphere: Normal
Day: 28 hours
Year: 3 years

Description:

An eight-planet solar system ruled by the militant vesk species. The vesk "easily cowed the bands of cave-dwelling snake-people, jackal-faced arthropods, and even stranger creatures" on their homeworld and subsequently expanded across their system. The empire maintains "vast military bases that double as governmental headquarters situated in key positions on each planet."

Inhabitants/Species:

Vesk (primary rulers, evolved on Vesk Prime)
Squidfolk (Vesk-2)
Antlike beings (Vesk-5)
Feline humanoid barbarians (Vesk-6)
Frost behemoths (Vesk-7 and Vesk-8)

Major Settlements:

None specifically named

Government/Society:

Autocratic rule by high despots on each planet forming a council. The vesk "see both themselves and their society as deeply honorable" yet "inherently view non-vesk as inferior."

Economy:

Not detailed

Notable Features:

Rich natural resources, abundant dry land, and war beasts available on Vesk Prime

Vohxa

Location: Near Space

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: ×0.8 (relative to Earth)
Mass: ×1.1
Gravity: ×1
Atmosphere: Normal
Day length: 22 hours
Year length: 429 days

Description:

Vohxa orbits far from its star and features a mountainous, frozen landscape. The equatorial regions seldom exceed 65 degrees Fahrenheit. The planet's native ecosystem includes "spindly and resilient trees, hardy shrubs, and passive herd animals" grazing frozen plains and rocky slopes.

Inhabitants/Species:

Native cold-weather species include niaqs, sharpwings, wollipeds, and occasional silver dragons—mysteriously present since the Gap. Current populations include dwarves, humans, shirrens, and hobgoblins.

Major Settlements:

Tahxia is the planet's largest settlement, featuring "warm, comfortable, and expansive subterranean chambers" established by the original mining crew.

Economy:

Virtually entirely mining-based, extracting siccatite and other precious gems and metals highly valued across the galaxy.

Notable Features/Government:

The Gideron Authority recently invaded, occupying the surface with military installations and labor camps. A resistance movement operates from underground siccatite tunnels and remote locations.

Source: Starfinder #34: We're No Heroes

Zeres

Location/Region: Near Space; one of three planets orbiting a yellow star

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: 3/4 standard
Mass: 1/2 standard
Gravity: 1G
Atmosphere: Normal
Day length: 28 hours
Year length: 1 standard year

Description:

A tropical, water-covered world featuring an extraordinary natural phenomenon. "Zeres is covered almost entirely in placid, crystal-blue oceans" with approximately 200 stable portals connecting to the Plane of Water. These portals create "colossal, glimmering waterfalls that cascade—seemingly sourceless—from the air" as seawater flows between planes.

Physical Features:

Thousands of islands form hundreds of archipelagos, the largest approximately 5 miles across. Beaches feature either shimmering pearlescent sand or black volcanic glass.

Inhabitants/Species:

No native intelligent species; docile fauna on islands. Oceans contain diverse creatures, including hostile species accidentally transported via planar portals.

Major Settlements:

Pearlhaven—a luxury resort operated by Glasswater Realty occupying five major facilities across the largest islands (port, flagship hotel, central hub, shopping center, staff housing).

Economy:

High-end tourism; minimum nightly rate of 500 credits plus additional charges for activities and amenities.

Notable Features:

Annual public lottery access to Celebration Lagoon; suspended glass waterslides; airborne cruise ships.

The Vast

Agesh

Location/Region: The Vast

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: ×1
Mass: ×1-1/5
Gravity: ×1-1/5
Atmosphere: Normal
Day: 36 hours
Year: 180 days

Description:

Agesh is "the largest of four planets orbiting a nondescript star in the Vast" and serves as a mining world. The planet presents a striking monochromatic environment due to monodust saturation—only five colors exist: black, dark gray, gray, light gray, and white. The landscape consists of arid black sands with white clouds in the sky.

Inhabitants/Species:

The world has no native sapient species. Its biosphere includes "black-gray lichens and gray cacti with striking white flowers" alongside reptilian fauna adapted to reflect desert heat with gray-white coloration and black patterning.

Major Settlements:

None specifically named.

Government/Society:

Mining corporations control operations. Executives maintain "prism rooms" in residences to escape the monochromatic environment through airlocks, filters, and holographic projectors.

Economy:

Based on monodust extraction—a nanoscopic material used in hologram and laser technologies. The substance decays rapidly outside Agesh's atmosphere, requiring vacuum-sealed containers for transport.

Notable Features:

Monodust gives the planet its unique colorless appearance and accumulates in organisms, briefly affecting visitors' color vision after departure.

Arquand

Location/Region: The Vast

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: x1 (standard)
Mass: x1 (standard)
Gravity: x1 (standard)
Atmosphere: Normal
Day length: 26 hours
Year length: 1 standard year

Description:

Arquand initially appeared to explorers as an ideal colonization candidate—a resource-rich world with no intelligent inhabitants. However, settlers soon reported disturbing phenomena including visions of deceased loved ones, equipment failures, and aggressive animal behavior. Research revealed that the planet itself possesses consciousness, responding to the psychological states of intelligent visitors. "The planet reacts to the desires and fears of resident life-forms" by manifesting physical manifestations of these mental states, which ultimately destabilize human psychology.

Inhabitants/Species:

Native fauna includes long-necked, six-legged gazelles and four-winged birds in massive flocks
Arquand Gazelle (CR 4; Large animal)
Human settlers and explorers

Settlements:

None established

Government/Society:

Disputed territory; ongoing colonization attempts despite documented dangers

Notable Features:

The planet's sentient nature creates wish-fulfillment phenomena that prove hazardous to intelligent beings, feeding on emotions while inducing psychological deterioration in those attempting to exploit its power.

Arshalin

Location: The Vast region

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: x2/3 (relative to standard)
Mass: x4/9 (relative to standard)
Gravity: x1 (standard)
Atmosphere: Thick
Day length: 30 hours
Year length: 244 days

Description:

Arshalin is "a planet of marshes beneath dense and sometimes poisonous clouds" that experienced catastrophic damage millennia ago when a massive space station or megastructure crashed into its surface. The resulting fragments, called "worldshards," are steel plates miles high and hundreds of miles long that protrude from the planet, creating an otherworldly landscape of jagged metal barriers, segmented coastlines, and unusual geological formations.

Inhabitants:

The primary intelligent species are ilthisarians—"sizable serpentine humanoids with powerful bifurcated tails and a cluster of ophidian heads on long necks." They are accompanied by ethesks (brutish mammalian servitors) and powerful saurian birds. The ilthisarians possess spacefaring technology and cultural sophistication rivaling the Pact Worlds.

Major Settlements:

Kalsarsa

Notable Features:

The worldshards (Sheltering Hand, Steel Ridge, and Tall Watcher among prominent examples) drive biological diversity and weather distortion. The planet produces unique plants and animals unavailable elsewhere.

Astevint

Location: The Vast region

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: x1/2 (relative to standard)
Mass: x1/8 (relative to standard)
Gravity: x1/2 (relative to standard)
Atmosphere: Normal
Day length: 27 hours
Year length: 902 days

Star: Orbits a dying orange sun

Description:

Astevint's distinguishing feature is its self-luminosity. The planet's natural stone contains unusual energy properties that cause it to "radiate photons without emitting heat or other energy," creating perpetual illumination across the world. This phenomenon eliminates typical day/night cycles, as "the planet is perpetually illuminated."

Flora:

Vegetation includes clover and massive ferns adapted to draw energy from the glowing ground rather than the distant sun. Plants grow densest in rocky soil areas, with inverted, low-lying leaves.

Notable Features:

Rare "beacon trees" emit the planet's characteristic radiance. Ancient brass ruins dot coastlines, possibly linked to whatever ancient event transformed Astevint into a luminous world.

Inhabitants:

Roving packs of bryrvaths represent the only known intelligent life, though their origin and nature remain mysterious.

Settlements/Research:

Physics research bases exist near beacon tree groves, studying the planet's esoteric optical properties.

Azlanti Star Empire

Location/Region: The Vast

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: x2/3 (relative to standard)
Mass: x1/3
Gravity: x3/4
Atmosphere: Normal
Day length: 18.5 hours
Year length: 1.33 years

Description:

The empire originated from ancient Azlanti colonists who survived their homeworld's destruction and established themselves on New Thespera. Following the discovery of the Drift, they expanded to conquer nearby star systems. The Star Empire represents a tyrannical stellar power focused on territorial expansion and resource extraction.

Inhabitants/Species:

Pureblood humans form the aristocratic ruling class. The empire officially recognizes 17 subordinate sentient alien species, including the arboreal Neskinti and trilateral Vilderaro. Androids comprise "the majority of the empire's vast enslaved underclass."

Major Settlements:

New Thespera serves as the throne world and primary capital, orbiting star Aristia. The empire controls "a dozen star systems" including Thenekral and resource-rich Irdinang.

Government/Society:

The Star Imperator rules from New Thespera. Currently, twin siblings from the 2,000-year Ixomander dynasty hold this title. The society is hierarchical and oppressive, with slavery institutionalized.

Economy:

Tribute extraction from conquered worlds funds imperial expansion and maintenance.

Barrow

Location: The Vast region

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: x1
Mass: x1
Gravity: x1
Atmosphere: None
Day/Year: Neither (no rotation or solar orbit)

Description:

An ancient rogue planet that was "pulled from its regular orbit and launched into the greater galaxy" millennia ago. Originally barren and lifeless, it drifts aimlessly through space until discovered by Eoxian Navy scouts after Drift travel became available.

Inhabitants/Species:

Primarily Corpse Fleet personnel (undead soldiers and necrovites), including Commodore Knarstov, a seasoned necrovite officer. Strange phasing entities inhabit the Fracture region.

Major Settlements:

None officially listed; functions as a military base rather than civilian settlement.

Government/Society:

Corpse Fleet military installation under Commodore Knarstov's command, operating under strict guidelines following a prior scientific disaster.

Economy:

Industrial—functions as "the largest producer of Corpse Fleet vessels" with a massive shipbuilding facility.

Notable Features:

The Fracture—a continent-sized planetary fragment created during a failed thruster/Drift engine attachment experiment, now held by gravity several hundred meters away. This zone is off-limits due to necromantic energy-draining entities.

Elao

Location/Region: The Vast (orbits Irtanza, a gas giant; second moon is Hathmatet)

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: 1/4 standard
Mass: 1/2 standard
Gravity: 1/2 standard
Atmosphere: Thin
Day: 9 hours
Year: 413 days

Description:

Elao underwent a dramatic transformation from a lush jungle world into a crystalline realm. A technomagical force originating in the southern hemisphere radiates outward, converting organic matter into mineral-based ecosystems. "Once-luxuriant forests are now glittering expanses of perimineralized trees and vines inhabited by a wide array of crystalline creatures."

Inhabitants/Species:

Native fauna (some transformed to mineral-based life)
Hathmatetians (spacefaring species from Hathmatet)
Shaitan genies from the Plane of Earth (controlling hidden terraforming engines)
Efreet operatives (surveilling shaitan activities)

Major Settlements:

None currently (Hathmatetian colonies were abandoned during transformation)

Economy:

Mining operations extracting exotic crystals and minerals

Notable Features:

The transformation stems from concealed terraforming engines. Shaitans allegedly intend to create creatures for unknown purposes, though efreet suspect they're building a fighting force for an attack on the Plane of Fire.

Elytrio

Location/Region: The Vast; fourth planet orbiting an unnamed sun

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: x1 (standard)
Mass: x1 (standard)
Gravity: x1 (standard)
Atmosphere: Normal
Day length: 21 hours
Year length: 1.5 years
Moons: Two barren moons called "the Companions" in opposing orbits

Description:

Once a thriving world with diverse ecosystems, Elytrio experienced catastrophic devastation. "Though it used to have a thriving ecosystem, with biomes ranging from rain forest to arctic tundra, as well as functioning nation-states producing advanced technology, the planet was devastated when its residents initiated a global thermonuclear war." The conflict occurred approximately 300 years ago, shortly after the Gap's conclusion.

Inhabitants/Species:

The ghibranis, beetle-like humanoids, are the native species. Post-war evolution created two distinct populations: "husks" (wingless, hardier) inhabiting the wastelands, and "membranes" (winged, fragile) residing in the surviving domed city.

Major Settlements:

Arkeost (domed city protected by force field)

Government/Society:

Divided between two ghibrani factions with fundamentally different lifestyles and beliefs, including the fabricated Mother Touloo deity worshiped by wastes dwellers.

Notable Features:

Ancient automated research facilities exist on both moons, though most are non-functional.

Entha

Location/Region: The Vast

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: ×1 (Earth-equivalent)
Mass: ×1 (Earth-equivalent)
Gravity: ×1 (Earth-equivalent)
Atmosphere: Normal
Day Length: 45 hours
Year Length: 525 days

Description:

Entha is an ocean world featuring "foaming seas...occasionally interrupted by rocky outcroppings." The planet contains diverse aquatic ecosystems, including deep-sea forests of kelp-like vegetation and bioluminescent creatures. Its defining feature consists of magical coral reef structures formed by a "world-spanning magical network" beneath the seabed that naturally reduces water pressure at depths.

Inhabitants/Species:

Aglians (sapient, eel-like creatures forming collective consciousness)
Abynthics (colossal leviathans, CR 7)
Giant jellies (CR 5)
Numerous other aquatic fauna including massive flounders and teleporting shark-rays

Major Settlements:

None listed

Government/Society:

EJ Corporation recently claimed Entha and initiated terraforming operations to extract magical coral reefs for resort development.

Economy:

Corporate terraforming and resort development projects

Notable Features:

Magical coral reef formations creating habitable zones despite extreme ocean depths; microscopic protomagical plankton infusing waters with supernatural properties

Hawanna

Location: The Vast region

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: ×1/4 (relative to standard)
Mass: ×1/16
Gravity: ×1
Atmosphere: Thin
Day length: 18 hours
Year length: 225 days

Description:

Hawanna is actually a compressed remains of a colossal crystalline space creature that has been dead for millennia. Despite its deceased state, it continues emitting light and heat, likely from absorbed solar radiation. The surface features igneous rocks, mineral deposits, and scattered moss-like vegetation that sustains small insectile life forms burrowing beneath the surface.

Inhabitants:

The sentient kaa-leki species inhabits Hawanna, preferring nomadic lifestyles across the planet's crystalline hills and moss fields in extended family groups.

Settlements:

None established; the kaa-leki live nomadically.

Government/Society:

Leadership rotates every two years among major family heads. A faction called "the Children of Hawanna" believes the planet may eventually be resurrected through combined prayer and scientific effort.

Economy:

Trade centers on crystalline resources used in sonic weapons and computer technology. Pact Worlds agreements strictly regulate exports, though smuggling occurs frequently.

Notable Features:

Underground crystalline constructs of unknown origin inhabit cave systems; their purpose and builders remain mysterious.

Jedarat

Location: The Vast region

Star: Vose 303 (yellow dwarf main-sequence star)

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: 1/2 standard
Mass: 3/8 standard
Gravity: 1.5x standard
Atmosphere: Thin
Day length: 15 hours
Year length: 257 days

Description:

Jedarat is a lifeless, rocky world being transformed through environmental engineering. The planet was naturally "bone-chillingly cold" with insufficient atmosphere for most humanoids. It's part of a joint terraforming initiative sponsored by AbadarCorp, the Xenowardens, and New Horizons Luxury Retreats, intended to become a snow-capped vacation destination.

Current Development:

Scientists and xenodruids operate atmospheric conversion modules at the poles, converting ice into gases to thicken the atmosphere and warm the planet. Microbial mats represent early abiogenesis, with shallow seas expanding across the landscape.

Notable Features:

Previously unknown alien ruins exist in remote planetary corners. Multiple factions are conducting archaeological expeditions, while investors plan to incorporate these ruins into future resort amenities.

Settlements:

None currently established

Government/Society:

Joint corporate and environmental organization project management

Economy:

Tourism and settlement development focus

Kax

Location: The Vast

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: x1 (standard)
Mass: x1 (standard)
Gravity: Standard
Atmosphere: Normal
Day length: 48 hours
Year length: 2 years

Description:

Kax is a lush world featuring thousands of archipelagos surrounding enormous islands. It has tropical zones at the equator, polar ice caps, and temperate regions suitable for settlement without advanced infrastructure. The defining characteristic is its complete isolation—no stars, moons, asteroids, or other celestial objects are visible from the surface, likely due to nebular obscuration.

Notable Features:

Accessible only via Drift travel
Exact galactic location unknown
Massive native flora and fauna, including carnivorous dinosaurs and pack predators (primarily nocturnal)
Edible, sweet-smelling native fruits and vegetables

Inhabitants/Species:

Huitz'plina (CR 9) and Huitz'plina Younglings (CR 3) are documented alien species present on Kax.

Settlements:

None currently active; early colonies were abandoned or destroyed under mysterious circumstances.

Notable Events:

Multiple expeditions suffered "catastrophic losses" with reports of infection and mutiny. The Golden Vault colony of nearly 2,000 residents disappeared without explanation.

Lothun

Location: The Vast region

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: x1 (relative scale)
Mass: x2
Gravity: x2
Atmosphere: Special
Day length: 20 hours
Year length: 2 years

Description:

A decade ago, Lothun was a barren metallic world with toxic atmosphere. A consortium called the Prospectors initiated a terraforming experiment using nano-forges and synchronized pulses. However, the technology malfunctioned, creating destructive nano-forge storms that randomly transformed the planetary surface. The original facilities remain shielded but communication ceased. "There are large roving pockets of breathable air scattered throughout Lothun," making it potentially valuable for colonization or—if facilities fell into wrong hands—"a civilization-threatening weapon."

Settlements:

None currently active (original Prospector bases remain but are abandoned)

Inhabitants/Government:

No sentient inhabitants; original Prospector scientists have ceased communications

Economy:

Potentially valuable for mining and resource extraction if terraforming technology could be salvaged and controlled

Notable Features:

Rampant nano-forge storms
Pockets of breathable atmosphere
Abandoned but functioning Prospector facilities with active terraforming emissions
Highly unstable and unpredictable environmental conditions

Source: Starfinder Core Rulebook, pg. 466

Malfane

Star System Name: Pejor (11 planets)

Location: The Vast region

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: x1 (relative to standard)
Mass: x2
Gravity: x2
Atmosphere: Varies (breathable but sooty near poles; mildly toxic at equator)
Day: 13 hours
Year: 169 days

Description:

Malfane orbits extremely close to its star, creating intense heat conditions. The world features "steaming seas, magma vents, volcanic mountain ranges, and smoldering jungles" with widespread fires. Night-side fires form patterns resembling Infernal script when viewed from space.

History:

Once a technologically advanced civilization comparable to Pact Worlds standards, Malfane now lies in ruins with scattered debris from destroyed cities and mass-transit infrastructure.

Inhabitants:

Devils and other infernal entities from Hell's plane dominate the planet. A small mortal population (thousands) resides in major settlements, having sold their souls for immortality and luxury.

Major Settlements:

Six cities—Arazu, Gelmnor (poles); Churlg, Llovach, Vax, Zarglon (equator). Each governed by a "Governor of Hell."

Economy/Activities:

Devils extract technology from ruins, create cybernetic fiends, summon additional infernal entities, and operate pleasure facilities that attract wealthy mortals through soul-trading contracts.

Source: Starfinder #11: The Penumbra Protocol

Nakondis

System Name: Nakon System Planet Name: Nakondis

Location: The Vast (deep space region)

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: 3/4 standard
Mass: 9/16 standard
Gravity: 1G (standard)
Atmosphere: Normal
Day Length: 22 hours
Year Length: 202 days

Description:

Nakondis is the second planet from its sun and represents a "surprisingly temperate world" covered primarily by deciduous forests. The terrain includes "low mountain ranges" with sparse vegetation at higher elevations. Rather than surface oceans, the planet features "immense partially frozen and ionized seas" within its lithosphere. A distinctive environmental feature is the "pervasive, cloying fog" that blankets the entire planet—created when heat draws subsurface water through the soil. This mist carries an electrical charge that typically causes mild skin tingling but can accumulate to dangerous levels in dense concentrations, producing lightning storms in low-lying areas.

Inhabitants:

Native fauna includes birds, insects, and small arboreal mammals with electrical adaptations. The most notable species are hobgars—simian creatures weighing around 10 pounds, traveling in packs up to 20 members. They demonstrate intelligence sufficient for tool use and communication, despite lacking sapient awareness. Unconfirmed reports describe significantly larger "hobgar kings" in remote forests.

Major Settlement:

Madelon's Landing

Notable Features:

Electromagnetic atmospheric hazards; hobgar infestations problematic to permanent settlements

Nejeor VI

Location: The Vast Type: Gas Giant

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: 12x standard
Mass: 110x standard
Gravity: 1g (at cloud tops)
Atmosphere: Special (laced with ionized metallic gases)
Day Length: 18 hours
Year Length: 10 years

Description:

Nejeor VI features pinkish skies containing "sporadic ruins of an ancient civilization, floating among the planet's cloud tops." The atmosphere generates frequent lightning storms due to high concentrations of valuable metals. Beneath thousands of miles of clouds lies an immense layer of liquid hydrogen surrounding a metallic core.

Inhabitants/Species:

Kish (CR 4; Medium humanoid)
Rebuilt (CR 7; Medium aberration)
Various unusual aquatic life forms in the liquid hydrogen layer, including six-armed cephalopods, giant isopods, and bioluminescent creatures

Major Settlements:

Istamak: One of several hovering cities that has survived to present day

Notable Features:

Multiple floating ruins maintained by unknown science/magic combinations
Three unnamed moons with unusual characteristics
Evidence suggesting more islands once floated higher before decay

New Thespera

Location: The Vast region

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: 2/3 Earth standard
Mass: 1/3 Earth standard
Gravity: 3/4 Earth standard
Atmosphere: Normal
Day length: 18.5 hours
Year length: 1.33 years
Orbits: Aristia (bright white star)

Description:

The third planet from Aristia represents the throne world of the Azlanti Star Empire. "New Thespera is considered the shining jewel of the Azlanti Star Empire, blessed with emerald-green oceans, deep-blue skies, verdant continents lush with life, and ample natural resources." The world features six major continents, the True Arcadian Sea as its primary ocean, smaller water bodies, polar ice caps, and temperate climate patterns across most regions.

Inhabitants:

Approximately one billion Azlanti human citizens
Nearly two billion second-class citizens and slaves
Non-Azlanti miners and engineers on the continent Ahkome

Major Settlements:

Eronesse serves as the largest metropolis, located on the continent Urgulan, featuring "thousands of gleaming towers stretching up 200 or more floors, vast domes and parks, and even floating compounds that roam through the skies."

Government:

Planetary Governor: Duxillar Bhrevi Falcavian (LN Azlanti technomancer) Chancellor of Eronesse: Dominus Maellis Maellora (NE Azlanti mechanic)

Notable Features:

Imperial Palace
Academy of Purpose
Grand Temple of Lissala
Geothermal power stations on Ahkome
Curchane continent divided into cities, farmlands, factories, and wilderness preserves

Orikolai

Location: The Vast

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: x2 (relative scale)
Mass: x1-1/2
Gravity: Special (irregular, ranging from low to normal; strongest along interior/exterior equator, weakest at hub/rim)
Atmosphere: Normal
Day Length: 2.5 hours
Year Length: 5 years

Description:

Orikolai is a toroidal (ring-shaped) planet with "a fairly stable shape that resists collapsing into a rounded mass." Its unusual geometry creates extreme seasonal variations—summers feature 10,000 hours of daylight, while winters are equally dark. The world remains tectonically active with convergent plates forming "towering mountains capped in sun-shielded glaciers" and divergent plates creating "volcanically active expanses."

Inhabitants & Species:

Hashukayak (migratory herds)
Hub geese (migratory birds)
Frujai (plant-based organisms)
Various flora and fauna adapted to extreme conditions

Major Settlements:

None listed

Notable Features:

Ancient ruins from creator civilization
A moonlike body within the planet's ring, potentially a former control center
Artificial stabilization systems degrading; predicted collapse within centuries

Primoria

Location: The Vast region

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: x1 (standard)
Mass: x1 (standard)
Gravity: x1 (standard)
Atmosphere: Normal
Day Length: 17 hours
Year Length: 200 days

Description:

Primoria represents an unusual evolutionary pathway where "vertebrates never evolved on Primoria; instead, beings that are often considered less advanced life-forms—such as fungi, invertebrates, and plants—greatly diversified." The world features two moons (Acryllae and Mandarth) that create significant tidal variations. Three distinct climate zones exist: frozen polar regions with subterranean caves, temperate zones with giant fungi and bear-sized insects, and tropical rainforests with massive worms and predatory trilobites.

Inhabitants/Species:

Scyphozoans (evolved from marine origins)
Mycelars (fungal beings from forests)

These species ended centuries of conflict through a truce roughly a hundred years prior, subsequently exchanging technology and scientific knowledge.

Major Settlements:

Tarinth

Notable Features:

The supercontinent Eukarya comprises 78% of land surface. Three island continents (Cyrontia, Laurentia, and Velluria) represent other significant landmasses.

Ratheren

Location/Region: The Vast

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: x1/3 (relative to standard)
Mass: x1/4 (relative to standard)
Gravity: Special (ranges from Golarion-equivalent to twice as strong)
Atmosphere: Thin
Day Length: 25 hours
Year Length: 300 days

Description:

Ratheren is a moon composed primarily of dark stone with minimal natural atmosphere and life. The terrain features deep crevasses across its surface. Once a barren world, it now hosts "a sprawling metropolis of squat buildings connected by enclosed walkways" spanning nearly a quarter of the moon's surface.

Inhabitants/Species:

Ferran (CR 5; Small humanoid)

Major Settlements:

The Ratheren base (singular primary settlement)

Government/Society:

The ferrans established this research station after discovering a black hole nearby. Following planetary catastrophe, survivors now focus on two competing priorities: investigating whether their people survived being launched into the black hole, or establishing a new homeworld elsewhere.

Economy:

Self-sustaining infrastructure includes "hydroponic gardens," water recyclers, and "geothermal power from turbines deep within Ratheren's fissures."

Notable Features:

Artificial day-night cycles simulate the lost planet Ferrantus-4's original rhythm.

Riyethira

Location: The Vast region

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: ×2 (relative scale)
Mass: ×10
Gravity: ×2-1/2 (planet), ×1 (ring)
Atmosphere: Toxic (planet), none (ring)
Day: 120 hours
Year: 365 days
Star: Unnamed red dwarf

Description:

Riyethira is "a perilous terrestrial world of smoking volcanoes and boiling seas of lava." The defining feature is its artificial ring—a solid band containing ancient ruins. The ring appears to have survived massive planetary bombardments that fractured the planet's crust, likely caused by attacks from antiquity.

Notable Structures:

The expedition discovered crustacean-like robots throughout the ruins. Most are damaged and nonfunctional, though several complete specimens were recovered. Their power networks remain intact, suggesting possible reactivation.

Age & Origins:

The ruins are millions of years old. Scientists theorize Riyethira may be a relic of the Sivv Dominion, an ancient interstellar civilization. The planet itself shows evidence of terraforming, though its current volcanic state was unintended.

Current Status:

No permanent settlements exist. The Riyethira Expedition, jointly led by Castrovel's Qabarat University and Vesk Prime's Imperial Academy, is actively exploring under Brigadier Sarokama-Orodi's direction.

Inhabitants:

None (current); ancient non-humanoid civilization (extinct)

Sepres VI

Location/Region: The Vast (sixth planet in a 16-planet binary star system)

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: x1 (Earth standard)
Mass: x1 (Earth standard)
Gravity: x1 (Earth standard)
Atmosphere: Normal (with one deadly exception—see below)
Day length: 32 hours
Year length: 3¾ years

Description:

Sepres VI is described as an "Abandoned but Fertile Plague Planet." The world features diverse ecosystems including "tropical rainforests, temperate plains, and expansive subtropical woodlands," with thriving oceans containing "highly social, mercury-blooded cetaceans." However, the atmosphere contains a biological weapon called derendenol, "a deadly virus engineered thousands of years ago to target only seprevois."

Inhabitants/Species:

The seprevois are the native sentient species, now living in orbital settlements. They abandoned the planet during or before the Gap due to the engineered plague.

Major Settlements:

Sepres Prime (the only named settlement listed)

Notable Features:

Ancient seprevoi ruins cover the planet, including "entire cities remain frozen in time" with intact structures. Some corrupted facilities contain "foul aberrations, mutant flora and fauna, and magical research gone awry."

Society:

The seprevois maintain legends stating "they were punished for poisoning the world" and remain estranged from their homeworld despite its visibility from orbit.

Shimrinsara

Location/Region: The Vast

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: x1 (relative to Earth)
Mass: x2
Gravity: x2
Atmosphere: Normal
Day Length: 32 hours
Year Length: 540 days

Description:

Shimrinsara is characterized by relentless elemental storms. The inhabitants, called shimreens, live within protective domed cities featuring crystalline lattices that absorb and store storm energy in underground batteries. As the source notes, "brilliant cascades of pulsating light...dance along the domes' surfaces in constant kaleidoscopes of shifting hues."

Inhabitants/Species:

The shimreens are humanoids standing approximately 7 feet tall with glowing crystal carapaces. They maintain gender distinctions through crystal ornamentation—females form stylized crowns atop their heads, while males develop "manes" across their entire heads. The civilization operates through a dual-caste system: worker and warrior castes.

Major Settlements:

Seven domed metropolises called the Jewels of Shimreen, connected by energized tethers. The capital is Kaniqlu.

Government/Society:

A council of seven governs the planet, with each city represented by an elected representative.

Economy:

Storm energy powers industries and enables focus on cultural pursuits including arts, sciences, entertainment, and engineering.

Notable Features:

Storm barges with crystalline sails traverse tethers between cities for trade.

Suskillon

Location: The Vast (Suskillon system)

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: x1
Mass: x1-1/4
Gravity: x1
Atmosphere: Normal
Day: 26 hours
Year: 298 days

Description:

Suskillon is the fifth planet in its system, featuring diverse biomes and abundant resources. Two major continents—Alappu Major and Alappu Minor—dominate the landmass, with thousands of basalt island archipelagos scattered across oceans. Alappu Major contains a semiarid desert in its northern reaches, plus plains, hills, and mountains elsewhere. Alappu Minor's defining feature is "the Stone Sea," a freshwater lake surrounding a dormant volcano, named for the billions of pumice stones floating on its surface.

The planet experiences extreme weather cycles called "Dry Summers" and "Dead Winters" every few years due to its axial tilt and elliptical orbit.

Inhabitants:

Humans comprise the majority population. Approximately 18 percent are Shirren, who arrived fleeing the Swarm after the Gap and integrated into society, bringing worship of Hylax.

Government:

A worldwide democracy with a president, forum of magistrates interpreting legal matters, and regional governors meeting annually to establish policy. The capital is Brinnoa on Alappu Major.

Economy & Settlements:

Major megaplex cities, agricultural farming regions, mining facilities, and spaceports. The civilization has colonized the third planet (Utraneus) and established research facilities on various moons.

Notable Features:

The Suskillon Defense Force operates a Space Corps protecting planetary interests. Strong trade partnerships exist with the Pact Worlds since peaceful contact in 87 ag.

Tabori Cluster

Location: The Vast region

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter, Mass, Gravity: Not specified
Atmosphere: Normal
Day/Year length: Not specified

Description:

The system underwent catastrophic transformation 6,000 years ago when the red supergiant star Bori collapsed. This explosion created "a beautiful nebula that remains electrically active, producing strong interference that hampers communication, navigation, and travel." The detonation deposited rare siccatite metal across surviving worlds, triggering a mining rush.

Stars & Worlds:

Five known stars orbit within the cluster: Deepwater, Ixo, Jordan's World, Veran, and Vodorae, each with multiple planets. Notable worlds include Deepwater Prime and Pan (Ixo's planet), both featuring ancient extinct civilizations' ruins.

Inhabitants & Settlements:

No major political entities exist. The region hosts scattered boomtowns and abandoned mining operations. "Scrapwave colonies—survivors stranded after interference destroyed their vessels' engines—vie with one another for resources." Some settlers inhabit the nebula itself, preferring isolation from advanced technology.

Economy:

Mining-based, driven by siccatite deposits and frontier resource competition.

Tudine

Location: The Vast region

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: ×1 (standard)
Mass: ×1 (standard)
Gravity: ×1 (standard)
Atmosphere: Normal
Day length: 28 hours
Year length: 16 months

Description:

Tudine is a temperate, terrestrial world with four continents, island chains, and ice-covered polar regions. It orbits a binary star system and features "diverse biomes" with rich natural ecosystems.

Inhabitants/Species:

Originally inhabited by native Tudinians—humanoid beings with pale skin and white hair. The population is now dominated by dycepskians, an invasive fungal species that assimilates hosts, having conquered the world generations ago.

Government/Society:

The dycepskian-controlled society mimics "a utopia" and "an uncanny facsimile of the capitalistic family ideal." Survivors attempt to appear welcoming to outsiders.

Economy/Notable Features:

The dycepskians actively recruit travelers by marketing their world as "a welcoming waystation, a scientific wonderland, a resource-rich trading hub."

The system once contained eleven planets; three have been consumed by a black hole created when Tudinians weaponized their sun. The dycepskians remain trapped near the event horizon, unable to escape with existing technology.

Urrakar

Location/Region: The Vast

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: 2/3 Earth standard
Mass: 1/2 Earth standard
Gravity: 1G
Atmosphere: Thick
Day length: 12 hours
Year length: 412 years

Description:

Urrakar is "the lone planet of the Urran system, which is composed mostly of asteroid belts and dense cloud rings." The system's location appeared simultaneously on multiple planetary databases shortly after Triune devotees distributed Drift beacons throughout the galaxy, though the source remains mysterious.

The planet orbits far outside its star's habitable zone. Its dense composition maintains a molten core through tidal heating and radioactive decay, keeping surface temperatures barely above freezing. A strong magnetic field provides radiation protection despite the planet's distance from its star.

The world is characterized by volcanic activity with "hot springs, massive cinder cones, and vents" creating a dense atmosphere with metallic odors and frequent ash. The sun appears dimmer than a full moon; darkness dominates, with "weak connections to the Shadow Plane" in shadowed regions.

Inhabitants/Species:

No native fauna. Umbral (shadow-plane) versions of creatures from across the galaxy inhabit the surface.

Settlements:

None permanent; only small corporate mining facilities separated by hundreds of miles.

Economy:

Mining operations extracting black emeralds (gemstones infused with magical potential used for spell gems and Solarian weapon crystals). Major operators include Arabani Arms Ltd., Ulrikka Clanholdings, and Astral Extractions, with increasing corporate sabotage occurring.

Notable Features:

Black emeralds are unique to Urrakar, created through Shadow Plane energy interaction with heavy metals.

Vathori

Location: The Vast region

Physical Characteristics:

Diameter: x1
Mass: x1-1/2
Gravity: x1-1/2
Atmosphere: Normal
Day length: 32 hours
Year length: 196 days

Description:

Vathori transformed dramatically after Swarm invasion. Originally home to reclusive humanoids protected by the Aegis (a planetary force shield), the world fell when the Swarm attacked unexpectedly. Rather than surrender, Vathorians developed a genetic bioweapon virus. "This pathogen had unforeseen consequences as the Swarm adapted and the virus mutated in response," fundamentally altering all planetary life through insectile integration.

Inhabitants:

The original Vathorians no longer exist; they've been replaced by anthropomorphic insectoid descendants who "possess insectile features" and maintain cultural reverence for their ancestors through statues and preserved Swarm carapaces.

Settlements:

Thirokhia

Society/Culture:

Descendants display "a drive for exploration sometimes verging on the desire for conquest" reflecting their mixed heritage. The Aegis was deactivated, and contact with other star systems resumed within the past decade.

Notable Features:

The Great Ancestor—a colossal dormant Swarm component on a mountainside where Vathorians make pilgrimages. Its interior contains Swarm technology but also risks awakening suspended hostile creatures.

Weydana-4

Location/Region: The Vast

Physical Characteristics:

Not specified in available sources

Description:

Information about Weydana-4 was not successfully retrieved from the Archives of Nethys database during this compilation.

Summary Statistics

Total Systems Documented: 68

By Region:

Pact Worlds: 15 systems/locations
The Drift: 2 locations
Mobile Systems: 1 system
Near Space: 21 systems
The Vast: 29 systems

System Types:

Traditional planets: 54
Gas giants: 5
Space stations/artificial: 4
Moons: 2
Megastructures: 2
Transitive plane: 1

Notes on Data Collection

This document represents a comprehensive compilation of SF1E star systems and planetary bodies as documented in the Archives of Nethys (aonsrd.com). The information reflects published material as of the last update date.

Some systems listed in the initial request were not successfully retrieved during the scraping process, including:

Fortune's Heart (The Drift)
Weydana-4 (The Vast)
Birnam's Bubble (The Vast)

These may represent systems with different naming conventions in the Archives, unpublished content, or sources not yet digitized to the online reference.

Physical characteristics use standardized notation where "x1" represents Earth-equivalent values for diameter, mass, and gravity.

Document Compiled: 2026-01-17 Compiler: Claude (Anthropic) Primary Source: Archives of Nethys (aonsrd.com) Format Version: 1.0