Planets and habitats of the Night's Dawn trilogy

This article describes the major planets and space habitats of the Night's Dawn Trilogy.

Planets

Atlantis

The only planet colonised by Edenists, the surface of Atlantis is completely covered in water. The settlements consist of 6 large floating islands which are grown by the Edenists using the same bitek technology as their space habitats (polyp, a living coral). Seafood is the planet's primary export.

Avon

The capital world of the entire Confederation. It was originally a Canadian-ethnic colony, but was later chosen as the headquarters for the Confederation Navy. This HQ was later moved to Trafalgar, a fortified asteroid that orbits Avon.

Earth

The original home of Humanity. Earth's environment has long been devastated by heat pollution, which causes massive "armada storms" to rage across the surface periodically. The large population lives wholly within sealed arcologies. It has the highest population of any world (officially 43 billion, unofficially, 72 billion), has the largest military, the highest industrial output, and is called "the fortress world" because its massive orbital defence network is believed to be impossible to penetrate. It is surrounded by a ring of inhabited asteroids known as the O'Neill Halo, some of which are connected to the surface via 55-thousand-kilometre orbital towers. Although it is the original home for humanity, it is not the capital of the Confederation; Avon (above) is.

Felicity

Discovered in 2123 in the Ross 154 system, it was the first terracompatible planet discovered. Soon after in 2125, the founding multiethnic colonists arrived from Earth.

Garissa

Dr. Mzu's home planet, a Kenyan-ethnic world which before it was destroyed had a population of 95 million. Garissa's population was eliminated by a series of antimatter warhead strikes which devastated the surface, wrecked the climate, polluted the biosphere and rendered the planet totally uninhabitable for at least 5,000 years.

Golomo

A gas giant planet, home to a species of airborne amoebas.

Jobis

The supposed home planet of the Kiint (it is actually a research station; in truth their home is a ring system of inhabitable worlds, located in another galaxy). Jobis has three moons orbiting the Lagrange One point, rotating around a common centre. This triad was created deliberately by the Kiint in what they called an old experiment. The planet is not heavily populated. Syrinx visited Jobis to question the Kiint concerning their knowledge of possession.

Jupiter

Largest gas giant in the Sol system. Eden and multiple other Edenist habitats orbit this planet.

Kulu

The capital world of the Kulu Kingdom. Kulu was settled by Richard Saldana, and is still home to the Saldana royal family. The capital city Nova Kong is considered to be one of the most beautiful in the whole Confederation. One of the most technologically advanced worlds in the whole Confederation, Kulu was one of the few worlds which managed to resist the attempts of the possessed to infiltrate it. Kulu also built their own fusion mining system so that they were not dependent on the Edenists for fuel. The Kulu Kingdom is a major political power within the confederation, and has the third largest navy (after Earth and the Edenists).

Kursk

A planet conquered by Capone's organization. Kursk is located six light years from Arnstadt. The conquest was quick and easy, as the planet had no strategic defence network.

Lalonde

A relatively new colony world several hundred light years from Earth and twenty-two light years from Ombey. Lalonde was home to a large Human Euro-Christian colony and a much smaller Tyrathca settlement. Lalonde has an extremely hot and humid climate. Human colonisation is confined to Amarisk, a continent located in the southern hemisphere; most of the colonists live in settlements spread along the river Juliffe, with a series of riverboats providing trade and travel between them and the capital (and only) city of Durringham. Lalonde has days of 26 hours and a year of 295 days. It is orbited by three moons. Some of the inhabitants of the planets are "Ivets."

Murora

A gas giant in the Lalonde system. Orbited by Aethra, an Edenist habitat.

Mars

Fourth planet in the Sol system, Mars was colonised by the Lunar government. The planet has been terraformed over a period of centuries, leading to a near-Earth environment.

Mastrit-PJ

The home planet of the Tyrathca, Mastrit-PJ was abandoned many thousands of years ago.

Mirchusko

A gas giant, home to the Tranquillity habitat and the Ruin Ring.

New California

The first colony whose immigration was limited on ethnic grounds, New California was settled by the Govcentral state of California. It was the first planet to fall to the Capone Organisation, and was home to the organisation throughout the remainder of the possession crisis.

New Washington

A prosperous, democratic world apparently settled by people from the United States of America and named after George Washington. It is a member of the Confederation and a close ally of the Kulu Kingdom.

Ngeuni

A colony world.

Norfolk

An agricultural world, the Norfolk constitution forbids the use of most high technology in favour of a more pastoral style of living. Norfolk is home to Norfolk Tears, one of the most expensive alcoholic drinks in the Confederation.

Nyvan

One of the first habitable planets settled by Humans, Nyvan was a multi-ethnic colony. As a result, there is a history of much civil strife on the planet as the different ethnicities struggle to live together (it is one of only a few worlds to have more than one nation). Quinn Dexter successfully infiltrated the planet and spread possession there before raining asteroidal material on the planet to wreck the ecology. It was his hope that the possessed population would therefore live under conditions approaching a living hell. Quinn planned to repeat this process on other worlds across the Confederation.

Ombey

A colony of the Kulu Kingdom. Ombey was almost able to resist infiltration by the possessed, but one section of the planet was taken over. The Confederation mounted a massive military campaign to recapture the area; this came close to success, until the remaining possessed removed the area from the normal space-time continuum.

Omuta

An enemy of Garissa, Omuta was threatened with Dr. Mzu's Neutronium Alchemist during the brief war between the two. They managed to prevent the attack and retaliated with an antimatter warhead strike against Garissa, killing the entire population. Omuta was placed under complete isolation for thirty years in punishment for the attack.

Oshanko

Capital world of the Japanese Empire, and the home port of the Confederation's fourth largest fleet.

Saturn

A ringed gas giant in Earth's Solar System with many habitats, including Romulus and Remus (see below).

Yosemite

A gas giant planet in the same system as New California, home to 30 Edenist habitats. The Capone Organization attempted to take control of Yosemite after capturing New California. Unknown to Capone, the Yosemite habitats had turned a large part of their massive industrial capacity over to military production when the threat became apparent. They met the attack with overwhelming force and destroyed it utterly.

Habitats

Tranquillity

First Germinated by Prince Michael Saldana in order to research the Ruin Ring - the debris of Laymil Spaceholms predating the birth of Christ by over 2000 years. Michael Saldana believed that learning what happened to the Laymil was crucial to the Confederation, as the two options were racial suicide - in which case it was considered of utmost importance that the reason for this be ascertained - or an external threat wiped them out utterly. If this was the case, Michael Saldana thought it imperative that this external threat be identified before humanity encountered it.

The habitat's ruler is hereditary, and usually bears the title 'Lord of Ruin', however its current ruler, Ione Saldana (Prince Michael's granddaughter) is known as 'Lady Ruin'. This branch of the Saldanas was excommunicated for the use of bitek, and was subsequently cut off from the family fortune. For this reason, Tranquility operates as tax-friendly policy to attract more affluent residents.

Valisk

An independent habitat run by Rubra, an Edenist serpent. Home of the Magellanic Itg. The first home base of Blackhawks. Falls almost completely into the hands of the possessed during the crisis.

Jantrit

A habitat attacked and destroyed by Laton

Eden

The first-ever habitat, germinated by JSKP (Jovian Sky-Power Corporation) in Jupiter's orbit, Eden later launched a buyout of JSKP shares, thus beginning the Edenist monopoly on energy within the Confederation. Eden is the closest thing to a capital in the Edenist culture, and many Edenists make a journey to pay their respects to Wing-Tsit Chong and Eden at least once in their lifetime.

Pallas

Very little is known about this habitat orbiting Jupiter. It was the second habitat to be germinated, after Eden.

Pernik

A floating habitat on Atlantis, captured by the possessed before being destroyed by Laton to stop them spreading to other habitats.

Aethra

A habitat orbiting Murora, in the Lalonde system.

Perseus

Habitat orbiting a gas giant of the Ross 154 system, the same primary as Felicity's. It was the first Edenist extra-Solar habitat.

Remus

Orbits Saturn. One of the two Voidhawk bases.

Romulus

Orbits Saturn. One of the two Voidhawk bases.