Human List of planets in The Saga of Seven Suns

1 human

1.1 terran hanseatic league
1.2 theron
1.3 roamer

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terran hanseatic league

in future, human race has colonized multiple planets in spiral arm, of governed powerful terran hanseatic league (hansa).

earth - center of human culture , economy , capital of hanseatic league.
mars - headquarters of earth defense forces (edf), , primary base administration , training purposes.
oncier - gas giant planet 4 large moons chosen hansa test discovered klikiss torch technology. torch can ignite planet , convert sun, making satellite moons habitable worlds perfect human colonization. test successful reveals existence of elemental hydrogues live in high-pressure core of planet, , inadvertent hydrogue genocide @ hands of humans incites ire of other hidden hydrogue populations across galaxy. brutal retaliation , forced cessation of collection of stardrive fuel ekti threaten cripple both human , ildiran civilizations, , serve effective declaration of war.
boone s crossing - forested planet attacked hydrogues in search verdani worldforest.
corvus landing - remote planet on theron green priest beneto chooses serve.
crenna - ildiran planet on edge of alien empire. illness spreads among ildiran colonists renders them blind; fundamentally terrified of darkness, affected ildirans go mad , die. adar kori nh evacuates remaining colonists. immune plague, humans hansa begin settling there. chairman basil wenceslas sends agent davlin lotze infiltrate colony , investigate whatever artifacts ildrians have left behind. davlin finds nothing of note, becomes attached colonists. returns later evacuate them when battle between hydrogues , faeros extinguishes crenna s sun.
dremen - dismal world agricultural value. jan covitz , daughter orli try make life there before joining new colony on abandoned klikiss planet of corribus.
new portugal - planet known production of wine.
ramah - islamic religious haven.
relleker - resort world hard hit when hydrogen-induced ekti shortage impacts interstellar commerce. davlin lotze , rlinda kett stop @ relleker on way aid human colonists escape crenna, relleker s planetary governor jane pekar loath aid them of colony s dwindling resources. when davlin , rlinda return crenna refugees, pekar grudgingly gives them temporary sanctuary. after leave, relleker attacked hydrogues, destroy human settlement. relleker later site of klikiss subhive battle.
rhejak - ocean world, famed native algae essential ingredient in anti-aging treatments.
usk - hansa makes example of planet after renounces hansa charter.
yreka - general kurt lanyan of edf sets trap @ yreka catch roamer pirate rand sorengaard , gang. war against hydrogues continues, remote yreka receives little hansa support , supply shipments dwindle. when hansa discovers yrekans have been hoarding ekti , governor refuses surrender it, edf attacks, destroying important food stores , seizing ekti. later, denn peroni convinces governor establish yreka hub of new black market allow roamers , planets abandoned struggling hansa trade each other.

theron

in series, prominent human world aside earth theroc, planet covered in semi-sentient worldtrees quietly independent hansa. theroc s green priests able commune trees , communicate telepathically across space when touching treeling, making them indispensable instantaneous communication across galaxy.

theroc - sovereign world not part of terran hanseatic league, theroc boasts lush vegetation , variety of large insect animal life, , food , textile exports considered luxuries across spiral arm. planet covered worldforest, elemental verdani race, whom theroc s green priests can commune telepathically. planet ruled independent state father , mother, , takes neutral political stance. last of verdani had fled theroc after losing ancient war against hydrogues; when hydrogue menace reawakened, find thriving verdani , begin lay waste theroc. verdani s old allies, faeros, keep hydrogues @ bay damage theroc. planet becomes capital planet of new confederation created king peter, has defected crumbling hansa. , queen estarra, heiress mother , father of theroc, assume titles. in aftermath of elemental war, verdani , subservient green priests continue proliferation across spiral arm.

roamer

in series, roamers clans of industrious humans living clandestine existence in fringes of space, managing profitable economy centered on sale of valuable stardrive fuel ekti , other commodities.

rendezvous - roamer central seat of government, not actual planet connected collection of structures , hollowed asteroids in meyer system. long before events of series, generation ship kanaka had stopped in meyer system collect vital resources required continue on journey, , of colonists had decided remain in system. rendezvous later attacked , destroyed in raid earth defense forces after hansa had declared roamer population outlaws.
barrymore s rock - roamer fuel depot based on rugged asteroid, later invaded klikiss robots.
constantine iii - stormy primordial planet , site of roamer facility extracts raw materials, such long chain molecules (which difficult synthesize), thick atmosphere.
daym - gas giant , site of 1 of first ildiran skymines leased roamers. long before events of series, daym skymine had fallen towards depths of gas giant. there had been 1 survivor, had spoken of strange creatures in depths of daym.
erphano - gas giant orbited roamer skymine managed berndt okiah. when war against elemental hydrogues begins, hydrogues living within core of erphano emerge , destroy skymine, killing occupants.
forrey s folly - large asteroid in orbit around k2 star, settled clan kowalski. century before events of main series, roamer named karlton forrey had attempted settle asteroid, had accidentally miscalculated orbits of many moonlets. site became known forrey s folly when many of ships crashed these moonlets.
franconia - gas giant , site of roamer skymine managed boris goff; gas giant suffers moon-sized hurricanes.
glyx - gas giant orbited ildiran skymine later handed on roamers , managed berndt okiah.
golgen - hydrogue-occupied gas giant site of first human encounter hydrogues. following test of klikiss torch @ oncier, hydrogues living within core of golgen emerge , destroy blue sky mine, owned roamer ross tamblyn. later, ross brother jess tamblyn stages revenge attack against golgen sending asteroids along calculated decaying orbits system s oort cloud collide gas giant. golgen later rendered safe skymining again when jess unleashes elemental wentals atmosphere, keeping hydrogue population isolated within golgen s core.
haphine - hydrogue-occupied gas giant , site of 1 of first 2 ildiran skymines leased roamers. skymine later destroyed hydrogues. haphine site of wental-hydrogue battle after atmosphere of gas giant doused wentals in bombing run led cesca peroni.
hurricane depot - artificially constructed station located @ center of pair of orbiting planetoids. used roamers commercial hub, during management roberto clarin complex destroyed in raid edf.
isperos - planet rich in precious minerals orbits close system s sun. roamer inventor kotto okiah designs , builds facility there allows mining can withstand planet s intense heat. mining process culminates in ingots of material launched railgun far out safer zones of space pickup roamer ships. later, meteor passes close planet , misaligns railgun, triggering series of problems compromise safety of facility , destroy it. kotto , crews able flee safety.
jonah 12 - incredibly cold planet , location of roamer colony designed kotto after destruction of mining facility on isperos. roamers on planet mine gases frozen on surface use in industry. cesca peroni flees there aged roamer speaker jhy okiah after edf attack on rendezvous, , jhy later passes away peacefully. facility later destroyed when workers inadvertently uncover giant cache of klikiss robots hibernating deep within ice. robots swiftly attack roamer base , level ease. nikko chan tylar , wounded cesca escape base alive , manage rig reactor incinerate base , invading robots.
osquivel - gas giant rings site of hidden roamer starship manufacturing site owned del kellum. when edf pilot robb brindle traces hydrogue warships had attacked boone s crossing osquivel, roamer , edf captain tasia tamblyn secretly warns kellum of impending edf visit. kellum manages disguise facility goes unnoticed edf battle group. edf forces decimated hydrogues , flee; while salvaging wreckage, kellum s people find survivors , bring them shipyards. needing keep location of facility secret, kellum reluctantly refuses let survivors leave. kotto okiah examines intact hydrogue warglobe left behind after battle , uses come doorbell technology weapon against hydrogues.
plumas - ice-bound planet water mines operated roamer tamblyn clan located. main settlement deep under icy surface in caverns lit artificial suns. when jess tamblyn unknowingly leaves trace of wental energy on plumas, becomes corrupted , seeps long-lost frozen body of mother karla, , reanimates her. possessed wental, uses power begin destroying facility before stopped jess.
ptoro - gas giant , site of roamer skymine owned tylar clan before hydrogue ultimatum halts ekti collection. later, ptoro site of first offensive use of klikiss torch edf.
sunshine - photon-bathed planetoid settlement run tomara clan, consists of subterranean warrens habitation energy demands provided solar collectors. work done on planetoid s surface @ night.
welyr - gas giant , site of roamer skymine managed shareen pasternak. skymine 1 of earliest destroyed hydrogues. 5 years later, welyr site of roamer blitzkrieg raid , bombing run performed del kellum seeds atmosphere of gas giant wentals.
sheol - introduced in dark between stars (2014), sheol unstable, lava-covered world site of lee iswander s mining operations, extract useful , valuable materials environment. iswander ignores garrison reeves warnings planet s temperatures may fluctuate , exceed shielding limits of facility, , disaster occurs. entire mining facility, including habitation modules, consumed lava, , 1543 workers killed.




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