So it’s often claimed that you can’t take the skies from me, but that’s a lot of space
to lay claim to. Hi Ric here and were going to take a look at constructing a map of the
known ‘Verse. Full disclosure, this Video has been split
into parts as I wasn’t satisfied with the amount I’d have to drop to make it all fit
into one video and still have it release on time. So part one will cover the core and
border worlds. So this was a nightmare to record with a lot of words I’m not familiar
with from all sorts of cultures and I’m not multilingual like your standard resident
of the Verse, so I apologise for any mispronunciations. Most of the information comes from the “Complete
and Official Map of the Verse”, and while it expands upon space as seen in the show,
it was never shown off exclusively in the program so consider this video with that in
mind in case a news series contradicts this information. It could still happen! It’s
not going to happen. From the year 2020 to 2028, a survey of the
stars revealed the location of a Star Cluster, termed 34 Tauri 2020 and it was discovered
that it many planets and stars orbiting a central point. Over the following decades,
Earth became overcrowded, resource starved and no longer able to support the population
of humans on its surface. So a mass exodus was planned to this newly discovred star cluster
which observation had revealed to have an unusually large number of terrestrial worlds
. Worlds with a solid surface. While these exoplanets varied in shape and
distance from their suns, Terraforming technology had been created that could alter every aspect
of a planet, including gravity to make it resemble Earth, at least from the surface,
blue skies and all. The Sol system had been used as the test bed for much of this technology
but many of our local planets were deemed too resource poor and Earth itself was running
low, so sharing wasn’t an option. Multigenerational ships were launched from
every country towards the Tauri cluster in 2097 and over the years, these cultures mingled
and created a blended society of languages and traditions. In 2220, these ships arrived
at the White Sun System, the targeted star in the middle of the cluster also known as
Bai Hu, the White Tiger. This system consisted of fourteen planets and many more moons. Londinium,
the second planet was first settled and the beginnings of the Allied Union of Planets
was established based on the Global Exodus Alliance from Earth. To this day, 2518, the
Parliament remains in control of the systems from its seat on Londinium and its capital
city is New Cardiff. It had two moons, Colchester and Balkerne.
Starting from the Sun and moving outwards, we have Bernadette and its two moons, Nautilus
and Spinrad. Bernadette was the second planet to undertake terraforming and its capital
is New Paris. Sihnon is the home of many learning institutes
and the Companions Guild is also based here. Due to a large number of settlers originally
being of eastern origin, it has a stronger eastern aesthetic than Londinium and shares
much of the Alliance’s power structure, many even consider it a capital planet. It
has four moons, Airen, Xiaojie Xainsheng and Yunnan. It’s also only 100 Km larger than
Earth-that-Was too, so that’s nice. The fourth out is Liann Jiun and its two moons,
Tiantan and F U. Wait, sorry, Fu. Gonghe has one moon, Xing Yun. Rubicon is
the sixth planet, then Osiris. Osiris is the home planet of Simon and River Tam and houses
numerous prestigious universities though not all was shiny, there were shadier sides known
as Blackout Zones where security feeds couldn’t reach and where shady dealings went down.
Tannhauser and Epeuva were its moons. Qin Shu Huang orbits the White Star and is
a Protostar. This was originally a Brown Dwarf that was Helioformed into a new sun in 2271.
Orbiting this small “star” is Santo and its two satellites, Tethys and New Luxor.
Then we have Valentine and its moons, Selene and Chons. Bellerophon houses numerous luxury
estates that float over its considerable surface oceans. It has three moons, Tyrins, Hanthus
and Parth. Ariel marks the port of call between the inner and outer systems and is a major
trade hub. This was the planet that Simon Tam planned the hospital heist for the Serenity
Crew. Ariopolis, Shiva and Poseidon are its moons. And Ariopolis is the leading exporter
of pharmaceuticals. Albion with its moon Avalon are next out,
named after the old name for England, then another Protostar. Lux was originally a Brown
Dwarf too before being ignited. Orbiting were moons, now planets Persephone and Pelorum.
Persephone had two moons Hades and Renao and was considered rather rough for a core world.
Well rough, by Alliance standards. Kaleidoscope was the moon of Pelorum.
An asteroid belt, known as the Halo effectively marked the edge of the core worlds and end
of what was considered the “civilized” space. Among its rocks though were several
Dwarf Planets such as Dukkha and Ra Amiran. These two have their own moons and Ra Amiran
is a low priority candidate for further terraforming. Orbiting the White Star system are two suns
of equal distance. These two are the Red Sun system and the Georgia Star. The planets that
orbit these two stars are considered the Boarder worlds and many of these declared for independence
during the War in 2506. The star of the Georgia system was called Huang Long, the Yellow Dragon
and we’ll start here. Again, from the closest planet and moving
out, we have Ezra orbiting which is nasty bastard Adelai Niska’s Station and the planet’s
moon, Herschel. The next planet out was Regina a planet where
the terraforming had caused a degenerative musculature disease called Bowden’s Malady.
Paradiso and Hancock were two towns on its surface.
Boros is the third planet and the Alliance’s hub of operations for the Georgia System.
It had one moon, Ares. A world called Kerry was fourth, with its
satellite, Madcap. Ithaca and Priam are two planets that seem to orbit each other as they
pass around the Georgia Sun. A strange phenomena, I’m not sure if it’s natural or the result
of terraforming. Prophet is next, that’s about it here. The
Next planet out is actually a Gas Giant, Elphame. Though the planet cannot support life, some
of its moons may be able to. Di Yu is the next planet out with its single
moon, Yama. Athens beyond that, one of its moons is called Whitefall and that appeared
in the first episode of Firefly. Its other moons are Anooie, Argabuthon and Ormuzd.
Then there is a second Gas Giant, Daedalus. Its moon was called Box and is inhabited,
being terraformed in 2360. Beyond that lies New¬hope and its three moons,
Commons, Splendor and Godfors Aken. Well, that last one is still being terraformed so
hopefully that’s not its official name, but judging from what we’ve seen so far
it could be. Three Hills is the twelfth planets and it has three moons. New Lafayette, Conrad
and Bob. Yes there is a moon called Bob. Meadow had two moons, Salyut and Mir and all
three bodies were being terraformed. Then, on the outer edge of the system, there was
another converted Protostar, called Murphy. Orbiting this were three planets, Hera, Aphrodite
and Shadow, which also had their own satellites. Hera was orbited by Bullet and Eris and was
the location for the Battle of Serenity valley, the climactic moment for the Independents,
and the namesake of Malcolm Reynold’s Firefly ship.
Sturges, Hill, Thornley and Anton orbited Aphrodite while Branson’s Mark, Ossolambria
and Summerfair spin around Shadow. Opposite the Georgia system, orbiting the
White Star at near equal distance was The Red Sun, Zhu Que, the Red Phoenix, but that’s
where we’ll have to leave this part as already they skies are getting a mite crowded. As
you can see already, the Core Worlds are much more established with many worlds in the Georgia
system not even finished terraforming yet. They outer planets are also much more sparsely
populated and receive very little aid from the core worlds. It’s understandable that
humanity had to start somewhere, when they first arrived, and the middle system is the
obvious choice, but many feel that once the core was established , then that was where
the effort stopped. So I’m already working on part two which
will cover the second boarder world and beyond, so thanks for watching and It’ll be out
next Friday. I haven’t even covered the system with the most worlds in it yet. So
until then, thanks for watching I’ll catch you next time for part two. Goodbye.