Sol Sytem

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Mercury

Due to the wildly-varying temperatures along with little in the way of geological or material interest, Mercury is largely untouched by space faring. Rumors exist of small, ramshackle criminal hideouts used by fleeing ships to appear to have crashed into the planet, though these remain unconfirmed.


Venus
Venus and Earth are similar in size, mass, density, composition, and distance from the sun. There, however, is where the similarities end.
Venus is covered by a thick, rapidly spinning atmosphere, creating a scorched world with temperatures hot enough to melt lead and a surface pressure 90 times that of in 21st century Earth. Due to the highly increased temperature and difficulties with maintaining equipment in the highly acidic atmosphere, Venus never received much attention for terraforming.


Earth
After years of war, advancements of technology, and stupidity, pollution finally rendered Earth uninhabitable by humans, who had claimed the world since the beginning of intelligence there. The planet remains largely abandoned, and though charity organizations exist to attempt a reclamation of sections of humanity’s cradle, they remain underfunded and obscure.

Luna
Earth’s moon. Due to an easy gravity well and proximity to Earth as well as a wealth of salvaged resources, Luna has become primarily an engineering planet, with the majority of inhabitants working as part of an Earth-salvage industry, sending frequent ships into the dead planet to retrieve historical artifacts and antiques, selling them on to collectors. The most notable structure is the Earth Museum, which remains a frequent travel destination for some higher-end tourists


Mars
The first target of terraforming attempts, Mars became as close to a new Earth as anyone could have hoped for. Terraforming was successful in large areas, resulting in a breathable atmosphere without the need for bio-domes. Before its destruction in 2422, Mars provided a massive base for heavy industry and as an assembly plant for large scale goods.


Saturn
The second biggest planet in Sol features four planet sized moons orbiting it. Originally in the hands of the Mars confederation, they constructed multiple huge gas mining platforms to collect both hydrogen and He3. These were expanded first to increase productivity then to supplement population from the surrounding moons and provide bases for other activities such as providing a low gravity environment for industrial bases.

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