Sol System // Civilisation Reference

A Civilisation Between Worlds

By 2200, humanity has built permanent settlements across Earth, Mars, orbital space and the Jovian system.

What connects them is as important as what was built there.

Port Meridian orbital settlement above Earth

The Solar System in 2200

Earth remains the largest population and industrial base. Mars holds a second centre of civilisation. Orbital settlements bind the inner system together. The Jovian frontier marks the outer reach of permanent institutional presence.

First Reach is concerned with the infrastructure, commerce and organisations that keep that civilisation running.

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First Reach Solar System network map

The Four Powers

Earth Coalition emblem

Earth Coalition

Capital: Geneva

The largest population and industrial base in human civilisation.

Martian Directorate emblem

Martian Directorate

Capital: Elysium

A Martian power shaped by self-reliance, industry and long-term planning.

Orbital Guild emblem

Orbital Guild

Capital: Port Meridian

A network power built around trade, ports and movement between worlds.

Galilean Institute emblem

Galilean Institute

Headquarters: Kepler Base, Callisto

Humanity's most distant major institutional presence.

Elysium settlement built into Martian canyon terrain

Featured Settlements

Elysium

Mars / Martian Directorate

  • Port Meridian

    Orbital Guild

  • Elysium

    Mars / Martian Directorate

  • Greater London

    Earth / Earth Coalition

  • Arcadia

    Mars

  • Kepler Base

    Callisto / Galilean Institute

  • North Sea Terminal

    Earth

How the Economy Works

Settlement growth depends on a working sequence of production, finance, transport and insurance.

Production Finance Transport Insurance Settlement Growth

Spacecraft

Working spacecraft keep the Solar economy moving. Manufacturer identity is visible in how each company designs for service, efficiency or heavy industrial use.

Manufacturer
Armstrong Dynamics
Design Philosophy
Modular / Serviceable / Practical
Manufacturer
Zhenhua Aerospace
Design Philosophy
Integrated / Refined / Efficient
Manufacturer
Kovac Industries
Design Philosophy
Heavy / Rugged / Industrial
Armstrong Dynamics Pioneer-class commercial freighter

History

  1. 2080 First Mars Settlement
  2. 2120 Kepler Base established
  3. 2133–2135 The Supply Winter
  4. 2200 Present Day

Stories from 2200

The Supply Winter

2133–2135

A crisis that changed how humanity thought about supply, infrastructure and off-world dependence.

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Port Meridian

Orbital Guild

The commercial settlement that became one of the central nodes of the Solar economy.

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The First Mars Settlement

2080

The beginning of permanent human settlement beyond Earth.

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Earth Coalition emergency freight notice from the Supply Winter

Archive // Historical Record

From the Archive

Documents, notices, photographs and artefacts from more than a century of Solar expansion.

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