Radole. One of the 27 Independent
Trading Worlds on 300FE when it hosted the Assembly of Trading Worlds. Known as a ribbon
world because of its narrow, world-circling, inhabitable region. Local
newspaper is the Radole Tribune.
Red Corridor, The.
Location of sparsely settled worlds involved in a long, wrangling dispute c80FE.
Rhampora. World famous
for its oysters.
Rhodia. 1098th world
settled by Man orbiting a star of spectral class F-8. Largest of the Trans-Nebular
Kingdoms; 35 light years from Lingane. Ruled by a
Director.
Places of Interest
Rigel. Developed a robotic culture which
pacified the inhabitants such that they were easy prey for the War Lord, Moray.
Rossem. World once used as a
political prison for the Galactic Empire, which also held a small naval garrison and an
observatory. Rossem is a cold, barren and sparsely populated world. Taken
over by Tazenda after the Galactic Empire fell
Places of interest.
- Gentri. Village where the Tazendan governor lived.
Salinn. Member of the Foundation on the frontier between the Foundation and Kalganian territory. Was the first world to be aware
of the Mule's advance on the Foundation.
Salvan. World famous for
the gecko.
Santanni. 9,000 parsecs from Trantor and 800 parsecs from Locris. Attempted a break with the
Empire in 12058GE when a provisional party seized control of the government.
Exporter of metal to Terminus. Although
captured by Kalgan in the early stages of the Stettinian
War was instrumental in breaking the siege on the Foundation in
308FE by delivering food shipments.
Sarip. World close to Anacreon.
Saturn. Large gas giant in orbit about the star Sol. Conspicuous by it's bright, large ring system.
Statistics.
- Diameter: 120,800 km.
- Distance from Sol: 1,430,000,000 km.
- Year: 29.5 galactic standard years
- Mass: 9.5 x 1022 tons
- Surface temp: 93oK
Places of interest.
- Titan. Largest natural satellite. (diameter 5150km) Has
a storm season which lasts 80% of it's orbit. Human base at Kornsk.
Sayshell. Capital world of the
86 populated planetary systems of the Sayshell Union, fourth in orbit about it's star,
10,000 parsecs from Terminus. When it was a member of the
First Empire, its Viceroy launched an expedition to conquer Gaia
but the expedition was broken and few ships returned. One hundred years later,
under its own leadership, Sayshell again attempted the conquest of Gaia with no better
luck than the previous attempt. Signed a declaration of neutrality and statement of
friendship with the Mule in 305FE. Formed
many myths and legends about the invulnerability of Gaia assigning many colourful
appellations including "the little brother of the five sisters", "the
pentagon's centre", "0 pentagon" and "unrequited
love".
Places of interest.
- Sayshell City. Capitol city.
Sirius. Star in the Sirius Sector
believed, by late Galactic archeologists, to be the location of the origin of the human
species. In the 9th century of the Galactic Era a planet orbiting Sirius was
one of the ten most populous planets in the Galaxy.
Siwenna. Home of Onum Barr. Once capital of the Normannic Sector of
the old Empire. Rebelled against the Empire but was retaken in 200FE by Bel Riose. Joined the First Foundation after the "war" between the
Empire and the First Foundation.
Smitheus. One of the
fifty Spacer worlds.
Smushyk.
Smyrno. Planet on the Periphery.
Fought a small war with Anacreon after proclaiming
itself a kingdom. Located 50 parsecs from Terminus.
Sol. G-0 star in the Sirius
Sector about which all life developed on the planet Earth.
Has a planetary system of 10 bodies.
Solaria. The last of the Spacer world
to be settled - and the first to die. Settled in 4422AD from the neighbouring world
of Nexon; originally as summer homes for Nexonians. The
outermost of three worlds with a diameter of 9,500 miles and 30,000,000 square miles of
fertile land. Became independent in 4522AD. Population 20,000. Had a robot/human ratio of
approximately 10,000/1. Ruled by a Regent. Was renowned amongst the other Spacer
worlds for it's variety and excellence of robot models exporting specialised robots to all
the other Spacer worlds. It also boasted a delicacy known as Pachinkas. In
c4920AD, Solaria withdrew completely from the affairs of the Galaxy and over a period of
tens of thousands of years evolved into a race of hermaphrodites and reduced its
population to a mere 1200. Solarians also evolved small transducer lobes, about the
size of a hen's egg, which are activated by the flow of heat. They could be used to
control objects, at a distance, by thought. A process known as mental transduction.
Places of interest.
- Heliona. Area in the northern continent.
Star's End. The location, cited
by Hari Seldon, as the home of the Second
Foundation. Known to Second Foundationers as Section 33A2D17 because of the part of
the Prime Radiant that describes its formation and purpose. See Trantor
Steffani.
Synnax. At the edges of the Blue Drift.
Birthplace of Gaal Dornick.