Episode: Games
Location: Unknown
Physical: Unknown
Notes: A source of Feldon Crystals, this planet suffered a tremendous explosion after the amassed Feldon Crystals overloaded. Thousands of workers were killed. Avon notes that the workers, except for some key personnel, would have been abandoned once the mining operations were complete.
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Episode: Stardrive
Location: Sector 8? (reference in episode may indicate sector 8 is a locational reference within the star system itself)
Physical: Unknown
Notes: This planet holds deposits of selsium ore, which the Scorpio crew needed for fuel crystals. Scorpio was damaged while attempting to infiltrate this system, which is patrolled (and presumably owned) by the Federation.
Episode: Gold
Location: Unknown, except that it is inside Federation territory
Physical: Terrestrial
Notes: planet on which Avon and Servalan made their transaction of the "black gold" for credits.
Episode: Warlord
Location: Unknown; within 2 days flight time of Xenon by Scorpio
Physical: Terrestrial. The planet has "perpetual day", and may be part of a binary star system.
History: Unknown. However, Betafarl is a technologically advanced planet (equivalent to the Federation) which is ruled by "President" Zukan. Betafarl is the only militarily significant force in this frontier world region, and raided its neighbors' territories up to the time of this episode. Betafarl was one of the five non-aligned worlds to join Avon's short-lived anti-Federation alliance. Zukan "sold out" Avon to Servalan in an attempt to make a better deal for Betafarl.
Episode: Animals
Location: Unknown
Physical: Terrestrial
Notes: This planet was mined out and then abandoned by the Federation until about six years prior to the Intergalactic War. At that time it was declared an experimental zone, and a Federation Research Team was placed on the planet. The project was a security code double-X; no records kept. It was budgeted for 20 million credits. The project was attempting to combat and neutralize radioactive contamination, and produce radiation resistant soldiers. It was abandoned toward the end of the Intergalactic War, and the entire research crew, with the exception of Justin, were killed when an Andromedan gunship destroyed their transport vessel.
Episode: Warlord
Location: Unknown
Physical: Unknown
Notes: Border planet threatened by the Federation pacification program.
Episode: Stardrive
Location: Sector 5
Physical: Terrestrial
Notes: Home base of the Space Rats, and Dr. Plaxton's place of hiding for the three years prior to the events of "Stardrive." Probably inhabited for hundreds of years: primitive television surveillance, poorly maintained, monitors the area around the Space Rats' base.
Episode: Assassin
Location: near the edge of the sixth "quadrant" (sector?)
Physical: Terrestrial
History: Colonized ten years before the events of Assassin. The colonists were space pirates who made Domo a base of operations for their raids. Domo developed into a vast slave market, where hundreds of bidders purchased the unfortunate victims of the pirates' raids. The bidders are represented by a small group of agents, each agent representing 50 or more bidders. Auctions are held every three months, and bidding is made in Vems rather than credits. The exchange rate of Vems for credits is unknown. This slave trade seems to involve Federation citizens illegally purchasing slaves on this market, a crime the Federation chooses to ignore.
Note: Avon was purchased by Servalan during one of these auctions for 2000 Vems.
Episode: Blake
Location: Unknown
Physical: Terrestrial
History: Nichnamed "GP," Gauda Prime was an agricultural world, producing crops and timber. Sometime in the last 10-20 years (based on Soolin's apparent age), mining interests attempted to move in. Since the colonists held legal title to the land, the mining interests had GP declared an "Open Planet." This suspended the penal code and made it possible for the mining cartels to literally get away with murder. Farmers who didn't depart were killed, and GP became a haven for the scum of the galaxy.
Roj Blake appears to have gone to GP to establish a rebel base at about the time GP was applying for re-instatement into the Federation. Among the preconditions set for GP was that "law must be established before the benefits of law can be restored," according to Orac. This led to the day of the Bounty Hunter.
At the time of the episode, GP was under blockade, possibly by the mining cartels. A patrol squadron attacked Scorpio and forced the ship to crash-land. Blake also told Tarrant that Jenna Stannis was killed by the patrol ships after trying to run the blockade one too many times.
The fate of the Scorpio crew on GP is unknown.
Episode: Traitor
Location: Unknown
Physical: Unknown
Notes: Planet on which Servalan was supposedly killed during "a rear guard" action.
Note: It is not stated whom Servalan was fighting, though it seems probable it was against forcesloyal to the newly-resurrected High Council.
Episode: Traitor
Location: Sector 4 (by inference)
Physical: Terrestrial
History: Helotrix was one of the earliest colonies of the early Terran Empire, and was the first colony to gain independence from Earth. Helotrix was forced into the Federation, after years of fighting, during the Federation's First Expansion. Helotrix once again gained its independence after the Intergalactic War.
The population of Helotrix live in domed cities similar to those found on Earth. The Helots are known for their fighting prowess and spirit, and seem to revel in close-quarters combat. The population is multi-racial, Helotrix being colonized when the Stock Equalization Act was in effect. This law required all racial groups be represented in colonization populations.
The Helots were quickly overcome by "Commissioner Sleer's" pacification program. The adaptation process not only made the Helots docile, but also rendered them useless as fighters. The few remaining unadapted Helots, formed into scattered resistance bands, were systematically destroyed by treason. The fourth column, under Star Major Hunda, was able to assault the Magnetrix Terminal (#406) that connected Helotrix into the Federation Control Network. Dayna and Tarrant discovered the secret, and the counter, to the Pacification process. They obtained a batch of medication to block the effects of Pylene 50, the drug used to pacify opposition. They also obtained the formula for Pylene 50 itself from Forbus, the scientist who created Pylene 50.
Episode: Warlord
Location: Unknown
Physical: Unknown
Notes: A border world, one of the five non-aligned worlds that joined Avon's short-lived anti-Federation alliance. Lod was Hirrial's representative at the conference that formed the alliance.
Episode: Warlord
Location: Unknown
Physical: Unknown
Notes: Border world, Khem was one of the five non-aligned worlds to join Avon's short-lived anti-Federation alliance. Chalsa, Khem's delegate, tried to push for reparations from Zukan for past incursions, but dropped that demand before joining the Alliance.
Episode: Warlord
Location: Unknown
Physical: Unknown
Notes: Border world, one of the five non-aligned worlds to join Avon's short-lived anti-Federation alliance. Mida, Lovus' delegate, helped convince Chalsa of Khem to drop demands for reparations from Zukan and Betafarl.
Episode: Traitor
Location: Sector 4 (implied)
Physical: Unknown
Notes: One of the planets taken by the Federation's Pacification program in the weeks prior to the invasion of Helotrix.
Episode: Orbit
Location: Unknown
Physical: Atmosphere of Nitrogen, methane, and argon, with traces of ammonia and sulfur compounds. Temperatures in the -90 to -100 degree range. Uninhabitable outside of artificial environments.
Notes: Egrorian and his assistant Pinder lived on a base constructed on Malodaar during the ten years prior to the events of this episode. Servalan was aware of this base and actively aided Egrorian in staying out of Federation hands. Egrorian completed developing his Tachyon Funnel there, as well as learning to manipulate microscopic amounts of neutron material.
Episodes: Games
Location: In or near sector 9
Physical: Terrestrial
Notes: A source of Feldon Crystals, Mecron 2 has been mined for the last twelve years under the supervision of Belkov. The planet is home to "an ancient civilisation" of humanoids. These humanoids practice ritual murder, according to Belkov. The priests of the Mecrons' religion used necklaces made of Feldon Crystals as symbols of their power.
Episode: Traitor
Location: 4th Sector
Physical: Unknown
Notes: One of the planets taken by the Federation's Pacification program in the weeks before Helotrix was invaded.
Episode: Orbit
Location: 17 light-years from Malodaar
Notes: Egrorian destroyed a lunar satellite of this world using his Tachyon Funnel. Unknown if Porthondos is inhabited.
Episode: Warlord
Location: Unknown
Physical: Unknown
Notes: A border system threatened by the Federation Pacification program.
Episode: Warlord
Location: Unknown
Physical: Unknown
Notes: A border system which joined Avon's short-lived anti-Federation alliance. Boorva was the delegate from Tarl at Avon's conference.
Episode: Traitor
Location: Unknown
Physical: Unknown
Notes: This planet's population was "Adapted" by the Federation Pacification Program. Industrial production increased 19% after "adaptation."
Episode: Rescue
Location: near Sector 6, orbiting Delta 714
Physical: See Series C for further information
Episode: Headhunter
Location: Unknown
Physical: Unknown
Notes: This planet was the site of a Robot Development Cartel base where Mueller worked.
Episode: Gold
Location: Unknown
Physical: An Ice Planet
Notes: This planet was part of the imaginary tour the passengers of the Space Princess were drugged into believing they visited. It is said to be "one of the bleakest solid surfaces in the known galaxy."
Episode: Sand
Location: Unknown
Physical: Terrestrial. According to Dayna, it never rains, though there is sufficient moisture in the atmosphere to form rain. Also called "the Green Planet," it apparently is an unpleasant color.
Notes: A research team led by Don Keller, Servalan's first love, landed on Virn five years prior to the events of this episode. The entire expedition died of mysterious causes, with Keller and a female team member the last to die. Tarrant and Avon independently deduced that the ubiquitous sand of this world is actually a lifeform which feeds off of human "lifeforce." The sand seems to have a degree of sapience, since it developed and implemented a plan to breed a constant supply of food. Contact with water destroys the sand, which needs time to regenerate.
Episode: Traitor
Location: Unknown
Physical: Unknown
Notes: Next planet after Helotrix scheduled for pacification by the Federation.
Episode: Traitor
Location: Unknown
Physical: Unknown
Notes: The Wazi, a species of gill-breathers, were attacked by the Fletch Expedition of '29. Fletch used gas on the Wazi, apparently with great success. Several days later, during victory celebrations, the "dead" Wazi came out of their dormant state and slaughtered the entire expedition. No mention is made to the ultimate fate of the Wazi.
Episodes: Rescue, Power, Headhunter, Warlord
Location: in or near sector 6, outside of Federation territory at the Federation's greatest point of expansion.
Physical: Terrestrial
History: Xenon was the location of a colony several hundred years prior to the events of "Rescue." The colony suffered a war which devastated the colony's industry and population. The Council of Survivors decreed that the colonists abandon technology and revert to a "stone-age" level. At some point, a rift between the men and women of the colony developed. The women went on to form the Seska, technologically equipped and educated. The men, or Hommiks, began a warrior-based culture. Some trace of technology remained to the Hommiks however, and they hunted and fought the Seska for centuries. The Seska avoided the need for males in their society by maintaining seminal stocks. The Seska also developed some modest telekinetic abilities, which they enhanced using Dynamon crystals. The Hommiks maintained their population by capturing Seska and keeping male children born of captured women. The Hommiks also developed a surgical technique to remove the Dynamon crystals from the Seska, leaving them no match for the Hommiks.
Seska history reached a critical stage about 20 years before the arrival of the Liberator's survivors. The Seska had been reduced to a population of 94, 53 of whom were infants. The Hommiks launched an attack, using a nucleic burster to destroy the Seska seminal stock. Nina, leader of the Seska, was captured by the Hommiks in their final assault of the Seska stronghold. Since that time, the Seska dwindled down to 3 survivors. The surviving Seska were dependent on Dorian to provide them with material to maintain their hydroponics.
Dorian arrived on Xenon about 200 years before the events of "Rescue." While exploring the planet, Dorian found a chamber carved from an unknown element. Some property of this element gave Dorian extended youth and vigour, but required Dorian to "sacrifice" others to absorb his corruption. The process accelerated over the years. Dorian then came up with the idea of bringing the Liberator's crew to Xenon. He reasoned that if he put them in the room, they could form a gestalt, or group entity, that could absorb more corruption and last longer. Fortunately, Vila provided Avon with a working gun at the critical time, and Dorian was killed. The Liberator's crew then inherited a well-hidden, advanced base, and a less-than-nominal planet hopper. Xenon base was severely damaged by Zukan's saboteurs during the events of Warlord, and Avon destroyed the base shortly afterwards, deeming it compromised.
Speculation: What part Dorian played in the history of the failed colony is uncertain. However, it seems unlikely that the Hommiks maintained the level of knowledge needed to use a device like a nucleic burster. It was certainly convenient for Dorian to have the Seska dependent on him.
Episode: Gold
Location: Unknown. A frontier world.
Physical: Terrestrial
History: This frontier world is known as "The Gold Planet." One of the few producers of gold left in the known galaxy, its gold is used as a currency on planets with no computer link-ups. The Federation also buys large amounts of the gold. The Zerok have a method for altering the atomic structure of the gold to produce "black gold," which is useless until converted back to its normal structure. This makes stealing the gold a futile exercise under most circumstances.
At the end of "Games," Zerok ceded to the Federation, rendering bank notes drawn on the Bank of Zerok invalid within one week of the merger with the Federation.
Some citizens of Zerok are addicted to the drug exobriddan. It is unclear if it is a legal drug; addicts are required by law to notify ships' doctors' of their addiction. Lack of the drug appears to be fatal. Dayna was given something to simulate the symptoms of an addict in withdrawal, as part of the plan to steal a shipment of black gold.
Episode: Warlord
Location: Unknown
Physical: Unknown
Notes: Victims of the Federation Pacification Program. The Zondor were given a higher concentration of Pylene 50 than had been used in earlier situations. The result was a population of stuporous citizens that would not react, even when used as live targets by bored Federation troopers.
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