GLOSSARY FOR THE SHIMURAN LEGACY SERIES
PLACES, RACES & PLANETS
AUTHORS NOTE:
Only the information relating to the
planets in the Milky Way Galaxy contain accurate information. All other
planets, places and races are purely fictional. If you have any questions,
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ALPHINA QUADRANT: Located 33 Days at from Earth at crystal-warp. Location of first probe.
ANGEL QUADRANT: Home to Eden, and the planet of Bob.
ANAMOSA: A water planet.
BRALEE GALAXY: Home to Verdant.
CALLISTO: Located in the Milky Way, it is one of the largest moons orbiting Jupiter. It houses the Valhalla mining facility Comprised of sixty percent titan-meridian ore, a raw material used to produce a high density, light weight metal used primarily in starship, and space port construction. This is Earth's primary intergalactic commodity. Callisto is a five day journey from Earth at crystal warp.
CENTER OF THE GALAXY: Where is it? A very good question, and a story yet to be written. Someday I hope to share the secret of it's location, and what you will find there...
DACRONS: From the planet Dacron: A race of people who started preying on the Alliance ships in 2014. They take all survivors both male and female as slaves. Not much is known about them at this time. Their presence is a new threat to the Alliance.
DUNNING, THE PLANET: A small green planet located in the Angel Quadrant, claimed by Major Ryan Dunn in 2028.
EDEN: Home of the frenfish and silver paws. The spirit of Arianna, a guardian angel lives within the heart of Eden. This planet is located in the Angel Quadrant of the Milky Way Galaxy. It is twenty-two hours away from Earth through a temporal bore-hole. It takes twenty-five days through a bore-hole to reach Shimura, and forms the second point of the Triad. Eden is a large green planet that offers Earth a new beginning. Discovered in 2019, Major Karen O'Reilly claimed guardianship over the planet to set stringent guidelines so that it's natural habitat. Edenites represent 50,000 families that colonized the planet between 2024, and 2025, all of which are long lost descendents of the legacy.
EARTH: Located in the Milky Way Galaxy, located twenty-six days away through a temporal bore-hole. First contact occurred on December 6, 2018. Earth became a single governed planet in 2018, and officially became members of the Alliance of Sentient Planets in 2025.
GALAXY OF FLAME: Home to Maneea.
GOLDEN GALAXY: Home to Shimura.
LIMA GALAXY: Home of Moria, the pirate planet. Located seven days through a temporal bore-hole from Shimura.
MANEEA: Home of the unicorns, and the heart of Maneea. A fallen angel known as Krysta inhabits the crystal core of the planet. Located twenty-five days from Shimura and Eden, forming the third point of the Triad. Maneea is located in the Galaxy of Flame, discovered in 2025 by Beth Williams, Robert Cole, and Marcus Valen after their bore-hole collapsed. See Star Bound for details.
MARBELIGHT SYSTEM: Home to Orison.
MORIA: Located in the Lima Galaxy, seven days through a bore-hole from Shimura. Morian Pirates are considered to be the epitome evil. They were members of the Alliance eons ago, but were driven by greed. After trying to bully everyone in the ASP, they were cast out. They've taken sadistic pleasure in hunting down and destroying the Shimuran people who represent everything they're not.
ONEIDA: Specializes in building starships, and one of the founding members of the Alliance. They receive 20% of Shimura's exported power crystals.
ORIOLE GALAXY: Location of the first probe left by Stardust, twenty-one days from Earth at crystal-warp.
ORISON: A technological wonderland. One of the founding members of the Alliance, located in the Marbelight System. Seven days through a bore-hole from Shimura. Home of the Turban Bird. Orisonites work closely with the SSC to develop environmentally safe equipment and medical technologies. They receive 80% of Shimura's exported power crystals. Obsidian is capital of Orison.
QUASAR SYSTEM: Home of Vega. An unstable system cursed with comets and meteors but blessed with the richest source of varinium in the universe. Varinium is the raw material used to produce the steel-like glass used in starships and space ports.
ROUGANISE: An extinct race of people from the planet Rougan. Their sun when nova a thousand seasons ago. The remnants of their extinct society lived for centuries on their large space barges. Exploring the cosmos, retrieving usable minerals and trading them with the alliance. No one knows what became of them. It is believed they located another planet to inhabit, but they’ve remained out of touch with the alliance for four hundred seasons.
SHIMURA: The Energy Planet, home of the flying Wingdale's, and the Heart of Shimura. The spirit of Solomon Rimon, father of the legacy lives within the bluish-gold crystal core. Shimurans are an ancient, peaceful race of sentient beings who founded the Alliance of Sentient Planets, and wrote the Universal Laws. They are commonly called guardians of the universe, and because of this they have been systematically hunted down and destroyed by the Morian pirates. In 2025, they are still struggling to return from the brink of extinction but a glimmer of hope is on the horizon...
SATURN: Located in the Milky Way, ten days from Earth at crystal-warp.
TITAN: Located in the Milky Way, it the largest moon orbiting Saturn, ten days from Earth at crystal-warp. In December 2018, the alien ship Xaviour crashed into this moon, three days later the NASA space shuttle Independence also crashed, initiating first contact.
TRIADIANS: People of the Triad, descendants of the prophecy residing on three different planets: Shimura, Eden and Maneea. A new race that share the benefits of the duality condition, all equipped to maintain galactic peace.
VEGA: Home of the Fremmar, a large feline beast.
VERDANT: A small green planet in the Bralee Galaxy, claimed by David and Zara Alexander in 2020.
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ANN O'BANNON 2003