Earth

Illustration by Charley Hall

Earth's Crest

Cradle of humanity and diplomatic heart of the Alliance

Galactic Co-ordination System: Spur, SOL-3

Earth – delicate, beautiful, carefully coaxed back into life after nearly being snuffed out entirely. A planet of strivers, artisans, and cultural curators, learning and growing from a shattered past. The birthplace of two of the Alliance’s major species, and the heartland of the Alliance’s legal and diplomatic corps. Earth’s impact on the Alliance – on the galaxy at large – is remarkable; not bad, indeed, for a pale blue dot.

The People of Earth

Naming Conventions

Following planetary naming conventions is optional, but helps mark someone as being a citizen of a planet.

Planetary naming conventions primarily apply to surnames. Traditional Earth names commonly reference features of the landscape, which could be terrain, weather patterns, geological features, or historic place names. Historical family names are also still used.

Earthlings will also commonly attach a community name after their family/surname. This name could be the location they live or work in, a local landmark, or chosen group name, sometimes with slight alterations in spelling or shortening the word. As Earthlings leave Earth on space missions, they may start associating with that mission more than their home - it becomes their new home. In this instance they'll update their community name to the spaceship they're on when they wish to make that commitment. Changing one's community name pre-emptively before they have become truly embedded into a new community is seen as presumptuous and naive, but doing so at the right time after proper consideration is a great honour.

The most common name structure is [given name] [family name] [community name].