# A small part of an immense galaxy. THE EMISSARY UNIVERSE · A REGIONAL ATLAS Explore the neighborhoods that connect these worlds. Choose a region, then follow a place into its story. An illustrated view of the Orion neighborhood. Region positions share one distance scale and remain approximate; the stars and gas are an artistic reconstruction. Enable JavaScript to choose other regions and reveal places for your reading. The [encyclopedia](https://emissary.mdscur.com/encyclopedia/) remains available. A CONNECTED ENCYCLOPEDIA ## Choose a way in. - [01 People The crew, their allies, and the lives drawn into first contact.](https://emissary.mdscur.com/subjects/people/) - [02 Places Worlds and settlements, from occupied streets to the spaces beneath a moon.](https://emissary.mdscur.com/subjects/places/) - [03 Cultures & daily life How people work, depend on one another, and make a place their own.](https://emissary.mdscur.com/subjects/cultures/) - [04 Factions Institutions, allegiances, and competing claims to authority.](https://emissary.mdscur.com/subjects/factions/) - [05 Ships & technology The vessels and systems that connect a scattered humanity.](https://emissary.mdscur.com/subjects/technology/) - [06 History & events Missions and turning points, with detail matched to your reading.](https://emissary.mdscur.com/subjects/history/) - [07 Themes & interpretation Readings of the fiction: questions, tensions, and recurring concerns.](https://emissary.mdscur.com/subjects/themes/) ## Atlas regions and places The introductory atlas shows general place notes. Discovery entries appear only after the relevant released book has been marked finished. ### Local Bubble Earth is the anchor for this small part of the Milky Way. The Sun lies inside the Local Bubble, a cavity in the surrounding interstellar gas. - [Earth / Sol](https://emissary.mdscur.com/?region=sol&place=earth): The historical point of origin for human settlement. ### Caldwell 9 / Cave New Santos, Gatsby, Rhadamanthys, and Aria share this neighborhood on the Perseus-facing side of the Orion Spur. Its familiar name comes from the Cave Nebula, catalogued as Caldwell 9. - [New Santos](https://emissary.mdscur.com/?region=cave&place=new-santos): A world settled by a diaspora from the Philippine islands. - [Gatsby](https://emissary.mdscur.com/?region=cave&place=gatsby): A commercially influential neighbor of New Santos. - [Rhadamanthys](https://emissary.mdscur.com/?region=cave&place=rhadamanthys): One of the worlds in the New Santos–Gatsby neighborhood. - [Aria](https://emissary.mdscur.com/?region=cave&place=aria): One of the worlds in the New Santos–Gatsby neighborhood. ### Cassiopeia Filament Clonmel and New Thessalia occupy the neighborhood of the Cassiopeia Filament’s farther end. The filament itself is an extended structure of molecular gas associated with the Local Arm. - [Clonmel](https://emissary.mdscur.com/?region=cassiopeia&place=clonmel): An occupied world where checkpoints, asylum traffic, and borrowed identities shape every crossing. - [New Thessalia](https://emissary.mdscur.com/?region=cassiopeia&place=new-thessalia): Prairie, farmland, and a freight elevator connect local livelihoods to the traffic above the world. ### Cepheus Bubble Hayekar, Svarog, and Karain belong to the region around the Cepheus Bubble. The astronomical landmark is a large ring of gas and dust associated with Cepheus OB2. - [Hayekar](https://emissary.mdscur.com/?region=cepheus&place=hayekar): A pale world of worked valleys, a low-built capital, and civic institutions shaped by independence and shared obligation. - [Svarog](https://emissary.mdscur.com/?region=cepheus&place=svarog): A Confederate world of fabrication districts, freight corridors, process teams, and the knowledge held in working hands. - [Karain](https://emissary.mdscur.com/?region=cepheus&place=karain): A Confederate world whose legal secession from the Federation left it with a strong sense of inherited status and an uneasy view of its security. - [Skellig](https://emissary.mdscur.com/?region=cepheus&place=skellig): Provisionally placed in the Cepheus Bubble region. ### Berkeley Five-Nine Berkeley Five-Nine takes its name from the star cluster Berkeley 59. Zephyr and its neighboring destinations share this region, with worlds, private settlements, and working corridors close enough to shape one another’s lives. - [Zephyr](https://emissary.mdscur.com/?region=berkeley&place=zephyr): A station serving ships, repairs, and regional traffic. - [Rheinsmark](https://emissary.mdscur.com/?region=berkeley&place=rheinsmark): A neighboring jurisdiction along the regional routes. - [Alesia](https://emissary.mdscur.com/?region=berkeley&place=alesia): A world in the Berkeley Five-Nine region. - [Fluffy Bunny](https://emissary.mdscur.com/?region=berkeley&place=fluffy-bunny): The moon where Chris and Shelby Ryan make their home. - [Bangun-Bangun](https://emissary.mdscur.com/?region=berkeley&place=bangun-bangun): A destination on the regional freight and relay network. - [Duat](https://emissary.mdscur.com/?region=berkeley&place=duat): A destination linked to the Bangun-Bangun corridor chain. ### Camelopardalis OB1 The Mizar–Alcor–Zhentang neighborhood and Qart Hadasht occupy distinct parts of this wider region. Their proximity does not imply a shared government or allegiance. - [Mizar](https://emissary.mdscur.com/?region=camelopardalis&place=mizar): A sister system to Alcor, named by settlers in honor of the familiar star. - [Alcor](https://emissary.mdscur.com/?region=camelopardalis&place=alcor): A sister system to Mizar, named by settlers in honor of the familiar star. - [Zhentang](https://emissary.mdscur.com/?region=camelopardalis&place=zhentang): A neighboring world in the Mizar–Alcor region. - [Qart Hadasht](https://emissary.mdscur.com/?region=camelopardalis&place=qart-hadasht): A settlement in a distinct part of the Camelopardalis neighborhood.