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The Sun
The Sun has always been important for humanity, and it continues to be so even for the Remnants. Large amounts of solar energy is harvested by a network of probes orbiting the star, which is then sent back to earth for distribution.

Mercury
The closest planet to the Sun, Mercury is small and very hot. Because Mercury is tidally locked, with a slow planetary rotation, pre-Cataclysm humanity set up mobile solar panels on the Mercurian surface to collect energy from the constant sunlight that hit the surface. Equipped with treads, they slowly move along with the rotation of the planet, as to not fall behind into the Mercurian night. These "panel-rovers" have mostly stopped functioning post-Cataclysm, and as the Remnants have increasingly focused on solar probes for their energy needs, the Mercurian rovers have been left alone.

Venus
Toxic, inhospitable, and the hottest planet in the Solar system, Venus has never garnered much interest for surface investigations and landings. The second planet from the sun serves as a reminder that an earth-like planet outside of the goldilock zone will not be able to support advanced lifeforms naturally.

Earth
Earth, or Terra, is the origin planet of humanity and home to the Remnants. Once a green and lush place, the Cataclysm in 2092 left the planet barren and incapable of supporting biological life. This fact forced survivors in underground bunkers to research and perfect mind-uploading technology, replacing their vulnerable biological bodies with a digital existence.

Mars
The "Red planet", Mars is the 4th planet from the Sun, and has always garnered a special interest from astronomers due to the fact that liquid water had existed on the Martian surface at some point in the past.

At the time of the Cataclysm, a Martian base had been established on the surface, that housed a team of 31 researchers. However, as the base was not self-sufficient, the Cataclysm would cut off the base from supply, and the inhabitants eventually succumbed to lack of food, water, and medicine. When the Remnants constructed the second wormhole station, the bodies of the 31 researchers were recovered and given a worthy burial on the Martian surface.

Jupiter
The 5th planet from the Sun, Jupiter is named after the head god of the Roman religion, a fitting name for the largest planet in the system. When the Cataclysm struck, small-scale experiments to extract valuable materials from the gas were underway, though the results never made it back to Earth in time.

Saturn
Saturn is the 6th planet from the Sun, and the second largest, known for its beautiful rings and many moons, among them Titan.

Uranus
The 7th planet from the Sun. It, like Saturn, possess a ring system, though not as large.

Neptune
Neptune is the 8th planet, and from 2006 to 2044 the final planet in the solar system.

Janus
Discovered in 2044, Janus is the ninth planet in the solar system. The name was taken from a moon orbiting Saturn, a unprecedented move that was approved due to the unusual nature of the planet's discovery, since it had been theorised to exist (though never observed) for almost 50 years. Its status as the most distant planet in the solar system made for a more fitting candidate to receive the name "Janus", god of passageways, beginnings, and ends.

With the advent of the first wormhole station, a satelite and a surface rover were sent to investigate Janus. After the cataclysm, it was discovered that both probes were still functional, though the rover had gotten stuck in a crater and was unable to move.

Luna
Usually known as "The Moon", the name Luna became increasingly used as pre-Cataclysm humanity began sending probes and other drones to other planetary moons in the system.

When the Cataclysm struck in 2092, Luna had a self-sustaining research settlement of cirka 2,000 individuals, who watched in horror as their friends and family succumbed on their home planet. When the Remnants established contact with the Lunar base after decades of radio silence, the Lunar populace had shrunk to 1,000. These survivors were offered to be mind-uploaded, and though reluctant, they were eventually convinced that the Earth was beyond short-term saving, and that the era of biological life on the planet was over. The last Human would be uploaded in 2137, marking the end of Homo sapiens as a species.

Titan
Titan, one of the moons of Saturn, has always been of great interest to the scientific community due to the fact that stable liquids were found to exist on the surface, something that was only true for it and Earth.

Pluto
Once regarded as the 9th planet of the Solar system, it was relegated to Dwarf planet status in 2006.