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Interstellar colonies refers all human-colonized worlds outside of the Sol system.

The colonies began to be formed after the opening of the Ring network providing access to 1,373 new systems with most of these containing one to three habitable worlds[1].


Known colonies & systems[]

Most important colonies & systems[]

Note: fm = first mentioned (book.chapter)

Colony / Planet System fm Notes
Auberon Auberon system 7.01 Worked on converting local biosphere into substrate compatible with Earth crops.
Al-Halub Bara Gaon system[2] 8.08 Bara Gaon 6
Bara Gaon 5[3] Bara Gaon system[2] 9.28
Bara Gaon Complex[4] Bara Gaon system[2] 7.08 Orbits Bara Gaon 5
Freehold Freehold system 7.01 Settled by armed colonists strongly opposed to central authority and strongly supportive of individual rights and freedom.
Ilus / New Terra Ilus system 4.00
Laconia Laconia system 5.52

Other known colonies & systems[]

Note: pn = presumed name / pl = presumed location / fm = first mentioned (book.chapter)

Colony / Planet System fm Notes
Abzu[5] Abzu system
Agratha (pn) Agratha system[6] 9.45
Akragas[5] Akragas system
ALEC-11[5] N/A This ring gate is located inside a dyson sphere, with a colony set on the inner surface of the megastructure. The dyson sphere's location in space is unknown.
Arcadia (pn) Arcadia system[7] 6.50
Asylum Asylum system[8] 7.46 One of the first colonies to subordinate to Laconia.[9]
Athens Athens system[10] 7.46
Avalon[5] Avalon system
Babylon Gardens[5] Babylon Gardens system Babylon Gardens is not a planet, but instead a ring builder ringworld encircling the system's star.
Báifàn (pn) Báifàn system[11] 9.06
Bandera[5] Bandera system
Behrenhold (pn) Behrenhold system[12] 9.24
Calais[5] Boreads system[5] One of two worlds in the Boreads, the other being Zetes; both planets share the same orbit on opposite sides of their star.[5]
Castila Castila system (pl) 7.01 The freighter Savage Landing operated out of this colony.[13]
Chrysanthemum Unknown 7.46 One of the first colonies to subordinate to Laconia.[9]
Unknown Clarke system[14] 9.38
Corazón Sagrado[15] Corazón Sagrado system 7.10 Known for its massive underwater transport arches.
Delve[5] Delve system[5] An artificial moon with an impossible atmosphere.
Dobridomov Dobridomov system[16] 9.e Eventually a member of the Thirty Worlds.
Eddington[5] Eddington system[5] An artificial planet set up to be capable of inducing an explosion capable of destroying everything in a 5 light-year radius; theorised by the MCRN to be a containment mechanism for whatever was researched on the planet.
Eudoxia Eudoxia system (pl) 6.54 After the Free Navy Conflict, Eudoxia was one of the largest colonies with one thousand inhabitants.[17]
Farhome (pn) Farhome system[18] 8.25
Félicité Félicité system 7.46 One of the first colonies to subordinate to Laconia.[9]
Firdaws[19] Unknown 5.18 Colonized before Free Navy Conflict.
Fusang[15] Fusang system (pl) 7.10 Known for its Psychoactive seedpods.
Galbraith (pn) Galbraith system[20] 9.14
Gedara (pn) Gedara system 8.21 Features a high concentration of fissionables in the upper crust. The system is 8.5 light-years away from the stranded Thanjavur system.[21]
Gethen (pn) Gethen system[22] 8.35
God Vind[5] God Vind system[5] A large waterworld dotted with large "holes" in the ocean that extend down to the seabed.
Gossner (pn) Gossner system[23] 8.49
Unknown Hakuseki system[24] 9.40
Hamshalim (pn) Hamshalim system[25] 8.42
Harris (pn) Harris system[26] 9.1 Location of an Underground shipyard.
Haza (pn) Haza system[25] 8.42
Home[5] Home system[5] A rogue planet drifting through interstellar space.
Homestead[5] Homestead system[5] An otherwise unremarkable world, host to a parasite that results in cultish paranoia among the settlers.
Hongdae (pn) Hongdae system[12] 9.24
Hope (pn) Hope system 8.28 Colonies facing collapse of populations after Slow zone catastrophe.[27]
Horeb[5] Horeb system[5] A planet host to notable bioluminescent life.
Jannah Jannah system[28] 10.1 Filip Nagata stranded on this planet with other settlers after the collapse of the Ring network.
Jerusalem (pn) Jerusalem system[29] 5.51
Unknown Kalma system[30] 5.5
Jotunheim II[5]
Jotunheim III[5]
Jotunheim IV[5]		 Jotunheim system[5] All three worlds are home to megafauna akin to Earth's dinosaurs.
Karkinos[5] Karkinos system[5] A young world that had just started being terraformed when the Ring Builders were destroyed.
Khrysos[5] Khrysos system[5] A resource-rich world used for mining and resource extraction.
Konjin[citation needed] Unknown
Kronos (pn) Kronos system[26] 9.1 Large-scale palladium mining operations within the system.
Kunlun (pn) Kunlun system[31] 9.10
Larson (pn) Larson system[32] 9.33 Location of an Underground shipyard.[32]
Longdune Unknown 6.22 Colonized by Royal Charter Energy.
Luca[5] Seyler system[5] A world in which evolution has been "frozen", with the planet divided into numerous sections to catalogue distinct evolutionary stages.
Magpie (pn) Magpie system[33] 9.25
Marais Unknown 7.37 At some point after the Free Navy Conflict, the Roci crew became trapped on the planet.[34]
Navnan Ghar Unknown 8.11 A large subterranean crystal complex can be found on the planet.[35]
Nieuwestad Nieuwestad system[11] 9.06
New Albion[27] Unknown 8.28 Colonized before Slow zone catastrophe.
New Birmingham[5] Gabriel system[5] An ancient world orbiting a young star; primarily settled by colonists from the American south-east.
New Cyprus (pn) New Cyprus system[22] 8.35
New Eden[1] Unknown 8 (N)
Abbassia New Egypt system[36] 6.22 New Egypt IV.
New Egypt New Egypt system[36] 6.22 Colonized by Royal Charter Energy.
New Greece (pn) New Greece system[32] 9.33
New Kashmir (pn) New Kashmir system[29] 5.51
New Mars[19] Unknown 5.18 Colonized before Free Navy Conflict.
New Roma[37] Unknown 7.17 One of the first colonies to subordinate to Laconia.[9]
New Spain Unknown 7.46 One of the first colonies to subordinate to Laconia.[9]
New Triton[38] Unknown 5.35
Newbaker[39] Unknown 8.41 Has a shipyard capable of building antipirate gunships.
Newhome[1] Unknown 8 (N)
Nova Brasil[1] Unknown 8 (N)
Nova Catalunya[1] Unknown 8 (N)
Nuriel (pn) Nuriel system[12] 9.24 Its gate in the slow zone is located approximately on the opposite side from the Freehold gate. Has some Underground resources.[12]
Nyingchi Xin Unknown 7.46 One of the first colonies to subordinate to Laconia.[9]
Ossan[5] Ossan system[5] One of the first planets to be explored and colonised.
Quivira (pn) Quivira system[6] 9.45
Pankaja (pn) Pankaja system[33] 9.25
Paradíso Unknown 7.46 One of the first colonies to subordinate to Laconia.[9]
Paris[19] Unknown 5.18 Colonized before the Free Navy Conflict.
Parker (pn) Parker system[40] 9.37
Pátria Pátria system[8] 7.46 One of the first colonies to subordinate to Laconia.[9]
Persephone[15] Unknown 7.10 Known for its light-bending moths.
Ríocht Unknown 7.46 One of the first colonies to subordinate to Laconia.[9]
Roanoke (officially named Amerigo) [5] Amerigo system[5] Nicknamed Roanoke due to a series of mishaps and disappearances that have occurred around the planet.
Samavasarana (pn) Samavasarana system[41] 9.08
San Esteban (pn) San Esteban system 6.22 The RCE colony ship Minsky was on the way to this system before they were seized by Michio Pa's fleet.[42] The entire human population of the system is eventually wiped out by the Ring Entities.
Sanaang Unknown 8.08 The planet had a minor election which unexpectedly went to the second-ranked candidate.[2]
Sanctuary (pn) Sanctuary system[39] 8.41
Unknown Sao Paulo system[14] 9.38
Saraswati Tridevi system 8.18 The system has 2 more habitable planets with unknown names.[43]
Unknown Seven Kings system[44] 9.05
Shaula[5] Shaula system[5] A resource rich world divided among four mining companies and subject to fierce corporate conflict.
Sigurtá (pn) Sigurtá system[25] 8.42
Summer (pn) Summer system[31] 9.10
Unknown Svarga Minor system[45] 9.06
Unknown Swarga Loka system[44] 9.05
Tabalta (pn) Tabalta system 8.28 Colonies facing collapse of populations after Slow zone catastrophe.[27]
Tasnim (pn) Tasnim system[29] 5.51
Thanjavur (pn) Thanjavur system[21] 8.19 This colony was left stranded when the Tecoma star collapse destroyed its gate.
Torfaen (pn) Torfaen system[6] 9.45
Walton (pn) Walton system[46] 6.10
Unknown Xicheng system[24] 9.40
Yasamal (pn) Yasamal system[39] 8.41
Zaranyx[5] Zaranyx system[5] A world with unpredictable tidal patterns that can cover the entire surface in water, resulting in a nomadic population.
Zetes[5] Boreads system[5] One of two worlds in the Boreads, the other being Calais; both planets share the same orbit on opposite sides of their star.[5]
Zoisite II[5] Zoisite system[5] Believed to have been "cleansed" of live during the war between the Ring Builders and the Ring Entities.

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References[]

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References[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 The Expanse Novella Auberon
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 The Expanse Novel Tiamat's Wrath - Chapter 8: Naomi
  3. ↑ The Expanse Novel Leviathan Falls - Chapter 28: Tanaka
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Expanse Novel Persepolis Rising - Chapter 6: Holden
  5. ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 5.16 5.17 5.18 5.19 5.20 5.21 5.22 5.23 5.24 5.25 5.26 5.27 5.28 5.29 5.30 5.31 5.32 5.33 5.34 5.35 5.36 5.37 5.38 5.39 5.40 5.41 5.42 5.43 5.44 5.45 The Expanse Roleplaying Game: Beyond the Ring, Chapter 3: Worlds Beyond
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 The Expanse Novel Leviathan Falls - Chapter 45: Naomi
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 The Expanse Novel Babylon's Ashes - Chapter 50: Holden
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 The Expanse Novel Tiamat's Wrath - Chapter 38: Naomi
  9. ↑ 9.00 9.01 9.02 9.03 9.04 9.05 9.06 9.07 9.08 9.09 The Expanse Novel Persepolis Rising - Chapter 46: Singh
  10. ↑ The Expanse Novel Persepolis Rising - Chapter 40: Naomi
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 The Expanse Novel Leviathan Falls - Chapter 6: Naomi
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 The Expanse Novel Leviathan Falls - Chapter 24: The Lighthouse and the Keeper
  13. ↑ The Expanse Novel Persepolis Rising - Chapter 1: Drummer
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 The Expanse Novel Leviathan Falls - Chapter 38: Elvi
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 The Expanse Novel Persepolis Rising - Chapter 10: Drummer
  16. ↑ The Expanse Novel Leviathan Falls - Epilogue: The Linguist
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 The Expanse Novel Babylon's Ashes - Epilogue: Anna
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 The Expanse Novel Tiamat's Wrath - Chapter 25: Naomi
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 The Expanse Novel Nemesis Games - Chapter 18: Holden
  20. ↑ The Expanse Novel Leviathan Falls - Chapter 14: Elvi
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 The Expanse Novel Tiamat's Wrath - Chapter 21: Elvi
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 The Expanse Novel Tiamat's Wrath - Chapter 35: Naomi
  23. ↑ The Expanse Novel Tiamat's Wrath - Chapter 49: Naomi
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 The Expanse Novel Leviathan Falls - Chapter 40: Naomi
  25. ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 25.3 The Expanse Novel Tiamat's Wrath - Chapter 42: Alex
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 The Expanse Novel Leviathan Falls - Chapter 1: Jim
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 27.3 The Expanse Novel Tiamat's Wrath - Chapter 28: Naomi
  28. ↑ The Expanse Novella The Sins of Our Fathers
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 The Expanse Novel Nemesis Games - Chapter 51: Naomi
  30. ↑ The Expanse Novel Tiamat's Wrath - Chapter 5: Elvi
  31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 The Expanse Novel Leviathan Falls - Chapter 10: Fayez
  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 32.2 The Expanse Novel Leviathan Falls - Chapter 33: Naomi
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 The Expanse Novel Leviathan Falls - Chapter 25: Tanaka
  34. ↑ The Expanse Novel Persepolis Rising - Chapter 37: Alex
  35. ↑ The Expanse Novel Tiamat's Wrath - Chapter 11: Alex
  36. ↑ 36.0 36.1 The Expanse Novel Leviathan Falls - Chapter 11: Teresa
  37. ↑ 37.0 37.1 The Expanse Novel Persepolis Rising - Chapter 17: Holden
  38. ↑ The Expanse Novel Nemesis Games - Chapter 35: Naomi
  39. ↑ 39.0 39.1 39.2 39.3 The Expanse Novel Tiamat's Wrath - Chapter 41: Naomi
  40. ↑ The Expanse Novel Leviathan Falls - Chapter 37: Tanaka
  41. ↑ The Expanse Novel Leviathan Falls - Chapter 8: Elvi
  42. ↑ 42.0 42.1 The Expanse Novel Babylon's Ashes - Chapter 22: Holden
  43. ↑ 43.0 43.1 The Expanse Novel Tiamat's Wrath - Chapter 18: Naomi
  44. ↑ 44.0 44.1 The Expanse Novel Leviathan Falls - Chapter 5: Tanaka
  45. ↑ The Expanse Novel Leviathan Falls - Chapter 6: Naomi
  46. ↑ The Expanse Novel Babylon's Ashes - Chapter 10: Avasarala


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