Earth

What this place is

Dawn Lucius’s home world—a Level Zero civilization whose 2059 Kuiper mission opens the door to Orion Arm politics.

Fiction place dossier for the free hard SF series Star Map Draftsman by Mango Taoist — not a real astronomy entry.

In the books

Spoiler label: Book I · people-first, spoiler-light facts from the atlas.

• Dawn Lucius leaves Earth as an aerospace engineer on a 2059 mission to an alien ship in the Kuiper Belt.
• Earth is treated as a Level Zero civilization by Orion Arm actors; Sandra calls Dawn an Earthling with no stake in the three federations.
• Dawn’s driving stake is returning home to his son Stacean Lucius.
• Nuclear war on Earth is later tied by Burt to Madam Winifred’s agents pretending to be Strath people. UNCERTAIN on full causation detail.

Read next

• From Earth (Book I · ch1)

Related

• Star Atlas: Open map focused on Earth (or browse the Atlas hub)