Better known as Norby's Comet, Research Station Ktynga is a multi-layered deep space arcanotech habitat funded by the Atlantic Federation, the New Hanseatic League, and the Glassenheim Foundation

The core of the Carolinian Resurgence is the Ouvrage progam

The definition of an ELMS and a sample one

Also known as NOMAD, Cosmica Sidera is a preeminent shipbuilding in the outer solar system

A major mercenary force in the Cosmic Era

The call sign of Reflex Team 12 is the Exterminators

The goal of the Edenic Garden Society is the creation of 'Seeds of Humanity' or colonization pods that can be fired off into the void and start new civilizations when they reach their destination

Demi-Catholic semi-Dominatrix ninja assassins

The Municipal Light Patrol is an anachronism, security personnel mounted on horses.

Notes to self with cinema references

The front line of law enforcement and peacekeeping forces in the Cosmic Era

The Isle of Man Cybergynetics research group is well known for its high quality cybernetics and its thinly veiled misogyny

Once a murder has happened, to go back in time and prevent it might seriously mess with the timeline, and that is where the Time Patrol's Murder Squad comes in. They try not to kill anybody themselves, except in emergency defence of themselves or the timeline, but they are known as the Murder Squad because they are there to make sure the murders of the past happen.

A cruise line operator in the Cosmic Era

The AFEC is the colonial and scientific branch of the Atlantic Federation Navy

When the Hexanjager Order was formed and brought the evil magic users low, they were loved by the people, but, just like many a group of vigilantes, they went too far and now their rule is just another form of oppression.

The Doomseekers are a faction within the House of the Forsaken that have as their goal the creation of a biological Doomsday weapon

For too long, the realm of magic has been controlled by the jealous hands of just a few. That time is no more, and though they may resist, the great blossoming of magic cannot be stopped.

Maester Ardund

The offspring of Political Action Committees and Lobby groups

This Temple rests at the highest point of the island of Gond so that the Seers might observe the rising and setting of the sun, moon, and stars.