Place

The Cradle (Earth)

Humanity's origin world — Earth, by its oldest name. The Drift's population left it generations before the Drift's present, in a long desperate migration rather than a golden age. Earth itself is real and still exists; its present day lies at the shallow end of the timeline, before the migration.

The map

On the Drift map. Its lanes and neighbours, lit. Positions aren't canon.

Lanes

Connected entries

origin ofThe DriftA belt of worn settled systems: orbital stations, half-terraformed colonies, and sprawl-yards linked by slow travel, local law, repair culture, and work for hire.

On the timeline

When it happened

1. Generations ago
  Humanity leaves the Cradle in a long migration and establishes the settlements that become the Drift.

The whole timeline