I've put a bit of work into the "quick start" document that CattyNebulart requested. Here's an excerpt that I'd like feedback on. Are the descriptions correct? Is any important character or ship missing? Should any entry be removed? (With the current formatting, this fits on one page with some room to spare.)
Those Magnificent Fen and their Flying Machines
Noteworthy Fen and Fendanes
For a more complete list of Fen, see People of Fenspace.
Blackstone: Reluctant leader of the Blue Blazer Irregulars.
Col. Stephen Caldwell, USAF: Commander of TSAB station Benjamin Franklin, ranking American military officer and head of the United States Air Force contingent in Fenspace.
Cmdr. Tom Dodge, USN: Captain of the USS Stingray, the United States Navys presence in Fenspace.
S. Malaclypse Fnord: Captain of the USSR Ptichka, and by default the SMOFs SMOF.
Jonathon Helscher: Self-appointed historian of Fenspace.
Chris Marsden: CEO of Rockhounds, Fenspaces major asteroid mining company.
Mr. Morden: Fenspaces best-known fixer.
The Professor: Fenspaces preeminent Mad Scientist.
Benjamin Rhodes: One of the top men on the Fenspace racing circuit.
Katz Schrdinger: First Fan into space.
Noah Scott: The richest SOB in Fenspace, and the outright owner of space station Stellvia.
Haruhi Suzumiya: Maybe a biomodded Fan, maybe something more... but definitely the guiding force behind Operation GREAT JUSTICE.
Wire Geek: The person in charge of foundry Hephaestus.
Eric Zhu: Leader-for-life of The Island, Fenspaces leading rest stop and shopping mall.
Noteworthy Fenships and Stations
For a more complete list of ships and stations, see Ships of Fenspace.
Candy Apple Reds: A station of ill repute, of very good repute.
Galaxy Express 999: The first locomotive train in Fenspace, captained by a woman known only as Matel.
Grovers Corners: The newest and largest of the Unreal Estate.
SS Hades: The farthest station from Sol in the Solar System.
Hephaestus: Fenspaces most reliable foundry, turning asteroid ore into usable metals.
Inelegant Truth: A converted crabber, now Jonathon Helschers mobile base.
The Island: The oldest Unreal Estate, and Fenspaces largest shopping center.
The Jet Car: The fastest Fenship in atmosphere.
USS Miranda: Built by the only wide-spread privately funded space program that would ever exist, the Miranda is on a five-year mission to boldly go where no Fan has gone before, and to practice some Serious Astronomy.
Mission of Mercy: Based out of Kandor City Hospital, Fenspaces first ambulance.
USSR Ptichka: The only Space Shuttle in Fenspace.
Sol Bianca: The Professors personal transport, and a fully-equipped hospital ship.
Starbase 2: Mankinds only extra-Solar colony.
Stellvia: the closest Fen space station to Earth.
USS Stingray: The US Navys presence in Fenspace; a waved Seawolf-class nuclear attack submarine.
SuperBall: Home of a pirate radio station.
SS Uncertainty: The first Fen ship ever (literally; its a pocket cruiser).
SC Virgil Samms: The fastest ship in Fenspace, but unusable unless you dont need to breathe.
-Rob Kelk
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
Those Magnificent Fen and their Flying Machines
Noteworthy Fen and Fendanes
For a more complete list of Fen, see People of Fenspace.
Blackstone: Reluctant leader of the Blue Blazer Irregulars.
Col. Stephen Caldwell, USAF: Commander of TSAB station Benjamin Franklin, ranking American military officer and head of the United States Air Force contingent in Fenspace.
Cmdr. Tom Dodge, USN: Captain of the USS Stingray, the United States Navys presence in Fenspace.
S. Malaclypse Fnord: Captain of the USSR Ptichka, and by default the SMOFs SMOF.
Jonathon Helscher: Self-appointed historian of Fenspace.
Chris Marsden: CEO of Rockhounds, Fenspaces major asteroid mining company.
Mr. Morden: Fenspaces best-known fixer.
The Professor: Fenspaces preeminent Mad Scientist.
Benjamin Rhodes: One of the top men on the Fenspace racing circuit.
Katz Schrdinger: First Fan into space.
Noah Scott: The richest SOB in Fenspace, and the outright owner of space station Stellvia.
Haruhi Suzumiya: Maybe a biomodded Fan, maybe something more... but definitely the guiding force behind Operation GREAT JUSTICE.
Wire Geek: The person in charge of foundry Hephaestus.
Eric Zhu: Leader-for-life of The Island, Fenspaces leading rest stop and shopping mall.
Noteworthy Fenships and Stations
For a more complete list of ships and stations, see Ships of Fenspace.
Candy Apple Reds: A station of ill repute, of very good repute.
Galaxy Express 999: The first locomotive train in Fenspace, captained by a woman known only as Matel.
Grovers Corners: The newest and largest of the Unreal Estate.
SS Hades: The farthest station from Sol in the Solar System.
Hephaestus: Fenspaces most reliable foundry, turning asteroid ore into usable metals.
Inelegant Truth: A converted crabber, now Jonathon Helschers mobile base.
The Island: The oldest Unreal Estate, and Fenspaces largest shopping center.
The Jet Car: The fastest Fenship in atmosphere.
USS Miranda: Built by the only wide-spread privately funded space program that would ever exist, the Miranda is on a five-year mission to boldly go where no Fan has gone before, and to practice some Serious Astronomy.
Mission of Mercy: Based out of Kandor City Hospital, Fenspaces first ambulance.
USSR Ptichka: The only Space Shuttle in Fenspace.
Sol Bianca: The Professors personal transport, and a fully-equipped hospital ship.
Starbase 2: Mankinds only extra-Solar colony.
Stellvia: the closest Fen space station to Earth.
USS Stingray: The US Navys presence in Fenspace; a waved Seawolf-class nuclear attack submarine.
SuperBall: Home of a pirate radio station.
SS Uncertainty: The first Fen ship ever (literally; its a pocket cruiser).
SC Virgil Samms: The fastest ship in Fenspace, but unusable unless you dont need to breathe.
-Rob Kelk
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012