Most of the story occurs on the space station Calydon. Calydon's primary enclosure, maintained by the F. solaris biofilm, was a large rectangular grid with a variety of recreated ecosystems and earth-like features. Some of the original architects stressed the importance of crafting features on the space station that would bear striking resemblance to earth, even as far as constructing a magnetic-north mountain range and a huge body of water on the opposite face of the grid. Earth-like weather systems were generated inside the Calydon sector, including wind and rain to support plant life, and subsequently animal life.
The arrival and departure of spaceships used to use The Laphrion, a stardock on the western edge of Calydon.
The Underside is the service and maintenance scaffolding below the surface of Calydon.
Various factions are based out of different regions of Calydon.
The Chestonites are based out of Anchorsteam.
The Collapse Recovery Archivists are based out of Modoc.
The Fallacy Fairies are based out of Maranatha.
The Frumentarii are based out of Thurrok.
The Hemato Poets are based out of Wakwak.
The Humanists are based out of Sebastopol.
The Lagos Nomads are based out of Thermopoli.
The Mountain Warriors are based out of the Treacherous Peaks.
The Radchildren are based out of the Granite Research and Industrial Energy Facility.
The Reapers are based out of the Reaper Camp.
(Illustrated by Annie Chou © 2020)
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| | Treacherous Peaks | | |
| The Laphrion | Frostberg | Aurora | |
| | Badstar | | |
+----------------------+---------------------------+-----------------------| |
| Northwest Passage | Iron Foothills | Gitus | |
| | Modoc | L'Hôpital's Hospital | |
| | University of Stellenbosch|-----------------------| |
| | | Macondo | Vast Deferens |
+----------------------+---------------------------+-----------------------| |
| Western Barrens | Tin Can Central | Dust Bowl | |
| Coldwest | Tin Can Farmlands | | |
+----------------------+---------------------------+-----------------------| |
| | | | |
| | The Slumberyard | Eastwick Plains | |
| | | (Eastwick Encampment) | |
+----------------------+---------------------------+-----------------------| |
| | Pfenniger Forest | |
| | Maranatha | |
| | Thurrok | |
+----------------------+---------------------------+-----------------------+---------------+
| | Reaper Camp | Blackwater Lake | Thermopoli |
| | | | |
| | | | |
+----------------------+---------------------------+-----------------------+---------------+
| | Granite Research Facility | Blackwater | |
| | Central Facility | | |
| | Reactor 5 | | |
+----------------------+---------------------------+------------------+----+---------------+
| | South Reaches | | Goodwinn Oilfields |
| | Sebastopol | | |
+----------------------+---------------------------+------------------+----+---------------+
| | Anchorsteam | Naval Fleet Graveyard | |
+----------------------+---------------------------+-----------------------+---------------+
| | Wakwak | | Peninsula |
| | (Gardens of Herodotus) | | |
| +---------------------------+ +---------------+
| Southwater Sea |
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Players can drop labeled pins anywhere on their personal maps found on their Cavelink.
Calydon bears a number of references and resemblances to its namesake.