Cano system: an ocean where life was found, and cities under the ice cap

Discovered in 2463, Cano has four planets. Most of its people live on Carteyna, an ocean world that was being terraformed… until life was found in its depths. Since then the law has protected it, and residents live in arcologies under the northern ice cap.

🪪 The system at a glance

🪐 Its worlds, from the star outwards

Cano I (mesoplanet)

A tidally locked mesoplanet on a fast orbit around the star.

Cano II · Carteyna (ocean planet)

Centuries of terraforming couldn’t convert its thick atmosphere. Everything stopped when microscopic organisms were found deep in the water: settlements are now strictly regulated to protect this developing life.
👥 inhabited

Cano III (smog planet)

A smog planet with a small research station studying how to terraform such worlds.
👥 inhabited

Cano IV · Pox (gas giant)

Nicknamed Pox: a red and brown banded gas giant swept by storms over a thousand kilometres wide.

☄️ Belts, clusters and stations

• Cano Belt Alpha (asteroid belt): A belt heavily mined back when terraforming companies were active on Carteyna.

🧭 Jump points to

Pyro · Davien

📚 Every system and its worlds (contents)

Official data: Roberts Space Industries Starmap (checked 19 October 2026), text rewritten by Beacon Mag. Orbital map: Beacon Mag, based on that data (planets in their real order around the star, spaced out for readability). Star Citizen® is a registered trademark of Cloud Imperium Rights LLC.