Rhetor system: the capital of learning, and the Empire’s youngest system

Rhetor is the UEE’s great centre of higher learning: public and private universities, think tanks and theoretical research labs. As a result, it has the youngest average age of any system in the Empire.

🪪 The system at a glance

🪐 Its worlds, from the star outwards

Rhetor I (mesoplanet)

A small rocky mesoplanet with a hostile climate and no terraforming prospects.

Rhetor II · Persei (rocky planet)

Persei houses UPARQ, one of the UEE’s most influential think tanks, thought to be the source of many technological advances. Some areas are off limits because of classified work.
👥 inhabited

Rhetor III · Reisse (rocky planet)

Reisse, home to prestigious universities open to all, is often at the forefront of cultural and political movements.
👥 inhabited

Rhetor IV · Mentor (rocky planet)

Mentor, on the edge of the habitable zone: highly rated universities and a boreal climate that keeps students indoors.
👥 inhabited

Rhetor V (gas giant)

A gas giant with shimmering colours and swirling storms, popular with pilots and students.

🧭 Jump points to

Croshaw · Idris · Fora

📚 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.