Earth, located in the Sol System, was the homeworld of humanity, and capital of the Earth Directorate.
Background[]
Prior to the 21st Century, Earth was divided into various nations, one of which was the United States of America. In the early 1900s, the tenure of US President William McKinley led to the empowerment and deregulation of powerful business trusts, effectively sending the nation (and subsequently, the world) into a seemingly eternal Gilded Age of unfettered capitalism.
In the wake of the catastrophic Great War of the 21st Century, the Earth Directorate was formed as a planet-wide government and regulatory body, which would serve to catalogue and allot off-world colonies and systems beyond Directorate control to the highest bidders, as well as to settle and arbitrate disputes between Earth's remaining nation-states. During this period in time, the Skip Drive was developed, which allowed spacecraft to "skip" beyond the speed of light, effectively allowing humanity to explore the stars. With the presumed gradual weakening of the influence of the traditional nation-state and the continued rise of powerful corporations and firms, many colonization efforts were spearheaded in the name of business, rather than for science, religion, or political ideologies.
In The Outer Worlds[]
Over a year prior to the events of the game, the Earth Directorate cruiser J.J. Astor was the only Earth Directorate ship remaining in the Halcyon system, dedicated to preserving the prosperity and peace of Halcyon's government.[1] During the course of the game, it is eventually revealed that the last Earth Directorate ship headed for Earth from Halcyon, the Cornelius Vanderbilt vanished, apparently discovering something that led to Earth "going dark", effectively cutting off all communications and supplies from Earth to Halcyon and numerous other off-world colonies. As a result, depending on the choices made by the Stranger, the Halcyon Colony was left to fend on its own as an independent colony or remain under Board control.
Locations[]
Budapest[]
- George de Hevesy Institute[2]
Known Facts[]
- Fruits such as lemons existed on Earth, according to the logs of a colonist onboard the Hope.
- French was still a language apparently spoken on Earth.