Terra is the third planet from its type G01b star, Elius. It is a slightly larger rocky planet and home to the Homo Terrus species, one of many Homo genus species in the Prime Area. the only native sapient species. The Terreans, as the Terrus typically refer to themselves, first achieved spaceflight in the Terrean year 1303 ADA (After Disaster Age) [Earth year 3420 CE], and within 1,500 years had supplanted the older Earth-based Homo Sapien Sapien and Brotheria-based Homo Consortius as the dominant species.