The Phoenix is an interplanetary spacecraft built by the Solarian Governance Council and the Korbynin Domain, as part of a joint mission of peaceful exploration of interstellar space via the Wormhole Network. Officially, the spacecraft is associated with the Stellar Corps Exploration Fleet. It is the ship that Commander Adrian Winter and his crew serve on as they journey through the wormhole to various systems all over the Milky Way Galaxy. The primary objectives of the Phoenix is to carry out valuable scientific research on potentially habitable planets, the study of scientifically intriguing phenomena and cataloging of celestial objects. A secondary objective includes the scouting for prospective sites for colonial establishment and candidates for terraformation.