Loki was a planet settled by humans during the Terran Confederacy expansion in the 21st and 22nd century. It was located about 200 light years Terra-wards in front of the Orion Nebula.
Loki was not as badly hurt as most human planets during the Great Collapse when the Confederacy fell apart. It managed to maintain and rediscover most of the technological and scientific knowledge of the Confederacy and established the Loki Salvage Service to continue to scavenge ruins on other planets. However, in c. AD 3240, a crisis developed; the Service lost four scout ships beyond human explored space on the other side of the Orion Nebula. Erasmus Chang was ordered to discover what had happened to them, and came into contact with the Zanat. After Chang escaped from captivity and made his report, Loki began to fortify against the new menace.
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