Hera

Hera is largely agricultural world, the breadbasket for the entire system. The planet is also home to the infamous Serenity Valley, where the bloodiest battle of the war was fought. Lying midway between the Core and the outer planets on a major shipping lane, Hera was of great strategic importance during the war, making it an important staging ground for both sides. Taking Hera was the key to winning the war and Serenity Valley became the turning point.

The war devastated Serenity Valley. Two years onward and the valley is still blackened and charred by the fire storm that swept through it. The only landmark is a graveyard on the hills next to the valley. Over half a million men and women, Alliance and Independents alike, are buried here, each with an identical small headstone. Some have names, most don't. Often, the headstones stand decorated with flowers, personal mementos and the like. Many families never saw their children return, and many have picked an unnamed grave and honor it, hoping someone else is doing the same for their son or daughter.

Serenity graveyard is one of the most hallowed and sacred places of ground in all the ‘Verse.

Juno is the capital city of Hera, only twelve miles north east of Serenity View.