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== Planets of the Childe Cycle ==<!-- This section is linked from [[Planets in science fiction]] -->

Dickson has admitted that he was frequently inconsistent on the total number of inhabited worlds. The correct total is sixteen, under nine stars (counting Alpha Centauri A and B separately).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dickson |first1=Gordon R. |title=The Dorsai Companion |date=1986 |publisher=Ace Science Fiction |isbn=0-441-16026-3 |page=xii}}</ref>  Some uninhabited planets also play a role in the series.
* [[Sun|Sol]]
** Mercury: Site of Project Springboard during the 21st century. Not a major inhabited world.
** Venus: Hard science culture. Research stations were set up early, expanded, and eventually became connected together.
** Old Earth: Homeworld of humanity, and most populated and richest of the worlds. Politically not very united.
** Mars: First human colony to be [[Terraforming|terraform]]ed. Cold, and is not a major power.
* [[Alpha Centauri]]: Has 12 planetary bodies.
** Newton: Hard science culture, the leading world in science. It is also known to have the best physicists.
** Cassida: Hard science culture, known for its technicians and engineers. A poor world, it also provided mercenaries.
* [[Altair]]
** Dunnin's World: A harsh, dry world, with low population and resources.
* [[Epsilon Eridani]]: Both Harmony and Association are ruled by the Joint Church Council (United Council of Churches). The two worlds are known for their cheap but poor mercenaries.
** Association: Poor world, lacking in many resources and has poor soil for growing crops.
** Harmony: Similar to Association.
* [[Fomalhaut]]
** Dorsai: A watery world of primarily island settlements. Known for having the highest quality professional mercenaries, and for producing soldiers unlike any other.
* [[Procyon]]: Mara and Kultis are ruled by the Exotics, and are known for producing the best psychologists.
** Mara
** Kultis
** Ste. Marie: A small Roman Catholic farming world.
** Zombri: An uninhabitable small world. Despite this, it is a strategic location.
** Coby: Mining planet. A world of tunnels and mines, where the surface is uninhabitable. Since all the other settled worlds, unlike Earth, are metal-poor, Coby is the primary source of metals for the other planets.
* [[Sirius]]
** New Earth: Once had an atmosphere of hydrogen sulphide. By the late 23rd Century, it had long been terraformed with a more breathable atmosphere. Has a large variety of cultures. Atland, a territory of New Earth, had a civil war fought between the North and South Partitions.
** Freiland
** Oriente: an uninhabited planet, airless with a highly eccentric orbit. It is important only as a strategic military base in ''Dorsai!''
* [[Tau Ceti]]
** Ceta: Commercial low-gravity planet.
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