Farstar

This article is about the planetary system. For the JumpShip, see Farstar (Individual Star Lord-class JumpShip).
Farstar
Farstar 3151.svg
System Information
X:Y Coordinates412.661 : 443.447[e]

System Description[edit]

Farstar is located closest to the Nowhere and Knutstad systems.

Political Affiliation[edit]


Farstar[edit]

Farstar

Planetary History[edit]

Succession Wars[edit]

Situated approximately sixty light years spinward of the Draconis Combine, Farstar is a small colony world taken by the Federated Commonwealth shortly after the Fourth Succession War. The system is naturally difficult to navigate due to a large asteroid field, so Farstar has proven an ideal base of operations for the Department of Military Intelligence and the Ministry of Information, Intelligence, and Operations, allowing agents to infiltrate the Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery in poorly staffed or undisciplined units stationed near the Periphery.[28]

Civil War era[edit]

In 3063, Clan Snow Raven began unspecified operations to secure independent sources of supplies, implicitly minerals. In the same year, or shortly afterward, their report notes that the resource-rich but lightly defended world was ripe for the picking; the Trial of Possession lasted scarcely six minutes. Bondsmen taken from Farstar provided detailed intelligence on the Draconis Combine and the Federated Suns.[29] Notably, there is no indication that the Clan actually took control of the world.

The Dark Age[edit]

In 3089, the Fifth Sun Zhang Academy Cadre launched a punitive attack on Farstar, targeting the pirate band known as the Farstar Raiders. The Fifth staged a daring combat drop directly into the landing zone of the Farstar Raiders' DropShip landing zone, taking heavy damage but inflicting a terrible toll on the ground forces there who were caught completely by surprise. The Fifth had been on New Samarkand prior to the strike on Farstar; after the Farstar Raiders struck at the Draconis Combine world of Tabayama, the Fifth were tasked with tracking down and punishing the pirates, whose trail led back to Farstar.[30]

Map Gallery[edit]

Nearby Systems[edit]

Closest 20 systems (1 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Nowhere 59.6 Knutstad 73.9 Brihuega 78.3 Salford 83.9
New Sapporo 84.2 Ad Duwayd 85.9 Korramabad 88.7 Hartshill 96.3
Slaithwaite 100.6 Chorley 102.4 Pusht-i-rud 103.1 Brailsford 103.5
Rezak's Hole 104.5 Kamarod 106.6 Gravenhage 109.6 Algate 110.7
Leyland 116.0 Cabanatuan 120.6 Land's End 123.6 Multan 124.7

References[edit]

  1. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 16: "Draconis Combine Founding - [2319] Map"
  2. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 16: "Draconis Combine after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  3. Historical: Reunification War, p. 159: "Inner Sphere - 2596"
  4. Era Report: 2750, p. 37: "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
  5. Field Manual: SLDF: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
  6. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"
  7. Field Report 2765: DCMS, p. 25: "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery Deployment Map - [2765]"
  8. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  9. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 43: "Draconis Combine after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
  10. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 53: "Draconis Combine after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"
  11. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 64: "Draconis Combine after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
  12. Handbook: Draconis Combine, p. 66: "Draconis Combine after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
  13. Historical: War of 3039, p. 133: "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"
  14. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 65: "Draconis Combine after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"
  15. Era Report: 3052, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"
  16. Era Report: 3052, p. 23: "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"
  17. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 71: "Draconis Combine after Operation REVIVAL - [3052] Map"
  18. Era Report: 3062, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"
  19. Era Report: 3062, p. 29: "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"
  20. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 74: "Draconis Combine after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
  21. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 42: "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map
  22. Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64: "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"
  23. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63: "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"
  24. Field Manual: 3085, p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
  25. Era Report: 3145, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"
  26. Era Report: 3145, p. 39: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  27. Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  28. The Periphery, 2nd Edition, p. 90: "New Findings"
  29. Field Manual: Updates, p. 64
  30. Technical Readout: Prototypes, p. 106: "WFT-2B Wolf Trap"

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