Thorn (HL)
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| System Information | |
| X:Y Coordinates | −774.43 : 666.562[e] |
The Thorn system was the location of at least one habitable world or construct and as of 3141 was located in the Scorpion Empire.[1] It is approximately 1,022 light-years from Terra in the coreward/anti-spinward direction.
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System Description[edit]
Thorn is located near the Lynn and Gateway systems.
System History[edit]
Thorn was one of the systems that formed a part of the Deep Periphery nation known as the Hanseatic League.[2]
Political Affiliation[edit]
Thorn[edit]
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Planetary History[edit]
During Escorpión Imperio's conquest of the League in 3140–3141, Thorn was the last system to surrender, roughly fifteen months after the invasion began on 3 January 3140.[1]
Military Deployment[edit]
3140[edit]
- - Deployment shared with Gateway and Greifswald[3]
Image gallery[edit]
Hanseatic League in 3079
Notes[edit]
- It is highly likely that the planet's name derives from the city of Toruń in Poland, which, in the Middle Ages, was called Thorn when it was ruled under Teutonic Knights (also, it was the member of real Hanseatic League in years 1264–1411).
Map Gallery[edit]
Nearby Systems[edit]
| Closest 20 systems (2 within 60 light-years) Distance in light years, closest systems first: | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynn | 21.8 | Gateway | 58.5 | Bergen | 75.6 | Visby | 82.5 |
| Köln | 88.0 | Greifswald | 107.1 | Dortmund | 123.0 | Goslar | 138.4 |
| Stralsund | 141.0 | Bremen | 141.7 | Anklan | 144.3 | Tomalov | 158.0 |
| Elbing | 163.1 | Lübeck | 167.3 | Falsterbo | 177.5 | Kalmar | 202.6 |
| Braunschweig | 203.5 | Hamburg | 205.4 | Riga | 213.0 | Bruges | 220.2 |