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Line 17: ==System Description== ==System Description== − Alphard is located near the [[Stafford]] and [[Suetonius]] systems. By the [[thirty-first century]], the Alphard system lacked any recharge stations.<ref name=HBP166/><ref name="M&Mp199"/><ref name="TP1E146"/><ref name=OB:Pp25/>+ By the [[thirty-first century]], the Alphard system lacked any recharge stations.<ref name=HBP166/><ref name="M&Mp199"/><ref name="TP1E146"/><ref name=OB:Pp25/> ==Political Affiliation== ==Political Affiliation== Line 53:
Line 53: {{InfoBoxPlanet {{InfoBoxPlanet | image = Alphard flag.png | image = Alphard flag.png − | name = Alphard IV + | name = Alphard − | othernames = + | othernames = Alphard IV − | position = Fourth<ref name=HBP166/><ref name="M&Mp199"/><ref name="TP1E146"/><ref name=OB:Pp25/><ref name="TP1E62">''The Periphery'', p. 62: "Bandit Kingdoms"</ref> + | position = 4th<ref name=HBP166/><ref name="M&Mp199"/><ref name="TP1E146"/><ref name=OB:Pp25/><ref name="TP1E62">''The Periphery'', p. 62: "Bandit Kingdoms"</ref> | distance = 8.53 days<ref name=HBP166/><ref name="M&Mp199"/><ref name="TP1E146"/><ref name=OB:Pp25/> | distance = 8.53 days<ref name=HBP166/><ref name="M&Mp199"/><ref name="TP1E146"/><ref name=OB:Pp25/> | moons = 1 (Romulus)<ref name=HBP166/><ref name="M&Mp199"/><ref name=OB:Pp25/> | moons = 1 (Romulus)<ref name=HBP166/><ref name="M&Mp199"/><ref name=OB:Pp25/> Line 69:
Line 69: | religion = | religion = | population = 3,110,205,000 (3067),<ref name=HBP166/><br>3,110,192,000 (3076),<ref name="M&Mp199"/><br>3,112,075,000 (3079)<ref name=OB:Pp25/> | population = 3,110,205,000 (3067),<ref name=HBP166/><br>3,110,192,000 (3076),<ref name="M&Mp199"/><br>3,112,075,000 (3079)<ref name=OB:Pp25/> − | ruler = [[Caesar of the Marian Hegemony|''Caesar'' of the Marian Hegemony]] (formerly ''Imperator'') + | ruler = − | political = + | political = ''Imperator'' [[Johann O'Reilly]] (2930),<ref>''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 42</ref><br>''Imperator'' [[Marius O'Reilly]] (3025),<ref name="TP1E146"/><br>[[Caesar of the Marian Hegemony]] | commander = | commander = | capital = Nova Roma<ref name=OB:Pp25/> | capital = Nova Roma<ref name=OB:Pp25/> | hpg = B<ref name=HBP166/><ref name="M&Mp199"/><ref name="TP1E146"/><ref name=OB:Pp25/> | hpg = B<ref name=HBP166/><ref name="M&Mp199"/><ref name="TP1E146"/><ref name=OB:Pp25/> − | hpgrep = [[Precentor]] [[Laura Trin]] (3025)<ref name=TP146>''The Periphery'', p. 146: "World Name: Alphard"</ref> + | hpgrep = }} }} − Alphard IV, commonly referred to simply as Alphard, is the fourth planet in the Alphard system and has been the capital of the interstellar nation known as the Marian Hegemony since that nation was founded. Alphard was host to at least two major manufacturers—[[Alphard Trading Corporation]] and [[Marian Arms Incorporated]]—as well as an aerospace training academy and the Senate House. + Alphard IV, commonly referred to simply as Alphard, is the fourth planet in the Alphard system and has been the capital of the interstellar nation known as the Marian Hegemony since that nation was founded. Alphard was host to at least two major manufacturers - [[Alphard Trading Corporation]] and [[Marian Arms Incorporated]] - as well as an aerospace training academy and the Senate House. ===Planetary History=== ===Planetary History=== Line 86:
Line 86: ====The Word of Blake==== ====The Word of Blake==== − In [[3058]], the [[Word of Blake]] sent a delegation to Alphard to treat with ''[[Caesar of the Marian Hegemony|Caesar]]'' [[Sean O'Reilly]]. The Blakists made an offer that proved impossible for the ''Caesar'' to turn down; in exchange for an exclusive contract to operate the [[HPG]] systems within the Hegemony, the Word would upgrade the Marian Legions to use more advanced technology.<ref name="HB:MPSp71+">''Handbook: Major Periphery Status'', pp. 71–72: "Ave, Imperator - Rise of the Marian State"</ref> In [[3059]], O'Reilly went on to establish the [[Alphard Air Academy]] on Alphard.<ref name="HB:MPSp158"/> + In [[3058]], the [[Word of Blake]] sent a delegation to Alphard to treat with ''Caesar'' [[Sean O'Reilly]]. The Blakists made an offer that proved impossible for the ''Caesar'' to turn down; in exchange for an exclusive contract to operate the [[HPG]] systems within the Hegemony, the Word would upgrade the Marian Legions to use more advanced technology.<ref name="HB:MPSp71+">''Handbook: Major Periphery Status'', pp. 71–72: "Ave, Imperator - Rise of the Marian State"</ref> In [[3059]], O'Reilly went on to establish the [[Alphard Air Academy]] on Alphard.<ref name="HB:MPSp158"/> ====''Caesar'''s End==== ====''Caesar'''s End==== Line 97:
Line 97: ====The Jihad==== ====The Jihad==== − On 6 June [[3071]], the [[Word of Blake]] detonated a series of neutron bombs which had been hidden throughout Nova Roma, the capital city of Alphard and the Marian Hegemony, annihilating the population of the city and killed the ''Caesar'' [[Julius O'Reilly]] and most of the Marian Senate.<ref name="JHS3076p16">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 16: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref> This had a dramatic negative effect on Alphard's development, largely undoing forty years of industrial growth, growth which had been boosted by the addition of mineral resources from the worlds of the former [[Lothian League]]. The Blakist attack not only destroyed factories, it also destroyed Alphard's university and trade school system, as well as financial records, contracts, tax records and all of the people who worked in the factories, in further education, and in finance. Alphard lost both its key workers and the infrastructure to train more, and economists estimated that the planetary economy wouldn't recover from the damage until the 3120s.<ref name="M&Mp199"/> + On 6 June [[3071]], the [[Word of Blake]] detonated a series of neutron bombs which had been hidden throughout Nova Roma, the capital city of Alphard and the Marian Hegemony, annihilating the population of the city and killed the Caesar [[Julius O'Reilly]] and most of the Marian Senate.<ref name="JHS3076p16">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 16: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref> This had a dramatic negative effect on Alphard's development, largely undoing forty years of industrial growth, growth which had been boosted by the addition of mineral resources from the worlds of the former [[Lothian League]]. The Blakist attack not only destroyed factories, it also destroyed Alphard's university and trade school system, as well as financial records, contracts, tax records and all of the people who worked in the factories, in further education, and in finance. Alphard lost both its key workers and the infrastructure to train more, and economists estimated that the planetary economy wouldn't recover from the damage until the 3120s.<ref name="M&Mp199"/> The nature of the weapons used by the Blakists left the fabric of the city of Nova Roma largely intact; a silent mausoleum filled with buildings in the Classical style, with the buildings combining golden sandstone with white Alphard marble facings. The remains are guarded by an elite honor guard from the ''[[Prima Auxilia Alphardensis]]'', and a dedicated corps of civilian workers who were still working during the Jihad to bury the dead and monitor the radiation levels and environmental effects left by the attack. The civilian corps is manned on an entirely voluntary basis and each worker is only allowed to work for a month in the city; despite these strict requirements, in the six years after the attacks no post was ever unfilled. For years, mourners flocked to what became known as the Silent City in numbers reaching hundreds of thousands, wearing yellow plastic suits and black respirators to visit graves and familiar places too radioactive to enter. There was a strict ban on anything being removed from the city by any of these mourners, as to do so is considered grave robbing; visitors are thoroughly searched, and anyone from the lower orders who attempts to remove anything faced stiff penalties.<ref name="M&Mp199"/> The nature of the weapons used by the Blakists left the fabric of the city of Nova Roma largely intact; a silent mausoleum filled with buildings in the Classical style, with the buildings combining golden sandstone with white Alphard marble facings. The remains are guarded by an elite honor guard from the ''[[Prima Auxilia Alphardensis]]'', and a dedicated corps of civilian workers who were still working during the Jihad to bury the dead and monitor the radiation levels and environmental effects left by the attack. The civilian corps is manned on an entirely voluntary basis and each worker is only allowed to work for a month in the city; despite these strict requirements, in the six years after the attacks no post was ever unfilled. For years, mourners flocked to what became known as the Silent City in numbers reaching hundreds of thousands, wearing yellow plastic suits and black respirators to visit graves and familiar places too radioactive to enter. There was a strict ban on anything being removed from the city by any of these mourners, as to do so is considered grave robbing; visitors are thoroughly searched, and anyone from the lower orders who attempts to remove anything faced stiff penalties.<ref name="M&Mp199"/> Line 122:
Line 122: * Nova Roma: Planetary capital city<ref name="HB:MPSp178"/> * Nova Roma: Planetary capital city<ref name="HB:MPSp178"/> − ===Companies and Industries=== + ===Industrial Centers=== * [[Alphard Trading Corporation]]<ref name="HB:MPSp161">''Handbook: Major Periphery Status'', p. 161: "Alphard Trading Corporation"</ref><ref>''Objectives: Periphery'', p. 25: "Alphard Trading Corporation"</ref> * [[Alphard Trading Corporation]]<ref name="HB:MPSp161">''Handbook: Major Periphery Status'', p. 161: "Alphard Trading Corporation"</ref><ref>''Objectives: Periphery'', p. 25: "Alphard Trading Corporation"</ref> * [[Marian Arms Incorporated]]<ref name="HB:MPSp162">''Handbook: Major Periphery Status'', p. 162: "Marian Arms, Inc."</ref><ref>''Objectives: Periphery'', p. 26: "Marian Arms, Incorporated"</ref> * [[Marian Arms Incorporated]]<ref name="HB:MPSp162">''Handbook: Major Periphery Status'', p. 162: "Marian Arms, Inc."</ref><ref>''Objectives: Periphery'', p. 26: "Marian Arms, Incorporated"</ref> Line 210:
Line 210: * ''[[The Periphery, 2nd Edition (sourcebook)|The Periphery, Second Edition]]'' * ''[[The Periphery, 2nd Edition (sourcebook)|The Periphery, Second Edition]]'' {{div col end}} {{div col end}} + [[Category:Systems|Alphard (Marian Hegemony System)]] [[Category:Systems|Alphard (Marian Hegemony System)]] [[Category: Marian Hegemony Systems]] [[Category: Marian Hegemony Systems]]
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==System Description== | ==System Description== | ||
| − | + | By the [[thirty-first century]], the Alphard system lacked any recharge stations.<ref name=HBP166/><ref name="M&Mp199"/><ref name="TP1E146"/><ref name=OB:Pp25/> | |
==Political Affiliation== | ==Political Affiliation== | ||
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{{InfoBoxPlanet | {{InfoBoxPlanet | ||
| image = Alphard flag.png | | image = Alphard flag.png | ||
| − | | name = Alphard | + | | name = Alphard |
| − | | othernames = | + | | othernames = Alphard IV |
| − | | position = | + | | position = 4th<ref name=HBP166/><ref name="M&Mp199"/><ref name="TP1E146"/><ref name=OB:Pp25/><ref name="TP1E62">''The Periphery'', p. 62: "Bandit Kingdoms"</ref> |
| distance = 8.53 days<ref name=HBP166/><ref name="M&Mp199"/><ref name="TP1E146"/><ref name=OB:Pp25/> | | distance = 8.53 days<ref name=HBP166/><ref name="M&Mp199"/><ref name="TP1E146"/><ref name=OB:Pp25/> | ||
| moons = 1 (Romulus)<ref name=HBP166/><ref name="M&Mp199"/><ref name=OB:Pp25/> | | moons = 1 (Romulus)<ref name=HBP166/><ref name="M&Mp199"/><ref name=OB:Pp25/> | ||
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| religion = | | religion = | ||
| population = 3,110,205,000 (3067),<ref name=HBP166/><br>3,110,192,000 (3076),<ref name="M&Mp199"/><br>3,112,075,000 (3079)<ref name=OB:Pp25/> | | population = 3,110,205,000 (3067),<ref name=HBP166/><br>3,110,192,000 (3076),<ref name="M&Mp199"/><br>3,112,075,000 (3079)<ref name=OB:Pp25/> | ||
| − | | ruler = | + | | ruler = |
| − | + | | political = ''Imperator'' [[Johann O'Reilly]] (2930),<ref>''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 42</ref><br>''Imperator'' [[Marius O'Reilly]] (3025),<ref name="TP1E146"/><br>[[Caesar of the Marian Hegemony]] | |
| commander = | | commander = | ||
| capital = Nova Roma<ref name=OB:Pp25/> | | capital = Nova Roma<ref name=OB:Pp25/> | ||
| hpg = B<ref name=HBP166/><ref name="M&Mp199"/><ref name="TP1E146"/><ref name=OB:Pp25/> | | hpg = B<ref name=HBP166/><ref name="M&Mp199"/><ref name="TP1E146"/><ref name=OB:Pp25/> | ||
| − | | hpgrep = | + | | hpgrep = |
}} | }} | ||
| − | Alphard IV, commonly referred to simply as Alphard, is the fourth planet in the Alphard system and has been the capital of the interstellar nation known as the Marian Hegemony since that nation was founded. Alphard was host to at least two major | + | Alphard IV, commonly referred to simply as Alphard, is the fourth planet in the Alphard system and has been the capital of the interstellar nation known as the Marian Hegemony since that nation was founded. Alphard was host to at least two major manufacturers - [[Alphard Trading Corporation]] and [[Marian Arms Incorporated]] - as well as an aerospace training academy and the Senate House. |
===Planetary History=== | ===Planetary History=== | ||
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====The Word of Blake==== | ====The Word of Blake==== | ||
| − | In [[3058]], the [[Word of Blake]] sent a delegation to Alphard to treat with '' | + | In [[3058]], the [[Word of Blake]] sent a delegation to Alphard to treat with ''Caesar'' [[Sean O'Reilly]]. The Blakists made an offer that proved impossible for the ''Caesar'' to turn down; in exchange for an exclusive contract to operate the [[HPG]] systems within the Hegemony, the Word would upgrade the Marian Legions to use more advanced technology.<ref name="HB:MPSp71+">''Handbook: Major Periphery Status'', pp. 71–72: "Ave, Imperator - Rise of the Marian State"</ref> In [[3059]], O'Reilly went on to establish the [[Alphard Air Academy]] on Alphard.<ref name="HB:MPSp158"/> |
====''Caesar'''s End==== | ====''Caesar'''s End==== | ||
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====The Jihad==== | ====The Jihad==== | ||
| − | On 6 June [[3071]], the [[Word of Blake]] detonated a series of neutron bombs which had been hidden throughout Nova Roma, the capital city of Alphard and the Marian Hegemony, annihilating the population of the city and killed the | + | On 6 June [[3071]], the [[Word of Blake]] detonated a series of neutron bombs which had been hidden throughout Nova Roma, the capital city of Alphard and the Marian Hegemony, annihilating the population of the city and killed the Caesar [[Julius O'Reilly]] and most of the Marian Senate.<ref name="JHS3076p16">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 16: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref> This had a dramatic negative effect on Alphard's development, largely undoing forty years of industrial growth, growth which had been boosted by the addition of mineral resources from the worlds of the former [[Lothian League]]. The Blakist attack not only destroyed factories, it also destroyed Alphard's university and trade school system, as well as financial records, contracts, tax records and all of the people who worked in the factories, in further education, and in finance. Alphard lost both its key workers and the infrastructure to train more, and economists estimated that the planetary economy wouldn't recover from the damage until the 3120s.<ref name="M&Mp199"/> |
The nature of the weapons used by the Blakists left the fabric of the city of Nova Roma largely intact; a silent mausoleum filled with buildings in the Classical style, with the buildings combining golden sandstone with white Alphard marble facings. The remains are guarded by an elite honor guard from the ''[[Prima Auxilia Alphardensis]]'', and a dedicated corps of civilian workers who were still working during the Jihad to bury the dead and monitor the radiation levels and environmental effects left by the attack. The civilian corps is manned on an entirely voluntary basis and each worker is only allowed to work for a month in the city; despite these strict requirements, in the six years after the attacks no post was ever unfilled. For years, mourners flocked to what became known as the Silent City in numbers reaching hundreds of thousands, wearing yellow plastic suits and black respirators to visit graves and familiar places too radioactive to enter. There was a strict ban on anything being removed from the city by any of these mourners, as to do so is considered grave robbing; visitors are thoroughly searched, and anyone from the lower orders who attempts to remove anything faced stiff penalties.<ref name="M&Mp199"/> | The nature of the weapons used by the Blakists left the fabric of the city of Nova Roma largely intact; a silent mausoleum filled with buildings in the Classical style, with the buildings combining golden sandstone with white Alphard marble facings. The remains are guarded by an elite honor guard from the ''[[Prima Auxilia Alphardensis]]'', and a dedicated corps of civilian workers who were still working during the Jihad to bury the dead and monitor the radiation levels and environmental effects left by the attack. The civilian corps is manned on an entirely voluntary basis and each worker is only allowed to work for a month in the city; despite these strict requirements, in the six years after the attacks no post was ever unfilled. For years, mourners flocked to what became known as the Silent City in numbers reaching hundreds of thousands, wearing yellow plastic suits and black respirators to visit graves and familiar places too radioactive to enter. There was a strict ban on anything being removed from the city by any of these mourners, as to do so is considered grave robbing; visitors are thoroughly searched, and anyone from the lower orders who attempts to remove anything faced stiff penalties.<ref name="M&Mp199"/> | ||
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* Nova Roma: Planetary capital city<ref name="HB:MPSp178"/> | * Nova Roma: Planetary capital city<ref name="HB:MPSp178"/> | ||
| − | === | + | ===Industrial Centers=== |
* [[Alphard Trading Corporation]]<ref name="HB:MPSp161">''Handbook: Major Periphery Status'', p. 161: "Alphard Trading Corporation"</ref><ref>''Objectives: Periphery'', p. 25: "Alphard Trading Corporation"</ref> | * [[Alphard Trading Corporation]]<ref name="HB:MPSp161">''Handbook: Major Periphery Status'', p. 161: "Alphard Trading Corporation"</ref><ref>''Objectives: Periphery'', p. 25: "Alphard Trading Corporation"</ref> | ||
* [[Marian Arms Incorporated]]<ref name="HB:MPSp162">''Handbook: Major Periphery Status'', p. 162: "Marian Arms, Inc."</ref><ref>''Objectives: Periphery'', p. 26: "Marian Arms, Incorporated"</ref> | * [[Marian Arms Incorporated]]<ref name="HB:MPSp162">''Handbook: Major Periphery Status'', p. 162: "Marian Arms, Inc."</ref><ref>''Objectives: Periphery'', p. 26: "Marian Arms, Incorporated"</ref> | ||
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* ''[[The Periphery, 2nd Edition (sourcebook)|The Periphery, Second Edition]]'' | * ''[[The Periphery, 2nd Edition (sourcebook)|The Periphery, Second Edition]]'' | ||
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[[Category:Systems|Alphard (Marian Hegemony System)]] | [[Category:Systems|Alphard (Marian Hegemony System)]] | ||
[[Category: Marian Hegemony Systems]] | [[Category: Marian Hegemony Systems]] | ||