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		+	{{PlanetOverhaul|phase=5}}
		+	''Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to [[Terra]] at (0, 0)''
		+	= Galax =
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	| image              = Galax_3151.svg		| image              = Galax_3151.svg
−	| caption            = Galax [[#Nearby_Systems|nearby systems]]	+	| caption            = Galax [[#Nearby_Systems|nearby systems]] (3151)
	| name                = Galax		| name                = Galax
	| coord              = 283.632 : -124.547{{e}}		| coord              = 283.632 : -124.547{{e}}
	| stars              =		| stars              =
−	| class              = F5III<ref name=HDp194>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 194 (PDF p. 196): "Brief Atlas" – Galax entry</ref><ref name=HBDp94>''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 94: "Galax"</ref>	+	| class              = F5III<ref name=HDp194>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 194, "Galax Planet Guide"</ref><ref name=HBDp94>''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 94, "Galax"</ref>
	| recharge            = 176 hours<ref name=HBDp94/>		| recharge            = 176 hours<ref name=HBDp94/>
	| recharge stations  = Zenith, Nadir<ref name=HDp194/><ref name=HBDp94/>		| recharge stations  = Zenith, Nadir<ref name=HDp194/><ref name=HBDp94/>
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−	The '''Galax''' system was home to at least one habitable world, '''Galax IV''', and as of [[2750]] was located in the [[Markesan Operational Area]] of the [[Crucis March]] within the [[Federated Suns]].<ref name="ER:2750p37"/>	+	The '''Galax''' system was home to at least one habitable world, '''Galax IV''', and as at [[2750]] was located in the [[Markesan Operational Area]] of the [[Crucis March]] within the [[Federated Suns]].<ref name="ER:2750p37"/>
−	==System Description==	+	__TOC__
−	Galax is located near the [[Numenor]] and [[Torrence]] systems<ref name="ER:3145p39"/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/> and consists of at least four worlds orbiting a class F5III primary. Recharge stations were in place at the system [[jump point]]s for the majority of Galax's era as a colonized system.<ref name=HDp194/><ref name=HBDp94/>
−	==System History==	+	== System Description ==
		+	The Galax system is located near the [[Numenor]] and [[Torrence]] systems<ref name="ER:3145p39"/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/> and consists of at least four worlds orbiting a class F5III primary. Recharge stations were in place at the system [[jump point]]s for the majority of Galax's era as a colonized system.<ref name=HDp194/><ref name=HBDp94/>
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		+	== System History ==
	The Galax system was colonized at some point during or shortly after the [[First Exodus]] from [[Terra]].<ref name="HB:HDp18"/> Galax was removed from maps during the [[Jihad]], indicating that the system had been abandoned or depopulated.<ref name="JS:TBDp64"/><ref name="FR:FSp21"/>		The Galax system was colonized at some point during or shortly after the [[First Exodus]] from [[Terra]].<ref name="HB:HDp18"/> Galax was removed from maps during the [[Jihad]], indicating that the system had been abandoned or depopulated.<ref name="JS:TBDp64"/><ref name="FR:FSp21"/>
−		+	<!-- Commented out due to lack of information
−	==Political Affiliation==	+	== Political Affiliation ==
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−	* [[2317]] - [[Federated Suns]]<ref name="HB:HDp18">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 18: "Federated Suns at their Founding - [2317] Map"</ref>	+	= Galax IV =
−	* [[2571]] - Federated Suns<ref name="HB:HDp48">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 48: "Federated Suns after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref>	+	{{InfoBoxPlanetStandard
−	* [[2596]] - Federated Suns<ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159: "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"</ref>
−	* [[2750]] - Federated Suns<ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37: "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref>
−	* [[2764]] - Federated Suns<ref name="FM:SLDF">''Field Manual: SLDF'': "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
−	* [[2765]] - Federated Suns<ref name="H:LoTv1p11">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref><ref name=FR:2765AAFSp29>''Field Report 2765: AFFS'', p. 29: "Federated Suns Armed Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref>
−	* [[2822]] - Federated Suns<ref name="HB:HDp54">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 54: "Federated Suns after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref>
−	* [[2864]] - Federated Suns<ref name="HB:HDp60">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 60: "Federated Suns after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref>
−	* [[3025]] - Federated Suns<ref>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'': "Federated Suns Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp70">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 70: "Federated Suns after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref>
−	* [[3030]] - Federated Suns<ref name="HB:HDp72">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 72: "Federated Suns after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref>
−	* [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]]<ref name="HB:HDp76">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 76: "Federated Suns after War of [3039] - [3040] Map"</ref><ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133: "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</ref>
−	* [[3050]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER:3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11: Inner Sphere - [3050] Map</ref>
−	* [[3052]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER:3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23: Inner Sphere - [3052] Map</ref>
−	* [[3057]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER:3062p11">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11: Inner Sphere - [3057] Map</ref>
−	* [[3058]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HDp78">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 78: "Federated Suns after Operation Guerrero [3058]"</ref>
−	* [[3063]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER:3062p29">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29: Inner Sphere - [3063] Map</ref>
−	* [[3067]] - Federated Suns<ref name="HB:HDp82">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 82: "Federated Suns after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 43: "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"</ref>
−	* [[3075]] - Dead (or Dying) world<ref name="JS:TBDp64">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64: "Inner Sphere - [3075]"</ref>
−	* [[3079]] - No record<ref name="FR:FSp21">''Field Report: AFFS'', p. 21: "Federated Suns Armed Forces Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref>
−	* [[3081]] - No record<ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63: "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"</ref>
−	* [[3085]] - No record<ref name="FM:3085pvii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref>
−	* [[3135]] - No record<ref name="ER:3145p11">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref>
−	* [[3145]] - No record<ref name="ER:3145p39">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref>
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−	==Galax IV==
−	{{InfoBoxPlanet
	| image              = Galax Flag.jpg		| image              = Galax Flag.jpg
−	| name                = Galax IV	+	| caption            = Planetary Flag
−	| othernames         =	+	| imagewidth         = 180px
−	| position            = Fourth<ref name=HDp194/><ref name=HBDp94/>	+	| name                = Galax
		+	| position            = 4th<ref name=HDp194/><ref name=HBDp94/>
	| distance            = 14.94 days<ref name=HBDp94/>		| distance            = 14.94 days<ref name=HBDp94/>
	| moons              = 1 (Malabar)<ref name=HBDp94/>		| moons              = 1 (Malabar)<ref name=HBDp94/>
		+	| day                =
	| gravity            = 1.13<ref name=HBDp94/>		| gravity            = 1.13<ref name=HBDp94/>
	| pressure            = Standard (Tainted)<ref name=HBDp94/>		| pressure            = Standard (Tainted)<ref name=HBDp94/>
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	| water              = 32%<ref name=HBDp94/>		| water              = 32%<ref name=HBDp94/>
	| life                = Reptile<ref name=HDp194/><ref name=HBDp94/>		| life                = Reptile<ref name=HDp194/><ref name=HBDp94/>
−	| continents          =	+	| date                =
−	| colonized          =	+	| year                = 3025<ref name=HDp194/> - 3067<ref name=HBDp94/>
−	| demonym            =	+	| ruler              = Aleksandr McCorkendale, Duke of Galax (3025)<ref name=HDp194/><br>President Simon MacCreedy (3025)<ref name=HDp194/><br>Duchess Olivia Davion-McCorkendale (3067)<ref name=HBDp94/>
−	| language            =	+	| capital            =
−	| religion            =	+	| population          = 3,527,000,000 (3025, apocryphal)<ref>''[[MechWarrior (1989 Video Game)]]'' ([[apocryphal]])</ref><br />1,048,278,320 (3067)<ref name=HBDp94/>
−	| population          = 1,048,278,320 (3067)<ref name=HBDp94/>	+	| USIIR              = A-A-A-A-F (3067)<ref name=HBDp94/>
−	| ruler              = [[Duke of Galax]]	+	| hpg                = A<ref name=HDp194/><ref name=HBDp94/><br>([[Precentor]] Justin Yovas (3018))<ref name="HD(TFS)p166">''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 166, "ComStar and the Federated Suns"</ref><br>(Precentor Douglas Selv (3025))<ref name=HDp194/>
−	| political          = [[President of Galax|President]] [[Simon MacCreedy]]<ref name=HDp194/>
−	| commander          =
−	| capital            =
−	| hpg                = A<ref name=HDp194/><ref name=HBDp94/>
−	| hpgrep              = [[Precentor]] [[Justin Yovas]] (3018),<ref name="HD(TFS)p166">''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 166: "ComStar and the Federated Suns"</ref><br>Precentor [[Douglas Selv]] (3025)<ref name=HDp194/>
	}}		}}
−	Galax IV, more commonly known simply as Galax, is the fourth planet in the system and has a single moon named Malabar. For much of Galax's history it was a strategically significant world due to the high level of industry on the planet and the nearby [[Federated-Boeing Interstellar]] shipyards, located at Lagrange Point Delta.<ref name=HDp194/><ref name=HBDp94/> Galax was considered one of the "Golden Five" worlds by citizens of the Federated Suns.<ref name="HD(TFS)p168">''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 168: "Consumer Goods"</ref>	+	Galax IV - more commonly known simply as Galax - is the fourth planet in the system, and has a single moon named Malabar. For much of Galax's history it was a strategically significant world due to the high level of industry on the planet and the nearby [[Federated-Boeing Interstellar]] shipyards, located at LaGrange Point Delta.<ref name=HDp194/><ref name=HBDp94/> Galax was considered one of the "Golden Five" worlds by citizens of the Federated Suns.<ref name="HD(TFS)p168">''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 168, "Consumer Goods"</ref>
−	===Planetary History===	+	== Planetary History ==
	Galax wasn't initially a tempting prospect for colonization when surveyed in the twenty-third century.<ref name=HBDp94/> Galax's large moon kept churning the atmosphere disruptively, which was already tainted; this kept away all but the staunchest colonists, although the discovery of huge quantities of oil, as well as every conceivable kind of mineral, gemstone and metal on the planet encouraged a wave of colonists. Fortunately, Galax's close proximity to [[New Avalon]] allowed New Avalon to provide Galax with enough food to support the burgeoning population, which had quickly grown well beyond the planet's ability to support.<ref name=HDp194/><ref name=HBDp94/>		Galax wasn't initially a tempting prospect for colonization when surveyed in the twenty-third century.<ref name=HBDp94/> Galax's large moon kept churning the atmosphere disruptively, which was already tainted; this kept away all but the staunchest colonists, although the discovery of huge quantities of oil, as well as every conceivable kind of mineral, gemstone and metal on the planet encouraged a wave of colonists. Fortunately, Galax's close proximity to [[New Avalon]] allowed New Avalon to provide Galax with enough food to support the burgeoning population, which had quickly grown well beyond the planet's ability to support.<ref name=HDp194/><ref name=HBDp94/>
−	====The Star League====	+	===The Star League===
	During the [[Star League]] era the Davion family funded<ref name=HDp194/> a [[Star League]] project by name of the Climate Restructuring and Adjusting Project, in an attempt to make it easier to exploit Galax.<ref name=HDp194/><ref name=HBDp94/> Running from [[2721]] to [[2733]] engineers from the Project used chemicals and heat generators to alter the planetary atmosphere, filtering out the more toxic chemicals while increasing the oxygen content.<ref name=HDp194/> When the atmosphere was finally tamed in 2733, a new wave of colonization was triggered,<ref name=HDp194/><ref name=HBDp94/> and the project was considered such a success that firms from across the Star League began opening factories on Galax.<ref name=HDp194/>		During the [[Star League]] era the Davion family funded<ref name=HDp194/> a [[Star League]] project by name of the Climate Restructuring and Adjusting Project, in an attempt to make it easier to exploit Galax.<ref name=HDp194/><ref name=HBDp94/> Running from [[2721]] to [[2733]] engineers from the Project used chemicals and heat generators to alter the planetary atmosphere, filtering out the more toxic chemicals while increasing the oxygen content.<ref name=HDp194/> When the atmosphere was finally tamed in 2733, a new wave of colonization was triggered,<ref name=HDp194/><ref name=HBDp94/> and the project was considered such a success that firms from across the Star League began opening factories on Galax.<ref name=HDp194/>
−	During the twenty-eighth century the Federated Suns and the [[Terran Hegemony]] worked together to develop a large [[Federated-Boeing Interstellar|Boeing Interstellar]] manufacturing facility at Galax to produce naval craft. The plant was still under construction in [[2765]], but estimates made by the [[Star League Defense Force]] IntelCom indicated that when the plant was finished, it would be producing more than a quarter of the total naval craft manufacturing in the Federated Suns.<ref name="FR2765:FSp6">''Field Report 2765: AFFS'', p. 6: "Infrastructural Integrity"</ref>	+	During the twenty-eighth century the Federated Suns and the [[Terran Hegemony]] worked together to develop a large [[Federated-Boeing Interstellar|Boeing Interstellar]] manufacturing facility at Galax to produce naval craft. The plant was still under construction in [[2765]], but estimates made by the [[Star League Defense Force]] IntelCom indicated that when the plant was finished, it would be producing more than a quarter of the total naval craft manufacturing in the Federated Suns.<ref name="FR2765:FSp6">''Field Report 2765: Federated Suns'', p. 6, "Infrastructural Integrity"</ref>
−	Boeing Interstellar began looking for an alternative manufacturing site outside the borders of the Terran Hegemony in [[2781]], after the regime put in place by [[Stefan Amaris]] was overthrown; various planets from the other member states of the Star League submitted bids, but Galax's resources and conditions made it the preferred choice. Galax winning the competition was a political coup for [[First Prince of the Federated Suns|First Prince]] [[Paul Davion (29th c.)|Paul Davion]] at a very useful time, given the internal and external pressures he was under; as the [[Star League]] dissolved, the political unrest often looked as it would derail construction of the new facilities, but both the Davion family and Boeing were determined to see the construction completed. The [[Galax Megaplex]] was finally completed in December [[2786]].<ref name="HD(TFS)p169"/>	+	Boeing Interstellar began looking for an alternative manufacturing site outside the borders of the Terran Hegemony in [[2781]], after the regime put in place by [[Stefan Amaris]] was overthrown; various planets from the other member-states of the Star League submitted bids, but Galax's resources and conditions made it the preferred choice. Galax winning the competition was a political coup for [[First Prince]] [[Paul Davion (29th c.)|Paul Davion]] at a very useful time, given the internal and external pressures he was under; as the [[Star League]] dissolved, the political unrest often looked as it would derail construction of the new facilities, but both the Davion family and Boeing were determined to see the construction completed. The Galax Megaplex was finally completed in December [[2786]].<ref name="HD(TFS)p169"/>
−	====First Succession War====	+	===First Succession War===
	Despite being ready to begin manufacturing in 2786, the Galax Megaplex stayed idle as the [[Draconis Combine]] invaded the Federated Suns; the CEO, [[Frewsol Grevers]], was adamant that he needed orders from the Boeing head office on [[Terra]] before he would begin fabrication. Despite repeated efforts by the government to persuade him to begin construction, Grevers wouldn't budge, and orders would never come from the head office as the remainder of Boeing Interstellar had already been destroyed. Prince Davion finally ordered the military to seize the Galax facilities, removed Grevers and installed the loyal McCorkendale family. The remaining Boeing Interstellar assets in Federated Suns were seized, and the new [[Federated-Boeing Interstellar]] was born. Production began on Galax on the 9th of February [[2788]].<ref name="HD(TFS)p169"/>		Despite being ready to begin manufacturing in 2786, the Galax Megaplex stayed idle as the [[Draconis Combine]] invaded the Federated Suns; the CEO, [[Frewsol Grevers]], was adamant that he needed orders from the Boeing head office on [[Terra]] before he would begin fabrication. Despite repeated efforts by the government to persuade him to begin construction, Grevers wouldn't budge, and orders would never come from the head office as the remainder of Boeing Interstellar had already been destroyed. Prince Davion finally ordered the military to seize the Galax facilities, removed Grevers and installed the loyal McCorkendale family. The remaining Boeing Interstellar assets in Federated Suns were seized, and the new [[Federated-Boeing Interstellar]] was born. Production began on Galax on the 9th of February [[2788]].<ref name="HD(TFS)p169"/>
	Frewsol Grevers had joined the AFFS at Prince Davion's suggestion, and died with the rest of his company on Galtor; for reasons known only to the Prince, he had a gold plaque hung in the Federated-Boeing headquarters in honor of Grevers.<ref name="HD(TFS)p169"/>		Frewsol Grevers had joined the AFFS at Prince Davion's suggestion, and died with the rest of his company on Galtor; for reasons known only to the Prince, he had a gold plaque hung in the Federated-Boeing headquarters in honor of Grevers.<ref name="HD(TFS)p169"/>
−	During the [[First Succession War]] the [[AFFS]] constructed the [[Armstrong Flight Academy]] on Galax to train [[DropShip]] and [[JumpShip]] crews; the decision to construct the Academy on Galax was based on the presence of Federated-Boeing Interstellar on (and around) the planet. By the end of the [[Third Succession War]] Federated-Boeing were providing all of the teaching staff for the Academy, and the Academy graduates were considered to be some of the best spacecraft crews in the AFFS.<ref name="HD(TFS)p156"/> Federated-Boeing were heavily involved in the history and structure of Galax; the Duke of Galax in [[3025]] was [[Aleksandr McCorkendale]], President and CEO of Federated-Boeing.<ref name="HD(TFS)p169">''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', pp. 169–170: "Federated-Boeing Interstellar"</ref>	+	During the [[First Succession War]] the [[AFFS]] constructed the [[Armstrong Flight Academy]] on Galax to train [[DropShip]] and [[JumpShip]] crews; the decision to construct the Academy on Galax was based on the presence of Federated-Boeing Interstellar on (and around) the planet. By the end of the [[Third Succession War]] Federated-Boeing were providing all of the teaching staff for the Academy, and the Academy graduates were considered to be some of the best spacecraft crews in the AFFS.<ref name="HD(TFS)p156"/> Federated-Boeing were heavily involved in the history and structure of Galax; the Duke of Galax in [[3025]] was [[Aleksandr McCorkendale]], President and CEO of Federated-Boeing.<ref name="HD(TFS)p169">''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 169-170, "Federated-Boeing Interstellar"</ref>
	====Third Succession War====		====Third Succession War====
−	The Galax facilities would only be directly attacked once during the first three Succession Wars, when Kuritan commandos attempted unsuccessfully to raid the plant in [[2810]]. The greatest reduction in production was due to technological decline, rather than damage; by 3025, ten different classes of DropShip were being produced on Galax, just two-fifths of the number designs that had originally been built. Despite that, Galax was the single most productive DropShip manufacturing site commonly known to exist in the [[Inner Sphere]] at this point.<ref name="HD(TFS)p169"/>	+	The Galax facilities would only be directly attacked once during the first three Succession Wars, when Kuritan commandos attempted unsuccessfully to raid the plant in [[2810]]. The greatest reduction in production was due to technological decline, rather than damage; by 3025, 10 different classes of DropShip were being produced on Galax, just two-fifths of the number designs that had originally been built. Despite that, Galax was the single most productive DropShip manufacturing site commonly known to exist in the [[Inner Sphere]] at this point.<ref name="HD(TFS)p169"/>
−	The Federated-Boeing spaceport at Auburn City on Galax was the site of the final testing for DropShips manufactured in the shipyards, part of a testing regimen that also includes landings on Galax's sole moon, Malabar.<ref name="HD(TFS)p169"/>	+	The Federated-Boeing spaceport at Auburn City on Galax was the site of the final testing for DropShips manufactured in the shipyards, part of a testing regime that also includes landings on Galax's sole moon, Malabar.<ref name="HD(TFS)p169"/>
	The greatest threats to Galax at the end of the Third Succession War were the effects of any disruption in the supply of food from New Avalon, and the recent discovery by [[NAIS]] meteorologists that the atmosphere was becoming toxic again, at a worryingly rapid pace. A reversion to the early days of the colonization efforts, where everyone on the planet had to wear environmental suits, could have prompted a massive exodus among the population to more hospitable worlds.<ref name=HDp194/>		The greatest threats to Galax at the end of the Third Succession War were the effects of any disruption in the supply of food from New Avalon, and the recent discovery by [[NAIS]] meteorologists that the atmosphere was becoming toxic again, at a worryingly rapid pace. A reversion to the early days of the colonization efforts, where everyone on the planet had to wear environmental suits, could have prompted a massive exodus among the population to more hospitable worlds.<ref name=HDp194/>
−	In the closing years of the Third Succession War Countess [[Nelitha Green-Davion]], Countess of the Gold Isles on Galax was appointed [[Minister of Administrative Services]] for the Federated Suns by First Prince [[Hanse Davion]], who was exasperated with the poor performance of the Ministry. The First Prince gave Countess Green-Davion five years to improve the performance of the Ministry when he appointed her.<ref name="HD(TFS)p106">''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 106: "Ministry of Administrative Services"</ref> Countess Green-Davion wasn't the only noble from Galax to be holding a senior office at this point; the Federated Suns Ambassador to the [[Capellan Confederation]] in 3025 was [[Edwina Sanders]], Countess of the Yuler Mountains.<ref name="HD(TFS)p109">''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 109: "Capellan Confederation"</ref>	+	In the closing years of the Third Succession War Countess [[Nelitha Green-Davion]], Countess of the Gold Isles on Galax was appointed [[Minister of Administrative Services]] for the [[Federated Suns]] by [[First Prince]] [[Hanse Davion]], who was exasperated with the poor performance of the Ministry. The First Prince gave Countess Green-Davion five years to improve the performance of the Ministry when he appointed her.<ref name="HD(TFS)p106">''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 106, "Ministry of Administrative Services"</ref> Countess Green-Davion wasn't the only noble from Galax to be holding a senior office at this point; the Federated Suns Ambassador to the [[Capellan Confederation]] in 3025 was [[Edwina Sanders]], Countess of the Yuler Mountains.<ref name="HD(TFS)p109">''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 109, "Capellan Confederation"</ref>
	The population of Galax was noted by [[ComStar]] as being among the most difficult in the Federated Suns to win over to standard ComStar doctrine during this period, although this apparently made the local population somewhat less skeptical than the average Lyran.<ref name="HD(TFS)p166"/>		The population of Galax was noted by [[ComStar]] as being among the most difficult in the Federated Suns to win over to standard ComStar doctrine during this period, although this apparently made the local population somewhat less skeptical than the average Lyran.<ref name="HD(TFS)p166"/>
−	====Clan Invasion====	+	===FedCom Civil War===
−	In 3053, the famous [[Floating Tower]], Federated-Boeing’s corporate HQ, was raided by an unknown force. Shortly after [[Irian Technologies]] began producing an identical upgrade of the ''[[Leopard]]''-class [[DropShip]]. Federated-Boeing filed protests with the Federated Commonwealth and [[ComStar]], but nothing came of it.<ref>''Technical Readout: 3057 Revised'', p. 12</ref> The Galax Megaplex was known to be defended by a [[Federated Security Force]] roster of four teams of DropShips, each team usually consisting of a ''[[Union]]'' and two ''[[Leopard CV]]'' filled with mostly ''[[Corsair]]'' aerospace fighters.<ref name=OR93>''Objective Raids'', p. 82: "Produced Federated-Boeing Interstellar Components</ref>	+	During the [[FedCom Civil War]] [[Archon]] [[Katherine Steiner]] attempted to persuade Galax to support her regime, using her control over the food supplies from New Avalon as a means of exerting pressure on the population of the world. This could have caused potentially fatal hardship on the population of Galax, as the planet still had no agricultural base; fortunately for the population, even as supplies of food from New Avalon became erratic, other nearby worlds stepped in, generously supplying food to sustain the world.<ref name=HBDp94/>
−	The facility was nearly destroyed in March [[3056]] when [[Woodlake Associates]] employee [[Timothy Barnes]] sabotaged the solar array's energy storage systems to explode when power levels reached 95%. The sabotage was discovered before the station was destroyed. While the motive was unknown, Barnes was a native of [[Syrma]] making a Skye separatist motivation seem likely.<ref>''BattleSpace'', p. 5: "Current Events"</ref>	+	Thanks to the dramatic increase in technological knowledge across the Inner Sphere that began in the 3030s as a result of the discovery of the [[Helm Memory Core]] Galax had become home to the most advanced terraforming concerns to be found anywhere by [[3067]]. While Galax was already a massive industrial center with an expansive tech industry, the terraforming concerns developed out of the clear need to continue work to keep the environment capable of supporting life, rather than reverting back to the inhospitable and uninhabitable environment present before the Star League terraforming project three centuries prior.<ref name=HBDp94/>
−	====FedCom Civil War====	+	While Galax was still noted at this point for being the location of one of the "Gilded Halls" - a select group of universities that could claim to have been operating continuously for five hundred or more years<ref name="HB:HDp140>"''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 140, "Universities"</ref> - during a survey of university performance against various criteria conducted by the ''New Avalon Post'' in [[3059]], learning institutions on Galax appeared in the top five of two different categories out of the eight polled. The Armstrong Flight Academy was rated as one of the top five military academies within the Federated Suns, while Galax Tech, located in Canaveral City, was voted the second best party school.<ref name="HB:HDp143>"''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 143, "Top Five Federated Suns Universities"</ref>
−	During the [[FedCom Civil War]], [[Archon of the Lyran Commonwealth|Archon]] [[Katherine Steiner]] attempted to persuade Galax to support her regime, using her control over the food supplies from New Avalon as a means of exerting pressure on the population of the world. This could have caused potentially fatal hardship on the population of Galax, as the planet still had no agricultural base; fortunately for the population, even as supplies of food from New Avalon became erratic, other nearby worlds stepped in, generously supplying food to sustain the world.<ref name=HBDp94/>
−	Thanks to the dramatic increase in technological knowledge across the Inner Sphere that began in the 3030s as a result of the discovery of the [[Helm Memory Core]] Galax had become home to the most advanced terraforming concerns to be found anywhere by [[3067]]. While Galax was already a massive industrial center with an expansive tech industry, the terraforming concerns developed out of the clear need to continue work to keep the environment capable of supporting life, rather than reverting to the inhospitable and uninhabitable environment present before the Star League terraforming project three centuries prior.<ref name=HBDp94/>	+	The technological renaissance that allowed the development of terraforming concerns on Galax also had a dramatic effect on Federated-Boeing Interstellar and the Galax Megaplex; Federated-Boeing expanded into additional markets and expanded through acquisitions and partnerships with a number of companies on various worlds, and as it acquired the rights to produce other products or developed new lines, production at the Galax Megaplex expanded. By 3067 more than twenty different DropShip models were produced on or above Galax, mostly based around nine major classes, along with more than a hundred civilian and commercial aerospace craft and the ''[[Fox (WarShip)|Fox]]''-class [[WarShip]].<ref name="HB:HDp165>"''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 165-166, "Federated-Boeing Interstellar (FdBoin)"</ref>
−	While Galax was still noted at this point for being the location of one of the "Gilded Halls"—a select group of universities that could claim to have been operating continuously for five hundred or more years<ref name="HB:HDp140>"''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 140: "Universities"</ref>—during a survey of university performance against various criteria conducted by the ''New Avalon Post'' in [[3059]], learning institutions on Galax appeared in the top five of two different categories out of the eight polled. The Armstrong Flight Academy was rated as one of the top five military academies within the Federated Suns, while Galax Tech, located in Canaveral City, was voted the second best party school.<ref name="HB:HDp143>"''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 143: "Top Five Federated Suns Universities"</ref>	+	While Federated-Boeing remained the largest and most visible manufacturing concern on Galax, at least in military terms, [[Galax Launch Systems and Satellites]] continued to manufacture civilian satellites and launch systems on Galax, shipping them across both Federated Suns and Lyran space to customers, as well as spinning its military concerns off into a semi-autonomous subsidiary, Sorcerer Technologies.<ref name="HB:HDp166">"''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 166, "Galax Launch Systems and Satellites (GLSS)"</ref> There were also rumors that the heavy traffic back and forth from various remote military outposts on Galax were due to secret [[AeroSpace Fighter]] production lines on Galax belonging to [[Lycomb-Davion IntroTech]].<ref name="HB:HDp167>"''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 167, "Lycomb-Davion Introtech (LyDavIn)"</ref>
−	The technological renaissance that allowed the development of terraforming concerns on Galax also had a dramatic effect on Federated-Boeing Interstellar and the Galax Megaplex; Federated-Boeing expanded into additional markets and expanded through acquisitions and partnerships with a number of companies on various worlds, and as it acquired the rights to produce other products or developed new lines, production at the Galax Megaplex expanded. By 3067, more than twenty different DropShip models were produced on or above Galax, mostly based around nine major classes, along with more than a hundred civilian and commercial aerospace craft and the ''[[Fox (WarShip class)|Fox]]''-class [[WarShip]].<ref name="HB:HDp165>"''Handbook: House Davion'', pp. 165–166: "Federated-Boeing Interstellar (FdBoin)"</ref>	+	===Jihad===
		+	The [[Word of Blake]] struck at Galax on the 12th of April [[3069]], the same day they attacked the [[Lyran Alliance]] world of [[Alarion]], evidently targeting systems capable of manufacturing [[WarShip]]s. The Blakist forces didn't only use WarShips to demolish the shipyards in the Galax system and seize every vessel capable of jumping for their own purposes; they also poisoned Galax's ecosphere with an intensely powerful bioweapon. Unlike the attack on Alarion, no vessels survived to escape the Galax system.<ref name="J:FRp46">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 46, "The Jihad In Review"</ref><ref name="J:FRp47">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 46, "The Jihad In Review"</ref> The destruction of the Galax shipyards was the single biggest loss of military manufacturing capability for the Federated Suns in the entirety of the [[Jihad]].<ref name="J:FRp97">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 97, "Crucis March"</ref>
−	While Federated-Boeing remained the largest and most visible manufacturing concern on Galax, at least in military terms, [[Galax Launch Systems and Satellites]] continued to manufacture civilian satellites and launch systems on Galax, shipping them across both Federated Suns and Lyran space to customers, as well as spinning its military concerns off into a semi-autonomous subsidiary, Sorcerer Technologies.<ref name="HB:HDp166">"''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 166: "Galax Launch Systems and Satellites (GLSS)"</ref> There were also rumors that the heavy traffic back and forth from various remote military outposts on Galax were due to secret [[aerospace fighter]] production lines on Galax belonging to [[Lycomb-Davion IntroTech]].<ref name="HB:HDp167>"''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 167: "Lycomb-Davion Introtech (LyDavIn)"</ref>	+	== Planetary Rulers ==
		+	=== 3025 ===
		+	* Duke [[Aleksandr McCorkendale]]<ref name=HDp194/>
		+	* President [[Simon MacCreedy]]<ref name=HDp194/>
−	====Jihad====	+	=== 3067 ===
−	[[File:Federated-Boeing Interstellar over Galax HBHD.jpg|right|450px|thumb|Federated-Boeing Interstellar shipyards orbiting Galax]]	+	* Duchess [[Olivia Davion-McCorkendale]]<ref name=HBDp94/>
−	The [[Word of Blake]] struck at Galax on 12 April [[3069]], the same day they attacked the [[Lyran Alliance]] world of [[Alarion]], evidently targeting systems capable of manufacturing [[WarShip]]s. The Blakist forces didn't only use WarShips to demolish the shipyards in the Galax system and seize every vessel capable of jumping for their own purposes; they also poisoned Galax's ecosphere with an [[Galax Pathogen|intensely powerful bioweapon]]. Unlike the attack on Alarion, no vessels survived to escape the Galax system.<ref name="J:FRp46">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 46: "The Jihad In Review"</ref><ref name="J:FRp47">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 47: "The Jihad In Review"</ref> The destruction of the Galax shipyards was the single biggest loss of military manufacturing capability for the Federated Suns in the entirety of the [[Jihad]].<ref name="J:FRp97">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 97: "Crucis March"</ref> This devastating attack was aided by a partnership between [[Armstrong Flight Academy]] and [[Federated-Boeing Interstellar]] with [[Kensai Holographiks]] (now known to have been under Blakist control) to create a [[Recreational Hologram Environment]] sensory environment of near space around the shipyard and extending to within a handful of kilometers of Galax’s surface which was ostensibly to create a final examine scenario of a full-scale invasion for AFA Cadets.<ref>''Handbook: House Davion'', color palette 8</ref><ref>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', p. 79</ref>
−	===Military Deployment===	+	== Military Deployment ==
−	====3028====	+	===3028===
−	* [[Galax Militia]]<ref name="4SWMAV1p85">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 85: "Menkalinan"</ref>	+	* [[Galax Militia]]<ref name="4SWMAV1p85">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 85, "Menkalinan"</ref>
−	====3067====	+	===3067===
−	* [[Sixth Crucis Lancers]] [[RCT]]<ref name=FMU139>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 139: "Federated Suns Deployment Table"</ref>	+	* [[Sixth Crucis Lancers]] [[RCT]]<ref name=FMU139>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 139, "Federated Suns Deployment Table"</ref>
		+	==Notable Species==
		+	Homeworld of the [[Galax Beefalo]].<ref name="HB:HDp193>"''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 193, "Galax Beefalo (Bison Cibus Galacus)"</ref>
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−	* Auburn City: a city on Galax and site of a large spaceport operated by Federated-Boeing Interstellar<ref name="HD(TFS)p169"/>	+	* Auburn City: a city on Galax and site of a large spaceport operated by Federated-Boeing Interstellar.<ref name="HD(TFS)p169"/>
−	* [[Armstrong Flight Academy]]<ref name="HD(TFS)p156">''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 156: "Armstrong Flight Academy"</ref>	+	* [[Armstrong Flight Academy]]<ref name="HD(TFS)p156">''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 156, "Armstrong Flight Academy"</ref>
−	* Canaveral City: a city on Galax and location of Galax Launch Systems and Satellites<ref name="HB:HDp166"/> and Galax Tech<ref name="HB:HDp143/>	+	* Canaveral City: a city on Galax and location of Galax Launch Systems and Satellites<ref name="HB:HDp166"/> and Galax Tech.<ref name="HB:HDp143/>
−	* Daira Gul: the location of the General Motors main facilities on Galax<ref name="HB:HDp171/>	+	* Daira Gul: the location of the General Motors main facilities on Galax.<ref name="HB:HDp171/>
−	* Long Island City<ref name=HD:FSp186>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 186: "Nelitha Green-Davion profile"</ref>
−	===Companies and Industries===	+	== Industrial Centers ==
−	* [[Challenge Systems]]<ref name="FR2765:AFFSp27">''Field Report 2765: AFFS'', p. 27: "Congress D (Frigate)"</ref>	+	* [[Challenge Systems]]<ref name="FR2765:AFFSp27">''Field Report 2765: AFFS'', p. 27, "Congress D (Frigate)"</ref>
	* [[Federated-Boeing Interstellar]]<ref name="HD(TFS)p169"/>		* [[Federated-Boeing Interstellar]]<ref name="HD(TFS)p169"/>
−	:* [[Galax Megaplex]] - orbiting complex<ref name=OR93/>
	* [[Galax Launch Systems and Satellites]]<ref name="HB:HDp166"/>		* [[Galax Launch Systems and Satellites]]<ref name="HB:HDp166"/>
−	* [[General Motors]]<ref name="HB:HDp171>"''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 171: "General Motors (GenMo)"</ref>	+	* [[General Motors]]<ref name="HB:HDp171>"''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 171, "General Motors (GenMo)"</ref>
−	* [[Universal Air]]<ref name="HB:HDp168>"''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 168: "Universal Air (UniAir)"</ref>	+	* [[Universal Air]]<ref name="HB:HDp168>"''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 168, "Universal Air (UniAir)"</ref>
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−	===Local Flora and Fauna===
−	Homeworld of the [[Galax Beefalo]]<ref name="HB:HDp193>"''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 193: "Galax Beefalo (Bison Cibus Galacus)"</ref>
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−	* Galax was mentioned in the apocryphal 1989 video game ''[[MechWarrior (1989 Video Game)|MechWarrior]]'' as having a population of 3,527,000,000 in 3025.
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	* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''		* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
	* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''		* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
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	* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''		* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]''
		+	* ''[[Field Report 2765: AFFS]]''
	* ''[[Field Report: AFFS]]''		* ''[[Field Report: AFFS]]''
−	* ''[[Field Report 2765: AFFS]]''
	* ''[[Handbook: House Davion]]''		* ''[[Handbook: House Davion]]''
−	* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''	+	* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''
−	* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]''	+	* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]''
	* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''		* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
	* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''		* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
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	* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''		* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
−	* ''[[MechWarrior (1989 Video Game)|MechWarrior]]'' (video game)	+	* ''[http://home.ifi.uio.no/~oysteint/btech/maps/IS_3130.pdf Map of the Inner Sphere 3130]''
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{{PlanetOverhaul|phase=5}} ''Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to [[Terra]] at (0, 0)'' = Galax = {{InfoBoxSystem | image = Galax_3151.svg | caption = Galax [[#Nearby_Systems|nearby systems]] (3151) | name = Galax | coord = 283.632 : -124.547{{e}} | stars = | class = F5III<ref name=HDp194>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 194, "Galax Planet Guide"</ref><ref name=HBDp94>''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 94, "Galax"</ref> | recharge = 176 hours<ref name=HBDp94/> | recharge stations = Zenith, Nadir<ref name=HDp194/><ref name=HBDp94/> | planets = }} The '''Galax''' system was home to at least one habitable world, '''Galax IV''', and as at [[2750]] was located in the [[Markesan Operational Area]] of the [[Crucis March]] within the [[Federated Suns]].<ref name="ER:2750p37"/> __TOC__ == System Description == The Galax system is located near the [[Numenor]] and [[Torrence]] systems<ref name="ER:3145p39"/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/> and consists of at least four worlds orbiting a class F5III primary. Recharge stations were in place at the system [[jump point]]s for the majority of Galax's era as a colonized system.<ref name=HDp194/><ref name=HBDp94/> == System History == The Galax system was colonized at some point during or shortly after the [[First Exodus]] from [[Terra]].<ref name="HB:HDp18"/> Galax was removed from maps during the [[Jihad]], indicating that the system had been abandoned or depopulated.<ref name="JS:TBDp64"/><ref name="FR:FSp21"/> <!-- Commented out due to lack of information == Political Affiliation == --> = Galax IV = {{InfoBoxPlanetStandard | image = Galax Flag.jpg | caption = Planetary Flag | imagewidth = 180px | name = Galax | position = 4th<ref name=HDp194/><ref name=HBDp94/> | distance = 14.94 days<ref name=HBDp94/> | moons = 1 (Malabar)<ref name=HBDp94/> | day = | gravity = 1.13<ref name=HBDp94/> | pressure = Standard (Tainted)<ref name=HBDp94/> | temperature = 33°C (Arid)<ref name=HBDp94/> | water = 32%<ref name=HBDp94/> | life = Reptile<ref name=HDp194/><ref name=HBDp94/> | date = | year = 3025<ref name=HDp194/> - 3067<ref name=HBDp94/> | ruler = Aleksandr McCorkendale, Duke of Galax (3025)<ref name=HDp194/><br>President Simon MacCreedy (3025)<ref name=HDp194/><br>Duchess Olivia Davion-McCorkendale (3067)<ref name=HBDp94/> | capital = | population = 3,527,000,000 (3025, apocryphal)<ref>''[[MechWarrior (1989 Video Game)]]'' ([[apocryphal]])</ref><br />1,048,278,320 (3067)<ref name=HBDp94/> | USIIR = A-A-A-A-F (3067)<ref name=HBDp94/> | hpg = A<ref name=HDp194/><ref name=HBDp94/><br>([[Precentor]] Justin Yovas (3018))<ref name="HD(TFS)p166">''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 166, "ComStar and the Federated Suns"</ref><br>(Precentor Douglas Selv (3025))<ref name=HDp194/> }} Galax IV - more commonly known simply as Galax - is the fourth planet in the system, and has a single moon named Malabar. For much of Galax's history it was a strategically significant world due to the high level of industry on the planet and the nearby [[Federated-Boeing Interstellar]] shipyards, located at LaGrange Point Delta.<ref name=HDp194/><ref name=HBDp94/> Galax was considered one of the "Golden Five" worlds by citizens of the Federated Suns.<ref name="HD(TFS)p168">''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 168, "Consumer Goods"</ref> == Planetary History == Galax wasn't initially a tempting prospect for colonization when surveyed in the twenty-third century.<ref name=HBDp94/> Galax's large moon kept churning the atmosphere disruptively, which was already tainted; this kept away all but the staunchest colonists, although the discovery of huge quantities of oil, as well as every conceivable kind of mineral, gemstone and metal on the planet encouraged a wave of colonists. Fortunately, Galax's close proximity to [[New Avalon]] allowed New Avalon to provide Galax with enough food to support the burgeoning population, which had quickly grown well beyond the planet's ability to support.<ref name=HDp194/><ref name=HBDp94/> ===The Star League=== During the [[Star League]] era the Davion family funded<ref name=HDp194/> a [[Star League]] project by name of the Climate Restructuring and Adjusting Project, in an attempt to make it easier to exploit Galax.<ref name=HDp194/><ref name=HBDp94/> Running from [[2721]] to [[2733]] engineers from the Project used chemicals and heat generators to alter the planetary atmosphere, filtering out the more toxic chemicals while increasing the oxygen content.<ref name=HDp194/> When the atmosphere was finally tamed in 2733, a new wave of colonization was triggered,<ref name=HDp194/><ref name=HBDp94/> and the project was considered such a success that firms from across the Star League began opening factories on Galax.<ref name=HDp194/> During the twenty-eighth century the Federated Suns and the [[Terran Hegemony]] worked together to develop a large [[Federated-Boeing Interstellar|Boeing Interstellar]] manufacturing facility at Galax to produce naval craft. The plant was still under construction in [[2765]], but estimates made by the [[Star League Defense Force]] IntelCom indicated that when the plant was finished, it would be producing more than a quarter of the total naval craft manufacturing in the Federated Suns.<ref name="FR2765:FSp6">''Field Report 2765: Federated Suns'', p. 6, "Infrastructural Integrity"</ref> Boeing Interstellar began looking for an alternative manufacturing site outside the borders of the Terran Hegemony in [[2781]], after the regime put in place by [[Stefan Amaris]] was overthrown; various planets from the other member-states of the Star League submitted bids, but Galax's resources and conditions made it the preferred choice. Galax winning the competition was a political coup for [[First Prince]] [[Paul Davion (29th c.)|Paul Davion]] at a very useful time, given the internal and external pressures he was under; as the [[Star League]] dissolved, the political unrest often looked as it would derail construction of the new facilities, but both the Davion family and Boeing were determined to see the construction completed. The Galax Megaplex was finally completed in December [[2786]].<ref name="HD(TFS)p169"/> ===First Succession War=== Despite being ready to begin manufacturing in 2786, the Galax Megaplex stayed idle as the [[Draconis Combine]] invaded the Federated Suns; the CEO, [[Frewsol Grevers]], was adamant that he needed orders from the Boeing head office on [[Terra]] before he would begin fabrication. Despite repeated efforts by the government to persuade him to begin construction, Grevers wouldn't budge, and orders would never come from the head office as the remainder of Boeing Interstellar had already been destroyed. Prince Davion finally ordered the military to seize the Galax facilities, removed Grevers and installed the loyal McCorkendale family. The remaining Boeing Interstellar assets in Federated Suns were seized, and the new [[Federated-Boeing Interstellar]] was born. Production began on Galax on the 9th of February [[2788]].<ref name="HD(TFS)p169"/> Frewsol Grevers had joined the AFFS at Prince Davion's suggestion, and died with the rest of his company on Galtor; for reasons known only to the Prince, he had a gold plaque hung in the Federated-Boeing headquarters in honor of Grevers.<ref name="HD(TFS)p169"/> During the [[First Succession War]] the [[AFFS]] constructed the [[Armstrong Flight Academy]] on Galax to train [[DropShip]] and [[JumpShip]] crews; the decision to construct the Academy on Galax was based on the presence of Federated-Boeing Interstellar on (and around) the planet. By the end of the [[Third Succession War]] Federated-Boeing were providing all of the teaching staff for the Academy, and the Academy graduates were considered to be some of the best spacecraft crews in the AFFS.<ref name="HD(TFS)p156"/> Federated-Boeing were heavily involved in the history and structure of Galax; the Duke of Galax in [[3025]] was [[Aleksandr McCorkendale]], President and CEO of Federated-Boeing.<ref name="HD(TFS)p169">''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 169-170, "Federated-Boeing Interstellar"</ref> ====Third Succession War==== The Galax facilities would only be directly attacked once during the first three Succession Wars, when Kuritan commandos attempted unsuccessfully to raid the plant in [[2810]]. The greatest reduction in production was due to technological decline, rather than damage; by 3025, 10 different classes of DropShip were being produced on Galax, just two-fifths of the number designs that had originally been built. Despite that, Galax was the single most productive DropShip manufacturing site commonly known to exist in the [[Inner Sphere]] at this point.<ref name="HD(TFS)p169"/> The Federated-Boeing spaceport at Auburn City on Galax was the site of the final testing for DropShips manufactured in the shipyards, part of a testing regime that also includes landings on Galax's sole moon, Malabar.<ref name="HD(TFS)p169"/> The greatest threats to Galax at the end of the Third Succession War were the effects of any disruption in the supply of food from New Avalon, and the recent discovery by [[NAIS]] meteorologists that the atmosphere was becoming toxic again, at a worryingly rapid pace. A reversion to the early days of the colonization efforts, where everyone on the planet had to wear environmental suits, could have prompted a massive exodus among the population to more hospitable worlds.<ref name=HDp194/> In the closing years of the Third Succession War Countess [[Nelitha Green-Davion]], Countess of the Gold Isles on Galax was appointed [[Minister of Administrative Services]] for the [[Federated Suns]] by [[First Prince]] [[Hanse Davion]], who was exasperated with the poor performance of the Ministry. The First Prince gave Countess Green-Davion five years to improve the performance of the Ministry when he appointed her.<ref name="HD(TFS)p106">''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 106, "Ministry of Administrative Services"</ref> Countess Green-Davion wasn't the only noble from Galax to be holding a senior office at this point; the Federated Suns Ambassador to the [[Capellan Confederation]] in 3025 was [[Edwina Sanders]], Countess of the Yuler Mountains.<ref name="HD(TFS)p109">''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 109, "Capellan Confederation"</ref> The population of Galax was noted by [[ComStar]] as being among the most difficult in the Federated Suns to win over to standard ComStar doctrine during this period, although this apparently made the local population somewhat less skeptical than the average Lyran.<ref name="HD(TFS)p166"/> ===FedCom Civil War=== During the [[FedCom Civil War]] [[Archon]] [[Katherine Steiner]] attempted to persuade Galax to support her regime, using her control over the food supplies from New Avalon as a means of exerting pressure on the population of the world. This could have caused potentially fatal hardship on the population of Galax, as the planet still had no agricultural base; fortunately for the population, even as supplies of food from New Avalon became erratic, other nearby worlds stepped in, generously supplying food to sustain the world.<ref name=HBDp94/> Thanks to the dramatic increase in technological knowledge across the Inner Sphere that began in the 3030s as a result of the discovery of the [[Helm Memory Core]] Galax had become home to the most advanced terraforming concerns to be found anywhere by [[3067]]. While Galax was already a massive industrial center with an expansive tech industry, the terraforming concerns developed out of the clear need to continue work to keep the environment capable of supporting life, rather than reverting back to the inhospitable and uninhabitable environment present before the Star League terraforming project three centuries prior.<ref name=HBDp94/> While Galax was still noted at this point for being the location of one of the "Gilded Halls" - a select group of universities that could claim to have been operating continuously for five hundred or more years<ref name="HB:HDp140>"''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 140, "Universities"</ref> - during a survey of university performance against various criteria conducted by the ''New Avalon Post'' in [[3059]], learning institutions on Galax appeared in the top five of two different categories out of the eight polled. The Armstrong Flight Academy was rated as one of the top five military academies within the Federated Suns, while Galax Tech, located in Canaveral City, was voted the second best party school.<ref name="HB:HDp143>"''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 143, "Top Five Federated Suns Universities"</ref> The technological renaissance that allowed the development of terraforming concerns on Galax also had a dramatic effect on Federated-Boeing Interstellar and the Galax Megaplex; Federated-Boeing expanded into additional markets and expanded through acquisitions and partnerships with a number of companies on various worlds, and as it acquired the rights to produce other products or developed new lines, production at the Galax Megaplex expanded. By 3067 more than twenty different DropShip models were produced on or above Galax, mostly based around nine major classes, along with more than a hundred civilian and commercial aerospace craft and the ''[[Fox (WarShip)|Fox]]''-class [[WarShip]].<ref name="HB:HDp165>"''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 165-166, "Federated-Boeing Interstellar (FdBoin)"</ref> While Federated-Boeing remained the largest and most visible manufacturing concern on Galax, at least in military terms, [[Galax Launch Systems and Satellites]] continued to manufacture civilian satellites and launch systems on Galax, shipping them across both Federated Suns and Lyran space to customers, as well as spinning its military concerns off into a semi-autonomous subsidiary, Sorcerer Technologies.<ref name="HB:HDp166">"''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 166, "Galax Launch Systems and Satellites (GLSS)"</ref> There were also rumors that the heavy traffic back and forth from various remote military outposts on Galax were due to secret [[AeroSpace Fighter]] production lines on Galax belonging to [[Lycomb-Davion IntroTech]].<ref name="HB:HDp167>"''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 167, "Lycomb-Davion Introtech (LyDavIn)"</ref> ===Jihad=== The [[Word of Blake]] struck at Galax on the 12th of April [[3069]], the same day they attacked the [[Lyran Alliance]] world of [[Alarion]], evidently targeting systems capable of manufacturing [[WarShip]]s. The Blakist forces didn't only use WarShips to demolish the shipyards in the Galax system and seize every vessel capable of jumping for their own purposes; they also poisoned Galax's ecosphere with an intensely powerful bioweapon. Unlike the attack on Alarion, no vessels survived to escape the Galax system.<ref name="J:FRp46">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 46, "The Jihad In Review"</ref><ref name="J:FRp47">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 46, "The Jihad In Review"</ref> The destruction of the Galax shipyards was the single biggest loss of military manufacturing capability for the Federated Suns in the entirety of the [[Jihad]].<ref name="J:FRp97">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 97, "Crucis March"</ref> == Planetary Rulers == === 3025 === * Duke [[Aleksandr McCorkendale]]<ref name=HDp194/> * President [[Simon MacCreedy]]<ref name=HDp194/> === 3067 === * Duchess [[Olivia Davion-McCorkendale]]<ref name=HBDp94/> == Military Deployment == ===3028=== * [[Galax Militia]]<ref name="4SWMAV1p85">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 85, "Menkalinan"</ref> ===3067=== * [[Sixth Crucis Lancers]] [[RCT]]<ref name=FMU139>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 139, "Federated Suns Deployment Table"</ref> ==Notable Species== Homeworld of the [[Galax Beefalo]].<ref name="HB:HDp193>"''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 193, "Galax Beefalo (Bison Cibus Galacus)"</ref> <!-- Commented out due to lack of information == Geography == --> == Planetary Locations == * Auburn City: a city on Galax and site of a large spaceport operated by Federated-Boeing Interstellar.<ref name="HD(TFS)p169"/> * [[Armstrong Flight Academy]]<ref name="HD(TFS)p156">''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 156, "Armstrong Flight Academy"</ref> * Canaveral City: a city on Galax and location of Galax Launch Systems and Satellites<ref name="HB:HDp166"/> and Galax Tech.<ref name="HB:HDp143/> * Daira Gul: the location of the General Motors main facilities on Galax.<ref name="HB:HDp171/> == Industrial Centers == * [[Challenge Systems]]<ref name="FR2765:AFFSp27">''Field Report 2765: AFFS'', p. 27, "Congress D (Frigate)"</ref> * [[Federated-Boeing Interstellar]]<ref name="HD(TFS)p169"/> * [[Galax Launch Systems and Satellites]]<ref name="HB:HDp166"/> * [[General Motors]]<ref name="HB:HDp171>"''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 171, "General Motors (GenMo)"</ref> * [[Universal Air]]<ref name="HB:HDp168>"''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 168, "Universal Air (UniAir)"</ref> <!-- Commented out due to lack of information == Image gallery == --> == Nearby Systems == <!-- NOTE: This table is automatically generated by BattleTechWiki:Project_Planets/Mapping, and any edits to this section may be overwritten at any time by a bot --> {|class="wikitable nearby-systems" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 1px solid black;" ! colspan="8" | Closest 44 systems (41 within 60 light-years)<br>Distance in light years, closest systems first: |- | class="lessthan30" | [[Torrence]] | class="lessthan30" | 8.6 | class="lessthan30" | [[Numenor]] | class="lessthan30" | 17.0 | class="lessthan30" | [[Steeles]] | class="lessthan30" | 19.1 | class="lessthan30" | [[Belladonna]] | class="lessthan30" | 20.8 |- | class="lessthan30" | [[New Avalon]] | class="lessthan30" | 21.9 | class="lessthan30" | [[Augusta]] | class="lessthan30" | 25.5 | class="lessthan30" | [[El Dorado]] | class="lessthan30" | 26.7 | class="lessthan30" | [[Quimper (Crucis_March)|Quimper]] | class="lessthan30" | 28.7 |- | class="over30" | [[Ipava]] | class="over30" | 31.0 | class="over30" | [[Paulding]] | class="over30" | 31.7 | class="over30" | [[Manassas]] | class="over30" | 31.8 | class="over30" | [[Leipsic]] | class="over30" | 31.8 |- | class="over30" | [[Argyle]] | class="over30" | 32.2 | class="over30" | [[Delavan]] | class="over30" | 32.4 | class="over30" | [[Remagen]] | class="over30" | 32.6 | class="over30" | [[Saginaw]] | class="over30" | 33.0 |- | class="over30" | [[Coloma]] | class="over30" | 37.2 | class="over30" | [[Bastian]] | class="over30" | 38.0 | class="over30" | [[Vecchio]] | class="over30" | 38.0 | class="over30" | [[Reisterstown]] | class="over30" | 40.4 |- | class="over30" | [[Odell]] | class="over30" | 42.8 | class="over30" | [[Ferrara]] | class="over30" | 45.9 | class="over30" | [[Arcadia (FS)|Arcadia]] | class="over30" | 46.8 | class="over30" | [[Antietam]] | class="over30" | 48.8 |- | class="over30" | [[Freisland]] | class="over30" | 49.0 | class="over30" | [[Northfield]] | class="over30" | 49.2 | class="over30" | [[Maison]] | class="over30" | 50.7 | class="over30" | [[O'Fallon]] | class="over30" | 51.0 |- | class="over30" | [[Cahokia]] | class="over30" | 51.9 | class="over30" | [[Fincastle]] | class="over30" | 55.2 | class="over30" | [[Waxell]] | class="over30" | 55.6 | class="over30" | [[Montcoal]] | class="over30" | 56.5 |- | class="over30" | [[Streator]] | class="over30" | 57.0 | class="over30" | [[Lynchburg]] | class="over30" | 57.2 | class="over30" | [[Kirklin]] | class="over30" | 57.3 | class="over30" | [[Korvitz]] | class="over30" | 57.9 |- | class="over30" | [[Strawn]] | class="over30" | 58.5 | class="over30" | [[Dirk's Gulf]] | class="over30" | 58.6 | class="over30" | [[Chakachamna]] | class="over30" | 59.0 | class="over30" | [[Petrolia]] | class="over30" | 59.5 |- | class="over30" | [[Sodus]] | class="over30" | 59.5 | class="over60" | [[Huron]] | class="over60" | 61.3 | class="over60" | [[Chebanse]] | class="over60" | 62.4 | class="over60" | [[Dol]] | class="over60" | 62.4 |- |} == References == <references/> == Bibliography == * ''[[Era Report: 2750]]'' * ''[[Era Report: 3052]]'' * ''[[Era Report: 3062]]'' * ''[[Era Report: 3145]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]'' * ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' * ''[[Field Report 2765: AFFS]]'' * ''[[Field Report: AFFS]]'' * ''[[Handbook: House Davion]]'' * ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]'' * ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]'' * ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]'' * ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]'' * ''[[House Davion (The Federated Suns)]]'' * ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' * ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]'' * ''[http://home.ifi.uio.no/~oysteint/btech/maps/IS_3130.pdf Map of the Inner Sphere 3130]'' [[Category:Planets|Galax]] [[Category: Federated Commonwealth Planets]] [[Category: Federated Suns Planets]]

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