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Line 31: * [[2786]] - Federated Suns<ref name="FSW(SB)p25">''First Succession War'', p. 25</ref> * [[2786]] - Federated Suns<ref name="FSW(SB)p25">''First Succession War'', p. 25</ref> * [[2787]] - [[Capellan Confederation]] (from November)<ref name="FSWp45">''First Succession War'', p. 45: "Neglected Front: Liao Takes Advantage"</ref> * [[2787]] - [[Capellan Confederation]] (from November)<ref name="FSWp45">''First Succession War'', p. 45: "Neglected Front: Liao Takes Advantage"</ref> − * [[2800]] - Draconis Combine (from May)<ref name=FSWp115>''First Succession War'', p. 115: "Timeline of the First Succession War"</ref> + * [[2800]] - [[Draconis Combine]] (from March)<ref name="FSWp82">''First Succession War'', p. 82: "Caught in the Capellan Crossfire"</ref> * [[2822]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="HB:HKp43">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 43</ref><ref name="HB:HDp54">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 54</ref><ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 122</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p113">''First Succession War'', p. 113</ref> * [[2822]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="HB:HKp43">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 43</ref><ref name="HB:HDp54">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 54</ref><ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 122</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p113">''First Succession War'', p. 113</ref> − * [[2830]] - Draconis Combine<ref name=SSWp18>''Second Succession War'', pp. 18–19: "Inner Sphere - 2830"</ref>+ * [[2864]] - Federated Suns<ref name=HB:HDp60>''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 60</ref><ref name="HB:HKp53">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 53</ref> − * [[2841]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name=SSWp65>''Second Succession War'', p. 65: "The Confederation's Travails: A Three-Sided War"</ref> − * [[2864]] - Capellan Confederation<ref name=HB:HDp60>''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 60</ref><ref name="HB:HKp53">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 53</ref> * [[3025]] - Federated Suns<ref>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', foldout: "Federated Suns - [3025] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp70">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 70</ref><ref>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', foldout: "Draconis Combine Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp64">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 64</ref> * [[3025]] - Federated Suns<ref>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', foldout: "Federated Suns - [3025] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp70">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 70</ref><ref>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', foldout: "Draconis Combine Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp64">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 64</ref> * [[3030]] - Federated Suns<ref name="HB:HDp71">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 71</ref><ref name="HB:HKp66">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 66</ref> * [[3030]] - Federated Suns<ref name="HB:HDp71">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 71</ref><ref name="HB:HKp66">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 66</ref> Line 69:
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Line 79: | hpgrep = | hpgrep = }} }} − Ronel is an inhospitable world located close to its parent star. The planet has twin continents, Oxo and Xox. Though it possesses significant mineral wealth, the planet was never settled. Instead mining companies assigned workers to multiyear contracts on the world and then rotated them off-world.<ref name=DARWp87/> + '''Ronel''' is an inhospitable world located close to its parent star. The planet has twin continents, Oxo and Xox. Though it possesses significant mineral wealth, the planet was never settled. Instead mining companies assigned workers to multiyear contracts on the world and then rotated them off-world.<ref name=DARWp87/> ===Planetary History=== ===Planetary History=== Line 88:
Line 85: Ronel was one of a small number of former Terran Hegemony systems initially claimed by the Federated Suns prior to the [[First Succession War]], only to subsequently be conquered by the Capellan Confederation. The CCAF military operation began in early [[2787]] with the conquest of [[Angol]], [[Rio]], and [[Tybalt]]; with those invasions complete by August, the CCAF launched a second wave of attacks in October 2787, targeting [[Hean]], [[New Florence]] and Ronel. The AFFS defenders on Hean had been expecting an invasion since the DCMS invasion of [[New Rhodes III]] in May, but had anticipated an attack by Combine forces, not Capellans. When the [[Tenth Tikonov Lancers]] and [[Fifteenth Liao Lancers]] attacked Ronel, the defenders found themselves outnumbered, in addition to the problems caused by facing CCAF tactics, which focused on a mix of hit, run and harass, rather than the more direct tactics used by the DCMS. By November all three systems had been conquered, leaving the CCAF free to launch invasions of [[Addicks]], [[Ankaa]] and [[Small World]].<ref name="FSWp45"/> Ronel was one of a small number of former Terran Hegemony systems initially claimed by the Federated Suns prior to the [[First Succession War]], only to subsequently be conquered by the Capellan Confederation. The CCAF military operation began in early [[2787]] with the conquest of [[Angol]], [[Rio]], and [[Tybalt]]; with those invasions complete by August, the CCAF launched a second wave of attacks in October 2787, targeting [[Hean]], [[New Florence]] and Ronel. The AFFS defenders on Hean had been expecting an invasion since the DCMS invasion of [[New Rhodes III]] in May, but had anticipated an attack by Combine forces, not Capellans. When the [[Tenth Tikonov Lancers]] and [[Fifteenth Liao Lancers]] attacked Ronel, the defenders found themselves outnumbered, in addition to the problems caused by facing CCAF tactics, which focused on a mix of hit, run and harass, rather than the more direct tactics used by the DCMS. By November all three systems had been conquered, leaving the CCAF free to launch invasions of [[Addicks]], [[Ankaa]] and [[Small World]].<ref name="FSWp45"/> − When news of the massacre on [[Kentares IV]] touched off a wave of AFFS attacks throughout the local region, Ronel became a flashpoint for conflict again, a decade after its capture by Capellan forces. This time, it was the [[Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery]] who invaded. The [[Thirty-fifth Dieron Regulars]] landed on Ronel in March, facing off against the [[Ariana Grenadiers]] and two supporting [[regiment]]s of sealed armor. The Grenadiers were still acclimatizing to Ronel, which had a higher gravity than their previous posting, [[Demeter]], as well as being a much more desolate planet. When the Dieron Regulars struck at the Grenadiers in the gnarled forests near the city of Lenor, the Grenadiers found themselves mired in confusion and badly disorientated by the mix of smokescreen and incendiary munitions used by the Regulars' artillery support. The Grenadiers became scattered, and the Regulars launched air strikes against the supporting armor forces; with half of the armor wiped out, the Grenadiers attempted to pull back and rally, only to find that their scattered ranks had been reduced to little more than a [[battalion]] of [['Mech]]s. The Regulars continued to press the Grenadiers, turning their retreat into a rout; when the Grenadiers evacuated by [[DropShip]], the CCAF initially listed the regiment as having been destroyed, but enough forces survived the evacuation to allow the regiment to be reconstituted later. In addition to those survivors who made it away by DropShip, almost a battalion of armor and 'Mechs had been left behind during the frantic retreat; under pressure from the victorious Combine forces, and convinced that they had been shipped to Ronel as sacrificial lambs, the survivors on Ronel abandoned the CCAF and formed a new mercenary unit, the [[Bad Dream]], accepting an immediate contract from the [[DCMS]].<ref name=FSWp82>''First Succession War'', p. 82: "Caught in the Capellan Crossfire"</ref> + When news of the massacre on [[Kentares IV]] touched off a wave of AFFS attacks throughout the local region, Ronel became a flashpoint for conflict again, a decade after its capture by Capellan forces. This time, it was the [[Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery]] who invaded. The [[Thirty-fifth Dieron Regulars]] landed on Ronel in March, facing off against the [[Ariana Grenadiers]] and two supporting [[regiment]]s of sealed armor. The Grenadiers were still acclimatizing to Ronel, which had a higher gravity than their previous posting, [[Demeter]], as well as being a much more desolate planet. When the Dieron Regulars struck at the Grenadiers in the gnarled forests near the city of Lenor, the Grenadiers found themselves mired in confusion and badly disorientated by the mix of smokescreen and incendiary munitions used by the Regulars' artillery support. The Grenadiers became scattered, and the Regulars launched air strikes against the supporting armor forces; with half of the armor wiped out, the Grenadiers attempted to pull back and rally, only to find that their scattered ranks had been reduced to little more than a [[battalion]] of [['Mech]]s. The Regulars continued to press the Grenadiers, turning their retreat into a rout; when the Grenadiers evacuated by [[DropShip]], the CCAF initially listed the regiment as having been destroyed, but enough forces survived the evacuation to allow the regiment to be reconstituted later. In addition to those survivors who made it away by DropShip, almost a battalion of armor and 'Mechs had been left behind during the frantic retreat; under pressure from the victorious Combine forces, and convinced that they had been shipped to Ronel as sacrificial lambs, the survivors on Ronel abandoned the CCAF and formed a new mercenary unit, the [[Bad Dream]], accepting an immediate contract from the [[DCMS]].<ref name="FSWp82"/> The Draconis Combine and Capellan Confederation went on to fight several battles over the world, until the Capellans used chemical weapons of mass destruction. House Kurita withdrew their claim, leaving the poisoned planet in Capellan hands.<ref name=DARWp87/> The Draconis Combine and Capellan Confederation went on to fight several battles over the world, until the Capellans used chemical weapons of mass destruction. House Kurita withdrew their claim, leaving the poisoned planet in Capellan hands.<ref name=DARWp87/> Line 100:
Line 97: The planet's [[HPG]] station is one of the few working inside the [[Republic of the Sphere]] in [[3135]].<ref name=EDDAp4>''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 4: "Functional Republic HPGs as of 01 January 3135"</ref> The planet's [[HPG]] station is one of the few working inside the [[Republic of the Sphere]] in [[3135]].<ref name=EDDAp4>''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 4: "Functional Republic HPGs as of 01 January 3135"</ref> − A raid by [[Dragon's Fury]] forces in [[3133]]<ref name=INN>''Dark Age: 3132-3134 INN'', p. 169: "Interesting Times, Dangerous Places: #362 "The Clash of Swords"</ref> led by ''[[Tai-i]]'' [[Abeda Measho]] was repulsed by [[Captain]] [[Santiago Padilla]] and his [[Swordsworn]] forces. The Dragon's Fury arrived with a [[JumpShip]] and several [[DropShip]]s, one of them the ''[[Tako]]''.<ref name=RotD/> + A raid by [[Dragon's Fury]] forces led by ''[[Tai-i]]'' [[Abeda Measho]] was repulsed by [[Captain]] [[Santiago Padilla]] and his [[Swordsworn]] forces. The Dragon's Fury arrived with a [[JumpShip]] and several [[DropShip]]s, one of them the ''[[Tako]]''.<ref name=RotD/> In the 3140s, Ronel was subjected to several probing raids by the Warlord of Dieron Military District. Between these attacks and the diversion of supplies to other AFFS units, the [[Second Ceti Hussars]] were too weak to prevent the Combine from taking Ronel in June [[3149]] when that world was targeted as part of [[Operation TIAMAT]].<ref name=SFp72/> In the 3140s, Ronel was subjected to several probing raids by the Warlord of Dieron Military District. Between these attacks and the diversion of supplies to other AFFS units, the [[Second Ceti Hussars]] were too weak to prevent the Combine from taking Ronel in June [[3149]] when that world was targeted as part of [[Operation TIAMAT]].<ref name=SFp72/> Line 116:
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Line 124: * [[Second Ceti Hussars]] RCT<ref name=FM3145p92>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 92: "Armed Forces of the Federated Suns - Deployment Table - 3145"</ref> * [[Second Ceti Hussars]] RCT<ref name=FM3145p92>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 92: "Armed Forces of the Federated Suns - Deployment Table - 3145"</ref> {{columns-end}} {{columns-end}} − <!-- Commented out due to lack of information <!-- Commented out due to lack of information ===Geography=== ===Geography=== --> --> + ===Planetary Locations=== ===Planetary Locations=== * Dargo City<ref name=FRc19>''Fortress Republic'', ch. 19</ref> * Dargo City<ref name=FRc19>''Fortress Republic'', ch. 19</ref> Line 139:
Line 136: * Richmond Lowlands<ref name=FRc29>''Fortress Republic'', ch. 29</ref> * Richmond Lowlands<ref name=FRc29>''Fortress Republic'', ch. 29</ref> − ===Companies and Industries=== + ===Industrial Centers=== * [[Jake's Discount Equipment Warehouse]]<ref>''Experimental Technical Readout: Caveat Emptor'', p. 4</ref> * [[Jake's Discount Equipment Warehouse]]<ref>''Experimental Technical Readout: Caveat Emptor'', p. 4</ref> − <!-- Commented out due to lack of information <!-- Commented out due to lack of information − ===Local Flora and Fauna=== + ===Local Fauna=== --> --> − ===Image gallery=== + + ===Image Gallery=== <gallery> <gallery> Ronel Flag.jpg|Planetary flag of Ronel Ronel Flag.jpg|Planetary flag of Ronel Ronel_Planetary_Map.png|Planetary map of Ronel, ca. [[3130]] Ronel_Planetary_Map.png|Planetary map of Ronel, ca. [[3130]] </gallery> </gallery> − − ==Notes== − * A map in ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]'' shows the Draconis Combine in control of Ronel as of [[2797]].<ref name=FSWp95>''First Succession War'', p. 95: "Federated Suns Counteroffensives 2801–2818"</ref> This seems to be in error, as earlier in the book the narrative describes the Combine striking the Confederation-held world in March 2800 for the first time in what would be several battles for Ronel over the next five years.<ref name=FSWp115/><ref name=FSWp82/> ==Map Gallery== ==Map Gallery== Line 340:
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* [[2786]] - Federated Suns<ref name="FSW(SB)p25">''First Succession War'', p. 25</ref> | * [[2786]] - Federated Suns<ref name="FSW(SB)p25">''First Succession War'', p. 25</ref> | ||
* [[2787]] - [[Capellan Confederation]] (from November)<ref name="FSWp45">''First Succession War'', p. 45: "Neglected Front: Liao Takes Advantage"</ref> | * [[2787]] - [[Capellan Confederation]] (from November)<ref name="FSWp45">''First Succession War'', p. 45: "Neglected Front: Liao Takes Advantage"</ref> | ||
| − | * [[2800]] - Draconis Combine (from | + | * [[2800]] - [[Draconis Combine]] (from March)<ref name="FSWp82">''First Succession War'', p. 82: "Caught in the Capellan Crossfire"</ref> |
* [[2822]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="HB:HKp43">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 43</ref><ref name="HB:HDp54">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 54</ref><ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 122</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p113">''First Succession War'', p. 113</ref> | * [[2822]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="HB:HKp43">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 43</ref><ref name="HB:HDp54">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 54</ref><ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 122</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p113">''First Succession War'', p. 113</ref> | ||
| − | + | * [[2864]] - Federated Suns<ref name=HB:HDp60>''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 60</ref><ref name="HB:HKp53">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 53</ref> | |
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* [[3025]] - Federated Suns<ref>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', foldout: "Federated Suns - [3025] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp70">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 70</ref><ref>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', foldout: "Draconis Combine Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp64">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 64</ref> | * [[3025]] - Federated Suns<ref>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', foldout: "Federated Suns - [3025] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp70">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 70</ref><ref>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', foldout: "Draconis Combine Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp64">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 64</ref> | ||
* [[3030]] - Federated Suns<ref name="HB:HDp71">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 71</ref><ref name="HB:HKp66">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 66</ref> | * [[3030]] - Federated Suns<ref name="HB:HDp71">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 71</ref><ref name="HB:HKp66">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 66</ref> | ||
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| − | Ronel is an inhospitable world located close to its parent star. The planet has twin continents, Oxo and Xox. Though it possesses significant mineral wealth, the planet was never settled. Instead mining companies assigned workers to multiyear contracts on the world and then rotated them off-world.<ref name=DARWp87/> | + | '''Ronel''' is an inhospitable world located close to its parent star. The planet has twin continents, Oxo and Xox. Though it possesses significant mineral wealth, the planet was never settled. Instead mining companies assigned workers to multiyear contracts on the world and then rotated them off-world.<ref name=DARWp87/> |
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Ronel was one of a small number of former Terran Hegemony systems initially claimed by the Federated Suns prior to the [[First Succession War]], only to subsequently be conquered by the Capellan Confederation. The CCAF military operation began in early [[2787]] with the conquest of [[Angol]], [[Rio]], and [[Tybalt]]; with those invasions complete by August, the CCAF launched a second wave of attacks in October 2787, targeting [[Hean]], [[New Florence]] and Ronel. The AFFS defenders on Hean had been expecting an invasion since the DCMS invasion of [[New Rhodes III]] in May, but had anticipated an attack by Combine forces, not Capellans. When the [[Tenth Tikonov Lancers]] and [[Fifteenth Liao Lancers]] attacked Ronel, the defenders found themselves outnumbered, in addition to the problems caused by facing CCAF tactics, which focused on a mix of hit, run and harass, rather than the more direct tactics used by the DCMS. By November all three systems had been conquered, leaving the CCAF free to launch invasions of [[Addicks]], [[Ankaa]] and [[Small World]].<ref name="FSWp45"/> | Ronel was one of a small number of former Terran Hegemony systems initially claimed by the Federated Suns prior to the [[First Succession War]], only to subsequently be conquered by the Capellan Confederation. The CCAF military operation began in early [[2787]] with the conquest of [[Angol]], [[Rio]], and [[Tybalt]]; with those invasions complete by August, the CCAF launched a second wave of attacks in October 2787, targeting [[Hean]], [[New Florence]] and Ronel. The AFFS defenders on Hean had been expecting an invasion since the DCMS invasion of [[New Rhodes III]] in May, but had anticipated an attack by Combine forces, not Capellans. When the [[Tenth Tikonov Lancers]] and [[Fifteenth Liao Lancers]] attacked Ronel, the defenders found themselves outnumbered, in addition to the problems caused by facing CCAF tactics, which focused on a mix of hit, run and harass, rather than the more direct tactics used by the DCMS. By November all three systems had been conquered, leaving the CCAF free to launch invasions of [[Addicks]], [[Ankaa]] and [[Small World]].<ref name="FSWp45"/> | ||
| − | When news of the massacre on [[Kentares IV]] touched off a wave of AFFS attacks throughout the local region, Ronel became a flashpoint for conflict again, a decade after its capture by Capellan forces. This time, it was the [[Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery]] who invaded. The [[Thirty-fifth Dieron Regulars]] landed on Ronel in March, facing off against the [[Ariana Grenadiers]] and two supporting [[regiment]]s of sealed armor. The Grenadiers were still acclimatizing to Ronel, which had a higher gravity than their previous posting, [[Demeter]], as well as being a much more desolate planet. When the Dieron Regulars struck at the Grenadiers in the gnarled forests near the city of Lenor, the Grenadiers found themselves mired in confusion and badly disorientated by the mix of smokescreen and incendiary munitions used by the Regulars' artillery support. The Grenadiers became scattered, and the Regulars launched air strikes against the supporting armor forces; with half of the armor wiped out, the Grenadiers attempted to pull back and rally, only to find that their scattered ranks had been reduced to little more than a [[battalion]] of [['Mech]]s. The Regulars continued to press the Grenadiers, turning their retreat into a rout; when the Grenadiers evacuated by [[DropShip]], the CCAF initially listed the regiment as having been destroyed, but enough forces survived the evacuation to allow the regiment to be reconstituted later. In addition to those survivors who made it away by DropShip, almost a battalion of armor and 'Mechs had been left behind during the frantic retreat; under pressure from the victorious Combine forces, and convinced that they had been shipped to Ronel as sacrificial lambs, the survivors on Ronel abandoned the CCAF and formed a new mercenary unit, the [[Bad Dream]], accepting an immediate contract from the [[DCMS]].<ref name=FSWp82 | + | When news of the massacre on [[Kentares IV]] touched off a wave of AFFS attacks throughout the local region, Ronel became a flashpoint for conflict again, a decade after its capture by Capellan forces. This time, it was the [[Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery]] who invaded. The [[Thirty-fifth Dieron Regulars]] landed on Ronel in March, facing off against the [[Ariana Grenadiers]] and two supporting [[regiment]]s of sealed armor. The Grenadiers were still acclimatizing to Ronel, which had a higher gravity than their previous posting, [[Demeter]], as well as being a much more desolate planet. When the Dieron Regulars struck at the Grenadiers in the gnarled forests near the city of Lenor, the Grenadiers found themselves mired in confusion and badly disorientated by the mix of smokescreen and incendiary munitions used by the Regulars' artillery support. The Grenadiers became scattered, and the Regulars launched air strikes against the supporting armor forces; with half of the armor wiped out, the Grenadiers attempted to pull back and rally, only to find that their scattered ranks had been reduced to little more than a [[battalion]] of [['Mech]]s. The Regulars continued to press the Grenadiers, turning their retreat into a rout; when the Grenadiers evacuated by [[DropShip]], the CCAF initially listed the regiment as having been destroyed, but enough forces survived the evacuation to allow the regiment to be reconstituted later. In addition to those survivors who made it away by DropShip, almost a battalion of armor and 'Mechs had been left behind during the frantic retreat; under pressure from the victorious Combine forces, and convinced that they had been shipped to Ronel as sacrificial lambs, the survivors on Ronel abandoned the CCAF and formed a new mercenary unit, the [[Bad Dream]], accepting an immediate contract from the [[DCMS]].<ref name="FSWp82"/> |
The Draconis Combine and Capellan Confederation went on to fight several battles over the world, until the Capellans used chemical weapons of mass destruction. House Kurita withdrew their claim, leaving the poisoned planet in Capellan hands.<ref name=DARWp87/> | The Draconis Combine and Capellan Confederation went on to fight several battles over the world, until the Capellans used chemical weapons of mass destruction. House Kurita withdrew their claim, leaving the poisoned planet in Capellan hands.<ref name=DARWp87/> | ||
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The planet's [[HPG]] station is one of the few working inside the [[Republic of the Sphere]] in [[3135]].<ref name=EDDAp4>''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 4: "Functional Republic HPGs as of 01 January 3135"</ref> | The planet's [[HPG]] station is one of the few working inside the [[Republic of the Sphere]] in [[3135]].<ref name=EDDAp4>''Era Digest: Dark Age'', p. 4: "Functional Republic HPGs as of 01 January 3135"</ref> | ||
| − | A raid by [[Dragon's Fury]] forces | + | A raid by [[Dragon's Fury]] forces led by ''[[Tai-i]]'' [[Abeda Measho]] was repulsed by [[Captain]] [[Santiago Padilla]] and his [[Swordsworn]] forces. The Dragon's Fury arrived with a [[JumpShip]] and several [[DropShip]]s, one of them the ''[[Tako]]''.<ref name=RotD/> |
In the 3140s, Ronel was subjected to several probing raids by the Warlord of Dieron Military District. Between these attacks and the diversion of supplies to other AFFS units, the [[Second Ceti Hussars]] were too weak to prevent the Combine from taking Ronel in June [[3149]] when that world was targeted as part of [[Operation TIAMAT]].<ref name=SFp72/> | In the 3140s, Ronel was subjected to several probing raids by the Warlord of Dieron Military District. Between these attacks and the diversion of supplies to other AFFS units, the [[Second Ceti Hussars]] were too weak to prevent the Combine from taking Ronel in June [[3149]] when that world was targeted as part of [[Operation TIAMAT]].<ref name=SFp72/> | ||
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* [[Second Ceti Hussars]] RCT<ref name=FM3145p92>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 92: "Armed Forces of the Federated Suns - Deployment Table - 3145"</ref> | * [[Second Ceti Hussars]] RCT<ref name=FM3145p92>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 92: "Armed Forces of the Federated Suns - Deployment Table - 3145"</ref> | ||
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===Planetary Locations=== | ===Planetary Locations=== | ||
* Dargo City<ref name=FRc19>''Fortress Republic'', ch. 19</ref> | * Dargo City<ref name=FRc19>''Fortress Republic'', ch. 19</ref> | ||
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* Richmond Lowlands<ref name=FRc29>''Fortress Republic'', ch. 29</ref> | * Richmond Lowlands<ref name=FRc29>''Fortress Republic'', ch. 29</ref> | ||
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* [[Jake's Discount Equipment Warehouse]]<ref>''Experimental Technical Readout: Caveat Emptor'', p. 4</ref> | * [[Jake's Discount Equipment Warehouse]]<ref>''Experimental Technical Readout: Caveat Emptor'', p. 4</ref> | ||
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Ronel Flag.jpg|Planetary flag of Ronel | Ronel Flag.jpg|Planetary flag of Ronel | ||
Ronel_Planetary_Map.png|Planetary map of Ronel, ca. [[3130]] | Ronel_Planetary_Map.png|Planetary map of Ronel, ca. [[3130]] | ||
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* ''[[Shattered Fortress]]'' | * ''[[Shattered Fortress]]'' | ||
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[[Category:Systems|Ronel]] | [[Category:Systems|Ronel]] | ||