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| + | | image = Skondia_3151.svg | ||
| + | | caption = Skondia [[#Nearby_Systems|nearby systems]] | ||
| + | | name = Skondia | ||
| + | | coord = -31.803 : 55.527{{e}} | ||
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| + | | class = F6V<ref name=DARWp222>''Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)'', p. 225: "Skondia World Profile"</ref> | ||
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| + | | recharge stations = Zenith (2785)<ref name="FSWp22"/> | ||
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| − | + | ==System Description== | |
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| − | + | ==System History== | |
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| − | == | + | == Political Affiliation == |
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| − | * | + | * [[2271]] - Inhabited world<ref name="HB:HMp16">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 16: "Free Worlds League Founding [2271]"</ref> |
| − | * | + | * [[2319]] - [[Federation of Skye]]<ref name=HB:HKp18>''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 18: "Draconis Combine Founding" - [2319] Map</ref> |
| − | * | + | * [[2340]] - Federation of Skye<ref name=HBHS13>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 13: "Federation of Skye world within the Lyran Commonwealth before [2340] and after at their founding in [2341]"</ref> |
| − | * | + | * [[2341]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]]<ref name=HBHS13/> |
| − | * | + | * [[2462]] - [[Draconis Combine]]<ref name="HKp35">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 35: "Battles in the Age of War"</ref> |
| − | * | + | * [[2463]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HKp35">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 35: "Battles in the Age of War"</ref><ref name="HS(TLC)p22"/> |
| − | * | + | * [[2571]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25: "Lyran Commonwealth After Age Of War - [2571] Map"</ref><ref name=HB:HKp30>''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 30: "Draconis Combine after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref> |
| − | * | + | * [[2596]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name=HRWp159>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159: "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"</ref> |
| − | * | + | * [[2750]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37: "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref> |
| − | * | + | * [[2764]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref> |
| − | * | + | * [[2765]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="H:LoTV1p11>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref> |
| + | * [[2786]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HKp53">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 53: "Bujitsu"</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War'', pp. 24–25: "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2787]] - Draconis Combine (from mid-2787)<ref name="HS(TLC)p45"/> | ||
| + | * [[2822]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp36">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36: "Lyran Commonwealth After First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name=HB:HKp43>''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 43: "Draconis Combine after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 122: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p112-113">''First Succession War'', pp. 112–113: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2864]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40: "Lyran Commonwealth After Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref><ref name=HB:HKp53>''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 53: "Draconis Combine after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2884]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="HS(TLC)p68">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 68: "Hanging On"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2993]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="HKp83">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 83: "The Steiner Quagmire"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3025]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', foldout: "Lyran Commonwealth Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp47">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47: "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref><ref>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', foldout: "Draconis Combine Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name=HB:HKp64>''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 64: "Draconis Combine after Third Succession War - 3025"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3030]] - Draconis Combine<ref name=HB:HKp66>''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 66: "Draconis Combine after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp56">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56: "Lyran Commonwealth After First Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3040]] - Draconis Combine<ref name=HB:HKp68>''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 68: "Draconis Combine after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp59">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59: "Lyran Commonwealth After War Of 3039 - [3040] Map"</ref><ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133: "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3050]] - Draconis Combine<ref>''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3052]] - Draconis Combine<ref>''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23: "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp61">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 61: "Lyran Commonwealth After Clan Invasion [3052]"</ref><ref>''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23: "Inner Sphere Map - [3052] Map"</ref><ref name=HB:HKp71>''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 71: "Draconis Combine after Operation REVIVAL - [3052] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3057]] - Draconis Combine<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3063]] - Draconis Combine<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29: "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3067]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="HB:HSp70">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 70: "Lyran Commonwealth After FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name=HB:HKp74>''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 74: "Draconis Combine after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name=J:FRp42>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 42: "Inner Sphere Map [October 3067]"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3072]] - [[Word of Blake Protectorate]]<ref>''Starterbook: Wolf and Blake'', p. 13: "Word of Blake Protectorate [3072] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3075]] - Word of Blake Protectorate<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 65: "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3079]] - Word of Blake Protectorate<ref name=FR:DCMSp27>''Field Report: Clans'', p. 27: "Clan Wolf/Clan Hell's Horses Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref><ref name=FR:LAAFp19>''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 19: "Lyran Alliance Armed Forces Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3081]] - [[Republic of the Sphere]]<ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63: "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3085]] - Republic of the Sphere<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 127: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3135]] - Independent world<ref name="ER:3145p11">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3145]] - [[Clan Jade Falcon]]<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"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3151]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name=SFp103>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 103: "Inner Sphere - 3151" (Map)</ref> | ||
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| − | == | + | ==Skondia II== |
| + | {{InfoBoxPlanet | ||
| + | | image = Skondia.jpg | ||
| + | | name = Skondia II | ||
| + | | position = Second<ref name=DARWp222/> | ||
| + | | distance = 14 days<ref name=DARWp222/> | ||
| + | | moons = Three (Tadzio, Urian, Wilmot)<ref name=DARWp222/> | ||
| + | | gravity = 1.08<ref name=DARWp222/> | ||
| + | | pressure = Standard (Breathable)<ref name=DARWp222/> | ||
| + | | temperature = 50°C<ref name=DARWp222/> | ||
| + | | water = 77%<ref name=DARWp222/> | ||
| + | | life = Birds<ref name=DARWp222/> | ||
| + | | continents = | ||
| + | | colonized = | ||
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| + | | language = | ||
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| + | | population = 2,671,000,000 (3130)<ref name=DARoSp20>''Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere'', p. 20: "Prefecture IX"</ref><ref name=DARWp222/> | ||
| + | | ruler = | ||
| + | | political = [[Planetary Governor of Skondia|Planetary Governor]] | ||
| + | | commander = [[Yegor Welvel]], Legate (3130)<ref name=DARoSp20/><ref name=DARWp222/> | ||
| + | | capital = Platinum City<ref name=DARWp222/> | ||
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| + | }} | ||
| − | === | + | === Planetary History === |
| − | + | ==== Early History ==== | |
| + | Skondia was settled for its abundant deposits of rare metals and minerals. Within a decade of the first colonists' arrival, the first cities on Skondia were producing nickel-alloy metals, titanium, and steel, used in everything from silverware to fusion reactors.<ref name=DARWp222/> | ||
| − | + | Despite Skondia attracting the attention of the [[Federation of Skye]], the Draconis Combine got to Skondia first, quickly conquering it in one of the first campaigns of conquest launched by the Dragon. After the rise of the Lyran Commonwealth, both the Commonwealth and the Combine would fight over control of Skondia repeatedly across the centuries. The Commonwealth managed to seize control of Skondia during the [[Age of War]] and kept control of the planet throughout the [[Star League]] era.<ref name=DARWp222/> | |
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| − | + | Skondia was one of the targets of the [[Long March Offensive]] conducted by the Lyran Commonwealth and was invaded in the first three years of the campaign. The first prime objective of the Long March, Skondia, was lightly defended when the Lyrans arrived, a result of the Lyran feint towards [[St. John]] drawing defending [[DCMS]] forces away. The conquest of Skondia was next followed by a Lyran attack on [[Nox]].<ref name="HS(TLC)p22">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 22: "Long March, Hard March"</ref> | |
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| − | + | ==== First Succession War ==== | |
| − | + | In June of [[2786]], an unmarked freighter entered the Skondia system and passed through the Lyran picket lines unchallenged. Several [[DropShip]]s then detached from this vessel and began a high-g burn toward the planet. Once the ships were in orbit, a regiment of Draconis Combine [[BattleMech]]s attacked the planet catching the defenders by surprise. The Commonwealth ground forces focused their might on defending the major industrial centers waiting for an attack. However, the Combine troops began attacking civilians and population centers instead. When the Lyran troops moved to stop these attacks, the quicker Combine forces flanked their opponents, as well as dropping additional BattleMech forces from the still unchallenged [[DropShip]]s, seized the now undefended factories, and destroyed them. The Kuritan troops were then able to withdraw. This defeat was a major embarrassment to the Commonwealth High Command. However, the defeat led to many reforms regarding system security and planetary defense. The quick victory also convinced then-Coordinator [[Minoru Kurita (28th c.)|Minoru Kurita]] to focus his efforts against the [[Federated Suns]], as it was now seen as more dangerous than the Lyran Commonwealth.<ref>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 43: "The First Succession War"</ref><ref>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 53: "The First Succession War"</ref> For the [[Ninth Benjamin Regulars]], the [[DCMS]] unit responsible for the attack, the raid was a great success; having dropped near the cities of Passageway and Wurston on the Edel continent, the Ninth then began attacking the cities when the defending [[Ninth Arcturan Guards]] scrambled to protect their primary assignment, the major factories on the planet. The Arcturan Guards responded to the reports of wide-scale slaughter in the two cities by leaving the factories to attack the [[battalion]] the Benjamin Regulars had deployed, only for a second wave of troops from the Ninth Benjamin Regulars to land on the factories dozens of kilometers away from where the Arcturan Guards were fighting. The Arcturan Guards contingents on the other continents scrambled to redeploy from their current locations to assist the beleaguered forces on Edel, by which time the Benjamin Regulars had already had two days to wreak havoc; as the Benjamin Regulars withdrew to meet their DropShips in the foothills of the Lafferty mountain range, they added insult to injury by destroying three of the largest factory complexes, located at Passageway, Vorenstag, and Wursten. The DropShips then rendezvoused with their JumpShip near the orbit of Skondia III and jumped out, well ahead of pursuing Lyran [[WarShip]] forces.<ref name="FSWp22">''First Succession War'', p. 22: "The Commonwealth Incursions"</ref> | |
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| − | + | In early 2787, the Draconis Combine returned to attack Skondia. This time they brought a major armada with them. After the humiliation of the previous attack, the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] had heavily reinforced the Skondia system. This resulted in one of the largest ship-to-ship engagements of the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]]. The Kuritan fleet was able to penetrate the planetary defenses, offload their ground forces, and then reengage the Lyran fleet. Of the nearly 300 ships and fighters that took part on the Lyran side of the battle, only about a 100 remained after the fighting. On the ground, Steiner forces performed well, but were unable to halt the Combine invasion. After four months of fighting, the system was securely in Combine control.<ref name="HS(TLC)p45">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 45: "The First Succession War"</ref> | |
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| − | + | ==== Second Succession War ==== | |
| − | + | During the darkest days of the Second Succession War, the Lyran Commonwealth was losing worlds steadily to both the Draconis Combine and the [[Free Worlds League]] and the Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces neared the point of collapse, particularly in the 2860s and 2870s. As the 2870s drew to a close, the LCAF regained some of its confidence and launched a number of attempts to recapture some of the worlds that had been lost to the Commonwealth's neighbors, but still couldn't keep pace with the rate at which worlds were being captured. The Combine continued to push towards the important world of [[Skye]] and by [[2884]], Skondia had been recaptured by the Combine forces, who had also seized the worlds of [[Balkan]], [[Kessel]], [[Port Moseby]], [[Ryde]], and [[Vega]], and the [[Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery]] was on the verge of being able to threaten Skye directly.<ref name="HS(TLC)p68"/> | |
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| − | + | ==== Third Succession War ==== | |
| − | + | Skondia was one of the four worlds targeted for liberation by the Lyran Commonwealth in [[Operation FREEDOM]], which began in February [[2913]]. Though the fighting was long, Skondia was successfully retaken from the Draconis Combine.<ref>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 76: "The First Succession War"</ref> | |
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| − | + | ==== Fourth Succession War ==== | |
| − | + | Skondia was invaded by the Draconis Combine's [[Fourteenth Legion of Vega]] in [[3029]]. This was part of [[Theodore Kurita]]'s counterassault named [[Operation Contagion]], during the last year of the [[Fourth Succession War]]. At the time, the planet was lightly defended with only five militia infantry regiments and two battalions of militia BattleMechs made up mostly of ''[[Chameleon]]'' training 'Mechs with weapon refits. Most of the Lyran [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarriors]] were either retirees or young trainees. For their first engagement, the Fourteenth Legion landed on top of an outpost named Fort Eagle, which was defended by two infantry regiments. While fighting bravely, the defending units were no match for their opponents and were nearly wiped out. The Legion then hopped from city to city inflicting a considerable amount of damage while they crushed all resistance. Five weeks into the Legion's campaign, the [[LCAF]]'s acting commanding officer, Colonel Mitch Freeman, ordered his ill armed and inexperienced BattleMech battalions to engage the Vegans near the town of Robes. Outnumbered and outgunned, The First and Second Battalions of the Skondia 'Mech Militia charged the Kuritan forces. The surprise attack inflicted heavy damage to two companies of the Vegans' BattleMechs. However, the Vegans quickly recovered, counterattacked and wiped out the two Skondian units to the last 'Mech. With all organized resistance eliminated, the planet was once again taken over by the Draconis Combine.<ref>''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 78: "Early Successes"</ref> | |
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| − | + | ==== Jihad ==== | |
| − | + | During the [[Jihad]], the [[Word of Blake]] captured the world and integrated it into the [[Word of Blake Protectorate]]. Eventually, [[Clan Ghost Bear]] and [[Clan Snow Raven]] forces<ref name="JHS:3076p84"/><ref name="JHS:Tp22"/><ref name="J:FRp56"/> led by the Ghost Bears' [[Delta Galaxy (Clan Ghost Bear)|Delta Galaxy]],<ref name="FR:Cp9">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 9: "Delta Galaxy"</ref> liberated the planet from the Blakists' in September [[3076]].<ref name="JHS:3076p84">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 84: "Ghost Bears Advance in Protectorate"</ref><ref name="JHS:Tp22">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 22: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp56">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 56: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> Though the Blakists' had little hesitation in using weapons of mass destruction to destroy their enemies, for some reason they didn't employ them on Skondia.<ref name=DARWp222/> | |
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| − | + | ==== The Dark Age ==== | |
| − | + | In the years after the Jihad, [[Chancellor]] [[Hohiro Kurita (31st c.)|Hohiro Kurita]] chose to cede Skondia to the expanding Republic of the Sphere, despite the protests of a number of his advisors and generals; to reduce the impact of ceding Skondia, the Chancellor extracted a concession from the Republic in the form of exclusive trade rights for a share of the planetary production.<ref name=DARWp222/> | |
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| − | + | ==== 2786 ==== | |
| − | + | * [[Sixth Lyran Guards]]<ref name="FSWp139">''First Succession War'', p. 139: "First Succession War Deployment Table - LCAF"</ref> | |
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| − | + | ==== 2821 ==== | |
| − | + | * Sixth Lyran Guards<ref name="FSWp139"/> | |
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| − | + | ==== 3025 ==== | |
| − | + | * [[Barrett's Fusiliers]]<ref>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 117: "Deployment of LCAF Forces"</ref><ref name="NAIS4SWp45">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 45: "Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG"</ref> | |
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| − | + | * Barrett's Fusiliers<ref name="NAIS4SWp45"/> | |
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| − | + | ==== 3029 ==== | |
| − | + | * [[Skondia Militia]]<ref name="4SWv2p78">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 78: "Early Successes"</ref> | |
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| − | + | ==== 3050 ==== | |
| − | + | * [[Tenth Lyran Guards]] [[RCT]]<ref name=20YU26>''20 Year Update'', p. 26: "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"</ref> | |
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| − | + | ==== 3067 ==== | |
| − | + | * [[Sixth Arkab Legion]]<ref name=FMU117>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 117: "Draconis Combine Deployment Table"</ref> | |
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| − | + | === Geography === | |
| − | + | The southeastern continent of Steen is the site of both the planetary capital, Platinum City, and an impressive spaceport less than five kilometers north of the capital. The most active shipping hub on '''Skondia''' is Passageway, a sprawling megalopolis located on Edel, the northern continent.<ref name=DARWp222/> Other notable sites on Edel include the cities of Wursten and Vorenstag; Passageway and Wursten were both attacked during the First Succession War, whilst the factory complexes at Passageway, Vorenstag and Wursten were among the largest on the planet, and were all razed in [[2785]].<ref name="FSWp22"/> | |
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| − | | [[ | + | | class="lessthan30" | 17.3 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | class="lessthan30" | 18.0 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | 55.1 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | 55.9 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | 56.0 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | 57.6 |
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| − | ==References== | + | == References == |
<references /> | <references /> | ||
| − | [[Category: | + | == Bibliography == |
| + | <div class="desktop-3-col"> | ||
| + | * ''[[20 Year Update]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[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: Clans]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Field Report: DCMS]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Field Report: LAAF]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Handbook: House Kurita]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Handbook: House Marik]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3076]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Shattered Fortress]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Starterbook: Wolf and Blake]]'' | ||
| + | </div> | ||
| + | |||
| + | |||
| + | [[Category:Systems|Skondia]] | ||
| + | [[Category: Clan Jade Falcon Systems]] | ||
| + | [[Category: Draconis Combine Systems]] | ||
| + | [[Category: Federation of Skye Systems]] | ||
| + | [[Category: Independent Systems]] | ||
| + | [[Category: Lyran Commonwealth Systems]] | ||
| + | [[Category: Republic of the Sphere Systems]] | ||
| + | [[Category: Word of Blake Systems]] | ||
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| Skondia | |
|---|---|
← 3135 3151 | |
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| System Information | |
| X:Y Coordinates | -31.803 : 55.527[e] |
| Spectral class | F6V[1] |
| Recharge station(s) | Zenith (2785)[2] |
| Planet(s) | 5[1] |
Contents
Political Affiliation[edit]
- 2271 - Inhabited world[3]
- 2319 - Federation of Skye[4]
- 2340 - Federation of Skye[5]
- 2341 - Lyran Commonwealth[5]
- 2462 - Draconis Combine[6]
- 2463 - Lyran Commonwealth[6][7]
- 2571 - Lyran Commonwealth[8][9]
- 2596 - Lyran Commonwealth[10]
- 2750 - Lyran Commonwealth[11]
- 2764 - Lyran Commonwealth[12]
- 2765 - Lyran Commonwealth[13]
- 2786 - Lyran Commonwealth[14][15]
- 2787 - Draconis Combine (from mid-2787)[16]
- 2822 - Lyran Commonwealth[17][18][19][20]
- 2864 - Lyran Commonwealth[21][22]
- 2884 - Draconis Combine[23]
- 2993 - Draconis Combine[24]
- 3025 - Lyran Commonwealth[25][26][27][28]
- 3030 - Draconis Combine[29][30]
- 3040 - Draconis Combine[31][32][33]
- 3050 - Draconis Combine[34]
- 3052 - Draconis Combine[35][36][37][38]
- 3057 - Draconis Combine[39]
- 3063 - Draconis Combine[40]
- 3067 - Draconis Combine[41][42][43]
- 3072 - Word of Blake Protectorate[44]
- 3075 - Word of Blake Protectorate[45]
- 3079 - Word of Blake Protectorate[46][47]
- 3081 - Republic of the Sphere[48]
- 3085 - Republic of the Sphere[49]
- 3135 - Independent world[50]
- 3145 - Clan Jade Falcon[51][52]
- 3151 - Clan Jade Falcon[53]
Skondia II[edit]
| Skondia II | |
|---|---|
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| Astrophysical | |
| System position | Second[1] |
| Jump Point distance | 14 days[1] |
| Moons | Three (Tadzio, Urian, Wilmot)[1] |
| Geophysical | |
| Surface gravity | 1.08[1] |
| Atmospheric pressure | Standard (Breathable)[1] |
| Equatorial temperature | 50°C[1] |
| Surface water | 77%[1] |
| Highest native life | Birds[1] |
| History and Culture | |
| Population | 2,671,000,000 (3130)[54][1] |
| Government and Infrastructure | |
| Political Leader | Planetary Governor |
| Military Commander | Yegor Welvel, Legate (3130)[54][1] |
| Capital | Platinum City[1] |
Planetary History[edit]
Early History[edit]
Skondia was settled for its abundant deposits of rare metals and minerals. Within a decade of the first colonists' arrival, the first cities on Skondia were producing nickel-alloy metals, titanium, and steel, used in everything from silverware to fusion reactors.[1]
Despite Skondia attracting the attention of the Federation of Skye, the Draconis Combine got to Skondia first, quickly conquering it in one of the first campaigns of conquest launched by the Dragon. After the rise of the Lyran Commonwealth, both the Commonwealth and the Combine would fight over control of Skondia repeatedly across the centuries. The Commonwealth managed to seize control of Skondia during the Age of War and kept control of the planet throughout the Star League era.[1]
Skondia was one of the targets of the Long March Offensive conducted by the Lyran Commonwealth and was invaded in the first three years of the campaign. The first prime objective of the Long March, Skondia, was lightly defended when the Lyrans arrived, a result of the Lyran feint towards St. John drawing defending DCMS forces away. The conquest of Skondia was next followed by a Lyran attack on Nox.[7]
First Succession War[edit]
In June of 2786, an unmarked freighter entered the Skondia system and passed through the Lyran picket lines unchallenged. Several DropShips then detached from this vessel and began a high-g burn toward the planet. Once the ships were in orbit, a regiment of Draconis Combine BattleMechs attacked the planet catching the defenders by surprise. The Commonwealth ground forces focused their might on defending the major industrial centers waiting for an attack. However, the Combine troops began attacking civilians and population centers instead. When the Lyran troops moved to stop these attacks, the quicker Combine forces flanked their opponents, as well as dropping additional BattleMech forces from the still unchallenged DropShips, seized the now undefended factories, and destroyed them. The Kuritan troops were then able to withdraw. This defeat was a major embarrassment to the Commonwealth High Command. However, the defeat led to many reforms regarding system security and planetary defense. The quick victory also convinced then-Coordinator Minoru Kurita to focus his efforts against the Federated Suns, as it was now seen as more dangerous than the Lyran Commonwealth.[55][56] For the Ninth Benjamin Regulars, the DCMS unit responsible for the attack, the raid was a great success; having dropped near the cities of Passageway and Wurston on the Edel continent, the Ninth then began attacking the cities when the defending Ninth Arcturan Guards scrambled to protect their primary assignment, the major factories on the planet. The Arcturan Guards responded to the reports of wide-scale slaughter in the two cities by leaving the factories to attack the battalion the Benjamin Regulars had deployed, only for a second wave of troops from the Ninth Benjamin Regulars to land on the factories dozens of kilometers away from where the Arcturan Guards were fighting. The Arcturan Guards contingents on the other continents scrambled to redeploy from their current locations to assist the beleaguered forces on Edel, by which time the Benjamin Regulars had already had two days to wreak havoc; as the Benjamin Regulars withdrew to meet their DropShips in the foothills of the Lafferty mountain range, they added insult to injury by destroying three of the largest factory complexes, located at Passageway, Vorenstag, and Wursten. The DropShips then rendezvoused with their JumpShip near the orbit of Skondia III and jumped out, well ahead of pursuing Lyran WarShip forces.[2]
In early 2787, the Draconis Combine returned to attack Skondia. This time they brought a major armada with them. After the humiliation of the previous attack, the Lyran Commonwealth had heavily reinforced the Skondia system. This resulted in one of the largest ship-to-ship engagements of the Succession Wars. The Kuritan fleet was able to penetrate the planetary defenses, offload their ground forces, and then reengage the Lyran fleet. Of the nearly 300 ships and fighters that took part on the Lyran side of the battle, only about a 100 remained after the fighting. On the ground, Steiner forces performed well, but were unable to halt the Combine invasion. After four months of fighting, the system was securely in Combine control.[16]
Second Succession War[edit]
During the darkest days of the Second Succession War, the Lyran Commonwealth was losing worlds steadily to both the Draconis Combine and the Free Worlds League and the Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces neared the point of collapse, particularly in the 2860s and 2870s. As the 2870s drew to a close, the LCAF regained some of its confidence and launched a number of attempts to recapture some of the worlds that had been lost to the Commonwealth's neighbors, but still couldn't keep pace with the rate at which worlds were being captured. The Combine continued to push towards the important world of Skye and by 2884, Skondia had been recaptured by the Combine forces, who had also seized the worlds of Balkan, Kessel, Port Moseby, Ryde, and Vega, and the Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery was on the verge of being able to threaten Skye directly.[23]
Third Succession War[edit]
Skondia was one of the four worlds targeted for liberation by the Lyran Commonwealth in Operation FREEDOM, which began in February 2913. Though the fighting was long, Skondia was successfully retaken from the Draconis Combine.[57]
Fourth Succession War[edit]
Skondia was invaded by the Draconis Combine's Fourteenth Legion of Vega in 3029. This was part of Theodore Kurita's counterassault named Operation Contagion, during the last year of the Fourth Succession War. At the time, the planet was lightly defended with only five militia infantry regiments and two battalions of militia BattleMechs made up mostly of Chameleon training 'Mechs with weapon refits. Most of the Lyran MechWarriors were either retirees or young trainees. For their first engagement, the Fourteenth Legion landed on top of an outpost named Fort Eagle, which was defended by two infantry regiments. While fighting bravely, the defending units were no match for their opponents and were nearly wiped out. The Legion then hopped from city to city inflicting a considerable amount of damage while they crushed all resistance. Five weeks into the Legion's campaign, the LCAF's acting commanding officer, Colonel Mitch Freeman, ordered his ill armed and inexperienced BattleMech battalions to engage the Vegans near the town of Robes. Outnumbered and outgunned, The First and Second Battalions of the Skondia 'Mech Militia charged the Kuritan forces. The surprise attack inflicted heavy damage to two companies of the Vegans' BattleMechs. However, the Vegans quickly recovered, counterattacked and wiped out the two Skondian units to the last 'Mech. With all organized resistance eliminated, the planet was once again taken over by the Draconis Combine.[58]
Jihad[edit]
During the Jihad, the Word of Blake captured the world and integrated it into the Word of Blake Protectorate. Eventually, Clan Ghost Bear and Clan Snow Raven forces[59][60][61] led by the Ghost Bears' Delta Galaxy,[62] liberated the planet from the Blakists' in September 3076.[59][60][61] Though the Blakists' had little hesitation in using weapons of mass destruction to destroy their enemies, for some reason they didn't employ them on Skondia.[1]
The Dark Age[edit]
In the years after the Jihad, Chancellor Hohiro Kurita chose to cede Skondia to the expanding Republic of the Sphere, despite the protests of a number of his advisors and generals; to reduce the impact of ceding Skondia, the Chancellor extracted a concession from the Republic in the form of exclusive trade rights for a share of the planetary production.[1]
Military Deployment[edit]
2786[edit]
2821[edit]
- Sixth Lyran Guards[63]
- Twenty-first Skye Rangers[63]
3025[edit]
3028[edit]
- Barrett's Fusiliers[65]
3029[edit]
3050[edit]
3067[edit]
Geography[edit]
The southeastern continent of Steen is the site of both the planetary capital, Platinum City, and an impressive spaceport less than five kilometers north of the capital. The most active shipping hub on Skondia is Passageway, a sprawling megalopolis located on Edel, the northern continent.[1] Other notable sites on Edel include the cities of Wursten and Vorenstag; Passageway and Wursten were both attacked during the First Succession War, whilst the factory complexes at Passageway, Vorenstag and Wursten were among the largest on the planet, and were all razed in 2785.[2]
Map Gallery[edit]
Nearby Systems[edit]
| Closest 68 systems (66 within 60 light-years) Distance in light years, closest systems first: | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alkalurops | 11.1 | Nusakan | 12.6 | Dromini | 15.2 | Atria | 16.2 |
| Alphecca | 16.3 | La Blon | 17.3 | Ko | 18.0 | Lyons | 19.0 |
| Sabik | 19.2 | Unukalhai | 20.3 | Zebebelgenubi | 21.9 | Skye | 25.5 |
| Lone Star | 27.6 | Alrakis | 28.9 | Balkan | 29.5 | Galatea | 30.7 |
| Syrma | 30.8 | Summer | 32.1 | Menkent | 33.2 | Kessel | 33.8 |
| Rocky | 34.3 | Zollikofen | 36.3 | Komephoros | 36.5 | Imbros | 36.7 |
| Kochab | 37.1 | Nai-Stohl | 37.3 | Moore | 38.4 | Ryde | 38.6 |
| Dyev | 40.3 | Muphrid | 40.6 | Carnwath | 41.2 | Mizar | 41.7 |
| Yorii | 41.8 | Konstance | 42.5 | Marfik | 43.0 | Haddings | 43.4 |
| Kimball | 44.4 | Lambrecht | 45.3 | Kaus Media | 46.6 | Kaus Australis | 46.7 |
| Asta | 46.8 | Thorin | 48.3 | Lipton | 49.2 | Chara | 49.2 |
| Alioth | 49.7 | Glengarry | 49.8 | Chaville | 49.9 | Killbourn | 50.1 |
| Cor Caroli | 50.4 | Izar | 50.5 | Alcor | 50.5 | Seginus | 51.1 |
| Eltanin | 53.0 | Pike | 54.4 | Athenry | 55.1 | Zavijava | 55.8 |
| Kuzuu | 55.9 | Tau Ceti | 55.9 | Ascella | 56.0 | Baxter | 57.1 |
| Denebola | 57.5 | Zebeneschamali | 57.6 | Altair | 58.3 | Vega | 58.3 |
| Kaus Borealis | 59.4 | Dieron | 59.9 | Rigil Kentarus | 60.4 | Xi Ursae Majoris | 60.7 |
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130), p. 225: "Skondia World Profile"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 First Succession War, p. 22: "The Commonwealth Incursions"
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 16: "Free Worlds League Founding [2271]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 18: "Draconis Combine Founding" - [2319] Map
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 13: "Federation of Skye world within the Lyran Commonwealth before [2340] and after at their founding in [2341]"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 35: "Battles in the Age of War"
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 22: "Long March, Hard March"
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- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 30: "Draconis Combine after Age of War - [2571] Map"
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159: "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"
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- ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"
- ↑ House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 53: "Bujitsu"
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- ↑ 23.0 23.1 House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 68: "Hanging On"
- ↑ House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 83: "The Steiner Quagmire"
- ↑ House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), foldout: "Lyran Commonwealth Map - [3025]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47: "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
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- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 59: "Lyran Commonwealth After War Of 3039 - [3040] Map"
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133: "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23: "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 61: "Lyran Commonwealth After Clan Invasion [3052]"
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23: "Inner Sphere Map - [3052] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 71: "Draconis Combine after Operation REVIVAL - [3052] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29: "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 70: "Lyran Commonwealth After FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 74: "Draconis Combine after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 42: "Inner Sphere Map [October 3067]"
- ↑ Starterbook: Wolf and Blake, p. 13: "Word of Blake Protectorate [3072] Map"
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65: "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"
- ↑ Field Report: Clans, p. 27: "Clan Wolf/Clan Hell's Horses Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
- ↑ Field Report: LAAF, p. 19: "Lyran Alliance Armed Forces Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63: "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 127: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - 3145"
- ↑ Shattered Fortress, p. 103: "Inner Sphere - 3151" (Map)
- ↑ 54.0 54.1 Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere, p. 20: "Prefecture IX"
- ↑ House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 43: "The First Succession War"
- ↑ House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 53: "The First Succession War"
- ↑ House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 76: "The First Succession War"
- ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2, p. 78: "Early Successes"
- ↑ 59.0 59.1 Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, p. 84: "Ghost Bears Advance in Protectorate"
- ↑ 60.0 60.1 Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 22: "Timeline of the Jihad"
- ↑ 61.0 61.1 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 56: "The Jihad in Review"
- ↑ Field Report: Clans, p. 9: "Delta Galaxy"
- ↑ 63.0 63.1 63.2 First Succession War, p. 139: "First Succession War Deployment Table - LCAF"
- ↑ House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 117: "Deployment of LCAF Forces"
- ↑ 65.0 65.1 NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p. 45: "Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG"
- ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2, p. 78: "Early Successes"
- ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 26: "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 117: "Draconis Combine Deployment Table"
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