Styx
(References to Styx)
Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to Terra at (0, 0)
X: 25.82 Y: 25.73[e]
Contents
Planetary Data[1]
- Star Type: F8IV
- Position in System: 1 (of 3)
- Number of Moons: 3 (Kronus, Nirvana, Void)
- Days to Jump Point: 12
- Surface Water: 79%
- Atm. Pressure: Standard (Breathable)
- Surface Gravity: 0.83
- Equatorial Temp: 29°C
- Highest Native Life: Mammals
- Capital: Sunder Falls
- Continents: Epimethius, Gehenna, Perdition,
Era Specific Data
3130[1]
- Population: 2,018,000,000
- Governor: Heather Grenistolski
- Planetary Legate: Garret Trelesta
Companies
Owner History
- 2750 - Terran Hegemony
- 3025 - Draconis Combine
- 3030 - Draconis Combine
- 3040 - Draconis Combine
- 3052 - Draconis Combine
- 3057 - Draconis Combine
- 3062 - Draconis Combine
- 3072 - Word of Blake Protectorate
- 3130 - Republic of the Sphere[1]
Planetary Info
Styx is a world of storms, flash floods, and mudslides. The gravitational pull of the three moons leads to the wild weather. The first colonists established their cities in the open plains of Epimetheus, the main continent, because this area received the weakest storms. A few years after these first cities were established, geologists found extensive radioactive ores and other mineral resources that caused a few mining companies to arrive on-world. The output from these mines helped the Terran Hegemony's economy, so much so that the Draconis Combine wanted the world. This ongoing tension resulted in the first BattleMech battle.
In 2443 the DCMS sent a company of tanks to Styx to raid the warehouses and refineries, hopefully capturing them intact for use by the Combine. The defenders, a lance of Terran Hegemony BattleMechs, met the company of tanks outside Barbados (a city on Styx). The muddy plains impeded the Kuritan armor, while the 'Mechs simply strode around with no problem. The result was the complete destruction of the raiding Draconis unit, and the emergence of the BattleMech as the preeminent combat unit.[1]
After the fall of the Star League, the Draconis Combine took control of the world and kept it until the Word of Blake Jihad.