Bella
(References to Bella I)
Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to Terra at (0, 0)
X: -259.10 Y: -44.56[e]
Contents
Planetary Garrison
3025 to 3067
3050
- Second Free Worlds Guards[2]
3054
- Second Free Worlds Guards[3]
3059
- Second Free Worlds Guards[4]
3067
- Second Free Worlds Guards[5]
Owner History
- 2451 - Lyran Commonwealth [6]
- 2455 - Lyran Commonwealth [7]
- 2456 - Free Worlds League [6]
- 2468 - Lyran Commonwealth [6]
- 2596 - Lyran Commonwealth [8]
- 2750 - Lyran Commonwealth [9]
- 2765 - Lyran Commonwealth [10]
- 3025 - Free Worlds League[citation needed]
- 3030 - Free Worlds League[citation needed]
- 3040 - Free Worlds League [11]
- 3052 - Free Worlds League[citation needed]
- 3057 - Free Worlds League[citation needed]
- 3062 - Free Worlds League[citation needed]
- 3067 - Free Worlds League [5]
- 3079 - Lyran Alliance (from October)[12]
- 3130 - Lyran Commonwealth [13]
- 3135 - Lyran Commonwealth [14]
- 3145 - Wolf Empire [15]
Planetary History
Age of War
Bella I had the misfortune of being one of the key targets of Captain-General Geralk Marik - also variously known as "Geralk the Bloodthirsty" and "The Bloodthirsty Giant" - spent years on campaign against the Lyran Commonwealth, concentrating his efforts on securing Bella I and Alula Australis for the Free Worlds League.[6] Geralk's attacks began in in mid-2455, and were fought in complete defiance of the Ares Conventions; Geralk considered everyone on an enemy world to be a viable target, and made extensive use of massed artillery bombardments to allow his armoured units to crush resistance. These brutal tactics saw him capture Bella I in early 2456, just eleven months after the first League attacks.[7]
The Lyran Commonwealth was able to recapture Bella I and Alula Australis in 2468 through the use of BattleMechs, after Lyran 'Mechs had already ended Geralk's campaign by crushing him to death on Loric in 2459.[6]
The Jihad
Following the dissolution of the Free Worlds League in January 3079, elements within the Lyran Alliance moved to annex a number of former League worlds between August and September that year. Bella I was one of seven worlds conquered during this period, and the invasion only stopped when Archon Adam Steiner declared that any other bouts of what he termed "unauthorised adventurism" would be considered an act of treason.[12]
Nearby Planets
References
- ↑ House Marik (The Free Worlds League), p. 108, "Unit Deployment Table"
- ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 56, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 37, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Manual: Free Worlds League, p. 110, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Field Manual: Updates, p. 159, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 House Marik (The Free Worlds League), p. 16, "Tenure of Geralk Marik"
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 21, "The Bloodthirsty General"
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 158, "Inner Sphere Map [2596]"
- ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 36, "Inner Sphere - 2750"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 10, "Inner Sphere - 2765"
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133, "Inner Sphere - 3040"
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 60, "The Jihad In Review"
- ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 9, "Inner Sphere - 3135"
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 38, "Inner Sphere - 3145"
Bibliography
- 20 Year Update
- Era Report: 2750
- Era Report: 3145
- Field Manual: Free Worlds League
- Field Manual: Updates
- Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1
- Historical: Reunification War
- Historical: War of 3039
- House Marik (The Free Worlds League)
- House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)
- Jihad: Final Reckoning
- Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
- Objective Raids