Loric
(References to Loric)
Loric | |
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System Information | |
X:Y Coordinates | -230.18:-39.09[e] |
Spectral class | K8IV[1] |
Recharge time | 199 hours[1] |
Recharge station(s) | Nadir[1] |
Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to Terra at (0, 0)
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Contents
Owner History
- 2341 - Independent world[2]
- 2571 - Lyran Commonwealth [3]
- 2596 - Lyran Commonwealth [4]
- 2750 - Lyran Commonwealth [5]
- 2765 - Lyran Commonwealth [6]
- 2822 - Lyran Commonwealth [7][8]
- 2864 - Lyran Commonwealth [9][10]
- 3025 - Lyran Commonwealth [11][12]
- 3030 - Lyran Commonwealth [13][14]
- 3040 - Federated Commonwealth [15][16]
- 3050 - Federated Commonwealth [17]
- 3052 - Federated Commonwealth [18][19]
- 3057 - Lyran Alliance [20]
- 3062 - Lyran Alliance [21]
- 3067 - Lyran Alliance [22]
- 3068 - Free Worlds League (from September)[23]
- 3075 - Free Worlds League [24]
- 3079 - Lyran Alliance [25]
- 3081 - Lyran Alliance [26]
- 3085 - Lyran Alliance [27]
- 3130 - Lyran Commonwealth [28]
- 3135 - Lyran Commonwealth [29]
- 3145 - Wolf Empire [30]
Planetary History
Loric is a pleasant agricultural world. Covered in forests with deep rivers flowing through them, picturesque mountain ranges, and pleasant shorelines, Loric would be a paradise if it wasn't located in the center of the Lyran/Free Worlds League border. Unfortunately its location makes it a strategic point for attacks, whether launched by the Commonwealth or the League. Since the Age of War Loric has been used as either a springboard for Lyran raids or an entry point into the Commonwealth by League forces. The world's only respite came during the time of the Star League.[1]
Age of War
In 2459, Free Worlds League Captain-General Geralk Marik invaded the Loric system, held by the Lyran Commonwealth. His invasion had already conquered Bella I and Alula Australis, and there was little reason to suspect that Loric would put up much resistance. Geralk, referred to as "the Bloodthirsty" for his flouting of the Ares Conventions, led the assault personally. He did not account for something he had never before seen: Lyran BattleMechs. A company of 'Mechs destroyed Geralk's conventional regiment and overran his command post. Geralk was killed when a Lyran 'Mech stepped on him. The League troops quit Loric three days later.[31][32]
Succession Wars
In an attempt to reduce its military appeal, the inhabitants of Loric refuse to allow heavy industry on the world, particularly military industries. Though this has saved them from some of the excesses of the Succession Wars nothing can change their system's position along the border. As a result they have grown to despise the Free Worlds League, and welcome LCAF soldiers.[1]
In 2978 Loric was the subject of a significant battle between Lyran and Free Worlds League forces; two mercenary units in Lyran employ, the 12th Star Guards and the Eridani Light Horse, found themselves in the middle of the battle, with the Eridani Light Horse in urgent need of relief.[33]
The 12th Star Guards had managed to break through the main Marik lines at Digger Pass with the assistance of the 3rd Battalion of the 34th Provisional Dixie Armored Regiment after four months of combat,[34] but stalled at an ad-hoc defensive formation of assorted League units along the Duren River, with the Marik forces keeping the Eridani Light Horse cut off from reinforcements. The 12th Star Guards tried using the Condor tanks of the 34th to breach the defensive line, the 34th having been at the forefront of the breakthrough, without success.[33][34]
The forces from the 34th managed to destroy some of the disorganized Marik forces despite being unable to reach the Eridani Light Horse, and the commander of the 3rd Battalion decided to hold the bridgehead his tanks had established[34] to give the 12th Star Guards a chance to try and break through using their engineering company and their Engineering Vehicles to cut through the river banks and prepare the river bed for 'Mech movement, after attempts to build pontoon bridges failed due to heavy artillery bombardment and attacks from Marik AeroSpace Fighters.[33] While the 12th Star Guards did manage to ford the river and relieve the Light Horse, the action cost them most of their engineering cadre and three out of their four engineering vehicles.[33] The 3rd Battalion had managed to buy the 12th Star Guards valuable time by using the mobility of their Condors to concentrate highly mobile attacks on the Marik ground forces that attempted to attack the Star Guards' engineer forces directly.[34]
The Jihad
Following the invasion of the Free Worlds League by the Skye and Bolan Provinces of the Lyran Alliance in what was termed Operation ÜBERSCHATTEN, Marshall Jeremy Brett took command of the local FWLM and launched a counteroffensive, under the name Operation BROKEN FIST. BROKEN FIST went beyond simply attempting to recapture worlds that the Lyrans had seized, striking into Lyran space at numerous worlds. Loric was one of the worlds hit and was attacked by the League forces on the 2nd of September 3068.[23]
Planetary Garrison
3025
3028
3038
- Seventh Lyran Regulars[38]
3050
- Seventh Lyran Regualars[39]
- 182nd Division[40]
3054
- Seventh Lyran Regulars[41]
3055
3061
- Seventh Lyran Regulars[43]
3062
- 167th Division[44]
3079
- - At this point in time the Eighth operating at 80% of full strength, with 80% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.
3085
3145
Nearby Planets
Planets within 2 jumps (60 light-years). Closest planets first:
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 79, "Loric Planet Profile"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 13, "Lyran Commonwealth at their founding in [2341]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War [2571] Map"
- ↑ 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"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36, "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War [2822] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 34, "Free Worlds League after First Succesion War [2822] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War [2864] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 38, "Free Worlds League after Second Succesion War [2864] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War [3025] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 42, "Free Worlds League after Third Succesion War [3025] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War [3030] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 51, "Free Worlds League after Fourth Succesion War [3030] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 59, "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 [3040] Map"
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 132, "Inner Sphere - 3040"
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 10, "Inner Sphere Map [3050]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 61, "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion [3052] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23, "Inner Sphere Map [3052]"
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 10, "Inner Sphere Map [3057]"
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 28, "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 70, "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War [3067] Map"
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 45, "The Jihad In Review"
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64, "Inner Sphere [3075] Map"
- ↑ Field Report: LAAF, p. 19, "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table [3079]"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63, "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"
- ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 9, "Inner Sphere - 3135"
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 38, "Inner Sphere - 3145"
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, pp. 19 & 21, "Paradigm Shift"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 20
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 33.3 Technical Readout: 3026, Revised Edition, p. 44, "Engineering Vehicle"
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 34.2 34.3 Technical Readout: 3026, Revised Edition, p. 52, "Condor Heavy Hover Tank"
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 117, "Unit Deployment Table"
- ↑ 36.0 36.1 NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p.44, "Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG"
- ↑ 37.0 37.1 NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p.45, "Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG"
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 137, "Deployment Table"
- ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 27, "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"
- ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 71, "Com Guards Deployment Table"
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 20, "FedCom Deployment Table"
- ↑ ComStar (sourcebook), p. 85, "Com Guards Deployment Table"
- ↑ Shattered Sphere, p. 51, "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Manual: ComStar, p. 126, "ComGuard Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Report: LAAF, p. 13, "Lyran Regulars Regimental Status"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 107, "Deployment Table - 3085"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 171, "Clan Force Deployments - Wolf Empire"
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- Era Report: 3052
- Era Report: 3062
- Era Report: 3145
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- Field Manual: ComStar
- Field Report: LAAF
- Handbook: House Marik
- Handbook: House Steiner
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