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''Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to [[Terra]] at (0, 0)''
 
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| name                = Alkaid
 
| name                = Alkaid
 
| coord              = -94.096 : 47.002{{e}}
 
| coord              = -94.096 : 47.002{{e}}
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| stars              = 2
| class              = B1V, G2V<ref name=DARWp177>''Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)'', p. 177: "Alkaid"</ref>
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| class              = B1V & G2V<ref name=DARWp174>''Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)'', p. 174: "Alkaid World Profile"</ref>
| recharge            = 151 hours, 183 hours{{cn}}
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| recharge            = 151 hours & 183 hours
 
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| planets            = 2<ref name=DARWp174/>
 
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The '''Alkaid''' system is a binary star system with two planets, one of which - '''Alkaid II''' - is habitable, and as of [[3145]] Alioth was a part of the [[Clan Jade Falcon]] Occupation zone.<ref name=ER:3145p39>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39: "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - 3145"</ref>
The '''Alkaid''' system is a binary star system with two planets, one of which - '''Alkaid II''' - is habitable, and as of [[3151]] was located in the [[Clan Jade Falcon]] Occupation Zone.<ref name=SFp102-103/>
 
  
 
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==System Description==
 
==System Description==
The Alkaid system has two stars, one type B1V and one type G2V.<ref name=DARWp177/>
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The Alkaid system has two stars, one type B1V and one type G2V.<ref name=DARWp174/>
  
 
==System History==
 
==System History==
The Alkaid system was discovered at an early stage during humanity's manned exploration of interstellar space, but wasn't settled until some years later due in part to the long transit time between the system [[jump point]]s and the one habitable world.<ref name=DARWp177/>
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The Alkaid system was discovered at an early stage during humanity's manned exploration of interstellar space, but wasn't settled until some years later due in part to the long transit time between the system [[jump point]]s and the one habitable world.<ref name=DARWp174/>
  
 
==Political Affiliation==
 
==Political Affiliation==
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* [[2271]] - Inhabited world<ref name="HB:HMp16">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 16: "Free Worlds League Founding [2271]"</ref>
 
* [[2271]] - Inhabited world<ref name="HB:HMp16">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 16: "Free Worlds League Founding [2271]"</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>
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* [[2340]] - [[Federation of Skye]]<ref name=HBHS13>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 13: "Federation of Skye world within the Lyran Commonwealth befor [2340] and after at their founding in [2341]"</ref>
 
* [[2341]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]]<ref name=HBHS13/>
 
* [[2341]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]]<ref name=HBHS13/>
 
* [[2571]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25: "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War [2571]"</ref><ref name="HB:HMp24">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 24: "Free Worlds League after Age of War [2571]"</ref>
 
* [[2571]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25: "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War [2571]"</ref><ref name="HB:HMp24">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 24: "Free Worlds League after Age of War [2571]"</ref>
 
* [[2596]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name=HRWp159>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159: "Inner Sphere Map [2596]"</ref>
 
* [[2596]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name=HRWp159>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159: "Inner Sphere Map [2596]"</ref>
 
* [[2750]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name=HB:MPSp25>''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 25: "Rim Worlds Republic at the Fall of the Star League [2750]"</ref><ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37: "Inner Sphere - 2750"</ref>
 
* [[2750]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name=HB:MPSp25>''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 25: "Rim Worlds Republic at the Fall of the Star League [2750]"</ref><ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37: "Inner Sphere - 2750"</ref>
* [[2764]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. xi: Inner Sphere - [2764]</ref>
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* [[2764]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', Inner Sphere - [2764]</ref>
 
* [[2765]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="H:LoTV1p11>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - 2765"</ref>
 
* [[2765]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="H:LoTV1p11>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - 2765"</ref>
 
* [[2786]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War'', pp. 24–25: "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2786]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War'', pp. 24–25: "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</ref>
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* [[3081]] - [[Republic of the Sphere]]<ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63: "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"</ref>
 
* [[3081]] - [[Republic of the Sphere]]<ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63: "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"</ref>
 
* [[3085]] - Republic of the Sphere<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 127: "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"</ref>
 
* [[3085]] - Republic of the Sphere<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 127: "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"</ref>
* [[3134]] - [[Clan Jade Falcon]] (from June)<ref name=FotFc16>''Flight of the Falcon'', ch. 16</ref>
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* [[3134]] - [[Clan Jade Falcon]] (from June)<ref name=FotFc16>''Flight of the Falcon'', c. 16</ref>
 
* [[3135]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name=ER:3145p11>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"</ref>
 
* [[3135]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name=ER:3145p11>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"</ref>
* [[3145]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name=ER:3145p39>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39: "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - 3145"</ref>
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* [[3145]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name=ER:3145p39/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/>
* [[3151]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name=SFp102-103>''Shattered Fortress'', pp. 102–103: "Inner Sphere - [3151] Map"</ref>
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* [[3151]] - Clan Jade Falcon <ref name=SFp102-103>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 102-103: "Inner Sphere - [3151] Map"</ref>
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==Alkaid II==
 
==Alkaid II==
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| name                = Alkaid II
 
| name                = Alkaid II
| othernames          =
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| position            = 2<ref name=DARWp174/>
| position            = Second<ref name=DARWp177/>
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| distance            = 124 days<ref name=DARWp174/>
| distance            = 124 days<ref name=DARWp177/>
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| moons              = 1 (Vishnu)<ref name=DARWp174/>
| moons              = 1 (Vishnu)<ref name=DARWp177/>
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| day                =
| gravity            = 1.17<ref name=DARWp177/>
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| gravity            = 1.17<ref name=DARWp174/>
| pressure            = Standard (Breathable)<ref name=DARWp177/>
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| pressure            = Standard (Breathable)<ref name=DARWp174/>
| temperature        = 43°C<ref name=DARWp177/>
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| temperature        = 43°C<ref name=DARWp174/>
| water              = 37%<ref name=DARWp177/>
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| water              = 37%<ref name=DARWp174/>
| life                = Plants<ref name=DARWp177/>
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| life                = Plants<ref name=DARWp174/>
| continents          = 2 (Khalek, Inahalia)<ref name=DARWp177/>
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| date                =
| colonized          =  
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| year                = 3130<ref name=DARWp174/>
| demonym            =
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| ruler              = [[Chandler Neville]], Governor (3130)<ref name=DARoSp18>''Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere'', p. 18: "Prefecture VIII"</ref><ref name=DARWp174/><br>[[Renee Zollern]], Legate (3130),<ref name=DARoSp18/><ref name=DARWp174/> [[Planetary Governor of Alkaid]] (3134)
| language            =
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| capital            = Verstigrad<ref name=DARWp174/><ref name=FotFc16/>
| religion            =
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| population          = 126,762,000 (3130)<ref name=DARoSp18/><ref name=DARWp174/>
| population          = 126,762,000 (3130)<ref name=DARoSp18>''Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere'', p. 18: "Prefecture VIII"</ref><ref name=DARWp177/>
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| USIIR              =
| ruler              =
 
| political          = [[Planetary Governor of Alkaid|Planetary Governor]]
 
| commander          = Legate [[Renee Zollern]] (3130)<ref name=DARoSp18/><ref name=DARWp177/>
 
| capital            = Verstigrad<ref name=DARWp177/><ref name=FotFc16/>
 
 
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Alkaid II, more commonly referred to simply as Alkaid, is the second planet in the Alkaid system and has a single moon named "Vishnu". Alkaid has been home to a substantial chemical industry for centuries,<ref name=DARWp177/> including hosting such companies as [[Toloy Chemicals]].
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Alkaid II - more commonly referred to simply as Alkaid - is the second planet in the Alkaid system and has a single moon named "Vishnu". Alkaid has been home to a substantial chemical industry for centuries,<ref name=DARWp174/> including hosting such companies as [[Toloy Chemicals]].
  
 
===Planetary History===
 
===Planetary History===
Despite having been discovered at an early point in the human exploration of space, Alkaid wasn't settled until some years later. Alkaid was mostly desert with little to recommend it for colonization, particularly with more suitable worlds ready for settlement. Alkaid's position in the system further discouraged colonization: Traveling from the standard jump points to the world takes four months, and the planet's orbit around the sun takes fifty-one Terran years. In the early [[twenty-fourth century]], explorers from the [[Federation of Skye]] discovered a plethora of chemicals and ores located just beneath Alkaid's surface. With this economic impetus, colonization began and the first permanent settlements were established.<ref name=DARWp177/>
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Despite having been discovered at an early point in the human exploration of space, However, Alkaid was mostly desert with little to recommend it for colonization, particularly with more suitable worlds ready for settlement. Alkid's position in the system further discouraged colonization: Traveling from the standard jump points to the world takes four months, and the planet's orbit around the sun takes fifty-one Terran years. In the early [[twenty-fourth century]], explorers from the [[Federation of Skye]] discovered a plethora of chemicals and ores located just beneath Alkaid's surface. With this economic impetus, colonization began and the first permanent settlements were established.<ref name=DARWp174/>
  
During the [[Jihad]] a Lyran unit was trapped on the world by [[Word of Blake]] forces. The Lyrans fought as insurgents until the Blakists withdrew from the world.<ref name=DARWp177/>
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During the [[Jihad]] a Lyran unit was trapped on the world by [[Word of Blake]] forces. The Lyrans fought as insurgents until the Blakists withdrew from the world.<ref name=DARWp174/>
  
===Dark Age===
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===Planetary Rulers===
During the [[Clan Jade Falcon|Jade Falcon]] ''[[Desant|desant]]'' of [[3134]], Alkaid was one of several [[Republic of the Sphere|Republic]] worlds targeted. Rather than use overwhelming force and risk collateral damage, [[Aleksandr Hazen]] instead challenged the planetary government to fight his [[Trinary]] with a militia battalion in an isolated desert location. At the agreed-upon battlefield Hazen proceeded to defeat the militia and win the planet for his Clan.<ref name=FotFc16/> Hazen kept his promise to treat the Alkaidians fairly and cause little disruption to their lives rather than impose Clan culture upon them, resulting in little resistance to their new overlords and favorable testimonials that Hazen broadcast to his next target, [[Summer]].<ref>''Flight of the Falcon'', ch. 21</ref> <ref>''Blood of the Isle'', ch. 9</ref>
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====3130====
 
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* Governor Chandler Neville<ref name=DARWp174/>
Alkaid was raided by Lyran-employed mercenaries in [[3136]].<ref>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 23, "Timeline 3132-3145"</ref>
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* Planetary Legate Renee Zollern<ref name=DARWp174/>
 
 
By the time the Lyran Commonwealth mounted [[Operation Black Ice]] in late [[3150]], Alkaid had an anti-Falcon insurgency already underway, and with its history of successful resistance to occupying powers proved to be a ripe target. A [[Loki (Intelligence agency)|Loki]] team linked up with local resistance leaders and equipped them with weaponry and explosives tailored towards weakening the Falcons' grip on Alkaid. Well versed in Falcon military and governmental patterns, the insurgents undertook a campaign so devastating that Clan control on Alkaid shrunk to the spaceport, and that was under siege by the resistance.<ref>''Tamar Rising'', p. 18 & 20, "For the Children"</ref>
 
  
 
===Military Deployment===
 
===Military Deployment===
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====2765====
 
====2765====
 
* [[Tenth Donegal Guards]]<ref name=FR:2765LCAFp11>''Field Report 2765: LCAF'', p. 11: "Donegal Guards" - Regimental Status</ref>
 
* [[Tenth Donegal Guards]]<ref name=FR:2765LCAFp11>''Field Report 2765: LCAF'', p. 11: "Donegal Guards" - Regimental Status</ref>
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====3079====
 
====3079====
 
* [[Nekkar Skye Province Militia]]<ref>''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 17: "Regional Militias Regimental Status"</ref>
 
* [[Nekkar Skye Province Militia]]<ref>''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 17: "Regional Militias Regimental Status"</ref>
:- The unit was operating at 55% strength, with 45% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.
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:- In 3079 the Nekkar SPM operating at 55% of full strength, with 45% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.
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====3134====
 
====3134====
 
* Republic Alkaid Militia<ref name=FotFc16/>
 
* Republic Alkaid Militia<ref name=FotFc16/>
  
 
====3145====
 
====3145====
* [[First Mixed (Clan Jade Falcon)|First Mixed Cluster]]<ref name=FM:3145p168>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 168: "Clan Force Deployments - Clan Jade Falcon"</ref>
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* [[1st Mixed (Clan Jade Falcon)|First Mixed Cluster]]<ref name=FM:3145p168>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 168: "Clan Force Deployments - Clan Jade Falcon"</ref>
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===Geography===
 
===Geography===
Alkaid has two landmasses named Khalek, a large polar continent, and Inahalia, the southern supercontinent.<ref name=DARWp177/><ref name=FotFc16/>
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* Inahalia: Southern supercontinent.<ref name=FotFc16/>
  
 
===Planetary Locations===
 
===Planetary Locations===
* Hekker: an island chain just south of Khalek<ref name=DARWp177/>
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* Moravska: industrial center.<ref name=FotFc16/>
* Lake Tatyanna<ref name=DARWp177/>
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* Nobadi:<ref name=FotFc16/>
* Moravska: industrial center<ref name=FotFc16/>
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* Verstigrad: the planetary capital city.<ref name=DARWp174/><ref name=FotFc16/>
* Moravska Ostrava: the planet's first settlement and largest city as of 3130<ref name=DARWp177/><ref name=H:HSp139>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 139: "Toloy Chemicals (ToiChem)"</ref>
 
* Nobadi: a city<ref name=DARWp177/><ref name=FotFc16/>
 
* Verstigrad: the planetary capital city<ref name=DARWp177/><ref name=FotFc16/>
 
 
 
===Companies and Industries===
 
* [[Toloy Chemicals]]<ref name=H:HSp139/>
 
  
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===Industrial Centers===
===Local Flora and Fauna===
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* [[Toloy Chemicals]]<ref>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 144: "Other Major Commonwealth Industries"</ref>
  
===Image gallery===
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==Nearby Systems==
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== Nearby Systems ==
 
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
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* ''[[Blood of the Isle]]'' (novel)
 
 
* ''[[Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere]]''
 
* ''[[Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere]]''
 
* ''[[Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)]]''
 
* ''[[Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)]]''
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* ''[[Field Report: LAAF]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report: LAAF]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report 2765: LCAF]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report 2765: LCAF]]''
* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]''
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* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)]]''
* ''[[Flight of the Falcon]]'' (novel)
 
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Marik]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Marik]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]''
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* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
 
* ''[[Shattered Fortress]]''
 
* ''[[Shattered Fortress]]''
* ''[[Tamar Rising]]''
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[[Category:Systems|Alkaid]]
 
[[Category:Systems|Alkaid]]

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