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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>
 
* [[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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* [[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>
 
* [[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>
 
* [[3151]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name=SFp102-103>''Shattered Fortress'', pp. 102–103: "Inner Sphere - [3151] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3151]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name=SFp102-103>''Shattered Fortress'', pp. 102–103: "Inner Sphere - [3151] Map"</ref>
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==Alkaid II==
 
==Alkaid II==
 
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| distance            = 124 days<ref name=DARWp177/>
 
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| gravity            = 1.17<ref name=DARWp177/>
 
| gravity            = 1.17<ref name=DARWp177/>
 
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| political          = [[Planetary Governor of Alkaid|Planetary Governor]]
 
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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=DARWp177/> including hosting such companies as [[Toloy Chemicals]].
  
 
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By the time the Lyran Commonwealth mounted [[Operation Black Ice]] in late [[3050]], 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>
 
By the time the Lyran Commonwealth mounted [[Operation Black Ice]] in late [[3050]], 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>
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* [[Tenth Donegal Guards]]<ref name=FR:2765LCAFp11>''Field Report 2765: LCAF'', p. 11: "Donegal Guards" - Regimental Status</ref>
 
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* [[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>
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* Republic Alkaid Militia<ref name=FotFc16/>
 
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* [[First Mixed (Clan Jade Falcon)|First Mixed Cluster]]<ref name=FM:3145p168>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 168: "Clan Force Deployments - Clan Jade Falcon"</ref>
 
* [[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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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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* ''[[Blood of the Isle]]'' (novel)
 
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Revision as of 09:27, 18 February 2024

Alkaid
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Alkaid 3151.svg
Alkaid nearby systems
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System Information
X:Y Coordinates-94.096 : 47.002[e]
Star namesTwo
Spectral classB1V, G2V[1]
Recharge time151 hours, 183 hours[citation needed]
Planet(s)2[1]

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.[2]

System Description

The Alkaid system has two stars, one type B1V and one type G2V.[1]

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 points and the one habitable world.[1]

Political Affiliation

Alkaid II

Alkaid II
Astrophysical
System positionSecond[1]
Jump Point distance124 days[1]
Moons1 (Vishnu)[1]
Geophysical
Surface gravity1.17[1]
Atmospheric pressureStandard (Breathable)[1]
Equatorial temperature43°C[1]
Surface water37%[1]
Highest native lifePlants[1]
Landmasses2 (Khalek, Inahalia)[1]
History and Culture
Population126,762,000 (3130)[43][1]
Government and Infrastructure
Political LeaderPlanetary Governor
Military CommanderLegate Renee Zollern (3130)[43][1]
CapitalVerstigrad[1][39]

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,[1] including hosting such companies as Toloy Chemicals.

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.[1]

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.[1]

Dark Age

During the Jade Falcon desant of 3134, Alkaid was one of several 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.[39] 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.[44] [45]

Alkaid was raided by Lyran-employed mercenaries in 3136.[46]

By the time the Lyran Commonwealth mounted Operation Black Ice in late 3050, 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 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.[47]

Military Deployment

2765

2786

  • Tenth Donegal Guards[49]

3079

- The unit was operating at 55% strength, with 45% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.

3134

  • Republic Alkaid Militia[39]

3145

Geography

Alkaid has two landmasses named Khalek, a large polar continent, and Inahalia, the southern supercontinent.[1][39]

Planetary Locations

  • Hekker: an island chain just south of Khalek[1]
  • Lake Tatyanna[1]
  • Moravska: industrial center[39]
  • Moravska Ostrava: the planet's first settlement and largest city as of 3130[1][52]
  • Nobadi: a city[1][39]
  • Verstigrad: the planetary capital city[1][39]

Industrial Centers

Map Gallery

Nearby Systems

Closest 44 systems (42 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Carsphairn 8.3 Laiaka 9.7 Seginus 19.7 Vindemiatrix 21.6
Gladius 24.9 Alcor 26.5 Caledonia 28.7 Hesperus 29.5
Kochab 30.1 Canonbie 34.4 Glengarry 34.6 Chaffee 35.4
Syrma 37.0 Gacrux 37.1 Skye 37.3 Algorab 39.2
Trent 39.3 Zaniah 40.2 Lamon 40.6 Zebebelgenubi 41.9
Galatea 42.3 Cor Caroli 44.8 Zebeneschamali 46.1 Carnwath 47.1
New Kyoto 47.3 Mizar 47.5 Laurieston 48.2 Alioth 48.3
Nekkar 49.4 Alphecca 49.6 Shiloh 52.3 Alchiba 52.4
Phecda 52.4 Unukalhai 53.0 Milton 53.3 Furillo 53.3
Summer 53.9 Fianna 54.2 Sarpsborg 57.5 Alkalurops 58.2
Nusakan 59.4 Haddings 60.0 Halmyre Deans 60.2 Eidsfoss 60.6

References

  1. ↑ 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 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130), p. 177: "Alkaid"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Shattered Fortress, pp. 102–103: "Inner Sphere - [3151] Map"
  3. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 16: "Free Worlds League Founding [2271]"
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 13: "Federation of Skye world within the Lyran Commonwealth before [2340] and after at their founding in [2341]"
  5. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25: "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War [2571]"
  6. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 24: "Free Worlds League after Age of War [2571]"
  7. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159: "Inner Sphere Map [2596]"
  8. ↑ Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 25: "Rim Worlds Republic at the Fall of the Star League [2750]"
  9. ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37: "Inner Sphere - 2750"
  10. ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. xi: Inner Sphere - [2764]
  11. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - 2765"
  12. ↑ First Succession War, pp. 24–25: "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"
  13. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36: "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War [2822]"
  14. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 34: "Free Worlds League after First Succession War [2822]"
  15. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - 2822"
  16. ↑ First Succession War, pp. 112–113: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  17. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40: "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War [2864]"
  18. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 38: "Free Worlds League after Second Succession War [2864]"
  19. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47: "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War [3025] Map"
  20. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 42: "Free Worlds League after Third Succession War [3025] Map"
  21. ↑ House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 132: "District and Prefecture Boundaries of Kurita Space"
  22. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56: "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War [3030] Map"
  23. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 51: "Free Worlds League after Fourth Succession War [3030] Map"
  24. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 59: "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 [3040] Map"
  25. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133: "Inner Sphere - 3040"
  26. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - 3050"
  27. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 61: "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion [3052] Map"
  28. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23: "Inner Sphere - 3052"
  29. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11: "Inner Sphere Map [3057]"
  30. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 54: "Free Worlds League after Operation Guerrero [3058] Map"
  31. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29: "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"
  32. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 69: "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War [3067] Map"
  33. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 54: "Free Worlds League after FedCom Civil War [3067] Map"
  34. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 41: "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3067]
  35. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64: "Inner Sphere - 3075"
  36. ↑ Field Report: LAAF, p. 19: "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table [3079]"
  37. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63: "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"
  38. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 127: "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"
  39. ↑ 39.0 39.1 39.2 39.3 39.4 39.5 39.6 39.7 Flight of the Falcon, ch. 16
  40. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11: "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"
  41. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39: "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"
  42. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - 3145"
  43. ↑ 43.0 43.1 Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere, p. 18: "Prefecture VIII"
  44. ↑ Flight of the Falcon, ch. 21
  45. ↑ Blood of the Isle, ch. 9
  46. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 23, "Timeline 3132-3145"
  47. ↑ Tamar Rising, p. 18 & 20, "For the Children"
  48. ↑ Field Report 2765: LCAF, p. 11: "Donegal Guards" - Regimental Status
  49. ↑ First Succession War, p. 139: "First Succession War Deployment Table - LCAF"
  50. ↑ Field Report: LAAF, p. 17: "Regional Militias Regimental Status"
  51. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 168: "Clan Force Deployments - Clan Jade Falcon"
  52. ↑ 52.0 52.1 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 139: "Toloy Chemicals (ToiChem)"

Bibliography

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