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| − | [[ | + | | image = Alkaid_3151.svg |
| − | ''( | + | | caption = Alkaid [[#Nearby_Systems|nearby systems]] |
| + | | name = Alkaid | ||
| + | | coord = -94.096 : 47.002{{e}} | ||
| + | | stars = Two | ||
| + | | class = B1V, G2V<ref name=DARWp177>''Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)'', p. 177: "Alkaid"</ref> | ||
| + | | recharge = 151 hours, 183 hours{{cn}} | ||
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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 [[3151]] was located in the [[Clan Jade Falcon]] Occupation Zone.<ref name=SFp102-103/> |
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| − | == | + | ==System Description== |
| − | + | The Alkaid system has two stars, one type B1V and one type G2V.<ref name=DARWp177/> | |
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| − | == | + | ==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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| − | == | + | ==Political Affiliation== |
| − | * [[2750]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]] | + | {{div col|colwidth=25em}} |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[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> |
| − | * [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]] | + | * [[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> |
| − | * [[3057]] - [[Lyran Alliance]] | + | * [[2596]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name=HRWp159>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159: "Inner Sphere Map [2596]"</ref> |
| − | * [[3062]] - [[Lyran Alliance]] | + | * [[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> |
| + | * [[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> | ||
| + | * [[2822]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp36">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36: "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War [2822]"</ref><ref name="H:HMp34">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 34: "Free Worlds League after First Succession War [2822]"</ref><ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - 2822"</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p112-113">''First Succession War'', pp. 112–113: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2864]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40: "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War [2864]"</ref><ref name="H:HMp38">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 38: "Free Worlds League after Second Succession War [2864]"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3025]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47: "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War [3025] Map"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 42: "Free Worlds League after Third Succession War [3025] Map"</ref><ref name="HKp132">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 132: "District and Prefecture Boundaries of Kurita Space"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3030]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56: "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War [3030] Map"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 51: "Free Worlds League after Fourth Succession War [3030] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]]<ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59: "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 [3040] Map"</ref><ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133: "Inner Sphere - 3040"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3050]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - 3050"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3052]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 61: "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion [3052] Map"</ref><ref name="ER3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23: "Inner Sphere - 3052"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3057]] - [[Lyran Alliance]]<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere Map [3057]"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3058]] - Lyran Alliance<ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 54: "Free Worlds League after Operation Guerrero [3058] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3063]] - Lyran Alliance<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29: "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3067]] - Lyran Alliance<ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 69: "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War [3067] Map"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 54: "Free Worlds League after FedCom Civil War [3067] Map"</ref><ref name=JFRp42>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 41: "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3067]</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3075]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="JS:TBDp64">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64: "Inner Sphere - 3075"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3079]] - Lyran Alliance<ref>''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 19: "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table [3079]"</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> | ||
| + | * [[3134]] - [[Clan Jade Falcon]] (from June)<ref name=FotFc16>''Flight of the Falcon'', ch. 16</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> | ||
| + | * [[3151]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name=SFp102-103>''Shattered Fortress'', pp. 102–103: "Inner Sphere - [3151] Map"</ref> | ||
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| − | Alkaid | + | ==Alkaid II== |
| + | {{InfoBoxPlanet | ||
| + | | image = | ||
| + | | name = Alkaid II | ||
| + | | othernames = | ||
| + | | position = Second<ref name=DARWp177/> | ||
| + | | distance = 124 days<ref name=DARWp177/> | ||
| + | | moons = 1 (Vishnu)<ref name=DARWp177/> | ||
| + | | gravity = 1.17<ref name=DARWp177/> | ||
| + | | pressure = Standard (Breathable)<ref name=DARWp177/> | ||
| + | | temperature = 43°C<ref name=DARWp177/> | ||
| + | | water = 37%<ref name=DARWp177/> | ||
| + | | life = Plants<ref name=DARWp177/> | ||
| + | | continents = 2 (Khalek, Inahalia)<ref name=DARWp177/> | ||
| + | | colonized = | ||
| + | | demonym = | ||
| + | | language = | ||
| + | | religion = | ||
| + | | population = 126,762,000 (3130)<ref name=DARoSp18>''Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere'', p. 18: "Prefecture VIII"</ref><ref name=DARWp177/> | ||
| + | | 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]]. | ||
| − | + | ===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/> | ||
| − | + | 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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| − | == | + | ===Dark Age=== |
| − | + | 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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| − | + | Alkaid was raided by Lyran-employed mercenaries in [[3136]].<ref>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 23, "Timeline 3132-3145"</ref> | |
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| − | + | 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> | |
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| − | + | ===Military Deployment=== | |
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| − | + | ====2765==== | |
| − | + | * [[Tenth Donegal Guards]]<ref name=FR:2765LCAFp11>''Field Report 2765: LCAF'', p. 11: "Donegal Guards" - Regimental Status</ref> | |
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| − | + | ====2786==== | |
| − | + | * Tenth Donegal Guards<ref name="FSWp139">''First Succession War'', p. 139: "First Succession War Deployment Table - LCAF"</ref> | |
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| − | + | ====3079==== | |
| − | | | + | * [[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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| − | + | ====3134==== | |
| − | + | * Republic Alkaid Militia<ref name=FotFc16/> | |
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| − | + | ====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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| − | + | ===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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| − | + | ===Planetary Locations=== | |
| − | + | * Hekker: an island chain just south of Khalek<ref name=DARWp177/> | |
| − | + | * Lake Tatyanna<ref name=DARWp177/> | |
| − | + | * Moravska: industrial center<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/> | |
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| − | + | * [[Toloy Chemicals]]<ref name=H:HSp139/> | |
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
| − | *''[[ | + | {{div col|colwidth=25em}} |
| − | *''[ | + | * ''[[Blood of the Isle]]'' (novel) |
| − | *''[[House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)]]'' | + | * ''[[Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere]]'' |
| + | * ''[[Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Era Report: 2750]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Era Report: 3052]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Era Report: 3062]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Era Report: 3145]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Field Report: LAAF]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Field Report 2765: LCAF]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Flight of the Falcon]]'' (novel) | ||
| + | * ''[[Handbook: House Marik]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]] | ||
| + | * ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Shattered Fortress]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Tamar Rising]]'' | ||
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| − | [[Category: Lyran Commonwealth | + | [[Category: Federation of Skye Systems]] |
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Latest revision as of 08:23, 23 April 2024
| Alkaid | |
|---|---|
← 3135 3151 | |
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| System Information | |
| X:Y Coordinates | -94.096 : 47.002[e] |
| Star names | Two |
| Spectral class | B1V, G2V[1] |
| Recharge time | 151 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]
Contents
System Description[edit]
The Alkaid system has two stars, one type B1V and one type G2V.[1]
System History[edit]
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[edit]
- 2271 - Inhabited world[3]
- 2340 - Federation of Skye[4]
- 2341 - Lyran Commonwealth[4]
- 2571 - Lyran Commonwealth[5][6]
- 2596 - Lyran Commonwealth[7]
- 2750 - Lyran Commonwealth[8][9]
- 2764 - Lyran Commonwealth[10]
- 2765 - Lyran Commonwealth[11]
- 2786 - Lyran Commonwealth[12]
- 2822 - Lyran Commonwealth[13][14][15][16]
- 2864 - Lyran Commonwealth[17][18]
- 3025 - Lyran Commonwealth[19][20][21]
- 3030 - Lyran Commonwealth[22][23]
- 3040 - Federated Commonwealth[24][25]
- 3050 - Federated Commonwealth[26]
- 3052 - Federated Commonwealth[27][28]
- 3057 - Lyran Alliance[29]
- 3058 - Lyran Alliance[30]
- 3063 - Lyran Alliance[31]
- 3067 - Lyran Alliance[32][33][34]
- 3075 - Lyran Commonwealth[35]
- 3079 - Lyran Alliance[36]
- 3081 - Republic of the Sphere[37]
- 3085 - Republic of the Sphere[38]
- 3134 - Clan Jade Falcon (from June)[39]
- 3135 - Clan Jade Falcon[40]
- 3145 - Clan Jade Falcon[41][42]
- 3151 - Clan Jade Falcon[2]
Alkaid II[edit]
| Alkaid II | |
|---|---|
| Astrophysical | |
| System position | Second[1] |
| Jump Point distance | 124 days[1] |
| Moons | 1 (Vishnu)[1] |
| Geophysical | |
| Surface gravity | 1.17[1] |
| Atmospheric pressure | Standard (Breathable)[1] |
| Equatorial temperature | 43°C[1] |
| Surface water | 37%[1] |
| Highest native life | Plants[1] |
| Landmasses | 2 (Khalek, Inahalia)[1] |
| History and Culture | |
| Population | 126,762,000 (3130)[43][1] |
| Government and Infrastructure | |
| Political Leader | Planetary Governor |
| Military Commander | Legate Renee Zollern (3130)[43][1] |
| Capital | Verstigrad[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[edit]
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[edit]
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 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 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[edit]
Geography[edit]
Alkaid has two landmasses named Khalek, a large polar continent, and Inahalia, the southern supercontinent.[1][39]
Planetary Locations[edit]
- 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]
Companies and Industries[edit]
Map Gallery[edit]
Nearby Systems[edit]
| 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[edit]
- ↑ 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"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Shattered Fortress, pp. 102–103: "Inner Sphere - [3151] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 16: "Free Worlds League Founding [2271]"
- ↑ 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]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25: "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War [2571]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 24: "Free Worlds League after Age of War [2571]"
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159: "Inner Sphere Map [2596]"
- ↑ Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 25: "Rim Worlds Republic at the Fall of the Star League [2750]"
- ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37: "Inner Sphere - 2750"
- ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. xi: Inner Sphere - [2764]
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - 2765"
- ↑ First Succession War, pp. 24–25: "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36: "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War [2822]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 34: "Free Worlds League after First Succession War [2822]"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - 2822"
- ↑ First Succession War, pp. 112–113: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40: "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War [2864]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 38: "Free Worlds League after Second Succession War [2864]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47: "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War [3025] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 42: "Free Worlds League after Third Succession War [3025] Map"
- ↑ House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 132: "District and Prefecture Boundaries of Kurita Space"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56: "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War [3030] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 51: "Free Worlds League after Fourth Succession War [3030] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 59: "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 [3040] Map"
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133: "Inner Sphere - 3040"
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - 3050"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 61: "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion [3052] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23: "Inner Sphere - 3052"
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11: "Inner Sphere Map [3057]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 54: "Free Worlds League after Operation Guerrero [3058] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29: "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 69: "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War [3067] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 54: "Free Worlds League after FedCom Civil War [3067] Map"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 41: "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3067]
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64: "Inner Sphere - 3075"
- ↑ Field Report: LAAF, p. 19: "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table [3079]"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63: "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 127: "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"
- ↑ 39.0 39.1 39.2 39.3 39.4 39.5 39.6 39.7 Flight of the Falcon, ch. 16
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11: "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39: "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - 3145"
- ↑ 43.0 43.1 Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere, p. 18: "Prefecture VIII"
- ↑ Flight of the Falcon, ch. 21
- ↑ Blood of the Isle, ch. 9
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 23, "Timeline 3132-3145"
- ↑ Tamar Rising, p. 18 & 20, "For the Children"
- ↑ Field Report 2765: LCAF, p. 11: "Donegal Guards" - Regimental Status
- ↑ First Succession War, p. 139: "First Succession War Deployment Table - LCAF"
- ↑ Field Report: LAAF, p. 17: "Regional Militias Regimental Status"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 168: "Clan Force Deployments - Clan Jade Falcon"
- ↑ 52.0 52.1 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 139: "Toloy Chemicals (ToiChem)"
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