Asta
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(References to Asta)
| Asta | |
|---|---|
← 3135 3151 | |
| System Information | |
| X:Y Coordinates | 4.12:25.73[e] |
| Spectral class | K2VI[1] |
| Planet(s) | 7[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
- 2271 - Terran Alliance [2]
- 2341 - Terran Hegemony [3]
- 2366 - Terran Hegemony [4]
- 2571 - Terran Hegemony [5]
- 2596 - Terran Hegemony [6]
- 2750 - Terran Hegemony [7]
- 2765 - Terran Hegemony [8]
- 3025 - Draconis Combine[citation needed]
- 3030 - Lyran Commonwealth[citation needed]
- 3040 - Draconis Combine[citation needed]
- 3052 - Draconis Combine[citation needed]
- 3057 - Draconis Combine[citation needed]
- 3062 - Draconis Combine[citation needed]
- 3068 - Word of Blake Protectorate (from July)[citation needed]
- 3077 - Word of Blake Protectorate (until May)[9]
- 3130 - Republic of the Sphere [1]
Garrisoning Military Force
3050
Planetary Info
Asta was one of the worlds that remained a part of the Terran Alliance following the Outer Reaches Rebellion and the Demarcation Declaration of 2242,[2] and became one of the worlds within the Alliance Core region of the Terran Hegemony.[6]
Prior to the Jihad, Asta was a primarily agricultural world with an economy based on exported textiles and food. Tourism was also a smaller part of the economy, with tourists and geologists arriving to examine the strange crystal rock formations in the desert canyons of the main continent, Baldero. The Blakists attacked the world via orbital bombardment, destroying the small Draconis Combine military unit stationed there, and forcibly integrated it into the Word of Blake Protectorate[1] between the 19th and 21st of June 3068.[12] Having occupied Altair the Blakists then established several "re-education" camps on the planet.[1]
It was from a prison camp on Asta that the noted military officer Andrew Redburn was liberated on the 18th of March 3077; Redburn had been presumed dead since the attack on Tukayyid at the beginning of the Jihad, but was rescued alive by allied coalition forces led by Clan Ghost Bear, and promptly joined the general staff of the coalition leader, Devlin Stone.[13] The forces from the Draconis Combine front of Operation SCOUR that liberated Asta were led by Tai-shu Isoroku Kurita, and began by securing what was left of the planetary capital, Excaliba, in the face of stiff resistance that finally broke with the arrival of the 2nd Genyosha. The main Combine force then rolled up the remaining Blakist presence on the Balerdo continent while the Ghost Bear forces cleared the Moolai continent. The Combine forces benefitted from an uprising in a Blakist reeducation camp near the port city of Logan which had spread through other camps a week or so before the coalition forces arrived. The uprisings, led by Danial Redburn, weakened and distracted the Blakist forces, something the coalition forces were able to take advantage of, shortening the campaign for Asta by at least a week if not more.[9]
Nearby Planets
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130), p. 230, "Asta World Profile"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Handbook: House Marik, p. 16, "Free Worlds League Founding [2271]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 13, "Lyran Commonwealth Founding [2341]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 17, "Capellan Confederation Foundation [2366]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 24, "Free Worlds League after Age of War [2571]"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 159, "Inner Sphere - 2596"
- ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37, "Inner Sphere - 2750"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 2765"
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 32, "Official Update 2"
- ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 40, "Draconis Combine Deployment Table"
- ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 71, "Com Guards Deployment Table"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 45, "The Jihad In Review"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 57, "The Jihad In Review"