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− | '''Baxter''' is a world that experiences earthquakes, rockslides, and dust storms nearly every day. This is due to the severe gravitational stresses and tides exerted on the world by | + | '''Baxter''' is a world that experiences earthquakes, rockslides, and dust storms nearly every day. This is due to the severe gravitational stresses and tides exerted on the world by its moon, T'Laus. A large comet or rogue world apparently came close to hitting T'Laus, and the near collision set the moon on an erratic orbital path.<ref name=DARWp206/> The resulting tidal stresses have caused a great deal of upheaval in Baxter's ecosphere, with the world losing most of its arable land and replacing it with deserts. Currently the inhabitants of Baxter live in modified low-profile buildings and cities or modified caves found in the mountain ranges. A few legends of lost cities persist: these claim that some inhabitants of Baxter moved their entire city into underground chambers that were crushed in the earthquakes. Scientists think that things will return to normal for Baxter once T'Laus returns to a stable orbit, but how long this will take remains a mystery.<ref name=DARWp206/> |
Baxter's economy took a serious hit when it lost its farmland, but is recovering slowly. Unlike other worlds, the number of minerals and metals on the world are relatively low and hard to acquire, so mining isn't a large part of the economy. Instead Baxter's residents focus on exporting their sea life.<ref name=DARWp206/> | Baxter's economy took a serious hit when it lost its farmland, but is recovering slowly. Unlike other worlds, the number of minerals and metals on the world are relatively low and hard to acquire, so mining isn't a large part of the economy. Instead Baxter's residents focus on exporting their sea life.<ref name=DARWp206/> |
Revision as of 09:44, 1 September 2014
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Baxter | |
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System Information | |
X:Y Coordinates | -31.26:113.47[e] |
Spectral class | K7II[1] |
Planet(s) | 5[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
- 2340 - Federation of Skye [2]
- 2341 - Lyran Commonwealth [2]
- 2596 - Lyran Commonwealth [3]
- 2750 - Lyran Commonwealth [4]
- 2765 - Lyran Commonwealth [5]
- 3025 - Lyran Commonwealth [6]
- 3030 - Lyran Commonwealth[citation needed]
- 3040 - Federated Commonwealth [7]
- 3050 - Federated Commonwealth [8]
- 3052 - Federated Commonwealth [9]
- 3057 - Lyran Alliance [10]
- 3063 - Lyran Alliance [11]
- 3075 - Word of Blake Protectorate [12]
- 3081 - Republic of the Sphere [13]
- 3085 - Republic of the Sphere [14]
- 3130 - Republic of the Sphere [1][15]
- 3135 - Independent World [16]
- 3145 - Rasalhague Dominion [17]
Planetary Garrison
3028
3038
3039
3050
- Nineteenth Lyran Guards RCT[22]
3145
Planetary Info
Baxter is a world that experiences earthquakes, rockslides, and dust storms nearly every day. This is due to the severe gravitational stresses and tides exerted on the world by its moon, T'Laus. A large comet or rogue world apparently came close to hitting T'Laus, and the near collision set the moon on an erratic orbital path.[1] The resulting tidal stresses have caused a great deal of upheaval in Baxter's ecosphere, with the world losing most of its arable land and replacing it with deserts. Currently the inhabitants of Baxter live in modified low-profile buildings and cities or modified caves found in the mountain ranges. A few legends of lost cities persist: these claim that some inhabitants of Baxter moved their entire city into underground chambers that were crushed in the earthquakes. Scientists think that things will return to normal for Baxter once T'Laus returns to a stable orbit, but how long this will take remains a mystery.[1]
Baxter's economy took a serious hit when it lost its farmland, but is recovering slowly. Unlike other worlds, the number of minerals and metals on the world are relatively low and hard to acquire, so mining isn't a large part of the economy. Instead Baxter's residents focus on exporting their sea life.[1]
Nearby Planets
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130), p. 206, "Baxter World Profile"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 13, "Federation of Skye world within the Lyran Commonwealth befor [2340] and after at their founding in [2341]"
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159, "Inner Sphere Map [2596]"
- ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37, "Inner Sphere - 2750"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 2765"
- ↑ House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 193, "Draconis Combine - Map"
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133, "Inner Sphere - 3040"
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 3050"
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23, "Inner Sphere - 3052"
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map [3057]"
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29, "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65, "Inner Sphere [3075] Map"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63, "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 127, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"
- ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"
- ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p. 44, "Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG"
- ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p.45, "Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG"
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 137, "Deployment Table"
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 Historical: War of 3039, p. 140, "Deployment Table"
- ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 26, "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 172, "Clan Force Deployments - Rasalhague Dominion"
Bibliography
- 20 Year Update
- Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)
- Era Report: 2750
- Era Report: 3052
- Era Report: 3062
- Era Report: 3145
- Field Manual: 3085
- Field Manual: 3145
- Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1
- Historical: Reunification War
- Historical: War of 3039
- House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)
- Jihad: Final Reckoning
- Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents
- Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
- NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1