Baxter
(References to Baxter)
Baxter | |
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← 3135 3151 | |
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[citation needed]
- 3052 - Federated Commonwealth[citation needed]
- 3057 - Lyran Alliance[citation needed]
- 3062 - Lyran Alliance[citation needed]
- 3130 - Republic of the Sphere [1][7]
- 3135 - Independent World [8]
- 3145 - Rasalhague Dominion [9]
Planetary Garrison
3028
3038
3039
3050
- Nineteenth Lyran Guards RCT[14]
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 it's 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. 132, "District and Prefecture Boundaries of Kurita Space"
- ↑ 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"
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Historical: War of 3039, p. 140, "Deployment Table"
- ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 26, "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"