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− | Broken Wheel was struck by the [[Border Lords]] pirate band in [[3101]], soon after the Border Lords had fled the [[Calderon Protectorate]] in search of easier hunting. The Border Lords dropped a mixed [[battalion]] of [[BattleMechs]], infantry and armor on Broken Wheel and rampaged through Conestoga while moving towards the Quikscell Company facility nearby. Opposing the Border Lords were elements of the Second Filtvelt | + | Broken Wheel was struck by the [[Border Lords]] pirate band in [[3101]], soon after the Border Lords had fled the [[Calderon Protectorate]] in search of easier hunting. The Border Lords dropped a mixed [[battalion]] of [[BattleMechs]], infantry and armor on Broken Wheel and rampaged through Conestoga while moving towards the [[Quikscell]] Company facility nearby. Opposing the Border Lords were elements of the Second Filtvelt Citizen's Militia, who began firing on the Border Lords while the pirates were still in Conestoga. The Second had a company of [[Hound|HD-2F ''Hound'']] 'Mechs available, augmented by a mixture of [[Pegasus Scout Hovertank]]s and [[Light Thunderbolt Carrier]]s manufactured on Broken Wheel.<ref name="TRO:3145Mp38">''Technical Readout: 3145 Mercenaries'', p. 38, "HD-2F ''Hound''"</ref> |
The Second had detailed knowledge of the layout of Conestoga and used the tight and twisting streets to their advantage; the city streets limited the mobility of the Border Lords, who were primarily equipped with light and medium 'Mechs, and the Second continually used their ''Hounds'' to ambush the Border Lords or lay down fire lanes. The pirates found themselves steadily losing 'Mechs; then, when the Border Lords tried to retreat, the Second cut them off, pinning the pirates in place long enough for the ''Hounds'' to wipe out the enemy infantry and armor units. Roughly half of the pirate 'Mechs managed to escape offworld without any of the materiel they'd hoped to capture.<ref name="TRO:3145Mp38"/> | The Second had detailed knowledge of the layout of Conestoga and used the tight and twisting streets to their advantage; the city streets limited the mobility of the Border Lords, who were primarily equipped with light and medium 'Mechs, and the Second continually used their ''Hounds'' to ambush the Border Lords or lay down fire lanes. The pirates found themselves steadily losing 'Mechs; then, when the Border Lords tried to retreat, the Second cut them off, pinning the pirates in place long enough for the ''Hounds'' to wipe out the enemy infantry and armor units. Roughly half of the pirate 'Mechs managed to escape offworld without any of the materiel they'd hoped to capture.<ref name="TRO:3145Mp38"/> |
Revision as of 18:51, 3 July 2019
Broken Wheel
Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to Terra at (0, 0)
Broken Wheel | |
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← 3135 3151 | |
System Information | |
X:Y Coordinates | 534.29 : -173.501[e] |
Spectral class | G0V[1] |
Recharge time | 181 hours[1] |
Recharge station(s) | Zenith[1] |
The Broken Wheel system was home to at least one habitable world, Broken Wheel VI, and as at 3145 was located in the Filtvelt Coalition.[2][3]
Contents
System Description
The Broken Wheel system is located near the Marielund and Wetumpka systems[2][3] and consists of a class G0V primary orbited by at least five planets. During the late thirty-first century a recharge station was in place at the system zenith jump point.[1]
System History
The Broken Wheel system had been colonised by the end of the Age of War[4] and was a member of the Federated Suns continuously until the late thirty-first century.
Broken Wheel V
Template:InfoBoxPlanetStandard Broken Wheel V - more commonly known simply as Broken Wheel - is the fifth planet in the Broken Wheel system and has a single moon named Axle.[1]
Planetary History
Broken Wheel was part of the Federated Suns from the Age of War until the Jihad.
On October 3069, an unknown pirate band struck the PDZ capital of Broken Wheel. Using a force of light BattleMechs (one Battle Hawk and two other 'Mechs), half a dozen Patron LoaderMechs and six Plainsman the pirates where able to hold back metropolitan police forces while they ransacked a total of nineteen banks and currency exchanges in New Porter, leaving prior to the arrival of the Broken Wheel Crucis March Militia. The pirates Dropship easily outpaced the older aerospace fighters available to the militia.[5]
When the Filtvelt Coalition formed, Broken Wheel joined in order to present a united front against pirates active in the Malagrotta Cooperative. The Coalition eagerly accepted Broken Wheel's application for admission in order to get control of a vehicle repair facility.[1]
In late 3080 or early 3081 the Filtvelt Coalition upgraded the Quickscell Company repair facility on Broken Wheel to enable it to produce hovercraft as a part of a general expansion of the Coalition's military manufacturing.[6]
The Dark Age
Broken Wheel was struck by the Border Lords pirate band in 3101, soon after the Border Lords had fled the Calderon Protectorate in search of easier hunting. The Border Lords dropped a mixed battalion of BattleMechs, infantry and armor on Broken Wheel and rampaged through Conestoga while moving towards the Quikscell Company facility nearby. Opposing the Border Lords were elements of the Second Filtvelt Citizen's Militia, who began firing on the Border Lords while the pirates were still in Conestoga. The Second had a company of HD-2F Hound 'Mechs available, augmented by a mixture of Pegasus Scout Hovertanks and Light Thunderbolt Carriers manufactured on Broken Wheel.[7]
The Second had detailed knowledge of the layout of Conestoga and used the tight and twisting streets to their advantage; the city streets limited the mobility of the Border Lords, who were primarily equipped with light and medium 'Mechs, and the Second continually used their Hounds to ambush the Border Lords or lay down fire lanes. The pirates found themselves steadily losing 'Mechs; then, when the Border Lords tried to retreat, the Second cut them off, pinning the pirates in place long enough for the Hounds to wipe out the enemy infantry and armor units. Roughly half of the pirate 'Mechs managed to escape offworld without any of the materiel they'd hoped to capture.[7]
Political Affiliation
- 2317 - No record [8]
- 2571 - Federated Suns [4]
- 2596 - Federated Suns [9]
- 2750 - Federated Suns [10]
- 2764 - Federated Suns [11]
- 2765 - Federated Suns [12][13]
- 2786 - Federated Suns [14]
- 2822 - Federated Suns [15][16][17]
- 2864 - Federated Suns [18]
- 3025 - Federated Suns [19][20]
- 3030 - Federated Suns [21]
- 3040 - Federated Commonwealth[22][23]
- 3050 - Federated Commonwealth [24]
- 3052 - Federated Commonwealth [25]
- 3057 - Federated Commonwealth [26]
- 3058 - Federated Commonwealth [27]
- 3063 - Federated Commonwealth [28]
- 3067 - Federated Suns [29][30]
- 3072 - Filtvelt Coalition [31]
- 3075 - Filtvelt Coalition [32]
- 3079 - Filtvelt Coalition [33][34]
- 3081 - Filtvelt Coalition [35]
- 3085 - Filtvelt Coalition [36]
- 3130 - Filtvelt Coalition [37]
- 3135 - Filtvelt Coalition [38]
- 3145 - Filtvelt Coalition [2][3]
Military Deployment
2786
3025
3054
3061
- First Albion Training Cadre[43]
3067
3101
- Elements of the Second Filtvelt Citizen's Militia[7]
3145
Geography
Broken Wheel has three continents named Magg, Tyre and Valvo.[1]
Planetary Locations
- Conestoga: a city located on Magg and site of the Quikscell facility.[1]
- Tripet: the planetary capital city, located on Magg.[1]
Industrial Centers
Nearby Systems
Systems within 60 light-years (distance in light years) Closest systems first: | |||||||
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Marielund | 9.0 | Wetumpka | 11.4 | Lackland | 12.2 | Skepptana | 18.1 |
Morven | 28.2 | Frankson | 28.7 | Filtvelt | 28.8 | Kenilworth | 29.8 |
Summerstide | 32.2 | Cogdell | 34.3 | Rennes | 38.3 | Vaucluse | 39.2 |
Memphis | 42.3 | Fugeres | 44.9 | Merowinger | 46.8 | Mararn | 47.1 |
Gillingham | 50.7 | Ebro | 52.9 | Brockton | 54.4 | Hortense | 54.6 |
Valois | 55.7 | Ulvskollen | 58.7 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Objectives: Periphery, p. 23, "Broken Wheel"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Field Manual: 3145, p. VI, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Handbook: House Davion, p. 48, "Federated Suns after Age of War - [2571] Map"
- ↑ BattleCorps: INN Newscast (Solaris Broadcasting Co. section), news item published [31/10/3069]: "Pirates Strike Broken Wheel"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 117, "Filtvelt Coalition"
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Technical Readout: 3145 Mercenaries, p. 38, "HD-2F Hound"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 18, "Federated Suns at their Founding - [2317] Map"
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159, "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
- ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"
- ↑ Field Report 2765: Federated Suns, p. 29, "Federated Suns Armed Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"
- ↑ First Succession War (Source Book), p. 25, "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 54, "Federated Suns after First Succesion War - [2822] Map"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, p. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
- ↑ First Succession War (Source Book), p. 113, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 60, "Federated Suns after Second Succesion War - [2864] Map"
- ↑ House Davion (The Federated Suns), "Federated Suns Map - [3025]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 70, "Federated Suns after Third Succesion War - [3025] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 72, "Federated Suns after Fourth Succesion War - [3030] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 76, "Federated Suns after War of [3039] - [3040] Map"
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11, Inner Sphere - [3050] Map
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23, Inner Sphere - [3052] Map
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11, Inner Sphere - [3057] Map
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 78, "Federated Suns after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29, Inner Sphere - [3063] Map
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 82, "Federated Suns after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 43, "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: 3072, p. 78
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65, Inner Sphere - [3075] Map
- ↑ Field Manual: AFFS, p. 21, "Armed Forces of the Federated Suns Deployment Map - August 3079"
- ↑ Field Report: Periphery, p. 22, "Filtvelt Coalition Region Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63, "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii, "Inner Sphere - October 3085"
- ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"
- ↑ First Succession War (Source Book), p. 134, "First Succession War Deployment Table - AFFS"
- ↑ House Davion (The Federated Suns), p. 135, "Unit Deployment Table"
- ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p. 11, "Operation RAT"
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 16, "FedCom Deployment Table"
- ↑ Shattered Sphere, p. 35, "FedCom Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 140, "Federated Suns Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 203, "Filtvelt Coalition"
- ↑ Objectives: Periphery, p. 24, "Quikscell Company"
Bibliography
- Era Report: 2750
- Era Report: 3052
- Era Report: 3062
- Era Report: 3145
- Field Manual: 3085
- Field Manual: 3145
- Field Manual: SLDF
- Field Manual: Updates
- Field Report 2765: Federated Suns
- Field Report: AFFS
- Field Report: Periphery
- First Succession War
- Handbook: House Davion
- Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1
- Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2
- Historical: Reunification War
- Historical: War of 3039
- House Davion (The Federated Suns)
- Jihad: Final Reckoning
- Jihad Hot Spots: 3072
- Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents
- Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
- NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1
- Objective Raids
- Objectives: Periphery
- Shattered Sphere
- Technical Readout: 3145 Mercenaries
- BattleCorps: INN Newscast (Solaris Broadcasting Co. section), news item published [31/10/3069]: "Pirates Strike Broken Wheel"