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* [[3135]] - Draconis Combine <ref name=ER:3145p11>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"</ref> | * [[3135]] - Draconis Combine <ref name=ER:3145p11>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"</ref> | ||
* [[3145]] - Draconis Combine <ref name=ER:3145p39>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"</ref> | * [[3145]] - Draconis Combine <ref name=ER:3145p39>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"</ref> | ||
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+ | '''Caldrea''' was a target of the Lyran Commonwealth offensive known as the [[Long March Offensive|Long March]], the most ambitious military campaign the Commonwealth had launched up to that point in time. The campaign began in [[2463]] and was initially successful, misdirecting the [[DCMS]] into believing the target of the offensive was [[St. Ives]] and allowing the Lyrans to capture a number of border worlds as well as the worlds of [[Skondia]] and [[Nox]], partly through their use of [[BattleMech]]s, a technology the Draconis Combine had yet to field.<ref name="HS(TLC)p22">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 22, "Long March, Hard March"</ref> | ||
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+ | By the time the Lyran forces assaulted Caldrea, the Lyran military had been on the offensive for four years, and despite the constant rotation of tired troops out and reinforcements in, fatigue on both the military personnel and their equipment was taking a serious toll. Caldrea was fiercely defended by the DCMS forces; the discovery that the northern continent of Caldrea was a rugged mountainous maze riddled with traps and prepared defences was too much for the Lyrans, who resorted to breaching the [[Ares Conventions]] by using nuclear weapons to clear the mountains. This left Caldrea under Lyran control, but left the planet half-devastated and of little use to the Commonwealth.<ref name="HS(TLC)p22"/> | ||
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+ | The Lyran campaign to capture Caldrea was detailed in books such as ''The Caldrea Debacle'', published by Mountain Press in [[2500]]; authored by [[Timothy Asd]], the book detailed actions such as the unsuccessful attack on The Cassino, the fortress that guarded the Kelli pass and which saw the Lyran [[23rd BattleMech Battalion (Lyran Commonwealth)|Twenty-Third BattleMech Battalion]] destroyed or heavily damaged and the battalion's CO, [[Colonel]] Yoller, killed in action, highlighting the reasons behind the decision to use nuclear weapons to complete the conquest of Caldrea.<ref name="HS(TLC)p23">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 23, "Long March, Hard March"</ref> | ||
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* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]'' | * ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]'' | ||
* ''[[House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)]]'' | * ''[[House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)]]'' | ||
+ | * ''[[House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)]]'' | ||
* ''[http://home.ifi.uio.no/~oysteint/btech/maps/IS_3130.pdf Map of the Inner Sphere 3130]'' | * ''[http://home.ifi.uio.no/~oysteint/btech/maps/IS_3130.pdf Map of the Inner Sphere 3130]'' | ||
Revision as of 17:23, 10 August 2013
(References to Caldrea)
Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to Terra at (0, 0)
X: 33.82 Y: 194.69 [e]
Contents
Garrisoning Military Force
3050
Owner History
- 2464 - Draconis Combine [2]
- 2465 - Lyran Commonwealth [2]
- 2596 - Lyran Commonwealth [3]
- 2750 - Lyran Commonwealth [4]
- 2765 - Lyran Commonwealth [5]
- 3025 - Draconis Combine[citation needed]
- 3030 - Draconis Combine[citation needed]
- 3040 - Draconis Combine[citation needed]
- 3052 - Draconis Combine[citation needed]
- 3057 - Draconis Combine[citation needed]
- 3062 - Draconis Combine[citation needed]
- 3130 - Draconis Combine [6]
- 3135 - Draconis Combine [7]
- 3145 - Draconis Combine [8]
Planetary History
Age of War
Caldrea was a target of the Lyran Commonwealth offensive known as the Long March, the most ambitious military campaign the Commonwealth had launched up to that point in time. The campaign began in 2463 and was initially successful, misdirecting the DCMS into believing the target of the offensive was St. Ives and allowing the Lyrans to capture a number of border worlds as well as the worlds of Skondia and Nox, partly through their use of BattleMechs, a technology the Draconis Combine had yet to field.[9]
By the time the Lyran forces assaulted Caldrea, the Lyran military had been on the offensive for four years, and despite the constant rotation of tired troops out and reinforcements in, fatigue on both the military personnel and their equipment was taking a serious toll. Caldrea was fiercely defended by the DCMS forces; the discovery that the northern continent of Caldrea was a rugged mountainous maze riddled with traps and prepared defences was too much for the Lyrans, who resorted to breaching the Ares Conventions by using nuclear weapons to clear the mountains. This left Caldrea under Lyran control, but left the planet half-devastated and of little use to the Commonwealth.[9]
The Lyran campaign to capture Caldrea was detailed in books such as The Caldrea Debacle, published by Mountain Press in 2500; authored by Timothy Asd, the book detailed actions such as the unsuccessful attack on The Cassino, the fortress that guarded the Kelli pass and which saw the Lyran Twenty-Third BattleMech Battalion destroyed or heavily damaged and the battalion's CO, Colonel Yoller, killed in action, highlighting the reasons behind the decision to use nuclear weapons to complete the conquest of Caldrea.[10]
Nearby Planets
References
- ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 43, "Draconis Combine Deployment Table"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 35, "Battles in the Age of War"
- ↑ 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"
- ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 22, "Long March, Hard March"
- ↑ House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 23, "Long March, Hard March"