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Line 10: The textbook definition of a Castle Brian had a minimum of twenty heavily armed turrets carrying an assortment of direct fire and missile weaponry, fifty smaller turrets and a hundred smaller antipersonnel bunkers. These were usually the only visible structures of the fortress, which was usually built deep inside a mountain and safe from all but the heaviest [[Nuclear Weapons|nuclear]] or orbital bombardment. An average of ten levels allowed enough space to store two [[brigade]]s, which could quickly emerge from any of five secret exits.<ref name=SL29>''The Star League'', p. 29: "Castle Brian Fortresses"</ref> The reality was that no two Castles Brian were alike, and there were several different classifications for these types of fortified structures. Almost as impressive as the structures themselves were the lengths taken to build them in secret in some of the remotest regions of a planet, including diverting an entire sea to build a Castle on the seabed and flooding the area once more.<ref name=JHST201/> The textbook definition of a Castle Brian had a minimum of twenty heavily armed turrets carrying an assortment of direct fire and missile weaponry, fifty smaller turrets and a hundred smaller antipersonnel bunkers. These were usually the only visible structures of the fortress, which was usually built deep inside a mountain and safe from all but the heaviest [[Nuclear Weapons|nuclear]] or orbital bombardment. An average of ten levels allowed enough space to store two [[brigade]]s, which could quickly emerge from any of five secret exits.<ref name=SL29>''The Star League'', p. 29: "Castle Brian Fortresses"</ref> The reality was that no two Castles Brian were alike, and there were several different classifications for these types of fortified structures. Almost as impressive as the structures themselves were the lengths taken to build them in secret in some of the remotest regions of a planet, including diverting an entire sea to build a Castle on the seabed and flooding the area once more.<ref name=JHST201/> − While often mistakenly believed to have been built to prevent invasion or takeover of a planet, the static fortresses were not meant to protect anything other than themselves and the forces contained within. With the limited resources of the [[Terran Hegemony]] compared to the nations of the other Great Houses, and the later Star League's sheer size preventing blanket defense coverage of most worlds, a Castle Brian was intended to be a hindrance against a blitzkrieg invasion, storing enough weapons, food and men to allow any defenders to hold out and harass the invaders hopefully until reinforcements could arrive. In effect their very presence acted as a deterrent against invasion for, while an enemy may succeed in capturing a planet, the presence of one or more Castles would prevent them effectively controlling it bar sufficient garrison forces.<ref name=SL29/><ref name=JHST201/> + While often mistakenly believed to have been built to prevent invasion or takeover of a planet, the static fortresses were not meant to protect anything other then themselves and the forces contained within. With the limited resources of the [[Terran Hegemony]] compared to the nations of the other Great Houses, and the later Star League's sheer size preventing blanket defense coverage of most worlds, a Castle Brian was intended to be a hindrance against a blitzkrieg invasion, storing enough weapons, food and men to allow any defenders to hold out and harass the invaders hopefully until reinforcements could arrive. In effect their very presence acted as a deterrent against invasion for, while an enemy may succeed in capturing a planet, the presence of one or more Castles would prevent them effectively controlling it bar sufficient garrison forces.<ref name=SL29/><ref name=JHST201/> ==Known Castles Brian== ==Known Castles Brian==
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The textbook definition of a Castle Brian had a minimum of twenty heavily armed turrets carrying an assortment of direct fire and missile weaponry, fifty smaller turrets and a hundred smaller antipersonnel bunkers. These were usually the only visible structures of the fortress, which was usually built deep inside a mountain and safe from all but the heaviest [[Nuclear Weapons|nuclear]] or orbital bombardment. An average of ten levels allowed enough space to store two [[brigade]]s, which could quickly emerge from any of five secret exits.<ref name=SL29>''The Star League'', p. 29: "Castle Brian Fortresses"</ref> The reality was that no two Castles Brian were alike, and there were several different classifications for these types of fortified structures. Almost as impressive as the structures themselves were the lengths taken to build them in secret in some of the remotest regions of a planet, including diverting an entire sea to build a Castle on the seabed and flooding the area once more.<ref name=JHST201/> | The textbook definition of a Castle Brian had a minimum of twenty heavily armed turrets carrying an assortment of direct fire and missile weaponry, fifty smaller turrets and a hundred smaller antipersonnel bunkers. These were usually the only visible structures of the fortress, which was usually built deep inside a mountain and safe from all but the heaviest [[Nuclear Weapons|nuclear]] or orbital bombardment. An average of ten levels allowed enough space to store two [[brigade]]s, which could quickly emerge from any of five secret exits.<ref name=SL29>''The Star League'', p. 29: "Castle Brian Fortresses"</ref> The reality was that no two Castles Brian were alike, and there were several different classifications for these types of fortified structures. Almost as impressive as the structures themselves were the lengths taken to build them in secret in some of the remotest regions of a planet, including diverting an entire sea to build a Castle on the seabed and flooding the area once more.<ref name=JHST201/> | ||
| − | While often mistakenly believed to have been built to prevent invasion or takeover of a planet, the static fortresses were not meant to protect anything other | + | While often mistakenly believed to have been built to prevent invasion or takeover of a planet, the static fortresses were not meant to protect anything other then themselves and the forces contained within. With the limited resources of the [[Terran Hegemony]] compared to the nations of the other Great Houses, and the later Star League's sheer size preventing blanket defense coverage of most worlds, a Castle Brian was intended to be a hindrance against a blitzkrieg invasion, storing enough weapons, food and men to allow any defenders to hold out and harass the invaders hopefully until reinforcements could arrive. In effect their very presence acted as a deterrent against invasion for, while an enemy may succeed in capturing a planet, the presence of one or more Castles would prevent them effectively controlling it bar sufficient garrison forces.<ref name=SL29/><ref name=JHST201/> |
==Known Castles Brian== | ==Known Castles Brian== | ||