Colchester

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Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to Terra at (0, 0)

Colchester
Colchester 3151.svg
System Information
X:Y Coordinates305.27 : -13.488[e]

The Colchester system was home to at least one habitable world or construct and as at 3145 was located in the Woodbine Operational Area of the Periphery March of the Federated Suns.[1][2]

System Description

The Colchester system is located near the Lexington and Potwin systems.[1][2]

System History

The Colchester system was colonized during the First Exodus from Terra and by the end of the Age of War had been incorporated into the Federated Suns.[3][4]

Political Affiliation

Planetary History

First Succession War

Colchester was invaded during the first half of the major invasion into the Federated Suns launched by the Draconis Combine in May 2787.[10] Colchester was liberated by the Armed Forces of the Federated Suns in 2810 as part of the second major AFFS counter-offensive of the First Succession War against the Draconis Combine.[11]

Military Deployment

3025

Nearby Systems

Closest 40 systems (38 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Potwin 6.9 Lexington 13.9 Larned 14.5 Maynard 15.8
Tarkio 18.1 Newton 20.9 Evansville 25.5 Peabody 27.3
Courtney 28.3 Sauk City 30.5 Charleywood 30.7 Waunakee 30.9
Entalun 33.1 Ramona 34.4 Macomb 36.8 Imbrial 37.6
Turkalia 38.7 Bogard 40.6 Delphos 41.1 Dahar 42.4
Capac 43.2 Allerton 46.7 Quincy 46.8 Sun Prairie 46.8
DeWitt 48.3 Swales 48.5 Necedah 48.9 Emporia 49.1
Bellevue 49.7 Kestrel 49.8 Verde 51.8 Sodus 54.8
Sakhara 55.5 Bettendorf 56.3 Petrolia 56.9 Declan 58.0
Huron 59.2 Franklin 59.7 Kirklin 60.3 Saltural 60.5

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Field Manual: 3145, p. VI, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  3. 3.0 3.1 Handbook: House Davion, p. 18, "Federated Suns at their Founding - [2317] Map"
  4. 4.0 4.1 Handbook: House Davion, p. 48, "Federated Suns after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  5. Historical: Reunification War, p. 159, "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"
  6. Era Report: 2750, p. 37, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
  7. Field Manual: SLDF, "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
  8. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"
  9. Field Report 2765: Federated Suns, p. 29, "Federated Suns Armed Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"
  10. 10.0 10.1 First Succession War, p. 44, "Draconis Combine-Federated Suns Front 2786-2796"
  11. 11.0 11.1 First Succession War, p. 98, "The Davion Counter-Offensives"
  12. Handbook: House Davion, p. 54, "Federated Suns after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
  13. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, p. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  14. Handbook: House Davion, p. 60, "Federated Suns after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"
  15. House Davion (The Federated Suns), "Federated Suns Map - [3025]"
  16. Handbook: House Davion, p. 70, "Federated Suns after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
  17. Handbook: House Davion, p. 72, "Federated Suns after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
  18. Handbook: House Davion, p. 76, "Federated Suns after War of [3039] - [3040] Map"
  19. Historical: War of 3039, p. 133, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"
  20. Era Report: 3052, p. 11, Inner Sphere - [3050] Map
  21. Era Report: 3052, p. 23, Inner Sphere - [3052] Map
  22. Era Report: 3062, p. 11, Inner Sphere - [3057] Map
  23. Handbook: House Davion, p. 78, "Federated Suns after Operation Guerrero [3058]"
  24. The Periphery, 2nd Edition, p. 111, "Taurian Concordat and Tortuga Dominions"
  25. Era Report: 3062, p. 29, Inner Sphere - [3063] Map
  26. Handbook: House Davion, p. 82, "Federated Suns after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
  27. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 43, "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"
  28. Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64, "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"
  29. Field Report: AFFS, p. 21, "Federated Suns Armed Forces Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
  30. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63, "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"
  31. Field Manual: 3085, p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
  32. Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  33. Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"
  34. House Davion (The Federated Suns), p. 135, "Unit Deployment Table"
  35. 35.0 35.1 35.2 35.3 NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p. 12, "Operation RAT"

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