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= Columbia =
 
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The '''Columbia''' system is the located some thirty light-years from [[Terra]].<ref name="JCIP2p66>''Jihad Conspiracies: Interstellar Players 2'', p. 66: "Columbia"</ref>
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''Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to [[Terra]] at (0, 0)
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The '''Columbia''' system is the located some thirty light-years from [[Terra]].<ref name="JCIP2p66>''Jihad Conspiracies: Interstellar Players 2'', p. 66 "Columbia"</ref>
  
 
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==System Description==
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== System Description ==
The investigation with orbital telescopes on the Columbia system had spotted free oxygen, nitrogen, water, and habitable temperatures in the target system. The [[Magellan Program#Magellan Six|Magellan Six]] probe took 89 years to discover that the "habitable" planet was a "super-Earth" with a surface gravity almost six times that of Terra. Fortunately, the system has several bountiful asteroid belts and the colonist decided to inhabit them. They were collectively named Columbia after a colonial region in the [[United States of America]].<ref name="JCIP2p66/>
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The investigation with orbital telescopes on the Columbia system had spotted free oxygen, nitrogen, water and habitable temperatures in the target system. The [[Magellan Program#Magellan Six|Magellan Six]] probe took 89 years to discover that the "habitable" planet was a "super-earth" with a surface gravity almost six times that of Terra. Fortunately, the system has several bountiful asteroid belts and the colonist decided to inhabit them. They were collectively named them '''Columbia''' after a colonial region in the old USA.<ref name="JCIP2p66/>
  
==Political Affiliation==
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* [[2124]] - Independent<ref name="JCIP2p66/>
 
* [[2850]] - Independent<ref name="JCIP2p66/>
 
* [[2875]] - Independent<ref name="JCIP2p66/>
 
* Ca. [[3000]] - Independent<ref name="JCIP2p66/>
 
* Ca. [[3068]] - Independent<ref name="JCIP2p66/>
 
  
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= Columbia =
==Columbia==
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===System History===
 
The Columbia colony thrived and remained undiscovered until [[2850]], when [[ComStar]] found it thanks to a radio telescope array. The first contact was very stressfull for the inhabitants. They "woke up" in the grip of the [[Second Succession War]] and wanted no part of that. Trying to get in good relationship with those inhabitants, Comstar turned to Terra's [[Belters]] to help in the establishment of diplomatic relations with the isolationist Columbians.<ref name="JCIP2p66/>
 
  
Columbia today remains extremely isolationist because its limited contact with the outside triggered two civil wars. The first happened around 2875, when the Columbian government attempted to centralize power in order to remain hidden from the [[Inner Sphere]]. The second happened at about the turn of the millennium, largely because of the economic disruptions from imported technology.<ref name="JCIP2p66/>
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'''Columbia''' is the name given to several asteroid belts in the system.<ref name="JCIP2p66/>
  
Circa [[3068]], the Columbia Belters stridently avoid having anything to do with other foreigners, though they do trade the products of cheap Columbian labor for medicine.<ref name="JCIP2p66/>
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== Planetary History ==
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With the first Magellan probe sent on [[2030]] and the last sent in [[2035]] and taking into account that the ship took 89 years to arrive to the system, the colonization started between [[2119]] and [[2124]].
  
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The colony thrived. Columbia remained undiscovered until [[2850]], when [[ComStar]] found it thanks to a radio telescope array. The first contact was very stressfull for the inhabitants. They "woke up" in the grip of the [[Second Succession War]] and Columbia wanted no part of that. Trying to get in good relationship with those inhabitants, Comstar turned to Terra's [[Belters]] to help in the establishment of diplomatic relations with the isolationist Columbians.
===Geography===
 
  
===Planetary Locations===
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Columbia today remains extremely isolationist because its limited contact with the outside triggered two civil wars.
  
===Companies and Industries===
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The first happened around 2875, when the Columbian government attempted to centralize power in order to remain hidden from the [[Inner Sphere]].
  
===Nearby Systems===
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The second happened at about the turn of the millennium, largely because of the economic disruptions from imported technology.
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==Notes==
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Circa [[3068]], the Columbia Belters stridently avoid having anything to do with other foreigners, though they trade medicine for the products of cheap Columbian labor.<ref name="JCIP2p66/>
With the first Magellan probe sent on [[2030]] and the last sent in [[2035]] and taking into account that the ship took 89 years to arrive to the system, the colonization started between [[2119]] and [[2124]].
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== Political Affiliation ==  
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* [[2124]] - Independent<ref name="JCIP2p66/>
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* [[2850]] - Independent<ref name="JCIP2p66/>
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* [[2875]] - Independent<ref name="JCIP2p66/>
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* Circa [[3000]] - Independent<ref name="JCIP2p66/>
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* Crica [[3068]] - Independent<ref name="JCIP2p66/>
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== Geography ==
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Unknown.
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== Planetary Locations ==
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Unknown.
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== Industrial Centers ==
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None.
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== Nearby Systems ==
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Unknown.
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
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* ''[[Jihad Conspiracies: Interstellar Players 2]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad Conspiracies: Interstellar Players 2]]''
  
[[Category:Systems|Columbia]]
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[[Category: Planets]]
[[Category:Systems with Undetermined Coordinates|Columbia]]
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[[Category:Independent Planets]]
[[Category:Independent Systems]]
 

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