Denebola

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Denebola
System Information
X:Y Coordinates-37.84:-1.62[e]
Spectral classK0V[1]
Planet(s)10[1]

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

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Owner History

Planetary Garrison

2764

3025

3038

3059

3067

3085

- At this point in time, the VIII Protectors was at 40% of full strength, with 55% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.

3145

Planetary Info

Denebola has three large continents that straddle its equator. These continents (Slovakia, Neurasia, and Zadipos) are covered in forests and river systems. Most of the planet's population lives on these continents as Denebola is coming out of an ice age and the polar regions extend quite deeply into the temperate areas. The glaciers seen by the first colonists were impressive, reaching down into the higher tropical latitudes. This would dramatically affect early Denebolian history.[1]

Planetary History

Independence

Denebola was one of the first colonies to declare itself independent from the Terran Alliance after the uprising on Freedom.[1][2] This independence was a mixed blessing, as the population lost access to the Terran Alliance traders and support systems. In their place were a series of loose alliances and trade agreements in order to get the food and supplies they needed to survive on their cold world. Unfortunately the colony worlds that supported Denebola were also suffering from the Demarcation Declaration, and couldn't spare much. Planetary communications broke down, and poorly planned agriculture and disease wiped out many smaller settlements. Only two groups of colonists survived, one on Zadipos and the other on Neurasia. These two colonies were located on opposite sides of the world, and each thought they were the only survivors.

Denebola was the first world targeted by the Hegemony Armed Forces when Director-General James McKenna launched the third of his "campaigns of persuasion" to bring former Terran Alliance colonies into the Hegemony; the attack on Denebola came in or around 2333.[3] When the Terran Hegemony arrived, the two colonies discovered each other. During Denebola's integration into the Hegemony a disagreement between the colonies over which one would be the capital and planetary government threatened to break out into war. Hegemony negotiators proposed a confederation style government where each colony would oversee it's own internal affairs and a planetary council composed of members of both colonies would decide matters that affected the whole world. This government style worked well for many years, only being replaced by a single world government after the fall of the Star League.[1] It was during the Star League era that Denebola was a member of the Tyrfing Province of the Hegemony.[4]

Succession Wars

During the Succession Wars, the Free Worlds League and Lyran Commonwealth fought over the world several times. The influx of new immigrants and bureaucracies of the Great House forced Denebola to form a single world government.[1] The long history of immigration would later make acceptance of Devlin Stone's relocation program easy for most of the inhabitants, and they were rewarded by seeing their world become the capital of Prefecture VIII.[1]

Operation Guerrero

Denebola was invaded in the Free Worlds League's first wave of Operation Guerrero by the 6th Free Worlds Legionnaires, the Atrean Hussars, and the 4th Marik Militia. The main defenders consisting of a Sarna March Militia unit were away conducting exercises on Caph with Gustafson's Grenadiers;[17] thus, the badly outgunned planetary militia in charge of defense turned the planet over to invaders without a shot being fired.[18]

Operation Broken Fist

Following the invasion of the Free Worlds League by the Skye and Bolan Provinces of the Lyran Alliance in what was termed Operation ÜBERSCHATTEN, Marshall Jeremy Brett took command of the local FWLM and launched a counteroffensive, under the name Operation BROKEN FIST. BROKEN FIST went beyond simply attempting to recapture worlds that the Lyrans had seized, striking into Lyran space at numerous worlds. Denebola was one of the worlds hit and was attacked by the League forces on the 1st of September 3068.[9] By the 20th of September the League forces had successfully captured Denebola.[19]

Jihad

By the end of December 3079 Denebola was one of more than twenty planets to have suffered an outbreak of the Redburn Virus, and one of eight to suffer from an infection rate of more than 150 out of every 100,000 people, as well as a mortality rate of more than 30 per 100,000 from the virus. Denebola also had the unfortunate distinction of being the first planet to report a new communicable strain of the virus.[20]

Dark Age

In 3095 Denebola was the location Interstellar Expeditions Stellar and Planetary Exploration Department office in The Republic of the Sphere.[21]

Notes

Hello,

The second instance of Alchiba is actually Denebola. Thank you,
- Herbert Beas

BattleTech Line developer, 12 Jun 2012

Nearby Systems

Systems within 60 light-years (distance in light years)
Closest systems first:
Zavijava 6.2 Oliver 8.1 Lipton 9.0 Chara 11.8
Afleir 13.5 Devil's Rock 13.8 Alula Australis 13.9 Zosma 15.1
Castor 15.3 Pollux 15.3 Haddings 16.7 Graham IV 16.8
Thorin 17.2 Muphrid 19.8 Zollikofen 22.8 Menkent 24.6
Marcus 25.3 New Earth 25.9 Alioth 26.2 Milton 26.9
Tyrfing 27.1 Mizar 27.8 Callison 28.1 Summer 28.5
New Dallas 29.4 Cor Caroli 29.8 Alchiba 30.1 Wyatt 30.2
Hector 32.2 Talitha 33.3 Rocky 33.8 Procyon 34.1
Rigil Kentarus 35.2 Dubhe 35.8 Sirius 35.8 Killbourn 35.9
Phecda 36.6 Yorii 37.5 Liberty 37.6 Terra 37.9
Wing 38.5 Galatea 39.1 Chertan 39.4 Van Diemen IV 40.4
Bordon 40.6 Keid 41.8 Connaught 42.1 Lyons 43.0
Dì-fang 44.6 Nusakan 45.0 Syrma 45.4 New Home 46.4
Alhena 46.5 Alkalurops 46.9 Alcor 47.9 Outreach 48.0
Hall 48.9 Altair 49.1 Ko 49.6 Asta 50.0
Gacrux 50.2 Shiloh 50.4 Imbros III 50.5 Caph 50.8
Acubens 51.2 Zebebelgenubi 51.2 Remulac 51.7 Bryant 52.3
Brownsville 52.5 Dieudonné 52.7 Irian 55.5 Nathan 55.9
Wasat 55.9 Skye 56.4 Aquileia 57.0 Alphard 57.4
Skondia 57.5 Atria 57.6 Fomalhaut 59.2 Epsilon Eridani 59.5

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130), p. 180, "Denebola World Profile"
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Interstellar Players 3: Interstellar Expeditions, p. 52
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 The Star League, p. 18, "The Syrma Ambush"
  4. 4.0 4.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 159, "Inner Sphere - 2596"
  5. Era Report: 2750, p. 37, "Inner Sphere - 2750"
  6. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 2765"
  7. Historical: War of 3039, p. 133, "Inner Sphere - 3040"
  8. 8.0 8.1 Field Manual: Updates, p. 177, "Lyran Alliance Deploment Table"
  9. 9.0 9.1 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 45, "The Jihad In Review"
  10. Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  11. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 251, "SLDF - Terran Hegemony Military Command Map"
  12. 12.0 12.1 House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 117, "Unit Deployment Table"
  13. Historical: War of 3039, p. 137, "Deployment Table"
  14. Field Manual: Free Worlds League, p. 110, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
  15. Field Manual: 3085, p. 187, "RAF Deployment Table - 3085"
  16. Field Manual: 3145, p. 144, "Republic Armed Forces - Principes Guards"
  17. Field Manual: Lyran Alliance, p. 114
  18. Shattered Sphere, p. 74, "Operation Guerrero, First Wave"
  19. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 46, "The Jihad In Review"
  20. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 13, "Plagued By Blake"
  21. Interstellar Players 3: Interstellar Expeditions, p. 12

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