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| − | | caption = Graham [[#Nearby_Systems|nearby systems]] | + | | caption = Graham [[#Nearby_Systems|nearby systems]] |
| name = Graham IV | | name = Graham IV | ||
| − | | coord = | + | | coord = −23.526 : −10.386{{e}} |
| stars = | | stars = | ||
| − | | class = G2V<ref name= | + | | class = G2V<ref name=DARWp241>''Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)'', p. 241: "Graham IV"</ref> |
| recharge = | | recharge = | ||
| − | | recharge stations = | + | | recharge stations = None<ref name=SLp172>''The Star League'', p. 172: "Graham IV" planet profile</ref> |
| − | | planets = 9<ref name= | + | | planets = 9<ref name=DARWp241/> |
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| − | '' | + | ==System Description== |
| + | '''Graham''' is located near the [[Xi Ursae Majoris]] and [[Oliver]] systems. | ||
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| + | ==Political Affiliation== | ||
| + | {{div col|colwidth=25em}} | ||
| + | * [[2271]] - [[Terran Alliance]]<ref name="HB:HMp16">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 16</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2319]] - [[Terran Hegemony]]<ref name=HB:HK>''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 18</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2341]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="HB:HSp13">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 13</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2366]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="HB:HLp17">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 17</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2571]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="HB:MPSp18">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 18</ref><ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2596]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2750]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2765]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="H:LoTV1p11>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2767]] - [[Amaris Empire]]<ref name="H:LoTV1p84+">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', pp. 84–85</ref><ref name="H:LoTV1p104">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 104</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2771]] - Amaris Empire<ref name="H:LoTV1p138">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 138</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2774]] - Amaris Empire<ref name="H:LoTV1p138"/> | ||
| + | * [[2786]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War'', pp. 24–25</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2793]] - [[Sirian Concordance]]<ref name=FM:FWLp83>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 83: "Sirian Lancers: The Fury"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2797]] - Terran Hegemony<ref name=FSWp95>''First Succession War'', p. 95: "Federated Suns Counteroffensives 2801–2818"</ref>{{ref label|affiliation|See Notes}} | ||
| + | * [[2822]] - [[Free Worlds League]]<ref name="HB:HMp34">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 34</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p112-113">''First Succession War'', pp. 112–113</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3025]] - Free Worlds League<ref>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', foldout: "Free Worlds League - Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3029]] - [[Tikonov Free Republic]]<ref>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 84</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3030]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]]<ref name=FM:FWLp84>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 84</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]]<ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3050]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3052]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3057]] - Free Worlds League<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3063]] - Free Worlds League<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3077]] - [[Word of Blake Protectorate]]'<ref name="J:FRp58"/> | ||
| + | * [[3081]] - [[Republic of the Sphere]]<ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3085]] - Republic of the Sphere<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere - October 3085" (Map</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3135]] - Republic of the Sphere<ref>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3145]] - Republic of the Sphere<ref name="ER:3145p38">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 38</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3150]] - [[Wolf Empire]] (from October)<ref>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 91</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3151]] - Wolf Empire<ref name=SFp103>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 103</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Graham IV== | ||
| + | {{InfoBoxPlanet | ||
| image = Graham IV.jpg | | image = Graham IV.jpg | ||
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| name = Graham IV | | name = Graham IV | ||
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| − | | distance = 9 days<ref name= | + | | position = Fourth<ref name=DARWp241/> |
| − | | moons = 1 (Krakatau)<ref name= | + | | distance = 9 days<ref name=DARWp241/> |
| − | + | | moons = 1 (Krakatau)<ref name=DARWp241/> | |
| − | | gravity = 0.83<ref name= | + | | gravity = 0.83<ref name=DARWp241/> |
| − | | pressure = Standard (Tainted)<ref name= | + | | pressure = Standard (Tainted)<ref name=DARWp241/> |
| − | | temperature = 33°C<ref name= | + | | temperature = 33°C<ref name=DARWp241/> |
| − | | water = 61%<ref name= | + | | water = 61%<ref name=DARWp241/> |
| − | | life = Mammals<ref name= | + | | life = Mammals<ref name=DARWp241/> |
| − | | | + | | continents = 2 (Barvionne, Palothica)<ref name=DARWp241/> |
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| − | | capital = New | + | | language = |
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| − | + | | population = 200,000,000 (2766),<ref name=SLp172/><br>3,000,000 (3025),<ref name=SLp172/><br>1,060,000 (3130)<ref name=DARWp241/><ref name=DARoSp22>''Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere'', p. 22: "Prefecture IX"</ref> | |
| + | | ruler = | ||
| + | | political = [[Planetary Governor of Graham IV|Planetary Governor]] | ||
| + | | commander = Legate [[Edwin Ilner]] (3130)<ref name=DARWp241/><ref name=DARoSp22/> | ||
| + | | capital = New DeKirk City<ref name=DARWp241/> | ||
| hpg = | | hpg = | ||
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}} | }} | ||
| + | ===Planetary History=== | ||
| + | '''Graham IV''' was one of the worlds that remained a part of the Terran Alliance following the [[Outer Reaches Rebellion]] and the [[Demarcation Declaration]] of [[2242]],<ref name="HB:HMp16"/> and became one of the worlds within the [[Alliance Core]] region of the Terran Hegemony.<ref name="H:RWp159"/> | ||
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| + | Graham IV was initially settled by several [[Terra|Terran]] manufacturers because it possessed a great deal of raw materials useful in construction. [[Mitchell Vehicles]] and [[DeKirk Aerospace]] both established factories on the world to take advantage of these materials. Although the [[Star League Defense Force]] greatly benefited from Mitchell and DeKirk's presence on the world, Graham IV had at least six major corporations and countless smaller ones. Unfortunately this meant that Graham IV received a lot of attention from [[Stefan Amaris]]' troops during the [[Amaris Civil War]].<ref name=DARWp241/><ref name=SLp172>''The Star League'', p. 172: "Graham IV" planet profile</ref> | ||
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| + | ====Amaris Civil War==== | ||
| + | Amaris was planning on using the significant manufacturing capabilities of Graham IV to replace the losses he knew his forces were likely to take during his coup. Graham IV was both a world that had historically been on the border between states, and this, combined with the importance of Graham IV's industrial base had resulted in the SLDF placing a [[Space Defense System]] in the Graham system and building five [[Castle Brian|Castles Brian]] on the planet. The [[Rim Worlds Republic]] forces managed to secure three of the five Castles without firing a shot when the coup began on 27 December [[2766]]. The other two Castles would pose a significantly greater challenge.<ref name="H:LoTV1p84+"/> | ||
| − | + | The two remaining Castles Brian were Fort Baldwin, located near the planetary capital, DeKirk City, and Fort Ball. Each would take the better part of eight weeks to subdue; the Republican forces attempted to crack each with repeated nuclear strikes, although for the first four weeks the SLDF defenders managed to offer much more resistance in the air than the Republicans had anticipated, slowing the Republican campaign significantly. After eight weeks, the surviving SLDF troops in Fort Ball surrendered, only to be summarily executed by their Rim Worlds attackers. This prompted the surviving forces within Fort Baldwin to retreat into DeKirk City in an effort to continue the fight after the Fort Baldwin defenses were breached. The Republicans responded by giving DeKirk City one day to hand over the survivors, and when the population refused to comply, the Republicans levelled DeKirk City with a powerful nuclear weapon.<ref name="H:LoTV1p84+"/> | |
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| − | + | The widespread nuclear bombardment had leveled most of the planet's surface and destroyed the manufacturing complexes.<ref name=SLp172/> The destruction of DeKirk City also revealed a secret Hegemony aerospace R&D facility built beneath the planet's capital, the Icarus Research Center, which was where most of the SLDF personnel had taken shelter; however, the nuclear strike had also caused the facility to collapse, not only destroying DeKirk City but turning the entire area into one large radioactive sinkhole. The radioactivity of the bombs used would prevent the search for [[lostech]] in its ruins for some time.<ref name="H:LoTV1p84+"/><ref name=SLp172/> | |
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| − | + | ====The Succession Wars==== | |
| + | During the [[BattleTech eras|Succession Wars]] and later eras, Graham IV still had a small mining presence on the world that focused on the few resources and ores that could be safely removed. A few cities remained after the Amaris troops left, being deemed too small to warrant a nuclear strike. Unfortunately most of the planet is radioactive even today, and most of the population lives in two massive space habitats that orbit Graham IV.<ref name=DARWp241/> | ||
| − | === | + | ====Fourth Succession War==== |
| − | + | Following the sudden invasions of several League worlds by the [[Tikonov Free Republic]] and a daringly successful invasion of [[Callison]] by mercenaries employed by the Lyran Commonwealth in mid-[[3029]], [[Captain-General of the Free Worlds League|Captain-General]] [[Janos Marik]] found himself in the midst of an unanticipated crisis. In addition to the conquest of Callison, [[LCAF]] communications traffic and movements had spiked sharply, creating the impression of an impending offensive against the League. Faced with what he believed to be the plausible threat of a large-scale attack aimed at the region of the League near [[Terra]], Janos was more concerned with saving the six or seven assorted BattleMech regiments present within the region than he was with retaining the worlds, as he believed that the offensive would most likely be aimed at snipping off the corner of the League closest to Terra - and to both the Federated Suns and the Tikonov Free Republic. Graham IV was one of the systems abandoned by Janos, who would learn later that he had been deceived by an effective campaign of smoke and mirrors arranged by the Commonwealth General of the Armies, [[Edward Regis]], to deter the League from launching an invasion of the Commonwealth while the LCAF was heavily committed to its invasion of the [[Draconis Combine]].<ref name="4SWp87">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 87: "Conclusion"''</ref><ref name="HB:HMp42">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 42: "Free Worlds League after Third Succession War [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HMp51">''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 51: "Free Worlds League after Fourth Succession War [3030]"</ref> | |
| − | The | + | ====The Jihad==== |
| + | Graham IV was occupied by the [[Word of Blake]] during the [[Jihad]], and on 23 September [[3075]] Graham IV was one of three worlds in the Protectorate to be raided simultaneously by unidentified forces. The raiders damaged the defending Protectorate and Militia forces, and were rumored to actually be drawn from the Word of Blake's own [[Shadow Divisions]].<ref name="JHS:Tp18">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 18: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref><ref name="J:FRp54">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 54: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> Allied coalition forces fighting on the [[Free Worlds League]] front of [[Operation SCOUR]] liberated Graham IV in March [[3078]],<ref name="J:FRp58">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 58: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> although the campaign saw [[Clan Nova Cat]] forces operating as a part of the Free Worlds League front forces on Graham suffer crippling damage to one of their vital supply ships when it was hit by an aircraft packed with conventional fuel-air explosives.<ref name="JHS:Tp80">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 80: "Terra's Doorstep"</ref> | ||
| − | + | ===Military Deployment=== | |
| + | ====2786==== | ||
| + | * [[Marik Guard]]<ref name="FSWp138">''First Succession War'', p. 138: "First Succession War Deployment Table - FWLM"</ref> | ||
| − | === | + | ====2821==== |
| − | + | * Marik Guard<ref name="FSWp138"/> | |
| − | ==== | + | ====3038==== |
| − | + | * [[Fifth Lyran Regulars]]<ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 137: "Deployment Table"</ref> | |
| − | === | + | ===Geography=== |
| − | Graham | + | Graham has two continents named Barvionne and Palothica.<ref name=DARWp241/> |
| − | == | + | ===Planetary Locations=== |
| − | + | * DeKirk City: location of DeKirk Aerospace during the Star League era<ref name=DARWp241/> | |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[Fort Baldwin Castle Brian]] |
| + | * [[Fort Ball]] | ||
| + | * GreenVale City: the headquarters of Mitchell Vehicles<ref name=SLp163>''The Star League'', p. 163: "Top Ten Hegemony Companies - [Mitchell Vehicles Interstellar]"</ref> | ||
| + | * Keystone: a city<ref name=SFp91>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 91</ref> in the southern reaches of Palothica and containing the planet's primary spaceport<ref name=DARWp241/> | ||
| + | * New DeKirk City: a large space habitat serving as the planetary capital<ref name=DARWp241/> | ||
| − | === | + | ===Companies and Industries=== |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[DeKirk Aerospace]]<ref name=DARWp241/> (destroyed during the First Succession War)<ref name="FSWp125">''First Succession War'', p. 125: "Shipbuilding Casualties of the First Succession War"</ref> |
| + | * [[Mitchell Vehicles Interstellar]]<ref name=DARWp241/><ref name=SLp163/> | ||
| − | == | + | ==Notes== |
| − | * [[ | + | * {{note|affiliation}} As of 2797, Graham is identified on a map in ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]'' as belonging to the Terran Hegemony Remnants (term used on page 24),<ref name=FSWp95/> though it's possible at this time it was actually under the control of the Sirian Concordance and left out for simplicity or to maintain focus on the Great Houses during the First Succession War. |
| − | == | + | ==Map Gallery== |
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| − | == Nearby Systems == | + | ==Nearby Systems== |
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| − | == References == | + | ==References== |
<references /> | <references /> | ||
| − | == Bibliography == | + | ==Bibliography== |
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| + | * ''[[Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere]]'' | ||
* ''[[Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)]]'' | * ''[[Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Era Digest: Dark Age]]'' | ||
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]'' | * ''[[Era Report: 2750]]'' | ||
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]'' | * ''[[Era Report: 3052]]'' | ||
* ''[[Era Report: 3062]]'' | * ''[[Era Report: 3062]]'' | ||
* ''[[Era Report: 3145]]'' | * ''[[Era Report: 3145]]'' | ||
| − | * ''[[First Succession War ( | + | * ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]'' |
* ''[[Handbook: House Kurita]]'' | * ''[[Handbook: House Kurita]]'' | ||
* ''[[Handbook: House Liao]]'' | * ''[[Handbook: House Liao]]'' | ||
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* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' | * ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' | ||
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]'' | * ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: Terra]]'' | ||
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* ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2]]'' | * ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2]]'' | ||
| − | * ''[[ | + | * ''[[Shattered Fortress]]'' |
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| − | [[Category: Amaris Empire | + | [[Category: Amaris Empire Systems]] |
| − | [[Category: Federated Commonwealth | + | [[Category: Federated Commonwealth Systems]] |
| − | [[Category: Free Worlds League | + | [[Category: Free Worlds League Systems]] |
| − | [[Category: Lyran Commonwealth | + | [[Category: Lyran Commonwealth Systems]] |
| − | [[Category: Republic of the Sphere | + | [[Category: Republic of the Sphere Systems]] |
| − | [[Category: Terran Alliance | + | [[Category: Terran Alliance Systems]] |
| − | [[Category: Terran Hegemony | + | [[Category: Terran Hegemony Systems]] |
| − | [[Category: Word of Blake | + | [[Category: Wolf Empire Systems]] |
| + | [[Category: Word of Blake Systems]] | ||
Latest revision as of 07:22, 26 April 2024
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| System Information | |
| X:Y Coordinates | −23.526 : −10.386[e] |
| Spectral class | G2V[1] |
| Recharge station(s) | None[2] |
| Planet(s) | 9[1] |
Contents
System Description[edit]
Graham is located near the Xi Ursae Majoris and Oliver systems.
Political Affiliation[edit]
- 2271 - Terran Alliance[3]
- 2319 - Terran Hegemony[4]
- 2341 - Terran Hegemony[5]
- 2366 - Terran Hegemony[6]
- 2571 - Terran Hegemony[7][8]
- 2596 - Terran Hegemony[9]
- 2750 - Terran Hegemony[10]
- 2765 - Terran Hegemony[11]
- 2767 - Amaris Empire[12][13]
- 2771 - Amaris Empire[14]
- 2774 - Amaris Empire[14]
- 2786 - Terran Hegemony[15]
- 2793 - Sirian Concordance[16]
- 2797 - Terran Hegemony[17][See Notes]
- 2822 - Free Worlds League[18][19]
- 3025 - Free Worlds League[20]
- 3029 - Tikonov Free Republic[21]
- 3030 - Lyran Commonwealth[22]
- 3040 - Federated Commonwealth[23]
- 3050 - Federated Commonwealth[24]
- 3052 - Federated Commonwealth[25]
- 3057 - Free Worlds League[26]
- 3063 - Free Worlds League[27]
- 3077 - Word of Blake Protectorate'[28]
- 3081 - Republic of the Sphere[29]
- 3085 - Republic of the Sphere[30]
- 3135 - Republic of the Sphere[31]
- 3145 - Republic of the Sphere[32][33]
- 3150 - Wolf Empire (from October)[34]
- 3151 - Wolf Empire[35]
Graham IV[edit]
| Graham IV | |
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| Astrophysical | |
| System position | Fourth[1] |
| Jump Point distance | 9 days[1] |
| Moons | 1 (Krakatau)[1] |
| Geophysical | |
| Surface gravity | 0.83[1] |
| Atmospheric pressure | Standard (Tainted)[1] |
| Equatorial temperature | 33°C[1] |
| Surface water | 61%[1] |
| Highest native life | Mammals[1] |
| Landmasses | 2 (Barvionne, Palothica)[1] |
| History and Culture | |
| Population | 200,000,000 (2766),[2] 3,000,000 (3025),[2] 1,060,000 (3130)[1][36] |
| Government and Infrastructure | |
| Political Leader | Planetary Governor |
| Military Commander | Legate Edwin Ilner (3130)[1][36] |
| Capital | New DeKirk City[1] |
Planetary History[edit]
Graham IV was one of the worlds that remained a part of the Terran Alliance following the Outer Reaches Rebellion and the Demarcation Declaration of 2242,[3] and became one of the worlds within the Alliance Core region of the Terran Hegemony.[9]
Graham IV was initially settled by several Terran manufacturers because it possessed a great deal of raw materials useful in construction. Mitchell Vehicles and DeKirk Aerospace both established factories on the world to take advantage of these materials. Although the Star League Defense Force greatly benefited from Mitchell and DeKirk's presence on the world, Graham IV had at least six major corporations and countless smaller ones. Unfortunately this meant that Graham IV received a lot of attention from Stefan Amaris' troops during the Amaris Civil War.[1][2]
Amaris Civil War[edit]
Amaris was planning on using the significant manufacturing capabilities of Graham IV to replace the losses he knew his forces were likely to take during his coup. Graham IV was both a world that had historically been on the border between states, and this, combined with the importance of Graham IV's industrial base had resulted in the SLDF placing a Space Defense System in the Graham system and building five Castles Brian on the planet. The Rim Worlds Republic forces managed to secure three of the five Castles without firing a shot when the coup began on 27 December 2766. The other two Castles would pose a significantly greater challenge.[12]
The two remaining Castles Brian were Fort Baldwin, located near the planetary capital, DeKirk City, and Fort Ball. Each would take the better part of eight weeks to subdue; the Republican forces attempted to crack each with repeated nuclear strikes, although for the first four weeks the SLDF defenders managed to offer much more resistance in the air than the Republicans had anticipated, slowing the Republican campaign significantly. After eight weeks, the surviving SLDF troops in Fort Ball surrendered, only to be summarily executed by their Rim Worlds attackers. This prompted the surviving forces within Fort Baldwin to retreat into DeKirk City in an effort to continue the fight after the Fort Baldwin defenses were breached. The Republicans responded by giving DeKirk City one day to hand over the survivors, and when the population refused to comply, the Republicans levelled DeKirk City with a powerful nuclear weapon.[12]
The widespread nuclear bombardment had leveled most of the planet's surface and destroyed the manufacturing complexes.[2] The destruction of DeKirk City also revealed a secret Hegemony aerospace R&D facility built beneath the planet's capital, the Icarus Research Center, which was where most of the SLDF personnel had taken shelter; however, the nuclear strike had also caused the facility to collapse, not only destroying DeKirk City but turning the entire area into one large radioactive sinkhole. The radioactivity of the bombs used would prevent the search for lostech in its ruins for some time.[12][2]
The Succession Wars[edit]
During the Succession Wars and later eras, Graham IV still had a small mining presence on the world that focused on the few resources and ores that could be safely removed. A few cities remained after the Amaris troops left, being deemed too small to warrant a nuclear strike. Unfortunately most of the planet is radioactive even today, and most of the population lives in two massive space habitats that orbit Graham IV.[1]
Fourth Succession War[edit]
Following the sudden invasions of several League worlds by the Tikonov Free Republic and a daringly successful invasion of Callison by mercenaries employed by the Lyran Commonwealth in mid-3029, Captain-General Janos Marik found himself in the midst of an unanticipated crisis. In addition to the conquest of Callison, LCAF communications traffic and movements had spiked sharply, creating the impression of an impending offensive against the League. Faced with what he believed to be the plausible threat of a large-scale attack aimed at the region of the League near Terra, Janos was more concerned with saving the six or seven assorted BattleMech regiments present within the region than he was with retaining the worlds, as he believed that the offensive would most likely be aimed at snipping off the corner of the League closest to Terra - and to both the Federated Suns and the Tikonov Free Republic. Graham IV was one of the systems abandoned by Janos, who would learn later that he had been deceived by an effective campaign of smoke and mirrors arranged by the Commonwealth General of the Armies, Edward Regis, to deter the League from launching an invasion of the Commonwealth while the LCAF was heavily committed to its invasion of the Draconis Combine.[37][38][39]
The Jihad[edit]
Graham IV was occupied by the Word of Blake during the Jihad, and on 23 September 3075 Graham IV was one of three worlds in the Protectorate to be raided simultaneously by unidentified forces. The raiders damaged the defending Protectorate and Militia forces, and were rumored to actually be drawn from the Word of Blake's own Shadow Divisions.[40][41] Allied coalition forces fighting on the Free Worlds League front of Operation SCOUR liberated Graham IV in March 3078,[28] although the campaign saw Clan Nova Cat forces operating as a part of the Free Worlds League front forces on Graham suffer crippling damage to one of their vital supply ships when it was hit by an aircraft packed with conventional fuel-air explosives.[42]
Military Deployment[edit]
2786[edit]
2821[edit]
- Marik Guard[43]
3038[edit]
Geography[edit]
Graham has two continents named Barvionne and Palothica.[1]
Planetary Locations[edit]
- DeKirk City: location of DeKirk Aerospace during the Star League era[1]
- Fort Baldwin Castle Brian
- Fort Ball
- GreenVale City: the headquarters of Mitchell Vehicles[45]
- Keystone: a city[46] in the southern reaches of Palothica and containing the planet's primary spaceport[1]
- New DeKirk City: a large space habitat serving as the planetary capital[1]
Companies and Industries[edit]
- DeKirk Aerospace[1] (destroyed during the First Succession War)[47]
- Mitchell Vehicles Interstellar[1][45]
Notes[edit]
- ^ As of 2797, Graham is identified on a map in First Succession War as belonging to the Terran Hegemony Remnants (term used on page 24),[17] though it's possible at this time it was actually under the control of the Sirian Concordance and left out for simplicity or to maintain focus on the Great Houses during the First Succession War.
Map Gallery[edit]
Nearby Systems[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130), p. 241: "Graham IV"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 The Star League, p. 172: "Graham IV" planet profile
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Handbook: House Marik, p. 16
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 18
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 13
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 17
- ↑ Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 18
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 159
- ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, pp. 84–85
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 104
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 138
- ↑ First Succession War, pp. 24–25
- ↑ Field Manual: Free Worlds League, p. 83: "Sirian Lancers: The Fury"
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 First Succession War, p. 95: "Federated Suns Counteroffensives 2801–2818"
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 34
- ↑ First Succession War, pp. 112–113
- ↑ House Marik (The Free Worlds League), foldout: "Free Worlds League - Map"
- ↑ Field Manual: Free Worlds League, p. 84
- ↑ Field Manual: Free Worlds League, p. 84
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 58: "The Jihad in Review"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii: "Inner Sphere - October 3085" (Map
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 38
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
- ↑ Shattered Fortress, p. 91
- ↑ Shattered Fortress, p. 103
- ↑ 36.0 36.1 Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere, p. 22: "Prefecture IX"
- ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2, p. 87: "Conclusion"
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 42: "Free Worlds League after Third Succession War [3025]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 51: "Free Worlds League after Fourth Succession War [3030]"
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 18: "Timeline of the Jihad"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 54: "The Jihad in Review"
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 80: "Terra's Doorstep"
- ↑ 43.0 43.1 First Succession War, p. 138: "First Succession War Deployment Table - FWLM"
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 137: "Deployment Table"
- ↑ 45.0 45.1 The Star League, p. 163: "Top Ten Hegemony Companies - [Mitchell Vehicles Interstellar]"
- ↑ Shattered Fortress, p. 91
- ↑ First Succession War, p. 125: "Shipbuilding Casualties of the First Succession War"
Bibliography[edit]
- Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere
- Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)
- Era Digest: Dark Age
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- Era Report: 3052
- Era Report: 3062
- Era Report: 3145
- First Succession War
- Handbook: House Kurita
- Handbook: House Liao
- Handbook: House Marik
- Handbook: House Steiner
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- Historical: Reunification War
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- House Marik (The Free Worlds League)
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