Gustrell

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

Gustrell
Gustrell 3151.svg
System Information
X:Y Coordinates-66.621 : 466.65[e]

Political Affiliation

Planetary Info

Gustrell was a part of the Apollo Province of the Rim Worlds Republic.[12] By 3025 it was a part of the Oberon Confederation.[14][15]

Planetary History

Star League

In 2746 the 2nd Lyran Guards were deployed to Gustrell. Gustrell was located inside the Rim Worlds Republic's borders, but considered itself an independent world, despite the lack of a local 'Mech garrison. The deployment of the 2nd Guards was prompted by evidence discovered by the LIC indicating that a mercenary unit under contract to Gustrell's planetary government was responsible for a brutal assault on a Lyran research station in the Dark Nebula. The 2nd was deployed to Gustrell in retaliation.[34]

The 2nd quickly destroyed the armor and infantry units that garrisoned Gustrell, and in two days had captured the planet's senate building. The Guard's action became known as the "Gustrell Massacre" after images of burned infantrymen were broadcast throughout the Inner Sphere. The 2nd remained on world until a Rim Worlds Republic garrison force could arrive. During that time the LIC completed their investigation and discovered that the mercenaries that had prompted the invasion operated on their own, without aid or comfort from the Gustrell planetary government.[34]

The Rim Worlds Republic unit assigned to Gustrell in the wake of the massacre was the 4th Amaris Dragoons, under the command of Colonel Xatt Dague; Dague quickly distinguished himself through his actions in the wake of the Massacre, working to coordinate the actions of the 4th Dragoons and the 2nd Guards, as well as initiating a series of practise duels between himself and members of the 2nd Guards that soon earned him the nickname "Eagle Eye". After the LCAF regiment had left Gustrell Dague continued to build a name for himself by performing at military parades in a concerted effort to generate more interest in the Rim Worlds Army.[35]

Clan Invasion

During Operation Revival in August 3049 Gustrell came under attack by Clan Wolf. The defending Gustrell Guards, two battalions of mechanized infantry, faced off against the Red Keshik of Delta Galaxy in the Pellembroke Woods. Despite having prepared fortified positions in the heavily-forested terrain, the defenders were easily overrun and the planet conquered by Clan Wolf.[36]

Jihad

Clan Hell's Horses controlled the system in the late Jihad. In 3085 however, the Horses withdrew, leaving Gustrell on its own. The citizens of Gustrell reached out to several nearby star systems and negotiated with those systems to form the Republic of the Barrens.[37]

Military Deployment

2765

2746

3049

3085

Planetary Locations

Nearby Systems

Closest 20 systems (18 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Paulus Prime 15.0 Crellacor 16.6 Drask's Den 30.0 Iron Land 30.3
Elissa 32.1 Butte Hold 34.5 The Rock 37.2 Star's End 38.3
Taran's World 39.4 Sigurd 39.5 Ferris 41.2 Oberon 45.3
New Ålborg 49.5 Icar 55.5 Placida 56.4 Blackstone 57.7
Blackbone 58.4 Steelton 59.1 Toland 60.5 Ichmandu 60.8

References

  1. Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 18, "Rim Worlds Republic after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  2. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  3. Historical: Reunification War, p. 158, "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"
  4. Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 25, "Rim Worlds Republic At the Fall of the Star League - [2750] Map"
  5. Era Report: 2750, p. 36, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
  6. Field Manual: SLDF, p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
  7. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 10, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"
  8. Field Report 2765: Periphery, p. 38, "Rim Worlds Army Deployment Map - [2765]"
  9. Field Report 2765: Lyran Commonwealth, p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"
  10. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 104, "Rim Worlds Republic - [2767] Map"
  11. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  12. 12.0 12.1 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36, "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
  13. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"
  14. 14.0 14.1 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War [3025]"
  15. 15.0 15.1 The Periphery (sourcebook), p. vii, "Map of the Periphery"
  16. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
  17. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 59, "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"
  18. Historical: War of 3039, p. 133, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"
  19. Era Report: 3052, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"
  20. Era Report: 3052, p. 23, "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"
  21. Era Report: 3062, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"
  22. The Periphery, 2nd Edition, p. 115, "Greater Valkyrate, Oberon Confederation & Elysian Fields"
  23. Era Report: 3062, p. 29, "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"
  24. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 43, "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"
  25. Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65, "Inner Sphere [3075] Map"
  26. Field Report: Clans, p. 27, "Clan Wolf/Clan Hell's Horses Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
  27. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63, "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"
  28. Field Manual: 3085, p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
  29. Interstellar Players 3: Interstellar Expeditions, p. 43
  30. Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  31. Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"
  32. Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  33. Field Manual: 3145, p. VI, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  34. 34.0 34.1 Era Report: 2750, p. 51, "Second Lyran Guards"
  35. 35.0 35.1 35.2 Era Report: 2750, p. 93, "Xatt Dague"
  36. Wolf Clan Sourcebook, p. 56
  37. Interstellar Players 3: Interstellar Expeditions, p. 44
  38. Field Report 2765: Periphery, p. 20, "Amaris Regulars - Divisional Status"
  39. 39.0 39.1 Wolf Clan Sourcebook, p. 56
  40. Field Manual: 3085, p. 125, "Deployment Table - 3085"

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