Kujari
(References to Kujari)
Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to Terra at (0, 0)
X: -25.83 Y: -266.96 [e]
Owner History
- 2271 - No record [1]
- 2596 - No record [2]
- 2750 - Capellan Confederation [3]
- 2765 - Capellan Confederation [4]
- 3025 - Free Worlds League[citation needed]
- 3030 - Free Worlds League[citation needed]
- 3040 - Free Worlds League [5]
- 3052 - Free Worlds League[citation needed]
- 3057 - Free Worlds League[citation needed]
- 3062 - Free Worlds League[citation needed]
- 3130 - Capellan Confederation [6]
- 3135 - Capellan Confederation [7]
- 3145 - Capellan Confederation [8]
Planetary History
A minor border world in 3033, Kujari was considered a possible target for invasion by Chancellor Romano Liao following conflicts on a number of nearby worlds including Wallacia, which suggested that the local region of space was unstable. Romano elected to deploy an all-mercenary force to avoid damaging any of her regular CCAF units, choosing to send four battalion-sized mercenary units to probe the world: McCrimmon's Light Cavalry, Rivaldi's Hussars, St. Cyr's Armored Grenadiers and Steele's Eagles, with overall command of the operation going to Colonel Donovan Steele of Steele's Eagles.[9]
Unfortunately for the Grenadiers, Romano's invasion force would face the Black Widow Battalion led by Natasha Kerensky, as Kujari had been used for some time as a base of operations for the Black Widows. Steele elected to attack using a bold, aggressive plan similar to those used by Wolf's Dragoons, a plan that was largely predicted by Kerensky from the outset. Despite a contested landing, the four mercenary commands managed to link up, but couldn't bring their numbers to bear against the Black Widows, and the campaign finished in defeat when Kerensky deceived many of the mercenaries into believing that her forces had left the planet, only to then launch a decapitation raid against the Eagles. Kerensky prevailed over Colonel Steele in a duel and called on him to surrender; Steele not only surrendered, he also led his unit to defect to the Federated Commonwealth rather than face a vengeful Romano Liao.[9]
Nearby Planets
References
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 16, "Free Worlds League Founding [2271]"
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159, "Inner Sphere - 2596"
- ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37, "Inner Sphere - 2750"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 2765"
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133, "Inner Sphere - 3040"
- ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 More Tales of the Black Widow, p. 17-19