Londerholm

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Londerholm
Londerholm 3151.svg
System Information
X:Y Coordinates-42.221 : 1872.682[e]
Spectral classK7V[1]
Recharge time198 hours
Planet(s)8

System Description

System History

Political Affiliation


Londerholm II

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Planetary Info

Located about 120 LY from Clan Smoke Jaguar's capital of Huntress.

Planetary History

Colonised by 2821[2], the breadbasket world became infamous for the Londerholm Revolt of 2912, when a famine led to widespread rebellion among the Jaguar's laborer caste that was put down with great violence.[3] The port city of Vostok was razed to the ground by the Jaguars and never rebuilt.[5]

By 3037 the Jaguars maintained at least one training facility in the Grey Ridge Mountains. It was here that the warrior Trent, who would one day engineer his Clan's downfall, was born and trained.[4]

It was on this world that the Hellion's Fury campaign came to an end in June 3050. In the ruins of Vostok the attacking Ice Hellions suffered heavy losses from a joint Coyote-Smoke Jaguar force. A few weeks later a bandit raid upon the Hellions' newly acquired territory resulted in the death of the Hellion Khan and the maiming of his saKhan. The timing of the attack led to unproven allegations that the Jaguars had deliberately arranged for the bandits' attack.[5]

Following the Smoke Jaguar's Annihilation in 3060, the Ice Hellions and Coyote fought over the Jaguars' enclaves.[6]

In 3070, when the Ice Hellions stripped their holdings bare in preparation for Operation ICE STORM, the Coyotes seized three of their Londerholm complexes.[11] Clan Steel Viper attacked the nearly-undefended Hellion territory on the planet in September 3072; during the assault on Sprague the use of a chemical weapon by the defenders resulted in that city's devastation by the Vipers. Afterwards they discovered that the 'Ice Hellion' forces were in fact Society scientists and Dark Caste warriors. The Coyotes then attacked the Vipers in a fierce battle that ended with the Vipers in full control of Londerholm by 17 September. Noting signs of genetic Taint amongst the Coyote defenders, the Vipers carried out a Reaving and infrastructure razing which resulted in the deaths of over seven million civilians.[8]

By the end of the Wars of Reaving and the Viper Annihilation the world was divided between the Coyotes, Cloud Cobras and Star Adders, with the Stone Lions later acquiring their own territory.[9]

Planetary Rulers

Military Deployment

Geography

  • Grey Ridge Mountains[12]

Planetary Locations

  • Mist Lynx Training Facility[12]
  • Sprague
  • Vostok

Industrial Centers

Image gallery

Nearby Systems

Closest 20 systems (6 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Paxon 29.4 Barcella 30.1 Kirin 40.0 Tamaron 43.2
Grant's Station 44.7 Strato Domingo 53.6 Vinton 63.6 York 71.6
Delios 72.4 Priori 79.4 Albion 80.9 Hoard 81.9
Zara 82.2 Hellgate 87.6 Gatekeeper 95.4 Brim 105.6
Colleen 110.0 Roche 110.1 Lum 124.4 Strana Mechty 128.7

References

  1. The Wars of Reaving, p. 235
  2. 2.0 2.1 Historical: Operation Klondike, p. 135
  3. 3.0 3.1 Invading Clans, p. 50-51, "The Londerholm Revolt"
  4. 4.0 4.1 Exodus Road, Chapter 1
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Operational Turning Points: REVIVAL Trials, p. 38
  6. 6.0 6.1 The Clans: Warriors of Kerensky, p. 26
  7. The Wars of Reaving, p. 228, "Political Balance Table: 3067"
  8. 8.0 8.1 The Wars of Reaving, p. 106, "The Viper Uncoils"
  9. 9.0 9.1 The Wars of Reaving, p. 248, "Political Balance Table, 3075"
  10. The Wars of Reaving, p. 249, "Political Balance Table, 3085"
  11. The Wars of Reaving, p.53
  12. 12.0 12.1 Exodus Road, p. 9-14

Bibliography