Loric

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Loric
Loric 3151.svg
System Information
X:Y Coordinates-230.35 : -38.822[e]
Spectral classK8IV[1]
Recharge time199 hours[1]
Recharge station(s)Nadir[1]

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

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Political Affiliation

Planetary History

Loric is a pleasant agricultural world. Covered in forests with deep rivers flowing through them, picturesque mountain ranges, and pleasant shorelines, Loric would be a paradise if it wasn't located in the center of the Lyran/Free Worlds League border. Unfortunately its location makes it a strategic point for attacks, whether launched by the Commonwealth or the League. Since the Age of War Loric has been used as either a springboard for Lyran raids or an entry point into the Commonwealth by League forces. The world's only respite came during the time of the Star League.[1]

Age of War

In 2459, Free Worlds League Captain-General Geralk Marik invaded the Loric system, held by the Lyran Commonwealth. His invasion had already conquered Bella I and Alula Australis, and there was little reason to suspect that Loric would put up much resistance. Geralk, referred to as "the Bloodthirsty" for his flouting of the Ares Conventions, led the assault personally. He did not account for something he had never before seen: Lyran BattleMechs. A company of 'Mechs destroyed Geralk's conventional regiment and overran his command post. Geralk was killed when a Lyran 'Mech stepped on him. The League troops quit Loric three days later.[38][39]

Star League Era

The presence of the Thirty-sixth Lyran Guards on Loric in 2765 was considered to be a subject of some interest by the SLIC as the majority of the other units in the Fourth Lyran Guards Division were guarding worlds home to significant defense manufacturing companies or complexes, whereas Loric was a system that possessed no heavy industry.[40]

Succession Wars

In an attempt to reduce its military appeal, the inhabitants of Loric refused to allow heavy industry on the world, particularly military industries. Though this saved them from some of the excesses of the Succession Wars nothing could change their system's position along the border. As a result they grew to despise the Free Worlds League, and welcome LCAF soldiers.[1]

First Succession War

Loric was one of a number of Lyran Commonwealth border worlds to be struck by a devastating cross-border raids by the Free Worlds League between 2786 and 2790, as the Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces began to crack under the pressure of continuing efforts to annex the Bolan Thumb while also attempting to maintain a defensive posture against both the Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery and the Free Worlds League Military.[41]

Third Succession War

In 2901 the Sixth Marik Militia led an assault on Loric, supported by a large contingent of DropShips and aerospace fighters, and succeeded in crippling the Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces units stationed on the world in what would become known as one of the most successful actions to be conducted by a Marik Militia regiment.[42] Loric was struck again by the Free Worlds League in 2913, when three regiments of the Marik Militia landed on the planet; the Militia was supported by a large contingent of aerospace fighters and DropShips and inflicted heavy damage on the defending LCAF forces, only retreating when reinforcements from the Donegal Guards arrived. The attack was perhaps the most successful strike made against the Lyran Commonwealth during the reign of Captain-General Elisabeth Marik.[43]

In 2978 Loric was the subject of another significant battle between Lyran and Free Worlds League forces; two mercenary units in Lyran employ, the Twelfth Star Guards and the Eridani Light Horse, found themselves in the middle of the battle, with the Eridani Light Horse in urgent need of relief.[44]

The Twelfth Star Guards had managed to break through the main Marik lines at Digger Pass with the assistance of the Third Battalion of the Thirty-fourth Provisional Dixie Armored Regiment after four months of combat,[45] but stalled at an ad-hoc defensive formation of assorted League units along the Duren River, with the Marik forces keeping the Eridani Light Horse cut off from reinforcements. The Twelfth Star Guards tried using the Condor tanks of the Thirty-fourth to breach the defensive line, the Thirty-fourth having been at the forefront of the breakthrough, without success.[44][45]

The forces from the Thirty-fourth managed to destroy some of the disorganized Marik forces despite being unable to reach the Eridani Light Horse, and the commander of the Third Battalion decided to hold the bridgehead his tanks had established[45] to give the 12th Star Guards a chance to try and break through using their engineering company and their Engineering Vehicles to cut through the river banks and prepare the river bed for 'Mech movement, after attempts to build pontoon bridges failed due to heavy artillery bombardment and attacks from Marik AeroSpace Fighters.[44] While the Twelfth Star Guards did manage to ford the river and relieve the Light Horse, the action cost them most of their engineering cadre and three out of their four engineering vehicles.[44] The Third Battalion had managed to buy the Twelfth Star Guards valuable time by using the mobility of their Condors to concentrate highly mobile attacks on the Marik ground forces that attempted to attack the Star Guards' engineer forces directly.[45]

In 3014 Loric was raided by forces from Wolf's Dragoons. The Dragoons were intent on a supply raid, and found themselves facing the mercenary unit Snord's Irregulars. The Irregulars not only successfully defeated the Dragoons, but also captured several Dragoon 'Mechs and three Dragoon MechWarriors. The Irregulars generously returned the three captive MechWarriors to the Dragoons, and earned a considerable degree of respect for victory over such a famed mercenary command, earning the Irregulars a reputation for being more than a collection of oddball treasure hunters.[46] What didn't become public knowledge was that the battle had actually been staged, with the the encounter conducted in a Clan-like fashion involving ritualized fights that caused light damage to opponents.[47]

Fourth Succession War

In October 3028 the Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces repositioned a number of frontline units as the Free Worlds League Military launched Operation DAGGER. One of the units repositioned was the Stealthy Tigers mercenary unit, who were relocated from Loric to Giausar; the LCAF strategic intent wasn't to prevent a League invasion, but rather to make invading forces pay more dearly for any gains and slow the progress of any breakthrough.[48]

The Jihad

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. Loric was one of the worlds hit and was attacked by the League forces on the 2nd of September 3068.[29] After the FWL victory, the remants of the Seventh Donegal surrendered and were incarcerated in a makeshift POW camp until Tharkad and the LAAF High Command could be contacted.[49]

Military Deployment

2765

  • Thirty-sixth Lyran Guards[40]

2786

  • Thirty-sixth Lyran Guards[50]

2821

  • Thirty-sixth Lyran Guards[50]

2978

3025

3028

  • Seventh Lyran Regulars[52]
  • Stealthy Tigers[53] (until October)[48]

3038

  • Seventh Lyran Regulars[55]

3050

3054

  • Seventh Lyran Regulars[58]

3055

3061

  • Seventh Lyran Regulars[60]

3062

3068

3079

- At this point in time the Eighth operating at 80% of full strength, with 80% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.

3085

3145

Planetary Locations

  • Ghanadi Nature Preserve: destroyed during Operation BROKEN FIST. The reserve was comprised of over a million square kilometers of exotic woodlands and home to a host of endangered native species,was reportedly heavily damaged - possibly beyond reclamation in some areas.[49]

Nearby Systems

Closest 36 systems (35 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Colfax 10.7 Cascade 11.4 Megrez 19.4 Aigle 20.2
Szepes 24.3 Thermopolis 24.5 Giausar 25.7 Trellisane 26.5
Pressby 28.3 Hornir's Keep 28.5 Dixie 29.3 Bella 29.4
Alula Borealis 32.5 Preston 32.9 Togwotee 35.4 Pingree 38.8
Ford 40.1 Niihau 41.7 Altoona 41.8 Zortman 42.4
Labouchere 42.4 Rexburg 43.7 Zwenkau 48.7 McAffe 49.6
Sterling 50.4 Senftenberg 51.5 Malazan 52.6 Rochers 53.3
Arcadia 53.7 Gienah 53.9 Sheridan 54.5 Ilion 55.9
Esztergom 58.5 Tamarind 58.9 Eilenburg 59.0 Jardine 60.1

References

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  3. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 13, "Lyran Commonwealth at their founding in [2341]"
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  5. Historical: Reunification War, p. 158, "Inner Sphere Map [2596]"
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  7. Field Manual: SLDF, p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
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  34. Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
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