New Canton

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

New Canton
← 3135
3151
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New Canton nearby systems
(Map Legend)
System Information
X:Y Coordinates8.269 : -72.946[e]

Political Affiliation

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Planetary History

First Succession War

The Capellan Confederation annexed New Canton in 2784, part of a series of annexations that added fifteen former Terran Hegemony worlds to the Confederation while the Hegemony was collapsing immediately before the First Succession War erupted.[10][35] In late 2787 Captain-General Kenyon Marik launched an invasion of the Confederation, intent on capturing a corridor of worlds leading to Sarna. Having quickly seized Corey and Wazan, the Free Worlds League faced a two-year struggle to hold both worlds as the Capellan Confederation Armed Forces attempted to get reinforcements to both worlds. Chancellor Barbara Liao ordered an attack on New Delos, a major Free Worlds League Military staging ground, which disrupted supply lines, communications and repair facilities and killed twenty thousand civilians.[36]

In retaliation - and in an attempt to disrupt the flow of reinforcements to Corey and Wazan - Kenyon Marik ordered attacks on a number of Capellan worlds including New Canton that saw the planets firebombed.[36][37] In the case of New Canton, the firebombing was conducted between April and August 2789[38] using a task force that consisted of two Carrack-class transports that had been converted into aerospace fighter carriers, escorted by a pair of Atreus-class battleships, the FWLS Kanata and FWLS Majestic, and a pair of League-class destroyers, the FWLS Andria and FWLS Avellino.[37] The attacks continued until the Capellans were forced on the defensive following a failed attack on Calloway VI in 2789.[36][37]

The Jihad

The Word of Blake annexed New Canton early in the Jihad and declared the planet to be a part of the Word of Blake Protectorate under their total control in August 3071. Data recovered late in the Jihad showed that the Blakist's proclamation was somewhat precipitous; Stalwart Support, a conventional infantry regiment under the command of Colonel Sanders, went to ground on New Canton and offered stiff and continued resistance for two years until the last of the unit was destroyed in 3073. The infantry platoons within Stalwart Support were particularly fond of using TAG Spotter Infantry and Heavy Foot LRM Infantry in combination with heavy cover to inflict disproportionate amounts of damage on the Blakist units garrisonning the world.[39]

Military Deployment

3025

3050

3054

  • First Kestrel Grenadiers[21]

3058

3067

3071

3085

- At this point in time, the VI Principes was at 55% of full strength, with 71% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.

Nearby Systems

Systems within 60 light-years (distance in light years)
Closest systems first:
Saiph 8.53 Menkalinan 9.88 Tall Trees 13.69 Belluevue 15.31 Zion 17.33
Hsien 21.19 Zurich 21.67 Bhaktapur 21.78 Berenson 23.77 Aldebaran 25.04
Kyrkbacken 26.24 Kristiandsund 28.08 Elgin 28.69 Liao 30.35 Capolla 31.79
Asuncion 31.83 Mandal 33.86 Nanking 35.64 Manennaia 35.98 Gan Singh 40.08
Snailzar 41.25 Myrvoll 41.59 Genoa 43.91 Brownsville 44.88 Wasat 46.52
Ilmachna 47.18 Blue Sava 47.53 Suzano 48.09 Outreach 49.63 Pleione 49.89
Bex 50.69 Bernardo 50.70 Hall 50.91 Ningpo 52.18 Hamilton 52.35
Terra Firma 53.48 Ventabren 55.35 Augustine 55.88 Arboris 56.31 Jilin 56.53
Ibstock 58.25 Styk 58.42

References

  1. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 16, "Free Worlds League Founding - [2271] Map"
  2. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 17, "Capellan Confederation Founding - [2366] Map"
  3. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 13, "Timeline: Capellan Zone 2367"
  4. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 25, "Capellan Confederation after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  5. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159, "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"
  6. ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
  7. ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
  8. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 138, "Operation LIBERATION Wave 1 [July 2772 - December 2774]"
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume Two, p. 118, "Digesting the Hegemony"
  11. ↑ First Succession War (Source Book), pp. 24-25, "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"
  12. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 31, "Capellan Confederation after First Succession War - [2822 Map]"
  13. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  14. ↑ First Succession War (Source Book), pp. 112-113, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  15. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 39, "Capellan Confederation after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"
  16. ↑ House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p. vii, "Capellan Confederation Map - [3025]"
  17. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 40, "Capellan Confederation after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
  18. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 49, "Capellan Confederation after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
  19. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 10, Inner Sphere - [3050] Map
  20. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 22, Inner Sphere - [3052] Map
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Objective Raids, p. 17, "FedCom Deployment Table"
  22. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 10, Inner Sphere - [3057] Map
  23. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 60, "Capellan Confederation after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"
  24. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29, "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"
  25. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 68, "Capellan Confederation after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
  26. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 43, "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"
  27. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64, "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"
  28. ↑ Field Manual: Clans, p. 29, "Terran Corridor/Clans Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
  29. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63, "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"
  30. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii , "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
  31. ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  32. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"
  33. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  34. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  35. ↑ First Succession War, p. 27, "Capellan Confederation Gains"
  36. ↑ 36.0 36.1 36.2 House Marik (The Free Worlds League), p. 28-29, "The Collapse of Terra"
  37. ↑ 37.0 37.1 37.2 First Succession War, p. 58-59, "Fallout"
  38. ↑ First Succession War, p. 114, "Timeline of the First Succession War"
  39. ↑ 39.0 39.1 Technical Readout: 3085 Supplemental, p. 6, "Key Infantry"
  40. ↑ 40.0 40.1 House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p. 105, "Unit Deployment Table"
  41. ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p. 34, "New Canton Jungles of the Canton River"
  42. ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 24, "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"
  43. ↑ 43.0 43.1 Chaos March (sourcebook), p. 16, "Unit Note"
  44. ↑ Mercenaries Supplemental, p. 66, "Mercenary Deployment Table"
  45. ↑ Mercenaries Supplemental II, p. 69, "Mercenary Deployment Table"
  46. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 187, "RAF Deployment Table - 3085"

Bibliography

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