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Line 8: | coord = 231.063 : -296.899{{e}} | coord = 231.063 : -296.899{{e}} | stars = | stars = − | class = K5IV<ref name="HD(TFS)p195"/><ref name="HB:HDp89">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 89: "New Syrtis"</ref><ref name=MM42-43>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', pp. 42–43: "House Davion Key Worlds"</ref><ref name=OBFSp9>''Objectives: Federated Suns'', p. 9: "New Syrtis"</ref> + | class = K5IV<ref name="HD(TFS)p195"/><ref name="HB:HDp89">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 89: "New Syrtis"</ref><ref name=MM42-43>''Masters and Minions: The StarCorps Dossiers'', pp. 42–43: "House Davion Key Worlds"</ref><ref name=OBFSp9>''Objectives: Federated Suns'', p. 9: "Industrial Systems"</ref> | recharge = 197 hours<ref name="HB:HDp89"/><ref name=MM42-43/><ref name=OBFSp9/> | recharge = 197 hours<ref name="HB:HDp89"/><ref name=MM42-43/><ref name=OBFSp9/> | recharge stations = Zenith<ref name="HB:HDp89"/><ref name="HD(TFS)p195"/><ref name=MM42-43/><ref name=OBFSp9/> | recharge stations = Zenith<ref name="HB:HDp89"/><ref name="HD(TFS)p195"/><ref name=MM42-43/><ref name=OBFSp9/> Line 14:
Line 14: }} }} The '''New Syrtis''' system is the location of at least one habitable world, '''New Syrtis IV''', and as of [[3151]] is the provincial capital of the [[Federated Suns|Federated Suns']] [[Capellan March]].<ref name=SFp103/> The '''New Syrtis''' system is the location of at least one habitable world, '''New Syrtis IV''', and as of [[3151]] is the provincial capital of the [[Federated Suns|Federated Suns']] [[Capellan March]].<ref name=SFp103/> − {{TOC limit|3}} ==System Description== ==System Description== Line 114:
Line 113: ====Third Succession War==== ====Third Succession War==== − During the troubled reign of First Prince [[Joseph Davion (29th c.)|Joseph Davion]] in the early thirtieth century, Brotherhoods of [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]] began to form to protect the patronage they enjoyed as a result of their status in the media and the eyes of the common citizen; the first and worst of these Brotherhoods to form, the Royal Order of MechWarriors and Brotherhood of Honor, formed on New Syrtis.<ref name="HD(TFS)p84">''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 84: "The Brotherhoods"</ref> + During the troubled reign of First Prince [[Joseph Davion]] in the early thirtieth century, Brotherhoods of [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]] began to form to protect the patronage they enjoyed as a result of their status in the media and the eyes of the common citizen; the first and worst of these Brotherhoods to form, the Royal Order of MechWarriors and Brotherhood of Honor, formed on New Syrtis.<ref name="HD(TFS)p84">''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 84: "The Brotherhoods"</ref> In [[3012]], [[Field Marshal]] [[Hanse Davion]] arrived on New Syrtis to investigate the problems generated by Duke [[Michael Hasek-Davion]] that were plaguing the Capellan March and to prosecute a campaign against the Capellan Confederation, but spoiling attacks from the Confederation disrupted his investigations and the resulting front-wide counterattack prevented him from returning to New Syrtis.<ref name="HB:HDp68">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 68: "Hasek's Machinations"</ref> In [[3012]], [[Field Marshal]] [[Hanse Davion]] arrived on New Syrtis to investigate the problems generated by Duke [[Michael Hasek-Davion]] that were plaguing the Capellan March and to prosecute a campaign against the Capellan Confederation, but spoiling attacks from the Confederation disrupted his investigations and the resulting front-wide counterattack prevented him from returning to New Syrtis.<ref name="HB:HDp68">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 68: "Hasek's Machinations"</ref> Line 126:
Line 125: ====The Jihad==== ====The Jihad==== − On 15 June [[3069]], a detachment of [[Death Commandos]] liberated [[Kai Allard-Liao]] from New Syrtis. This was followed by a direct assault on New Syrtis by CCAF forces as the effective culmination of [[Operation THUNDERSTRIKE]] in the second week of September. The nearby world of [[Taygeta]] was assaulted for a second time during the same period, and the defenders on New Syrtis found themselves joined by retreating forces from Taygeta.<ref name="J:FRp47">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 47: "The Jihad In Review"</ref> The Capellan forces had come prepared for a winter offensive in the northern hemisphere, and with Duke [[George Hasek II|George Hasek]] having removed many of the units that traditionally defended New Syrtis as a part of his doctrine of total offensive during [[Operation SOVEREIGN JUSTICE]] the Capellan forces quickly dug in. The resulting fighting devastated the capital city, Saso, with the [[Tiskilwa University]] complex almost completely destroyed; fortunately, the [[Fourth Donegal Guards]], augmented by the security forces from Johnston Industries managed to prevent most of the attempts to damage the Johnston Industries plant.<ref name=MM42-43/> + On 15 June [[3069]], a detachment of [[Death Commandos]] liberated [[Kai Allard-Liao]] from New Syrtis. This was followed by a direct assault on New Syrtis by CCAF forces as the effective culmination of [[Operation THUNDERSTRIKE]] in the second week of September. The nearby world of [[Taygeta]] was assaulted for a second time during the same period, and the defenders on New Syrtis found themselves joined by retreating forces from Taygeta.<ref name="J:FRp47">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 47: "The Jihad In Review"</ref> The Capellan forces had come prepared for a winter offensive in the northern hemisphere, and with Duke [[George Hasek II|George Hasek]] having removed many of the units that traditionally defended New Syrtis as a part of his doctrine of total offensive during [[Operation SOVEREIGN JUSTICE]] the Capellan forces quickly dug in. The resulting fighting devastated the capital city, Saso, with the [[Tiskilwa University]] complex almost completely destroyed; fortunately, the [[Fourth Donegal Guards]], augmented by the security forces from [[Johnston Industries]] managed to prevent most of the attempts to damage the Johnston Industries plant.<ref name=MM42-43/> The fighting on New Syrtis would continue for months, but on 7 January [[3070]], [[Chancellor]] [[Sun-Tzu Liao]] called for a ceasefire which included those [[CCAF]] units engaged on Taygeta and New Syrtis. Although the Chancellor called for both the Federated Suns and Capellan Confederation to unite against the [[Word of Blake]] as a common enemy, the CCAF troops on New Syrtis and Taygeta staged fighting withdrawals from both words that inflicted a great deal of damage on each, prompting Duke [[George Hasek II|George Hasek]] to order the [[AFFS]] to continue to fight and show no mercy to retreating Capellan units, an order that wouldn't be rescinded until after Hasek's death in March.<ref name="J:FRp48">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 48: "The Jihad In Review"</ref> By the time the Capellan forces left, more than a hundred thousand civilians had died, mostly as a result of exposure following the destruction of their homes.<ref name=MM42-43/> The fighting on New Syrtis would continue for months, but on 7 January [[3070]], [[Chancellor]] [[Sun-Tzu Liao]] called for a ceasefire which included those [[CCAF]] units engaged on Taygeta and New Syrtis. Although the Chancellor called for both the Federated Suns and Capellan Confederation to unite against the [[Word of Blake]] as a common enemy, the CCAF troops on New Syrtis and Taygeta staged fighting withdrawals from both words that inflicted a great deal of damage on each, prompting Duke [[George Hasek II|George Hasek]] to order the [[AFFS]] to continue to fight and show no mercy to retreating Capellan units, an order that wouldn't be rescinded until after Hasek's death in March.<ref name="J:FRp48">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 48: "The Jihad In Review"</ref> By the time the Capellan forces left, more than a hundred thousand civilians had died, mostly as a result of exposure following the destruction of their homes.<ref name=MM42-43/> Line 230:
Line 229: ===Planetary Locations=== ===Planetary Locations=== − {{columns-start|num=2}} + {{columns-start|num=3}} − * Copplin Isles (semitropical) + * Copplin Isles<ref name=OBFSp9/> (semitropical) :* Bearing Geothermal plant :* Bearing Geothermal plant :* Julius Crater :* Julius Crater Line 237:
Line 236: * Mawreddog (northern continent)<ref name=OBFSp9/> * Mawreddog (northern continent)<ref name=OBFSp9/> :* [[The Cave]]: (fortification)<ref name=ICc4>''Imminent Crisis'', ch. 4</ref> :* [[The Cave]]: (fortification)<ref name=ICc4>''Imminent Crisis'', ch. 4</ref> − :* Cilitren: a city and site of the Johnston Industries plant<ref name=RGv26p13>''Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 26'', p. 13: "Caesar"</ref> + :* Cilitren city:<ref name=RGv26p13>''Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 26'', p. 13</ref> :* Jason Hasek Proving Grounds :* Jason Hasek Proving Grounds :* Leesburg: a suburban township over 100 kilometers south of Saso<ref name=DATtSXII/> :* Leesburg: a suburban township over 100 kilometers south of Saso<ref name=DATtSXII/> Line 245:
Line 244: ::* Heaven's Top: mountain ::* Heaven's Top: mountain :* Saso (capital city) :* Saso (capital city) − ::* Hasek Ancestral Palace (destroyed 3147, rebuilt in 3151) + ::* Hasek Ancestral Palace (destroyed 3147, rebuilded in 3151) ::* University of Saso ::* University of Saso :* [[Warrior's Hall]] (academy) :* [[Warrior's Hall]] (academy) {{column}} {{column}} − * Snowden (continent) + * Snowden<ref name=OBFSp9/> * Hangover Hell: (tropics) * Hangover Hell: (tropics) :* Deep Space Observatory Bell 1: site of secondary HPG :* Deep Space Observatory Bell 1: site of secondary HPG Line 260:
Line 259: {{columns-end}} {{columns-end}} − ===Companies and Industries=== + ===Industrial Centers=== * [[Johnston Industries]]<ref name=OBFSp9/> * [[Johnston Industries]]<ref name=OBFSp9/> * [[New Syrtis Shipyards]]<ref name=OBFSp9/> * [[New Syrtis Shipyards]]<ref name=OBFSp9/> ==Notes== ==Notes== − * The [[apocryphal]] 1989 ''[[MechWarrior (1989 Video Game)|MechWarrior]]'' video game listed New Syrtis' population as 3,682,000,000 in 3025.<ref>''MechWarrior'' (1989 video game)</ref>+ The [[apocryphal]] 1989 ''[[MechWarrior (1989 Video Game)|MechWarrior]]'' video game listed New Syrtis' population as 3,682,000,000 in 3025.<ref>''[[MechWarrior (1989 Video Game)]]''</ref> ==Map Gallery== ==Map Gallery== Line 404:
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The '''New Syrtis''' system is the location of at least one habitable world, '''New Syrtis IV''', and as of [[3151]] is the provincial capital of the [[Federated Suns|Federated Suns']] [[Capellan March]].<ref name=SFp103/> | The '''New Syrtis''' system is the location of at least one habitable world, '''New Syrtis IV''', and as of [[3151]] is the provincial capital of the [[Federated Suns|Federated Suns']] [[Capellan March]].<ref name=SFp103/> | ||
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==System Description== | ==System Description== | ||
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====Third Succession War==== | ====Third Succession War==== | ||
| − | During the troubled reign of First Prince [[ | + | During the troubled reign of First Prince [[Joseph Davion]] in the early thirtieth century, Brotherhoods of [[MechWarrior (pilot)|MechWarrior]] began to form to protect the patronage they enjoyed as a result of their status in the media and the eyes of the common citizen; the first and worst of these Brotherhoods to form, the Royal Order of MechWarriors and Brotherhood of Honor, formed on New Syrtis.<ref name="HD(TFS)p84">''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 84: "The Brotherhoods"</ref> |
In [[3012]], [[Field Marshal]] [[Hanse Davion]] arrived on New Syrtis to investigate the problems generated by Duke [[Michael Hasek-Davion]] that were plaguing the Capellan March and to prosecute a campaign against the Capellan Confederation, but spoiling attacks from the Confederation disrupted his investigations and the resulting front-wide counterattack prevented him from returning to New Syrtis.<ref name="HB:HDp68">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 68: "Hasek's Machinations"</ref> | In [[3012]], [[Field Marshal]] [[Hanse Davion]] arrived on New Syrtis to investigate the problems generated by Duke [[Michael Hasek-Davion]] that were plaguing the Capellan March and to prosecute a campaign against the Capellan Confederation, but spoiling attacks from the Confederation disrupted his investigations and the resulting front-wide counterattack prevented him from returning to New Syrtis.<ref name="HB:HDp68">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 68: "Hasek's Machinations"</ref> | ||
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====The Jihad==== | ====The Jihad==== | ||
| − | On 15 June [[3069]], a detachment of [[Death Commandos]] liberated [[Kai Allard-Liao]] from New Syrtis. This was followed by a direct assault on New Syrtis by CCAF forces as the effective culmination of [[Operation THUNDERSTRIKE]] in the second week of September. The nearby world of [[Taygeta]] was assaulted for a second time during the same period, and the defenders on New Syrtis found themselves joined by retreating forces from Taygeta.<ref name="J:FRp47">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 47: "The Jihad In Review"</ref> The Capellan forces had come prepared for a winter offensive in the northern hemisphere, and with Duke [[George Hasek II|George Hasek]] having removed many of the units that traditionally defended New Syrtis as a part of his doctrine of total offensive during [[Operation SOVEREIGN JUSTICE]] the Capellan forces quickly dug in. The resulting fighting devastated the capital city, Saso, with the [[Tiskilwa University]] complex almost completely destroyed; fortunately, the [[Fourth Donegal Guards]], augmented by the security forces from Johnston Industries managed to prevent most of the attempts to damage the Johnston Industries plant.<ref name=MM42-43/> | + | On 15 June [[3069]], a detachment of [[Death Commandos]] liberated [[Kai Allard-Liao]] from New Syrtis. This was followed by a direct assault on New Syrtis by CCAF forces as the effective culmination of [[Operation THUNDERSTRIKE]] in the second week of September. The nearby world of [[Taygeta]] was assaulted for a second time during the same period, and the defenders on New Syrtis found themselves joined by retreating forces from Taygeta.<ref name="J:FRp47">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 47: "The Jihad In Review"</ref> The Capellan forces had come prepared for a winter offensive in the northern hemisphere, and with Duke [[George Hasek II|George Hasek]] having removed many of the units that traditionally defended New Syrtis as a part of his doctrine of total offensive during [[Operation SOVEREIGN JUSTICE]] the Capellan forces quickly dug in. The resulting fighting devastated the capital city, Saso, with the [[Tiskilwa University]] complex almost completely destroyed; fortunately, the [[Fourth Donegal Guards]], augmented by the security forces from [[Johnston Industries]] managed to prevent most of the attempts to damage the Johnston Industries plant.<ref name=MM42-43/> |
The fighting on New Syrtis would continue for months, but on 7 January [[3070]], [[Chancellor]] [[Sun-Tzu Liao]] called for a ceasefire which included those [[CCAF]] units engaged on Taygeta and New Syrtis. Although the Chancellor called for both the Federated Suns and Capellan Confederation to unite against the [[Word of Blake]] as a common enemy, the CCAF troops on New Syrtis and Taygeta staged fighting withdrawals from both words that inflicted a great deal of damage on each, prompting Duke [[George Hasek II|George Hasek]] to order the [[AFFS]] to continue to fight and show no mercy to retreating Capellan units, an order that wouldn't be rescinded until after Hasek's death in March.<ref name="J:FRp48">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 48: "The Jihad In Review"</ref> By the time the Capellan forces left, more than a hundred thousand civilians had died, mostly as a result of exposure following the destruction of their homes.<ref name=MM42-43/> | The fighting on New Syrtis would continue for months, but on 7 January [[3070]], [[Chancellor]] [[Sun-Tzu Liao]] called for a ceasefire which included those [[CCAF]] units engaged on Taygeta and New Syrtis. Although the Chancellor called for both the Federated Suns and Capellan Confederation to unite against the [[Word of Blake]] as a common enemy, the CCAF troops on New Syrtis and Taygeta staged fighting withdrawals from both words that inflicted a great deal of damage on each, prompting Duke [[George Hasek II|George Hasek]] to order the [[AFFS]] to continue to fight and show no mercy to retreating Capellan units, an order that wouldn't be rescinded until after Hasek's death in March.<ref name="J:FRp48">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 48: "The Jihad In Review"</ref> By the time the Capellan forces left, more than a hundred thousand civilians had died, mostly as a result of exposure following the destruction of their homes.<ref name=MM42-43/> | ||
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===Planetary Locations=== | ===Planetary Locations=== | ||
| − | {{columns-start|num= | + | {{columns-start|num=3}} |
| − | * Copplin Isles (semitropical) | + | * Copplin Isles<ref name=OBFSp9/> (semitropical) |
:* Bearing Geothermal plant | :* Bearing Geothermal plant | ||
:* Julius Crater | :* Julius Crater | ||
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* Mawreddog (northern continent)<ref name=OBFSp9/> | * Mawreddog (northern continent)<ref name=OBFSp9/> | ||
:* [[The Cave]]: (fortification)<ref name=ICc4>''Imminent Crisis'', ch. 4</ref> | :* [[The Cave]]: (fortification)<ref name=ICc4>''Imminent Crisis'', ch. 4</ref> | ||
| − | :* Cilitren: | + | :* Cilitren city:<ref name=RGv26p13>''Recognition Guide: ilClan, vol. 26'', p. 13</ref> |
:* Jason Hasek Proving Grounds | :* Jason Hasek Proving Grounds | ||
:* Leesburg: a suburban township over 100 kilometers south of Saso<ref name=DATtSXII/> | :* Leesburg: a suburban township over 100 kilometers south of Saso<ref name=DATtSXII/> | ||
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::* Heaven's Top: mountain | ::* Heaven's Top: mountain | ||
:* Saso (capital city) | :* Saso (capital city) | ||
| − | ::* Hasek Ancestral Palace (destroyed 3147, | + | ::* Hasek Ancestral Palace (destroyed 3147, rebuilded in 3151) |
::* University of Saso | ::* University of Saso | ||
:* [[Warrior's Hall]] (academy) | :* [[Warrior's Hall]] (academy) | ||
{{column}} | {{column}} | ||
| − | * Snowden | + | * Snowden<ref name=OBFSp9/> |
* Hangover Hell: (tropics) | * Hangover Hell: (tropics) | ||
:* Deep Space Observatory Bell 1: site of secondary HPG | :* Deep Space Observatory Bell 1: site of secondary HPG | ||
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{{columns-end}} | {{columns-end}} | ||
| − | === | + | ===Industrial Centers=== |
* [[Johnston Industries]]<ref name=OBFSp9/> | * [[Johnston Industries]]<ref name=OBFSp9/> | ||
* [[New Syrtis Shipyards]]<ref name=OBFSp9/> | * [[New Syrtis Shipyards]]<ref name=OBFSp9/> | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
| − | + | The [[apocryphal]] 1989 ''[[MechWarrior (1989 Video Game)|MechWarrior]]'' video game listed New Syrtis' population as 3,682,000,000 in 3025.<ref>''[[MechWarrior (1989 Video Game)]]''</ref> | |
==Map Gallery== | ==Map Gallery== | ||
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* ''[[Technical Readout: 3150]]'' | * ''[[Technical Readout: 3150]]'' | ||
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[[Category:Systems|New Syrtis]] | [[Category:Systems|New Syrtis]] | ||