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| + | The '''Newtown Square''' system was home to at least one habitable world and as of June [[3152]] was located in the [[Clan Hell's Horses]] Occupation Zone.<ref name=TRp72/> | ||
| − | == Political Affiliation == | + | ==Political Affiliation== |
| − | * [[2341]] - No record <ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 13 | + | {{div col|colwidth=25em}} |
| − | * [[2571]] - [[Rim Worlds Republic]] <ref name="HB:MPSp18">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 18 | + | * [[2341]] - No record<ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 13: "Lyran Commonwealth Founding - [2341] Map"</ref> |
| − | * [[2596]] - Rim Worlds Republic <ref name="H:RWp158">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 158 | + | * [[2571]] - [[Rim Worlds Republic]]<ref name="HB:MPSp18">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 18: "Rim Worlds Republic after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25: "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref> |
| − | * [[2750]] - Rim Worlds Republic <ref name="HB:MPSp25">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 25 | + | * [[2596]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="H:RWp158">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 158: "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"</ref> |
| − | * [[2764]] - Rim Worlds Republic <ref name="FM:SLDFpvii">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. vii | + | * [[2750]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="HB:MPSp25">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 25: "Rim Worlds Republic At the Fall of the Star League - [2750] Map"</ref><ref name="ER:2750p36">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 36: "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref> |
| − | * [[2765]] - Rim Worlds Republic <ref name="H:LoTV1p10">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 10 | + | * [[2764]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="FM:SLDFpvii">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref> |
| − | * [[2767]] - Rim Worlds Republic <ref name="H:LoTV1p104>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 104 | + | * [[2765]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="H:LoTV1p10">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 10: "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref><ref name="FR2765:Pp38">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 38: "Rim Worlds Army Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref><ref name="FR2765:LCAFp25">''Field Report 2765: LCAF'', p. 25: "Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref> |
| − | * [[2775]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]] <ref name="HB:MPSp37"/> | + | * [[2767]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="H:LoTV1p104>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 104: "Rim Worlds Republic - [2767] Map"</ref> |
| − | * [[2786]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War | + | * [[2775]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]]<ref name="HB:MPSp37"/> |
| − | * [[2822]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp36">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36 | + | * [[2786]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War'', pp. 24–25: "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</ref> |
| − | * [[2864]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40 | + | * [[2822]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp36">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36: "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="H:LoTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p112-113">''First Succession War'', pp. 112–113: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref> |
| − | * [[3025]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HS(TLC)pvii">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. vii | + | * [[2864]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40: "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War - [2864]"</ref> |
| − | * [[3030]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp56">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56 | + | * [[3025]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HS(TLC)pvii">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. vii: "Lyran Commonwealth Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp47">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47: "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref> |
| − | * [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]] <ref name="HB:HSp59">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59 | + | * [[3030]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp56">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56: "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref> |
| − | * [[3050]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref name="ER:3052p10">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 10 | + | * [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]]<ref name="HB:HSp59">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59: "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"</ref><ref name="H:Wo3039p132">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 132: "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</ref> |
| − | * [[3052]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp61">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 61 | + | * [[3050]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER:3052p10">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 10: "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"</ref> |
| − | * [[3057]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref name="ER:3062p10">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 10 | + | * [[3052]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp61">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 61: "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion - [3052] Map"</ref><ref name="ER3052p21">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 22: "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"</ref> |
| − | * [[3063]] - Federated Commonwealth <ref name="ER:3062p28">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 28 | + | * [[3057]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER:3062p10">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 10: "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"</ref> |
| − | * [[3067]] - [[Clan Jade Falcon]] <ref name="HB:HSp70">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 70 | + | * [[3063]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER:3062p28">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 28: "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"</ref><ref name="ISp75">''Inner Sphere'', p. 75: "Lyran Alliance Map"</ref> |
| − | * [[3075]] - Clan Jade Falcon <ref name="JS:TBDp64">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64 | + | * [[3067]] - [[Clan Jade Falcon]]<ref name="HB:HSp70">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 70: "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="J:FRp42">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 42: "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"</ref> |
| − | * [[3079]] - Clan Jade Falcon <ref name="FR:LAAFp19">''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 19 | + | * [[3075]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name="JS:TBDp64">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64: "Inner Sphere [3075] Map"</ref> |
| − | * [[3081]] - Clan Jade Falcon <ref name="J:FRp62">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 62 | + | * [[3079]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name="FR:LAAFp19">''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 19: "Lyran Alliance Armed Forces Deployment Table - [August 3079]"</ref><ref name="FR:Cp26">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 26: "Clan Jade Falcon/Clan Wolf in Exile Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref> |
| − | * [[3085]] - Clan Jade Falcon <ref name="FM:3085pvii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii | + | * [[3081]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name="J:FRp62">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 62: "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"</ref> |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[3085]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name="FM:3085pvii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref> |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[3135]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name=ER:3145p11>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref> |
| − | + | * [[3145]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name=ER:3145p39>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref> | |
| + | * [[3151]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name=SFp102>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 102: "Inner Sphere - 3151" (Map)</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3152]] - [[Clan Hell's Horses]] (from March)<ref name=TRpm/><ref name=TRp72>''Tamar Rising'', p. 72: "The Hinterlands June 3152" (Map)</ref><ref name=TRp61>''Tamar Rising'', p. 61</ref> | ||
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| − | == Planetary History == | + | ------------------------------------- |
| − | === Reunification War === | + | |
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| + | ===Planetary History=== | ||
| + | ====Reunification War==== | ||
By the end of the [[Age of War]] '''Newtown Square''' was a world within the [[Apollo Province]] of the Rim Worlds Republic.<ref name="HB:MPSp18"/> | By the end of the [[Age of War]] '''Newtown Square''' was a world within the [[Apollo Province]] of the Rim Worlds Republic.<ref name="HB:MPSp18"/> | ||
| − | Civil war erupted in the Rim Worlds Republic in [[2575]], with the factions polarized around those loyal to [[First Consul]] [[Gregory Amaris]] and those loyal to the [[Rift Republican Army]] and the [[Rim Provisional Government]].<ref name="H:RWp130">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 130 | + | Civil war erupted in the Rim Worlds Republic in [[2575]], with the factions polarized around those loyal to [[First Consul]] [[Gregory Amaris]] and those loyal to the [[Rift Republican Army]] and the [[Rim Provisional Government]].<ref name="H:RWp130">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 130: "The Spark"</ref> The [[Star League]] eventually decided to intervene in the civil war in support of Gregory Amaris, and in [[2579]] assembled [[Task Force MAILED FIST]] to help secure Amaris' control over the Rim Worlds Republic. A multinational force headed by the [[Star League Defense Force]], Task Force MAILED FIST was responsible for executing [[Operation MAILED FIST]], the name given to the military intervention. the first wave of attacks focused on securing significant worlds near [[Apollo (system)|Apollo]],<ref name="H:RWp132">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 132: "Case Apollo"</ref> until a destructive raid on [[Alarion]] by forces from the [[4th Amaris Fusiliers|Fourth Amaris Fusiliers]] in retaliation prompted the SLDF to alter its initial strategy for the campaign, the focus shifted to reducing [[Rim Worlds Army]] concentrations throughout the Republic and the capture of key worlds.<ref name="H:RWp133">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 133: "Island Hopping (2582-2590)"</ref> |
| − | In late [[2584]] the SLDF changed tactics again; a number of major RWA units had been destroyed or captured, and the focus for the campaign shifted to capturing worlds of strategic importance, but the campaign was slowed by the greatly increased resistance offered by the RWA and local civilian populations, prompted by atrocities performed by the [[Draconis Auxiliary Corps]] when they captured [[Nightwish]] in mid-2584.<ref name="H:RWp134">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 134 | + | In late [[2584]] the SLDF changed tactics again; a number of major RWA units had been destroyed or captured, and the focus for the campaign shifted to capturing worlds of strategic importance, but the campaign was slowed by the greatly increased resistance offered by the RWA and local civilian populations, prompted by atrocities performed by the [[Draconis Auxiliary Corps]] when they captured [[Nightwish]] in mid-2584.<ref name="H:RWp134">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 134: "Helbrent to Nightwish (July 2582 - November 2584)"</ref> |
| − | The Commanding Officer of Battle Group APOLLO, [[General]] [[Nathan Isaacson]], assigned the conquest of Newtown Square to the [[16th Mechanized Infantry Division|Sixteenth Mechanized Infantry Division]] in January [[2588]]. No major Rim Worlds Army units were known to be in place on Newtown Square, which meant that the planetary conquest was anticipated to involve only subjugating the local militias. The battle for Newtown Square actually became the most costly campaign of any of the "undefended" Rim Worlds Republic worlds targeted to date by Task Force APOLLO, and for reasons the SLDF hadn't anticipated.<ref name="H:RWp135">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 135 | + | The Commanding Officer of Battle Group APOLLO, [[General]] [[Nathan Isaacson]], assigned the conquest of Newtown Square to the [[16th Mechanized Infantry Division|Sixteenth Mechanized Infantry Division]] in January [[2588]]. No major Rim Worlds Army units were known to be in place on Newtown Square, which meant that the planetary conquest was anticipated to involve only subjugating the local militias. The battle for Newtown Square actually became the most costly campaign of any of the "undefended" Rim Worlds Republic worlds targeted to date by Task Force APOLLO, and for reasons the SLDF hadn't anticipated.<ref name="H:RWp135">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 135: "Newtown Shoals: Sharks Among Minnows (January 2588)</ref> |
| − | The Sixteenth arrived in the Newtown Square system without anticipating any major surprises or setbacks, and within two weeks of making planetfall the Sixteenth was well on its way to neutering the local militias. As was standard operating doctrine for SLDF invasion forces during the campaign the Sixteenth had been escorted to Newtown Square by a [[WarShip]] contingent, in this case the cruiser-class [[Rapacious ( | + | The Sixteenth arrived in the Newtown Square system without anticipating any major surprises or setbacks, and within two weeks of making planetfall the Sixteenth was well on its way to neutering the local militias. As was standard operating doctrine for SLDF invasion forces during the campaign the Sixteenth had been escorted to Newtown Square by a [[WarShip]] contingent, in this case the cruiser-class [[Rapacious (Individual WarShip)|SLS ''Rapacious'']] and the frigate-class [[Alacrity (Individual WarShip)|SLS ''Alacrity'']]. While this doctrine was a security measure intended to protect the vulnerable transport ships from attacks by enemy naval forces, the RWA space-borne navy of the time consisted of just two destroyer-class and seven corvette-class WarShips, only one of which - a corvette crippled and boarded during the invasion of [[Finmark]] in [[2586]] - had been seen, and as a result the Republic navy had been largely dismissed as a threat. The primary roadblock to the successful conquest of Newtown Square was discovered to be a complex of reinforced bunkers within the Ard Ri Mountains, a complex which was well protected by anti-air defenses and which was proving very difficult to attack by ground. With a determined defense in place proving difficult for the forces from the Sixteenth on the ground to defeat, the decision was made to have the ''Alacrity'' and the ''Rapacious'' subject the bunker complex to orbital bombardment, with the two WarShips promptly leaving the transport fleet behind and assuming an assault orbit to be able to conduct their bombardment.<ref name="H:RWp135"/> |
| − | What the SLDF hadn't realized was that the [[Admiral]] in charge of the Republic's | + | What the SLDF hadn't realized was that the [[Admiral]] in charge of the Republic's space-borne navy, Admiral [[Hakim Wbika]], knew full well that his small naval fleet would be easy prey for the SLDF WarShip fleet active within the Republic and had deliberately gathered the bulk of his ships together and kept them operating in secret, waiting for an opportunity to strike back against Task Force MAILED FIST. When Wbika was made aware of the situation on Newtown Square by agents on the planet, he decided that Newtown Square represented that opportunity he'd been looking for; mustering the Republic fleet in secret, Wbika used the redeployment of the ''Alacrity'' and the ''Rapacious'' to launch a devastating attack on the SLDF transport [[JumpShip]]s and [[DropShip]]s gathered at the system's zenith [[jump point]]. The resulting battle lasted sixty minutes and saw nineteen JumpShips and twenty-two DropShips destroyed, along with two complete regiments of infantry from the Sixteenth who had been embarked on various DropShips. None of the Republican WarShips were destroyed, and Wbika broke off the engagement to give his ships a chance to recharge their jump engines and try and escape the system.<ref name="H:RWp135"/> |
Alerted to what had happened, the ''Alacrity'' and the ''Rapacious'' conducted their orbital bombardment as quickly as possible and made for the zenith jump point as fast as they could, keeping up punishing levels of acceleration in a determined effort to exact vengeance on the Republican fleet. It soon became obvious that the heavier SLDF WarShips would catch up with the lighter RWA fleet before the Republican ships would've been able to jump, leading Wbika to take his ships into the Newtown Shoals, a cometary debris field located in the outer reaches of the Newtown Square system. Wbika couldn't plan for the greater skill of the SLDF WarShips or the determination of their crews to destroy the Republican ships, and as a result the majority of the Republican fleet was caught and engaged within the debris field; one corvette managed to escape, and two more corvettes were disabled and captured. The remaining two destroyers and three corvettes were destroyed in battle, with one of the survivors being Wbika himself. When Wbika was recovered in an escape pod by the ''Rapacious'' he only narrowly escaped being lynched by the vengeful crew, and elements within the SLDF subsequently petitioned for Wbika to be put on trial for war crimes; fortunately for Wbika, General Isaacson knew that to charge Wbika with war crimes would expose others within Task Force MAILED FIST to similar charges due to their actions on various Republic worlds.<ref name="H:RWp135"/> | Alerted to what had happened, the ''Alacrity'' and the ''Rapacious'' conducted their orbital bombardment as quickly as possible and made for the zenith jump point as fast as they could, keeping up punishing levels of acceleration in a determined effort to exact vengeance on the Republican fleet. It soon became obvious that the heavier SLDF WarShips would catch up with the lighter RWA fleet before the Republican ships would've been able to jump, leading Wbika to take his ships into the Newtown Shoals, a cometary debris field located in the outer reaches of the Newtown Square system. Wbika couldn't plan for the greater skill of the SLDF WarShips or the determination of their crews to destroy the Republican ships, and as a result the majority of the Republican fleet was caught and engaged within the debris field; one corvette managed to escape, and two more corvettes were disabled and captured. The remaining two destroyers and three corvettes were destroyed in battle, with one of the survivors being Wbika himself. When Wbika was recovered in an escape pod by the ''Rapacious'' he only narrowly escaped being lynched by the vengeful crew, and elements within the SLDF subsequently petitioned for Wbika to be put on trial for war crimes; fortunately for Wbika, General Isaacson knew that to charge Wbika with war crimes would expose others within Task Force MAILED FIST to similar charges due to their actions on various Republic worlds.<ref name="H:RWp135"/> | ||
| − | === Star League Era === | + | ====Star League Era==== |
| − | Newtown Square was conquered by the Lyran Commonwealth during the [[2773]]-[[2775]] Republic-Commonwealth war.<ref name="HB:MPSp37">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 37 | + | Newtown Square was conquered by the Lyran Commonwealth during the [[2773]]-[[2775]] Republic-Commonwealth war.<ref name="HB:MPSp37">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 37: "The Republic-Commonwealth War"</ref> |
| − | === The Dark Age === | + | ====The Dark Age==== |
| − | In the early years after the [[Jihad]] the Lyran Alliance invaded both Newtown Square and the nearby world of [[Kikuyu]], provoking an aggressive response from Clan Jade Falcon and the | + | In the early years after the [[Jihad]] the Lyran Alliance invaded both Newtown Square and the nearby world of [[Kikuyu]], provoking an aggressive response from Clan Jade Falcon and the counterinvasion of [[Mogyorod]], [[Clermont]] and [[Machida]] by the Jade Falcon [[Epsilon Galaxy (Clan Jade Falcon)|Epsilon Galaxy]]<ref name="FM:3085p117">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 117: "Epsilon Galaxy"</ref> in [[3080]].<ref name="FM:3085p123">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 123: "Beta Galaxy"</ref> |
| − | == Military Deployment == | + | ====IlClan Era==== |
| − | === 2588 === | + | Following the near-destruction of Clan Jade Falcon's ''touman'' on Terra in early [[3151]] Newtown Square was briefly claimed by a successor proto-state, the [[Turkina Ascendancy]]. In March [[3152]] [[Clan Hell's Horses]] annexed the world after destroying the Ascendancy's military on [[Barcelona]].<ref name=TRp61/> |
| − | * [[SLDF]] [[VI Corps (Star League)|VI Corps]]<ref name="H:RWp155">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 155 | + | |
| + | ===Military Deployment=== | ||
| + | ====2588==== | ||
| + | * [[SLDF]] [[VI Corps (Star League)|VI Corps]]<ref name="H:RWp155">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 155: "Rim Worlds Republic Front (2588-2596)"</ref> | ||
:* [[16th Mechanized Infantry Division|Sixteenth Mechanized Infantry Division]]<ref name="H:RWp155"/> | :* [[16th Mechanized Infantry Division|Sixteenth Mechanized Infantry Division]]<ref name="H:RWp155"/> | ||
| − | === 2821 === | + | ====2821==== |
| − | * [[Seventh Lyran Guards]]<ref name="FSWp139">''First Succession War | + | * [[Seventh Lyran Guards]]<ref name="FSWp139">''First Succession War'', p. 139: "First Succession War Deployment Table - LCAF"</ref> |
| − | === 3025 === | + | ====3025==== |
| − | * [[Bad Dream]]<ref name=HS118>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 118 | + | * [[Bad Dream]]<ref name=HS118>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 118: "Unit Deployment Table"</ref><ref name="NAIS4SWp45">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 45: "Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG"</ref> |
| − | === 3038-3040 === | + | ====3038-3040==== |
| − | * Bad Dream<ref name="H:Wo3039p140">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 140 | + | * Bad Dream<ref name="H:Wo3039p140">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 140: "Deployment Table"</ref> |
| − | === 3050 === | + | ====3050==== |
| − | * [[39th Avalon Hussars|Thirty-ninth Avalon Hussars]] [[RCT]]<ref name=20YU24>''20 Year Update'', p. 24 | + | * [[39th Avalon Hussars|Thirty-ninth Avalon Hussars]] [[RCT]]<ref name=20YU24>''20 Year Update'', p. 24: "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"</ref> |
| − | === 3061 === | + | ====3061==== |
| − | * Thirty-ninth Avalon Hussars<ref name=SS50>''Shattered Sphere'', p. 50 | + | * Thirty-ninth Avalon Hussars<ref name=SS50>''Shattered Sphere'', p. 50: "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table"</ref> |
| − | === 3085 === | + | ====3085==== |
| − | * [[22nd Provisional Garrison | + | * [[22nd Provisional Garrison (Clan Jade Falcon)|Twenty-second Provisional Garrison Cluster]]<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 126: "Deployment Table - 3085"</ref> |
| − | == | + | ===Geography=== |
Newtown Square is a temperate planet with long growing seasons. The primary continent is dominated by the Plains of Culd which extent to cover over some two-thirds of its area. The plains are mostly savanna with a pale sword grass and good soil with minimal low brush or hills. | Newtown Square is a temperate planet with long growing seasons. The primary continent is dominated by the Plains of Culd which extent to cover over some two-thirds of its area. The plains are mostly savanna with a pale sword grass and good soil with minimal low brush or hills. | ||
| − | == Planetary Locations == | + | ===Planetary Locations=== |
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| + | * Ard Ri Mountains - Site of a reinforced bunker complex during the [[Reunification War]] in [[2588]]. | ||
* Market - Planetary Capital of Newtown Square. | * Market - Planetary Capital of Newtown Square. | ||
* Plains of Culd - Battle site during the [[FedCom Civil War]]. | * Plains of Culd - Battle site during the [[FedCom Civil War]]. | ||
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== Nearby Systems == | == Nearby Systems == | ||
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| − | == Bibliography == | + | ==Bibliography== |
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* ''[[20 Year Update]]'' | * ''[[20 Year Update]]'' | ||
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]'' | * ''[[Era Report: 3052]]'' | ||
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* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]'' | * ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]'' | ||
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]'' | * ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]'' | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:16, 10 February 2024
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| System Information | |
| X:Y Coordinates | -228.268 : 393.123[e] |
| Recharge time | 190 hours[1] |
The Newtown Square system was home to at least one habitable world and as of June 3152 was located in the Clan Hell's Horses Occupation Zone.[2]
Contents
Political Affiliation[edit]
- 2341 - No record[3]
- 2571 - Rim Worlds Republic[4][5]
- 2596 - Rim Worlds Republic[6]
- 2750 - Rim Worlds Republic[7][8]
- 2764 - Rim Worlds Republic[9]
- 2765 - Rim Worlds Republic[10][11][12]
- 2767 - Rim Worlds Republic[13]
- 2775 - Lyran Commonwealth[14]
- 2786 - Lyran Commonwealth[15]
- 2822 - Lyran Commonwealth[16][17][18]
- 2864 - Lyran Commonwealth[19]
- 3025 - Lyran Commonwealth[20][21]
- 3030 - Lyran Commonwealth[22]
- 3040 - Federated Commonwealth[23][24]
- 3050 - Federated Commonwealth[25]
- 3052 - Federated Commonwealth[26][27]
- 3057 - Federated Commonwealth[28]
- 3063 - Federated Commonwealth[29][30]
- 3067 - Clan Jade Falcon[31][32]
- 3075 - Clan Jade Falcon[33]
- 3079 - Clan Jade Falcon[34][35]
- 3081 - Clan Jade Falcon[36]
- 3085 - Clan Jade Falcon[37]
- 3135 - Clan Jade Falcon[38]
- 3145 - Clan Jade Falcon[39][40]
- 3151 - Clan Jade Falcon[41]
- 3152 - Clan Hell's Horses (from March)[1][2][42]
Newtown Square[edit]
| Newtown Square | |
|---|---|
| Government and Infrastructure | |
| Capital | Market[citation needed] |
Planetary History[edit]
Reunification War[edit]
By the end of the Age of War Newtown Square was a world within the Apollo Province of the Rim Worlds Republic.[4]
Civil war erupted in the Rim Worlds Republic in 2575, with the factions polarized around those loyal to First Consul Gregory Amaris and those loyal to the Rift Republican Army and the Rim Provisional Government.[43] The Star League eventually decided to intervene in the civil war in support of Gregory Amaris, and in 2579 assembled Task Force MAILED FIST to help secure Amaris' control over the Rim Worlds Republic. A multinational force headed by the Star League Defense Force, Task Force MAILED FIST was responsible for executing Operation MAILED FIST, the name given to the military intervention. the first wave of attacks focused on securing significant worlds near Apollo,[44] until a destructive raid on Alarion by forces from the Fourth Amaris Fusiliers in retaliation prompted the SLDF to alter its initial strategy for the campaign, the focus shifted to reducing Rim Worlds Army concentrations throughout the Republic and the capture of key worlds.[45]
In late 2584 the SLDF changed tactics again; a number of major RWA units had been destroyed or captured, and the focus for the campaign shifted to capturing worlds of strategic importance, but the campaign was slowed by the greatly increased resistance offered by the RWA and local civilian populations, prompted by atrocities performed by the Draconis Auxiliary Corps when they captured Nightwish in mid-2584.[46]
The Commanding Officer of Battle Group APOLLO, General Nathan Isaacson, assigned the conquest of Newtown Square to the Sixteenth Mechanized Infantry Division in January 2588. No major Rim Worlds Army units were known to be in place on Newtown Square, which meant that the planetary conquest was anticipated to involve only subjugating the local militias. The battle for Newtown Square actually became the most costly campaign of any of the "undefended" Rim Worlds Republic worlds targeted to date by Task Force APOLLO, and for reasons the SLDF hadn't anticipated.[47]
The Sixteenth arrived in the Newtown Square system without anticipating any major surprises or setbacks, and within two weeks of making planetfall the Sixteenth was well on its way to neutering the local militias. As was standard operating doctrine for SLDF invasion forces during the campaign the Sixteenth had been escorted to Newtown Square by a WarShip contingent, in this case the cruiser-class SLS Rapacious and the frigate-class SLS Alacrity. While this doctrine was a security measure intended to protect the vulnerable transport ships from attacks by enemy naval forces, the RWA space-borne navy of the time consisted of just two destroyer-class and seven corvette-class WarShips, only one of which - a corvette crippled and boarded during the invasion of Finmark in 2586 - had been seen, and as a result the Republic navy had been largely dismissed as a threat. The primary roadblock to the successful conquest of Newtown Square was discovered to be a complex of reinforced bunkers within the Ard Ri Mountains, a complex which was well protected by anti-air defenses and which was proving very difficult to attack by ground. With a determined defense in place proving difficult for the forces from the Sixteenth on the ground to defeat, the decision was made to have the Alacrity and the Rapacious subject the bunker complex to orbital bombardment, with the two WarShips promptly leaving the transport fleet behind and assuming an assault orbit to be able to conduct their bombardment.[47]
What the SLDF hadn't realized was that the Admiral in charge of the Republic's space-borne navy, Admiral Hakim Wbika, knew full well that his small naval fleet would be easy prey for the SLDF WarShip fleet active within the Republic and had deliberately gathered the bulk of his ships together and kept them operating in secret, waiting for an opportunity to strike back against Task Force MAILED FIST. When Wbika was made aware of the situation on Newtown Square by agents on the planet, he decided that Newtown Square represented that opportunity he'd been looking for; mustering the Republic fleet in secret, Wbika used the redeployment of the Alacrity and the Rapacious to launch a devastating attack on the SLDF transport JumpShips and DropShips gathered at the system's zenith jump point. The resulting battle lasted sixty minutes and saw nineteen JumpShips and twenty-two DropShips destroyed, along with two complete regiments of infantry from the Sixteenth who had been embarked on various DropShips. None of the Republican WarShips were destroyed, and Wbika broke off the engagement to give his ships a chance to recharge their jump engines and try and escape the system.[47]
Alerted to what had happened, the Alacrity and the Rapacious conducted their orbital bombardment as quickly as possible and made for the zenith jump point as fast as they could, keeping up punishing levels of acceleration in a determined effort to exact vengeance on the Republican fleet. It soon became obvious that the heavier SLDF WarShips would catch up with the lighter RWA fleet before the Republican ships would've been able to jump, leading Wbika to take his ships into the Newtown Shoals, a cometary debris field located in the outer reaches of the Newtown Square system. Wbika couldn't plan for the greater skill of the SLDF WarShips or the determination of their crews to destroy the Republican ships, and as a result the majority of the Republican fleet was caught and engaged within the debris field; one corvette managed to escape, and two more corvettes were disabled and captured. The remaining two destroyers and three corvettes were destroyed in battle, with one of the survivors being Wbika himself. When Wbika was recovered in an escape pod by the Rapacious he only narrowly escaped being lynched by the vengeful crew, and elements within the SLDF subsequently petitioned for Wbika to be put on trial for war crimes; fortunately for Wbika, General Isaacson knew that to charge Wbika with war crimes would expose others within Task Force MAILED FIST to similar charges due to their actions on various Republic worlds.[47]
Star League Era[edit]
Newtown Square was conquered by the Lyran Commonwealth during the 2773-2775 Republic-Commonwealth war.[14]
The Dark Age[edit]
In the early years after the Jihad the Lyran Alliance invaded both Newtown Square and the nearby world of Kikuyu, provoking an aggressive response from Clan Jade Falcon and the counterinvasion of Mogyorod, Clermont and Machida by the Jade Falcon Epsilon Galaxy[48] in 3080.[49]
IlClan Era[edit]
Following the near-destruction of Clan Jade Falcon's touman on Terra in early 3151 Newtown Square was briefly claimed by a successor proto-state, the Turkina Ascendancy. In March 3152 Clan Hell's Horses annexed the world after destroying the Ascendancy's military on Barcelona.[42]
Military Deployment[edit]
2588[edit]
2821[edit]
3025[edit]
3038-3040[edit]
- Bad Dream[54]
3050[edit]
3061[edit]
- Thirty-ninth Avalon Hussars[56]
3085[edit]
Geography[edit]
Newtown Square is a temperate planet with long growing seasons. The primary continent is dominated by the Plains of Culd which extent to cover over some two-thirds of its area. The plains are mostly savanna with a pale sword grass and good soil with minimal low brush or hills.
Planetary Locations[edit]
- Ard Ri Mountains - Site of a reinforced bunker complex during the Reunification War in 2588.
- Market - Planetary Capital of Newtown Square.
- Plains of Culd - Battle site during the FedCom Civil War.
Map Gallery[edit]
Nearby Systems[edit]
| Closest 28 systems (25 within 60 light-years) Distance in light years, closest systems first: | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mogyorod | 21.5 | Kolovraty | 24.6 | Montsegur | 26.8 | Vulture's Nest | 27.3 |
| Barcelona | 29.8 | Ambrose | 34.5 | Pangkalan | 35.1 | Kikuyu | 36.2 |
| Annunziata | 36.4 | Biegga | 40.0 | Awyron | 41.3 | Clermont | 44.5 |
| Melissia | 46.5 | Hood | 47.3 | Black Earth | 47.9 | Herbania | 48.1 |
| Roadside | 49.6 | Illium | 50.6 | Chapultepec | 51.1 | Renren | 52.8 |
| Bone-Norman | 53.4 | Machida | 56.2 | Ylemelke | 58.9 | Kola | 59.5 |
| Jesenice | 59.8 | Chahar | 60.3 | Blue Hole | 60.9 | Hot Springs | 63.0 |
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tamar Rising, poster map
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tamar Rising, p. 72: "The Hinterlands June 3152" (Map)
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 13: "Lyran Commonwealth Founding - [2341] Map"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 18: "Rim Worlds Republic after Age of War - [2571] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25: "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War - [2571] Map"
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 158: "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 25: "Rim Worlds Republic At the Fall of the Star League - [2750] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 36: "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
- ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 10: "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"
- ↑ Field Report 2765: Periphery, p. 38: "Rim Worlds Army Deployment Map - [2765]"
- ↑ Field Report 2765: LCAF, p. 25: "Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 104: "Rim Worlds Republic - [2767] Map"
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 37: "The Republic-Commonwealth War"
- ↑ First Succession War, pp. 24–25: "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36: "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
- ↑ First Succession War, pp. 112–113: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40: "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War - [2864]"
- ↑ House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. vii: "Lyran Commonwealth Map - [3025]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47: "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56: "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 59: "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 132: "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 10: "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 61: "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion - [3052] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 22: "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 10: "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 28: "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"
- ↑ Inner Sphere, p. 75: "Lyran Alliance Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 70: "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 42: "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64: "Inner Sphere [3075] Map"
- ↑ Field Report: LAAF, p. 19: "Lyran Alliance Armed Forces Deployment Table - [August 3079]"
- ↑ Field Report: Clans, p. 26: "Clan Jade Falcon/Clan Wolf in Exile Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 62: "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
- ↑ Shattered Fortress, p. 102: "Inner Sphere - 3151" (Map)
- ↑ 42.0 42.1 Tamar Rising, p. 61
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 130: "The Spark"
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 132: "Case Apollo"
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 133: "Island Hopping (2582-2590)"
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 134: "Helbrent to Nightwish (July 2582 - November 2584)"
- ↑ 47.0 47.1 47.2 47.3 Historical: Reunification War, p. 135: "Newtown Shoals: Sharks Among Minnows (January 2588)
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 117: "Epsilon Galaxy"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 123: "Beta Galaxy"
- ↑ 50.0 50.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 155: "Rim Worlds Republic Front (2588-2596)"
- ↑ First Succession War, p. 139: "First Succession War Deployment Table - LCAF"
- ↑ House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 118: "Unit Deployment Table"
- ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p. 45: "Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG"
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 140: "Deployment Table"
- ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 24: "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"
- ↑ Shattered Sphere, p. 50: "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 126: "Deployment Table - 3085"
Bibliography[edit]
- 20 Year Update
- Era Report: 3052
- Era Report: 3062
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- Field Manual: 3085
- Field Manual: 3145
- Field Manual: SLDF
- Field Report: Clans
- Field Report: LAAF
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- Field Report 2765: Periphery
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