Nockatunga

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

Nockatunga
Nockatunga 3151.svg
System Information
X:Y Coordinates-289.027 : -54.076[e]

System Description

The Nockatunga system was located near the Cavanaugh II and Millungera systems.[1]

System History

The Nockatunga system was colonized at some point prior to or during the early 23rd Century.[2]

Political Affiliation

Planetary History

The Star League

During the last years of the Star League, Nockatunga was considered a vital world. If any hostilities were to break out between the Lyran Commonwealth and the Free Worlds League, many believed that Nockatunga would be the first place targeted by the Lyrans.[29]

In an effort to discourage any hostilities, the SLDF positioned a second division, the 233rd Mechanized Infantry Division, on world after the "Birthday Proclamations" of 2755.[30]

The Jihad

Following the dissolution of the Free Worlds League in January 3079, elements within the Lyran Alliance moved to annex a number of former League worlds between August and September that year. Nockatunga was one of seven worlds conquered during this period, and the invasion only stopped when Archon Adam Steiner declared that any other bouts of what he termed "unauthorized adventurism" would be considered an act of treason.[23] The Lyran assault on Nockatunga was a purely conventional attack in which the LAAF forces concentrated on defeating the defending 34th Marik Militia and local forces, although to limit any collateral damage the 34th had to withdraw. The capture of the primary spaceports on Nockatunga along with the planetary capital by the 4th Alliance Guards was completed during early September 3079. Nockatunga was one of two worlds where forces from the Duchy of Tamarind-Abbey and the Lyran Alliance faced each other in the immediate aftermath of the Jihad, with the other being Epsilon, which was conquered prior to Nockatunga. Prior to the Archon's declaration that any further attacks would be considered treasonable acts, diplomats from Tamarind and Abbey present on Tharkad were volubly protesting the attacks and Dominic Levaque, the Lyran ambassador to Tamarind, worked hard to reassure the Tamarind government that the attacks were being investigated and that any wrongdoing would result in prosecution under Lyran laws.[31]

Military Deployment

2764

2786

3050

3054

  • Greenburg's Gozillas[36]

3059

  • Greenburg's Gozillas[37]

3079

- At this point in time, the 34th Marik Militia were deployed across Epsilon and Nockatunga. The 34th was at 70% of full strength.

3145

Planetary Locations

  • Fort Brittany - a Star League era fortification. [40]

Nearby Systems

Closest 32 systems (32 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Malazan 12.0 Hell's Paradise 12.7 Cavanaugh 18.2 Millungera 19.2
Promised Land 23.9 Ilion 25.5 Epsilon 27.7 Alula Borealis 30.0
Bella 31.3 Tamarind 35.5 Saltillo 35.8 Hornir's Keep 36.8
Zdice 37.5 Tylarzka 37.6 Trellisane 37.8 Kosciusko 39.4
Rochers 39.5 Labouchere 41.1 Penobscot 44.7 Timbiqui 45.0
Zebrenaski 45.7 Dixie 48.1 Simpson Desert 48.5 Abramkovo 48.9
Griffith 50.0 Diamantina 52.3 Kamenz 54.4 Loongana 55.6
Colfax 56.3 Szepes 57.4 Niihau 57.6 Altoona 57.8

References

  1. Field Manual: SLDF, pg 255, "SLDF - Lyran Commonwealth Military Region Command map"
  2. 2.0 2.1 Handbook: House Marik, p. 13, "Free Worlds League before after at their founding in [2271]"
  3. Handbook: House Marik, p. 24, "Free Worlds League after Age of War [2571]"
  4. Historical: Reunification War, p. 158, "Inner Sphere - 2596"
  5. Era Report: 2750, p. 36, "Inner Sphere - 2750"
  6. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 10, "Inner Sphere - 2765"
  7. First Succession War (Source Book), p. 25, "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"
  8. Handbook: House Marik, p. 34, "Free Worlds League after First Succession War [2822]"
  9. First Succession War (Source Book), p. 113, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  10. Handbook: House Marik, p. 38, "Free Worlds League after Second Succession War [2864]"
  11. Handbook: House Marik, p. 42, "Free Worlds League after Third Succession War [3025]"
  12. Handbook: House Marik, p. 51, "Free Worlds League after Fourth Succession War [3030]"
  13. Historical: War of 3039, p. 132, "Inner Sphere - 3040"
  14. Era Report: 3052, p. 10, "Inner Sphere - 3050"
  15. Era Report: 3052, p. 22, "Inner Sphere - 3052"
  16. Era Report: 3062, p. 10, "Inner Sphere - 3057"
  17. Handbook: House Marik, p. 54, "Free Worlds League after Operation Guerrero [3058]"
  18. Era Report: 3062, p. 28, "Inner Sphere - 3063"
  19. Handbook: House Marik, p. 56, "Free Worlds League after FedCom Civil War [3067]"
  20. ' Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 41, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3067]
  21. Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64, Inner Sphere [3075] Map
  22. Field Report: FWLM, p. 17, "FWLM Deployment Map [3079]"
  23. 23.0 23.1 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 60, "The Jihad In Review"
  24. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 62, "Inner Sphere - March 3081"
  25. Field Manual: 3085, p. vii, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"
  26. Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  27. Era Report: 3145, p. 10, "Inner Sphere - 3135"
  28. Era Report: 3145, p. 38, "Inner Sphere - 3145"
  29. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 123, "35th Jump Infantry Division"
  30. Field Manual: SLDF, pg 255, "SLDF - Lyran Commonwealth Military Region Command map"
  31. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 24-25, "Lyran Aggressors Press Into League Territory"
  32. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 254, "SLDF - Free Worlds League Military Command Map"
  33. Field Manual: SLDF, pg 255, "SLDF - Lyran Commonwealth Military Region Command map"
  34. First Succession War (Source Book), p. 138, "First Succession War Deployment Table - FWLM"
  35. 20 Year Update, p. 57, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
  36. Objective Raids, p. 39, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
  37. Field Manual: Free Worlds League, p. 115, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
  38. Field Report: FWLM, p. 11, "Tamarind and Abbey Districts"
  39. Field Manual: 3145, p. 115, "Free Worlds League Military"
  40. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 123, "35th Jump Infantry Division"

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