Paradise

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Paradise
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3151
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Paradise nearby systems
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System Information
X:Y Coordinates-239.908 : -126.401[e]
Spectral classG7V[1]
Recharge time188 hours[1]
Recharge station(s)Zenith, 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

After The Master retreated from Gibson in the wake of a Regulan assault on Gibson, a Regulan task force tracked him to Paradise. On the 26th of February 3080 the Regulans attempted to remove Blakist cells from Paradise by bombarding the planet from orbit, while also using fighters and cargo DropShips to deploy nuclear devices across the planet surface. The nuclear devices used were not only strategic in size, but were also all cobalt-laced.[13]

The attack on Paradise was witnessed by the captain and crew of the Leper Colony, a Mule-class civilian DropShip associated with the JumpShip Centralla's Toy, both of which were present in the Paradise system at the time of the attack. As the Leper Colony was already near the source of the attacks, Captain Burton Lindley and his ship were hired by the planetary government to investigate the emergence pulse of an arriving JumpShip or WarShip that had been detected at the L1 pirate point between the world of Paradise and its major moon, Bliss.[14]

The Leper Colony and its crew observed what appeared to be a textbook example of an attack in the style of a First Succession War attack to render a planet uninhabitable. The emergence signal at the pirate point was from a Star Lord-class JumpShip, which had arrived in-system transporting what appeared to be two Mammoth-class DropShips and a military DropShip of some kind - possibly a Leopard CV and escorted by a number of AeroSpace Fighters. Although fighters from the attacking ships attempted to intercept the Leper Colony, they were unable to close to engage before the Leper Colony was able to rendezvous with the Centralla's Toy. The Leper Colony observed the two Mammoth DropShips throwing out quantities of what initially appeared to be chaff of some kind, but which was later observed to be clusters of thermonuclear weapons; the two DropShips apparently launched approximately 15 nuclear weapons each per minute for some two hours. Forces on Paradise - described as using a significant number of cutting-edge AeroSpace Fighters and DropShips - were able to intercept several dozen nuclear missiles en route to the planet, but the dozens intercepted were only a small part of the thousands of missiles observed to have been launched.[14]

The travel vectors and speeds taken by the missiles which had been launched appeared initially to be random but were later shown to have been deliberately chosen to enable every major city from pole to pole on Paradise to be hit within a five-minute period; thousands of detonations were observed on the planetary surface during this period, and the blast spectrum exhibited by the exploding missiles indicated that they had been laced or jacketed with cobalt. Each missile was estimated to be a multiple-megaton weapon. The Star Lord JumpShip was then observed jumping out of the system before DropShips from the planet could engage it, indicating that the Star Lord possessed a Lithium-Fusion Battery. Burton Lindley later testified on Tamarind as to what he and his crew had observed during the attack on Paradise.[14]

Military Deployment

2765

2786

  • Sixth Atrean Dragoons[16]

2821

  • Sixth Atrean Dragoons[16]

Industrial Centers

Nearby Systems

Closest 40 systems (37 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Spirit 19.3 Mundrabilla 19.7 Albert Falls 20.8 Loyalty 22.5
Escobas 23.0 Vicksland 25.2 Ashburton 27.1 Thirty Weight 27.2
Esztergom 29.6 Zempoatlepetl 30.5 Shasta 32.1 Cajamarca 36.6
Chalouba 41.0 Simpson Desert 41.7 Sardis 43.8 Midkiff 43.8
Eromanga 44.7 Alterf 45.8 Niihau 46.5 Trinidad 47.6
Ideyld 48.1 Hódmezovásárhely 49.3 Kakada 50.4 Tamarind 52.0
Jardine 52.5 Manihiki 52.9 Labouchere 53.6 Laureles 53.9
Home 54.0 Zebrenaski 54.5 Coriscana 54.8 Zortman 56.1
Norfolk 56.5 Ibarra 57.2 Loongana 57.4 Preston 57.5
Tuamotu 59.5 Mohács 61.0 Atreus 61.5 Ionus 62.2

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Objectives: Free Worlds League, p. 24, "Paradise"
  2. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 13, "Free Worlds League Founding [2271]"
  3. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 158, "Inner Sphere - 2596"
  4. ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 36, "Inner Sphere - 2750"
  5. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 10, "Inner Sphere - 2765"
  6. ↑ First Succession War (Source Book), pp. 24-25, "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"
  7. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 34, "Free Worlds League after First Succesion War [2822] Map"
  8. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, p. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - 2822"
  9. ↑ First Succession War (Source Book), pp. 112-113, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  10. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 132, "Inner Sphere - 3040"
  11. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 62, "Inner Sphere - March 3081"
  12. ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  13. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 60, "The Jihad In Review"
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 21, "Paradise Lost: Sterilization On A Global Scale"
  15. ↑ Field Report 2765: FWLM, p. 9, "Atrean Dragoons"
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 First Succession War (Source Book), p. 138, "First Succession War Deployment Table - FWLM"

Bibliography

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