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Line 11: | planets = 10<ref name=TtS:PLp4/> | planets = 10<ref name=TtS:PLp4/> }} }} + The '''Promised Land''' system was home to at least one inhabited world, '''Promised Land II''', and as of June [[3152]] was located within the [[Duchy of Tamarind-Abbey]] province in the [[Free Worlds League]].<ref name=EAp78/> The '''Promised Land''' system was home to at least one inhabited world, '''Promised Land II''', and as of June [[3152]] was located within the [[Duchy of Tamarind-Abbey]] province in the [[Free Worlds League]].<ref name=EAp78/> − − ==System Description== − Promised Land is located near the [[Saltillo]] and [[Hell's Paradise]] systems. ==Political Affiliation== ==Political Affiliation== Line 52:
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Line 75: }} }} ===Planetary History=== ===Planetary History=== − ====Early History==== In the years immediately prior to the so-called [[Age of War]], Promised Land became known for the quality of its champagne as far as [[Arcturus]], capital of the newly formed [[Lyran Commonwealth]]. When [[Archon of the Lyran Commonwealth|Archon]] [[Robert Marsden]] offhandedly remarked he would not mind drinking a glass of Promised Land's champagne in [[2395]], the rabidly loyal and supremely overconfident [[Social General]]s selected by Marsden to command the [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] willfully misinterpreted the Archon's comment to mean he wanted to capture the world.<ref name=HSTLC-14>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 14: "Dawning of the Age of War"</ref> In the years immediately prior to the so-called [[Age of War]], Promised Land became known for the quality of its champagne as far as [[Arcturus]], capital of the newly formed [[Lyran Commonwealth]]. When [[Archon of the Lyran Commonwealth|Archon]] [[Robert Marsden]] offhandedly remarked he would not mind drinking a glass of Promised Land's champagne in [[2395]], the rabidly loyal and supremely overconfident [[Social General]]s selected by Marsden to command the [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] willfully misinterpreted the Archon's comment to mean he wanted to capture the world.<ref name=HSTLC-14>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 14: "Dawning of the Age of War"</ref> − By the time Marsden learned of the [[Battle of Promised Land (2395)|Promised Land assault]], it was too late, with ten LCAF [[regiments]] wiped out, including two elite ranked [[jump infantry]] and [[Combat Vehicle|armored vehicle]] regiments. Instead of blaming their own impetuosity, the LCAF high command directed blame towards Marsden for "ordering" the disaster. Three weeks after news of the massacre on Promised Land broke, Archon Robert Marsden was found dead in his bedchambers.<ref name=HSTLC-14/> + By the time Marsden learned of the [[Promised Land assault]], it was too late, with ten LCAF [[regiment]]s, including two elite ranked [[Jump Infantry]] and [[Combat Vehicle|Armored Vehicle]] regiments, wiped out. Instead of blaming their own impetuosity, the LCAF high command directed blame towards Marsden for "ordering" the disaster. Three weeks after news of the massacre on Promised Land broke, Archon Robert Marsden was found dead in his bedchambers.<ref name=HSTLC-14/> − ====Third Succession War==== By the [[Third Succession War]], Promised Land was one of the major ports of entry for Lyran traders entering League space, the city closest to the planet's primary spaceport containing a magnificent bazaar teeming with an endless array of merchants, wholesalers and speculators.<ref name=HMTFWL-132>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 134: "Trade with Other Successor States"</ref> By the [[Third Succession War]], Promised Land was one of the major ports of entry for Lyran traders entering League space, the city closest to the planet's primary spaceport containing a magnificent bazaar teeming with an endless array of merchants, wholesalers and speculators.<ref name=HMTFWL-132>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 134: "Trade with Other Successor States"</ref> Line 89:
Line 85: With the Free Worlds League's balkanization in the late 3070s, Promised Land joined the [[Duchy of Tamarind-Abbey]] simply due to shared history and proximity. However trade and cultural disputes with the Duchy government led to Promised Land's desire to transfer its allegiance to the Lyran Commonwealth instead, and in [[3101]] with local assistance the LCAF seized the planet with minimal effort.<ref name=TtS:PLp6/> With the Free Worlds League's balkanization in the late 3070s, Promised Land joined the [[Duchy of Tamarind-Abbey]] simply due to shared history and proximity. However trade and cultural disputes with the Duchy government led to Promised Land's desire to transfer its allegiance to the Lyran Commonwealth instead, and in [[3101]] with local assistance the LCAF seized the planet with minimal effort.<ref name=TtS:PLp6/> − ====Dark Age==== In November [[3137]] during [[Operation HAMMERFALL]], [[Kirkpatrick's Invaders]], a mercenary unit employed by the Lyrans, destroyed [[Avanti's Angels]] on Promised Land. It is unknown if the world had returned to Tamarind-Abbey control at this point.<ref>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 20: "Timeline of Events (cont.)"</ref> After HAMMERFALL abruptly ended in [[3140]] with [[Clan Wolf]] turning upon its erstwhile ally, the Duchy—now part of the restored Free Worlds League—took advantage of the Commonwealth's crisis to reclaim Promised Land.<ref name=ER:3145p57/> In November [[3137]] during [[Operation HAMMERFALL]], [[Kirkpatrick's Invaders]], a mercenary unit employed by the Lyrans, destroyed [[Avanti's Angels]] on Promised Land. It is unknown if the world had returned to Tamarind-Abbey control at this point.<ref>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 20: "Timeline of Events (cont.)"</ref> After HAMMERFALL abruptly ended in [[3140]] with [[Clan Wolf]] turning upon its erstwhile ally, the Duchy—now part of the restored Free Worlds League—took advantage of the Commonwealth's crisis to reclaim Promised Land.<ref name=ER:3145p57/> Line 116:
Line 111: ====3085==== ====3085==== * [[Thirty-fourth Marik Militia]]<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 93: "Deployment Table - 3085"</ref> * [[Thirty-fourth Marik Militia]]<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 93: "Deployment Table - 3085"</ref> − − ===Geography=== − [[File:Promised Land Planetary Map.png|right|450px|thumb|Planetary Map of Promised Land]] − Promised Land has fourteen continents named Avalon, Camelot, Eden, El Dorado, Elysium, Hyperborea, Jannah, Mahoroba, Shambhala, Shangri La, Utopia, Valhalla, Xanadu, and Zion.<ref name=TtS:PLp4/> − − ===Planetary Locations=== − {{div col|colwidth=25em}} − * Avalon (continent) − :* Glastonbury: a city<ref name=TtS:PLp12>''Touring the Stars: Promised Land'', p. 12: "Promised Land"</ref> − * Camelot (continent) − :* Fortress Camulodunum<ref name=TtS:PLp12/> − :* Ker Govenek: a city<ref name=TtS:PLp12/> − :* Ker Kerenja: a city<ref name=TtS:PLp12/> − :* Ker Kolonnek: a city<ref name=TtS:PLp12/> − :* Mount Kres: a mountain peak<ref name=TtS:PLp12/> − :* Mount Lelder: a mountain peak<ref name=TtS:PLp12/> − :* Tintagel: a city and location of a DropPort<ref name=TtS:PLp12/> − * Eden (continent) − :* Tigris: a city<ref name=TtS:PLp12/> − * Hyperborea (continent) − :* Apollonos: a city<ref name=TtS:PLp12/> − * Jannah (continent) − :* Dar as-Salam, a city<ref name=TtS:PLp12/> − :* Jannat: a city<ref name=TtS:PLp12/> − :* Mount Kuyuncuk: a mountain peak<ref name=TtS:PLp12/> − :* Rahat al-Shams: a city<ref name=TtS:PLp12/> − * Mahoroba (continent) − :* Maho no mori: a city and location of a DropPort<ref name=TtS:PLp12/> − :* Martyr's Rest: a city<ref name=TtS:PLp12/> − :* Tenshi no Kodachi: a city<ref name=TtS:PLp12/> − * Shambhala (continent) − :* Helena: a city<ref name=TtS:PLp12/> − * Utopia (continent) − :* Bliss: a city and location of a DropPort<ref name=TtS:PLp12/> − :* Karsten: a city<ref name=TtS:PLp12/> − :* Mount Helicon: a mountain peak<ref name=TtS:PLp12/> − :* Mount Parnassus: a mountain peak<ref name=TtS:PLp12/> − :* Pastoralia: a city<ref name=TtS:PLp12/> − :* South Slope: a city<ref name=TtS:PLp12/> − :* Vermilion Point: a city<ref name=TtS:PLp12/> − * Xanadu (continent) − :* Kaiping: a city<ref name=TtS:PLp12/> − :* Temür: a city<ref name=TtS:PLp12/> − * Zion (continent) − :* Chaffinsopolis: planetary capital and location of a DropPort<ref name=TtS:PLp12/> − :* Eupraxis: a city<ref name=TtS:PLp12/> − :* Kingston: a city<ref name=TtS:PLp12/> − :* Mount Zion: a mountain peak − :* Otisberg: a city<ref name=TtS:PLp12/> − :* Point Kane: a city<ref name=TtS:PLp12/> − :* River City: a city<ref name=TtS:PLp12/> − :* Tradertown: a city<ref name=TtS:PLp12/> − {{div col end}} ===Image gallery=== ===Image gallery=== <gallery> <gallery> − Promised Land Planetary Map.png|Planetary map of Promised Land + File:Promised Land Flag.jpg|Planetary Flag of Promised Land − Promised Land Flag.png|Planetary flag of Promised Land </gallery> </gallery> Line 301:
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The '''Promised Land''' system was home to at least one inhabited world, '''Promised Land II''', and as of June [[3152]] was located within the [[Duchy of Tamarind-Abbey]] province in the [[Free Worlds League]].<ref name=EAp78/> | The '''Promised Land''' system was home to at least one inhabited world, '''Promised Land II''', and as of June [[3152]] was located within the [[Duchy of Tamarind-Abbey]] province in the [[Free Worlds League]].<ref name=EAp78/> | ||
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| water = 50%<ref name=TtS:PLp4/> | | water = 50%<ref name=TtS:PLp4/> | ||
| life = Mammal<ref name=TtS:PLp4/> | | life = Mammal<ref name=TtS:PLp4/> | ||
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| demonym = | | demonym = | ||
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| − | | population = 123,000,000 | + | | population = 123,000,000<ref name=TtS:PLp4/> |
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In the years immediately prior to the so-called [[Age of War]], Promised Land became known for the quality of its champagne as far as [[Arcturus]], capital of the newly formed [[Lyran Commonwealth]]. When [[Archon of the Lyran Commonwealth|Archon]] [[Robert Marsden]] offhandedly remarked he would not mind drinking a glass of Promised Land's champagne in [[2395]], the rabidly loyal and supremely overconfident [[Social General]]s selected by Marsden to command the [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] willfully misinterpreted the Archon's comment to mean he wanted to capture the world.<ref name=HSTLC-14>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 14: "Dawning of the Age of War"</ref> | In the years immediately prior to the so-called [[Age of War]], Promised Land became known for the quality of its champagne as far as [[Arcturus]], capital of the newly formed [[Lyran Commonwealth]]. When [[Archon of the Lyran Commonwealth|Archon]] [[Robert Marsden]] offhandedly remarked he would not mind drinking a glass of Promised Land's champagne in [[2395]], the rabidly loyal and supremely overconfident [[Social General]]s selected by Marsden to command the [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] willfully misinterpreted the Archon's comment to mean he wanted to capture the world.<ref name=HSTLC-14>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 14: "Dawning of the Age of War"</ref> | ||
| − | By the time Marsden learned of the [[ | + | By the time Marsden learned of the [[Promised Land assault]], it was too late, with ten LCAF [[regiment]]s, including two elite ranked [[Jump Infantry]] and [[Combat Vehicle|Armored Vehicle]] regiments, wiped out. Instead of blaming their own impetuosity, the LCAF high command directed blame towards Marsden for "ordering" the disaster. Three weeks after news of the massacre on Promised Land broke, Archon Robert Marsden was found dead in his bedchambers.<ref name=HSTLC-14/> |
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By the [[Third Succession War]], Promised Land was one of the major ports of entry for Lyran traders entering League space, the city closest to the planet's primary spaceport containing a magnificent bazaar teeming with an endless array of merchants, wholesalers and speculators.<ref name=HMTFWL-132>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 134: "Trade with Other Successor States"</ref> | By the [[Third Succession War]], Promised Land was one of the major ports of entry for Lyran traders entering League space, the city closest to the planet's primary spaceport containing a magnificent bazaar teeming with an endless array of merchants, wholesalers and speculators.<ref name=HMTFWL-132>''House Marik (The Free Worlds League)'', p. 134: "Trade with Other Successor States"</ref> | ||
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With the Free Worlds League's balkanization in the late 3070s, Promised Land joined the [[Duchy of Tamarind-Abbey]] simply due to shared history and proximity. However trade and cultural disputes with the Duchy government led to Promised Land's desire to transfer its allegiance to the Lyran Commonwealth instead, and in [[3101]] with local assistance the LCAF seized the planet with minimal effort.<ref name=TtS:PLp6/> | With the Free Worlds League's balkanization in the late 3070s, Promised Land joined the [[Duchy of Tamarind-Abbey]] simply due to shared history and proximity. However trade and cultural disputes with the Duchy government led to Promised Land's desire to transfer its allegiance to the Lyran Commonwealth instead, and in [[3101]] with local assistance the LCAF seized the planet with minimal effort.<ref name=TtS:PLp6/> | ||
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In November [[3137]] during [[Operation HAMMERFALL]], [[Kirkpatrick's Invaders]], a mercenary unit employed by the Lyrans, destroyed [[Avanti's Angels]] on Promised Land. It is unknown if the world had returned to Tamarind-Abbey control at this point.<ref>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 20: "Timeline of Events (cont.)"</ref> After HAMMERFALL abruptly ended in [[3140]] with [[Clan Wolf]] turning upon its erstwhile ally, the Duchy—now part of the restored Free Worlds League—took advantage of the Commonwealth's crisis to reclaim Promised Land.<ref name=ER:3145p57/> | In November [[3137]] during [[Operation HAMMERFALL]], [[Kirkpatrick's Invaders]], a mercenary unit employed by the Lyrans, destroyed [[Avanti's Angels]] on Promised Land. It is unknown if the world had returned to Tamarind-Abbey control at this point.<ref>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 20: "Timeline of Events (cont.)"</ref> After HAMMERFALL abruptly ended in [[3140]] with [[Clan Wolf]] turning upon its erstwhile ally, the Duchy—now part of the restored Free Worlds League—took advantage of the Commonwealth's crisis to reclaim Promised Land.<ref name=ER:3145p57/> | ||
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