Qandahar

Qandahar
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Qandahar nearby systems
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System Information
X:Y Coordinates317.971 : 358.116[e]
Spectral classG0IV[1][2][3]
Recharge time181 hours[2][3]
Recharge station(s)Zenith (3025)[1]
Zenith, Nadir (3079)[3]

System Description[edit]

Qandahar is located near the Emar and Algate systems.

Political Affiliation[edit]

Qandahar III[edit]

Qandahar III
Crest-Qandahar.png
Astrophysical
System positionThird[1][2][3]
Jump Point distance10.43 days[2][3]
MoonsNone[2][3]
Geophysical
Surface gravity1.05[2][3]
Atmospheric pressureStandard (Toxic)[2][3]
Equatorial temperature19°C (Cool-Temperate)[2][3]
Surface water71%[2][3]
Highest native life15% Mammal[1][2][3]
Landmasses3 (Cordell, Ribbon, Bandeau)[3]
History and Culture
Population2,304,000,000 (3025),[1]
1,707,000,000 (3067),[2]
2,502,000,000 (3079)[3]
Government and Infrastructure
Noble RulerEarl of Qandahar
CapitalFair Weather[1][3]
HPG ClassB[1][3]
HPG RepresentativePrecentor Alexander Fisken (3025)[1]

Planetary History[edit]

Qandahar is a world that was totally exploited by humanity for its vast natural resources. Unfortunately the early settlers didn't show any care in handling the output of their factories and this led to the collapse of the Qandahar ecosystem. The largely Azami population frequently clashed with the Combine administrators, trying in vain to clean up the world. The toxic pollution was so bad that by 3025, the population had to import fresh water and 50% of the native lifeforms were extinct, with other lifeforms having to live in domed cities. The only organisms that could successfully live outside the domed cities were the Toxic Life Forms. Developed on Terra in the mid-twenty-second century, these organisms consumed and digested toxic waste.[1]

In the early thirty-first century a small underground movement named the "Holy Struggle" attempted to shut down the Dow-Nexus Fusion Products factories because they were unsafe for their employees, causing many unnecessary deaths. Though the ISF had several informers and agents in place to destroy the Holy Struggle they didn't actually do so because the Dragon also wanted to chastise Dow-Nexus.[1]

Jihad[edit]

Early in the Jihad, the Sixth Pesht Regulars were transferred to Kaznejoy to deter the Federated Suns. Qandahar was raided by the Word of Blake's Fourteenth Division.[34] On 3 November 3077, a large Black Dragon Society terrorist cell seized a large oil refinery and surrounding oil field, defiantly claiming to have overcome operatives from the ISF in the process. The Black Dragon Society then began expanding its hold on Qandahar as other planets nearby were either struck by other large Black Dragon cells or had their planetary government openly declare their support for the Kokuryu-kai.[35] As a result, the ISF and the Draconis Combine government implemented a travel ban on the 27th of December intended to bar any traffic that wasn't either governmental or military from entering the Qandahar Prefecture or landing on any of the disputed worlds.[36] Control of Qandahar wouldn't return to the Combine until April 3078, when a covert operation eliminated the key leaders of the Black Dragon Society on the world.[37]

The Dow-Nexus plant took extensive damage during the Jihad as a result of the conflicts on the world, but by late 3080 or early 3081 the factory had been restored to full working order.[38]

Though it is a prefecture capital system, the toxic nature of the world and the reliance on domed cities with limited growth potential restrict how Qandahar interacts with other government agencies. For example, Qandahar rarely hosts summits or conferences.[3]

Military Deployment[edit]

2786[edit]

2821[edit]

  • Sixth Pesht Regulars[39]

3054[edit]

  • Sixth Pesht Regulars[40]

3059[edit]

  • Sixth Pesht Regulars[41]

3067[edit]

  • Sixth Pesht Regulars[42]

3085[edit]

- The unit was operating at 65% strength, with 87% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.

Geography[edit]

Qandahar has three continents named Cordell, Ribbon, and Bandeau.[3]

Planetary Locations[edit]

  • Fair Weather: planetary capital on Cordell[1][3]
  • Mistiq: a heavily urbanized city on Cordell[3]
  • All cities are domed cities.[1]

Industrial Centers[edit]

Map Gallery[edit]

Nearby Systems[edit]

Closest 24 systems (24 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Emar 15.2 Algate 20.8 Espakeh 23.0 Chorley 26.2
Kamarod 28.5 Brailsford 28.6 Sikkim 30.5 Echo 32.6
Slaithwaite 35.9 Leyland 36.0 Chapineria 42.7 Macksburg 44.8
Ningxia 44.9 Loysville 46.2 Ad Duwayd 46.9 Brihuega 49.5
Hartshill 49.8 Salford 49.9 Seuta Bimyeong 51.9 Linqing 53.3
Abiy Adi 53.7 Multan 54.2 Korramabad 55.1 Pusht-i-rud 55.6

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 181: "Qandahar"
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 Handbook: House Kurita, p. 83: "Qandahar"
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 Objectives: Draconis Combine, p. 13: "Qandahar"
  4. ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 18: "Draconis Combine - [2319] Map"
  5. ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 31: "Draconis Combine after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  6. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159: "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"
  7. ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37: "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
  8. ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
  9. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"
  10. ↑ First Succession War, p. 25: "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"
  11. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  12. ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 43: "Draconis Combine after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
  13. ↑ First Succession War, p. 113: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  14. ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 53: "Draconis Combine after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"
  15. ↑ House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), foldout: "Draconis Combine Map - [3025]"
  16. ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 64: "Draconis Combine after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
  17. ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 66: "Draconis Combine after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
  18. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133: "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"
  19. ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 68: "Draconis Combine after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"
  20. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"
  21. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23: "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"
  22. ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 71: "Draconis Combine after Operation REVIVAL - [3052] Map"
  23. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11: Inner Sphere - [3057] Map
  24. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29: "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"
  25. ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 74: "Draconis Combine after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
  26. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 42: "Inner Sphere - [October 3067] Map"
  27. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65: Inner Sphere - [3075] Map
  28. ↑ Field Report: DCMS, p. 21: "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
  29. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63: "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"
  30. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 127: "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"
  31. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"
  32. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  33. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  34. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 99
  35. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 58: "The Jihad in Review"
  36. ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 81: "Threat Level High"
  37. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 59: "The Jihad in Review"
  38. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 89: "Pesht Military District"
  39. ↑ 39.0 39.1 First Succession War, p. 137: "First Succession War Deployment Table - DCMS"
  40. ↑ Objective Raids, p. 28: "Draconis Combine Deployment Table"
  41. ↑ Field Manual: Draconis Combine, p. 135: "Draconis Combine Deployment Table"
  42. ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 119: "Draconis Combine Deployment Table"
  43. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 51: "DCMS Deployment Table - 3085"
  44. ↑ Objectives: Draconis Combine, p. 13: "Dow-Nexus Fusion Products"

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