Ruschegg

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

Ruschegg
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3151
Ruschegg 3151.svg
Ruschegg nearby systems
(Map Legend)
System Information
X:Y Coordinates-175.241 : -321.082[e]

Political Affiliation

Planetary History

Reunification War

Settled at some point after the formation of the Capellan Confederation,[2] Ruschegg joined the Free Worlds League at some point prior to the mid 26th century. When Kossandra Centralla began her campaign to recruit or subvert the allegience of periphery worlds and dissaffected to her own Magistracy Free State and later the Magistracy of Canopus, Ruschegg was one of the worlds she targetted. At some point in the 2550s, Ruschegg and the neighboring worlds of Payvand and Scheuerheck took the Magestrix up on her offer and left the Free Worlds League to join her realm.[3]

The Captain-General at the time, Albert Marik, was too preoccupied by the Third Andurien War and the formation of the Star League to direct any particular attention to three border worlds of relatively little note, and free will was a large part of the culture of the Free Worlds League. Ruschegg would remain a part of the Magistracy until 2578, when the Reunification War came to the Canopian worlds. The commander of the Star League Defense Force task force assigned to conquer the Magistracy was Captain-General Marion Marik; the opening year of the war saw the SLDF capture several worlds within the Magistracy, but ambushes, deceptions and raids by the Magistracy Armed Forces slowed the SLDF campaign and saw the plan for the military campaign change. Marik decided to create a buffer zone between the Magistracy and those worlds acting as staging areas and supply depots for the task force, and selected Ruschegg as one of the worlds to be a part of that buffer zone.[3]

While the greater part of the task force was VII Corps from the SLDF, the Free Worlds League had contributed a number of units as an auxiliary force. Those FWLM units saw the recapture of Ruschegg as an opportunity to recapture lost territory; as a result, when the SLDF 58th Brigade and 62nd Royal Brigade arrived on Ruschegg between July and December 2578, they were supported by the 1st and 3rd Marik Militia as well as the 1st and 2nd Brigades of the Fusiliers of Oriente, more than enough to overwhelm the local garrison.[53]

The Captain-General had her flagship, the FWLS Albert Marik orbitting above Scheuerheck, and it was to this ship that she had the leaders of Scheuerheck, Payvand and Ruschegg bought. Each expected a summary execution; instead, Marik entertained them cordially, and offered each world a place back in the Free Worlds League. Marik made it clear that she expected First Lord Ian Cameron to grant the Free Worlds League control of the worlds after the Reunification War whatever happened, but emphasized that if the three leaders chose, they could rejoin the Free Worlds League voluntarily and remain in power. Refusing wouldn't result in punishment or execution for any of them - but it would force her to replace them with military governors. Acting out of self-interest, all three leaders endorsed petitions asking for their worlds to be reincorporated back into the Free Worlds League, petitions that Cameron approved in 2579.[3]

The easy capture and reintegration of Ruschegg along with the other border worlds was used extensively by Marik's allies in the Free Worlds League Parliament to make headway against those who had lobbied against joining the Star League.[3]

Nearby Systems

Closest 32 systems (30 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Saonara 8.7 Ayn Tarma 18.5 Obrenovac 18.9 Skvorec 21.7
Eleusis 22.7 Rohinjan 23.8 Payvand 27.4 Scheuerheck 28.4
Wisconsin 29.4 Glevakha 36.0 Restitution 38.1 Bethonolog 39.0
Bogrib 39.1 Cranston 39.5 Mauripur 40.1 Al Jubaylah 40.2
Meadowvale 40.4 Vakarel 45.7 Manaus 46.1 Ceará 46.1
Marathon 48.8 Fieferana 52.3 Cap Rouge 53.3 Hindmarsh 53.3
Yanchep 53.8 Sharqah 53.9 Bass 54.1 Mangor 54.3
Watermael 58.7 Gallis 59.4 Wilkes 60.2 Umka 60.8

References

  1. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 16, "Free Worlds League Founding - [2271] Map"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Handbook: House Liao, p. 17, "Capellan Confederation Founding - [2366] Map"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Historical: Reunification War, p. 100, "Ruschegg, Payvand and Scheuerheck (July-December 2578)"
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 93, "Magistracy of Canopus after Age of War [2571] and fall of the Star League [2750]"
  5. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 25, "Capellan Confederation after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  6. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 24, "Free Worlds League after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  7. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 94, "Reunification War: Magistracy of Canopus Front Deployments (2577)"
  8. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 158, "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"
  9. ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 36, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
  10. ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
  11. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 10, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"
  12. ↑ Field Report 2765: Free Worlds League, p. 25, "Free Worlds League Militia Deployment Map 2765"
  13. ↑ Field Report 2765: Periphery, p. 35, "Magistracy Armed Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"
  14. ↑ First Succession War, p. 24-25, "Inner Sphere - [2786]"
  15. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, p. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  16. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 31, "Capellan Confederation after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
  17. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 34, "Free Worlds League after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
  18. ↑ First Succession War, p. 112-113, "Inner Sphere - 2822"
  19. ↑ Second Succession War, p. 18-19, "Inner Sphere - 2830"
  20. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 39, "Capellan Confederation after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"
  21. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 38, "Free Worlds League after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"
  22. ↑ Second Succession War, p. 78-79, "Inner Sphere - 2864"
  23. ↑ 23.0 23.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 96, Magistracy of Canopus after Age of War, p. 96, "Magistracy of Canopus after Third Succession War [3025] and after FedCom Civil War [3067]"
  24. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 40, "Capellan Confederation after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
  25. ↑ House Marik (The Free Worlds League), p. vii, "Free Worlds League Map - [3025]"
  26. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 42, "Free Worlds League after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
  27. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 49, "Capellan Confederation after Fourth Succession War - [3030]"
  28. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 51, "Free Worlds League after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
  29. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 132, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"
  30. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 10, "Inner Sphere - [3050]" Map
  31. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 22, "Inner Sphere - [3052]" Map
  32. ↑ Objective Raids, p. 36, "Map of the Free Worlds League"
  33. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11, Inner Sphere [3057] Map
  34. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"
  35. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 60, "Capellan Confederation after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"
  36. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 54, "Free Worlds League after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"
  37. ↑ The Periphery, 2nd Edition, p. 112, "Magistracy of Canopus & Tortuga Dominions"
  38. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29, Inner Sphere - [3063] Map
  39. ↑ Inner Sphere (sourcebook), p. 61, "Free Worlds League Map"
  40. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 43, "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"
  41. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 68, "Capellan Confederation after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
  42. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 56, "Free Worlds League after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
  43. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64, "Inner Sphere - [3075]"
  44. ↑ Field Report: FWLM, p. 17, "Free Worlds League Military Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
  45. ↑ Field Report: Periphery, p. 20, "Magistracy of Canopus Region Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
  46. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 62, "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"
  47. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
  48. ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  49. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 10, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"
  50. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 38, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  51. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  52. ↑ Shattered Fortress, p. 102
  53. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 148, "Magistracy Of Canopus Front(Jump-Off - 2582)"

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