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The '''Thorn''' system was the location of at least one habitable world or construct and as of [[3141]] was located in the [[Scorpion Empire]].<ref name=OTP:HCp13>''Operational Turning Points: Hanseatic Crusade'', p. 13: "Mopping Up"</ref> It is approximately 1,022 light-years from [[Terra]] in the coreward/anti-spinward direction.
  
== Political Affiliation ==
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==System Description==
* [[3079]] - [[Hanseatic League]] <ref name="FR:Pp24">''Field Report: Periphery'', p. 24, "Last Known Deep Periphery Deployment Map"</ref>
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Thorn is located near the [[Lynn]] and [[Gateway]] systems.
  
== Planetary History ==
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==System History==
'''Thorn''' is one of the worlds that form a part of the [[Deep Periphery]] nation known as the Hanseatic League.<ref name="FR:Pp24"/>
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Thorn was one of the systems that formed a part of the [[Deep Periphery]] nation known as the [[Hanseatic League]].<ref name="FR:Pp24"/>
  
== Nearby Worlds ==
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==Political Affiliation==
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* [[3079]] - [[Hanseatic League]] <ref name="FR:Pp24">''Field Report: Periphery'', p. 24: "Last Known Deep Periphery Deployment Map"</ref>
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* [[3140]] - [[Escorpión Imperio]] <ref name=OTP:HCp14-25>''Operational Turning Points: Hanseatic Crusade'', pp. 14, 25: "Wave 1 - Deployment Table, Hanseatic Crusade"</ref>
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* [[3141]] - [[Scorpion Empire]] <ref name=OTP:HCp13/>
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===Planetary History===
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During [[Escorpión Imperio]]'s [[Hanseatic Crusade|conquest]] of the League in [[3140]]–3141, Thorn was the last system to surrender, roughly fifteen months after the invasion began on 3 January 3140.<ref name=OTP:HCp13/>
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===Military Deployment===
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====3140====
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* [[Regional Defense Force 5]]<ref name=OTP:HCp14-25/>
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* [[Convoy Defense Force|Convoy Defense Force 1]]<ref name=OTP:HCp14-25/>
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: - Deployment shared with [[Gateway]] and [[Greifswald]]<ref name=OTP:HCp14-25/>
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===Image gallery===
 
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Image:Hanseatic League 3079.jpg|Hanseatic League in 3079
 
Image:Hanseatic League 3079.jpg|Hanseatic League in 3079
 
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== Notes ==
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==Notes==
It's unclear whatever name refers to English word "Thorn" or name of Polish city ''Toruń'' in German similarly to [[Elbing (HL)|Elbing]] and [[Danzig]], both being named after Polish cities in German, both under Hanseatic League control.
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* It is highly likely that the planet's name derives from the city of ''Toruń'' in Poland, which, in the Middle Ages, was called ''Thorn'' when it was ruled under Teutonic Knights (also, it was the member of real Hanseatic League in years 1264–1411).
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==Map Gallery==
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== Nearby Systems ==
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==Nearby Systems==
 
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== References ==
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== Bibliography ==
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* ''[[Field Report: Periphery]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report: Periphery]]''
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* ''[[Operational Turning Points: Hanseatic Crusade]]''
  
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Revision as of 02:40, 5 February 2024

This article is about the planetary system. For the BattleMech, see Thorn (BattleMech).


Thorn
Thorn (HL) 3151.svg
System Information
X:Y Coordinates−774.43 : 666.562[e]

The Thorn system was the location of at least one habitable world or construct and as of 3141 was located in the Scorpion Empire.[1] It is approximately 1,022 light-years from Terra in the coreward/anti-spinward direction.

System Description

Thorn is located near the Lynn and Gateway systems.

System History

Thorn was one of the systems that formed a part of the Deep Periphery nation known as the Hanseatic League.[2]

Political Affiliation


Thorn

Thorn

Planetary History

During Escorpión Imperio's conquest of the League in 3140–3141, Thorn was the last system to surrender, roughly fifteen months after the invasion began on 3 January 3140.[1]

Military Deployment

3140

- Deployment shared with Gateway and Greifswald[3]

Image gallery

Notes

  • It is highly likely that the planet's name derives from the city of Toruń in Poland, which, in the Middle Ages, was called Thorn when it was ruled under Teutonic Knights (also, it was the member of real Hanseatic League in years 1264–1411).

Map Gallery

Nearby Systems

Closest 20 systems (2 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Lynn 21.8 Gateway 58.5 Bergen 75.6 Visby 82.5
Köln 88.0 Greifswald 107.1 Dortmund 123.0 Goslar 138.4
Stralsund 141.0 Bremen 141.7 Anklan 144.3 Tomalov 158.0
Elbing 163.1 Lübeck 167.3 Falsterbo 177.5 Kalmar 202.6
Braunschweig 203.5 Hamburg 205.4 Riga 213.0 Bruges 220.2

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Operational Turning Points: Hanseatic Crusade, p. 13: "Mopping Up"
  2. 2.0 2.1 Field Report: Periphery, p. 24: "Last Known Deep Periphery Deployment Map"
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Operational Turning Points: Hanseatic Crusade, pp. 14, 25: "Wave 1 - Deployment Table, Hanseatic Crusade"

Bibliography