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==Notes==
 
==Notes==
* It's unclear if the name refers to the English word "Thorn" or the Polish city ''Toruń''.
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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).
  
 
==Map Gallery==
 
==Map Gallery==

Revision as of 12:26, 21 November 2023

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 3079) located in the Deep Periphery nation known as the Hanseatic League.[1] It was approximately 1,022 light-years from Terra in the coreward/anti-spinward direction.

System Description

Thorn is located near the Lynn and Gateway systems.

Political Affiliation


Thorn

Thorn

Planetary History

Thorn was one of the worlds that formed a part of the Deep Periphery nation known as the Hanseatic League.[1]

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 Field Report: Periphery, p. 24: "Last Known Deep Periphery Deployment Map"
  2. Operational Turning Points: Hanseatic Crusade, p. 14
  3. Operational Turning Points: Hanseatic Crusade, p. 13

Bibliography