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Despite having to cede control of the Vakarel system to the Star League, the MAF wasn't finished; in [[2580]], the [[2nd Canopian Light Horse|Second Canopian Light Horse]] raided the system as part of a pattern of organized raids on Star League garrisons and supply lines throughout occupied space and the border regions of the Free Worlds League.<ref name="H:RWp150"/>
 
Despite having to cede control of the Vakarel system to the Star League, the MAF wasn't finished; in [[2580]], the [[2nd Canopian Light Horse|Second Canopian Light Horse]] raided the system as part of a pattern of organized raids on Star League garrisons and supply lines throughout occupied space and the border regions of the Free Worlds League.<ref name="H:RWp150"/>
  
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The Magistracy of Canopus had 13 worlds annexed by the Free Worlds League, either during the [[Reunification War]]<ref name="H:RWp158"/> or by Star League decree in [[2602]],<ref name="H:RWp161">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 161, "Good Neighbours To The Magistracy"</ref> and Vakarel was one of these worlds.
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The Magistracy of Canopus had 13 worlds annexed by the Free Worlds League, either during the [[Reunification War]]<ref name="H:RWp158"/> or by Star League decree in [[2602]],<ref name="H:RWp161">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 161, "Good Neighbors To The Magistracy"</ref> and Vakarel was one of these worlds.
  
 
====Fall of the Star League====
 
====Fall of the Star League====

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

Vakarel
← 3135
3151
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Vakarel nearby systems
(Map Legend)
System Information
X:Y Coordinates-141.443 : -351.905[e]

Political Affiliation

Planetary History

Star League

Reunification War

War between the Star League and the Magistracy of Canopus was inevitable after the Magistracy joined the other Periphery nations in rejecting the Pollux Proclamation; Vakarel was an early target in the initial Star League Defense Force campaign against the Magistracy. The last of the systems to be invaded in the first wave of SLDF attacks, responsibility for capturing Vakarel fell to the Fifty-Ninth Brigade, one of three brigades that made up the Star League Defense Force Twentieth Division. The Magistracy Armed Forces were attempting to confuse the SLDF task force by making frequent troop redeployments in advance of SLDF attacks; while Samuelson's Slaughterers had been garrisoning Vakarel when the war began, they'd been replaced by Mieselsen's Marauders prior to the Fifty-Ninth Brigade attack.[7][51]

While forcing the Marauders to retreat proved relatively easy for the Fifty-Ninth, securing the various mining operations within the system's asteroid belts was another matter entirely; forced to navigate within the fields hampered sensor performance and maneuverability, the bulk of the combat action fell to the marine detachments aboard the various SLDF WarShips, while the bulk of the Fifty-Ninth Brigade remained aboard their DropShips waiting for the rare call for them to deploy their firepower. Despite the asteroid clearance work being tedious and time-consuming, the Fifty-Ninth Brigade declared that the system had been occupied on the 11th of November 2577.[7]

It came as a great shock to the Fifty-Ninth Brigade when the combined MAF First and Second Fleets jumped in-system to launch a counter-attack on the 14th of November. The first time the MAF navy had attacked - the two fleets represented every MAF capital ship not permanently assigned to guarding key worlds - the combined force pressed the SLDF forces hard, striking throughout the system. The SLDF force had been operating in small formations to clear the system, and suffered significant losses at the hands of the Canopian navy; one detachment alone lost a corvette, five JumpShips as well as two battalions of embarked troops from the 59th Brigade. The SLDF WarShips, fighters and DropShips managed to drive the MAF ships off, but not before the Canopians had bloodied VII Corps.[7]

Despite having to cede control of the Vakarel system to the Star League, the MAF wasn't finished; in 2580, the Second Canopian Light Horse raided the system as part of a pattern of organized raids on Star League garrisons and supply lines throughout occupied space and the border regions of the Free Worlds League.[52]

The Magistracy of Canopus had 13 worlds annexed by the Free Worlds League, either during the Reunification War[8] or by Star League decree in 2602,[53] and Vakarel was one of these worlds.

Fall of the Star League

In the final years of the Star League, Vakarel maintained a Star League Defense Force garrison.[54]

Planetary information

Apocryphal Content Starts

The information after this notice comes from apocryphal sources; the canonicity of such information is uncertain.
Please view the reference page for information regarding their canonicity.

The following information about Vakarel is from an apocryphal source:[55]

  • It is an ice world with a turbulent atmosphere of perpetual blizzards called the "Star Veil" which does not permit the use of flying craft smaller than a DropShip.
  • Local native fauna includes the predatory Ugmar.
  • By ca. 3025, Vakarel is a Free Worlds League planet ruled by House Walkner.
  • Qaere Crystals, which are very valuable, are found on Vakarel but this is not generally known. Around 3025, geologists found out about the crystals but a renegade ComStar Precentor disposed of them and unsuccessfully attempted to seize control of the world in the wake of an attack by Magistracy of Canopus 'Mech forces. Shocked by the loss of life incurred, Count Walkner and his wife decided to destroy all information about the crystals and forget about them.

Apocryphal Content Ends

Military Deployment

2577

2764

3145

Nearby Systems

Closest 28 systems (28 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Manaus 14.5 Umka 15.1 Mangor 22.2 Scheuerheck 24.2
Gouderak 24.7 Eleusis 27.0 Watermael 27.9 Meadowvale 30.4
Aspropirgos 36.3 Butzfleth 39.9 Gallis 43.0 Piriapolis 43.2
Banfora 43.4 Canopus 43.5 Ruschegg 45.7 Bogrib 46.1
Bethonolog 46.9 Skvorec 47.3 Cap Rouge 47.7 Granera 48.3
Saonara 48.7 Obrenovac 48.8 Fanardir 52.3 Ingonish 53.9
Villanueva 53.9 Wisconsin 57.7 Ayn Tarma 58.1 Pernik 60.0

References

  1. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 16, "Free Worlds League Founding - [2271] Map"
  2. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 17, "Capellan Confederation Founding [2366]"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 93, Magistracy of Canopus after Age of War, p. 93, "Magistracy of Canopus after Age of War [2571] and fall of the Star League [2750]"
  4. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 25, "Capellan Confederation after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  5. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 24, "Free Worlds League after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  6. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 94, "Reunification War: Magistracy of Canopus Front Deployments (2577)"
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Historical: Reunification War, p. 98, "Butzfleth and Vakarel (October-November 2577)"
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 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. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 96, "Magistracy of Canopus - [2767] Map"
  15. ↑ First Succession War (Source Book), pp. 24-25, "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"
  16. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, p. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  17. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 31, "Capellan Confederation after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
  18. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 34, "Free Worlds League after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
  19. ↑ First Succession War (Source Book), pp. 112-113, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  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. ↑ 22.0 22.1 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]"
  23. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 40, "Capellan Confederation after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
  24. ↑ House Marik (The Free Worlds League), p. vii, "Free Worlds League Map - [3025]"
  25. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 42, "Free Worlds League after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
  26. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 49, "Capellan Confederation after Fourth Succession War - [3030]"
  27. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 51, "Free Worlds League after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
  28. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 132, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"
  29. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 10, "Inner Sphere - [3050]" Map
  30. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 22, "Inner Sphere - [3052]" Map
  31. ↑ Objective Raids, p. 36, "Map of the Free Worlds League"
  32. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11, Inner Sphere [3057] Map
  33. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"
  34. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 60, "Capellan Confederation after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"
  35. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 54, "Free Worlds League after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"
  36. ↑ The Periphery, 2nd Edition, p. 112, "Magistracy of Canopus & Tortuga Dominions"
  37. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29, Inner Sphere - [3063] Map
  38. ↑ Inner Sphere (sourcebook), p. 61, "Free Worlds League Map"
  39. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 43, "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"
  40. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 68, "Capellan Confederation after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
  41. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 56, "Free Worlds League after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
  42. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64, "Inner Sphere - [3075]"
  43. ↑ Field Report: FWLM, p. 17, "Free Worlds League Military Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
  44. ↑ Field Report: Periphery, p. 20, "Magistracy of Canopus Region Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
  45. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 62, "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"
  46. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
  47. ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  48. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 10, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"
  49. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 38, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  50. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  51. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 148, "Magistracy Of Canopus Front(Jump-Off - 2582)"
  52. ↑ 52.0 52.1 52.2 Historical: Reunification War, p. 150, "Magistracy Of Canopus Front( Jump-Off - 2582)"
  53. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 161, "Good Neighbors To The Magistracy"
  54. ↑ 54.0 54.1 Field Manual: SLDF, SLDF - Free Worlds League Military Command map
  55. ↑ Blackthorne_BattleTech_(Comic_series), issues #5 and #6
  56. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 117, "Free Worlds League Military - Andurien Defense Force"

Bibliography

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