Valentina

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

Valentina
Valentina 3151.svg
System Information
X:Y Coordinates397.814 : 141.609[e]

Political Affiliation

Planetary History

Reunification War

Located on the border between the Outworlds Alliance and the Draconis Combine during the mid-26th century, Valentina possessed only a basic militia when the Star League campaign to forcibly incorporate the Alliance into the Star League began in 2581. The people of Valentina knew that Alliance president Grigori Avellar had abandoned them and that the Star League forces would invade Valentina sooner or later; this resulted in a referendum in November 2581 in which the majority vote was to surrender arms and capitulate should Star League forces attack.[5]

When the Star League Outworlds Alliance Task Force targetted in Valentina in 2582, it wasn't troops from the Star League Defense Force that landed on Valentina; instead, General Amos Forlough tasked two of the regiments from the auxiliary force provided by the Draconis Combine to occupy the world. The arrival of the 17th and 24th Galedon Regulars resulted in a mass uprising as the native Valentinians rose-up to oppose the invaders. With the Santiago Massacre still fresh in the collective memory of the civilian population and the stories of Alliance civilians being executed on a continuing basis on worlds already occupied by Combine forces, the decision to use Combine units to annex Valentina resulted in resistance from the population lasting for months after the two-hour battle that wiped out the militia forces.[5]

Despite occupying the three major cities on Valentina and actively following General Forlough's order to punish resistance to the will of the Star League by decimating civilian populations, the occupying Combine forces couldn't bring a quick end to the civilian resistance. The Combine garrison rounded up one in ten citizens and executed them in front of their fellow citizens, destroyed every property that they believed had housed or might house a bomb-making lab or resistance cell, brutally punished any violation of group assembly laws or the strict curfew imposed, and still the civilian population continued to resist, tying up troops that Forlough would have been able to use in his campaign against other Alliance worlds.[5]

The Star League forces and their Combine auxiliaries continued to use Valentina as a base for further operations in 2582, with the 14th Division of V Corps stationed for most of 2582, of which the 41st Brigade would return to Valentina in 2584 and 2585. On the 1st of August 2585 Valentina was formally ceded to the Draconis Combine along with 13 other worlds as a part of the terms laid out within the Treaty of Cerberus.[6]

Star League

During the final years of the Star League, Valentina was the host to a Star League Defense Force garrison.[54]

Succession Wars

Valentina was the last system that the mysterious Minnesota Tribe was last sighted in before Comstar claimed to lose their trail afterwards.[55]

Jihad

WarShips from Clan Snow Raven assaulted and captured Valentina during the first two weeks of May 3069.[44]

Military Deployment

2582

Draconis Combine garrison[56]

Star League Outworlds Alliance Task Force[57]

2584-2585

Star League garrison[57]

2764

2786

2821

3025

3038

  • Fourth An Ting Legion[62]

3040

  • Fourth An Ting Legion[62]

3050

  • Fourth An Ting Legion[63]

3067

3085

Nearby Systems

Closest 28 systems (26 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Niles 21.7 Weisau 22.0 Budingen 25.6 Groveld 30.2
Santiago 32.2 Alegro 32.2 Schirmeck 34.2 Medron 37.9
Delacruz 38.1 Belacruz 42.4 Dindatari 44.6 Bryceland 44.6
Wittington 44.8 Dante 44.8 Kesai 45.3 Kinkaid 46.8
Ki Zoban 49.2 Lushann 51.8 Goubellat 52.1 Senorbi 52.9
Waldheim 53.3 Conroe 54.2 Morthac 55.6 Sinope 55.9
Tancredi 57.6 Bad News 59.0 Latexo 61.5 Calish 62.4

References

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  2. 2.0 2.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 147, "Outworlds Alliance after Age of War (2571) and at the Fall of the Star League (2750)"
  3. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 31, "Draconis Combine after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  4. Handbook: House Davion, p. 48, "Federated Suns After Age of War - [2571] Map"
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Historical: Reunification War, p. 119, "Valentina"
  6. 6.0 6.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 126, "Year Five: Peace In Our Time"
  7. Historical: Reunification War, p. 159, "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"
  8. Era Report: 2750, p. 37, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
  9. Field Manual: SLDF, p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
  10. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"
  11. Fiel Report 2765: Draconis Combine, p. 25, "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery Deployment Map - [2765]"
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  32. Era Report: 3052, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"
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  35. Objective Raids, p. 24, "Draconis Combien Map"
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  39. Inner Sphere, p. 33, "Federated Suns Map"
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  45. Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64, "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"
  46. Field Report: Clans, p. 28, "Clan Snow Raven & Outworlds Alliance Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
  47. Field Report: DCMS, p. 21, "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldier Deployment Map - August 3079"
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  49. Field Manual: 3085, p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
  50. Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  51. Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"
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  53. Field Manual: 3145, p. VI, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  54. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 256, "SLDF - Draconis Combine Military Command Map"
  55. Second Succession War, p. 22
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  63. 20 Year Update, p. 41, "Draconis Combine Deployment Table"
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