Wapakoneta

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Wapakoneta

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

Wapakoneta
Wapakoneta 3151.svg
System Information
X:Y Coordinates238.316 : 69.227[e]
Spectral classK0V[1]
Recharge time191 hours[1]
Recharge station(s)Zenith[1]

The Wapakoneta system was home to at least one habitable world, Wapakoneta VI, and as at 3145 was located in the Matsuida Prefecture of the New Samarkand Military District within the Draconis Combine.[2][3]

System Description

The Wapakoneta system is located near the Lima and Marlowe's Rift systems[2][3] and consists of a class K0V primary orbited by at least six planets. During the thirty-first century a recharge station was in place at the zenith jump point.[4]

System History

The Wapakoneta system was settled during the Star League era at some point after the end of the Reunification War.[5][6]

Wapakoneta VI

Template:InfoBoxPlanetStandard Wapakoneta VI - more commonly referred to simply as Wapakoneta - is the sixth planet in the system and has a single moon named Auglaize.[1]

Planetary History

During the thirty-first century the bulk of the planetary population lived on New Wisconsin, with a much smaller population living on Little Florida Island. The other three continents on Wapakoneta were left uninhabited. The local economy was largely based around exporting aquaculture-grown marine life, although the planet had many small, beautful islands that could have generated a valuable tourism industry if not for Wapakoneta's perilous location on the border between the Draconis Combine and Federated Suns.[1]

Political Affiliation

Military Deployment

2821

3028

3040

3050

  • Second Galedon Regulars[37]

3067

Geography

Wapakoneta has five large continents and many islands scattered through the large freshwater seas that cover most of its surface. The largest continent, New Wisconsin, is located on the equator and is covered in forests. Little Florida Island is the smallest continent and it is also the one located furthest away from the equator; most of the island is covered in glaciers. The remaining three continents are scattered across the planet's surface and are subject to massive typhoons that whip across them constantly.[1]

Planetary Locations

  • Camp Getty: military base established by the Armed Forces of the Federated Suns at Stygian Shoals. reputedly the best marine combat school in the Draconis March at one point.[1]
  • Stygian Shoals: an island located off the south coast of Little Florida island which measures sixty kilometers long and sixteen wide.[1]
  • Tassel: a city located on Little Florida Island.[1]

Nearby Systems

Closest 40 systems (39 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Lima 15.5 Marlowe's Rift 19.0 McComb 19.8 New Aberdeen 20.7
Harrow's Sun 23.6 Deshler 23.8 Gandy's Luck 26.6 Crossing 26.6
Benet 27.0 Bergman's Planet 28.2 Harpster 28.3 Royal 29.4
Marduk 31.4 New Ivaarsen 36.5 Westfield 38.5 Misery 39.2
Arlington 39.8 Hoff 41.6 Tripoli 42.0 Elidere 42.2
Donenac 42.8 Galtor 44.4 Tallmadge 46.6 Nouveau Toulouse 46.8
Ballentine 47.7 Goldlure 49.5 Glenmora 49.8 Yufu 50.9
Bettendorf 50.9 Paris 51.3 Sakhara 52.0 Breed 52.1
Thestria 53.6 Dobson 54.8 Fairfield 55.8 Lucerne 57.2
Irurzun 58.6 Franklin 59.7 Le Blanc 59.8 New Mendham 60.0

Notes

Possible naming inspiration for the planet: Wapakoneta, Ohio, is the birthplace of astronaut Neil Armstrong (1930-2012), the first human being to walk on the surface of the moon.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Operational Turning Points: Death to Mercenaries, p. 5, "Planet Profile"
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Field Manual: 3145, p. VI, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Nao"
  4. Objectives: Free Worlds League, p. 14
  5. 5.0 5.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 159, "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"
  6. 6.0 6.1 Era Report: 2750, p. 37, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
  7. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 18, "Draconis Combine Founding - [2319] Map"
  8. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 31, "Draconis Combine after Age of War - [2571] 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. First Succession War (Source Book), pp. 24-25, "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"
  12. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 43, "Draconis Combine after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
  13. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, p. 122, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  14. First Succession War (Source Book), pp. 112-113, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  15. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 53, "Draconis Combine after Second Succession War - [2864]"
  16. House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. vii, "Draconis Combine Map - [3025]"
  17. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 64, "Draconis Combine after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
  18. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 66, "Draconis Combine after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
  19. Historical: War of 3039, p. 133, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"
  20. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 68, "Draconis Combine after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"
  21. Era Report: 3052, p. 11, Inner Sphere - [3050] Map
  22. Era Report: 3052, p. 23, "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"
  23. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 71, "Draconis Combine after Operation REVIVAL - [3052] Map"
  24. Era Report: 3062, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"
  25. Era Report: 3062, p. 29, "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"
  26. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 74, "Draconis Combine after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
  27. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 42, "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map
  28. Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64, "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"
  29. Field Report: DCMS, p. 21, "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
  30. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63, "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"
  31. Field Manual: 3085, p. vii , "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
  32. Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  33. Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"
  34. First Succession War (Source Book), p. 137, "First Succession War Deployment Table - DCMS"
  35. 35.0 35.1 35.2 NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p. 13, "Operation RAT"
  36. Historical: War of 3039, p. 138 "Deployment Table"
  37. 20 Year Update, p. 41, "Draconis Combine Deployment Table"
  38. Mercenaries Supplemental , p. 67, "Mercenary Deployment Table"

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