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| + | | image = Wheel_3151.svg | ||
| + | | caption = Wheel [[#Nearby_Systems|nearby systems]] | ||
| + | | name = Wheel | ||
| + | | coord = −30.512 : 264.911{{e}} | ||
| + | | stars = Valdis<ref name=BT>''BattleTechnology'' #0201, pp. 5–7</ref> | ||
| + | | class = K0<ref name=BT/> | ||
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| + | | recharge stations = Zenith (Wheel station)<ref name=BT/> | ||
| + | | planets = 2<ref name=BT/> | ||
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| + | The '''Wheel''' system was home to at least one habitable world or construct and as of June [[3152]] was located in the [[Clan Hell's Horses]] Occupation Zone.<ref name=TRp72/> | ||
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| − | + | ==System Description== | |
| + | The Wheel system is located near the [[Perrot]] and [[Rastaban]] systems.<ref name="ER:2750p37"/> | ||
| + | ==System History== | ||
| + | The Wheel system was settled by the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] during the [[Star League era]] at some point after the end of the [[Reunification War]].<ref name="H:RWp159"/><ref name="ER:2750p37"/> | ||
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| + | A rather detailed [[apocryphal]] description of the Wheel system was published in [[BattleTechnology#Issue 0201|''BattleTechnology'', Issue #0201]], pages 5–7, as part of that magazine's "Worldbook" series. According to this article, the system's actual name is '''Valdis''', Catalog #NSC D 4-983-873. It is named "Wheel" after the massive [[recharge station]] and habitat at its zenith [[jump point]] (featuring a vast, wheel-shaped 460 meter diameter [[grav deck]] around its needle-shaped core) that also serves as administrative and government center for the system, and as a free port. The station also houses the system's Class B [[HPG]]. | ||
| − | + | The system was settled no later than [[2403]], when a base was established on the large asteroid Rikerstrike, though independent asteroid miners may have been active in the system even before that. Rikerstrike has stores as well as port and recreation facilities at Rikerstown and Joyport. | |
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| − | + | The planet Valdis I ("Rock") features ore mining (especially titanium), a local administrative center named Port Red, and the Red Alpha and Red Beta storage facilities. It has a surface gravity of 0.988 g, but only a trace atmosphere of inert gases. | |
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| − | + | The inhospitable planet Valdis II ("Giant" or "Hard Place") features the Valdis II Orbital facility for gas and ice mining, water processing and hydrocarbon extraction. | |
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| − | == | + | The population given was 2,400, though that probably refers to Wheel station only. |
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| − | + | ==Political Affiliation== | |
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| − | + | * [[2341]] - No record<ref name="HB:HSp13>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 13: "Lyran Commonwealth at their founding in - [2341] Map"</ref> | |
| − | + | * [[2571]] - No record<ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25: "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref> | |
| − | + | * [[2596]] - No record<ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159: "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"</ref> | |
| − | ! | + | * [[2750]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]]<ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37: "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref> |
| − | + | * [[2764]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="FM:SLDFpvii">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref> | |
| − | ! | + | * [[2765]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="H:LoTV1p10>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 10: "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref> |
| − | + | * [[2786]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War'', pp. 24–25: "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</ref> | |
| − | ! | + | * [[2822]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp36">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36: "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="H:LoTV2p122+">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p112-113">''First Succession War'', pp. 112–113: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref> |
| + | * [[2864]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40: "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3025]] - [[Draconis Combine]]<ref name="HB:HSp47">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47: "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref><ref name="HK(TDCpvii)">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', foldout: "Draconis Combine Map - [3025]"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3028]] - Lyran Commonwealth (from September)<ref name="NAIS4SWp48"/> | ||
| + | * [[3030]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp56">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56: "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3034]] - [[Free Rasalhague Republic]]<ref name=H:BWp103>''Historical: Brush Wars'', p. 103: "Free Rasalhague Republic map 3034"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3040]] - Free Rasalhague Republic<ref name="H:Wo3039p133">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 132: "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3050]] - Free Rasalhague Republic<ref name="ER:3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3051]] - [[Clan Wolf]] (from December)<ref name=CWSBp67>''Wolf Clan Sourcebook'', p. 67</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3052]] - Clan Wolf<ref name="ER:3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23: "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3057]] - Clan Wolf<ref name="ER:3062p11">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3063]] - Clan Wolf<ref name="ER:3062p29">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29: "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3067]] - Clan Wolf<ref name="J:FRp43">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 43: "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3075]] - Clan Wolf<ref name="JS:TBDp64">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 65: "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3079]] - Clan Wolf<ref name="FR:Cp27">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 27: "Clan Wolf/Clan Hell's Horses Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3081]] - Clan Wolf<ref name="J:FRp63">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63: "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3085]] - Clan Wolf<ref name="FM:3085pvii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3135]] - Clan Wolf<ref name="ER:3145p11">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3145]] - [[Clan Jade Falcon]]<ref name="ER:3145p39">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3151]] - Clan Jade Falcon<ref name=SFp102-103>''Shattered Fortress'', pp. 102–103: "Inner Sphere - [3151] Map"</ref> / [[Clan Hell's Horses]] (between February and April)<ref name=TRp58>''Tamar Rising'', p. 58</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3152]] - Clan Hell's Horses<ref name=TRp72>''Tamar Rising'', p. 72: "The Hinterlands June 3152" (Map)</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Valdis I (Rock)== | ||
| + | {{InfoBoxPlanet | ||
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| + | | name = Rock | ||
| + | | othernames = Valdis I | ||
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| + | ===Planetary History=== | ||
| + | ====Fourth Succession War==== | ||
| + | In July [[3028]] an explosion in the capital city, Hub, resulted in the death of one of [[Chancellor]] [[Takashi Kurita|Takashi Kurita's]] concubines. Although the explosion was actually the result of a bomb planted by the Tyr resistance movement, investigations pointed at the local garrison forces. When the investigators failed to identify a guilty party, Takashi Kurita was sufficiently angry that he had the entire garrison redeployed to [[Luthien]] so that the [[Internal Security Force]] director, [[Subhash Indrahar]], could personally interrogate the soldiers until the truth was uncovered. With the militia infantry and armor regiments away undergoing investigation, the garrison of Wheel was reduced to ten militia infantry regiments populated by aging grandparents and their grandchildren, six ''[[Sholagar]]'' [[aerospace fighter]]s piloted by amateurs and a single mercenary command, the [[Tooth of Ymir]], commanded by [[Colonel]] Davis Heller.<ref name="NAIS4SWp48">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 48: "Wheel"</ref> | ||
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| + | When the [[Fourth Succession War]] erupted in August [[3028]] the [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] assigned the invasion of Wheel to [[Hansen's Roughriders]] and the [[Narhal's Raiders|First Narhal Raiders]], two mercenary units commanded by Colonel Gerhardt Hansen and [[Leutnant-General]] William Matthews respectively, accompanied by a number of armor and infantry regiments. Aware of his predicament, Colonel Heller contacted the inbound task force and explained the situation, and requested that the battle for Wheel be conducted "with the old rules - [['Mechs]] against 'Mechs, warriors against warriors; let honor among professionals save the lives of the innocents."<ref name="NAIS4SWp48"/> | ||
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| + | Hansen and Matthews accepted the offer immediately, and instructed their supporting forces to stay in their drop zones; the two mercenary commands then fought against the Tooth of Ymir for three days in a region known locally as Red Desert Flats. By the time the Raiders and Roughriders had managed to surround the Tooth of Ymir, the Tooth had lost a [[battalion]] of 'Mechs; a swiftly arranged ceasefire and conference ended with Colonel Heller's agreement to leave Wheel. Following the departure of the Tooth of Ymir the Lyran forces took control of Wheel.<ref name="NAIS4SWp48"/> | ||
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| + | ====Clan Invasion==== | ||
| + | In late December [[3051]] Wheel was invaded by [[Clan Wolf]] as part of the Fifth Wave of [[Operation REVIVAL]]. The [[Gurbeng Garrison (Clan Wolf)|Gurbeng Garrison Cluster]] confronted the First Wheel Mechanized Militia and the Free Wheelers, a corporate regiment composed of two light 'Mech companies, at Ryonna, Caderton and Vinckin. While both the militia and corporate formations were actually better trained than other similar garrison forces, they failed utterly to coordinate their actions, even when defending the same defensive line. This disorganization allowed the second-line Clan forces to defeat them easily and secure the planet for Clan Wolf.<ref name=CWSBp67/> | ||
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| + | ====Dark Age==== | ||
| + | Wheel remained under Wolf rule until that Clan abandoned its Occupation Zone in [[3137]], after which the planet was annexed by [[Clan Jade Falcon]].<ref name="ER:3145p11"/> <ref name="ER:3145p39"/> | ||
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| + | ====ilClan Era==== | ||
| + | Stripped of a proper garrison when the Falcon ''touman'' departed for its [[Battle of Terra (3151)|assault on Terra]], Wheel's [[Clan Paramilitary Police|paramilitary police]] was easily swept aside in early [[3151]] when [[Clan Hell's Horses]] took the world during [[Operation STAMPEDE]].<ref name=TRp58/> | ||
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| + | ===Planetary Rulers=== | ||
| + | ====3028==== | ||
| + | * [[Military Governor of Wheel]]: [[Isoru Yamashita]]<ref name=ARaaHPc13>''A Rock and a Hard Place'', ch. 13</ref> | ||
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| + | ===Military Deployment=== | ||
| + | ====3025==== | ||
| + | * [[Tooth of Ymir]]<ref name=HK135>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 135: "Unit Deployment Table"</ref> | ||
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| + | ====3028==== | ||
| + | * Tooth of Ymir (until August)<ref name="NAIS4SWp48"/> | ||
| + | * [[Wheel Planetary Militia]]<ref name="NAIS4SWp48"/> | ||
| + | :* Ten militia infantry regiments<ref name="NAIS4SWp48"/> | ||
| + | :* Six ''Sholagar'' aerospace fighters<ref name="NAIS4SWp48"/> | ||
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| + | ====3051==== | ||
| + | * [[The Free Wheelers]] | ||
| + | * [[Wheel Militia|First Wheel Mechanized Militia]] | ||
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| + | ====3079==== | ||
| + | * [[Blue Keshik (Clan Wolf)|Blue Keshik]]<ref>''Field Report: Clans'', p. 21: "Clan Wolf Deployment Status"</ref> | ||
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| + | ====3085==== | ||
| + | * [[6th Wolf Regulars (Clan Wolf)|Sixth Wolf Regulars]]<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 126: "Deployment Table - 3085"</ref> | ||
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| + | ===Planetary Locations=== | ||
| + | * Caderton: site of a battle during the Clan Invasion.<ref name=CWSBp67/> | ||
| + | * Hub: the planetary capital city.<ref name="NAIS4SWp48"/> | ||
| + | * Red Desert Flats: this is the local name for a region formed from the floor of a dormant volcano on Wheel.<ref name="NAIS4SWp48"/> | ||
| + | * Ryonna: site of a battle during the Clan Invasion.<ref name=CWSBp67/> | ||
| + | * Vinckin: site of a battle during the Clan Invasion.<ref name=CWSBp67/> | ||
| + | <!-- Commented out due to lack of information | ||
| + | ===Companies and Industries=== | ||
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| + | ===Image gallery=== | ||
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| + | ==Valdis II (Hard Place)== | ||
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| + | == Map Gallery == | ||
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| + | == Nearby Systems == | ||
| + | <!-- NOTE: This table is automatically generated by BattleTechWiki:Project_Planets/Mapping, and any edits to this section may be overwritten at any time by a bot --> | ||
| + | {|class="wikitable nearby-systems" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 1px solid black;" | ||
| + | ! colspan="8" | Closest 52 systems (49 within 60 light-years)<br>Distance in light years, closest systems first: | ||
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| − | | [[Rastaban]] | + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Rastaban]] |
| − | | 3. | + | | class="lessthan30" | 3.7 |
| − | | | + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Shaula|Perrot]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="lessthan30" | 4.9 |
| − | | | + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Suk]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="lessthan30" | 8.9 |
| − | | | + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Bessarabia]] |
| − | | | + | | class="lessthan30" | 12.9 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Thun]] |
| − | | | + | | class="lessthan30" | 13.7 |
| − | | | + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Biota]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="lessthan30" | 15.7 |
| − | | | + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Hyperion]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="lessthan30" | 16.5 |
| − | | | + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Domain]] |
| − | | | + | | class="lessthan30" | 16.9 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Hainfeld]] |
| − | | | + | | class="lessthan30" | 17.4 |
| − | | | + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Galuzzo]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="lessthan30" | 20.5 |
| − | | | + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Kobe]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="lessthan30" | 22.7 |
| − | | | + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Karston]] |
| − | | | + | | class="lessthan30" | 23.5 |
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| − | | | + | | class="lessthan30" | 24.5 |
| − | | | + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Cusset]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="lessthan30" | 26.7 |
| − | | | + | | class="lessthan30" | [[La Grave]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="lessthan30" | 27.3 |
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| − | | | + | | class="lessthan30" | 27.6 |
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| − | | | + | | class="lessthan30" | 28.7 |
| − | | | + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Carse]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="lessthan30" | 29.8 |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | [[Quarell]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | 32.3 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | 36.2 |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | [[Satalice]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | 36.7 |
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| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 39.3 |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | [[Laurent]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | 40.4 |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | [[Benfled]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | 42.6 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Lamar]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 45.3 |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | [[Jabuka]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | 45.5 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | 47.3 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | 49.8 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | 50.3 |
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| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 51.2 |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | [[Ramsau]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | 52.1 |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | [[Tamar]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | 52.2 |
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| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 53.9 |
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| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 54.6 |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | [[Skandia]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | 54.9 |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | [[Ballynure]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | 54.9 |
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| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 56.5 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | 57.2 |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | [[Skokie]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | 58.7 |
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| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 59.3 |
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| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 59.5 |
| − | | | + | | class="over60" | [[Altenmarkt]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over60" | 60.4 |
| − | | | + | | class="over60" | [[Tukayyid]] |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over60" | 60.4 |
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| − | ==References== | + | == References == |
| − | <references /> | + | <references/> |
| − | ==Bibliography== | + | == Bibliography == |
| + | * [[BattleTechnology#Issue 0201|''BattleTechnology'', Issue #0201]] | ||
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]'' | * ''[[Era Report: 2750]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Era Report: 3052]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Era Report: 3062]]'' | ||
* ''[[Era Report: 3145]]'' | * ''[[Era Report: 3145]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]'' | ||
* ''[[Field Report: Clans]]'' | * ''[[Field Report: Clans]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]'' | ||
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]'' | * ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]'' | ||
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]'' | * ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]'' | ||
* ''[[House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)]]'' | * ''[[House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)]]'' | ||
| − | * ''[ | + | * ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' |
| + | * ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Shattered Fortress]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Tamar Rising]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Wolf Clan Sourcebook]]'' | ||
| + | |||
| − | [[Category: | + | [[Category:Systems|Wheel]] |
| − | [[Category: Clan Jade Falcon | + | [[Category: Clan Hell's Horses Systems]] |
| − | [[Category: Clan Wolf | + | [[Category: Clan Jade Falcon Systems]] |
| − | [[Category: Draconis Combine | + | [[Category: Clan Wolf Systems]] |
| − | [[Category: Free Rasalhague Republic | + | [[Category: Draconis Combine Systems]] |
| − | [[Category: Lyran Commonwealth | + | [[Category: Free Rasalhague Republic Systems]] |
| + | [[Category: Lyran Commonwealth Systems]] | ||
Revision as of 08:33, 23 April 2024
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| Wheel | |
|---|---|
← 3135 3151 | |
 | |
| System Information | |
| X:Y Coordinates | −30.512 : 264.911[e] |
| Star names | Valdis[1] |
| Spectral class | K0[1] |
| Recharge station(s) | Zenith (Wheel station)[1] |
| Planet(s) | 2[1] |
The Wheel system was home to at least one habitable world or construct and as of June 3152 was located in the Clan Hell's Horses Occupation Zone.[2]
Contents
System Description
The Wheel system is located near the Perrot and Rastaban systems.[3]
System History
The Wheel system was settled by the Lyran Commonwealth during the Star League era at some point after the end of the Reunification War.[4][3]
A rather detailed apocryphal description of the Wheel system was published in BattleTechnology, Issue #0201, pages 5–7, as part of that magazine's "Worldbook" series. According to this article, the system's actual name is Valdis, Catalog #NSC D 4-983-873. It is named "Wheel" after the massive recharge station and habitat at its zenith jump point (featuring a vast, wheel-shaped 460 meter diameter grav deck around its needle-shaped core) that also serves as administrative and government center for the system, and as a free port. The station also houses the system's Class B HPG.
The system was settled no later than 2403, when a base was established on the large asteroid Rikerstrike, though independent asteroid miners may have been active in the system even before that. Rikerstrike has stores as well as port and recreation facilities at Rikerstown and Joyport.
The planet Valdis I ("Rock") features ore mining (especially titanium), a local administrative center named Port Red, and the Red Alpha and Red Beta storage facilities. It has a surface gravity of 0.988 g, but only a trace atmosphere of inert gases.
The inhospitable planet Valdis II ("Giant" or "Hard Place") features the Valdis II Orbital facility for gas and ice mining, water processing and hydrocarbon extraction.
The population given was 2,400, though that probably refers to Wheel station only.
Political Affiliation
- 2341 - No record[5]
- 2571 - No record[6]
- 2596 - No record[4]
- 2750 - Lyran Commonwealth[3]
- 2764 - Lyran Commonwealth[7]
- 2765 - Lyran Commonwealth[8]
- 2786 - Lyran Commonwealth[9]
- 2822 - Lyran Commonwealth[10][11][12]
- 2864 - Lyran Commonwealth[13]
- 3025 - Draconis Combine[14][15]
- 3028 - Lyran Commonwealth (from September)[16]
- 3030 - Lyran Commonwealth[17]
- 3034 - Free Rasalhague Republic[18]
- 3040 - Free Rasalhague Republic[19]
- 3050 - Free Rasalhague Republic[20]
- 3051 - Clan Wolf (from December)[21]
- 3052 - Clan Wolf[22]
- 3057 - Clan Wolf[23]
- 3063 - Clan Wolf[24]
- 3067 - Clan Wolf[25]
- 3075 - Clan Wolf[26]
- 3079 - Clan Wolf[27]
- 3081 - Clan Wolf[28]
- 3085 - Clan Wolf[29]
- 3135 - Clan Wolf[30]
- 3145 - Clan Jade Falcon[31][32]
- 3151 - Clan Jade Falcon[33] / Clan Hell's Horses (between February and April)[34]
- 3152 - Clan Hell's Horses[2]
Valdis I (Rock)
| Rock | |
|---|---|
| Astrophysical | |
| Also known as | Valdis I |
| Government and Infrastructure | |
| Political Leader | Planetary Chairman |
Planetary History
Fourth Succession War
In July 3028 an explosion in the capital city, Hub, resulted in the death of one of Chancellor Takashi Kurita's concubines. Although the explosion was actually the result of a bomb planted by the Tyr resistance movement, investigations pointed at the local garrison forces. When the investigators failed to identify a guilty party, Takashi Kurita was sufficiently angry that he had the entire garrison redeployed to Luthien so that the Internal Security Force director, Subhash Indrahar, could personally interrogate the soldiers until the truth was uncovered. With the militia infantry and armor regiments away undergoing investigation, the garrison of Wheel was reduced to ten militia infantry regiments populated by aging grandparents and their grandchildren, six Sholagar aerospace fighters piloted by amateurs and a single mercenary command, the Tooth of Ymir, commanded by Colonel Davis Heller.[16]
When the Fourth Succession War erupted in August 3028 the Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces assigned the invasion of Wheel to Hansen's Roughriders and the First Narhal Raiders, two mercenary units commanded by Colonel Gerhardt Hansen and Leutnant-General William Matthews respectively, accompanied by a number of armor and infantry regiments. Aware of his predicament, Colonel Heller contacted the inbound task force and explained the situation, and requested that the battle for Wheel be conducted "with the old rules - 'Mechs against 'Mechs, warriors against warriors; let honor among professionals save the lives of the innocents."[16]
Hansen and Matthews accepted the offer immediately, and instructed their supporting forces to stay in their drop zones; the two mercenary commands then fought against the Tooth of Ymir for three days in a region known locally as Red Desert Flats. By the time the Raiders and Roughriders had managed to surround the Tooth of Ymir, the Tooth had lost a battalion of 'Mechs; a swiftly arranged ceasefire and conference ended with Colonel Heller's agreement to leave Wheel. Following the departure of the Tooth of Ymir the Lyran forces took control of Wheel.[16]
Clan Invasion
In late December 3051 Wheel was invaded by Clan Wolf as part of the Fifth Wave of Operation REVIVAL. The Gurbeng Garrison Cluster confronted the First Wheel Mechanized Militia and the Free Wheelers, a corporate regiment composed of two light 'Mech companies, at Ryonna, Caderton and Vinckin. While both the militia and corporate formations were actually better trained than other similar garrison forces, they failed utterly to coordinate their actions, even when defending the same defensive line. This disorganization allowed the second-line Clan forces to defeat them easily and secure the planet for Clan Wolf.[21]
Dark Age
Wheel remained under Wolf rule until that Clan abandoned its Occupation Zone in 3137, after which the planet was annexed by Clan Jade Falcon.[30] [31]
ilClan Era
Stripped of a proper garrison when the Falcon touman departed for its assault on Terra, Wheel's paramilitary police was easily swept aside in early 3151 when Clan Hell's Horses took the world during Operation STAMPEDE.[34]
Planetary Rulers
3028
Military Deployment
3025
3028
- Tooth of Ymir (until August)[16]
- Wheel Planetary Militia[16]
3051
3079
3085
Planetary Locations
- Caderton: site of a battle during the Clan Invasion.[21]
- Hub: the planetary capital city.[16]
- Red Desert Flats: this is the local name for a region formed from the floor of a dormant volcano on Wheel.[16]
- Ryonna: site of a battle during the Clan Invasion.[21]
- Vinckin: site of a battle during the Clan Invasion.[21]
Valdis II (Hard Place)
| Hard Place | |
|---|---|
| Astrophysical | |
| Also known as | Valdis II |
Map Gallery
Nearby Systems
| Closest 52 systems (49 within 60 light-years) Distance in light years, closest systems first: | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rastaban | 3.7 | Perrot | 4.9 | Suk | 8.9 | Bessarabia | 12.9 |
| Thun | 13.7 | Biota | 15.7 | Hyperion | 16.5 | Domain | 16.9 |
| Hainfeld | 17.4 | Galuzzo | 20.5 | Kobe | 22.7 | Karston | 23.5 |
| Maestu | 24.5 | Cusset | 26.7 | La Grave | 27.3 | Volders | 27.6 |
| Montmarault | 28.7 | Carse | 29.8 | Quarell | 32.3 | Thannhausen | 34.9 |
| Orkney | 35.0 | Heiligendreuz | 36.2 | Satalice | 36.7 | Weingarten | 37.1 |
| Shardayne | 39.3 | Laurent | 40.4 | Benfled | 42.6 | Diosd | 44.4 |
| Lamar | 45.3 | Jabuka | 45.5 | Tomans | 47.3 | Lothan | 48.8 |
| Colmar | 49.5 | Gunzburg | 49.8 | Sevren | 50.3 | Nox | 50.4 |
| Crimond | 51.2 | Ramsau | 52.1 | Tamar | 52.2 | Rasalgethi | 53.9 |
| Moritz | 54.6 | Skandia | 54.9 | Ballynure | 54.9 | Fort Loudon | 55.9 |
| Dompaire | 56.5 | Memmingen | 57.2 | Skokie | 58.7 | Ueda | 59.3 |
| Sudeten | 59.5 | Altenmarkt | 60.4 | Tukayyid | 60.4 | Utrecht | 61.1 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 BattleTechnology #0201, pp. 5–7
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tamar Rising, p. 72: "The Hinterlands June 3152" (Map)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Era Report: 2750, p. 37: "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 159: "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 13: "Lyran Commonwealth at their founding in - [2341] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25: "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War - [2571] Map"
- ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 10: "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"
- ↑ First Succession War, pp. 24–25: "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36: "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
- ↑ First Succession War, pp. 112–113: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40: "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47: "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
- ↑ House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), foldout: "Draconis Combine Map - [3025]"
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 16.6 16.7 16.8 16.9 NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p. 48: "Wheel"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56: "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
- ↑ Historical: Brush Wars, p. 103: "Free Rasalhague Republic map 3034"
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 132: "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.4 Wolf Clan Sourcebook, p. 67
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23: "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29: "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 43: "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65: "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"
- ↑ Field Report: Clans, p. 27: "Clan Wolf/Clan Hell's Horses Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63: "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 Era Report: 3145, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 Era Report: 3145, p. 39: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
- ↑ Shattered Fortress, pp. 102–103: "Inner Sphere - [3151] Map"
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 Tamar Rising, p. 58
- ↑ A Rock and a Hard Place, ch. 13
- ↑ House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 135: "Unit Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Report: Clans, p. 21: "Clan Wolf Deployment Status"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 126: "Deployment Table - 3085"
Bibliography
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- Era Report: 3052
- Era Report: 3062
- Era Report: 3145
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- Field Manual: 3145
- Field Manual: SLDF
- Field Report: Clans
- First Succession War
- Handbook: House Steiner
- Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1
- Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2
- Historical: Reunification War
- Historical: War of 3039
- House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)
- Jihad: Final Reckoning
- Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents
- NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1
- Shattered Fortress
- Tamar Rising
- Wolf Clan Sourcebook