Zanderij

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Zanderij
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Zanderij nearby systems
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System Information
X:Y Coordinates-178.124 : 265.428[e]

The Zanderij system was the location of at least one habitable world and as at 3145 was located in the Clan Jade Falcon Occupation Zone.[1][2]

System Description

The Zanderij system is located near the Esteros and Atocongo systems.[3][4]

System History

The Zanderij system was colonized by the Lyran Commonwealth during the Star League era at some point after the end of the Reunification War.[4][5]

Political Affiliation

Planetary History

Clan Invasion

Zanderij is probably best known as the location of a combined Kell Hounds/Clan Wolf ambush of the Red Corsair in 3055. The Red Corsair's WarShip dropped two Overlord class DropShips in the asteroid field surrounding Zanderij, and the Hounds and Wolves attacked. The assault was successful, destroying one of the Overlords and sending the WarShip on the run.[38] More importantly, an Inner Sphere officer who was captured by the Red Corsair was freed and provided valuable intelligence to the Hounds. This intelligence would eventually lead to the Red Corsair's destruction.[39] Template:Red Corsair Timeline

Jihad

Clan Jade Falcon forces assaulted Zanderij during the second week of June 3070, one of a number of planetary assaults launched by the Falcons against the Lyran Alliance during the Jihad. The fighting on Zanderij would last until the 12th August, when a combination of LAAF and Clan Wolf-in-Exile forces would drive the Falcons offworld.[40]

The Jade Falcons would attack Zanderij again in 3074 or very early 3075; this time, forces from Iota Galaxy landed on Zanderij, only to find themselves engaging three mercenary units: Greenburg's Godzillas, the Tooth of Ymir and Thor's Hammers. The Thor's Hammers mercenary unit, commanded by Major Napoleon Hobart, had recently taken receipt of a battery of newly-manufactured Helepolis 'Mechs which had been organized into a battery of Artillery 'Mechs commanded by Captain Gustav Colt. Colt was a veteran artilleryman from the 12th Star Guards, a multi-regiment mercenary unit destroyed during the initial Clan invasion. Colt and the motley collection of 'Mechs armed with artillery weapons known as "Hobart's Funnies" proved hugely effective against the Jade Falcon forces, pinning Iota Galaxy down with a constant artillery barrage and preventing the Falcon forces from breaking out of their initial landing zone. The Jade Falcons attempted to remove Colt's forces by launching a head-hunting attack using Elementals, only to discover that the Hammers had predicted the attack and screened the Funnies extensively with conventional forces; the Elementals were wiped out by the Hammers, leaving the surviving elements of Iota Galaxy little option but to withdraw.[41]

Military Deployment

3074

3085

Nearby Systems

Closest 28 systems (25 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Esteros 20.7 Atocongo 21.4 Santana 21.9 Great X 23.3
Yeguas 23.9 Beta Regulus 25.8 Timkovichi 27.9 Deia 38.3
Sargasso 38.9 Arc-Royal 39.6 Morges 40.8 Bountiful Harvest 41.1
Wrociaw 41.4 Blumenort 43.7 New Exford 46.5 Biuque 49.4
Hamilton 51.3 Manx 51.7 Dukambia 51.8 Jorvikland 53.2
Mkuranga 54.8 A Place 54.8 Mississauga 55.2 Incukalns 57.3
Babaeski 58.7 Krievci 60.8 Antares 62.3 Zhongshan 64.5

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Era Report: 3145, p. 38, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Field Manual: 3145, p. VI, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 25, "Rim Worlds Republic at the Fall of the Star League - [2750] Map"
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Era Report: 2750, p. 36, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 158, "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"
  6. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 13, "Lyran Commonwealth Founding - [2341] Map"
  7. ↑ Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 18, "Rim Worlds Republic after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  8. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth 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. ↑ Field Report 2765: Periphery, p. 38, "Rim Worlds Army Deployment Map - [2765]"
  12. ↑ Field Report 2765: Lyran Commonwealth, p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"
  13. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 104, "Rim Worlds Republic - [2767] Map"
  14. ↑ First Succession War (Source Book), pp. 24-25, "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"
  15. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36, "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
  16. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  17. ↑ First Succession War (Source Book), pp. 112-113, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  18. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War - [2822] Map"
  19. ↑ House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. vii, "Lyran Commonwealth Map - [3025]"
  20. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
  21. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
  22. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 59, "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"
  23. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 132, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"
  24. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 10, "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"
  25. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 61, "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion - [3052] Map"
  26. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 22, "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"
  27. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 10, "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"
  28. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29, "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"
  29. ↑ Inner Sphere (sourcebook), p. 75, "Lyran Alliance Map"
  30. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 70, "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
  31. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63, "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"
  32. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64, "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"
  33. ↑ Field Report: LAAF, p. 19, "Lyran Alliance Armed Forces Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
  34. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 62, "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"
  35. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
  36. ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  37. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 10, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"
  38. ↑ Operational Turning Points: Red Corsair, p. 23
  39. ↑ Operational Turning Points: Red Corsair, p. 24
  40. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 48, "The Jihad In Review"
  41. ↑ 41.0 41.1 41.2 41.3 Technical Readout: 3075, p. 182, "HEP-2H Helepolis"
  42. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 129, "Deployment Table - 3085"

Bibliography

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