Brocchi's Cluster

Brocchi's Cluster
Brocchi's Cluster 3151.svg
Brocchi's Cluster nearby systems
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System Information
X:Y Coordinates160.691 : 387.513[e]

Brocchi's Cluster was home to at least forty habitable worlds or constructs and as of 3145 was located in the Qandahar Prefecture of the Pesht Military District within the Draconis Combine.[1][2]

System Description[edit]

Brocchi's Cluster contains nearly forty stars grouped dangerously close together. It is located near the Almunge and Turtle Bay systems.[1][2][3]

System History[edit]

Brocchi's Cluster was settled at some point prior to the end of the Reunification War.[4] The number of inhabited worlds or constructs within Brocchi's Cluster has varied over time, rising from forty at the end of the Reunification War[4] to fifty-five at the height of the Star League era[5] before dropping back to forty during the Succession Wars and Dark Age.[1][2]

By 3025 countless persons had disappeared into the cluster, including many who were fleeing various governments, armies, creditors, families, and so on.[6]

In June 3050 a merchant JumpShip belonging to Clan Diamond Shark vanished near Brocchi's Cluster. The JumpShip had been traveling to trade with various Periphery worlds occupied by the Clans, and its disappearance - coupled with a sudden spike in resistance efforts on occupied worlds near the cluster - led to a political crisis for the Diamond Sharks, who faced calls for a Trial of Annihilation from elements of Clan Jade Falcon based on claims that the Sharks' merchant caste were actively engaged in treason. The crisis was narrowly averted, with the Diamond Shark merchants being ejected from Inner Sphere space for some time.[7]

Political Affiliation[edit]

Planetary History[edit]

Third Succession War[edit]

In 3025, the Brocchi's Cluster was home to a group known as the Tai Dai Cult by the Internal Security Force of Draconis Combine.[32]

Military Deployment[edit]

3067[edit]

Map Gallery[edit]

Nearby Systems[edit]

Closest 28 systems (26 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Almunge 9.9 Turtle Bay 15.6 Coudoux 20.6 Hanover 24.2
Albiero 32.4 Rockland 33.5 Garstedt 35.0 Savinsville 36.5
Nykvarn 37.4 Virentofta 40.4 Bangor 41.0 Ferranil 41.7
Schwartz 42.2 Kiruna 42.7 Schuyler 43.6 New Ceylon 47.7
Kabah 49.7 Luzerne 51.0 Jeronimo 51.9 Wolcott 52.0
Polcenigo 53.2 Idlewind 55.7 Duxfort 56.3 Marshdale 57.5
Stapelfeld 57.7 Byesville 58.9 Ouagadougou 62.5 Jeanette 64.6

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Era Report: 3145, p. 39: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  3. Hotspots, p. 30: "Contract DC 56602-001-2"
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Historical: Reunification War, p. 159: "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"
  5. 5.0 5.1 Era Report: 2750, p. 37: "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
  6. House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 176: "Hogo Manati"
  7. Invading Clans, p. 139: "Third Wave: Bear Market"
  8. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 18: "Draconis Combine - [2319] Map"
  9. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 31: "Draconis Combine after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  10. Field Manual: SLDF, p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
  11. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"
  12. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  13. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 43: "Draconis Combine after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
  14. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 53: "Draconis Combine after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"
  15. House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), foldout: "Draconis Combine Map - [3025]"
  16. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 64: "Draconis Combine after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
  17. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 66: "Draconis Combine after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
  18. Historical: War of 3039, p. 133: "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"
  19. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 68: "Draconis Combine after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"
  20. Era Report: 3052, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"
  21. Era Report: 3052, p. 23: "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"
  22. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 71: "Draconis Combine after Operation REVIVAL - [3052] Map"
  23. Era Report: 3062, p. 11: Inner Sphere - [3057] Map
  24. Era Report: 3062, p. 29: "Inner Sphere [3063] Map"
  25. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 74: "Draconis Combine after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
  26. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 42: "Inner Sphere - [October 3067] Map"
  27. Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65: Inner Sphere - [3075] Map
  28. Field Report: DCMS, p. 21: "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
  29. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63: "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"
  30. Field Manual: 3085, p. 127: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
  31. Era Report: 3145, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"
  32. House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 119: "Off-Brand Sects"
  33. Field Manual: Updates, p. 119: "Draconis Combine Deployment Table"

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