Monthey

This article is about the planetary system home to a world nicknamed Blue Water. For other uses of that term, see Blue Water.
Monthey
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Monthey nearby systems
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System Information
X:Y Coordinates−504.792 : 53.376[e]

System Description[edit]

Monthey is located near the Hiberius and Lande systems.

System History[edit]

Monthey was a part of the Timbuktu Province of the Rim Worlds Republic as of 2750.[1] It was considered lost following the Succession Wars and rediscovered by Interstellar Expeditions in or before 3069. Context suggests that the planet was uninhabited at the time, and Interstellar Expeditions only established a temporary presence to investigate an ancient DropShip wreckage.[2]

Political Affiliation[edit]

Monthey[edit]

Monthey
Astrophysical
Also known asBlue Water[2]
Geophysical
Surface waterYes
Highest native lifeFish and unspecified land animals[2]
LandmassesAt least 1[2]

Planetary History[edit]

Interstellar Expeditions initially thought they had found a virgin world and nicknamed the planet "Blue Water." Named places on Monthey/Blue Water as of 3069 include the islands of Isla Uno and Isla Dos (referred to as "tropical" at one point); a small continent on the other side of the planet is mentioned where ruins were found that led to the realization that this was in fact the lost world of Monthey.[32] Interstellar Expeditions and the mercenaries still kept calling it Blue Water. By 3069, they had hired the Periphery Star Guard to provide security for an archaeological dig site based around a sunken Union-class DropShip that had crashed at Isla Dos, its remains scattered across Isla Dos and the surrounding shallow waters.

They found numerous aquatic flora and fauna on the planet, but explicitly no Terran transplants. These included a rubbery brown seaweed with translucent bulbs; a round, ray-like creature; a school of rainbow pseudofish; an ambush predator resembling a rock at first until revealing to be a nightmare with a thousand skittery legs and the ability to shoot a tethered dart; barnacle-like creatures encrusting the frame of the DropShip; and later swarms of "sinuous black shapes" feeding on human corpses in shallow water. There were also unspecified land animals, as shrieks of terror could repeatedly be heard from animals trapped in a burning forest.[2]

Notes[edit]

Although Monthey is detailed on maps within Handbook: Major Periphery States up until 2750,[1] none of the maps from later eras presented in the Handbooks series of sourcebooks extend far enough into the Periphery to confirm or deny the continued presence of this system during the Succession Wars era.

Map Gallery[edit]

Nearby Systems[edit]

Closest 20 systems (13 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Hiberius 14.3 Lande 20.2 Haggard 28.4 Fallen Stars 29.5
Vortalcoy 34.6 Heathville 38.8 Armstrong 44.0 New India 46.8
Viborg 47.7 Merlynpede 52.3 Milvano 53.2 Zinal 57.7
Enders Cluster 59.7 Gillfillan's Gold 66.6 Tatopani 67.3 Hinckley 69.3
Otisberg 74.0 Aberystwyth 74.0 Huesta 75.3 Cruz Alta 75.4

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 25: "Rim Worlds Republic At the Fall of the Star League - [2750] Map"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Blue Waters
  3. ↑ Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 18: "Rim Worlds Republic after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  4. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25: "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  5. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 158: "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"
  6. ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 36: "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
  7. ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
  8. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 10: "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"
  9. ↑ Field Report 2765: Periphery, p. 38: "Rim Worlds Army Deployment Map - [2765]"
  10. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 104: "Rim Worlds Republic - [2767] Map"
  11. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36: "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
  12. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  13. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40: "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War - [2822] Map"
  14. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47: "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
  15. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56: "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
  16. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 59: "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"
  17. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 132: "Inner Sphere - [3040]"
  18. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 10: Inner Sphere [3050] Map
  19. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 61: "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion - [3052] Map"
  20. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 22: Inner Sphere [3052] Map
  21. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 10: Inner Sphere - [3057] Map
  22. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29: "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"
  23. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 70: "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
  24. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 42: "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"
  25. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64: "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"
  26. ↑ Field Report: LAAF, p. 19: "Lyran Alliance Armed Forces Deployment Table - [August 3079]"
  27. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 62: "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"
  28. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
  29. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"
  30. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  31. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  32. ↑ Blue Waters - epigraph refers to the planet as "Blue Water" (Monthey)" and explicitly spells out that the planet had been Monthey.

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