Nykvarn

Nykvarn
Nykvarn 3151.svg
System Information
X:Y Coordinates123.295 : 388.723[e]
Spectral classG4V[1]
Recharge time185 hours[1]
Recharge station(s)Zenith[1]

The Nykvarn system is the location of at least one habitable world, Nykvarn II, and as of 3152 was located in the Albiero Prefecture of the Pesht Military District within the Draconis Combine.[2]

System Description[edit]

The Nykvarn system is located near the Garstedt and Ferranil systems and is Coreward from Terra. It is known to have at least two planets and a recharge station at its zenith jump point as of 3080.[1]

System History[edit]

The Nykvarn system was colonized at some time before 2571.[3]

Political Affiliation[edit]


Nykvarn II[edit]

Nykvarn II
Astrophysical
System positionSecond[1]
Jump Point distance7.96 days[1]
MoonsNone[1]
Geophysical
Surface gravity0.96[1]
Atmospheric pressureStandard (Breathable)[1]
Equatorial temperature29°C (Warm-Temperate)[1]
Surface water37%[1]
Highest native lifeBirds[1]
History and Culture
Population475,000,000[1]
Government and Infrastructure
CapitalNykvarn[1]
HPG ClassB[1]

Planetary Description[edit]

Nykvarn II, or simply Nykvarn, was an important industrial world with no moons in the Draconis Combine. Every year, a deadly viral plague broke out across Nykvarn's northern continent, which was also the site of a special type of grain that was the only viable cure for it. At the first sign of the plague, the grain was harvested and baked into loaves of bread which the locals ate to survive that year's outbreak.[36]

Planetary History[edit]

Clan Invasion[edit]

Nykvarn was held by the Combine until the Clan Invasion. When the Nineteenth Striker Cluster struck in May 3050 during Clan Smoke Jaguar's second invasion wave. The Nykvarn Armored Battalion would stage a mobile defensive campaign, using their fast hovercraft to outdistance the slower-moving Jaguar assault OmniMechs, but despite a few initial victories, the Nykvarn defenders would swiftly fall to Star Captain Castris and his Supernova Assault Trinary. Fighting to the last man, to honor the courage and martial prowess shown by the Nykvarn defenders, the Smoke Jaguars erected a monument to the members of the battalion.[37][1]

Nykvarn would unfortunately be a poster child for the ignorance and mismanagement of the planetary governors installed by the Smoke Jaguars on the worlds within their Occupation Zone. After the planet's capture, the governor shut down a large farm on the northern continent and transferred its workers to a munitions plant, the farm being the sole production site for the grain vital to overcoming the planet's annual plagues.[36]

While the Nykvarn's population desperately tried to convince the Smoke Jaguar governor of the necessity of the farm and its grain, he knew nothing of the plague and blindly suspected their efforts were some kind of "Inner Sphere trickery" to halt munitions production. Without the grain, over a quarter of the local population and many of his own warriors would die from the plague during that year's outbreak. The governor himself would die three weeks into the epidemic, mere days before Smoke Jaguar scientists succeeded in developing a usable vaccine.[36]

Operation BULLDOG[edit]

Nykvarn was invaded in the second wave of Operation BULLDOG by the Sixth An Ting Legion, Ryuken-go, and the Red Lancers; the defending Clan Smoke Jaguar 124th Garrison Cluster was completely wiped out.[38][39][40][41][42]

First Combine-Ghost Bear War[edit]

The Sixth Bear Regulars of Clan Ghost Bear's Omicron Galaxy struck Nykvarn in 3062 during the First Combine-Ghost Bear War. The sheer volume of the Sixth's assault 'Mechs easily allowed them to shatter the green Fifth Sun Zhang Cadre's initial defenses, the Cadre losing an entire battalion alone during the first battle. Recognizing they had little chance in a stand-up fight, the Cadre bogged down the Sixth's assault by going to ground and waging a guerrilla campaign.[43][1][44][42]

The unconventional tactics worked, though the Cadre's survivors were finally forced to withdraw to Brocchi's Cluster, they were able to hold out until the Ryuken-san were on-way to Nykvarn. The elite Ryuken regiment were able to tie up the Sixth Bear Regulars with series of well-coordinated 'Mech and aerospace fighter strikes until the Courchevel Trial and Ghost Bear withdrawal.[43][44][42]

Military Deployment[edit]

3059[edit]

  • 124th Garrison Cluster[47]

3062[edit]

3067[edit]

3085[edit]

- At this time the First operating at 65% of full strength, with 48% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.

Geography[edit]

Nykvarn is a warm to temperate world with three landmasses named Stockholm, Falun and Bothnia.[1]

Planetary Locations[edit]

  • Bollins Marsh: region and site of an important battle during Operation REVIVAL.[20]
  • Lucerna Plains: region and site of an important battle during Operation REVIVAL.[20]
  • Monument to the Nykvarn Armored Battalion: Monument built by Clan Smoke Jaguar to the Nykvarn Armored Battalion who were wiped out in Operation REVIVAL.[1]
  • Nykvarn: city and planetary capital located on the Stockhom landmass.[1]
    • Luthien Armor Works: BattleMech manufacturing planet within the city of Nykvarn.[52]

Industrial Centers[edit]

Notes[edit]

  • The planet's name is frequently misspelled as Nykvarm instead of Nykvarn; Field Manual: Updates includes both spellings in the same book.
  • The Invading Clans write-up of the Smoke Jaguar capture conflicts with the later Objective: Draconis Combine account, claiming that all but a few members of the defenders survived, compared to the later accounts that claim that all died fighting the Clans and were honored for this fact.[37]

Map Gallery[edit]

Nearby Systems[edit]

Closest 28 systems (25 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Garstedt 7.3 Ferranil 12.1 Polcenigo 19.9 Schuyler 21.7
Kiruna 22.7 Turtle Bay 31.9 Jarett 33.8 Luzerne 36.9
Brocchi's Cluster 37.4 Savinsville 37.5 Jezersko 39.9 Idlewind 40.3
Rockland 40.5 Almunge 41.2 Albiero 41.9 Last Frontier 43.2
Constance 46.6 Hanover 50.3 New Ceylon 51.3 Courchevel 52.2
Trondheim 53.3 Byesville 53.8 Glabach 56.4 Wolcott 56.7
Coudoux 57.7 Casere 64.0 Vipaava 64.6 Labrea 65.2

References[edit]

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  52. Objectives: Draconis Combine, p. 12: "Luthien Armor Works"
  53. Objectives: Draconis Combine, p. 12: "Luthien Armor Works"

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