Sadurni

Sadurni
Sadurni 3151.svg
System Information
X:Y Coordinates-15.002 : -344.373[e]
Spectral classG9VI[1]
Recharge time190 hours[1]
Recharge station(s)None[1]
Planet(s)10[2]

The Sadurni system was home to at least one habitable world, Sadurni IV, and as of June 3152 was located in the Duchy of Andurien.[3]

Political Affiliation[edit]


Sadurni IV[edit]

Sadurni IV
Sadurni Orbital View.jpg
Astrophysical
System positionFourth[1]
Jump Point distance5.82 days[1]
Moons1 (Radlan)[1]
Geophysical
Surface gravity1.1[1]
Atmospheric pressureStandard (Breathable)[1]
Equatorial temperature35°C (Temperate)[1]
Surface water65%[1]
Highest native lifeMammal[1]
History and Culture
Colonized2320[2]
Population456,000,000 (3025, apocryphal)[33]
75,500,000 (3067)[1]
75,500,000 (3152)[2]
Government and Infrastructure
Noble RulerCount of Sadurni
CapitalSoutherton[2]
HPG ClassB[1]

Apocryphal Content Starts

The information after this notice comes from apocryphal sources; the canonicity of such information is uncertain.
Please view the reference page for information regarding their canonicity.

According to the (apocryphal) German BattleTech novel Karma, Sadurni was taken from the Capellan Confederation by the Free Worlds League only "a few years" before 3028, specifically to press citizens from a longtime Capellan planet into service for SAFE.

A few chapters of a subsequent, equally apocryphal novel (Gier) are set on Sadurni.

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Planetary History[edit]

Ostensibly a quasi-Terran type world ripe for colonization, Sadurni has had notorious issues with contaminated water sources throughout its history. The planet was first settled in 2320 by anti-Terran Hegemony exiles from the United States of America. Decades of struggling as an autonomous world ended when Sadurni joined the Capellan Confederation upon that nation's founding. The planet was soon allocated to the Andurien Commonality, which assigned numerous colonists from other Capellan worlds.[2]

Star League[edit]

Sadurni was long known for the quality of its marble and the skill of the stoneworkers who crafted it. Sadurni marble could be found in the Court of the Star League on Terra.[1]

Prior to the fall of the Star League, Sadurni was the headquarters of the Seventh Army of the Star League Defense Force.[34]

Succession Wars[edit]

Sadurni's water supply issues worsened throughout the Second and Third Succession Wars as Star League–era purification equipment broke down. Birth defects and chronic health problems plagued the population until advances derived from the Helm Memory Core alleviated water and soil issues somewhat.[2]

Andurien Wars[edit]

During the Andurien Secession the FWLM landed on this agricultural world. Though direct fighting killed some citizens, many of the people who died during the conflict died because of the collapse of the economies of Sadurni's cities. People fleeing the cities relied on the kindness of strangers and friends and family members in the countryside. Shortly after these famines occurred, the Free Worlds League government sponsored relief efforts under military authority. As a result, life in the cities returned to a semblance of normality. Patra, the main continent and location of most cities, was hardest hit during the war. To bring in much-needed cash, the stoneworkers of Sadurni traveled to Andurien and other Duchy worlds, rebuilding their damaged cities. This means that nonessential construction and repair of Sadurni's cities was deferred. Even in late 3067 some of the damage remained in place.[1]

The two other continents, Xanthi and Katerini, were nowhere nearly as badly damaged as Patra and quickly recovered from the war.[1]

Dark Age[edit]

Late in the thirty-first century the Duchy of Andurien established a chemical weapons facility on Sadurni, making use of native toxins in manufacturing area denial weapons.[2]

Sadurni was among the Andurien worlds annexed by the Capellan Confederation in 3105 after the Duchy's disastrous involvement in the Victoria War.[29] The return to Capellan control was not well-received by Sadurni's populace whose protests posed problems for CCAF garrisons.[2]

ilClan Era[edit]

In late 3151, an anti-Capellan uprising was ended due to the diplomatic efforts of Magestrix Ilsa Centrella-Liao. Deploying allied troops from the Second Andurien Guards to secure the capital city, Southerton, helped calm the rebellious populace, and the Magestrix herself during a public appearance promised to raise Andurien's historic claim to the world to the Capellan Chancellor and Andurien Duke. The latter action roused Daoshen Liao's ire but quelled any further unrest among the planet's hopeful population.[35][2]

By June 3152 Sadurni had been transferred to Andurien control.[3]

Military Deployment[edit]

2528[edit]

2764[edit]

3050[edit]

3054[edit]

  • Second Free Worlds Legionnaires[20]

3059[edit]

  • Second Free Worlds Legionnaires[22]

3067[edit]

  • Second Free Worlds Legionnaires[23]

3079[edit]

- At this time, the Fourth Andurien Rangers were deployed across Lurgatan and Sadurni. The Fourth was at 35% of full strength.

3085[edit]

3145[edit]

- At this time, the unit was at 75% of full strength with a "B" equipment rating.

3151-3152[edit]

Geography[edit]

Apocryphal Content Starts

The information after this notice comes from apocryphal sources; the canonicity of such information is uncertain.
Please view the reference page for information regarding their canonicity.

The database of the (apocryphal) 1989 video game MechWarrior, set around the year 3025, gives a population of 456 million for Sadurni and describes the environment as "ice" (out of only three broad impressions of planetary environments given in the game, these being "desert," "ice," and "tropical"). The description one-liner reads "A frozen, barren, lifeless rock - see you there."

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Gallery[edit]

Notes[edit]

The apocryphal novel Karma notes that the Free Worlds League captured Sadurni from the Capellan Confederation "a few years" prior to 3028 for the explicit purpose of pressing Capellan citizens into service for SAFE, the League's secret service. This must obviously have occurred prior to 3025 judging from canonical sources, and presumably also prior to the 3022 Concord of Kapteyn that created a standoff between the League and the Confederation.

Map Gallery[edit]

Nearby Systems[edit]

Closest 52 systems (52 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Lurgatan 14.4 Athna 15.6 Niomede 15.6 Principia 20.2
Shiba 20.2 Aomen 21.6 Calseraigne 24.2 Lopez 26.7
Nukus 27.1 Rosendal 27.3 Naryn 27.8 Pilpala 32.2
Pell 32.5 Sax 33.1 Buenos Aires 33.2 Sigma Mare 36.4
Cursa 36.7 Barras 37.2 Conquista 37.7 Chennai 38.9
Andurien 39.3 Dicon 40.0 Ullieri 41.6 Betelgeuse 42.8
Turin 43.1 Andarmax 43.7 Claybrooke 44.5 Katla 44.8
Antias 44.9 Espia 45.4 Borka 45.6 Mattisskogen 46.8
Dì-fang 47.2 Jacomarle 47.4 Kasdach 47.7 Amu Darya 48.8
Drozan 52.9 Shiro 53.4 Xanthe 54.0 Kurvasa 55.0
Salardion 55.2 Prix 55.6 Leyda 56.1 Latice 56.7
Itica 56.8 New Roland 57.3 Palladaine 57.6 Viribium 59.1
Primus 59.7 Tengil 59.9 Alamagordo 59.9 Ordino 59.9

References[edit]

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 Handbook: House Marik, p. 67: "Sadurni
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 Empire Alone, p. 111: Sadurni planet profile
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Empire Alone, p. 79: "The Duchy of Andurien June 3152" (Map)
  4. Handbook: House Liao, p. 17: "Capellan Confederation Founding, 2366"
  5. Handbook: House Liao, p. 13: "Timeline: Capellan Zone 2367"
  6. 6.0 6.1 Paladin, p. 4
  7. Handbook: House Liao, p. 25: "Capellan Confederation after Age of War [2571]"
  8. Historical: Reunification War, p. 94: "Reunification War: Magistracy of Canopus Front Deployments (2577)"
  9. Historical: Reunification War, p. 159: "Inner Sphere - 2596"
  10. Era Report: 2750, p. 37: "Inner Sphere - 2750"
  11. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - 2765"
  12. Handbook: House Liao, p. 31: "Capellan Confederation after First Succession War [2822]"
  13. Handbook: House Liao, p. 39: "Capellan Confederation after Second Succession War [2864]"
  14. House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition), p. 12: "The Rimward Periphery"
  15. House Arano (The Aurigan Coalition), pp. 14–15: "3022 Interstellar Expeditions. IAAS-349-SIFNM97-MMMXXII"
  16. Handbook: House Liao, p. 40: "Capellan Confederation after Third Succession War [3025]"
  17. Handbook: House Liao, p. 49: "Capellan Confederation after Fourth Succession War [3030]"
  18. Historical: War of 3039, p. 133: "Inner Sphere - 3040"
  19. 19.0 19.1 20 Year Update, p. 56: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
  20. 20.0 20.1 Objective Raids, p. 37: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
  21. Handbook: House Liao, p. 60: "Capellan Confederation after Operation Guerrero [3058]"
  22. 22.0 22.1 Field Manual: Free Worlds League, p. 110: "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
  23. 23.0 23.1 Field Manual: Updates, p. 159: "Federated Suns Deployment Table"
  24. Handbook: House Liao, p. 68: "Capellan Confederation after FedCom Civil War [3067]"
  25. Field Report: FWLM, p. 17: "FWLM Deployment Map [3079]"
  26. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63: "Inner Sphere - March 3081"
  27. Field Manual: 3085, p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
  28. Historical: Wars of the Republic Era, p. 56: "Halas/Humphreys Invasion, February-April 3104" (Map)
  29. 29.0 29.1 Historical: Wars of the Republic Era, p. 62: "Capellan Confederation after the Victoria War (3105)" (Map)
  30. Era Report: 3145, p. 11: "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"
  31. Era Report: 3145, p. 39: "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"
  32. Shattered Fortress, p. 103: "Inner Sphere - 3151" (Map)
  33. MechWarrior (1989 video game) (apocryphal)
  34. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 101: "60th Jump Division"
  35. 35.0 35.1 Empire Alone, pp. 52–53
  36. Field Manual: SLDF, p. 253: "SLDF - Capellan Confederation Military Command Map"
  37. Field Report: FWLM, p. 12: "Duchy of Andurien"
  38. Field Manual: 3085, p. 91: "Deployment Table - 3085"
  39. Field Manual: 3145, p. 45: "Capellan Confederation Armed Forces Deployment Table - 3145"

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