Umka

Umka
Umka 3151.svg
System Information
X:Y Coordinates-129.747 : -361.421[e]
Spectral classK6V[1]
Recharge time197 hours[1]
Recharge station(s)None[1]

The Umka system was home to at least one habitable world, Umka IV, and as of 3145 was located in the Duchy of Andurien.[2][3]

System Description[edit]

Umka is located near the Gouderak and Vakarel systems[2][3] and consists of a class K6V primary orbited by at least four planets.[1]

System History[edit]

The Umka system was either settled by the Magistracy of Canopus during or shortly before the Age of War, or it was an already-inhabited system that became significant enough during this era that Inner Sphere nations began recording its location on maps.[4][5][6][7]

Political Affiliation[edit]


Umka IV[edit]

Umka IV
Astrophysical
System positionFourth[1]
Jump Point distance3.91 days[1]
MoonsNone[1]
Geophysical
Surface gravity1.0[1]
Atmospheric pressureStandard (Breathable)[1]
Equatorial temperature38°C (Very Hot)[1]
Surface water80%[1]
Highest native lifeAvian[1]
Landmasses6 (Adriatic, Barajevo, Meljak, Sava, Velimer, Vranic)[1]
History and Culture
Population228,000,000 (3079)[1]
Government and Infrastructure
CapitalShenville[1]
HPG ClassB[1]

Umka IV, more commonly referred to simply as Umka, is the fourth planet in the system.[1]

Planetary History[edit]

Reunification War[edit]

Immediately prior to the Reunification War Umka was a world within the Magistracy of Canopus, where the major industries were aquaculture and deep-sea farming and with two battalions of the First Canopian Light Horse stationed on-world in support of the irregular ground forces that made up the planetary garrison.[10]

War between the Star League and the Magistracy of Canopus was inevitable after the Magistracy joined the other Periphery nations in rejecting the Pollux Proclamation; Umka was an early target in the initial Star League Defense Force campaign against the Magistracy, with a flotilla of SLDF craft arriving in the local system in August 2577. The SLDF forces quickly dispersed the local pickets and began planetary landings with the Fifty-sixth Brigade arriving on Umka soon after to capture the world.[10] The mercenary unit Mieselsen's Marauders had been on Umka immediately prior to the Star League invasion, but had been redeployed to Vakarel before the SLDF troops arrived, leaving the First Canopian Light Horse in place to support the planetary garrison.[53]

The local garrison refused to surrender easily, and while the Fifty-sixth Brigade were able to capture the main industrial complexes quickly and eventually force the First Canopian Light Horse contingent off-world, the remaining garrison forces proceeded to wage a guerrilla war. Breaking up into small groups, the garrison dispersed around the islands and archipelagos of Umka and forced the Fifty-sixth Brigade to spend three months winkling them out; guerrilla groups with hovercraft or armed IndustrialMechs would frequently relocate across the shallow seas between islands, frustrating the SLDF forces efforts.[10]

Although the Fifty-sixth Brigade were responsible for capturing Umka, the SLDF task force responsible for conquering the Magistracy stationed a number of other units on Umka during 2577, units which included the Sixty-third Royal Brigade (from the Twenty-First Royal Division), Third Regulan Hussars and the Juggernaut regiment of the Stewart Dragoons.[54]

The Magistracy of Canopus had 13 worlds annexed by the Free Worlds League, either during the Reunification War[11] or by Star League decree in 2602,[55] and Umka was one of these worlds.

Clan Invasion Era[edit]

The 25 May 3061, a group of pirates posing as Clan Jade Falcon warriors landed on Umka. They torched a small fishing village, Tenelid, killing most of the population, before drawing the local militia. However, they were really hunting a militiaman named Kent, for unknown reasons, but all were annihilated by the militia without achieving their goal.[56]

The Jihad[edit]

When the Free Worlds League disbanded as a state, many worlds with notable industrial systems found themselves being incorporated by the various provincial states established afterwards - or attacked by them. As an independent world, Umka found itself in a precarious position, but managed to obtain protection from elements of the Eighteenth Marik Militia.[57]

Umka was one of many worlds to be struck during the wave of Bloody Tricentennial attacks that swept across the Inner Sphere in the wake of the fall of the Word of Blake Protectorate. The city of Deep Hamilton was hit by a number of bomb blasts in the early hours of the 12th of October 3080 that killed more than 1200 people and devastated the commercial district of the city; this was followed by an attack that breached a major dam near the city later in the day, flooding the city. The breaching of the dam was witnessed during a live broadcast of the Umka World News local news network being presented by Julian Costamayor and his news team, who were most likely killed in the resulting flooding.[58]

Military Deployment[edit]

Geography[edit]

Umka is a water-rich world where the major landmasses are chains of islands.[10] The major landmasses are named Adriatic, Barajevo, Meljak, Sava, Velimer, and Vranic.[1]

Planetary Locations[edit]

  • Beevale: the main location or garrison of the planetary militia, located on Vranic[1]
  • Deep Hamilton: a major city on Umka, devastated during the Bloody Tricentennial attacks[58]
  • Shenville: the planetary capital city, located on Barajevo; also home to the Kerr-McGinniss manufacturing facilities[1]

Industrial Centers[edit]

Map Gallery[edit]

Nearby Systems[edit]

Closest 28 systems (27 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Gouderak 14.5 Vakarel 15.1 Aspropirgos 21.9 Manaus 22.9
Butzfleth 25.0 Mangor 25.2 Watermael 27.8 Piriapolis 31.1
Banfora 33.8 Scheuerheck 37.5 Canopus 37.8 Fanardir 39.1
Meadowvale 39.6 Eleusis 41.6 Villanueva 44.0 Granera 44.2
Ingonish 45.1 Fagerholm 47.8 Gallis 47.8 Pernik 52.7
Cap Rouge 54.1 Zathras 54.1 Bogrib 56.3 Borgan's Rift 56.4
Adherlwin 57.4 Bethonolog 58.3 Thurrock 59.0 Leyda 60.4

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