Xinyang

Xinyang
Xinyang 3151.svg
System Information
X:Y Coordinates113.214 : 224.941[e]
Spectral classF0V[1][2]
Recharge time171 hours[2]
Recharge station(s)Zenith, Nadir[1][2]
Planet(s)2[citation needed]

The Xinyang system is the location of at least one inhabited world, Xinyang II, and as of 3145 was located in the Xinyang Prefecture of the Benjamin Military District within the Draconis Combine.[3][4]

System Description[edit]

The Xinyang system is located near the Paracale and Dyfed systems[3][4] and consists of a class F0V primary star orbited by at least two planets.[1][2]

System History[edit]

The Xinyang system was settled at some point prior to the end of the Reunification War.[5]

Political Affiliation[edit]


Xinyang II[edit]

Xinyang II
Crest-Xinyang.png
Astrophysical
System positionSecond[1][2]
Jump Point distance21.94 days[2]
MoonsOne (Henan)[2]
Geophysical
Surface gravity0.98[2]
Atmospheric pressureStandard (Breathable)[2]
Equatorial temperature30° C (Temperate)[2]
Surface water70%[2]
Highest native life15% Amphibian[1][2]
History and Culture
Population1,010,000,000 (3025)[1]
1,635,000,000 (3079)[2]
Government and Infrastructure
Noble RulerEarl of Xinyang
CapitalNanyang[2]
HPG ClassB[1][2]
HPG RepresentativePrecentor Madelyn Gleena (3025)[1]

Xinyang II, more commonly known simply as Xinyang, is the second planet in the Xinyang system and has one moon named Henan.[2]

Planetary History[edit]

Xinyang is the capital world of the Xinyang Prefecture. Located in the center of the Draconis Combine close to Luthien, Xinyang wasn't subject to raids like most of the border worlds. If Xinyang had anything other than a large amount of fresh water, it would be an industrial powerhouse. Unfortunately the water is the only resource the planet really offers. Given its relatively central location, the DCMS and DCA use it as a transshipment point and administrative headquarters. There is also a major military hospital on the world, and the ISF maintains a facility to debrief soldiers returning from the front lines.[1] This hospital can house up to ten thousand patients at once, but the Jihad strained even this massive facility.[1][2]

The planet cannot produce enough food to feed all its residents, so imports are quite common.[1]

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Sometime in the early thirty-first century before 3015, Precentor Kenzo Yamata was one of the heads of ROM in charge of ComStar forces that had discovered a Star League fortress buried on Xinyang that had been lost for almost three hundred years. Inside one of the excavated buildings was an ancient star map carved into one of the walls containing the locations of Star League bases, settlements, and weapon depots that were also lost to time. Yamata partnered with Andreas Kane and his recently formed Black Inferno mercenary group, letting them set up a base of operations on Xinyang and supporting them both financially and with BattleMechs,[33] in order to pillage those sites for whatever Lostech they could find while shielding them from retaliation by any of the Great Houses.[34]

There was a missing section of the Xinyang star map and Yamata had reason to believe Nikolai Mason had the coordinates to something massive within that section out in the Periphery.[33] On 21 May 3015, Black Inferno attacked the Nik's Cavaliers base on De Berry Prime,[35] killing Mason and salvaging his Victor, but could not find the coordinates they were after.[36]

The Cavaliers had been gradually rebuilding their strength over the years under the command of Nikolai’s son Jake Mason and finally started striking back at Black Inferno, interfering with their operations. After taking back possession of Nikolai's Victor from an Black Inferno reclamation facility on Eaton III, the Cavaliers attacked the Xinyang base with a vengeance, razing every facility they encountered on their way up to the main fortification. Andreas Kane made his stand against the Cavaliers and failed in his last-ditch effort to decapitate their leader.[33]

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Military Deployment[edit]

3025[edit]

3038[edit]

  • Fifteenth Benjamin Regulars[38]

3040[edit]

  • Fifteenth Benjamin Regulars[38]

3050[edit]

  • Fifteenth Benjamin Regulars[39]

3054[edit]

  • Fifteenth Benjamin Regulars[40]

3059[edit]

3067[edit]

Geography[edit]

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In the MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries Campaign Mission "Killing Kane," Xinyang is depicted as a summer forest biome with unlimited visibility.[33]

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Industrial Centers[edit]

Map Gallery[edit]

Nearby Systems[edit]

Closest 36 systems (35 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Baruun Urt 14.9 Paracale 16.4 Dyfed 17.1 Sakai 19.4
Braunton 20.2 Tanh Linh 24.2 Babuyan 25.4 Tarazed 29.5
Dover 30.6 Kanowit 30.9 Ogano 33.2 Dumaring 33.6
Port Arthur 35.5 Bicester 35.5 Omagh 41.8 Shibukawa 41.9
Arkab 43.3 Asgard 43.4 Odabasi 43.6 Mualang 44.1
Kiamba 44.7 Avon 45.0 Peacock 47.1 Tok Do 49.5
Yamarovka 49.6 Baldur 49.7 Darius 52.2 Meilen 53.5
Beils 54.4 Sternwerde 54.8 Yardley 55.4 Yumesta 56.6
Krenice 56.6 Mersa Matruh 58.8 Otho 59.8 Luthien 60.1

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 House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 185 (PDF p. 187): "A Brief Atlas" – Xinyang entry
  2. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 Objectives: Draconis Combine, p. 24: "Xinyang"
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Era Report: 3145, p. 39: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  5. 5.0 5.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 159
  6. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 18
  7. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 31
  8. Era Report: 2750, p. 37
  9. Field Manual: SLDF, p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
  10. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11
  11. First Succession War, pp. 24–25
  12. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 43
  13. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, p. 122
  14. First Succession War, pp. 112–113
  15. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 53
  16. House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), foldout: "Draconis Combine Map - [3025]"
  17. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 64
  18. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 66
  19. Historical: War of 3039, p. 133
  20. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 68
  21. Era Report: 3052, p. 11
  22. Era Report: 3052, p. 23
  23. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 71
  24. Era Report: 3062, p. 11
  25. Era Report: 3062, p. 29
  26. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 74
  27. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 42
  28. Era Report: 3052, p. 10
  29. Field Report: DCMS, p. 21
  30. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63
  31. Field Manual: 3085, p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
  32. Era Report: 3145, p. 11
  33. 33.0 33.1 33.2 33.3 MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries, Campaign Mission 14: "Killing Kane"
  34. MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries, Campaign Mission 7: "Collateral Damage"
  35. MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries, Tutorial
  36. MechWarrior 5: Mercenaries, Campaign Mission 11: "Black Harvest"
  37. House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 135: "Unit Deployment Table"
  38. 38.0 38.1 Historical: War of 3039, p. 138: "Deployment Table"
  39. 20 Year Update, p. 42: "Draconis Combine Deployment Table"
  40. Objective Raids, p. 67: "Unit Note"
  41. 41.0 41.1 Field Manual: Mercenaries, p. 106: "Mercenary Deployment Table"
  42. 42.0 42.1 Field Manual: Draconis Combine, p. 134: "Draconis Combine Deployment Table"
  43. Field Manual: Updates, p. 117: "Draconis Combine Deployment Table"
  44. Objectives: Draconis Combine, p. 4

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