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== Planetary History == | == Planetary History == | ||
+ | === Early History === | ||
Basalt was one of the first worlds settled by explorers from the Terran Hegemony. With its vast stores of rare metals and minerals, mining companies eagerly sent employees out to the world. Despite the high gravity, incredible air pressure, and wild weather, the world has long been a source of excellent raw materials.<ref name=DARWp71/> | Basalt was one of the first worlds settled by explorers from the Terran Hegemony. With its vast stores of rare metals and minerals, mining companies eagerly sent employees out to the world. Despite the high gravity, incredible air pressure, and wild weather, the world has long been a source of excellent raw materials.<ref name=DARWp71/> | ||
+ | === Age of War === | ||
+ | The Federated Suns invaded Basalt in or around [[2445]], attempting to capture the world from the Terran Hegemony. The defending Terran Forces were under the command of [[General]] "Mad Dog" Marceneaux and resisted the Federated Suns forces fiercely; on the 12th of April General Marceneaux was made aware that the Federated Suns had landed additional forces on the planet, augmenting their ranks with the addition of the [[6th Terran March Corps|Sixth Terran March Corps]], a shock-corps consisting of six heavy [[division]]s of troops, predominantly composed of [[Combat Vehicle|tanks]] and artillery, threatening to overwhelm the defending [[Hegemony Armed Forces]] defenders. Unknown to the [[Federated Peacekeeping Forces]] a special unit of [[BattleMech]]s under the overall command of [[Major]] [[Gabriel Calhoun]] had also recently arrived on the planet. It was Major Calhoun who informed General Marceneaux at his bunker in Garamondia of the arrival of the Sixth Terran March Corps; even as the FPF forces overran the [[HAF]] [[9th Armored Cavalry|Ninth Armored Cavalry]] command posts and continued to push forward, Marceneaux ordered Calhoun and his troops into action against the FPF. The shocking presence of BattleMechs on the field was enough to rally the defending HAF forces.<ref name="IOp10"/> | ||
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+ | === Succession Wars === | ||
After the fall of the first [[Star League]] the [[Federated Suns]] grabbed Basalt. During the Succession Wars the Capellan Confederation tried several times to take the world, but was repelled each time. The most notable instance was during the [[Fourth Succession War]], when the two major cities of the world were attacked by the [[CCAF]] in an attempt to halt the Davion advance. Elements of the [[1st Kerr's Intruders|First Kerr's Intruders]], [[McCrimmon's Light Cavalry]], and [[MacGregor's Armored Scouts]] landed outside Zander's Delight. They faced the [[Fourth Davion Guards]] RCT, taking serious losses, and surrendering to the [[AFFS]] after they discovered that the warehouses were empty.<ref name="nais194">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 94</ref> | After the fall of the first [[Star League]] the [[Federated Suns]] grabbed Basalt. During the Succession Wars the Capellan Confederation tried several times to take the world, but was repelled each time. The most notable instance was during the [[Fourth Succession War]], when the two major cities of the world were attacked by the [[CCAF]] in an attempt to halt the Davion advance. Elements of the [[1st Kerr's Intruders|First Kerr's Intruders]], [[McCrimmon's Light Cavalry]], and [[MacGregor's Armored Scouts]] landed outside Zander's Delight. They faced the [[Fourth Davion Guards]] RCT, taking serious losses, and surrendering to the [[AFFS]] after they discovered that the warehouses were empty.<ref name="nais194">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 94</ref> | ||
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* [[2319]] - Independent world <ref name="HB:HKp18">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 18, "Draconis Combine Founding" - [2319] Map</ref> | * [[2319]] - Independent world <ref name="HB:HKp18">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 18, "Draconis Combine Founding" - [2319] Map</ref> | ||
* [[2366]] - [[Terran Hegemony]] <ref name="HB:HLp17">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 17, "Capellan Confederation Founding - [2366] Map"</ref> | * [[2366]] - [[Terran Hegemony]] <ref name="HB:HLp17">''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 17, "Capellan Confederation Founding - [2366] Map"</ref> | ||
+ | * [[2445]] - Terran Hegemony <ref name="IOp10">''Interstellar Operations'', p. 10-13, "Charge of the Light"</ref> | ||
* [[2571]] - Terran Hegemony <ref name="HB:HKp31">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 31, "Draconis Combine after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 25, "Capellan Confederation after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp48">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 48, "Federated Suns after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref> | * [[2571]] - Terran Hegemony <ref name="HB:HKp31">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 31, "Draconis Combine after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Liao'', p. 25, "Capellan Confederation after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp48">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 48, "Federated Suns after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref> | ||
* [[2596]] - Terran Hegemony <ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159, "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"</ref> | * [[2596]] - Terran Hegemony <ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159, "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"</ref> | ||
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* ''[[House Davion (The Federated Suns)]]'' | * ''[[House Davion (The Federated Suns)]]'' | ||
* ''[[House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)]]'' | * ''[[House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)]]'' | ||
+ | * ''[[Interstellar Operations]]'' | ||
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' | * ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' | ||
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]'' | * ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]'' | ||
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[[Category:Planets|Basalt]] | [[Category:Planets|Basalt]] | ||
+ | [[Category: Amaris Empire Planets]] | ||
[[Category: Capellan Confederation Planets]] | [[Category: Capellan Confederation Planets]] | ||
[[Category: Federated Commonwealth Planets]] | [[Category: Federated Commonwealth Planets]] |
Revision as of 09:17, 28 September 2016
Basalt
Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to Terra at (0, 0)
Basalt | |
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← 3135 3151 | |
System Information | |
X:Y Coordinates | 66.16 : -29.00[e] |
Spectral class | G4IV[1] |
Planet(s) | 10[1] |
The Basalt system was the location of at least one habitable world, Basalt IV, and as at 3145 was located in the Tikonov Commonality of the Capellan Confederation.[2][3]
Contents
System Description
The Basalt system is located close to the Nopah and Tigress systems[2][3] and consists of ten planets orbiting a class G4IV primary.[1]
System History
The Basalt system was colonised at some point prior to the end of the Reunification War.[4]
Basalt IV
Template:InfoBoxPlanetStandard Basalt IV - more commonly referred to simply as Basalt - was the fourth planet of ten in the Basalt system and had three moons named Granite, Marble and Slate.
Planetary History
Early History
Basalt was one of the first worlds settled by explorers from the Terran Hegemony. With its vast stores of rare metals and minerals, mining companies eagerly sent employees out to the world. Despite the high gravity, incredible air pressure, and wild weather, the world has long been a source of excellent raw materials.[1]
Age of War
The Federated Suns invaded Basalt in or around 2445, attempting to capture the world from the Terran Hegemony. The defending Terran Forces were under the command of General "Mad Dog" Marceneaux and resisted the Federated Suns forces fiercely; on the 12th of April General Marceneaux was made aware that the Federated Suns had landed additional forces on the planet, augmenting their ranks with the addition of the Sixth Terran March Corps, a shock-corps consisting of six heavy divisions of troops, predominantly composed of tanks and artillery, threatening to overwhelm the defending Hegemony Armed Forces defenders. Unknown to the Federated Peacekeeping Forces a special unit of BattleMechs under the overall command of Major Gabriel Calhoun had also recently arrived on the planet. It was Major Calhoun who informed General Marceneaux at his bunker in Garamondia of the arrival of the Sixth Terran March Corps; even as the FPF forces overran the HAF Ninth Armored Cavalry command posts and continued to push forward, Marceneaux ordered Calhoun and his troops into action against the FPF. The shocking presence of BattleMechs on the field was enough to rally the defending HAF forces.[5]
Succession Wars
After the fall of the first Star League the Federated Suns grabbed Basalt. During the Succession Wars the Capellan Confederation tried several times to take the world, but was repelled each time. The most notable instance was during the Fourth Succession War, when the two major cities of the world were attacked by the CCAF in an attempt to halt the Davion advance. Elements of the First Kerr's Intruders, McCrimmon's Light Cavalry, and MacGregor's Armored Scouts landed outside Zander's Delight. They faced the Fourth Davion Guards RCT, taking serious losses, and surrendering to the AFFS after they discovered that the warehouses were empty.[6]
The second Capellan attack was headed by a half battalion from Warrior House Ijori supported by five companies of the 1st New Hessen Irregulars. They attacked unexpectedly, dropping forces directly on the warehouses in Controssa. The Fourth Crucis Lancers's Second Battalion bore the brunt of the Capellan's anger once they discovered the warehouses were empty. Unfortunately the Capellan's focus on destroying the Second Battalion allowed the rest of the Fourth Crucis to surround the Capellans. All the Capellan attackers were destroyed in the ensuing firefight.[6]
The Word of Blake conquered Basalt in September 3069, incorporating it into the Word of Blake Protectorate[7] and hoarding its mineral wealth for themselves. This resulted in a planet-wide economic depression that only started to lighten when the world became part of the Republic of the Sphere.[1]
Political Affiliation
- 2317 - No record [8]
- 2319 - Independent world [9]
- 2366 - Terran Hegemony [10]
- 2445 - Terran Hegemony [5]
- 2571 - Terran Hegemony [11][12][13]
- 2596 - Terran Hegemony [4]
- 2750 - Terran Hegemony [14]
- 2764 - Terran Hegemony [15]
- 2765 - Terran Hegemony [16]
- 2771 - Amaris Empire [17]
- 2772 - Terran Hegemony (from September)[17]
- 2822 - Capellan Comfederation [18][19][20]
- 2864 - Capellan Confederation [21][22][19]
- 3025 - Federated Suns [23][24][25][26][27]
- 3030 - Federated Suns [28][29][30]
- 3040 - Federated Commonwealth [31][32][33]
- 3050 - Federated Commonwealth [34]
- 3052 - Federated Commonwealth [35][36]
- 3057 - Federated Commonwealth [37]
- 3058 - Federated Commonwealth [38][39]
- 3063 - Federated Commonwealth [40]
- 3067 - Federated Suns [41][42][43][44]
- 3069 - Word of Blake Protectorate (from October)[7]
- 3075 - Word of Blake Protectorate [45]
- 3079 - Word of Blake Protectorate [46]
- 3081 - Republic of the Sphere [47]
- 3085 - Republic of the Sphere [48]
- 3130 - Republic of the Sphere [1][49]
- 3135 - Independent world [50]
- 3145 - Capellan Confederation [2][3]
Planetary Rulers
3130
Military Deployment
3069-3071
Geography
Basalt has five continents named Amethyst, Garnet, Opal, Topaz, and Quartz, and three moons named Granite, Marble and Slate. Basalt is a high-gravity world with a dense atmosphere and wild weather patterns, but is rich in mineral resources.[1]
Planetary Locations
- Manville: planetary capital city.[1]
Local Fauna
Nearby Systems
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130), p. 71, "Basalt World Profile"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Field Manual: 3145, p. VI, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 159, "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Interstellar Operations, p. 10-13, "Charge of the Light"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p. 94
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 47, "The Jihad In Review"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 18, "Federated Suns Map at their founding - [2317] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 18, "Draconis Combine Founding" - [2319] Map
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 17, "Capellan Confederation Founding - [2366] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 31, "Draconis Combine after Age of War - [2571] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 25, "Capellan Confederation after Age of War - [2571] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 48, "Federated Suns after Age of War - [2571] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
- ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 138, "Operation LIBERATION Wave 1 [July 2772 - December 2774]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 31, "Capellan Confederation after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Handbook: House Kurita, p. 43, "Draconis Combine after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, p. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - 2822"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 39, "Capellan Confederation after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 60, "Federated Suns After Second Succession War [2864]"
- ↑ House Davion (The Federated Suns), "Federated Suns - [3025] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 70, "Federated Suns after Third Succesion War - [3025] Map"
- ↑ House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), "Capellan Confederation - 3025 Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 40, "Capellan Confederation after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 64, "Draconis Combine after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 71, "Federated Suns after Fourth Succesion War - [3030] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 66, "Draconis Combine after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 49, "Capellan Confederation after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 76, "Federated Suns after War of 3039 Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 68, "Draconis Combine after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23, "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 71, "Draconis Combine after Operation REVIVAL - [3052] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11, Inner Sphere - [3057] Map
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 78, "Federated Suns after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 60, "Capellan Confederation after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29, Inner Sphere - [3063] Map
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 82, "Federated Suns After FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 68, "Capellan Confederation after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 74, "Draconis Combine after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 42, "Inner Sphere - [October 3067] Map"
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65, Inner Sphere - [3075] Map
- ↑ Field Report: Clans, p. 29, "Terran Corridor Clans Deployment Map [August 3079]"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63, "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 127, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"
- ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 110, "Word of Blake Mercenary Deployments"
Bibliography
- Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)
- Era Report: 2750
- Era Report: 3052
- Era Report: 3062
- Era Report: 3145
- Field Manual: 3085
- Field Manual: 3145
- Field Manual: SLDF
- Field Report: Clans
- Handbook: House Davion
- Handbook: House Kurita
- Handbook: House Liao
- Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1
- Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2
- Historical: Reunification War
- Historical: War of 3039
- House Davion (The Federated Suns)
- House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)
- Interstellar Operations
- Jihad: Final Reckoning
- Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents
- Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
- NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1