Alcor

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Alcor
← 3135
3151
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Alcor nearby systems
(Map Legend)
System Information
X:Y Coordinates-74.70:28.90[e]
Spectral classA5V[1]
Planet(s)3[1]

The Alcor system was the location of at least one habitable world, Alcor III, and as at 3145 was located in the Galatean League.[2][3]

System Description

The Alcor system has a variable primary star, making the presence of a habitable world with an atmosphere in the system unusual.[1]

System History

The Alcor system was settled during the First Exodus from Terra,[4] subsequently joining the Federation of Skye, and then the Lyran Commonwealth when the Commonwealth formed.[5]

Alcor III

Template:InfoBoxPlanetStandard Alcor III - more commonly known simply as Alcor - is the third planet in the Alcor system.

Planetary History

Many mining companies landed on Alcor to exploit the easily-accessible mineral resources stored in the planet's crust. Although these were productive enterprises, the little arable land on the world lacked specific trace elements that are required for human health. As a result, the Alcorans became reliant on trading ships that brought produce from other worlds. This constant need for trade made Alcor something of a trading hub despite its out-of-the-way location.[1]

Following the invasion of the Free Worlds League by the Skye and Bolan Provinces of the Lyran Alliance in what was termed Operation ÜBERSCHATTEN, Marshall Jeremy Brett took command of the local Free Worlds League Military and launched a counteroffensive, under the name Operation BROKEN FIST. BROKEN FIST went beyond simply attempting to recapture worlds that the Lyrans had seized, striking into Lyran space at numerous worlds. Alcor was one of the worlds hit and was attacked by the League forces on the 20th of September 3068. The League would keep control of Alcor until the 7th of January 3069, when Lyran Alliance forces recaptured the planet.[6]

Political Affiliation

Planetary Rulers

3130

  • Governor Yseult Genevieve[1]
  • Planetary Legate Ximenes Martinez[1]

Military Deployment

3038

Geography

The variable star at the heart of the Alcor system was responsible for Alcor III being a mountainous, geologically active world.[1]

Nearby Systems

Systems within 60 light-years (distance in light years)
Closest systems first:
Cor Caroli 25.9 Galatea 26.1 Syrma 27.0 Vindemiatrix 28.2
Mizar 28.4 Gacrux 29.9 Phecda 30.75 Alioth 30.8
Alchiba 31.1 Carsphairn 31.5 Summer 33.1 Milton 36.5
Alkaid 37.5 Wing 40.3 Kochab 40.06 Zebebelgenubi 41.1
Skye 40.12 Seginus 41.5 Menkent 42.4 Chertan 44.5
Wyatt 44.7 Haddings 45.6 Shiloh 47.3 Zaniah 49.05
Dubhe 49.1 Glengarry 50.2 Alhena 51.18 Laiaka 51.23
Nusakan 54.3 Caledonia 54.6 Alkalurops 55.1 Algorab 55.27
Afleir 55.315 Zollikofen 55.316 Dieudonne 55.317 Callison 56.1

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130), p. 170, "Alcor World Profile"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Field Manual: 3145, p. VI, "Inner Sphere - 3145"
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Handbook: House Marik, p. 16, "Free Worlds League Founding [2271]"
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 13, "Federation of Skye world within the Lyran Commonwealth before [2340] and after at their founding in [2341]"
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 46, "The Jihad In Review"
  7. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 24, "Free Worlds League after Age of War [2571] Map"
  8. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159, "Inner Sphere Map [2596]"
  9. ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37, "Inner Sphere - 2750"
  10. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 2765"
  11. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36, "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War [2822]"
  12. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 34, "Free Worlds League after First Succesion War [2822] Map"
  13. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War [2864]"
  14. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 38, "Free Worlds League after Second Succesion War [2864] Map"
  15. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War [3025] Map"
  16. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 42, "Free Worlds League after Third Succesion War [3025] Map"
  17. ↑ House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 132, "District and Prefecture Boundaries of Kurita Space"
  18. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War [3030] Map"
  19. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 51, "Free Worlds League after Fourth Succesion War [3030] Map"
  20. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 59, "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 [3040] Map"
  21. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133, "Inner Sphere - 3040"
  22. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 3050"
  23. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 61, "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion [3052] Map"
  24. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23, "Inner Sphere - 3052"
  25. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map [3057]"
  26. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 54, "Free Worlds League after Operation Guerrero [3058] Map"
  27. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29, "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"
  28. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 70, "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War [3067] Map"
  29. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 56, "Free Worlds League after FedCom Civil War [3067] Map"
  30. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64, "Inner Sphere - 3075"
  31. ↑ Field Report: LAAF, p. 19, "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table [3079]"
  32. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63, "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"
  33. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 127, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"
  34. ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  35. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"
  36. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 136, "Deployment Table"

Bibliography

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