Götterdämmerung (system)
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- This article is about the system. For the operation, see Operation Gotterdammerung.
(References to Gotterdammerung)
Gotterdammerung | |
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System Information | |
X:Y Coordinates | -179.46:468.93[e] |
Spectral class | M2V[1] |
Recharge station(s) | None[1] |
Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to Terra at (0, 0)
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Contents
Garrisoning Military Force
2581
- 5th Amaris Legionnaires (Republican rebels)[2]
Owner History
- ca. 2334-2338 - Rim Worlds Republic [3]
- 2571 - Rim Worlds Republic [4][5]
- 2596 - Rim Worlds Republic[6]
- 2750 - Rim Worlds Republic [7]
- 2765 - Rim Worlds Republic [8]
- 2822 - Periphery [9]
- 2864 - Periphery [10]
- 3025 - Morgraine's Valkyrate [11][12]
- 3030 - Greater Valkyrate [13]
- 3040 - Greater Valkyrate [14]
- 3052 - Clan Jade Falcon
- 3057 - Clan Jade Falcon
- 3062 - Clan Jade Falcon
- 3071 - Clan Ice Hellion (from October)[15][16]
- 3072 - Clan Hell's Horses[16]
- 3130 - The Barrens [17]
Planetary Info
Gotterdammerung is a cold world covered in ice and snow. There is only a thin band of habitable area around the world's equator, but even here only the tough reindeer-like animals can really survive an thrive. In 3025 the world only had around 1000 inhabitants, most of them herding the reindeer or supporting pirate operations.[1]
Planetary History
Early History
Gotterdammerung was one of seven worlds settled by colonists from the Rim Worlds Republic between 2334 and 2338 as an attempt by Maxwell Rowe to create a buffer zone between the Republic, the Draconis Combine and the Tamar Pact.[3]
Amaris Civil War
Unbeknownst to the inhabitants, Götterdämmerung was an unwitting accomplice to both the Periphery Uprising and Operation APOTHESIS, Stefan Amaris' coup to assume control of the Terran Hegemony. Amaris deliberately aided and fuelled the Periphery Uprising to draw the forces of the Star League Defense Force into the Periphery and away from the Hegemony, but he also needed to show that his own realm, the Rim Worlds Republic, was being beset with terrorist attacks and uprisings just like the Magistracy of Canopus, Outworlds Alliance and Taurian Concordat, but in a fashion that indicated that Rim Worlds forces loyal to Terra and the First Lord were capable of handling. Doing so would highlight that the Rim Worlds Republic was at threat, that the Rim Worlds forces were loyal to the Star League and prevent the SLDF from either being too inquisitive or sending forces back into the Republic. To meet these various aims a Republican propoganda team headed up by Samir Njari created an elaborate deception: the Battle for Götterdämmerung.[18]
Njari and his team created the Battle for Götterdämmerung from the ground up, faking video footage, documentation and images presenting the illusion that a force of twenty assorted infantry, armour and BattleMech regiments from the Rim Worlds Army had defeated a hostile BattleMech division in a massive battle on Götterdämmerung. The Republicans then leaked this information to the rest of the Inner Sphere in the spring of 2765, creating the desired impression and giving First Lord Richard Cameron II and his supporters proof of the prowess and loyalty of the Rim Worlds.[18]
The extent of the deception perpetrated by Njari only began to come to light in 2769, when the SLDF arrived to conquer Götterdämmerung; reporters from the Lyran Commonwealth embedded within the SLDF forces to report on the war between the SLDF and the Republic took the opportunity to ask the local population of Götterdämmerung how the more recent battles compared to the Battle of Götterdämmerung, only to learn that the natives had no knowledge of any such battle having been fought on their world. The full truth of the deception would finally be revealed when elements of the RRA uncovered archives on Apollo after the SLDF occupation that highlighted the work of Njari and his team.[18]
Clan Invasion & Jihad
Clan Jade Falcon conquered Gotterdammerung during the opening stages of Operation Revival, the Clan invasion of the Inner Sphere. Gotterdammerung was then invaded for a second time in October 3071, when forces from Clan Ice Hellion captured the world from the Falcons.[15][16] The Ice Hellions were only able to hold Gotterdammerung for a few weeks, however; forces from Clan Hell's Horses assaulted Gotterdammerung in December, part of a series of strikes that shattered the Ice Hellion invasion force.[16]
Nearby Planets
Planets within 2 jumps (60 light-years) Closest planets first: | |||||||||
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Planet | Distance (LY) | Jumps | 2750 | 3025 | 3030 | 3040 | 3052 | 3057 | 3062 |
Zanderij | 7.08 | 1 | LC | LC | LC | FC | FC | AR | AR |
Atocongo | 15.56 | 1 | LC | LC | LC | FC | FC | AR | AR |
Santana | 20.09 | 1 | LC | LC | LC | FC | FC | LA | LA |
Timkovichi | 23.22 | 1 | LC | LC | LC | FC | FC | LA | LA |
Esteros | 23.32 | 1 | LC | LC | LC | FC | FC | AR | AR |
Yeguas | 29.78 | 1 | LC | LC | LC | FC | FC | AR | AR |
Great X | 30.23 | 2 | LC | LC | LC | FC | FC | AR | AR |
Arc-Royal | 33.15 | 2 | LC | LC | LC | FC | FC | AR | AR |
Wroclaw | 37.24 | 2 | LC | LC | LC | FC | FC | LA | LA |
Sargasso | 39.60 | 2 | LC | LC | LC | FC | FC | LA | LA |
Bountiful Harvest | 42.07 | 2 | LC | LC | LC | FC | FC | AR | AR |
New Exford | 44.72 | 2 | LC | LC | LC | FC | FC | AR | AR |
Dukambia | 45.23 | 2 | LC | LC | LC | FC | FC | LA | LA |
Morges | 45.49 | 2 | LC | LC | LC | FC | FC | AR | AR |
Deia | 45.73 | 2 | LC | LC | LC | FC | FC | AR | AR |
Hamilton | 46.47 | 2 | LC | LC | LC | FC | FC | LA | LA |
Biuque | 46.62 | 2 | LC | LC | LC | FC | FC | LA | LA |
Blumenort | 48.84 | 2 | LC | LC | LC | FC | FC | LA | LA |
Incukalns | 51.09 | 2 | LC | LC | LC | FC | FC | LA | LA |
Krievci | 56.57 | 2 | LC | LC | LC | FC | FC | LA | LA |
A Place | 57.05 | 2 | LC | LC | LC | FC | FC | AR | AR |
Mississauga | 59.07 | 2 | LC | LC | LC | FC | FC | LA | LA |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Periphery (sourcebook), p. 147, "Gotterdammerung"
- ↑ Historical: Reunifcation War, p. 128, "Reunification War: Rim Worlds Republic Front Deployments (2581)"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Periphery, 1st Edition, p. 18, "From Rim to Tamar"
- ↑ Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 18, "Rim Worlds Republic after Age of War [2571]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War [2571]"
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 158, "Inner Sphere Map [2596]"
- ↑ Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 25, "Rim Worlds Republic At the Fall of the Star League [2750]"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 2765"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36, "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War [2822]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War [2822]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War [3025]"
- ↑ The Periphery (sourcebook), p. 157, "Map of the Periphery"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War [3030]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 59, "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 39 [3040]"
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, p. 17, "Timeline of the Jihad"
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 50, "The Jihad In Review"
- ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 98, "The Rim Worlds Uprising"