Al Jafr

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Al Jafr
System Information
X:Y Coordinates-412.83 : 12.11[e]

System Description

The Al Jafr system was home to at least one habitable world, and as at 3145 was located in the Timbuktu Theater of the Lyran Commonwealth.[1][2]

System History

The Al Jafr system was settled during the Star League era.[3][4]

Political Affiliation

Planetary History

Star League Era

After the "Birthday Proclamations" of 2755, Al Jafr became the host to a Star League Defense Force garrison.[38]

Al Jafr was one of the worlds to rise up in rebellion during Operation CATALOG, a wide-ranging operation conducted by the Lyran Commonwealth government to detect and disrupt interstellar criminal gangs operating in the Commonwealth. The government of Al Jafr at the time had been thoroughly compromised by just such a criminal syndicate and was effectively a puppet organization; when the Nineteenth Arcturan Guards deployed to the planet to put down the rebellion, the criminals were able to put up a stiff defense using a not insubstantial number of BattleMechs that the Guards didn't expect to find on the planet. Thanks to those 'Mechs - believed by the Commonwealth government to have been sourced from illegal concerns in the Rim Worlds Republic - and the criminals bribing or misleading two companies-worth of personnel from the Guards to turn against their comrades, the Nineteenth suffered badly. Margrave Lionel Khan deployed his personal troops, the Khan Dragoons, to Al Jafr, ostensibly to reinforce the Nineteenth while they waited for replacement personnel and equipment, but the presence of the Dragoons was resented by the Nineteenth, who believed that the Dragoons were there to report on the Nineteenth. The Nineteenth's suspicions may have been correct, given the reports of the Nineteenth resorting to savage tactics during their campaign to put down the rebellion, including such tactics as putting entire villages to the torch in an attempt to smoke out rebel forces.[39]

Military Deployment

2764

2765

2786

  • Nineteenth Arcturan Guards[42]

2821

  • Nineteenth Arcturan Guards[42]

Nearby Systems

Systems within 60 light-years (distance in light years)
Closest systems first:
Revivim 11.4 Sarikavak 13.5 Ilzra 17.9 Cruz Alta 25.6
Teyvareb 26.1 Buena 26.6 Huesta 29.2 Shahr Kord 29.9
Nightwish 35.0 Cardff 39.4 Valloire 40.0 Stantsiya 40.5
Ayacucho 41.9 Althastan 43.0 Binyang 43.4 Son Hoa 49.3
Calvados 49.9 Aberystwyth 49.9 Madiun 50.4 Inchicore 50.7
Rajkot 50.8 Milvano 50.9 Erdvynn 52.7 Myrrdin 56.2
Urjala 57.6 New India 57.6

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"
  2. 2.0 2.1 Field Manual: 3145, p. VI, "Inner Sphere - 3145"
  3. 3.0 3.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 159, "Inner Sphere Map [2596]"
  4. 4.0 4.1 Era Report: 2750, p. 36, "Inner Sphere - 2750"
  5. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 13, "Lyran Commonwealth Founding [2341]"
  6. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War [2571]"
  7. Handbook: House Marik, p. 24, "Free Worlds League after Age of War [2571] Map"
  8. Field Manual: SLDF, Inner Sphere - [2764]
  9. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 10, "Inner Sphere - 2765"
  10. First Succession War (Source Book), pp. 24-25, "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"
  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. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, p. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - 2822"
  14. First Succession War (Source Book), pp. 112-113, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  15. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War [2864]"
  16. Handbook: House Marik, p. 38, "Free Worlds League after Second Succesion War [2864] Map"
  17. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War [3025] Map"
  18. Handbook: House Marik, p. 42, "Free Worlds League after Third Succesion War [3025] Map"
  19. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War [3030] Map"
  20. Handbook: House Marik, p. 51, "Free Worlds League after Fourth Succesion War [3030] Map"
  21. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 59, "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 [3040] Map"
  22. Historical: War of 3039, p. 132, "Inner Sphere - 3040"
  23. Era Report: 3052, p. 10, "Inner Sphere - 3050"
  24. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 61, "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion [3052] Map"
  25. Era Report: 3052, p. 22, "Inner Sphere - 3052"
  26. Era Report: 3062, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map [3057]"
  27. Handbook: House Marik, p. 54, "Free Worlds League after Operation Guerrero [3058] Map"
  28. Era Report: 3062, p. 29, "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"
  29. Handbook: House Steiner, p. 69, "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War [3067] Map"
  30. Handbook: House Marik, p. 54, "Free Worlds League after FedCom Civil War [3067] Map"
  31. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 43, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3067]"
  32. Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 63, "Inner Sphere - 3075"
  33. Field Report: LAAF, p. 19, "Lyran Commonwealth Deployment Map [3079]"
  34. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63, "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"
  35. Field Manual: 3085, p. 126, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"
  36. Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  37. Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"
  38. Field Manual: SLDF, pg 236, "Independent Regiments"
  39. 39.0 39.1 Field Report: Lyran Commonwealth 2765, p. 8-9, "Arcturan Guards"
  40. Field Manual: SLDF, pg 236, "Independent Regiments"
  41. Field Report: Lyran Commonwealth 2765, p. 9, "Regimental Status"
  42. 42.0 42.1 First Succession War (Source Book), p. 139, "First Succession War Deployment Table - LCAF"

Bibliography