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| − | | image = | + | | image = Alarion_3151.svg |
| − | | caption = Alarion | + | | caption = Alarion [[#Nearby_Systems|nearby systems]] |
| name = Alarion | | name = Alarion | ||
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| − | | class = G0V<ref name=HSp164>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 164 | + | | class = G0V<ref name=HSp164>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 164: "Alarion" planet profile</ref><ref name=HBSp73>''Handbook: House Steiner'', pp. 73–74: "Alarion"</ref> |
| recharge = 181 hours<ref name=HBSp73/> | | recharge = 181 hours<ref name=HBSp73/> | ||
| recharge stations = Zenith<ref name=HSp164/><ref name=HBSp73/> | | recharge stations = Zenith<ref name=HSp164/><ref name=HBSp73/> | ||
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| + | The '''Alarion''' system was home to at least one habitable planet, '''Alarion III''', as well as orbital industrial facilities operated by a number of manufacturers including [[Bowie Industries]], [[Ioto Galactic Enterprises]], [[Nashan Diversified]] and [[Port Sydney Naval Shipyards]]. As of [[3067]] Alarion was located in the [[Alarion Province]] of the [[Lyran Alliance]]. | ||
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| + | ==System Description== | ||
| + | The Alarion system had at least one recharge station in service by 3067; that station was located at the zenith [[jump point]].<ref name=HSp164/><ref name=HBSp73/> | ||
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| + | ==System History== | ||
| + | The Alarion system was settled during the [[Age of War]] or earlier.<ref name="HS(TLC)p21">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 21: "Lyran Military Superiority"</ref> | ||
| − | '' | + | ==Political Affiliation== |
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| + | * [[2341]] - No record<ref name="HB:HSp13">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 13</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2462]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]]<ref name="HS(TLC)p21"/> | ||
| + | * [[2571]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2596]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 158</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2750]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:MPSp25">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 25</ref><ref name="ER:2750p36">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 36</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2764]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. xi: Inner Sphere - [2764]</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2765]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="H:LoTV1p10>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 10</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2786]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War'', pp. 24–25</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2822]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp36">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36</ref><ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122–123</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p112-113">''First Succession War'', pp. 112–113</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2864]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3025]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3030]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3040]] - [[Federated Commonwealth]]<ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59</ref><ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 132</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3050]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER3052p10">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 10</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3052]] - Federated Commonwealth<ref name="ER3052p22">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 22</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3057]] - Lyran Alliance<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3063]] - Lyran Alliance<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3067]] - Lyran Alliance<ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 70</ref><ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 43</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3075]] - Lyran Alliance (dead or dying world)<ref name="JS:TBDp64">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3079]] - No record<ref>''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 19: "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table [3079]"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3081]] - Lyran Alliance (dead or dying world)<ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3085]] - No record<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 126</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3135]] - No record<ref name=ER:3145p11>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3145]] - No record<ref name=ER:3145p39>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - 3145"</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Alarion III== | ||
| + | {{InfoBoxPlanet | ||
| image = Alarion Flag.jpg | | image = Alarion Flag.jpg | ||
| − | | | + | | name = Alarion III |
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| − | + | | position = Third<ref name=HBSp73/> | |
| − | | position = | ||
| distance = 7.47<ref name=HBSp73/> | | distance = 7.47<ref name=HBSp73/> | ||
| moons = 1 (Tiber)<ref name=HBSp73/> | | moons = 1 (Tiber)<ref name=HBSp73/> | ||
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| gravity = 0.98<ref name=HBSp73/> | | gravity = 0.98<ref name=HBSp73/> | ||
| pressure = Standard (Breathable)<ref name=HBSp73/> | | pressure = Standard (Breathable)<ref name=HBSp73/> | ||
| temperature = 45°C (Warm-Temperate)<ref name=HBSp73/> | | temperature = 45°C (Warm-Temperate)<ref name=HBSp73/> | ||
| water = 80%<ref name=HBSp73/> | | water = 80%<ref name=HBSp73/> | ||
| − | | life = Fish<ref name=HSp164/><ref name=HBSp73/> | + | | life = Fish,<ref name=HBSp73/> 10%<ref name=HSp164/> |
| − | | | + | | continents = 2 (New Brunswick, New Jordan)<ref name=HBSp73/> |
| − | | | + | | colonized = |
| − | | ruler = | + | | demonym = |
| + | | language = | ||
| + | | religion = | ||
| + | | population = 3,465,000,000 (3067)<ref name=HBSp73/> | ||
| + | | ruler = [[Duke of Alarion]] | ||
| + | | political = [[President of Alarion|President]] | ||
| + | | commander = | ||
| capital = Craiova<ref name=HSp164/> | | capital = Craiova<ref name=HSp164/> | ||
| − | | | + | | hpg = A (3025),<ref name=HSp164/><br>B (3067)<ref name=HBSp73/> |
| − | + | | hpgrep = [[Precentor]] [[Berle Spadoni]] (3025)<ref name=HSp164/> | |
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}} | }} | ||
| + | Alarion III was the third planet in the Alarion system, and was commonly referred to simply as Alarion. Alarion was the administrative capital of the Alarion Province within the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] and later the Lyran Alliance and was home to a number of industries including [[JumpShip]] and [[WarShip]] manufacturers. The surface of Alarion was also home to a manufacturing facility owned by [[Bowie Industries]] and the [[Alarion Naval Academy]]. | ||
| − | == | + | ===Planetary History=== |
| − | + | ====Early History==== | |
| − | + | Colonized at some point after the formation of the Lyran Commonwealth, the first attempts to settle on Alarion were nearly the last. The arrival of the first settlers inadvertently wiped out large sections of the local wildlife, while half the settlers died from the effects of a combination of native and terrestrial diseases. The Commonwealth was still a young nation at this point, but the Commonwealth government moved to salvage the colonization effort by imposing strict regulations on planetary development. The government measures were intended to encourage commercial and industrial growth in a sustainable fashion, while also strengthening the local ecology.<ref name=HBSp73/> | |
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| − | + | The combination of a strict quarantine and stringent settlement directives proved effective, and remained in place throughout the history of Alarion; despite the restrictions Alarion became a heavily industrialized world, a provincial capital and a major defense manufacturing asset, producing [[aerospace fighter]]s and [[BattleMech]]s along with various spacecraft.<ref name=HBSp73/> | |
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| − | + | The settlers who colonized Alarion were mostly either German, Romanian or English in origin or heritage and this influenced both the local architecture and the languages that became dominant on the planet over the centuries. Even as late as the [[thirty-first century]] the architecture was noticeably European in feel, while German and Romanian remained the most popular languages in use among the population. The population were largely opposed to conflict, but at the same time remained committed to maintaining a strong defense on the world.<ref name=HBSp73/> | |
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| − | + | ====Age of War==== | |
| + | Alarion was the site of one of the Lyran Commonwealth's earliest [[BattleMech]] factories in the years after Lyran commandos stole the technical and manufacturing information on these large engines of war from the [[Terran Hegemony]]. Unfortunately for the Commonwealth, in 2462—just three years after the Lyran armed forces first successfully deployed BattleMechs on the battlefield—a number of disaffected employees from the BattleMech factory on Alarion defected to the [[Free Worlds League]], taking the technical details needed for the League to begin its own manufacturing program with them. [[Archon of the Lyran Commonwealth|Archon]] [[Alistair Steiner]] was furious at the loss and had the security staff responsible for guarding these industrial and technological secrets tried for treason through inaction, imprisoning many for life and even executing several.<ref name="HS(TLC)p21"/> | ||
| − | + | ====Reunification War==== | |
| + | As the [[Star League Defense Force]] completed the first wave of attacks in [[Operation MAILED FIST]]—the name given to the [[Star League]] intervention into the civil war that had been raging across the [[Rim Worlds Republic]] since [[2575]]—reprisal attacks from Republican forces against worlds within the Lyran Commonwealth were anticipated. What wasn't anticipated was the [[Rim Worlds Army]] launching a successful deep raid against Alarion, a secure interior world within the Commonwealth and an important industrial world.<ref name="H:RWp132+">''Historical: Reunification War'', pp. 132–133: "Alarion (December 2581)"</ref> | ||
| − | The | + | The unit responsible for the raid was the [[Fourth Amaris Fusiliers]], a unit which supported the [[Rim Provisional Government]] and which was assigned as the garrison unit for the worlds of [[New India]] and [[Urjala]]. A [[battalion]] from the Fourth managed to evade the various border patrols established by the SLDF and the [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] and traveled to Alarion, which at the time was three jumps away from the border between the Republic and the Commonwealth.<ref name="H:RWp132+"/> |
| − | + | The raiding party from the Fourth grounded on Alarion on 9 December [[2581]], having been mistaken for an ore-carrying vessel from [[Carlisle]] that was expected to arrive at around the same time; the Fusiliers landed at the port facility attached the planetary capital of Craiova, achieving total surprise over the local forces when their [[BattleMech]]s emerged and began to wreak havoc. The Fusiliers managed to inflict substantial damage to the port before retreating back to their [[DropShip]] and fighting a running eight-day space battle with the local LCAF contingent all the way back to their waiting [[JumpShip]].<ref name="H:RWp132+"/> | |
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| − | The | + | The repercussions of the raid on Alarion went beyond the substantial disruption to the local economy caused by the raid itself; Archon [[Viola Steiner-Dinesen]] believed that the raid was evidence that the Rim Worlds Army was far more capable and aggressive than the planning assumptions made by the SLDF had indicated, and that the scope of Operation MAILED FIST should be broadened to include the entire of the Rim Worlds Republic rather than those worlds in close proximity to the [[Dark Nebula]]. This put the Archon at odds with [[General]] [[Nathan Isaacson]], the SLDF officer commanding [[Task Force MAILED FIST]], causing a rift that would last for the duration of the campaign, but the threat of the Archon removing the logistical and economic support provided by the Commonwealth was enough to convince the SLDF to broaden the scope of Operation MAILED FIST.<ref name="H:RWp132+"/> |
| − | == | + | ====FedCom Civil war==== |
| − | === | + | By the end of the [[FedCom Civil War]], the population of Alarion had settled almost all of the islands on the planet as well as the vast majority of the two major continents, with five million people living in the planetary capital city, Craiova, alone. Craiova was also home to the second largest spaceport on the city; the largest spaceport was actually located within the Bowie Industries factory complex. Alarion was ringed with satellite facilities that supported the Port Sydney Naval Shipyards, which at the time were the only shipyards in the Lyran Alliance capable of both maintaining and manufacturing WarShips, and the Alliance had founded the Alarion Naval Academy on the planet accordingly.<ref name=HBSp73/> |
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| − | + | Despite the damage inflicted on worlds in the Alarion Province by the deep raids conducted by the [[Free Worlds League Military]] during the late [[thirtieth century]] the population of Alarion itself held no particular grudge against the Free Worlds League, placing blame instead at the feet of Archon [[Alessandro Steiner]]. As a consequence many companies on Alarion were still willing to trade with the League.<ref name=HBSp73/> | |
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| − | ===3061=== | + | Despite the apparent equanimity of the population regarding the League, tensions were high on the planet because of [[Duke of Alarion|Duke]] [[Anatoly Serfass]]' actions during the FedCom Civil War, with pressure mounting among the public for him to step down because of his support for Archon [[Katherine Steiner]] and his jailing of a number of prominent antiwar protestors.<ref name=HBSp73/> |
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| + | ====The Jihad==== | ||
| + | The [[Word of Blake]] struck at Alarion on 12 April [[3069]], the same day they attacked the [[Federated Suns]] world of [[Galax]], evidently targeting systems capable of manufacturing [[WarShip]]s. The Blakist forces didn't only use WarShips to demolish the shipyards in the Alarion system and seize every vessel capable of jumping for their own purposes; they also poisoned Alarion's ecosphere with an intensely powerful [[Alarion Hanta Virus|bioweapon]]. The only vessel to avoid capture or destruction was the ''[[Mjolnir (WarShip class)|Mjolnir]]''-class WarShip [[Fylgia|LAS ''Fylgia'']], which managed to escape from the Alarion system.<ref name="J:FRp46">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 46: "The Jihad In Review"</ref> | ||
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| + | The news agency [[Donegal Broadcasting Company]] sent a vessel packed with advanced sensor equipment to the Alarion system in early April [[3078]] to investigate Alarion from orbit, to see if they could identify any signs of life; the ship spent five days in orbit, looking for hope that someone had survived the combination of nuclear and biological weapons the Word of Blake had rained down the planet. The sensors confirmed that the satellites in orbit were still transmitting, but that no signals were being broadcast for them to carry; equally, while two broadcasting stations were found to be active in the northern hemisphere of Alarion, investigation confirmed that the two stations were running on emergency power and were simply bouncing static back and forth to each other.<ref name="JHS:Tp66">''Jihad Hot Spots: Terra'', p. 66: "Alarion: World In Recovery?"</ref> | ||
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| + | ===Military Deployment=== | ||
| + | {{columns-start|num=3}} | ||
| + | ====2786==== | ||
| + | * [[Seventh Donegal Guards]]<ref name="FSWp139">''First Succession War'', p. 139: "First Succession War Deployment Table - LCAF"</ref> | ||
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| + | ====2821==== | ||
| + | * [[Forty-fifth Lyran Guards]]<ref name="FSWp139"/> | ||
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| + | ====3025==== | ||
| + | * [[Nineteenth Lyran Guards]]<ref name=HS118>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 118: "Unit Deployment Table"</ref><ref name="NAIS4SWp44">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 44: "Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[Always Faithful]]<ref name=HS118/><ref name="NAIS4SWp45">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1'', p. 45: "Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG"</ref> | ||
| + | {{column}} | ||
| + | ====3050==== | ||
| + | * [[Seventy-sixth Division (ComStar)|Seventy-sixth Division]]<ref name=20YU71>''20 Year Update'', p. 71: "Com Guards Deployment Table"</ref> | ||
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| + | ====3061==== | ||
| + | * [[First Alarion Jaegers]]<ref name=SS51>''Shattered Sphere'', p. 51: "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table"</ref> | ||
* [[Alarion Alarion Province Militia]]<ref name=SS51/> | * [[Alarion Alarion Province Militia]]<ref name=SS51/> | ||
| − | ===3067=== | + | ====3067==== |
| − | * First Alarion Jaegers<ref name=FMU179>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 179 | + | * First Alarion Jaegers<ref name=FMU179>''Field Manual: Updates'', p. 179: "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table"</ref> |
* Alarion APM<ref name=FMU179/> | * Alarion APM<ref name=FMU179/> | ||
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| − | == | + | ===Geography=== |
| − | * [[Bowie Industries]] | + | Alarion has two continents, which the colonists named New Brunswick and New Jordan, as well as numerous tropical islands.<ref name=HBSp73/> |
| − | * [[Ioto Galactic Enterprises]] | + | |
| + | ===Planetary Locations=== | ||
| + | * [[Alarion Naval Academy]]<ref name=HBSp73/> | ||
| + | * Craiova: the planetary capital city, located on New Brunswick<ref name=HBSp73/> | ||
| + | * Port Sydney<ref name=H:HSp142-143>''Handbook: House Steiner'', pp. 142–143: "Bowie Industries (BowInd) - Ioto Galactic Enterprises (IotoGal)"</ref> | ||
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| + | ===Industrial Centers=== | ||
| + | * [[Bowie Industries]]<ref name=HBSp73/><ref name=H:HSp142-143/> | ||
| + | * [[Ioto Galactic Enterprises]]<ref name=H:HSp142-143/> | ||
* [[Nashan Diversified]] | * [[Nashan Diversified]] | ||
| − | * [[Port Sydney Naval Shipyards]] | + | * [[Port Sydney Naval Shipyards]]<ref name=HBSp73/> |
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| + | ===Local Flora and Fauna=== | ||
| + | * [[Jessica Trees]]<ref name=HSLCp42>''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. 42</ref> | ||
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| + | ===Image gallery=== | ||
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| + | ==Map Gallery== | ||
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==Nearby Systems== | ==Nearby Systems== | ||
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| − | ! colspan=" | + | {|class="wikitable nearby-systems" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 1px solid black;" |
| + | ! colspan="8" | Closest 32 systems (31 within 60 light-years)<br>Distance in light years, closest systems first: | ||
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| + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Vendrell]] | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | 13.3 | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Noisiel]] | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | 14.8 | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Nuneaton]] | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | 16.1 | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Quilino]] | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | 16.4 | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Kvistgard]] | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | 18.4 | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Abejorral]] | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | 23.2 | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Tiruppur]] | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | 27.8 | ||
| + | | class="over30" | [[Stardawn]] | ||
| + | | class="over30" | 30.3 | ||
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| + | | class="over30" | [[Ciampino]] | ||
| + | | class="over30" | 30.7 | ||
| + | | class="over30" | [[Albion (LC)|Albion]] | ||
| + | | class="over30" | 35.6 | ||
| + | | class="over30" | [[Vihtijarvi]] | ||
| + | | class="over30" | 35.6 | ||
| + | | class="over30" | [[Logres]] | ||
| + | | class="over30" | 37.1 | ||
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| + | | class="over30" | [[Stellaris]] | ||
| + | | class="over30" | 38.2 | ||
| + | | class="over30" | [[Reese Station]] | ||
| + | | class="over30" | 42.1 | ||
| + | | class="over30" | [[Nuelson Minor]] | ||
| + | | class="over30" | 42.3 | ||
| + | | class="over30" | [[Zaprudy]] | ||
| + | | class="over30" | 45.8 | ||
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| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[York (LC)|York]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 46.8 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Rijeka]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 47.3 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Calafell]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 47.6 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Vermezzo]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 48.2 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Carlisle]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 51.9 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Novara]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 52.0 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Burnt Rock]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 53.7 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Batajnica]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 54.1 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Tapihue]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 54.4 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Jatznik]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 55.7 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Duran]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 56.9 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Richvale]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 57.1 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Kostinbrod]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 58.4 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Lancaster]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 58.7 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Triesting]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 59.4 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over60" | [[Enzesfled]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over60" | 61.6 |
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
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* ''[[20 Year Update]]'' | * ''[[20 Year Update]]'' | ||
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]'' | * ''[[Era Report: 2750]]'' | ||
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]'' | * ''[[Era Report: 3052]]'' | ||
* ''[[Era Report: 3062]]'' | * ''[[Era Report: 3062]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Era Report: 3145]]'' | ||
* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]'' | * ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]'' | ||
* ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' | * ''[[Field Manual: Updates]]'' | ||
* ''[[Field Report: LAAF]]'' | * ''[[Field Report: LAAF]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]'' | ||
* ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]'' | * ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]'' | ||
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]'' | * ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]'' | ||
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]'' | * ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]'' | ||
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]'' | * ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]'' | ||
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| Alarion | |
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| System Information | |
| X:Y Coordinates | -319.706 : 138.602[e] |
| Spectral class | G0V[1][2] |
| Recharge time | 181 hours[2] |
| Recharge station(s) | Zenith[1][2] |
The Alarion system was home to at least one habitable planet, Alarion III, as well as orbital industrial facilities operated by a number of manufacturers including Bowie Industries, Ioto Galactic Enterprises, Nashan Diversified and Port Sydney Naval Shipyards. As of 3067 Alarion was located in the Alarion Province of the Lyran Alliance.
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System Description
The Alarion system had at least one recharge station in service by 3067; that station was located at the zenith jump point.[1][2]
System History
The Alarion system was settled during the Age of War or earlier.[3]
Political Affiliation
- 2341 - No record[4]
- 2462 - Lyran Commonwealth[3]
- 2571 - Lyran Commonwealth[5]
- 2596 - Lyran Commonwealth[6]
- 2750 - Lyran Commonwealth[7][8]
- 2764 - Lyran Commonwealth[9]
- 2765 - Lyran Commonwealth[10]
- 2786 - Lyran Commonwealth[11]
- 2822 - Lyran Commonwealth[12][13][14]
- 2864 - Lyran Commonwealth[15]
- 3025 - Lyran Commonwealth[16]
- 3030 - Lyran Commonwealth[17]
- 3040 - Federated Commonwealth[18][19]
- 3050 - Federated Commonwealth[20]
- 3052 - Federated Commonwealth[21]
- 3057 - Lyran Alliance[22]
- 3063 - Lyran Alliance[23]
- 3067 - Lyran Alliance[24][25]
- 3075 - Lyran Alliance (dead or dying world)[26]
- 3079 - No record[27]
- 3081 - Lyran Alliance (dead or dying world)[28]
- 3085 - No record[29]
- 3135 - No record[30]
- 3145 - No record[31][32]
Alarion III
| Alarion III | |
|---|---|
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| Astrophysical | |
| System position | Third[2] |
| Jump Point distance | 7.47[2] |
| Moons | 1 (Tiber)[2] |
| Geophysical | |
| Surface gravity | 0.98[2] |
| Atmospheric pressure | Standard (Breathable)[2] |
| Equatorial temperature | 45°C (Warm-Temperate)[2] |
| Surface water | 80%[2] |
| Highest native life | Fish,[2] 10%[1] |
| Landmasses | 2 (New Brunswick, New Jordan)[2] |
| History and Culture | |
| Population | 3,465,000,000 (3067)[2] |
| Government and Infrastructure | |
| Noble Ruler | Duke of Alarion |
| Political Leader | President |
| Capital | Craiova[1] |
| HPG Class | A (3025),[1] B (3067)[2] |
| HPG Representative | Precentor Berle Spadoni (3025)[1] |
Alarion III was the third planet in the Alarion system, and was commonly referred to simply as Alarion. Alarion was the administrative capital of the Alarion Province within the Lyran Commonwealth and later the Lyran Alliance and was home to a number of industries including JumpShip and WarShip manufacturers. The surface of Alarion was also home to a manufacturing facility owned by Bowie Industries and the Alarion Naval Academy.
Planetary History
Early History
Colonized at some point after the formation of the Lyran Commonwealth, the first attempts to settle on Alarion were nearly the last. The arrival of the first settlers inadvertently wiped out large sections of the local wildlife, while half the settlers died from the effects of a combination of native and terrestrial diseases. The Commonwealth was still a young nation at this point, but the Commonwealth government moved to salvage the colonization effort by imposing strict regulations on planetary development. The government measures were intended to encourage commercial and industrial growth in a sustainable fashion, while also strengthening the local ecology.[2]
The combination of a strict quarantine and stringent settlement directives proved effective, and remained in place throughout the history of Alarion; despite the restrictions Alarion became a heavily industrialized world, a provincial capital and a major defense manufacturing asset, producing aerospace fighters and BattleMechs along with various spacecraft.[2]
The settlers who colonized Alarion were mostly either German, Romanian or English in origin or heritage and this influenced both the local architecture and the languages that became dominant on the planet over the centuries. Even as late as the thirty-first century the architecture was noticeably European in feel, while German and Romanian remained the most popular languages in use among the population. The population were largely opposed to conflict, but at the same time remained committed to maintaining a strong defense on the world.[2]
Age of War
Alarion was the site of one of the Lyran Commonwealth's earliest BattleMech factories in the years after Lyran commandos stole the technical and manufacturing information on these large engines of war from the Terran Hegemony. Unfortunately for the Commonwealth, in 2462—just three years after the Lyran armed forces first successfully deployed BattleMechs on the battlefield—a number of disaffected employees from the BattleMech factory on Alarion defected to the Free Worlds League, taking the technical details needed for the League to begin its own manufacturing program with them. Archon Alistair Steiner was furious at the loss and had the security staff responsible for guarding these industrial and technological secrets tried for treason through inaction, imprisoning many for life and even executing several.[3]
Reunification War
As the Star League Defense Force completed the first wave of attacks in Operation MAILED FIST—the name given to the Star League intervention into the civil war that had been raging across the Rim Worlds Republic since 2575—reprisal attacks from Republican forces against worlds within the Lyran Commonwealth were anticipated. What wasn't anticipated was the Rim Worlds Army launching a successful deep raid against Alarion, a secure interior world within the Commonwealth and an important industrial world.[33]
The unit responsible for the raid was the Fourth Amaris Fusiliers, a unit which supported the Rim Provisional Government and which was assigned as the garrison unit for the worlds of New India and Urjala. A battalion from the Fourth managed to evade the various border patrols established by the SLDF and the Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces and traveled to Alarion, which at the time was three jumps away from the border between the Republic and the Commonwealth.[33]
The raiding party from the Fourth grounded on Alarion on 9 December 2581, having been mistaken for an ore-carrying vessel from Carlisle that was expected to arrive at around the same time; the Fusiliers landed at the port facility attached the planetary capital of Craiova, achieving total surprise over the local forces when their BattleMechs emerged and began to wreak havoc. The Fusiliers managed to inflict substantial damage to the port before retreating back to their DropShip and fighting a running eight-day space battle with the local LCAF contingent all the way back to their waiting JumpShip.[33]
The repercussions of the raid on Alarion went beyond the substantial disruption to the local economy caused by the raid itself; Archon Viola Steiner-Dinesen believed that the raid was evidence that the Rim Worlds Army was far more capable and aggressive than the planning assumptions made by the SLDF had indicated, and that the scope of Operation MAILED FIST should be broadened to include the entire of the Rim Worlds Republic rather than those worlds in close proximity to the Dark Nebula. This put the Archon at odds with General Nathan Isaacson, the SLDF officer commanding Task Force MAILED FIST, causing a rift that would last for the duration of the campaign, but the threat of the Archon removing the logistical and economic support provided by the Commonwealth was enough to convince the SLDF to broaden the scope of Operation MAILED FIST.[33]
FedCom Civil war
By the end of the FedCom Civil War, the population of Alarion had settled almost all of the islands on the planet as well as the vast majority of the two major continents, with five million people living in the planetary capital city, Craiova, alone. Craiova was also home to the second largest spaceport on the city; the largest spaceport was actually located within the Bowie Industries factory complex. Alarion was ringed with satellite facilities that supported the Port Sydney Naval Shipyards, which at the time were the only shipyards in the Lyran Alliance capable of both maintaining and manufacturing WarShips, and the Alliance had founded the Alarion Naval Academy on the planet accordingly.[2]
Despite the damage inflicted on worlds in the Alarion Province by the deep raids conducted by the Free Worlds League Military during the late thirtieth century the population of Alarion itself held no particular grudge against the Free Worlds League, placing blame instead at the feet of Archon Alessandro Steiner. As a consequence many companies on Alarion were still willing to trade with the League.[2]
Despite the apparent equanimity of the population regarding the League, tensions were high on the planet because of Duke Anatoly Serfass' actions during the FedCom Civil War, with pressure mounting among the public for him to step down because of his support for Archon Katherine Steiner and his jailing of a number of prominent antiwar protestors.[2]
The Jihad
The Word of Blake struck at Alarion on 12 April 3069, the same day they attacked the Federated Suns world of Galax, evidently targeting systems capable of manufacturing WarShips. The Blakist forces didn't only use WarShips to demolish the shipyards in the Alarion system and seize every vessel capable of jumping for their own purposes; they also poisoned Alarion's ecosphere with an intensely powerful bioweapon. The only vessel to avoid capture or destruction was the Mjolnir-class WarShip LAS Fylgia, which managed to escape from the Alarion system.[34]
The news agency Donegal Broadcasting Company sent a vessel packed with advanced sensor equipment to the Alarion system in early April 3078 to investigate Alarion from orbit, to see if they could identify any signs of life; the ship spent five days in orbit, looking for hope that someone had survived the combination of nuclear and biological weapons the Word of Blake had rained down the planet. The sensors confirmed that the satellites in orbit were still transmitting, but that no signals were being broadcast for them to carry; equally, while two broadcasting stations were found to be active in the northern hemisphere of Alarion, investigation confirmed that the two stations were running on emergency power and were simply bouncing static back and forth to each other.[35]
Military Deployment
2786
2821
3025
3050
3061
3067
Geography
Alarion has two continents, which the colonists named New Brunswick and New Jordan, as well as numerous tropical islands.[2]
Planetary Locations
- Alarion Naval Academy[2]
- Craiova: the planetary capital city, located on New Brunswick[2]
- Port Sydney[43]
Industrial Centers
- Bowie Industries[2][43]
- Ioto Galactic Enterprises[43]
- Nashan Diversified
- Port Sydney Naval Shipyards[2]
Local Flora and Fauna
Map Gallery
Nearby Systems
| Closest 32 systems (31 within 60 light-years) Distance in light years, closest systems first: | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vendrell | 13.3 | Noisiel | 14.8 | Nuneaton | 16.1 | Quilino | 16.4 |
| Kvistgard | 18.4 | Abejorral | 23.2 | Tiruppur | 27.8 | Stardawn | 30.3 |
| Ciampino | 30.7 | Albion | 35.6 | Vihtijarvi | 35.6 | Logres | 37.1 |
| Stellaris | 38.2 | Reese Station | 42.1 | Nuelson Minor | 42.3 | Zaprudy | 45.8 |
| York | 46.8 | Rijeka | 47.3 | Calafell | 47.6 | Vermezzo | 48.2 |
| Carlisle | 51.9 | Novara | 52.0 | Burnt Rock | 53.7 | Batajnica | 54.1 |
| Tapihue | 54.4 | Jatznik | 55.7 | Duran | 56.9 | Richvale | 57.1 |
| Kostinbrod | 58.4 | Lancaster | 58.7 | Triesting | 59.4 | Enzesfled | 61.6 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 164: "Alarion" planet profile
- ↑ 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 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 2.23 2.24 2.25 Handbook: House Steiner, pp. 73–74: "Alarion"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 21: "Lyran Military Superiority"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 13
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 158
- ↑ Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 25
- ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 36
- ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. xi: Inner Sphere - [2764]
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 10
- ↑ First Succession War, pp. 24–25
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122–123
- ↑ First Succession War, pp. 112–113
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 59
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 132
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 10
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 22
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 70
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 43
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64
- ↑ Field Report: LAAF, p. 19: "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table [3079]"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 126
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - 3145"
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 33.3 Historical: Reunification War, pp. 132–133: "Alarion (December 2581)"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 46: "The Jihad In Review"
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 66: "Alarion: World In Recovery?"
- ↑ 36.0 36.1 First Succession War, p. 139: "First Succession War Deployment Table - LCAF"
- ↑ 37.0 37.1 House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 118: "Unit Deployment Table"
- ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p. 44: "Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG"
- ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p. 45: "Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG"
- ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 71: "Com Guards Deployment Table"
- ↑ 41.0 41.1 Shattered Sphere, p. 51: "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table"
- ↑ 42.0 42.1 Field Manual: Updates, p. 179: "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table"
- ↑ 43.0 43.1 43.2 Handbook: House Steiner, pp. 142–143: "Bowie Industries (BowInd) - Ioto Galactic Enterprises (IotoGal)"
- ↑ House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 42
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