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Line 37: * [[2771]] - [[Amaris Empire]]<ref name="H:LoTV1p138">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 138: "Operation LIBERATION Wave 1 [July 2772 - December 2774]"</ref> * [[2771]] - [[Amaris Empire]]<ref name="H:LoTV1p138">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 138: "Operation LIBERATION Wave 1 [July 2772 - December 2774]"</ref> * [[2774]] - Amaris Empire<ref name="H:LoTV1p138"/> * [[2774]] - Amaris Empire<ref name="H:LoTV1p138"/> − * [[2797]] - [[Draconis Combine]]<ref name=FSWp95>''First Succession War'', p. 95: "Federated Suns Counteroffensives 2801–2818"</ref> + * [[2822]] - [[Draconis Combine]]<ref name="HB:HKp43">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 43: "Draconis Combine after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36: "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 34: "Free Worlds League after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref> − * [[2822]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="HB:HKp43">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 43: "Draconis Combine after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36: "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 34: "Free Worlds League after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref> * [[2864]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="HB:HKp53">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 53: "Draconis Combine after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40: "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 38: "Free Worlds League after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref> * [[2864]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="HB:HKp53">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 53: "Draconis Combine after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40: "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 38: "Free Worlds League after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref> * [[3025]] - Draconis Combine<ref>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', foldout: "Draconis Combine - [3025] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp64">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 64: "Draconis Combine after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47: "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 42: "Free Worlds League after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 70: "Federated Suns after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref> * [[3025]] - Draconis Combine<ref>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', foldout: "Draconis Combine - [3025] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp64">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 64: "Draconis Combine after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47: "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 42: "Free Worlds League after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 70: "Federated Suns after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref> Line 80:
Line 79: | language = | language = | religion = | religion = − | population = 3,639,000,000 (3025),<ref name=HKp186/><br>396,475,000 (3130)<ref name=DARWp231/><ref name=DARoSp22>''Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere'', p. 22: "Prefecture IX"</ref> + | population = 3,639,000,000 (3025),<ref name=HKp186/><br>396,475,000 (3130)<ref name=DARoSp22>''Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere'', p. 22: "Prefecture IX"</ref><ref name=DARWp231/> | ruler = [[Duke of Altair]] | ruler = [[Duke of Altair]] | political = [[Planetary Governor of Altair|Planetary Governor]] | political = [[Planetary Governor of Altair|Planetary Governor]] − | commander = Legate [[Oscar Martinez]] (3130)<ref name=DARWp231/><ref name=DARoSp22/> + | commander = Legate [[Oscar Martinez]] (3130)<ref name=DARoSp22/><ref name=DARWp231/> − | capital = Hehiro City<ref name=DARWp231/> + | capital = | hpg = A<ref name=HKp186/> | hpg = A<ref name=HKp186/> | hpgrep = [[Precentor]] [[Elba Fuentes]] (3025)<ref name=HKp186/> | hpgrep = [[Precentor]] [[Elba Fuentes]] (3025)<ref name=HKp186/> Line 92:
Line 91: ===Planetary History=== ===Planetary History=== ====Early History==== ====Early History==== − Altair was one of the worlds abandoned by the Terran Alliance following the [[Outer Reaches Rebellion]] and the Demarcation Declaration of [[2240]].<ref name="HB:HMp16"/> When [[Director]] [[Shiro Kurita]] of the [[Alliance of Galedon]] conducted a year-long tour of worlds near the Alliance in [[2309]]–[[2310]], he included both independent worlds such as Altair and worlds controlling small states. Director Kurita brought with him evidence purporting to show that one or more of the small states nearby had designs on conquering Altair, and offered to mediate between Altair and its opponents. He also offered to protect Altair by allowing Altair to join the Alliance, thereby allying itself with a stronger power.<ref name="HKp23">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 23: "Political Maneuvers"</ref> + Altair was one of the worlds abandoned by the Terran Alliance following the [[Outer Reaches Rebellion]] and the Demarcation Declaration of [[2240]].<ref name="HB:HMp16"/> When [[Director]] [[Shiro Kurita]] of the [[Alliance of Galedon]] conducted a year-long tour of worlds near the Alliance in [[2309]]-[[2310]], he included both independent worlds such as Altair and worlds controlling small states. Director Kurita brought with him evidence purporting to show that one or more of the small states nearby had designs on conquering Altair, and offered to mediate between Altair and its opponents. He also offered to protect Altair by allowing Altair to join the Alliance, thereby allying itself with a stronger power.<ref name="HKp23">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 23: "Political Maneuvers"</ref> Altair accepted this proposal, not realizing that Director Kurita had invented the evidence and deliberately played a number of small states and worlds off against each other to dramatically expand the size of the Alliance.<ref name="HKp23"/> Altair was responsible for Director Kurita's subterfuge coming to light, when in June [[2311]] a dispute broke out between the ruler of Altair and the ruler of the small state centered on nearby [[Dieron]]. Both Altair and Dieron called on their great ally for assistance in the dispute... and discovered that they were both aligned with Director Shiro Kurita and the Alliance of Galedon. Each planetary ruler discovered that they had been promised the same things, and word soon spread to the other planets seduced by Director Kurita's diplomatic campaign.<ref name="HKp24"/> Altair accepted this proposal, not realizing that Director Kurita had invented the evidence and deliberately played a number of small states and worlds off against each other to dramatically expand the size of the Alliance.<ref name="HKp23"/> Altair was responsible for Director Kurita's subterfuge coming to light, when in June [[2311]] a dispute broke out between the ruler of Altair and the ruler of the small state centered on nearby [[Dieron]]. Both Altair and Dieron called on their great ally for assistance in the dispute... and discovered that they were both aligned with Director Shiro Kurita and the Alliance of Galedon. Each planetary ruler discovered that they had been promised the same things, and word soon spread to the other planets seduced by Director Kurita's diplomatic campaign.<ref name="HKp24"/> − Altair's membership in the Alliance of Galedon, willing or not, would not last long; when [[Director-General of the Terran Hegemony|Director-General]] [[James McKenna]] created the [[Terran Hegemony]] in [[2316]] he viewed Altair as still being a member of the Terran Alliance—and incorporated Altair into the Hegemony by military force when it resisted diplomatic efforts to embrace the new realm.<ref name="SLSBp15">''The Star League'', p. 15: "Terra's Errant Flock"</ref> Altair became one of the worlds within the [[Lone Star Province]] of the Hegemony.<ref name="H:RWp159"/> + Altair's membership in the Alliance of Galedon, willing or not, would not last long; when [[Director-General]] [[James McKenna]] created the [[Terran Hegemony]] in [[2316]] he viewed Altair as still being a member of the Terran Alliance - and incorporated Altair into the Hegemony by military force when it resisted diplomatic efforts to embrace the new realm.<ref name="SLSBp15">''The Star League'', p. 15: "Terra's Errant Flock"</ref> Altair became one of the worlds within the [[Lone Star Province]] of the Hegemony.<ref name="H:RWp159"/> ====First Succession War==== ====First Succession War==== Line 104:
Line 103: Following the successes achieved by the [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] during [[Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG]], the major Lyran offensive launched in late [[3028]],<ref name="FSWMAv2p60">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 60: "Draconis Front (January 3029)"</ref> a lull settled over the front while the LCAF consolidated its gains, rested and resupplied its troops and fought with counterattacking [[Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery]] units. [[General]] [[Jack Sphire]], [[Margrave]] of the Ryde Theater of the Commonwealth, was responsible for devising a plan to break the deadlock on offensive operations against the combine in the Ryde area of operations. Ryde's plan, dubbed [[Operation HOLDUR]], was designed to seize further systems by deploying all available troops, up to and including planetary militia forces. HOLDUR was risky, but Sphire hoped that by launching quick and forceful attacks using the [[BattleMech]] [[regiment]]s available to him, the DCMS would be left with too little time to make further counterattacks. [[Archon]] [[Katrina Steiner]] approved the plan and mobilized additional 'Mech regiments to support HOLDUR, deploying regiments that had previously been held in reserve. When assigning these additional forces, the Archon dictated that these forces had to be used at the [[Terra]]n end of the Ryde area, so that they could respond to any attacks originating from the [[Free Worlds League]]. This led Sphire to adjust his plan somewhat, but on the 1st of June [[3029]] Operation HOLDUR began, with the better part of a hundred assorted regiments deploying from the [[Federation of Skye]] to attack eight Combine systems.<ref name="FSWMAv2p73">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 73: "Ryde Theater"</ref> Following the successes achieved by the [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] during [[Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG]], the major Lyran offensive launched in late [[3028]],<ref name="FSWMAv2p60">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 60: "Draconis Front (January 3029)"</ref> a lull settled over the front while the LCAF consolidated its gains, rested and resupplied its troops and fought with counterattacking [[Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery]] units. [[General]] [[Jack Sphire]], [[Margrave]] of the Ryde Theater of the Commonwealth, was responsible for devising a plan to break the deadlock on offensive operations against the combine in the Ryde area of operations. Ryde's plan, dubbed [[Operation HOLDUR]], was designed to seize further systems by deploying all available troops, up to and including planetary militia forces. HOLDUR was risky, but Sphire hoped that by launching quick and forceful attacks using the [[BattleMech]] [[regiment]]s available to him, the DCMS would be left with too little time to make further counterattacks. [[Archon]] [[Katrina Steiner]] approved the plan and mobilized additional 'Mech regiments to support HOLDUR, deploying regiments that had previously been held in reserve. When assigning these additional forces, the Archon dictated that these forces had to be used at the [[Terra]]n end of the Ryde area, so that they could respond to any attacks originating from the [[Free Worlds League]]. This led Sphire to adjust his plan somewhat, but on the 1st of June [[3029]] Operation HOLDUR began, with the better part of a hundred assorted regiments deploying from the [[Federation of Skye]] to attack eight Combine systems.<ref name="FSWMAv2p73">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 73: "Ryde Theater"</ref> − For Sphire, Altair was the main prize he intended to capture with HOLDUR. The planet had a population vastly in excess of what would be normal for such an arid planet because of the vast mineral wealth there, and the DCMS had the elite [[Eighteenth Dieron Regulars]] on the planet to protect that wealth, backed up by many support units. Sphire deployed two complete formations—the elite [[Seventeenth Skye Rangers]] [[RCT]] and the [[Always Faithful]] mercenary unit—to capture the planet, with the Archon personally overruling the objections from [[Duke of Summer|Duke]] [[Aldo Lestrade (31st c.)|Aldo Lestrade]], who had managed to keep his house troops the Seventeenth out of the Fourth Succession War so far.<ref name="FSWMAv2p74">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', pp. 74–75: "Altair"</ref> + For Sphire, Altair was the main prize he intended to capture with HOLDUR. The planet had a population vastly in excess of what would be normal for such an arid planet because of the vast mineral wealth there, and the DCMS had the elite [[Eighteenth Dieron Regulars]] on the planet to protect that wealth, backed up by many support units. Sphire deployed two complete formations - the elite [[Seventeenth Skye Rangers]] [[RCT]] and the [[Always Faithful]] mercenary unit to capture the planet, with the Archon personally overruling the objections from [[Duke]] [[Aldo Lestrade (31st c.)|Aldo Lestrade]], who had managed to keep the Seventeenth, his house troops, out of the Fourth Succession War so far.<ref name="FSWMAv2p74">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', pp. 74–75: "Altair"</ref> − The initial landings on the 2nd of June went well, with the Lyran forces capturing the small towns of Smart Alice Springs and Basin Flats, minor settlements near small lakes, as part of their move towards the capital city. The march to Hehiro City began with some minor attacks, predominantly from persistent snipers and the Regulars' [[aerospace fighter]]s, but the invaders initial confidence was quickly dented by Altair's arid environment. The LCAF units were unprepared for the sand on Altair, which was regularly blown into the components of the vehicles, making servicing and maintenance a nightmare, further complicated by ambushes from [[lances]] of Regulars using 'Mechs that could crouch down behind sand dunes. The Regulars had adapted to the climate on Altair, using special coolant, sun shields and air blowers to keep their equipment free of sand, and their attacks bypassed frontline units to attack at vulnerable supply vehicles.<ref name="FSWMAv2p74"/> + The initial landings on the 2nd of June went well, with the Lyran forces capturing the small towns of Smart Alice Springs and Basin Flats, minor settlements near small lakes, as part of their move towards the capital city. The march to Hehiro City began with some minor attacks, predominantly from persistent snipers and the Regulars' [[aerospace fighter]]s, but the invaders initial confidence was quickly dented by Altair's arid environment. The LCAF units were unprepared for the sand on Altair, which was regularly blown into the components of the vehicles, making servicing and maintenance a nightmare, further complicated by ambushes from [[lance]]s of Regulars using 'Mechs that could crouch down behind sand dunes. The Regulars had adapted to the climate on Altair, using special coolant, sun shields and air blowers to keep their equipment free of sand, and their attacks bypassed frontline units to attack at vulnerable supply vehicles.<ref name="FSWMAv2p74"/> As the Lyran forces approached Hehiro City the Regulars attacked more directly, attempting to prevent the city being encircled and also attempting to prevent the capture of Danford, a small town home to warehouses stocking precious minerals and metals as well as valuable records. While the Regulars were ultimately unsuccessful, it took the Lyran forces until September to finish encircling Hehiro City. The Lyran forces set in for a siege, constructing an airfield and setting up camps, and laid siege to the city until the Second Battalion of the Regulars attempted a breakout on the 8th of November. The breakout nearly succeeded, but the Second Battalion were destroyed by the Lyrans... although the distraction caused by the battle allowed the First and Third Battalions to steamroll over two companies of Lyran armor and vanish into the desert. For two months the Lyrans tried to catch the Regulars, only able to maintain contact via their aerospace forces and faced with constant harassing attacks from the Kuritan troops, who seemed impervious to the heat, sand or apparent lack of water.<ref name="FSWMAv2p74"/> As the Lyran forces approached Hehiro City the Regulars attacked more directly, attempting to prevent the city being encircled and also attempting to prevent the capture of Danford, a small town home to warehouses stocking precious minerals and metals as well as valuable records. While the Regulars were ultimately unsuccessful, it took the Lyran forces until September to finish encircling Hehiro City. The Lyran forces set in for a siege, constructing an airfield and setting up camps, and laid siege to the city until the Second Battalion of the Regulars attempted a breakout on the 8th of November. The breakout nearly succeeded, but the Second Battalion were destroyed by the Lyrans... although the distraction caused by the battle allowed the First and Third Battalions to steamroll over two companies of Lyran armor and vanish into the desert. For two months the Lyrans tried to catch the Regulars, only able to maintain contact via their aerospace forces and faced with constant harassing attacks from the Kuritan troops, who seemed impervious to the heat, sand or apparent lack of water.<ref name="FSWMAv2p74"/> Line 113:
Line 112: ====War of 3039==== ====War of 3039==== − After the [[War of 3039]], the [[Kurita Combine Munitions Corporation]] gained state funding from the Draconis Combine to repair and then reactivate the [[Star League era]] Izumi JumpShips shipyards; with the yards active again, KCMC began manufacturing a new [[JumpShip]] class, the ''[[Chimeisho]]'', using the yards.<ref name=TRO3057p102f/><ref name=TRO3057Rp100f/> + After the [[War of 3039]] the [[Kurita Combine Munitions Corporation]] gained state funding from the Draconis Combine to repair and then reactivate the [[Star League era]] Izumi JumpShips shipyards; with the yards active again, KCMC began manufacturing a new [[JumpShip]] class, the ''[[Chimeisho]]'', using the yards.<ref name=TRO3057p102f/><ref name=TRO3057Rp100f/> ====The Jihad==== ====The Jihad==== Line 127:
Line 126: Following the Jihad Altair was incorporated into the nascent [[Republic of the Sphere]].<ref name=JFRp63/> Following the Jihad Altair was incorporated into the nascent [[Republic of the Sphere]].<ref name=JFRp63/> − After the [[Blackout]] and the establishment of [[Fortress Republic]], Altair remained hidden from the wider Inner Sphere for over a decade. When [[The Wall|the Wall]] was dropped in [[3149]], Altair served as a staging point for the [[Republic Armed Forces|RAF]] task force carrying out [[Operation ERUPTIO]], and became a target for the Draconis Combine's counterstroke during [[Operation TIAMAT]] a year later. In late March [[3150]] a battalion from the [[Second Dieron Regulars]] overwhelmed Altair's conventional militia in an assault which left few Republic survivors.<ref name=SFp80/> + After the [[Blackout]] and the establishment of [[Fortress Republic]] Altair remained hidden from the wider Inner Sphere for over a decade. When [[The Wall|the Wall]] was dropped in [[3149]], Altair served as a staging point for the [[Republic Armed Forces|RAF]] task force carrying out [[Operation ERUPTIO]], and became a target for the Draconis Combine's counterstroke during [[Operation TIAMAT]] a year later. In late March [[3150]] a battalion from the [[Second Dieron Regulars]] overwhelmed Altair's conventional militia in an assault which left few Republic survivors.<ref name=SFp80/> ===Military Deployment=== ===Military Deployment=== Line 168:
Line 167: The planet's underground rivers are the reason that a few areas do support vegetation. Mining is a major industry, with five iron ore deposits and one titanium ore deposit presently being mined.<ref name=HKDCp186/> The planet's underground rivers are the reason that a few areas do support vegetation. Mining is a major industry, with five iron ore deposits and one titanium ore deposit presently being mined.<ref name=HKDCp186/> − ===Planetary Locations=== + === Planetary Locations === * Basin Flat<ref name=BFEWMD/> * Basin Flat<ref name=BFEWMD/> − * Bonanza: a city where the Long Life Company was headquartered<ref name=HKDCp186/> + * Bonanza: City where the Long Life Company headquartered are located.<ref name=HKDCp186/> − * Hehiro City: planetary capital<ref name=DARWp231/> * Sargasso Forest Preserve<ref name=BFEWMD/> * Sargasso Forest Preserve<ref name=BFEWMD/> − * Smart Alice Springs: a city leveled by the Blakist weapons of mass destruction attack on 05/07/3068<ref name=BFEWMD>''Blakist Forces Employ WMDs on Altair, Yorii''</ref> + * Smart Alice Springs: A city leveled by the Blakist weapons of mass destruction attack on 05/07/3068.<ref name=BFEWMD>''Blakist Forces Employ WMDs on Altair, Yorii''</ref> − * Tai-Po City: a city in Taipan continent<ref name=BFEWMD/> + * Tai-Po City: a city in Taipan continent.<ref name=BFEWMD/> ===Companies and Industries=== ===Companies and Industries=== Line 180:
Line 178: * [[Long Life Company]]<ref name=HKDCp186/> * [[Long Life Company]]<ref name=HKDCp186/> * [[Kurita Combine Munitions Corporation]]<ref name=TRO3057p102f>''Technical Readout: 3057'', pp. 102–103: "Chimeisho"</ref><ref name=TRO3057Rp100f>''Technical Readout: 3057 Revised'', pp. 100–101: "Chimeisho"</ref>: The second wave of strikes from the Blakists during the Jihad destroyed the main factory complexes of the company, setting fire to much of Basin Flat and the nearby Sargasso Forest Preserve.<ref name=BFEWMD/> * [[Kurita Combine Munitions Corporation]]<ref name=TRO3057p102f>''Technical Readout: 3057'', pp. 102–103: "Chimeisho"</ref><ref name=TRO3057Rp100f>''Technical Readout: 3057 Revised'', pp. 100–101: "Chimeisho"</ref>: The second wave of strikes from the Blakists during the Jihad destroyed the main factory complexes of the company, setting fire to much of Basin Flat and the nearby Sargasso Forest Preserve.<ref name=BFEWMD/> − * [[New Earth Trading Company]]<ref name=SLp165>''The Star League'', p. 165: "Top Ten Hegemony Companies - [New Earth Trading Company]"</ref> − * [[New South Trading Company]]<ref name=DARWp231/> − ===Image gallery=== + === Image gallery === <gallery> <gallery> Crest-Altair.png|Planetary Flag of Altair Crest-Altair.png|Planetary Flag of Altair </gallery> </gallery> − ==Map Gallery== + == Map Gallery == <div class="system-map-gallery"></div> <div class="system-map-gallery"></div> − ==Nearby Systems== + == Nearby Systems == <!-- NOTE: This table is automatically generated by BattleTechWiki:Project_Planets/Mapping, and any edits to this section may be overwritten at any time by a bot --> <!-- NOTE: This table is automatically generated by BattleTechWiki:Project_Planets/Mapping, and any edits to this section may be overwritten at any time by a bot --> {|class="wikitable nearby-systems" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 1px solid black;" {|class="wikitable nearby-systems" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 1px solid black;"
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* [[2771]] - [[Amaris Empire]]<ref name="H:LoTV1p138">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 138: "Operation LIBERATION Wave 1 [July 2772 - December 2774]"</ref> | * [[2771]] - [[Amaris Empire]]<ref name="H:LoTV1p138">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 138: "Operation LIBERATION Wave 1 [July 2772 - December 2774]"</ref> | ||
* [[2774]] - Amaris Empire<ref name="H:LoTV1p138"/> | * [[2774]] - Amaris Empire<ref name="H:LoTV1p138"/> | ||
| − | * [[ | + | * [[2822]] - [[Draconis Combine]]<ref name="HB:HKp43">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 43: "Draconis Combine after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36: "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 34: "Free Worlds League after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref> |
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* [[2864]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="HB:HKp53">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 53: "Draconis Combine after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40: "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 38: "Free Worlds League after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref> | * [[2864]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="HB:HKp53">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 53: "Draconis Combine after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40: "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 38: "Free Worlds League after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref> | ||
* [[3025]] - Draconis Combine<ref>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', foldout: "Draconis Combine - [3025] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp64">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 64: "Draconis Combine after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47: "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 42: "Free Worlds League after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 70: "Federated Suns after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref> | * [[3025]] - Draconis Combine<ref>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', foldout: "Draconis Combine - [3025] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp64">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 64: "Draconis Combine after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47: "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Marik'', p. 42: "Free Worlds League after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref><ref>''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 70: "Federated Suns after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref> | ||
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| language = | | language = | ||
| religion = | | religion = | ||
| − | | population = 3,639,000,000 (3025),<ref name=HKp186/><br>396,475,000 (3130) | + | | population = 3,639,000,000 (3025),<ref name=HKp186/><br>396,475,000 (3130)<ref name=DARoSp22>''Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere'', p. 22: "Prefecture IX"</ref><ref name=DARWp231/> |
| ruler = [[Duke of Altair]] | | ruler = [[Duke of Altair]] | ||
| political = [[Planetary Governor of Altair|Planetary Governor]] | | political = [[Planetary Governor of Altair|Planetary Governor]] | ||
| − | | commander = Legate [[Oscar Martinez]] (3130)<ref name= | + | | commander = Legate [[Oscar Martinez]] (3130)<ref name=DARoSp22/><ref name=DARWp231/> |
| − | | capital = | + | | capital = |
| hpg = A<ref name=HKp186/> | | hpg = A<ref name=HKp186/> | ||
| hpgrep = [[Precentor]] [[Elba Fuentes]] (3025)<ref name=HKp186/> | | hpgrep = [[Precentor]] [[Elba Fuentes]] (3025)<ref name=HKp186/> | ||
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===Planetary History=== | ===Planetary History=== | ||
====Early History==== | ====Early History==== | ||
| − | Altair was one of the worlds abandoned by the Terran Alliance following the [[Outer Reaches Rebellion]] and the Demarcation Declaration of [[2240]].<ref name="HB:HMp16"/> When [[Director]] [[Shiro Kurita]] of the [[Alliance of Galedon]] conducted a year-long tour of worlds near the Alliance in [[2309]] | + | Altair was one of the worlds abandoned by the Terran Alliance following the [[Outer Reaches Rebellion]] and the Demarcation Declaration of [[2240]].<ref name="HB:HMp16"/> When [[Director]] [[Shiro Kurita]] of the [[Alliance of Galedon]] conducted a year-long tour of worlds near the Alliance in [[2309]]-[[2310]], he included both independent worlds such as Altair and worlds controlling small states. Director Kurita brought with him evidence purporting to show that one or more of the small states nearby had designs on conquering Altair, and offered to mediate between Altair and its opponents. He also offered to protect Altair by allowing Altair to join the Alliance, thereby allying itself with a stronger power.<ref name="HKp23">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. 23: "Political Maneuvers"</ref> |
Altair accepted this proposal, not realizing that Director Kurita had invented the evidence and deliberately played a number of small states and worlds off against each other to dramatically expand the size of the Alliance.<ref name="HKp23"/> Altair was responsible for Director Kurita's subterfuge coming to light, when in June [[2311]] a dispute broke out between the ruler of Altair and the ruler of the small state centered on nearby [[Dieron]]. Both Altair and Dieron called on their great ally for assistance in the dispute... and discovered that they were both aligned with Director Shiro Kurita and the Alliance of Galedon. Each planetary ruler discovered that they had been promised the same things, and word soon spread to the other planets seduced by Director Kurita's diplomatic campaign.<ref name="HKp24"/> | Altair accepted this proposal, not realizing that Director Kurita had invented the evidence and deliberately played a number of small states and worlds off against each other to dramatically expand the size of the Alliance.<ref name="HKp23"/> Altair was responsible for Director Kurita's subterfuge coming to light, when in June [[2311]] a dispute broke out between the ruler of Altair and the ruler of the small state centered on nearby [[Dieron]]. Both Altair and Dieron called on their great ally for assistance in the dispute... and discovered that they were both aligned with Director Shiro Kurita and the Alliance of Galedon. Each planetary ruler discovered that they had been promised the same things, and word soon spread to the other planets seduced by Director Kurita's diplomatic campaign.<ref name="HKp24"/> | ||
| − | Altair's membership in the Alliance of Galedon, willing or not, would not last long; when [[ | + | Altair's membership in the Alliance of Galedon, willing or not, would not last long; when [[Director-General]] [[James McKenna]] created the [[Terran Hegemony]] in [[2316]] he viewed Altair as still being a member of the Terran Alliance - and incorporated Altair into the Hegemony by military force when it resisted diplomatic efforts to embrace the new realm.<ref name="SLSBp15">''The Star League'', p. 15: "Terra's Errant Flock"</ref> Altair became one of the worlds within the [[Lone Star Province]] of the Hegemony.<ref name="H:RWp159"/> |
====First Succession War==== | ====First Succession War==== | ||
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Following the successes achieved by the [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] during [[Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG]], the major Lyran offensive launched in late [[3028]],<ref name="FSWMAv2p60">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 60: "Draconis Front (January 3029)"</ref> a lull settled over the front while the LCAF consolidated its gains, rested and resupplied its troops and fought with counterattacking [[Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery]] units. [[General]] [[Jack Sphire]], [[Margrave]] of the Ryde Theater of the Commonwealth, was responsible for devising a plan to break the deadlock on offensive operations against the combine in the Ryde area of operations. Ryde's plan, dubbed [[Operation HOLDUR]], was designed to seize further systems by deploying all available troops, up to and including planetary militia forces. HOLDUR was risky, but Sphire hoped that by launching quick and forceful attacks using the [[BattleMech]] [[regiment]]s available to him, the DCMS would be left with too little time to make further counterattacks. [[Archon]] [[Katrina Steiner]] approved the plan and mobilized additional 'Mech regiments to support HOLDUR, deploying regiments that had previously been held in reserve. When assigning these additional forces, the Archon dictated that these forces had to be used at the [[Terra]]n end of the Ryde area, so that they could respond to any attacks originating from the [[Free Worlds League]]. This led Sphire to adjust his plan somewhat, but on the 1st of June [[3029]] Operation HOLDUR began, with the better part of a hundred assorted regiments deploying from the [[Federation of Skye]] to attack eight Combine systems.<ref name="FSWMAv2p73">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 73: "Ryde Theater"</ref> | Following the successes achieved by the [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] during [[Operation GÖTTERDÄMMERUNG]], the major Lyran offensive launched in late [[3028]],<ref name="FSWMAv2p60">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 60: "Draconis Front (January 3029)"</ref> a lull settled over the front while the LCAF consolidated its gains, rested and resupplied its troops and fought with counterattacking [[Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery]] units. [[General]] [[Jack Sphire]], [[Margrave]] of the Ryde Theater of the Commonwealth, was responsible for devising a plan to break the deadlock on offensive operations against the combine in the Ryde area of operations. Ryde's plan, dubbed [[Operation HOLDUR]], was designed to seize further systems by deploying all available troops, up to and including planetary militia forces. HOLDUR was risky, but Sphire hoped that by launching quick and forceful attacks using the [[BattleMech]] [[regiment]]s available to him, the DCMS would be left with too little time to make further counterattacks. [[Archon]] [[Katrina Steiner]] approved the plan and mobilized additional 'Mech regiments to support HOLDUR, deploying regiments that had previously been held in reserve. When assigning these additional forces, the Archon dictated that these forces had to be used at the [[Terra]]n end of the Ryde area, so that they could respond to any attacks originating from the [[Free Worlds League]]. This led Sphire to adjust his plan somewhat, but on the 1st of June [[3029]] Operation HOLDUR began, with the better part of a hundred assorted regiments deploying from the [[Federation of Skye]] to attack eight Combine systems.<ref name="FSWMAv2p73">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', p. 73: "Ryde Theater"</ref> | ||
| − | For Sphire, Altair was the main prize he intended to capture with HOLDUR. The planet had a population vastly in excess of what would be normal for such an arid planet because of the vast mineral wealth there, and the DCMS had the elite [[Eighteenth Dieron Regulars]] on the planet to protect that wealth, backed up by many support units. Sphire deployed two complete | + | For Sphire, Altair was the main prize he intended to capture with HOLDUR. The planet had a population vastly in excess of what would be normal for such an arid planet because of the vast mineral wealth there, and the DCMS had the elite [[Eighteenth Dieron Regulars]] on the planet to protect that wealth, backed up by many support units. Sphire deployed two complete formations - the elite [[Seventeenth Skye Rangers]] [[RCT]] and the [[Always Faithful]] mercenary unit to capture the planet, with the Archon personally overruling the objections from [[Duke]] [[Aldo Lestrade (31st c.)|Aldo Lestrade]], who had managed to keep the Seventeenth, his house troops, out of the Fourth Succession War so far.<ref name="FSWMAv2p74">''NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 2'', pp. 74–75: "Altair"</ref> |
| − | The initial landings on the 2nd of June went well, with the Lyran forces capturing the small towns of Smart Alice Springs and Basin Flats, minor settlements near small lakes, as part of their move towards the capital city. The march to Hehiro City began with some minor attacks, predominantly from persistent snipers and the Regulars' [[aerospace fighter]]s, but the invaders initial confidence was quickly dented by Altair's arid environment. The LCAF units were unprepared for the sand on Altair, which was regularly blown into the components of the vehicles, making servicing and maintenance a nightmare, further complicated by ambushes from [[ | + | The initial landings on the 2nd of June went well, with the Lyran forces capturing the small towns of Smart Alice Springs and Basin Flats, minor settlements near small lakes, as part of their move towards the capital city. The march to Hehiro City began with some minor attacks, predominantly from persistent snipers and the Regulars' [[aerospace fighter]]s, but the invaders initial confidence was quickly dented by Altair's arid environment. The LCAF units were unprepared for the sand on Altair, which was regularly blown into the components of the vehicles, making servicing and maintenance a nightmare, further complicated by ambushes from [[lance]]s of Regulars using 'Mechs that could crouch down behind sand dunes. The Regulars had adapted to the climate on Altair, using special coolant, sun shields and air blowers to keep their equipment free of sand, and their attacks bypassed frontline units to attack at vulnerable supply vehicles.<ref name="FSWMAv2p74"/> |
As the Lyran forces approached Hehiro City the Regulars attacked more directly, attempting to prevent the city being encircled and also attempting to prevent the capture of Danford, a small town home to warehouses stocking precious minerals and metals as well as valuable records. While the Regulars were ultimately unsuccessful, it took the Lyran forces until September to finish encircling Hehiro City. The Lyran forces set in for a siege, constructing an airfield and setting up camps, and laid siege to the city until the Second Battalion of the Regulars attempted a breakout on the 8th of November. The breakout nearly succeeded, but the Second Battalion were destroyed by the Lyrans... although the distraction caused by the battle allowed the First and Third Battalions to steamroll over two companies of Lyran armor and vanish into the desert. For two months the Lyrans tried to catch the Regulars, only able to maintain contact via their aerospace forces and faced with constant harassing attacks from the Kuritan troops, who seemed impervious to the heat, sand or apparent lack of water.<ref name="FSWMAv2p74"/> | As the Lyran forces approached Hehiro City the Regulars attacked more directly, attempting to prevent the city being encircled and also attempting to prevent the capture of Danford, a small town home to warehouses stocking precious minerals and metals as well as valuable records. While the Regulars were ultimately unsuccessful, it took the Lyran forces until September to finish encircling Hehiro City. The Lyran forces set in for a siege, constructing an airfield and setting up camps, and laid siege to the city until the Second Battalion of the Regulars attempted a breakout on the 8th of November. The breakout nearly succeeded, but the Second Battalion were destroyed by the Lyrans... although the distraction caused by the battle allowed the First and Third Battalions to steamroll over two companies of Lyran armor and vanish into the desert. For two months the Lyrans tried to catch the Regulars, only able to maintain contact via their aerospace forces and faced with constant harassing attacks from the Kuritan troops, who seemed impervious to the heat, sand or apparent lack of water.<ref name="FSWMAv2p74"/> | ||
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====War of 3039==== | ====War of 3039==== | ||
| − | After the [[War of 3039]] | + | After the [[War of 3039]] the [[Kurita Combine Munitions Corporation]] gained state funding from the Draconis Combine to repair and then reactivate the [[Star League era]] Izumi JumpShips shipyards; with the yards active again, KCMC began manufacturing a new [[JumpShip]] class, the ''[[Chimeisho]]'', using the yards.<ref name=TRO3057p102f/><ref name=TRO3057Rp100f/> |
====The Jihad==== | ====The Jihad==== | ||
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Following the Jihad Altair was incorporated into the nascent [[Republic of the Sphere]].<ref name=JFRp63/> | Following the Jihad Altair was incorporated into the nascent [[Republic of the Sphere]].<ref name=JFRp63/> | ||
| − | After the [[Blackout]] and the establishment of [[Fortress Republic]] | + | After the [[Blackout]] and the establishment of [[Fortress Republic]] Altair remained hidden from the wider Inner Sphere for over a decade. When [[The Wall|the Wall]] was dropped in [[3149]], Altair served as a staging point for the [[Republic Armed Forces|RAF]] task force carrying out [[Operation ERUPTIO]], and became a target for the Draconis Combine's counterstroke during [[Operation TIAMAT]] a year later. In late March [[3150]] a battalion from the [[Second Dieron Regulars]] overwhelmed Altair's conventional militia in an assault which left few Republic survivors.<ref name=SFp80/> |
===Military Deployment=== | ===Military Deployment=== | ||
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The planet's underground rivers are the reason that a few areas do support vegetation. Mining is a major industry, with five iron ore deposits and one titanium ore deposit presently being mined.<ref name=HKDCp186/> | The planet's underground rivers are the reason that a few areas do support vegetation. Mining is a major industry, with five iron ore deposits and one titanium ore deposit presently being mined.<ref name=HKDCp186/> | ||
| − | ===Planetary Locations=== | + | === Planetary Locations === |
* Basin Flat<ref name=BFEWMD/> | * Basin Flat<ref name=BFEWMD/> | ||
| − | * Bonanza: | + | * Bonanza: City where the Long Life Company headquartered are located.<ref name=HKDCp186/> |
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* Sargasso Forest Preserve<ref name=BFEWMD/> | * Sargasso Forest Preserve<ref name=BFEWMD/> | ||
| − | * Smart Alice Springs: | + | * Smart Alice Springs: A city leveled by the Blakist weapons of mass destruction attack on 05/07/3068.<ref name=BFEWMD>''Blakist Forces Employ WMDs on Altair, Yorii''</ref> |
| − | * Tai-Po City: a city in Taipan continent<ref name=BFEWMD/> | + | * Tai-Po City: a city in Taipan continent.<ref name=BFEWMD/> |
===Companies and Industries=== | ===Companies and Industries=== | ||
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* [[Long Life Company]]<ref name=HKDCp186/> | * [[Long Life Company]]<ref name=HKDCp186/> | ||
* [[Kurita Combine Munitions Corporation]]<ref name=TRO3057p102f>''Technical Readout: 3057'', pp. 102–103: "Chimeisho"</ref><ref name=TRO3057Rp100f>''Technical Readout: 3057 Revised'', pp. 100–101: "Chimeisho"</ref>: The second wave of strikes from the Blakists during the Jihad destroyed the main factory complexes of the company, setting fire to much of Basin Flat and the nearby Sargasso Forest Preserve.<ref name=BFEWMD/> | * [[Kurita Combine Munitions Corporation]]<ref name=TRO3057p102f>''Technical Readout: 3057'', pp. 102–103: "Chimeisho"</ref><ref name=TRO3057Rp100f>''Technical Readout: 3057 Revised'', pp. 100–101: "Chimeisho"</ref>: The second wave of strikes from the Blakists during the Jihad destroyed the main factory complexes of the company, setting fire to much of Basin Flat and the nearby Sargasso Forest Preserve.<ref name=BFEWMD/> | ||
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| − | ===Image gallery=== | + | === Image gallery === |
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
Crest-Altair.png|Planetary Flag of Altair | Crest-Altair.png|Planetary Flag of Altair | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
| − | ==Map Gallery== | + | == Map Gallery == |
<div class="system-map-gallery"></div> | <div class="system-map-gallery"></div> | ||
| − | ==Nearby Systems== | + | == Nearby Systems == |
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