Altais

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Altais
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Altais nearby systems
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System Information
X:Y Coordinates37.22:109.81[e]
Spectral classF2IV[1]
Planet(s)1[1]

Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to Terra at (0, 0)

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Political Affilation

Military Deployment

3039

Planetary Information

Covered by active volcanoes, Altais was settled for its large amount of radioactive ores. These ores were spewed out of the planet's surface by the volcanos. Within a century of humanity's arrival, a small meteor slammed into the ocean near a tectonic fault line. The resulting earthquakes lasted for decades and destroyed several major cities.[1]

Since that time, the volcanoes have continued to spew greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere, raising the planet's surface temperature by twelve degrees in 500 years. Thousands of native plant and animal species have been driven to extinction by the severe climate change, and the jungles and prairies that attracted the original settlers have been replaced by rock-strewn wastelands.[1]

In the War of 3039 Altais was garrisoned by the 1st Ghost and 2nd Ghost regiments. They faced the 8th Donegal Guards, Dragonslayers, and Gray Death Legion in the first wave of the Commonwealth Thrust. Though the Ghosts fought well, they had to withdraw after two months of fighting.[27] The world would be isolated in the DCMS counterattack, however, and in November 3039 the LCAF withdrew.[28]

Between the 7th and 14th of August 3068 Altais was one of six worlds raided by a combination of small 'Mech units under the employ of the Draconis March of the Federated Suns and teams of Federated Suns commandos. The deep objective raids targetted undefended worlds, allegedly to find and liberate prisoners of war in captivity within the Combine since the FedCom Civil War. The six worlds targeted were Altais, Barlow's Folly, Beta Mensae V, Chichibu, Junction and Misery, and apparently some POWs were discovered.[29]

Local Fauna

Nearby Systems

Systems within 60 light-years (distance in light years)
Closest systems first:
Rukbat 5.0 Alya 17.1 Tsukude 19.6 Talisker 22.0
Shitara 23.1 Shimosuwa 27.1 Minakuchi 27.5 Kaus Borealis 29.1
Algedi 32.5 Kingtribel 33.0 Dabih 34.8 Alnasi 34.9
Gram 38.6 Ascella 39.0 Elix 39.7 Eltanin 40.5
Vega 41.0 Kaus Australis 41.1 Kaus Media 41.9 Chimpaw 45.4
Kuzuu 45.5 Albalii 46.1 Cebalrai 46.5 Osumi 46.9
Buckminster 49.0 Aubisson 49.2 Shionoha 49.5 New Wessex 49.8
Kannon 51.3 Nai-Stohl 51.7 Piedmont 53.0 Miyazaki 54.2
Sutama 55.3 Moore 55.6 Ashio 56.4 Kessel 56.7
Lambrecht 57.4 Konstance 58.9 Accrington 58.9

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130), p. 3, "Altais World Profile"
  2. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 13, "Lyran Commonwealth Founding [2341]"
  3. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War [2571]"
  4. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159, "Inner Sphere - 2596"
  5. ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37, "Inner Sphere - 2750"
  6. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 2765"
  7. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36, "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War [2822] Map"
  8. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War [2864] Map"
  9. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War [3025] Map"
  10. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War [3030] Map"
  11. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 59, "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 [3040] Map"
  12. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133, "Inner Sphere - 3040"
  13. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map [3050]"
  14. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 61, "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion [3052] Map"
  15. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23, "Inner Sphere Map [3052]"
  16. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map [3057]"
  17. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29, "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"
  18. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 42, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3067]
  19. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65, "Inner Sphere Map [3075]"
  20. ↑ Field Report: DCMS, p. 21, "DCMS Deployment Table [3079]"
  21. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63, "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"
  22. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 127, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"
  23. ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  24. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"
  25. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 Historical: War of 3039, p. 139
  27. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, pp. 28-29
  28. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 74
  29. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 45, "The Jihad In Review"

Bibliography

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