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Ankaa
Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to Terra at (0, 0)
Ankaa | |
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← 3135 3151 | |
System Information | |
X:Y Coordinates | 74.69 : -9.35[e] |
Spectral class | A8III[1] |
Planet(s) | 2[1] |
The Ankaa system is the location of at least one inhabited world, and as at 3145 is located in the Robinson Operational Area of the Draconis March within the Federated Suns.[2][3]
Contents
System Description
The Ankaa system is located near the Addicks and Hean systems[2][3] and consists of a bright white class A8III primary star orbited by two planets.[1]
System History
The Ankaa system was settled in the twenty-sixth century, four hundred years after the first JumpShips entered service and during the closing decades of the Age of War.[1] By the time the Age of War ended, the Ankaa system was a part of the Lockdale Province of the Terran Hegemony.[4]
Ankaa I
Template:InfoBoxPlanetStandard Ankaa I - more commonly referred to simply as Ankaa - is the innermost of two planets in the Ankaa system and is a hot, very dry world with four moons named Al Anqua, Al Nair, Al Ri'al and Al Zaurak.[1]
Planetary History
Ankaa wasn't settled until four centuries after the first JumpShips left Terra. Settled by Muslims, the hot world resembled the African and Middle East regions, but the middle latitudes and equator were far harsher and hotter than any Terran desert. During the Terran Hegemony the colonists sought to make Ankaa a new center of their faith. During the Star League geologists found rare metals that greatly enriched the population.[1]
First Succession War
The Capellan Confederation launched a small-scale offensive against the Federated Suns in early 2787, intent on capitalising on the Armed Forces of the Federated Suns focus on the large-scale invasion being conducted by Coordinator Minoru Kurita and huge numbers of Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery units. The Capellan attack involved three waves of planetary invasions, each targetting three former Terran Hegemony worlds that had been annexed by the Federated Suns; the first wave was complete by August, and the second by October. Ankaa was one of three worlds hit in the third wave, along with Addicks and Small World. The invasions were a success, and Addicks was under Capellan control by January 2788.[5]
The Confederation continued to control Ankaa until the Federated Suns recaptured it in the Third Succession War.[1] The population was devastated during the Jihad,[1] a consequence of the Word of Blake two-week campaign to capture the world in mid-May 3069 that saw Blakist forces and affiliated mercenaries use non-conventional weapons as a part of their assault to conquer the planet and incorporate it into the Word of Blake Protectorate.[6] Ankaa is noted as having been liberated in a near-bloodless victory for the allied coalition forces in mid to late 3077 as a part of the Federated Suns front of Operation SCOUR,[7] and despite the devastation inflicted in 3069, several Nova Cats (attracted by the spiritual vision of the population) relocated to the world after the end of SCOUR.[1]
Political Affiliation
- 2319 - No record [8]
- 2366 - No record [9]
- 2571 - Terran Hegemony [10][11][4][12]
- 2596 - Terran Hegemony [13]
- 2750 - Terran Hegemony [14]
- 2765 - Terran Hegemony [15]
- 2771 - Amaris Empire [16]
- 2774 - Amaris Empire [16]
- 2787 - Federated Suns [5]
- 2788 - Capellan Confederation [5]
- 2822 - Draconis Combine [17][18][19][20]
- 2864 - Capellan Confederation [21][22][17]
- 3025 - Federated Suns [23][24][25][26][27]
- 3030 - Federated Suns [28][29]
- 3040 - Federated Commonwealth [30][31][32]
- 3050 - Federated Commonwealth [33]
- 3052 - Federated Commonwealth [34][35]
- 3057 - Federated Commonwealth [36]
- 3058 - Federated Commonwealth [37][38]
- 3063 - Federated Commonwealth [39]
- 3067 - Federated Suns [40][41][42][43]
- 3069 - Word of Blake Protectorate (from June)[6]
- 3075 - Word of Blake Protectorate [44]
- 3079 - Word of Blake Protectorate [45][46]
- 3081 - Republic of the Sphere [47]
- 3085 - Republic of the Sphere [48]
- 3130 - Republic of the Sphere [49]
- 3135 - Federated Suns [50]
- 3145 - Federated Suns [2][3]
Planetary Rulers
3130
Military Deployment
3069
Geography
Ankaa is a small world constantly blasted by the white-hot star that dominates the Ankaa system; with very little surface water, Ankaa lacks such distinctions as oceans and continents and combines a deadly climate with desolate but beautiful landscapes.[1]
Planetary Locations
- Anqabad: the planetary capital city.[1]
Nearby Systems
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130), p. 70, "Ankaa World Profile"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Field Manual: 3145, p. VI, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War - [2571] Map
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 First Succession War, p. 45, "Neglected Front: Liao Takes Advantage"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 47, "The Jihad In Review"
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 39-40, "Sandoval-Ito: A Study In Success"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 18, "Draconis Combine - [2319] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 17, "Capellan Confederation Foundation [2366]]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 25, "Capellan Confederation After Age of War [2571]]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 31, "Draconis Combine after Age of War - [2571] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p.14, "Capellan Confederation after Age of War - [2571] Map"
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159, "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 138, "Operation LIBERATION Wave 1 [July 2772 - December 2774]"
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Handbook: House Kurita, p. 43, "Draconis Combine after First Succession War - [2822] Map" Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 54, "Federated Suns after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, p. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 39, "Capellan Confederation after Second Succession War [2864]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 60, "Federated Suns after Third Succession War - [2864] Map"
- ↑ House Davion (The Federated Suns), "Federated Suns Map - [3025]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 70, "Federated Suns after Third Succession War [3025] Map"
- ↑ House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), "Draconis Combine Map - [3025]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 64, "Draconis Combine after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
- ↑ House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), "Capellan Confederation Map - [3025]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 72, "Federated Suns after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 49, "Capellan Confederation after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 76, "Federated Suns after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 68, "Draconis Combine after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11, Inner Sphere - [3050] Map
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23, Inner Sphere - [3052] Map
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 71, "Draconis Combine after Operation REVIVAL - [3052] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11, Inner Sphere - [3057] Map
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 78, "Federated Suns after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 60, "Capellan Confederation after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29, Inner Sphere - [3063] Map
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 82, "Federated Suns after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 74, "Draconis Combine after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 68, "Capellan Confederation after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 41, "Inner Sphere" - [3067] Map
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65, Inner Sphere - [3075] Map
- ↑ Field Report: Clans, p. 21, "Armed Forces of the Federated Suns Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
- ↑ Field Report: Clans, p. 29, "Terran Corridor Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63, "Inner Sphere - [ 3081] Map"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 127, "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
- ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 110, "Word of Blake Mercenary Deployment"
Bibliography
- Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)
- Era Report: 2750
- Era Report: 3052
- Era Report: 3062
- Era Report: 3145
- Field Manual: 3085
- Field Manual: 3145
- Field Manual: SLDF
- First Succession War
- Handbook: House Davion
- Handbook: House Kurita
- Handbook: House Liao
- Handbook: House Steiner
- Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1
- Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2
- Historical: Reunification War
- Historical: War of 3039
- House Davion (The Federated Suns)
- House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)
- House Liao (The Capellan Confederation)
- Jihad: Final Reckoning
- Jihad Hot Spots: Terra
- Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents
- Map of the Inner Sphere 3130