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| − | The '''Arcadia''' system was the location of at least one garden world and as | + | The '''Arcadia''' system was the location of at least one garden world and as of [[2750]] was located in the [[Markesan Operational Area]] of the [[Crucis March]] within the [[Federated Suns]].<ref name="ER:2750p37"/> |
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| − | == System Description == | + | ==System Description== |
| − | + | Arcadia is located near the [[Odell]] and [[Streator]] systems.<ref name="ER:2750p37"/> | |
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| + | ==System History== | ||
| + | The Arcadia system was settled during the [[First Exodus]] from [[Terra]].<ref name="HD(TFS)p22"/> Arcadia was removed from maps during the [[First Succession War]] as the system had been abandoned, depopulated or both.<ref name="H:LoTv1p11"/><ref name="HB:HDp54"/> | ||
| − | + | An [[Interstellar Expeditions]]-led expedition by Jiminez in [[3088]] to Arcadia in search of the [[The Five|Hidden World]] [[Taussen]] turned up nothing other than ruins and radioactive zones.<ref name="ISP3:IEp21+">''Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3'', p. 21: "TAUSSEN"</ref> | |
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| − | == Political Affiliation == | + | ==Political Affiliation== |
| − | * Pre-[[2240]] - [[Terran Alliance]] <ref name="HD(TFS)p22"/> | + | {{div col|colwidth=25em}} |
| − | * 2240 - Independent world <ref name="HD(TFS)p22">''House Davion | + | * Pre-[[2240]] - [[Terran Alliance]]<ref name="HD(TFS)p22"/> |
| − | * [[2317]] - Independent world <ref>''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 18 | + | * 2240 - Independent world<ref name="HD(TFS)p22">''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 22: "The Prime Ministers"</ref> |
| − | * [[2571]] - Federated Suns <ref name="HB:HDp48">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 48 | + | * [[2317]] - Independent world<ref>''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 18: "Federated Suns at their Founding - [2317] Map"</ref> |
| − | * [[2596]] - Federated Suns <ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159 | + | * [[2571]] - [[Federated Suns]]<ref name="HB:HDp48">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 48: "Federated Suns after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref> |
| − | * [[2750]] - Federated Suns <ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37 | + | * [[2596]] - Federated Suns<ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159: "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"</ref> |
| − | * [[2764]] - Federated Suns <ref name="FM:SLDF">''Field Manual: SLDF'', "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref> | + | * [[2750]] - Federated Suns<ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37: "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref> |
| − | * [[2765]] - Federated Suns <ref name="H:LoTv1p11">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11 | + | * [[2764]] - Federated Suns<ref name="FM:SLDF">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref> |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[2765]] - Federated Suns<ref name="H:LoTv1p11">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref><ref name=FR:2765AAFSp29>''Field Report 2765: AFFS'', p. 29: "Federated Suns Armed Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref> |
| − | + | * [[2796]] - [[Draconis Combine]]<ref name="FSWp44">''First Succession War'', p. 44: "Draconis Combine-Federated Suns Front 2786-2796"</ref> | |
| − | + | * [[2798]] - Federated Suns<ref name="FSWp89"/> | |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[2822]] - No record<ref name="HB:HDp54">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 54: "Federated Suns 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]] - No record<ref name="HB:HDp60">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 60: "Federated Suns after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref> | |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[3025]] - No record<ref>''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', foldout: "Federated Suns Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp70">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 70: "Federated Suns after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref> |
| − | + | * [[3030]] - No record<ref name="HB:HDp72">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 72: "Federated Suns after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref> | |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[3040]] - No record<ref name="HB:HDp76">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 76: "Federated Suns after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"</ref><ref>''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133: "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</ref> |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[3050]] - No record<ref name="ER3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"</ref> |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[3052]] - No record<ref name="ER3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23: "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"</ref> |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[3057]] - No record<ref name="ER:3062p11">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11: Inner Sphere - [3057] Map</ref> |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[3058]] - No record<ref name="HB:HDp78">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 78: "Federated Suns after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"</ref> |
| − | + | * [[3063]] - No record<ref name="ER:3062p29">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29: Inner Sphere - [3063] Map</ref> | |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[3067]] - No record<ref name="HB:HDp82">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 82: "Federated Suns after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="J:FRp43">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 43: "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"</ref> |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[3075]] - No record<ref name="JS:TBDp64">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64: "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"</ref> |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[3079]] - No record<ref name="FR:FSp21">''Field Report: AFFS'', p. 21: "Federated Suns Armed Forces Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref> |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[3081]] - No record<ref name="J:FRp63">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63: "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"</ref> |
| − | * [[ | + | * [[3085]] - No record<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"</ref> |
| − | < | + | * [[3135]] - No record<ref name="ER:3145p11">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref> |
| − | + | * [[3145]] - No record<ref name="ER:3145p39">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref> | |
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| + | ===Planetary History=== | ||
| + | ====Early History==== | ||
| + | Arcadia was once one of the "garden worlds" of the Crucis March region of the Federated Suns, settled during the early exodus from Earth; even after the [[Demarcation Declaration]] of [[2243]], Arcadia remained a prosperous, peaceful world. While nearby [[New Avalon]] was a struggling, strife-ridden world during the birth of the Federated Suns, Arcadia was a world blessed with abundant raw materials, extensive agriculture—fed by the plentiful water available—and a booming industrial economy.<ref name="HD(TFS)p22"/> | ||
| − | + | Seventy years after the birth of the Federated Suns, the ruling line of the realm, the [[House Davion|Davions]], united their world with Arcadia when President [[Paul Davion (24th c.)|Paul Davion]] of New Avalon married [[Marge Svensdottar]] of Arcadia in [[2378]].<ref name="HD(TFS)p30">''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 30: "A Noble Effort"</ref> It wasn't the last time scions of the Davion family would marry into the Arcadian nobility; [[Edward Davion (24th c.)|Edward Davion]] married an Arcadian socialite in the early [[twenty-fifth century]]<ref name="HD(TFS)p31">''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 31: "Twin Tyrants"</ref>—although that wouldn't stop the leader of Arcadia joining the [[November Conspiracy]] in [[2417]] in an attempt to replace Edward with another, more stable ruler.<ref name="HD(TFS)p32">''House Davion (The Federated Suns)'', p. 32: "Death of a Tyrant"</ref> | |
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| − | = | + | ====First Succession War==== |
| − | == | + | In [[2789]], [[First Prince of the Federated Suns|First Prince]] [[John Davion]] ordered a mass mustering of as large a spaceborn fleet as could be assembled in the Arcadia system. [[Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery]] forces had been pouring across the border since the [[Draconis Combine]] invasion began in [[2787]], and were swiftly conquering Federated Suns systems, destroying communications systems, [[JumpShip]]s and [[WarShip]]s and [[Armed Forces of the Federated Suns]] units as they went. Prince John's first attempt to slow or stop the invasion, [[Operation SOLAR SHIELD]], had been an abject failure, but he was undeterred and began preparing a second attempt immediately while the Dragon continued to advance. Pulling together every WarShip he could find, including every ship that could be spared from the Federated Suns borders with both the [[Capellan Confederation]] and the [[Periphery]], as well as many WarShips assigned to defend systems near [[New Avalon]], Prince John managed to assemble a fleet of more than a hundred WarShips and assault [[DropShip]]s, along with a similar number of [[aerospace fighter]] [[wing]]s. The largest spaceborn naval fleet to be gathered together since the [[Age of War]], the task force was to be commanded by [[Admiral]] [[Kenneth Jones]], the best of Prince John's available fleet commanders, and its mission was to blunt the Combine advance by moving from system to system and destroying as many Combine ships as possible, with tasks such as assisting active resistance groups and providing evacuations to be secondary to destroying the Combine naval advantage. Jones' task force set off on its mission at the end of 2789.<ref name="FSWp41">''First Succession War'', pp. 41–42: "Cholame"</ref> |
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| − | + | Arcadia was invaded during the second half of the major invasion into the Federated Suns launched by the Draconis Combine in May [[2791]].<ref name="FSWp44"/> In December [[2797]], First Prince John Davion and his son [[Joshua Davion]] were assassinated on [[Ipava]] while planning a counteroffensive against the Draconis Combine, even as renegade AFFS forces had begun launching vengeful raids and assaults across the border in retaliation for the genocide being waged against the civilian population of [[Kentares IV]] at the direction of [[Coordinator of Worlds|Coordinator]] [[Jinjiro Kurita]]. The title of First Prince fell to [[Paul Davion (29th c.)|Paul Davion]], who was only nineteen years old and untested, but one of his first acts was to give official approval retrospectively to those spontaneous and uncoordinated attacks that had been launched and proven successful. He not only took some measure of credit for those victories, but he also turned the perception of them away from being instances of poor discipline and instead made them victories for all of the men and women of the Federated Suns. Faced with overextended supply lines, the eruption of spontaneous rebellions across many worlds and failing morale, the DCMS found itself the target of frenzied, vengeful assaults at the hands of AFFS units whose tactics often verged on recklessness. Many of these uncoordinated actions were unsuccessful, but some were notable successes—and during [[2798]] these spontaneous actions saw Arcadia, [[Coloma]], [[Saginaw]], and [[Strawn]] all returned to Federated Suns control as the people of the Federated Suns raged against their supposed conquerors.<ref name="FSWp89">''First Succession War'', p. 89: "The Rise of Prince Paul"</ref> | |
| − | + | Arcadia would no longer be a bustling pillar of strength within the Federated Suns. The Draconis Combine offensive came within a single jump of New Avalon; Combine forces never made it any further than Arcadia, as the beleaguered AFFS rallied to drive the invaders back in a long, slow, and brutal campaign, and the fighting on Arcadia was as brutal as any. By the end of the [[First Succession War]], Arcadia was a dead world.<ref name="CGL">[http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php/topic,7631.msg184146.html#msg184146, Øystein Tvedten, Catalyst Game Labs BattleTech Developer, 15 Jul 2011]</ref> | |
| − | Arcadia | ||
| − | ===The Jihad=== | + | ====The Jihad==== |
| − | + | Interstellar Expeditions sent an expedition to Arcadia in [[3088]] to test their theory that Arcadia was [[Taussen]], one of the [[The Five|Hidden Five]] worlds held by the [[Word of Blake]]. The expedition found nothing to indicate that this was the case. All they found were ruins and large zones of radiation.<ref name="ISP3p22">''Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3'', p. 22: "Obeedah"</ref> | |
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| − | == Military Deployment == | ||
| − | == Geography == | + | ===Geography=== |
| − | == Planetary Locations == | + | ===Planetary Locations=== |
| − | == | + | ===Companies and Industries=== |
| − | == Image gallery == | + | ===Image gallery=== |
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| − | == Notes == | + | ==Notes== |
It was confirmed by Øystein Tvedten, one of the Catalyst Game Labs BattleTech Developers, that Arcadia died in the First Succession War and was the closest world to New Avalon the [[DCMS]] attacked: | It was confirmed by Øystein Tvedten, one of the Catalyst Game Labs BattleTech Developers, that Arcadia died in the First Succession War and was the closest world to New Avalon the [[DCMS]] attacked: | ||
| − | {{Quote|Arcadia die due to heavy fighting there during the | + | {{Quote|Arcadia die due to heavy fighting there during the First Succession War. It was as far as the DCMS came in their drive to New Avalon (one jump away). The fighting there wasn't pretty.|[http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php/topic,7631.msg184146.html#msg184146 Øystein Tvedten, Catalyst Game Labs BattleTech Developer, 15 Jul 2011]}} |
| − | == Nearby Systems == | + | ==Map Gallery== |
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| + | {|class="wikitable nearby-systems" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 1px solid black;" | ||
| + | ! colspan="8" | Closest 40 systems (37 within 60 light-years)<br>Distance in light years, closest systems first: | ||
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| + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Odell]] | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | 9.5 | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Streator]] | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | 12.8 | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Delavan]] | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | 17.4 | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Strawn]] | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | 17.8 | ||
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| − | | [[ | + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Ipava]] |
| − | | | + | | class="lessthan30" | 18.0 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Argyle]] |
| − | | | + | | class="lessthan30" | 20.6 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="lessthan30" | [[New Avalon]] |
| − | | | + | | class="lessthan30" | 25.6 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Northfield]] |
| − | | | + | | class="lessthan30" | 28.8 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Coloma]] |
| − | | | + | | class="lessthan30" | 29.7 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Augusta]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 30.4 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Chebanse]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 32.0 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Kirklin]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 32.4 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Saunemin]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 33.1 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Markesan]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 35.0 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Freisland]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 35.5 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Numenor]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 35.6 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Belladonna]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 37.2 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Cahokia]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 38.3 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Acoma]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 39.4 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Tiskilwa]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 40.0 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Sodus]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 40.8 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Kestrel]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 44.2 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Saltural]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 44.7 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Saginaw]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 46.4 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Galax]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 46.8 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Versailles]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 47.3 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Vecchio]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 48.8 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[New Valencia]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 51.3 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Paulding]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 52.8 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Torrence]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 55.4 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Leipsic]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 56.2 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Imbrial]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 56.3 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Gravensteen]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 56.8 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Petrolia]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 57.4 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[El Dorado]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 57.9 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Scudder]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 58.0 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Bogard]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 58.4 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over60" | [[O'Fallon]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over60" | 60.0 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over60" | [[Blandinsville]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over60" | 61.4 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over60" | [[Corydon]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over60" | 62.1 |
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| − | == References == | + | ==References== |
<references/> | <references/> | ||
| − | == Bibliography == | + | ==Bibliography== |
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* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]'' | * ''[[Era Report: 2750]]'' | ||
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]'' | * ''[[Era Report: 3052]]'' | ||
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* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]'' | * ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]'' | ||
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]'' | * ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]'' | ||
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* ''[[Field Report: AFFS]]'' | * ''[[Field Report: AFFS]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Field Report 2765: AFFS]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]'' | ||
* ''[[Handbook: House Davion]]'' | * ''[[Handbook: House Davion]]'' | ||
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]'' | * ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]'' | ||
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* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]'' | * ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]'' | ||
* ''[[House Davion (The Federated Suns)]]'' | * ''[[House Davion (The Federated Suns)]]'' | ||
| − | * ''[[Interstellar Players 3 | + | * ''[[Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3]]'' |
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' | * ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' | ||
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]'' | * ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]'' | ||
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| + | [[Category:Systems|Arcadia (FS)]] | ||
[[Category:Planets|Arcadia (FS)]] | [[Category:Planets|Arcadia (FS)]] | ||
| − | [[Category: Federated Suns | + | [[Category: Draconis Combine Systems]] |
| − | [[Category: Independent | + | [[Category: Federated Suns Systems]] |
| − | [[Category: Terran Alliance | + | [[Category: Independent Systems]] |
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Latest revision as of 08:24, 23 April 2024
- This article is about the Federated Suns planetary system. For other uses, see Arcadia.
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The Arcadia system was the location of at least one garden world and as of 2750 was located in the Markesan Operational Area of the Crucis March within the Federated Suns.[1]
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System Description[edit]
Arcadia is located near the Odell and Streator systems.[1]
System History[edit]
The Arcadia system was settled during the First Exodus from Terra.[2] Arcadia was removed from maps during the First Succession War as the system had been abandoned, depopulated or both.[3][4]
An Interstellar Expeditions-led expedition by Jiminez in 3088 to Arcadia in search of the Hidden World Taussen turned up nothing other than ruins and radioactive zones.[5]
Political Affiliation[edit]
- Pre-2240 - Terran Alliance[2]
- 2240 - Independent world[2]
- 2317 - Independent world[6]
- 2571 - Federated Suns[7]
- 2596 - Federated Suns[8]
- 2750 - Federated Suns[1]
- 2764 - Federated Suns[9]
- 2765 - Federated Suns[3][10]
- 2796 - Draconis Combine[11]
- 2798 - Federated Suns[12]
- 2822 - No record[4][13]
- 2864 - No record[14]
- 3025 - No record[15][16]
- 3030 - No record[17]
- 3040 - No record[18][19]
- 3050 - No record[20]
- 3052 - No record[21]
- 3057 - No record[22]
- 3058 - No record[23]
- 3063 - No record[24]
- 3067 - No record[25][26]
- 3075 - No record[27]
- 3079 - No record[28]
- 3081 - No record[29]
- 3085 - No record[30]
- 3135 - No record[31]
- 3145 - No record[32][33]
Arcadia[edit]
| Arcadia |
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Planetary History[edit]
Early History[edit]
Arcadia was once one of the "garden worlds" of the Crucis March region of the Federated Suns, settled during the early exodus from Earth; even after the Demarcation Declaration of 2243, Arcadia remained a prosperous, peaceful world. While nearby New Avalon was a struggling, strife-ridden world during the birth of the Federated Suns, Arcadia was a world blessed with abundant raw materials, extensive agriculture—fed by the plentiful water available—and a booming industrial economy.[2]
Seventy years after the birth of the Federated Suns, the ruling line of the realm, the Davions, united their world with Arcadia when President Paul Davion of New Avalon married Marge Svensdottar of Arcadia in 2378.[34] It wasn't the last time scions of the Davion family would marry into the Arcadian nobility; Edward Davion married an Arcadian socialite in the early twenty-fifth century[35]—although that wouldn't stop the leader of Arcadia joining the November Conspiracy in 2417 in an attempt to replace Edward with another, more stable ruler.[36]
First Succession War[edit]
In 2789, First Prince John Davion ordered a mass mustering of as large a spaceborn fleet as could be assembled in the Arcadia system. Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery forces had been pouring across the border since the Draconis Combine invasion began in 2787, and were swiftly conquering Federated Suns systems, destroying communications systems, JumpShips and WarShips and Armed Forces of the Federated Suns units as they went. Prince John's first attempt to slow or stop the invasion, Operation SOLAR SHIELD, had been an abject failure, but he was undeterred and began preparing a second attempt immediately while the Dragon continued to advance. Pulling together every WarShip he could find, including every ship that could be spared from the Federated Suns borders with both the Capellan Confederation and the Periphery, as well as many WarShips assigned to defend systems near New Avalon, Prince John managed to assemble a fleet of more than a hundred WarShips and assault DropShips, along with a similar number of aerospace fighter wings. The largest spaceborn naval fleet to be gathered together since the Age of War, the task force was to be commanded by Admiral Kenneth Jones, the best of Prince John's available fleet commanders, and its mission was to blunt the Combine advance by moving from system to system and destroying as many Combine ships as possible, with tasks such as assisting active resistance groups and providing evacuations to be secondary to destroying the Combine naval advantage. Jones' task force set off on its mission at the end of 2789.[37]
Arcadia was invaded during the second half of the major invasion into the Federated Suns launched by the Draconis Combine in May 2791.[11] In December 2797, First Prince John Davion and his son Joshua Davion were assassinated on Ipava while planning a counteroffensive against the Draconis Combine, even as renegade AFFS forces had begun launching vengeful raids and assaults across the border in retaliation for the genocide being waged against the civilian population of Kentares IV at the direction of Coordinator Jinjiro Kurita. The title of First Prince fell to Paul Davion, who was only nineteen years old and untested, but one of his first acts was to give official approval retrospectively to those spontaneous and uncoordinated attacks that had been launched and proven successful. He not only took some measure of credit for those victories, but he also turned the perception of them away from being instances of poor discipline and instead made them victories for all of the men and women of the Federated Suns. Faced with overextended supply lines, the eruption of spontaneous rebellions across many worlds and failing morale, the DCMS found itself the target of frenzied, vengeful assaults at the hands of AFFS units whose tactics often verged on recklessness. Many of these uncoordinated actions were unsuccessful, but some were notable successes—and during 2798 these spontaneous actions saw Arcadia, Coloma, Saginaw, and Strawn all returned to Federated Suns control as the people of the Federated Suns raged against their supposed conquerors.[12]
Arcadia would no longer be a bustling pillar of strength within the Federated Suns. The Draconis Combine offensive came within a single jump of New Avalon; Combine forces never made it any further than Arcadia, as the beleaguered AFFS rallied to drive the invaders back in a long, slow, and brutal campaign, and the fighting on Arcadia was as brutal as any. By the end of the First Succession War, Arcadia was a dead world.[38]
The Jihad[edit]
Interstellar Expeditions sent an expedition to Arcadia in 3088 to test their theory that Arcadia was Taussen, one of the Hidden Five worlds held by the Word of Blake. The expedition found nothing to indicate that this was the case. All they found were ruins and large zones of radiation.[39]
Notes[edit]
It was confirmed by Øystein Tvedten, one of the Catalyst Game Labs BattleTech Developers, that Arcadia died in the First Succession War and was the closest world to New Avalon the DCMS attacked:
| “ | Arcadia die due to heavy fighting there during the First Succession War. It was as far as the DCMS came in their drive to New Avalon (one jump away). The fighting there wasn't pretty. | ” |
| — Øystein Tvedten, Catalyst Game Labs BattleTech Developer, 15 Jul 2011 | ||
Map Gallery[edit]
Nearby Systems[edit]
| Closest 40 systems (37 within 60 light-years) Distance in light years, closest systems first: | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odell | 9.5 | Streator | 12.8 | Delavan | 17.4 | Strawn | 17.8 |
| Ipava | 18.0 | Argyle | 20.6 | New Avalon | 25.6 | Northfield | 28.8 |
| Coloma | 29.7 | Augusta | 30.4 | Chebanse | 32.0 | Kirklin | 32.4 |
| Saunemin | 33.1 | Markesan | 35.0 | Freisland | 35.5 | Numenor | 35.6 |
| Belladonna | 37.2 | Cahokia | 38.3 | Acoma | 39.4 | Tiskilwa | 40.0 |
| Sodus | 40.8 | Kestrel | 44.2 | Saltural | 44.7 | Saginaw | 46.4 |
| Galax | 46.8 | Versailles | 47.3 | Vecchio | 48.8 | New Valencia | 51.3 |
| Paulding | 52.8 | Torrence | 55.4 | Leipsic | 56.2 | Imbrial | 56.3 |
| Gravensteen | 56.8 | Petrolia | 57.4 | El Dorado | 57.9 | Scudder | 58.0 |
| Bogard | 58.4 | O'Fallon | 60.0 | Blandinsville | 61.4 | Corydon | 62.1 |
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Era Report: 2750, p. 37: "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 House Davion (The Federated Suns), p. 22: "The Prime Ministers"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Handbook: House Davion, p. 54: "Federated Suns after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
- ↑ Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3, p. 21: "TAUSSEN"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 18: "Federated Suns at their Founding - [2317] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 48: "Federated Suns after Age of War - [2571] Map"
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159: "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"
- ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
- ↑ Field Report 2765: AFFS, p. 29: "Federated Suns Armed Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 First Succession War, p. 44: "Draconis Combine-Federated Suns Front 2786-2796"
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 First Succession War, p. 89: "The Rise of Prince Paul"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 60: "Federated Suns after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"
- ↑ House Davion (The Federated Suns), foldout: "Federated Suns Map - [3025]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 70: "Federated Suns after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 72: "Federated Suns after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 76: "Federated Suns 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"
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11: Inner Sphere - [3057] Map
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 78: "Federated Suns 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"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 43: "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64: "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"
- ↑ Field Report: AFFS, p. 21: "Federated Suns Armed Forces Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63: "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii: "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
- ↑ House Davion (The Federated Suns), p. 30: "A Noble Effort"
- ↑ House Davion (The Federated Suns), p. 31: "Twin Tyrants"
- ↑ House Davion (The Federated Suns), p. 32: "Death of a Tyrant"
- ↑ First Succession War, pp. 41–42: "Cholame"
- ↑ Øystein Tvedten, Catalyst Game Labs BattleTech Developer, 15 Jul 2011
- ↑ Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3, p. 22: "Obeedah"
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