Avon
Avon
Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to Terra at (0, 0)
Avon | |
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← 3135 3151 | |
System Information | |
X:Y Coordinates | 150.09:250.80[e] |
Spectral class | G8V[1][2] |
Recharge time | 189 hours[1][2] |
Recharge station(s) | None[1][2] |
The Avon system is home to at least one inhabited world, Avon V, and as at 3145 was located in the Irece Prefecture of the Pesht Military District within the Draconis Combine.[3][4]
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System Description
The Avon system is located near the Luthien and Port Arthur systems[3][4] and conissts of a class G8V primary orbited by at least five planets.[1][2]
System History
The Avon system was settled at some point during the Age of War or earlier.[5]
Avon V
Template:InfoBoxPlanetStandard Avon V - more commonly referred to simply as Avon - is the fifth planet in the Avon system. The surface of Avon has been host to at least two significant defense manufacturers.[1][2]
Planetary History
Clan Invasion
Avon was conquered by both Clan Smoke Jaguar and Clan Nova Cat during the Fifth Wave of Operation REVIVAL in November 3051. Against the Second Amphigean Light Assault Group were arrayed the Smoke Jaguar's Fifth Jaguar Regulars, Fourth Jaguar Dragoons and 214th Jaguar Dragoons, and the Nova Cat's 274th Battle Cluster and 449th Assault Cluster. Initially the two Clans landed only one Cluster each, but even this was too much for the Second to contemplate engaging in open battle. Knowing they could not defeat their foes conventionally, the defenders instead began a short but fierce guerrilla campaign aimed at destroying as much of the Clans' supplies as possible. Entire companies of 'Mechs attacked Clan supply depots under the cover of darkness, though in truth their attacks were merely diversions to allow commando units to infiltrate and plant explosives among the supplies. As a result of such "perfidious" tactics, the Smoke Jaguar commander ordered a "headhunter" Star to locate and destroy the Second's command post. The unit succeeded during a ruthlessly brutal strike that killed the entire command staff. Bereft of leadership the defender's efforts began to falter, until finally the Second Amphigean was destroyed just days later from an attack by the 214th Jaguar Dragoons.[6]
Operation BULLDOG
Avon was successfully invaded in the first wave of Operation BULLDOG by the Fourth Pesht Regulars; the defending First Nova Cat Guards were integrated into the Draconis Combine.[7][8][9] The planet was presumably subsequently lost and then recaptured in the second wave of Operation BULLDOG by the 198th Division, Third Royal Guards, Fourth Pesht Regulars, Eleventh Alshain Avengers, First Star League Nova Cat Guards (Alpha), First Star League Garrison Cluster, and Third Star League Garrison Cluster. The defending Beta Galaxy Command Trinary, First Jaguar Guards quickly lost the planet.[10]
The Jihad
On the 24th of July 3072 the renegade DCA Kirishima-class cruiser DCS Urizen II was destroyed in the Avon system by the Clan Nova Cat Black Lion-class heavy cruiser and flagship Severen Leroux.[11][12]
Post-Jihad Era
The Matabushi Incorporated plant located near the city of Fresno on the Albion continent continued to produce both Union and Overlord-class DropShips for the Combine and for Clan Nova Cat throughout the Jihad,[13] despite having lost more than a third of its capacity during the conflict.[14] The Matabushi plant had been restored to full operating capability well before 3081.[15]
The Matabushi plant wasn't the only plant on Avon to manufacture items to Clan specifications in support of the Nova Cats; Luthien Armor Works also maintained a small LAW-Barcella facility on the planet to manufacture OmniMech components and second-line BattleMechs solely for the Nova Cats.[1]
Political Affiliation
- 2596 - Draconis Combine [5]
- 2750 - Draconis Combine [16]
- 2765 - Draconis Combine [17]
- 3025 - Draconis Combine [18]
- 3030 - Draconis Combine[citation needed]
- 3040 - Draconis Combine [19]
- 3050 - Draconis Combine [20]
- 3052 - Clan Nova Cat/Clan Smoke Jaguar [21]
- 3057 - Clan Nova Cat/Clan Smoke Jaguar [22]
- 3063 - Draconis Combine [23]
- 3075 - Draconis Combine [24]
- 3079 - Draconis Combine [25]
- 3081 - Draconis Combine [26]
- 3085 - Draconis Combine [27]
- 3130 - Draconis Combine [28]
- 3135 - Draconis Combine [29]
- 3145 - Draconis Combine [3][4]
Military Deployment
3054
3062
- Xi Galaxy[31]
3067
3079
3085
Geography
Avon has three continents named Albion, Britannia and Norman; the continents are covered in plains which are often subject to high winds.[1][2]
Planetary Locations
- Fresno: A city located on Albion.[13]
- Stratford: The planetary capital city, located on Albion.[1][2]
Industrial Centers
Nearby Systems
Systems within 60 light-years (distance in light years) Closest systems first: | |||||||
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Luthien | 17.5 | Port Arthur | 19.1 | Bicester | 22.9 | Tarazed | 24.0 |
Cyrenaica | 24.0 | Braunton | 24.9 | Kilmarnock | 25.7 | Asgard | 28.0 |
Leiston | 29.2 | Chatham | 30.9 | Yumesta | 32.4 | Omagh | 39.5 |
Caripare | 40.6 | Yardley | 44.1 | Dyfed | 44.1 | Xinyang | 45.0 |
Yamarovka | 45.1 | Baruun Urt | 46.4 | Corsica Nueva | 50.0 | Ulsan | 50.7 |
Kagoshima | 51.2 | Irece | 52.2 | Juazeiro | 52.4 | Dover | 52.5 |
Tuat | 54.6 | Mualang | 55.7 | Philadelphia | 59.0 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Objectives: Draconis Combine, p. 7, "Avon"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Objectives: The Clans, p. 24, "Avon Planet Profile"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Field Manual: 3145, p. VI, "Inner Sphere - 3145"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 159, "Inner Sphere Map [2596]"
- ↑ Invading Clans (sourcebook), p.59-60
- ↑ The Dragon Roars, p.16
- ↑ Field Manual Updates, p.109
- ↑ Field Manual: Comstar, p.125
- ↑ The Dragon Roars, p.25
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, p. 23, "Timeline of the Jihad"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 51, "The Jihad In Review"
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Objectives: Draconis Combine, p. 7, "Matabushi, Inc"
- ↑ Objectives: Draconis Combine, p. 4, "State of the Industry at a Glance (Dec 3079)"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 89, "Pesht Military District"
- ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37, "Inner Sphere - 2750"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 2765"
- ↑ House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), "Draconis Combine Map - [3025]"
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133, "Inner Sphere - 3040"
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map [3050]"
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23, "Inner Sphere Map [3052]"
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map [3057]"
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29, "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65, "Inner Sphere Map [3075]"
- ↑ Field Report: DCMS, p. 21, "DCMS Deployment Table [3079]"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63, "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 127, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"
- ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 63, "Unit Note"
- ↑ Field Manual: ComStar, p. 128, "Nova Cats Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 101, "Clan Nova Cat Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 130, "Deployment Table - 3085"
- ↑ Objectives: The Clans, p. 24, "Avon Alpha"
- ↑ Objectives: The Clans, p. 25, "Matabushi Incorporated"
Bibliography
- Era Report: 2750
- Era Report: 3052
- Era Report: 3062
- Era Report: 3145
- Field Manual: 3085
- Field Manual: 3145
- Field Manual: ComStar
- Field Manual: Update
- Field Report: DCMS
- Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1
- Historical: Reunification War
- Historical: War of 3039
- House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)
- Jihad: Final Reckoning
- Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents
- Jihad Hot Spots: 3076
- Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
- Objective Raids
- Objectives: Draconis Combine
- Objectives: The Clans