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==Planetary Garrison==
 
==Planetary Garrison==

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(References to Black Earth)

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Black Earth
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Black Earth nearby systems
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System Information
X:Y Coordinates-180.26:396.46[e]


Planetary Garrison

2581-2583

3054

3059

3067-3068

3145

Owner History

Overview

Founding

Black Earth was one of four worlds acquired by the Rim Worlds Republic between 2347 and 2371 as an attempt by Arabella Rowe to expand the capabilities of the Republic armed forces; Black Earth was intended to be a "hedgehog", a giant fortified firebase that Republican forces could use to slow the advance of any invading force.[8]

Rim Worlds Republic Civil War

With the Rim Worlds Republic in a state of civil war from 2575 even as the Reunification War was raging in the other major Periphery states, the Star League eventually found itself forced into deploying forces to secure the Republic and restore the rule of First Consul Gregory Amaris. The military operation to secure the Rim Worlds was named Operation MAILED FIST and was expected to be a short campaign; combat operations began in mid-2581, and Black Earth was both the fourth Republic world to be targeted by the Star League Defense Force and the first world targeted that lacked a front-line Republican force as garrison.[35]

While Operation MAILED FIST was a Star League operation, the forces committed to secure Black Earth in September 2581 were all drawn from the Lyran Auxiliary Corps headed up by Archon Viola Steiner. With Black Earth lacking regular army forces it was believed that the planet would be only lightly defended, but the landings by the Fourth Royal Guards Regiment, Twenty-Fifth Skye Rangers and the Tamar Tigers met stiff resistance from Republican AeroSpace Fighters with the Rangers taking heavy damage before making groundfall, although the losses taken weren't sufficient to prevent the conquest of Black Earth.[35]

Star League Era

Black Earth was a part of the Apollo Province of the Rim Worlds Republic and was conquered by the Lyran Commonwealth during the 2773-2775 Republic-Commonwealth war.[15]

Clan Invasion

In April of 3050, Clan Jade Falcon invaded Black Earth as part of the Second Wave of Operation Revival. The entire Gyrfalcon Galaxy was dispatched to conquer the world, which was defended by those survivors of both the 1st Grave Walkers and 17th Skye Rangers who had managed to escape from earlier Falcon attacks. At the Black Earth Space Port the Jade Falcon aerospace contingent surprised its 17th Skye counterparts while they were still on the ground, although in a show of fairness the Falcon aerospace commander allowed the enemy pilots to get in their fighters and take off before being destroyed. When the ground attack against the space port began the 17th Skye managed to resist for little over an hour against the Jade Falcons before being overrun. At New Houston the Grave Walkers set fire to the oil at one of the refineries in hopes of using the resulting black smoke to screen their forces, only to learn that such a trick was useless against the superior technology of the Clans. From opening shot to the defenders' final surrender the battle for Black Earth took less than thirty hours.[36]

The Jihad

In late January 3069 Black Earth was captured for a second time by Clan Jade Falcon.[28] Both regiments of the Blue Star Irregulars were shattered on the ground during the Jade Falcon assault; the survivors attempted to retreat from Black Earth along with a flotilla of civilian refugees, only to be attacked again in space by Jade Falcon forces. The Falcons attacked with a Congress-class frigate and a Vincent-class corvette[5][6] - subsequently identified as the CJF Lightning Strike[6] - destroying JumpShips and DropShips as the Fredasa-class WarShip operated by the Blue Star Irregulars, the Kerensky's Blues, attempted to place itself between the Falcon WarShips and the refugees. The Kerensky's Blues managed to deal with the CJF Lightning Strike,[6] but was unable to prevent the Congress-class ship from butchering almost all of the fleeing Irregulars' forces before destroying the Blues as well. The battle was reported in the media via an INN journalist aboard the Loyal Son, a fleeing Overlord-class DropShip and one of the vessels escaping from Black Earth.[5][6]

Nearby Systems

Planets within 2 jumps (60 light-years)
Closest planets first:
Planet Distance (LY) Jumps 2750 3025 3030 3040 3052 3057 3062 3067
Golandrinas 22.19 1 RWR LC LC FC CJF CJF CJF CJF
Roadside 25.48 1 LC LC LC FC CJF CJF CJF LA
Beta VII 27.47 1 RWR LC LC FC CJF CJF CJF CJF
Hot Springs 27.90 1 LC LC LC FC CJF CJF CJF CJF
Barcelona 30.40 2 RWR LC LC FC CJF CJF CJF CJF
Bone-Norman 31.95 2 LC LC LC FC CJF CJF CJF CJF
Kikuyu 36.07 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA CJF
Mogyorod 37.79 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA LA
Blackjack 37.84 2 LC LC LC FC CSV CSV CJF LA
Somerset 38.63 2 RWR LC LC FC FC LA LA CJF
Malibu 38.87 2 RWR LC LC FC CJF CJF CJF CJF
Wotan 41.36 2 RWR LC LC FC CJF CJF CJF CJF
Anywhere 44.79 2 RWR LC LC FC CJF CJF CJF CJF
Blue Hole 45.81 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA LA
Newtown Square 48.25 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA CJF
Goat Path 48.25 2 LC LC LC FC CSV CSV CJF CJF
Derf 50.09 2 LC LC LC FC CJF CJF CJF CJF
Kookens Pleasure Pit 50.64 2 LC LC LC FC FC AR AR CJF
Clermont 51.03 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA LA
Erewhon 52.96 2 RWR P P P CJF CJF CJF CJF
Lackhove 53.01 2 RWR P P P CJF CJF CJF CJF
Chahar 56.50 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA CJF
Butler 57.82 2 LC LC LC FC CJF CJF CJF CJF
Here 59.98 2 RWR LC LC FC CJF CJF CJF CJF

References

  1. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 152, "Rim Worlds Republic Front (Jump-off - 2587)
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Objective Raids, p. 58, "Unit Note"
  3. ↑ Field Manual: Crusader Clans, p. 153, "Crusader Clans Deployment Table"
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Mercenaries Supplemental , p. 68, "Mercenary Deployment Table"
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Blake Ascending, p. 210, p. 211, "Falling Stars"
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Mercenaries Supplemental Update, p. 11, "Blue Star Irregulars"
  7. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 169, "Clan Force Deployments - Clan Jade Falcon"
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 The Periphery, 1st Edition, p. 19, "Mishka's Diplomacy"
  9. ↑ Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 18, "Rim Worlds Republic after Age of War [2571]"
  10. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War [2571]"
  11. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 158, "Inner Sphere Map [2596]"
  12. ↑ Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 25, "Rim Worlds Republic At the Fall of the Star League [2750]"
  13. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, Map: Inner Sphere 2765
  14. ↑ Field Manual: SLDF,Map: Inner Sphere 2764
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 37, "The Republic-Commonwealth War"
  16. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36, "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War [2822]"
  17. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War [2822]"
  18. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War [3025]"
  19. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War [3030]"
  20. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 59, "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 39 [3040]"
  21. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 132, "Inner Sphere - 3040"
  22. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 10, "Inner Sphere - 3050"
  23. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 61, "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion [3052]"
  24. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 22, "Inner Sphere - 3052"
  25. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 10, "Inner Sphere Map [3057]"
  26. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 28, "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"
  27. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 70, "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War [3067]"
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 46, "The Jihad In Review"
  29. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64, "Inner Sphere - 3075"
  30. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 62, "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"
  31. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"
  32. ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  33. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 10, "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"
  34. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 38, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"
  35. ↑ 35.0 35.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 132, "Persistence, Treeline, Star's End and Black Earth (May-December 2581)
  36. ↑ Jade Falcon Sourcebook, p. 37

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