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| − | | image = | + | | image = Bob_3151.svg |
| − | | caption = | + | | caption = Dunklewälderdunklerflüssenschattenwelt [[#Nearby_Systems|nearby systems]] |
| name = Bob | | name = Bob | ||
| − | | coord = 440. | + | | coord = 440.689 : 243.842{{e}} |
| stars = | | stars = | ||
| class = M1IV<ref name=TtSBp4>''Touring the Stars: Bob'', p. 4</ref> | | class = M1IV<ref name=TtSBp4>''Touring the Stars: Bob'', p. 4</ref> | ||
| recharge = 202 hours<ref name=TtSBp4/> | | recharge = 202 hours<ref name=TtSBp4/> | ||
| − | | recharge stations = | + | | recharge stations = None<ref name=TtSBp4/> |
| planets = 4<ref name=TtSBp4/> | | planets = 4<ref name=TtSBp4/> | ||
}} | }} | ||
| − | The '''Bob''' system was home to at least one habitable world and as | + | |
| + | The '''Bob''' system was home to at least one habitable world and as of [[2765]] was located in the [[New Samarkand Prefecture]] of the [[Galedon Military District]] within the [[Draconis Combine]].<ref name="H:LoTv1p11"/> | ||
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| − | == System Description == | + | ==System Description== |
| − | The Bob system is located near the [[Kazanka]] and [[Suianheer]] systems.<ref name="ER:2750p37"/> | + | The Bob system is located near the [[Kazanka]] and [[Suianheer]] systems. At the heart of the system is a very dim and cool subdwarf star.<ref name="ER:2750p37"/> |
| − | == System History == | + | ==System History== |
The Bob system was colonized during the [[Star League era]] at some point after the end of the [[Reunification War]].<ref name="H:RWp159"/><ref name="ER:2750p37"/> Originally named '''Dunklewälderdunklerflüssenschattenwelt''', the system was depopulated during the [[First Succession War]]<ref name="H:LoTv1p11"/><ref name=FR:2765DCp25/><ref name="H:LOTV2p122"/> due to an unfortunate combination of bureaucracy and the widespread effects of the war. The awkward name originally given to the planet led to the government setting a name change in motion from the planet's original name to "Bob", but due to the chaos of the First Succession War, the change failed to gain wide recognition and essential supplies of terraforming equipment failed to arrive as a result, dooming the colonies on the planet. | The Bob system was colonized during the [[Star League era]] at some point after the end of the [[Reunification War]].<ref name="H:RWp159"/><ref name="ER:2750p37"/> Originally named '''Dunklewälderdunklerflüssenschattenwelt''', the system was depopulated during the [[First Succession War]]<ref name="H:LoTv1p11"/><ref name=FR:2765DCp25/><ref name="H:LOTV2p122"/> due to an unfortunate combination of bureaucracy and the widespread effects of the war. The awkward name originally given to the planet led to the government setting a name change in motion from the planet's original name to "Bob", but due to the chaos of the First Succession War, the change failed to gain wide recognition and essential supplies of terraforming equipment failed to arrive as a result, dooming the colonies on the planet. | ||
| − | == Political Affiliation == | + | ==Political Affiliation== |
| − | * [[2319]] - No record <ref name=HB:HKp18>''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 18 | + | {{div col|colwidth=25em}} |
| − | * [[2571]] - No record <ref name="HB:MPSp147">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 147 | + | * [[2319]] - No record<ref name=HB:HKp18>''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 18: "Draconis Combine - [2319] Map"</ref> |
| − | * [[2596]] - No record <ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159 | + | * [[2571]] - No record<ref name="HB:MPSp147">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 147: "Outworlds Alliance after Age of War (2571) and at the Fall of the Star League (2750)"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp31">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 31: "Draconis Combine after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref> |
| + | * [[2596]] - No record<ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159: "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"</ref> | ||
* [[2689]] - [[Draconis Combine]] (First Colony)<ref name=TtSBp4/> | * [[2689]] - [[Draconis Combine]] (First Colony)<ref name=TtSBp4/> | ||
| − | * [[2750]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="HB:MPSp147"/><ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37 | + | * [[2750]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="HB:MPSp147"/><ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37: "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref> |
| − | * [[2764]] - Draconis Combine <ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref> | + | * [[2764]] - Draconis Combine<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref> |
| − | * [[2765]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="H:LoTv1p11">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11 | + | * [[2765]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="H:LoTv1p11">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [2765]"</ref><ref name=FR:2765DCp25>''Field Report 2765: DCMS'', p. 25: "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref> |
| − | * [[2805]] - No Record (Removed from maps)<ref name=TtSBp4/> | + | * [[2805]] - No Record (Removed from maps)<ref name=TtSBp4/> |
| − | * [[2822]] - No record <ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', | + | * [[2822]] - No record<ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp43">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 43: "Draconis Combine after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref> |
| − | * [[2864]] - No record <ref name="HB:HKp53">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 53 | + | * [[2864]] - No record<ref name="HB:HKp53">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 53: "Draconis Combine after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref> |
| − | * [[3025]] - No record <ref>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', "Draconis Combine Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp64">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 64 | + | * [[3025]] - No record<ref>''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', foldout: "Draconis Combine Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp64">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 64: "Draconis Combine after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref> |
| − | * [[3030]] - No record <ref name="HB:HKp66">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 66 | + | * [[3030]] - No record<ref name="HB:HKp66">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 66: "Draconis Combine after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref> |
| − | * [[3040]] - No record <ref name="H:Wo3039p133">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133 | + | * [[3040]] - No record<ref name="H:Wo3039p133">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133: "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp68">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 68: "Draconis Combine after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"</ref> |
| − | * [[3050]] - No record <ref name="ER:3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11 | + | * [[3050]] - No record<ref name="ER:3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"</ref> |
| − | * [[3052]] - No record <ref name="ER:3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23 | + | * [[3052]] - No record<ref name="ER:3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23: "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp71">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 71: "Draconis Combine after Operation REVIVAL - [3052] Map"</ref> |
| − | * [[3054]] - No record <ref name="ORp24">''Objective Raids'', p. 24 | + | * [[3054]] - No record<ref name="ORp24">''Objective Raids'', p. 24: "Map of the Draconis Combine"</ref> |
| − | * [[3057]] - No record <ref name="ER:3062p11">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11 | + | * [[3057]] - No record<ref name="ER:3062p11">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11: Inner Sphere - [3057] Map</ref> |
| − | * [[3063]] - No record <ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29 | + | * [[3063]] - No record<ref>''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29: "Inner Sphere [3063] Map"</ref><ref name="ISp21">''Inner Sphere'', p. 21: "Draconis Combine Map"</ref> |
| − | * [[3067]] - No record <ref name="HB:HKp74">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 74 | + | * [[3067]] - No record<ref name="HB:HKp74">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 74: "Draconis Combine after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="J:FRp42">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 42: "Inner Sphere - [October 3067] Map"</ref> |
| − | * [[3075]] - No record <ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 65 | + | * [[3075]] - No record<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 65: Inner Sphere - [3075] Map</ref> |
| − | * [[3079]] - No record <ref name="FR:DCMSp21">''Field Report: DCMS'', p. 21 | + | * [[3079]] - No record<ref name="FR:DCMSp21">''Field Report: DCMS'', p. 21: "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref> |
| − | * [[3081]] - No record <ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63 | + | * [[3081]] - No record<ref>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63: "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"</ref> |
| − | * [[3085]] - No record <ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 127 | + | * [[3085]] - No record<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 127: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref> |
| − | + | * [[3135]] - No record<ref name="ER:3145p11">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref> | |
| − | * [[3135]] - No record <ref name="ER:3145p11">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11 | + | * [[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> |
| − | * [[3145]] - No record <ref name="ER:3145p39">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39 | + | {{div col end}} |
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| − | {{ | + | ==Bob I== |
| − | | image = | + | {{InfoBoxPlanet |
| − | | | + | | image = Bob Orbital View.jpg |
| − | | | + | | name = Bob I |
| − | | | + | | othernames = (See [[Bob#System History|System History]]) |
| − | | position = | + | | position = First<ref name=TtSBp4/> |
| − | | distance = | + | | distance = 2.96<ref name=TtSBp4/> |
| − | | moons = | + | | moons = 1 (Riesenschild)<ref name=TtSBp4/><ref name=TtSBp6>''Touring the Stars: Bob'', p. 6</ref> |
| − | + | | gravity = 1.1<ref name=TtSBp4/> | |
| − | | gravity = | + | | pressure = Standard (Toxic)<ref name=TtSBp4/> |
| − | | pressure = | + | | temperature = 15°C (Cold - Temperate)<ref name=TtSBp4/> |
| − | | temperature = | + | | water = 72%<ref name=TtSBp4/> |
| − | | water = | + | | life = Birds<ref name=TtSBp4/> |
| − | | life = | + | | continents = 4 (Ketzerheimat, Klüfterlande, Lunarblessed, Lamarae)<ref name=TtSBp6/> |
| − | | | + | | colonized = [[2689]]<ref name=TtSBp4/> |
| − | | | + | | demonym = |
| + | | language = | ||
| + | | religion = | ||
| + | | population = 346,000,000 (2765),<br>ca. 956,000 (3130)<ref name=TtSBp4/> | ||
| ruler = | | ruler = | ||
| − | | | + | | political = Mission Director [[Thaddeus Øystein]] (ca. 2689),<ref name=TtSBp4/><br>Governor [[Patton MacDonald]] (ca. 2786)<ref name=TtSBp5>''Touring the Stars: Bob'', p. 5</ref> |
| − | | | + | | commander = |
| − | | | + | | capital = Krimhildshausen (–2765), Ruprecht (–3130)<ref name=TtSBp4/> |
| − | | hpg = | + | | hpg = None (post-2780)<ref name=TtSBp4/><ref name=TtSBp6/> |
| + | | hpgrep = | ||
}} | }} | ||
| + | ===Planetary History=== | ||
| + | ====Early History==== | ||
| + | While Dunklewälderdunklerflüssenschattenwelt had been surveyed in the 2500s and considered for various uses, it wasn't until 2689 that the planet was colonized by a consortium of developers. Mission Director [[Thaddeus Øystein]]'s unfortunate name for the planet was intended as a gimmick to stand on out maps, and as an accurate description: The name roughly translates to "shadow world of dark woods and darker rivers".<ref name=TtSBp4/> | ||
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| + | Early colonists were plagued by a variety of health issues stemming from intense ultraviolet radiation, toxic pollen clouds, nearly continual darkness, and fearsome predators. Only with careful development and culling programs was the colony able to grow.<ref name=TtSBp5/> | ||
| + | |||
| + | ====Star League Era==== | ||
| + | With Star League medicine, filtration technologies, and off-world imports, the colony persevered and by the 2760s had grown in excess of 300 million settlers. For regional protection, House Kurita had established a permanent garrison on Dunklewälderdunklerflüssenschattenwelt, but in [[2784]] it was redeployed in response to General [[Aleksandr Kerensky]]'s military buildup for [[Operation EXODUS]].<ref name=TtSBp5/> | ||
| + | |||
| + | ====Succession Wars==== | ||
| + | At the beginning of the [[First Succession War]], Governor Patton MacDonald led several initiatives to improve security and infrastructure, but also championed a referendum in [[2789]] to rename the planet. Cynics might describe it as a ploy to distract the masses from the interstellar crisis. The winning name was... "Bob."<ref name=TtSBp5/> | ||
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| + | Tragically, the name change caused unforeseen dire complications. A perfect storm of lost courier communiqués, wartime demand for [[JumpShip]]s, and a nonfunctioning [[HPG]] station meant that "Dunklewälderdunklerflüssenschattenwelt" vanished from the Combine bureaucracy without being replaced by "Bob." Trade and supplies dried up, with no way to communicate off-world and call for help.<ref name=TtSBp6/> | ||
| − | = | + | Within fifteen years, over half the population had perished to economic collapse, rioting, starvation, illness, and ravenous native predators. [[ComStar]] survey teams in [[2815]] found only the wreckage of a lost civilization and wrote the world off.<ref name=TtSBp6/> |
| − | == | + | However, the survey missed small pockets of survivors. Three centuries later, a precarious early industrial society of "Bobbies" has formed in the southern continent of Lunarblessed.<ref name=TtSBp6/> The Bobbies also claim that small cannibal tribes of "Dunkels" can be found on the other continents.<ref name=TtSBp7>''Touring the Stars: Bob'', p. 7</ref> |
| + | ===Military Deployment=== | ||
| + | ====2760s==== | ||
| + | * [[Twelfth Galedon Regulars]]<ref name="TtSBp5"/> | ||
| − | == | + | ====2786==== |
| + | * Twelfth Galedon Regulars<ref name=FSWp136137>''First Succession War'', pp. 136–137: "First Succession War Deployment Table - DCMS"</ref> | ||
| − | == | + | ====2821==== |
| + | * Twelfth Galedon Regulars<ref name=FSWp136137/> | ||
| − | == | + | ===Geography=== |
| + | Bob has four major continents, and all but one are shaped by the rain of debris from an ancient collision of Bob's moon with a large celestial object, pockmarking the planet with craters. The largest continent is Ketzerheimat, which bore the majority of the impacts. The coast of the southern continent Klüfterlande bears a large crater, and the resulting volcanism created a prominent island in the middle. The frozen content of Lamarae in the north also carries celestial scars. Only Lunarblessed in the south seems to have been spared. As of 3130, most of the surviving population lives on this continent, with the largest settlement, Ruprecht, having a population of 25,000.<ref name=TtSBp6/> | ||
| − | = | + | The planet is covered in towering forests, punctuated with river valleys, mountains, and crater remnants.<ref name=TtSBp14>''Touring the Stars: Bob'', p. 14</ref> |
| − | === | + | ===Planetary Locations=== |
| + | * Fliegerabwehrbataillon: the ruins of the DCMS garrison base and spaceport are located where Ketzerheimat and Lamarae connect<ref name=TtSBp9>''Touring the Stars: Bob'', p. 9</ref> | ||
| + | * Krimhildshausen: planetary capital until 2765, located on the continent of Klüfterlande | ||
| + | * Ruprecht: the largest settlement remaining on Bob and de facto planetary capital through 3130, located on the continent of Lunarblessed with a population around 25,000<ref name=TtSBp6/> | ||
| − | == | + | <!-- Commented out due to lack of information |
| + | ===Companies and Industries=== | ||
--> | --> | ||
| + | ===Local Flora and Fauna=== | ||
| + | * [[Geferlixing]] | ||
| + | * [[Nachzehrer]] | ||
| + | * [[Valdvict]] | ||
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| + | ===Image gallery=== | ||
| + | <gallery> | ||
| + | Bob Planetary Map.png|Planetary map of Bob | ||
| + | Bob Flag.png|Planetary flag of Bob | ||
| + | </gallery> | ||
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| + | ==Notes== | ||
| + | * The name "Bob" for a world arose from a conversation between BattleTech [[Line Developer]] [[Herbert A. Beas]] and [[Øystein Tvedten]], who is [[Catalyst Game Labs]]' resident BattleTech mapping expert. The description of Bob's creation was given on the Catalyst Game Labs forum shortly after the release of ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''. The description is as follows:<br />{{Quote|''The name came about in a funny way.<br />I was bantering with Herb over Instant Message, and we were discussing something, and I make an offhand comment that X should visit the planet "Bob". To which Herb replies "We have a planet named Bob?!".<br />Which of course, at the time, we did not.<br />So I made up one of my usual yarns about "It is a dead planet that was named something horrible, but decided to change its name. But unfortunately in the chaos of the First Succession War, the name change got misfiled and all necessary goods they ordered to be sent to the planet "Bob" went nowhere, because records didn't show such a planet existing. It was not until the end of the First Succession War the error was discovered, but then the vital terraforming equipment had failed and the planet was uninhabited. Such a sad sad fate."<br />To which Herb about fell over with laughter and decided to make it canon, and he came up with the original name.<br />Cheers,<br />Øystein|[http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php/topic,16983.msg387273.html#msg387273 Øystein Tvedten, 09 Mar 2012]''}} | ||
| + | * Bob was canonized through an offhand remark in Part VIII of the [[BattleCorps]] story ''[[Forgotten Worlds]]'' (''Finding Jardine''), written by Herbert A. Beas and published on 21 January 2009. | ||
| + | * "Dunklewälderdunklerflüssenschattenwelt" is grammatically incorrect German by current linguistic standards, translating literally as "Dark Forests - Darker (of) Rivers - Shadow World", and the correct name would be "Dunklewälderdunkleflüsseschattenwelt". | ||
| + | : This was acknowledged by the author:<br />{{Quote|''Well, hey, I asked for help with the name, and my German friends deserted me, so I used Google Translate and rammed every world I found together....<br />Thank you,<br />- Herbert Beas|[http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php/topic,16983.msg387274.html#msg387274 Herbert Beas, 09 Mar 2012]''}} | ||
| + | : However, the in-universe explanation for the name was later clarified: | ||
| + | {{Quote|''We blame the German-illiterate Draconis Combine clerk at the Ministry of Colonization who took down the name from the charter. They demanded an explanation what the name meant, and it got translated back again to German via the Ministry's own internal translation software. Which wasn't too good at German :)<br />With regards,<br />Øystein|[http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php/topic,16983.msg387288.html#msg387288 Øystein Tvedten, 09 Mar 2012]''}} | ||
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| − | == Nearby Systems == | + | ==Nearby Systems== |
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| + | ! colspan="8" | Closest 24 systems (23 within 60 light-years)<br>Distance in light years, closest systems first: | ||
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| + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Kazanka]] | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | 14.6 | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Suianheer]] | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | 21.3 | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Greypearl]] | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | 23.4 | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Tottori]] | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | 23.4 | ||
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| − | | | + | | class="lessthan30" | 23.9 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Dneiper]] |
| − | | | + | | class="lessthan30" | 24.4 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Zlatousi]] |
| − | | | + | | class="lessthan30" | 27.6 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Milligan's World]] |
| − | | | + | | class="lessthan30" | 28.2 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Prinis Prime]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 34.2 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Tabayama]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 34.8 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Pondicherry]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 39.3 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Quantraine]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 41.4 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Nexus Ri]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 43.0 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Antallos]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 43.8 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Enif]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 46.3 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Rushaven]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 46.5 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Risin]] |
| − | | 46. | + | | class="over30" | 46.5 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Brasha]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 49.1 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Helland]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 49.3 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Old Canton]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 50.0 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Bad News]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 51.9 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Ramgarh]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 52.4 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Chirala]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 55.1 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over60" | [[Zalaf]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over60" | 61.3 |
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* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]'' | * ''[[Era Report: 2750]]'' | ||
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]'' | * ''[[Era Report: 3052]]'' | ||
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* ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]'' | * ''[[Field Manual: 3085]]'' | ||
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]'' | * ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Field Manual: Periphery]]'' | ||
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]'' | * ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]'' | ||
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Latest revision as of 08:25, 23 April 2024
| Bob | |
|---|---|
← 3135 3151 | |
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| System Information | |
| X:Y Coordinates | 440.689 : 243.842[e] |
| Spectral class | M1IV[1] |
| Recharge time | 202 hours[1] |
| Recharge station(s) | None[1] |
| Planet(s) | 4[1] |
The Bob system was home to at least one habitable world and as of 2765 was located in the New Samarkand Prefecture of the Galedon Military District within the Draconis Combine.[2]
Contents
System Description[edit]
The Bob system is located near the Kazanka and Suianheer systems. At the heart of the system is a very dim and cool subdwarf star.[3]
System History[edit]
The Bob system was colonized during the Star League era at some point after the end of the Reunification War.[4][3] Originally named Dunklewälderdunklerflüssenschattenwelt, the system was depopulated during the First Succession War[2][5][6] due to an unfortunate combination of bureaucracy and the widespread effects of the war. The awkward name originally given to the planet led to the government setting a name change in motion from the planet's original name to "Bob", but due to the chaos of the First Succession War, the change failed to gain wide recognition and essential supplies of terraforming equipment failed to arrive as a result, dooming the colonies on the planet.
Political Affiliation[edit]
- 2319 - No record[7]
- 2571 - No record[8][9]
- 2596 - No record[4]
- 2689 - Draconis Combine (First Colony)[1]
- 2750 - Draconis Combine[8][3]
- 2764 - Draconis Combine[10]
- 2765 - Draconis Combine[2][5]
- 2805 - No Record (Removed from maps)[1]
- 2822 - No record[6][11]
- 2864 - No record[12]
- 3025 - No record[13][14]
- 3030 - No record[15]
- 3040 - No record[16][17]
- 3050 - No record[18]
- 3052 - No record[19][20]
- 3054 - No record[21]
- 3057 - No record[22]
- 3063 - No record[23][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]
Bob I[edit]
| Bob I | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Astrophysical | |
| Also known as | (See System History) |
| System position | First[1] |
| Jump Point distance | 2.96[1] |
| Moons | 1 (Riesenschild)[1][34] |
| Geophysical | |
| Surface gravity | 1.1[1] |
| Atmospheric pressure | Standard (Toxic)[1] |
| Equatorial temperature | 15°C (Cold - Temperate)[1] |
| Surface water | 72%[1] |
| Highest native life | Birds[1] |
| Landmasses | 4 (Ketzerheimat, Klüfterlande, Lunarblessed, Lamarae)[34] |
| History and Culture | |
| Colonized | 2689[1] |
| Population | 346,000,000 (2765), ca. 956,000 (3130)[1] |
| Government and Infrastructure | |
| Political Leader | Mission Director Thaddeus Øystein (ca. 2689),[1] Governor Patton MacDonald (ca. 2786)[35] |
| Capital | Krimhildshausen (–2765), Ruprecht (–3130)[1] |
| HPG Class | None (post-2780)[1][34] |
Planetary History[edit]
Early History[edit]
While Dunklewälderdunklerflüssenschattenwelt had been surveyed in the 2500s and considered for various uses, it wasn't until 2689 that the planet was colonized by a consortium of developers. Mission Director Thaddeus Øystein's unfortunate name for the planet was intended as a gimmick to stand on out maps, and as an accurate description: The name roughly translates to "shadow world of dark woods and darker rivers".[1]
Early colonists were plagued by a variety of health issues stemming from intense ultraviolet radiation, toxic pollen clouds, nearly continual darkness, and fearsome predators. Only with careful development and culling programs was the colony able to grow.[35]
Star League Era[edit]
With Star League medicine, filtration technologies, and off-world imports, the colony persevered and by the 2760s had grown in excess of 300 million settlers. For regional protection, House Kurita had established a permanent garrison on Dunklewälderdunklerflüssenschattenwelt, but in 2784 it was redeployed in response to General Aleksandr Kerensky's military buildup for Operation EXODUS.[35]
Succession Wars[edit]
At the beginning of the First Succession War, Governor Patton MacDonald led several initiatives to improve security and infrastructure, but also championed a referendum in 2789 to rename the planet. Cynics might describe it as a ploy to distract the masses from the interstellar crisis. The winning name was... "Bob."[35]
Tragically, the name change caused unforeseen dire complications. A perfect storm of lost courier communiqués, wartime demand for JumpShips, and a nonfunctioning HPG station meant that "Dunklewälderdunklerflüssenschattenwelt" vanished from the Combine bureaucracy without being replaced by "Bob." Trade and supplies dried up, with no way to communicate off-world and call for help.[34]
Within fifteen years, over half the population had perished to economic collapse, rioting, starvation, illness, and ravenous native predators. ComStar survey teams in 2815 found only the wreckage of a lost civilization and wrote the world off.[34]
However, the survey missed small pockets of survivors. Three centuries later, a precarious early industrial society of "Bobbies" has formed in the southern continent of Lunarblessed.[34] The Bobbies also claim that small cannibal tribes of "Dunkels" can be found on the other continents.[36]
Military Deployment[edit]
2760s[edit]
2786[edit]
- Twelfth Galedon Regulars[37]
2821[edit]
- Twelfth Galedon Regulars[37]
Geography[edit]
Bob has four major continents, and all but one are shaped by the rain of debris from an ancient collision of Bob's moon with a large celestial object, pockmarking the planet with craters. The largest continent is Ketzerheimat, which bore the majority of the impacts. The coast of the southern continent Klüfterlande bears a large crater, and the resulting volcanism created a prominent island in the middle. The frozen content of Lamarae in the north also carries celestial scars. Only Lunarblessed in the south seems to have been spared. As of 3130, most of the surviving population lives on this continent, with the largest settlement, Ruprecht, having a population of 25,000.[34]
The planet is covered in towering forests, punctuated with river valleys, mountains, and crater remnants.[38]
Planetary Locations[edit]
- Fliegerabwehrbataillon: the ruins of the DCMS garrison base and spaceport are located where Ketzerheimat and Lamarae connect[39]
- Krimhildshausen: planetary capital until 2765, located on the continent of Klüfterlande
- Ruprecht: the largest settlement remaining on Bob and de facto planetary capital through 3130, located on the continent of Lunarblessed with a population around 25,000[34]
Local Flora and Fauna[edit]
Image gallery[edit]
Planetary map of Bob
Planetary flag of Bob
Notes[edit]
- The name "Bob" for a world arose from a conversation between BattleTech Line Developer Herbert A. Beas and Øystein Tvedten, who is Catalyst Game Labs' resident BattleTech mapping expert. The description of Bob's creation was given on the Catalyst Game Labs forum shortly after the release of Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1. The description is as follows:
| “ | The name came about in a funny way. I was bantering with Herb over Instant Message, and we were discussing something, and I make an offhand comment that X should visit the planet "Bob". To which Herb replies "We have a planet named Bob?!". Which of course, at the time, we did not. So I made up one of my usual yarns about "It is a dead planet that was named something horrible, but decided to change its name. But unfortunately in the chaos of the First Succession War, the name change got misfiled and all necessary goods they ordered to be sent to the planet "Bob" went nowhere, because records didn't show such a planet existing. It was not until the end of the First Succession War the error was discovered, but then the vital terraforming equipment had failed and the planet was uninhabited. Such a sad sad fate." To which Herb about fell over with laughter and decided to make it canon, and he came up with the original name. Cheers, Øystein |
” |
| — Øystein Tvedten, 09 Mar 2012 | ||
- Bob was canonized through an offhand remark in Part VIII of the BattleCorps story Forgotten Worlds (Finding Jardine), written by Herbert A. Beas and published on 21 January 2009.
- "Dunklewälderdunklerflüssenschattenwelt" is grammatically incorrect German by current linguistic standards, translating literally as "Dark Forests - Darker (of) Rivers - Shadow World", and the correct name would be "Dunklewälderdunkleflüsseschattenwelt".
- This was acknowledged by the author:
| “ | Well, hey, I asked for help with the name, and my German friends deserted me, so I used Google Translate and rammed every world I found together.... Thank you, - Herbert Beas |
” |
| — Herbert Beas, 09 Mar 2012 | ||
- However, the in-universe explanation for the name was later clarified:
| “ | We blame the German-illiterate Draconis Combine clerk at the Ministry of Colonization who took down the name from the charter. They demanded an explanation what the name meant, and it got translated back again to German via the Ministry's own internal translation software. Which wasn't too good at German :) With regards, Øystein |
” |
| — Øystein Tvedten, 09 Mar 2012 | ||
Map Gallery[edit]
Nearby Systems[edit]
| Closest 24 systems (23 within 60 light-years) Distance in light years, closest systems first: | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kazanka | 14.6 | Suianheer | 21.3 | Greypearl | 23.4 | Tottori | 23.4 |
| Osset | 23.9 | Dneiper | 24.4 | Zlatousi | 27.6 | Milligan's World | 28.2 |
| Prinis Prime | 34.2 | Tabayama | 34.8 | Pondicherry | 39.3 | Quantraine | 41.4 |
| Nexus Ri | 43.0 | Antallos | 43.8 | Enif | 46.3 | Rushaven | 46.5 |
| Risin | 46.5 | Brasha | 49.1 | Helland | 49.3 | Old Canton | 50.0 |
| Bad News | 51.9 | Ramgarh | 52.4 | Chirala | 55.1 | Zalaf | 61.3 |
References[edit]
- ↑ 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 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 Touring the Stars: Bob, p. 4
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11: "Inner Sphere - [2765]"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Era Report: 2750, p. 37: "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 159: "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Field Report 2765: DCMS, p. 25: "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery Deployment Map - [2765]"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 18: "Draconis Combine - [2319] Map"
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 147: "Outworlds Alliance after Age of War (2571) and at the Fall of the Star League (2750)"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 31: "Draconis Combine after Age of War - [2571] Map"
- ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 43: "Draconis Combine after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 53: "Draconis Combine after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"
- ↑ House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), foldout: "Draconis Combine Map - [3025]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 64: "Draconis Combine after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 66: "Draconis Combine after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133: "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 68: "Draconis Combine after War of 3039 - [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"
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 24: "Map of the Draconis Combine"
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11: Inner Sphere - [3057] Map
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29: "Inner Sphere [3063] Map"
- ↑ Inner Sphere, p. 21: "Draconis Combine Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 74: "Draconis Combine after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 42: "Inner Sphere - [October 3067] Map"
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65: Inner Sphere - [3075] Map
- ↑ Field Report: DCMS, p. 21: "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63: "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 127: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
- ↑ 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"
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 34.2 34.3 34.4 34.5 34.6 34.7 Touring the Stars: Bob, p. 6
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 35.2 35.3 35.4 Touring the Stars: Bob, p. 5
- ↑ Touring the Stars: Bob, p. 7
- ↑ 37.0 37.1 First Succession War, pp. 136–137: "First Succession War Deployment Table - DCMS"
- ↑ Touring the Stars: Bob, p. 14
- ↑ Touring the Stars: Bob, p. 9
Bibliography[edit]
- Era Report: 2750
- Era Report: 3052
- Era Report: 3062
- Era Report: 3145
- Field Manual: 3085
- Field Manual: 3145
- Field Manual: Periphery
- Field Manual: SLDF
- Field Report: DCMS
- Field Report 2765: DCMS
- Handbook: House Kurita
- Handbook: Major Periphery States
- Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1
- Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2
- Historical: Reunification War
- Historical: War of 3039
- House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)
- Inner Sphere
- Jihad: Final Reckoning
- Jihad Hot Spots: 3076
- Jihad Hot Spots: Terra
- Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents
- Objective Raids
- The Periphery
- The Periphery, Second Edition
- Touring the Stars: Bob