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== Planetary History == | == Planetary History == | ||
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During the [[Reunification War]] Borgan's Rift became a target for the SLDF invasion of the Magistracy of Canopus during the fourth year of the military campaign. The [[Star League Defense Force]] task force commanded by [[Captain-General]] [[Marion Marik]] launched their attack on Borgan's Rift in September [[2581]] and while the planetary invasion force was smaller than those used during [[2578]] and [[2579]], it still consisted of a complete [[SLDF]] [[brigade]] - the [[58th Brigade|Fifty-eighth]] - supported by the [[402nd Independent Regiment]] and the [[Third Marik Militia]].<ref name="H:RWp101"/><ref name="H:RWp148">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 148, "Magistracy Of Canopus Front(Jump-Off - 2582)"</ref> | During the [[Reunification War]] Borgan's Rift became a target for the SLDF invasion of the Magistracy of Canopus during the fourth year of the military campaign. The [[Star League Defense Force]] task force commanded by [[Captain-General]] [[Marion Marik]] launched their attack on Borgan's Rift in September [[2581]] and while the planetary invasion force was smaller than those used during [[2578]] and [[2579]], it still consisted of a complete [[SLDF]] [[brigade]] - the [[58th Brigade|Fifty-eighth]] - supported by the [[402nd Independent Regiment]] and the [[Third Marik Militia]].<ref name="H:RWp101"/><ref name="H:RWp148">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 148, "Magistracy Of Canopus Front(Jump-Off - 2582)"</ref> | ||
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In the [[thirty-first century]] Borgan's Rift was suffering from the crippling of interstellar economies and dramatic technological decline that characterised the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]]. Up until [[3040]] Borgan's Rift was regularly pillaged by pirates and economically stagnant. Eventually Borgan's Rift was sold to [[Shanti Magliss]] of [[Magliss Spirits]] who built warehouses and distribution centers all over the planet, yet the pirate attacks continued.<ref name=BT20YoAaF33/> | In the [[thirty-first century]] Borgan's Rift was suffering from the crippling of interstellar economies and dramatic technological decline that characterised the [[Succession Wars (History)|Succession Wars]]. Up until [[3040]] Borgan's Rift was regularly pillaged by pirates and economically stagnant. Eventually Borgan's Rift was sold to [[Shanti Magliss]] of [[Magliss Spirits]] who built warehouses and distribution centers all over the planet, yet the pirate attacks continued.<ref name=BT20YoAaF33/> | ||
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+ | === FedCom Civil War === | ||
+ | In mid-3067 Borgan's Rift was one of a number of planets in the region to be an active battlefield. [[Capellan Confederation Armed Forces]] were patrolling the system, with at least one [[JumpShip]] and [[DropShip]] deployed in the system; Borgan's Rift was one of a number of border systems that the [[Magestrix]] had given the Capellans permission to conduct random patrols in. By mid-July the fighting had reached Old Port Town, the site of a largely-disused DropPort that had been a major DropPort until the construction of a major new DropPort in Crescent City had reduced Old Port Town to a backup facility and the local community to a relative ghost town.<ref name="POAp4">''Pledges of Allegiance'', p. 4</ref> | ||
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* City of Howe{{cn}} | * City of Howe{{cn}} | ||
+ | * Crescent City: site of a major DropPort during the [[thirty-first century]].<ref name="POAp4"/> | ||
+ | * Old Port Town: site of a DropPort.<ref name="POAp4"/> | ||
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Revision as of 08:04, 5 January 2017
Borgan's Rift
Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to Terra at (0, 0)
Borgan's Rift | |
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← 3135 3151 | |
System Information | |
X:Y Coordinates | -105.06:-412.09[e] |
Spectral class | F1V[1] |
Recharge time | 172 hours[1] |
Recharge station(s) | None[1] |
The Borgan's Rift system was home to at least one habitable world, Borgan's Rift II, and as at 3145 was located in the Magistracy of Canopus.[2][3]
Contents
System Description
The Borgan's Rift system is located near the Early Dawn and Fanardir systems.[2][3]
System History
The Borgan's Rift system was settled at some point during the Age of War.[4][5]
Borgan's Rift II
Template:InfoBoxPlanetStandard Borgan's Rift II - more commonly known simply as Borgan's Rift - is the second planet in the Borgan's Rift system.[1]
Planetary History
Reunification War
During the Reunification War Borgan's Rift became a target for the SLDF invasion of the Magistracy of Canopus during the fourth year of the military campaign. The Star League Defense Force task force commanded by Captain-General Marion Marik launched their attack on Borgan's Rift in September 2581 and while the planetary invasion force was smaller than those used during 2578 and 2579, it still consisted of a complete SLDF brigade - the Fifty-eighth - supported by the 402nd Independent Regiment and the Third Marik Militia.[6][7]
Two mercenary regiments were defending Borgan's Rift at the time, Kincani's Dragoons and The Red Hand, and following the pattern used by the defending Magistracy Armed Forces units on Aspropirgos and Gallis the year before, the mercenaries stung the invading forces enough to contest the invasion and then retreated before the SLDF could mount an effective pursuit, preserving their strength as part of a general refit and rearmament campaign both sides were conducting.[6]
In the thirty-first century Borgan's Rift was suffering from the crippling of interstellar economies and dramatic technological decline that characterised the Succession Wars. Up until 3040 Borgan's Rift was regularly pillaged by pirates and economically stagnant. Eventually Borgan's Rift was sold to Shanti Magliss of Magliss Spirits who built warehouses and distribution centers all over the planet, yet the pirate attacks continued.[1]
FedCom Civil War
In mid-3067 Borgan's Rift was one of a number of planets in the region to be an active battlefield. Capellan Confederation Armed Forces were patrolling the system, with at least one JumpShip and DropShip deployed in the system; Borgan's Rift was one of a number of border systems that the Magestrix had given the Capellans permission to conduct random patrols in. By mid-July the fighting had reached Old Port Town, the site of a largely-disused DropPort that had been a major DropPort until the construction of a major new DropPort in Crescent City had reduced Old Port Town to a backup facility and the local community to a relative ghost town.[8]
The Jihad
Following the firebombing of the city of Crimson on Canopus IV the Blakist Forty-first Shadow Division launched a series of attacks on other worlds within the Magistracy of Canopus between 3071[9] and 3073.[10] The Forty-first's rampage hit Bass before moving on to hit Lindenmarle, Megarez, Adherlwin and finally Borgan's Rift;[9] the Forty-first was then caught and hammered by a joint Canopian-Capellan task force in the Aspropirgos system in Free Worlds League space, ending their rampage.[9][10] During the Blakist campaign against the Magistracy the various Canopian military academies were specifically targeted, with the Canopian Institute of War on Canopus IV being destroyed along with the provincial academies on a number of worlds including Borgan's Rift.[11]
Political Affiliation
- 2571 - Magistracy of Canopus [4]
- 2577 - Magistracy of Canopus [12]
- 2581 - Magistracy of Canopus (occupied by SLDF/FWLM troops from October)[6]
- 2596 - Magistracy of Canopus [13]
- 2750 - Magistracy of Canopus [4][14]
- 2764 - Magistracy of Canopus [15]
- 2765 - Magistracy of Canopus [16][17]
- 2767 - Magistracy of Canopus [18]
- 2822 - Magistracy of Canopus [19][20][21]
- 2864 - Magistracy of Canopus [22][23]
- 3025 - Magistracy of Canopus [24][22][23][25]
- 3030 - Magistracy of Canopus [26][27]
- 3040 - Magistracy of Canopus [28]
- 3050 - Magistracy of Canopus [29]
- 3052 - Magistracy of Canopus [30]
- 3054 - Magistracy of Canopus [31]
- 3057 - Magistracy of Canopus [32]
- 3058 - Magistracy of Canopus [26][27]
- 3059 - Magistracy of Canopus [33]
- 3063 - Magistracy of Canopus [34][35]
- 3067 - Magistracy of Canopus [25][36][37][38]
- 3075 - Magistracy of Canopus [39]
- 3079 - Magistracy of Canopus [40]
- 3081 - Magistracy of Canopus [41]
- 3085 - Magistracy of Canopus [42]
- 3130 - Magistracy of Canopus [43]
- 3135 - Magistracy of Canopus [44]
- 3145 - Magistracy of Canopus [2][3]
Military Deployment
2578
2581
3145
- Second Magistracy Highlanders (shared with New Abilene)[46]
Planetary Locations
- City of Newport[citation needed]
- City of Howe[citation needed]
- Crescent City: site of a major DropPort during the thirty-first century.[8]
- Old Port Town: site of a DropPort.[8]
Nearby Systems
Systems within 60 light-years (distance in light years) Closest systems first: | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fanardir | 18.7 | Early Dawn | 20.4 | Hastur | 24.1 | Adherlwin | 30.0 |
Zathras | 30.2 | Aspropirgos | 34.5 | Lockton | 36.2 | Butzfleth | 38.4 |
Brixtana | 40.3 | Thurrock | 42.8 | Canopus IV | 45.4 | Joyz | 47.3 |
Aquagea | 49.0 | New Abilene | 51.0 | Piriapolis | 54.1 | Fagerholm | 54.3 |
Viribium | 56.4 | Umka | 56.4 | Itica | 56.6 | Palm | 57.9 |
Gouderak | 58.6 | Trip | 59.7 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction, p. 33, "Planet Profile"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Era Report: 3145, p. 38, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Field Manual: 3145, p. VI, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 93, Magistracy of Canopus after Age of War, p. 93, "Magistracy of Canopus after Age of War [2571] and fall of the Star League [2750]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 17, "Capellan Confederation Founding [2366]"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Historical: Reunification War, p. 101, "Gallis, Aspropirgos, Fanardir and Borgan's Rift (January 2580-October 2581)"
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 148, "Magistracy Of Canopus Front(Jump-Off - 2582)"
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Pledges of Allegiance, p. 4
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, p. 30, "Canopus United"
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 104, "41st Division unit profile".
- ↑ Objectives: Periphery, p. 15, "Strategic Integrity"
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 94, "Reunification War: Magistracy of Canopus Front Deployments (2577)"
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159, "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 39, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
- ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"
- ↑ Field Report 2765: Periphery, p. 35, "Magistracy Armed Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 96, "Magistracy of Canopus - [2767] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 31, "Capellan Confederation after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 34, "Free Worlds League after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, p. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 Handbook: House Liao, p. 39, "Capellan Confederation after Second Succession War - [2864] Map" Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ 25.0 25.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 96, Magistracy of Canopus after Age of War, p. 96, "Magistracy of Canopus after Third Succession War [3025] and after FedCom Civil War [3067]"
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 Handbook: House Liao, p. 49, "Capellan Confederation after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map" Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 10, "Inner Sphere - [3050]" Map
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 22, "Inner Sphere - [3052]" Map
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 46, "Map of Periphery States"
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"
- ↑ The Periphery, 2nd Edition, p. 112, "Magistracy of Canopus & Tortuga Dominions"
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29, "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"
- ↑ Inner Sphere (sourcebook), p. 97, "Near Periphery Kingdoms"
- ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 68, "Capellan Confederation after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 56, "Free Worlds League 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]"
- ↑ Field Report: Periphery, p. 20, "Magistracy of Canopus Region Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 62, "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [3085]"
- ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 10, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"
- ↑ 45.0 45.1 45.2 Historical: Reunification War, p. 150, "Magistracy Of Canopus Front(Jump-Off - 2582)"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 201, "Magistracy Highlanders"
Bibliography
- BattleTech: 25 Years of Art & Fiction
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- Era Report: 3052
- Era Report: 3062
- Era Report: 3145
- Field Manual: 3085
- Field Manual: 3145
- Field Manual: SLDF
- Field Report 2765: Periphery
- Field Report: Periphery
- Handbook: House Liao
- Handbook: House Marik
- Handbook: Major Periphery States
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- Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2
- Historical: Reunification War
- Historical: War of 3039
- Inner Sphere
- Jihad: Final Reckoning
- Jihad Hot Spots: 3076
- Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents
- Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
- Objective Raids* The Periphery
- Objectives: Periphery
- The Periphery, 2nd Edition
- The Periphery
- Pledges of Allegiance