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Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to Terra at (0, 0)

Botany Bay
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Botany Bay nearby systems
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System Information
X:Y Coordinates-177.83:483.08[e]

The Botany Bay system was home to at least one habitable world and as at 3145 was located in the Periphery region known as The Barrens.[1][2]

System Description

The Botany Bay system is located near the Gotterdammerung and Last Chance systems.[1][2]

System History

The Botany Bay system was either settled by the Rim Worlds Republic during the Star League era at some point after the end of the Reunification War, or was an already-settled planet that became significant enough for Inner Sphere nations to record its location within the Republic's Apollo Province.[3][4][5]

Political Affiliation

Planetary History

As an independent periphery world in 2972, the inhabitants of Botany Bay sought to exploit the resources of their own star system and thought about establishing deep space habitats and factories, which however they could not yet afford to buy from their JàrnFòlk contacts.[12] It was JàrnFòlk trader Olaf Jespersen who then found that the obsidian sand from Botany Bay was useful for ore mining operations on Sigurd. The Jespersens set about to establish a trade route whereby industrial sand would be delivered to Sigurd and Sigurdian dross extractors shipped to Botany Bay for water purification.[12] The crew of the Merchant-class JumpShip Winnetka were hauling Industrial Sand from Botany Bay in 3024 when they discovered a large Star League supply base on an uninhabited Periphery world.[35]

By ca. 3025 Botany Bay had become part of the Oberon Confederation, presumably through their contacts with the Oberon Confederation world Sigurd. One of the breakaway planets that formed Morgraine's Valkyrate, Botany Bay was later part of the Greater Valkyrate.

Clan Jade Falcon conquered Botany Bay during the opening stages of Operation REVIVAL, the Clan invasion of the Inner Sphere. Botany Bay was then invaded for a second time in mid-3071, when forces from Clan Ice Hellion captured the world from the Falcons as part of an invasion of the Jade Falcon Occupation Zone.[26][27] The Ice Hellions were only able to hold Botany Bay until December, however, when the world was assaulted by Clan Hell's Horses.[27][36]

Under the Clan administration, the world prospered. In 3083 the world Ferris rebelled against Clan Hell's Horses, and this action led the Horses to withdraw from many of their Periphery holdings, including Botany Bay. Though Botany Bay and its neighbors (Gotterdammerung and Last Chance) were marginal worlds at best, by joining together they were able to survive. They formed the Ragnarok Union and opened trade links with Clan Jade Falcon on Erewhon and Lackhove.[37]

Military Deployment

2765

Geography

Referred to as an ice planet, at least parts of Botany Bay are subject to savage winds blowing a black sand which is composed of volcanic glass (obsidian). It was noted that the abrasive sandblasting wind was so bad that ferroglass domes at the drop port would only last for a year or so.[12]

Nearby Systems

Systems within 60 light-years (distance in light years)
Closest systems first:
Gotterdammerung 17.6 Last Chance 19.0 Battaraigi 20.5 Cryfder 26.8
Von Strang's World 37.3 Koskenkorva 37.6 Erewhon 38.1 Givrodat 40.4
Lackhove 40.6 Here 47.2 Zertarum 48.1 Anywhere 48.2
Jápminboddu 50.3 Illium 52.9 Blackstone 54.8 Gorfynt 56.1
Sentarus 58.6 Bone-Norman 58.6 Beowulf 58.9

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Era Report: 3145, p. 38, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Field Manual: 3145, p. VI, "Inner Sphere - 3145"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 158, "Inner Sphere Map [2596]"
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 25, "Rim Worlds Republic At the Fall of the Star League [2750]"
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Era Report: 2750, p. 36, "Inner Sphere - 2750"
  6. ↑ Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 18, "Rim Worlds Republic after Age of War [2571]"
  7. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War [2571]"
  8. ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, Inner Sphere - 2764
  9. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, Inner Sphere - 2765
  10. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36, "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War [2822]"
  11. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War [2864]"
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 Godt Bytte
  13. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War [3025]"
  14. ↑ The Periphery (sourcebook), p. 157, "Map of the Periphery"
  15. ↑ Unholy Union
  16. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War [3030]"
  17. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 59, "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 39 [3040]"
  18. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133, "Inner Sphere - [3040]"
  19. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map [3050]"
  20. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 61, "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion [3052] Map"
  21. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23, "Inner Sphere Map [3052]"
  22. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map [3057]"
  23. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29, "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"
  24. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 70, "Lyran Alliance after FedCom Civil War [3067] Map"
  25. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 43, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3067]"
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, p. 17, "Timeline of the Jihad"
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 27.3 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 50, "The Jihad In Review"
  28. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65, "Inner Sphere [3075] Map"
  29. ↑ Field Report: Clans, p. 29, "Deployment Map [3079]"
  30. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63, "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"
  31. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 127, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"
  32. ↑ Interstellar Players 3: Interstellar Expeditions, p. 42
  33. ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  34. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 10, "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"
  35. ↑ Technical Readout: 3026, Revised Edition, p. 10, "Savannah Master Hovercraft"
  36. ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, p. 20, "Timeline of the Jihad"
  37. ↑ Interstellar Players 3: Interstellar Expeditions, pp. 42-43
  38. ↑ Field Report 2765: Periphery, p. 20, "Amaris Regulars - Divisional Status"

Bibliography

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