Brasha

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Brasha

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

Brasha
System Information
X:Y Coordinates436.57:194.87[e]
Spectral classG4V[1]
Recharge time185 hours[1]
Recharge station(s)Nadir[1]

The Brasha system was home to at least one habitable world, Brasha IV, and as at 3145 was located in the Raven Alliance.[2][3]

System Description

The Brasha system is located near the Bad News and Morthac systems[2][3] and consists of a class G4V primary orbited by at least four planets. During the thirty-first century a recharge station was in place at the nadir jump point.[1]

System History

The Brasha system was colonised in the early twenty-sixth century[1] but only became significant enough for Inner Sphere nations to begin recording its location on maps in the Star League era.[4]

Brasha IV

Template:InfoBoxPlanetStandard Brasha IV - more commonly refered to simply as Brasha - is the fourth planet in the Brasha system and has two moons named Djerba and Iturea.[1]

Planetary History

Star League

The desert world of Brasha was first settled by ascetics, who practiced the Shia branch of Islam. Arriving in the early twenty-sixth century, these first settlers established the city of Alaikum, which would survive both the Reunification War and the decline of the Star League, becoming a center of Shi'ite scholarship and learning. The population grew slowly as land was recovered from the desert around the oasis on which Alaikum had been built.[1]

Succession Wars

By the middle of the thirty-first century the population of Brasha had grown to over half a million, the majority of whom were Shi'ites, but with the addition of a significant minority from the Draconis Combine who arrived as refugees, bringing both Buddhists and a practicing Shinto community. The main population expansion on Brasha occurred in the early twenty-ninth century as a result of the formation of the Alliance Military Corps, which saw a sudden demand generated for fuels and radioactives of various kind to support the Alliance Air Force. The radioactives and petrochemicals under the shifting sands of Brasha suddenly became priceless, and between 2801 and 2832 Brasha was inundated with wildcatters and mining concerns who built new towns and pipelines wherever feasible across the vast stretches of sand. These pipelines and facilities were often jury-rigged and difficult to maintain, but they allowed Brasha to prosper by the standards of the Alliance at the time.[1]

Brasha is known not just for the Shi'ite learning at Alaikum, the fuels and radioactices produced or the remarkable artwork produced by the Buddhist and Shinto communities near the western edge of the Great Northern Expanse; also of considerable note is the unique contribution made to the planetary militia by the elite infantry known as the Qum'ran Guard, named for the city from which they are recruited. The Qum'ran Guard ride tariqim, a species of predator lizard that stand six feet high at the shoulder, can store nutrients to survive internally in a fashion akin to the camels of Terra and can run at the same speed as some hovercraft or BattleMechs.[1]

Political Affiliation

Military Deployment

2764

3085

Planetary Locations

  • Alaikum: the oldest city on Brasha and a center of Shi'ite scholarship and learning.[1]
  • Qum'ran: a notable city on Brasha and source for the recruitment of the Qum'ran Guard.[1]

Local Fauna

Nearby Systems

Systems within 60 light-years (distance in light years)
Closest systems first:
Bad News 14.5 Morthac 21.4 Dante 21.6 Quantraine 21.7
Nexus Ri 23.3 Milligan's World 26.5 Zlatousi 26.5 Dindatari 35.2
Kazanka 35.8 Quiberas 37.5 Cerberus 39.5 Osset 39.7
Rushaven 40.4 Calish 41.1 Santiago 41.5 Tabayama 48.0
Bob 49.1 Alegro 50.7 Zalaf 51.3 Coraines 53.0
Prinis Prime 53.1 Ramgarh 53.8 Sinope 54.0 Suianheer 54.4
Lushann 55.6 Pondicherry 56.3 Risin 56.3 Dneiper 57.0
Quatre Belle 59.0

References

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 151, "Brasha"
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Field Manual: 3145, p. VI, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 147, "Outworlds Alliance after Age of War (2571) and at the Fall of the Star League (2750)"
  5. Handbook: House Davion, p. 48, "Federated Suns after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  6. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 33, "Draconis Combine after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  7. Historical: Reunification War, p. 106, "Reunification War: Outworlds Alliance Front Deployments (2581) "
  8. Historical: Reunification War, p. 159, "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"
  9. Era Report: 2750, p. 37, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
  10. Field Manual: SLDF, p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
  11. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"
  12. Field Report 2765: Periphery, p. 36, "Outworlds Alliance Militia Deployment Map - [2765]"
  13. Fiel Report 2765: Draconis Combine, p. 25, "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery Deployment Map - [2765]"
  14. Historical: Liberation of Terra, p. 98, "Outworlds Alliance - [2767]] Map
  15. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, p. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  16. Handbook: House Davion, p. 54, "Federated Suns after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
  17. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 43, "Draconis Cmbine after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
  18. Handbook: House Davion, p. 60, "Federated Suns after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"
  19. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 53, "Draconis Combine after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"
  20. The Periphery (sourcebook), p. 156, "The Outworlds Alliance Sector"
  21. Handbook: House Davion, p. 70, "Federated Suns after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
  22. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 64, "Draconis Combine after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
  23. Handbook: House Davion, p. 72, "Federated Suns after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
  24. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 66, "Draconis Combine after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
  25. Historical: War of 3039, p. 133, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"
  26. Handbook: House Davion, p. 76, "Federated Suns after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"
  27. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 68, "Draconis Combine after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"
  28. Era Report: 3052, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"
  29. Era Report: 3052, p. 23, "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"
  30. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 71, "Draconis Combine after Operation REVIVAL - [3052] Map"
  31. Objective Raids, p.46, "Map of Periphery States: The Outworlds Alliance Sector"
  32. Era Report: 3062, p. 11, "Inner Spher Map - [3057] Map"
  33. The Periphery, 2nd Edition, p. 110, "Outworlds Alliance"
  34. Era Report: 3062, p. 29, "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"
  35. Inner Sphere, p. 97, "Near Periphery Kingdoms Map"
  36. Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 150, "Outworlds Alliance (3067)
  37. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 43, "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"
  38. Handbook: House Davion, p. 82, "Federated Suns after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
  39. Handbook: House Kurita, p. 74, "Draconis Combine after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
  40. Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64, "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"
  41. Field Report: Clans, p. 28, "Clan Snow Raven & Outworlds Alliance Deployment Map [3079]"
  42. Field Report: DCMS, p. 21, "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
  43. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63, "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"
  44. Field Manual: 3085, p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
  45. Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  46. Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"
  47. Field Manual: SLDF, Outworlds Alliance Military Region
  48. Field Manual: 3085, p. 129, "Deployment Table - 3085"
  49. Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 182, "Creatures"

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