Buckminster

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Buckminster

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

Buckminster
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Buckminster nearby systems
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System Information
X:Y Coordinates17.58 : 154.65[e]
Spectral classA9III[1][2][3]
Recharge time170 hours[2][3]
Recharge station(s)Zenith[1][2][3]

The Buckminster system was home to at least one habitable world, Buckminster VI, and as at 3145 was the administrative capital of the Buckminster Prefecture of the Benjamin Military District within the Draconis Combine.[4][5]

System Description

The Buckminster system is located near the Aubisson and Port Moseby systems[6] and consists of a class A9III primary orbited by at least six planets. During the thirty-first century a recharge station was in place at the system zenith jump point.[1][3]

System History

The Buckminster system was settled during or shortly after the First Exodus from Terra[7] and by the end of the Age of War Buckminster was a part of the Lyran Commonwealth.[8]

Buckminster VI

Template:InfoBoxPlanetStandard Buckminster VI - more commonly known simply as Buckminster - is the sixth planet in the system and has a single moon named Geodesia.[3]

Planetary History

For most of Buckminster's history it was an agricultural world whose light industry produced agricultural equipment. The products of the world were often sent to the nearby Lyran world of Port Moseby.[1] Buckminster was captured by the Draconis Combine during the First Succession War,[9][10] and after Buckminster was made a Prefecture capital in 3005, the DCMS stationed the Second Sword of Light on the world.[1]

The presence of military forces on the world, and the exercises and training runs that they require, dramatically reduced the productivity of the farmland. This had a bad effect on the local economy. These changes to the world took place in a scant two decades, and the population spawned several covert and overt anti-government groups as a result of the damage inflicted on their world.[1]

The Jihad

The Word of Blake launched an assault on Buckminster during the second week of October 3069; the Blakist ground troops were backed up by a fleet of Pocket WarShips and during the course of their assault shattered several cities on the planet in addition to the defending Seventh Amphigean Light Assault Group.[11] Buckminster was then attacked for a second time by the Word of Blake; the second attack lasted from the 24th to the 30th of April 3070, and was successfully stopped by the defending Delta Regiment of Wolf's Dragoons, although the fierce defence of Buckminster cost the Dragoons greatly.[12]

During the Jihad the Second Sword of Light turned against the Dragon. This disgraceful action increased the ISF presence on Buckminster as the world served as the headquarters of the Second. As of 3079 every level of government and corporate board was being observed and investigated by the Internal Security Force.[3]

Political Affiliation

Planetary Rulers

3025

  • Duke Carlton Van Mitre[1]

Military Deployment

3025

3038

3040

  • Seventh Alshain Regulars[47]
  • Eighth Alshain Regulars[47]

3050

3067

3069

  • Seventh Amphigean Light Assault Group (until October)[11]

3085

- At this point in time the 6th operating at 55% of full strength, with 90% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.

Geography

Buckminster has four major continents, which are named Richard's Rock, Sanjucendo, Storm and Trestal.[3]

Planetary Locations

  • Buckminster City: The planetary capital city.[3]

Local Fauna

Nearby Systems

Systems within 60 light-years (distance in light years)
Closest systems first:
Port Moseby 15.3 Aubisson 15.5 Kingtribel 19.3 Glenlivet 20.1
Camlann 20.3 Trolloc Prime 22.9 Talisker 27.0 Chimpaw 27.6
Dove 28.8 Accrington 29.3 Shionoha 30.9 Shimosuwa 34.3
Shirotori 35.0 Tsukude 35.4 Gram 38.1 Grumium 39.3
Alnasi 41.4 Sakhalin 41.7 Caldrea 41.9 Kannon 42.2
Phalan 42.6 Sulafat 42.7 Cebalrai 43.7 Dalkeith 44.1
Orestes 45.6 Dehgolan 46.0 Sendai 46.1 Fefferfer 48.6
Altais 49.0 Al Hillah 49.2 New Wessex 51.0 Rukbat 52.0
Vega 52.5 Fatima 53.2 Pilkhua 54.0 Eaglesham 54.7
Morningside 54.9 Numki 56.1 Symington 56.5 Meacham 56.7
Kaus Borealis 58.6 Eltanin 58.6 Alya 58.7 Osumi 58.7
Karbala 59.0 Najha 59.3 Aix-la-Chapelle 59.6 Minakuchi 59.9
Tukayyid 60.0

Notes

Handbook: House Kurita (page 85) incorrectly states that Clan Smoke Jaguar conquered the planet.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 184, "Buckminster Planet Profile"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Handbook: House Kurita, p. 85, "Buckminster"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 Objectives: Draconis Combine, p. 24, "Buckminster"
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Field Manual: 3145, p. VI, "Inner Sphere - 3145"
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Era Report: 2750, p. 37, "Inner Sphere - 2750"
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 13, "Lyran Commonwealth at their founding in [2341]"
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 159, "Inner Sphere Map [2596]"
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 2765"
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, p. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - 2822"
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 47, "The Jihad In Review"
  12. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 48, "The Jihad In Review"
  13. ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 18, "Draconis Combine Founding" - 2319
  14. ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 31, "Draconis Combine after Age of War - 2571"
  15. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War [2571] Map"
  16. ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, Inner Sphere - [2764]
  17. ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 43, "Draconis Combine after First Succession War - 2822"
  18. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36, "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War [2822] Map"
  19. ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 53, "Draconis Combine after Second Succession War - 2864"
  20. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War [2864] Map"
  21. ↑ House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), "Draconis Combine Map - [3025]"
  22. ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 64, "Draconis Combine after Third Succession War - 3025"
  23. ↑ House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), Lyran Commonwealt Map [3025]
  24. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War [3025] Map"
  25. ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 66, "Draconis Combine after Fourth Succession War - 3030"
  26. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War [3030] Map"
  27. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133, "Inner Sphere - 3040"
  28. ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 68, "Draconis Combine after War of 3039 - 3040"
  29. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 59, "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 [3040] Map"
  30. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map [3050]"
  31. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23, "Inner Sphere Map [3052]"
  32. ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 71, "Draconis Combine after Operation REVIVAL - 3052"
  33. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 61, "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion [3052] Map"
  34. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map [3057]"
  35. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29, "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"
  36. ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 74, "Draconis Combine after FedCom Civil War - 3067"
  37. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 70, "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War [3067] Map"
  38. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 42, "Inner Sphere Map [October 3067]"
  39. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65, "Inner Sphere Map [3075]"
  40. ↑ Field Report: DCMS, p. 21, "DCMS Deployment Table [3079]"
  41. ↑ Field Report: LAAF, p. 19, "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table [3079]"
  42. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63, "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"
  43. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 127, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"
  44. ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  45. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"
  46. ↑ House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 135, "Unit Deployment Table"
  47. ↑ 47.0 47.1 47.2 47.3 Historical: War of 3039, p. 138 "Deployment Table"
  48. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 139, "Deployment Table"
  49. ↑ 49.0 49.1 20 Year Update, p. 43, "Draconis Combine Deployment Table"
  50. ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 71, "Com Guards Deployment Tabel"
  51. ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 116, "Draconis Combine Deployment Table"
  52. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 49, "DCMS Deployment Table - 3085"

Bibliography

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