Claybrooke

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Claybrooke
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3151
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Claybrooke nearby systems
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System Information
X:Y Coordinates-51.97:-369.15[e]
Spectral classF2IV[1][2]
Recharge time173 hours[2]
Recharge station(s)Nadir[1][2]

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

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Owner History

Planetary History

Claybrooke was one of some fifty-one heavily contested worlds to have been placed under Terran Hegemony authority as a jointly-administered world during the Age of War or Star League era. During the First Succession War Claybrooke once more became a flashpoint between the Free Worlds League and Capellan Confederation.[30]

Third Succession War

Claybrooke was one of a number of Free Worlds League worlds to be ruled by a military dictatorship in 3022 as a result of occupation by SAFE; other League worlds governed in the same fashion at that point included Cajamarca, Maxwell, Talitha and Zosma.[11] Claybrooke had adopted the military organization structure used by the Duchy of Andurien by 3025.[31]

Towards the end of the Third Succession War the military governor of Claybrooke came under pressure from Dame Catherine Humphreys of the Duchy of Andurien to join Claybrooke to the Duchy. Dame Humphries was interested in securing the natural gas and fossil fuel resources on Claybrooke as well as the ranch and dairy products produced on the world, and offered such economic incentives as favourable trade tariffs to try and influence Lieutenant Colonel Carla Chestine.[32]

Beset with problems relating to the mineral development of Claybrooke's two moons, a subject of furious political arguments between entrenched parties on the planet, Colonel Chestine was unwilling to entertain Dame Humphreys proposals; in fact, the pressure from Humphreys was used by Chestine as a rallying point on Claybrooke, as opposition to the threat of a takeover by the Duchy was one of the few points on which all of the factions on Claybrooke were united.[32]

Andurien Secession

The Duchy of Andurien seceeded from the Free Worlds League in 3030, allying itself with the Magistracy of Canopus before launching an invasion of the Capellan Confederation, which was still trying to recover from the losses suffered during the Fourth Succession War. The Anduriens viewed Claybrooke as a vital bridge to their Canopian allies, and as a result Claybrooke was occupied by Andurien troops.[33]

Dame Humphreys appointed a new military dictator, Charles Applebaum, in place of the ousted Colonel Chestine, but Applebaum found himself ostracized by the population of Claybrooke. Quickly forced to live almost entirely within the fortified mansion he owned in Sheridan, Applebaum's tenure as dictator lasted just eleven months. Anti-Andurien forces on Claybrooke led by Chestine and styling themselves the "Army of the Resistance" captured Applebaum and ended his reign by shooting and then hanging him.[33]

Killing Applebaum wasn't the Army of the Resistance's only success; the Army waged a guerrilla campaign across the lowlands of the Hastings continent and in the Muranga Hills on Hawthorne that kept several regiments of Andurien troops tied to Claybrooke for the better part of three years, and the Army of the Resistence's almost single-handed victory over the occupying forces earned them a number of plaudits after Free Worlds League Military forces liberated the planet during their campaign to bring the Duchy to heel.[33]

Chestine supported Duncan Marik as Captain-General and led a detachment of troops to support his forces on Xanthe III, only to perish alongside her troops during an ill-planned assault on the Andurien forces there.[33]

The various successors to Chestine lacked the drive and determination that had marked her out, but proved able enough at cashing in on the martial successes of the Army of the Resistance. A number of books were written and films made depicting the resistance against Andurien occupation that helped generate publicity for Claybrooke, publicity that made products originating on the planet popular across the League. During the 3040s cheese and beef from Claybrooke became commonplace in food outlets across League space, and a clothing line known as "Claybrooke Frontierwear" became popular in the late part of the decade.[33]

FedCom Civil War Era

During the 3060s the ruler of Claybrooke, Colonel Ravan Rudant, found herself having to deal with a range of polarising issues including long-running disputes over the rich deposits located on both of Claybrooke's moons - both mineral and petrochemical deposits - as well as political wrangling over farm subsidies for the Ermine Archipelago and Hastings. The wrangling proved acrimonious enough that Durant was reputed to have remarked that a new invasion of Claybrooke would be the more preferable crisis to deal with, because she would then at least be able to shoot her enemies.[33]

Planetary Garrison

3050

3054

  • Kristen's Krushers[35]

3059

  • Kristen's Krushers[36]

3145

Nearby Systems

Systems within 60 light-years (distance in light years)
Closest systems first:
Mattisskogen 10.3 Itica 12.7 Naryn 16.8 Viribium 20.0
Cursa 20.5 Antias 24.8 Thurrock 26.0 Rosendal 29.0
Athna 29.0 Salardion 29.1 Pilpala 29.1 Katla 29.2
Leyda 29.3 Fagerholm 30.6 Aquagea 34.2 Zathras 38.5
Espia 40.6 Villanueva 41.2 Lopez 41.3 Xanthe III 41.4
Hibuarius 43.7 Calseraigne 43.7 Borka 43.8 Ingonish 44.0
Sadurni 44.5 Segerica 45.1 Hastur 45.4 Pernik 45.9
Piriapolis 48.0 Lurgatan 49.7 Banfora 50.0 Sax 50.7
Andarmax 51.6 Ryerson 53.1 Principia 53.2 New Roland 54.4
Andurien 54.9 Niomede 55.3 Jia Tian 55.4 Butzfleth 56.3
Aomen 56.7 Dansur 58.7 Tengil 58.8

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 House Marik (The Free Worlds League), p. 162, "Claybrooke"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Handbook: House Marik, p. 74, "Planet Profile"
  3. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 16, "Free Worlds League at their founding in [2271]"
  4. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 24, "Free Worlds League after Age of War [2571] Map"
  5. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159, "Inner Sphere - 2596"
  6. ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37, "Inner Sphere - 2750"
  7. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 2765"
  8. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 34, "Free Worlds League after First Succesion War [2822] Map"
  9. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, p. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - 2822"
  10. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 38, "Free Worlds League after Second Succesion War [2864] Map"
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 House Marik, p. 73, "Military Dictatorship"
  12. ↑ House Marik (The Free Worlds League), p. 169, "Free Worlds League Map"
  13. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 51, "Free Worlds League after Fourth Succesion War [3030] Map"
  14. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133, "Inner Sphere - 3040"
  15. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 3050"
  16. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23, "Inner Sphere - 3052"
  17. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 3057"
  18. ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 54, "Free Worlds League after Operation Guerrero [3058] Map"
  19. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 23, "Inner Sphere - 3063"
  20. ↑ ' Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 42, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3067]
  21. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 43, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3067]"
  22. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 62, "Inner Sphere - 3075"
  23. ↑ Field Report: FWLM, p.19, "Free Worlds League Map - [3079]"
  24. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63, "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"
  25. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii, "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"
  26. ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  27. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"
  28. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"
  29. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI, "Inner Sphere - 3145"
  30. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra, Volume 2, p. 118, "Jointly Administered Worlds"
  31. ↑ House Marik, p. 84, "Provincial Military Organization"
  32. ↑ 32.0 32.1 House Marik, p. 162, "Claybrooke"
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 33.3 33.4 33.5 Handbook: House Marik, p. 74, "Claybrooke"
  34. ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 57, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
  35. ↑ Objective Raids, p. 39, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
  36. ↑ Field Manual: Free Worlds League, p. 115, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
  37. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 200, "Chasseurs á Cheval"

Bibliography

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