Cryfder

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

Cryfder
System Information
X:Y Coordinates-153.29:493.89[e]

Planetary Garrison

2593-2595

Owner History

Planetary History

Reunification War

By the end of the Age of War Cryfder was a member of the Apollo Province of the Rim Worlds Republic.[2] Civil war erupted in the Rim Worlds Republic in 2575, with the factions polarised around those loyal to First Consul Gregory Amaris and those loyal to the Rift Republican Army and the Rim Provisional Government.[21]

The Star League eventually decided to intervene in the civil war in support of Gregory Amaris, and in 2579 assembled Task Force MAILED FIST to help secure Amaris' control over the Rim Worlds Republic. A multinational force headed by the Star League Defense Force, Task Force MAILED FIST was responsible for executing Operation MAILED FIST, the name given to the military intervention. The first wave of attacks focused on securing significant worlds near Apollo,[22] until a destructive raid on Alarion by the 4th Amaris Fusiliers in retaliation prompted the SLDF to alter its initial strategy for the campaign, the focus shifted to reducing Rim Worlds Army concentrations throughout the Republic and the capture of key worlds.[23]

In late 2584 the SLDF changed tactics again; a number of major RWA units had been destroyed or captured, and the focus for the campaign shifted to capturing worlds of strategic importance, but the campaign was slowed by the greatly increased resistance offered by the RWA and local civilian populations, prompted by atrocities performed by the Draconis Auxiliary Corps when they captured Nightwish in mid-2584.[24]

General Nathan Isaacson assigned a division from VIII Corps - the Thirty-First Armor Division - to the conquest of Cryfder. The Thirty-First successfully took control of Cryfder in 2593.[25] The Thirty-First stayed in place as a garrison force until the division was redeployed for the invasion of Jápminboddu.[1]

Notes

Cryfder is located near Last Chance and Erin. Although Cryfder is detailed on maps within Handbook: Major Periphery States up until 2750[4] none of the maps from later eras present in the Handbooks series of sourcebooks extend far enough into the Periphery to confirm or deny the continued presence of this system during the Succession Wars era.

Nearby Systems

Systems within 60 light-years (distance in light years)
Closest systems first:
Last Chance 18.0 Von Strang's World 23.0 Botany Bay 26.8 Beowulf 32.0
Placida 35.7 Blackstone 35.8 Zertarum 38.1 Gotterdammerung 38.6
Battaraigi 40.7 Givrodat 44.5 Oberon VI 46.7 Here 49.2
Lackhove 51.3 Sigurd 51.4 Caillinius 51.6 Dirkel 51.7
Bensinger 55.1 Vannes 56.2 Erewhon 58.0 Anywhere 59.5

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 153, "Rim Worlds Republic Front (2588-2596)"
  2. 2.0 2.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 18, "Rim Worlds Republic after Age of War [2571]" Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "HB:MPSp18" defined multiple times with different content
  3. 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. Field Manual: SLDF,Map: Inner Sphere 2764
  6. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, Map: Inner Sphere 2765
  7. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, p. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - 2822"
  8. Historical: War of 3039, p. 132-133, "Inner Sphere - 3040"
  9. Era Report: 3052, p. 10-11, "Inner Sphere Map [3050]"
  10. Era Report: 3052, p. 22-23, "Inner Sphere Map [3052]"
  11. Era Report: 3062, p. 10-11, "Inner Sphere Map [3057]"
  12. Era Report: 3062, p. 28-29, "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"
  13. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 42-43, "Inner Sphere - October 3067"
  14. Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64-65, "Inner Sphere Map [3075]"
  15. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 62-63, "Inner Sphere - March 3081"
  16. Field Manual: 3085, p. VII, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"
  17. Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  18. Era Report: 3145, p. 10, "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"
  19. Era Report: 3145, p. 38, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"
  20. Field Manual: 3145, p. VI, "Inner Sphere - 3145"
  21. Historical: Reunification War, p. 130, "The Spark"
  22. Historical: Reunification War, p. 132, "Case Apollo"
  23. Historical: Reunification War, p. 133, "Island Hopping (2582 - November 2590)"
  24. Historical: Reunification War, p. 134, "Arlina to Viborg (December 2584 - September 2588)"
  25. Historical: Reunification War, p. 139, "Bitter Harvests (2591-2596)"

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