Demeter

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Demeter
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Demeter nearby systems
(Map Legend)
System Information
X:Y Coordinates91.50:-69.59[e]
Spectral classM2V[1][2]
Recharge time206 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

Early History

Demeter was settled during the early exodus from Terra, and in 2193 became one of the two founding worlds of the Chesterton Trade League, alongside the nearby world of Chesterton. Demeter became a member of the Tikonov Union, a second mutual defense pact, when the Trade League joined the Union; then, in 2243, Demeter became a member of the Tikonov Grand Union when the Chesterton Trade League and the Tikonov Union merged into a single nation.[3][5]

Demeter was subsequently conquered by the Federated Suns after the formation of the Capellan Confederation, which led to Demeter's premiere combat formation, the Arcadian Cuirassiers, joining the Federated Peacekeeping Forces. Both the Cuirassiers and the civilian population proved themselves loyal to the Federated Suns, prompting significant investment in the world; this investment led to Demeter developing into an industrial powerhouse.[41]

Star League Era

Investment in Demeter continued throughout the Star League era; the most significant example of this was Lycomb-Davion IntroTech, a major military-industrial complex based on Demeter that was responsible for employing almost a quarter of the workforce, either directly or indirectly. When the Armed Forces of the Federated Suns began a major expansion following the repeal of the Council Edict of 2650 in 2752, the Demeter Planetary Uniformed Guard became a major source of trained military personnel for the Second Arcadian Cuirassiers, who reformed as a regiment in 2755.[41]

In 2760 Demeter became the flashpoint for a Border War between the Capellan Confederation and the Federated Suns when a nuclear device was detonated in an industrial complex on the planet; the device demolished the plant and killed hundreds, and as a result conflicts began on numerous border worlds as the AFFS and CCAF threw themselves at each other.[42]

The Succession Wars

Early in the First Succession War the Capellan Confederation struck at the Lycomb-Davion IntroTech facilities on Demeter, hoping to deny the AFFS supplies of war materiel such as the Stuka AeroSpace Fighter. The manufacturing lines on Demeter were destroyed, but the Capellans were ultimately unsuccessful because Lycomb-Davion IntroTech had already been constructing a second production facility on New Avalon, with the second plant well on the way to completion.[43]

The Jihad

Demeter was one of many worlds to be occupied by the Word of Blake during the Jihad after the local government acquiesced to the Word on the 25th of April 3068, allowing Demeter to be incorporated into the Word of Blake Protectorate.[31] In early January 3077 the Planetary Governor, Giovanni Estrella de la Sangre, vanished from public view. De la Sangre was considered to be an example of the most convenient kind of cooperation with the Word of Blake, and official statements that he was indisposed with something akin to the flu were met with skepticism in some quarters. De la Sangre's continuing absence was marked by short-trading of shares in Vicore Industries due to de la Sangre's known major role in the company as well as increased military exercises on the part of the Protectorate Militia. As de la Sangre continued to remain out of sight, the rumours increased in scope, ranging from the possibility that de la Sangre was being blackmailed to speculation that he had been been abducted by a foreign power.[44]

The Federated Suns was finally able to launch an attempt to liberate Demeter on the 1st of February 3077 as a part of Operation SCOUR, the allied coalition assault on the Protectorate. Unfortunately for the coalition, the campaign for Demeter - described as a "factory world" - quickly became a brutal, bogged-down quagmire.[45] The allied coalition forces consisted of the Fifth Crucis Lancers, the Fifteenth Arcturan Guards and the Third Free Worlds Legionnaires, and found themselves facing not just the divisions of the Demeter Protectorate Militia but also two Level IIIs from the Ninth Militia Division, Measure of Trust and Call to the Faithful. The Blakists rebuffed the initial attack by the Fifth Crucis Lancers and the Fifteenth Arcturan Guards, driving the coalition forces back almost as far as their initial landing zones until an orbital drop by the Third Free Worlds Legionnaires saw the Blakists forced to fall back.[46]

The Protectorate Militia forces retreated to New Demeter City, while the Ninth Division forces retreated into the Vicore Industries plant. The Fifth Crucis Lancers and the Fifteenth Arcturan Guards faced a brutal battle to clear New Demeter City, while the Thirrd Free Worlds Legionnaires encircled the Ninth Militia Division forces but were unable to dislodge them from the factory complex. The Ninth Militia Division forces were finally destroyed by orbital bombardment, which also leveled the Vicore Industries plant. A news story filed by Keevah Acee of the Demeter Free Press on the 17th of March 3077 alleged that the defence of New Demeter City had seen the local citizenry rising up against the coalition forces with whatever weapons they could find or improvise, and also alleged that the Federated Suns front task force had resorted to indiscriminately bombarding not just the Vicore Industries plant but also New Demeter City itself.[46]

On the 30th of April 3078 it was revealed by Colonel Marcel Webb - Commanding Officer of the Star Seeds mercenary unit and head of security for the allied coalition - in a news broadcast from Kittery that the reason for Governor de la Sangre's disappearance in 3077 was his capture by coalition forces. Following his arrest, de la Sangre had been providing the coalition with intelligence, and the news broadcast served to both announce that de la Sangre had been captured and that the coalition had filed criminal charges against him for a range of crimes including conspiracy to commit genocide, treason, illegal sale of restricted weapons and violation of public trust. The same news broadcast also announced the filing of charges by the allied coalition against the Word of Blake affiliated individuals known as The Master, Precentor Martial Cameron St. Jamais, Precentor Apollyon, Precentor Naval Gregory Zwick, Precentor Alexander Kernoff, Mary Durant and Parker Steele.[47]

Planetary Garrison

2765

3025

3028

3061

3067

3077

  • Measure of Trust III-beta
  • Call to the Faithful III-delta

3085

- At this point in time the 1st Kestrel Grenadiers were deployed across Bell and Demeter. The 1st was at 90% of full strength, with 90% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.

Manufacturing Center

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p. 154, "Planet Guide"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 FedCom Civil War (sourcebook), p. 190, "Demeter"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p. 10, "The Other Shoe"
  4. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 12, "Timeline: Capellan Zone"
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p. 21, "The Tikonov Connection"
  6. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 17, "Capellan Confederation Founding, 2366"
  7. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 13, "Timeline: Capellan Zone 2367"
  8. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 25, "Capellan Confederation after Age of War [2571]"
  9. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 48, "Federated Suns after Age of War [2571]"
  10. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159, "Inner Sphere - 2596"
  11. ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37, "Inner Sphere - 2750"
  12. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 2765"
  13. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 31, "Capellan Confederation after First Succession War [2822]"
  14. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 54, "Federated Suns after First Succesion War [2822]"
  15. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 39, "Capellan Confederation after Second Succession War [2864]"
  16. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 60, "Federated Suns after Second Succesion War [2864]"
  17. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 40, "Capellan Confederation after Third Succession War [3025]"
  18. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 70, "Federated Suns after Third Succesion War [3025]"
  19. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 49, "Capellan Confederation after Fourth Succession War [3030]"
  20. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 72, "Federated Suns after Fourth Succesion War [3030]"
  21. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 76, "Federated Suns after War of [3039]"
  22. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133, "Inner Sphere - 3040"
  23. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 3050"
  24. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23, "Inner Sphere - 3052"
  25. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map [3057]"
  26. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 60, "Capellan Confederation after Operation Guerrero [3058]"
  27. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 78, "Federated Suns after Operation Guerrero [3058]"
  28. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29, "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"
  29. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 68, "Capellan Confederation after FedCom Civil War [3067]"
  30. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 82, "Federated Suns after FedCom Civil War [3067]"
  31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 45, "The Jihad In Review"
  32. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64, "Inner Sphere - 3075"
  33. ↑ Field Report: AFFS, p. 21, "Federated Suns Region Deployment Map [3079]"
  34. ↑ Field Report: CCAF, p. 21, "Capellan Confederation Region Deployment Map [3079]"
  35. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63, "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"
  36. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"
  37. ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  38. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"
  39. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"
  40. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI, "Inner Sphere - 3145"
  41. ↑ 41.0 41.1 Field Report 2765: Federated Suns, p. 11, "Arcadian Cuirassiers"
  42. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 24, "Persuasive Force"
  43. ↑ House Davion (The Federated Suns), p. 152, "Lycomb-Davion IntroTech"
  44. ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 50, "De La Sangre: Missing?"
  45. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 56, "The Jihad In Review"
  46. ↑ 46.0 46.1 46.2 46.3 46.4 Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 36, "Tragedy On Demeter"
  47. ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: Terra, p. 82, "Charges Filed"
  48. ↑ Field Report 2765: AFFS, p. 11, "Arcadian Cuirassiers - Regimental Status"
  49. ↑ House Davion (The Federated Suns), p. 134, "Unit Deployment Table"
  50. ↑ NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p. 13, "Operation RAT"
  51. ↑ 51.0 51.1 51.2 NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p. 11, "Operation RAT"
  52. ↑ 52.0 52.1 52.2 52.3 NAIS The Fourth Succession War Military Atlas Volume 1, p. 12, "Operation RAT"
  53. ↑ Shattered Sphere, p. 30, "FedCom Deployment Table"
  54. ↑ Shattered Sphere, p. 32, "FedCom Deployment Table"
  55. ↑ 55.0 55.1 Mercenaries Supplemental , p. 67, "Mercenary Deployment Table"
  56. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 69, "AFFS Deployment Table - 3085"

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