Dustball

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Dustball
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Dustball nearby systems
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System Information
X:Y Coordinates-104.39:268.10[e]
Spectral classA9V[1][2]
Recharge time170 hours[2]
Recharge station(s)None[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 Info

Dustball was originally colonized because geographic surveys indicated the presence of large deposits of gemstones. When the surveys ended up being incorrect, many of the miners left, but a large, wealthy, and cunning family - the Malthus family - remained on the planet. Willing to work outside of legal bounds, the Malthus family started a series of casinos, nightclubs and hotels around the spaceport. As a result, the planet has the slogan "Where the elite meet, greet, and satisfy their most wicked desires".

There are five domed cities on the planet. Each one specializes in a separate variety of pleasure. The Malthus family has made a great deal of illicit money through their establishments on Dustball, and has been able to protect their investment due to a pervasive and complex campaign of blackmail against many high Lyran Commonwealth officials who have visited Dustball to sample the planet's manifold pleasures. Such abuses had become so pervasive that in 3005, Archon Alessandro Steiner established legalized and heavily-regulated "pleasure industries" on the model of Dustball on Kooken's Pleasure Pit in an attempt to break the Malthus family's stranglehold through direct competition. As of 3025, it was unclear if it had had any appreciable effect.[1]

The establishment of competing gambling concerns on the planet didn't have any effect on the Malthus family. The arrival of the Clans however, put a permanent end to the gambling industry on Dustball. Finding itself on the front lines of the Clan front, Dustball was frequently raided by Clan Jade Falcon and Clan Steel Viper.[2]

Companies

Planetary Garrison

3054

3079

3085

3145

Nearby Planets

Planets within 2 jumps (60 light-years)
Closest planets first:
Planet Distance (LY) Jumps 2750 3025 3030 3040 3052 3057 3062
Blair Atholl 7.58 1 LC LC LC FC CSV CSV CJF
Koniz 13.65 1 LC LC LC FC FC AR AR
Graceland 20.71 1 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
A Place 20.79 1 LC LC LC FC FC AR AR
Ballynure 30.11 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Graus 31.54 2 LC LC LC FC CJF CSV CJF
Benfled 32.28 2 LC LC LC FC CSV CSV CJF
Bountiful Harvest 33.53 2 LC LC LC FC FC AR AR
Sudeten 33.56 2 LC LC LC FC CJF CJF CJF
Pandora 37.48 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Antares 37.91 2 LC LC LC FC CJF CSV CJF
New Exford 40.44 2 LC LC LC FC FC AR AR
Morges 41.19 2 LC LC LC FC FC AR AR
Kandersteg 41.94 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Dompaire 45.46 2 LC LC LC FC CJF CJF CJF
Montmarault 45.75 2 LC LC LC FC CSV CSV CJF
Crimond 50.71 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Colmar 51.04 2 LC LC LC FC CJF CJF CJF
Babaeski 53.65 2 LC LC LC FC FC AR AR
Esteros 54.31 2 LC LC LC FC FC AR AR
La Grave 57.08 2 LC LC LC FC CJF CJF CJF
Cusset 58.31 2 LC LC LC FC CW CW CW
Baker 3 58.42 2 LC LC LC FC CJF CJF CJF
Summit 58.47 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Yeguas 59.29 2 LC LC LC FC FC AR AR

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 172, "Dustball Planet Profile"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Handbook: House Steiner, pp. 85-86, "Dustball"
  3. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War [2571]"
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 159, "Inner Sphere Map [2596]"
  5. ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37, "Inner Sphere - 2750"
  6. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 2765"
  7. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36, "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War [2822]"
  8. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War [2822]"
  9. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War [3025]"
  10. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War [3030]"
  11. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 59, "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 39 [3040]"
  12. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 132, "Inner Sphere - 3040"
  13. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 3050"
  14. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 61, "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion [3052]"
  15. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23, "Inner Sphere - 3052"
  16. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map [3057]"
  17. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 30, "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"
  18. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 70, "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War [3067]"
  19. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65, "Inner Sphere - 3075"
  20. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63, "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"
  21. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"
  22. ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  23. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"
  24. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"
  25. ↑ House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 144, "Other Major Commonwealth Industries"
  26. ↑ Objective Raids, p. 54, "Note of Unit"
  27. ↑ Objective Raids, p. 22, "FedCom Deployment Table"
  28. ↑ Field Report: Clans, p. 22, "Clan Wolf-in-Exile Deployment Status"
  29. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 160, "Deployment Table - 3085"
  30. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 129, "Deployment Table - 3085"
  31. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 169, "Clan Force Deployments - Clan Jade Falcon"

Bibliography

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