El Giza

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(References to El Giza)

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

X: -68.81 Y: -275.96 [e]


Planetary Garrison

2765

3079

- At this point in time, the 3rd Andurien Rangers were deployed across El Giza, Mosiro and Hudeiba. The 3rd was at 90% of full strength.

3082

Owner History

Planetary Information

El Giza is a world of purple Fronds[1] instead of conventional trees or grasses. The Heather as its known by locals grows up to three to four meters tall. The inhabitants communities are almost hidden by the Heather at the bottom of valleys that dot the landscape. The primary industry on El Giza is agriculture, with local buildings being constructed of scrap metal since there are no trees.[21]

Planetary History

During the time of the 1st Star League El Giza was the home of a major trading nexus and Star League base on the border of the Free Worlds League and Capellan Confederation. El Giza was a regional communications center and the home of a robust entertainment industry with a highly academic culture; scholars traveling from throughout the rimward half of the Inner Sphere to attend its schools. After the fall of the League El Giza became a rich target for both the Free Worlds League and the Capellans. After a dozen violent takeovers El Giza was left devastated. In contrast with the conflict of the Succession Wars, El Giza was left unscathed after the Jihad.[22]

In 3082 El Giza was defended the Fourth Andurien Cavalry as a part of the defense pact between the Mosiro Archipelago and the Duchy of Andurien; late in that year, a Capellan Confederation BattleMech company arrived on world as part of an effort by the Confederation to wedge a new border between the Confederation, the Duchy of Andurien and the nearby Oriente Protectorate. The Andurien Cavalry tracked the Capellan forces and dispatched a lance of new Aeron Strike VTOLs to intercept the Capellan troops as they attempted to meet up with their DropShip. The Andurien forces ambushed the CCAF company, dropping three 'Mechs quickly and then harassing the remaining 'Mechs until all had been destroyed before they could rendevouz with their waiting transport.[3]

By the 3130s the Duchy of Andurien considered the world marginally strategically valuable due to its proximity to that era's major trading hub of Mosiro. By 3137 El Giza had become the home of the Fourth Andurien Cavalry until the Andurien War with Oriente, during which the planet was taken by the Covenant Worlds 1st Expeditionary Force, becoming part of the Oriente Protectorate.[citation needed]

Nearby Planets

Planets within 2 jumps (60 light-years)
Closest planets first:
Planet Distance (LY) Jumps 2750 3025 3030 3040 3052 3057 3062
Thurrock 13.09 1 CC FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Fagerholm 14.72 1 CC FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Claybrooke 17.50 1 CC FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Leyda 23.55 1 CC FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Cursa 28.26 1 CC FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Villanueva 28.69 1 CC FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Piriapolis 32.07 2 FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Ingonish 32.51 2 CC FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Butzfleth 39.29 2 FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Xanthe III 39.96 2 CC FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Pilpala 46.45 2 CC FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Ryerson 49.43 2 CC FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Granera 49.67 2 FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Gouderak 50.48 2 FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Lopez 51.24 2 CC FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Aspropirgos 51.41 2 FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL FWL
Borgan's Rift 55.52 2 MoC MoC MoC MoC MoC MoC MoC
Fanardir 56.96 2 MoC MoC MoC MoC MoC MoC MoC

References

  1. ↑ Field Report 2765: Capellan Confederation, p. 8, "Regimental Status"
  2. ↑ Field Report: FWLM, p. 12, "Duchy of Andurien"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Technical Readout: 3085 Supplemental, p. 12, "Deployment".
  4. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 17, "Capellan Confederation Founding, 2366"
  5. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 13, "Timeline: Capellan Zone 2367"
  6. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 25, "Capellan Confederation after Age of War [2571]"
  7. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 94, "Reunification War: MAgistracy of Canopus Front Deployments (2577)"
  8. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 158, "Inner Sphere - 2596"
  9. ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37, "Inner Sphere - 2750"
  10. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 2765"
  11. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 31, "Capellan Confederation after First Succession War [2822]"
  12. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 39, "Capellan Confederation after Second Succession War [2864]"
  13. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 40, "Capellan Confederation after Third Succession War [3025]"
  14. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 49, "Capellan Confederation after Fourth Succession War [3030]"
  15. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133, "Inner Sphere - 3040"
  16. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 60, "Capellan Confederation after Operation Guerrero [3058]"
  17. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 68, "Capellan Confederation after FedCom Civil War [3067]"
  18. ↑ Field Report: FWLM, p. 17, "FWLM Deployment Map [3079]"
  19. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 62, "Inner Sphere - March 3081"
  20. ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  21. ↑ To Ride the Chimera, pp. 185-187, "Reference to landscape and basic culture".
  22. ↑ To Ride the Chimera, p. 187, "Brief description of history".

Bibliography

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