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| Finsterwalde | |
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| System Information | |
| X:Y Coordinates | -289.827 : 17.796[e] |
The Finsterwalde system was home to at least one habitable world or construct and as of 3145 was located in the Buena Province of the Lyran Commonwealth.[1][2]
Contents
System Description
The Finsterwalde system is located near the Bolan and Gypsum systems.[1][2]
System History
The Finsterwalde system was colonized by the Free Worlds League during the Star League era at some point after the end of the Reunification War.[3][4]
Political Affiliation
- 2271 - No record[5]
- 2341 - No record[6]
- 2571 - No record[7]
- 2596 - No record[3]
- 2750 - Free Worlds League[4]
- 2764 - Free Worlds League[8]
- 2765 - Free Worlds League[9]
- 2786 - Free Worlds League[10][11][12]
- 2803 - Lyran Commonwealth[13]
- 2822 - Lyran Commonwealth[14]
- 2864 - Lyran Commonwealth[15][12]
- 3025 - Lyran Commonwealth[16]
- 3030 - Lyran Commonwealth[17]
- 3040 - Federated Commonwealth[18][19]
- 3050 - Federated Commonwealth[20]
- 3052 - Federated Commonwealth[21][22]
- 3057 - Lyran Alliance[23]
- 3063 - Lyran Alliance[24]
- 3067 - Lyran Alliance[25]
- 3075 - Lyran Alliance[26]
- 3079 - Lyran Alliance[27]
- 3081 - Lyran Alliance[28]
- 3085 - Lyran Alliance[29]
- 3135 - Lyran Commonwealth[30]
- 3145 - Lyran Commonwealth[1][2]
Finsterwalde
| Finsterwalde | |
|---|---|
| History and Culture | |
| Main Religion(s) | Aesirism[31] |
Planetary History
First Succession War
Finsterwalde was one of the last of the worlds in the region known as the Bolan Thumb to be captured by the Lyran Commonwealth during the First Succession War. Command of the conflict in the Bolan Theater had passed to Kommandant-General Aric Hasseldorf in 2790, who was keenly aware that the main focus of the Commonwealth High Command lay elsewhere. Hasseldorf's campaign relied on maintaining a regular tempo of objective raids against the embittered defenders, intended to force the FWLM commands to remain at high readiness constantly, sapping their strength, while scouts worked to identify weak points in the defenders lines and highlighted worlds ready to be conquered.[32] Despite the disruption caused by the death of Archon Jennifer Steiner and a reduction in the number of available JumpShips and WarShips to support his campaign, Hasseldorf continued to grind away at the FWLM forces within the Bolan Thumb.[33]
The Bolan Thumb campaign slowed significantly in 2780, but resumed apace in late 2801, and in 2803 Hasseldorf struck at Finsterwalde,[34] which was defended by the Ninth Bolan Defenders and the Thirty-third Marik Militia. Hassledorf had been forced to rely on mercenary units to augment his forces for several years, and he deployed three regiments - the Second Lyran Guards, Eleventh Arcturan Guards and the mercenary Twelfth Heavy Assault Regiment - in the assault on Finsterwalde.[13] The defending FWLM forces were heavily dug-in and had reserves of both tactical nuclear and chemical weapons they were more than ready to use, as Hassledorf's forces found when the FWLM hit the Lyran landing zones with both flavors of weapon, as well as launching a surprise aerospace fighter attack against the LCAF escorts. The fighter attack stripped Hasseldorf of what little naval power left to him after fourteen years of combat, and the bitter defense put up on Finsterwalde saw both the Ninth Bolan Defenders and the Second Lyran Guards destroyed. The defense mounted on Finsterwalde was fierce enough that it forced Hasseldorf to postpone his campaign for Acrux and Marsalle, the last of the Bolan Thumb systems still under League control.[34]
Dark Age
In 3115 the aerospace mercenary unit Flying Tomkats engaged the aerospace forces of the Fifth Tamarind Regulars over Finsterwalde.[35]
Military Deployment
2765
2786
- Ninth Bolan Defenders[37]
2803
- Ninth Bolan Defenders[13]
- Thirty-third Marik Militia[13]
Map Gallery
Nearby Systems
| Closest 28 systems (27 within 60 light-years) Distance in light years, closest systems first: | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gypsum | 11.7 | Bolan | 17.3 | Herzberg | 20.4 | Sierpc | 26.2 |
| Kamenz | 30.8 | Radostov | 31.9 | Tylarzka | 34.9 | Rochers | 35.6 |
| Loburg | 35.7 | Rosice | 36.7 | Drosendorf | 38.8 | Altoona | 41.0 |
| Aquavita | 42.6 | Marsalle | 44.8 | Medzev | 45.0 | Ellijay | 45.3 |
| Ilion | 46.8 | Zdice | 47.6 | Czarvowo | 51.7 | Dixie | 53.1 |
| Annwyn | 54.0 | Zvolen | 55.9 | Zwenkau | 56.7 | Bobruisk | 57.1 |
| Nichol's Rest | 57.1 | Danxian | 57.6 | Maisons | 57.9 | Hornir's Keep | 60.3 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Era Report: 3145, pp. 38–39: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 158: "Inner Sphere - 2596"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Era Report: 2750, p. 36: "Inner Sphere - 2750"
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 16: "Free Worlds League Founding [2271]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 13: "Federation of Skye world within the Lyran Commonwealth before [2340] and after at their founding in [2341]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25: "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War - [2571] Map"
- ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 10: "Inner Sphere - 2765"
- ↑ First Succession War, pp. 24–25: "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122–123: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 First Succession War, pp. 112–113: "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 First Succession War, p. 71: "The Bolan Thumb Campaign (Continued)"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36: "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War [2822]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40: "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War [2822]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47: "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War [3025]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56: "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War [3030]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 59: "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 [3040]"
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 132: "Inner Sphere - 3040"
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 10: Inner Sphere [3050] Map
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 61: "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion [3052]"
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 22: Inner Sphere - [3052] Map
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 10: Inner Sphere - [3057] Map
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29: "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 70: "Lyran Alliance after FedCom Civil War [3067]"
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64: "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"
- ↑ Field Report: LAAF, p. 19: "Lyran Alliance Armed Forces Deployment Table - [August 3079]"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 62: "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 10: "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 125
- ↑ First Succession War, pp. 68–69: "League Retaliations"
- ↑ First Succession War, pp. 69–70: "Stall and Recovery"
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 First Succession War, p. 72: "Losing Steam: Phase Three"
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3150, p. 198: "Deployment"
- ↑ Field Report 2765: FWLM, p. 12: "Regimental Status"
- ↑ First Succession War, p. 138: "First Succession War Deployment Table - FWLM"
Bibliography
- Era Report: 2750
- Era Report: 3052
- Era Report: 3062
- Era Report: 3145
- Field Manual: 3085
- Field Manual: 3145
- Field Manual: SLDF
- Field Report: LAAF
- Field Report 2765: FWLM
- First Succession War
- Handbook: House Marik
- Handbook: House Steiner
- Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1
- Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2
- Historical: Reunification War
- Historical: War of 3039
- Jihad: Final Reckoning
- Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents
- Technical Readout: 3150