Difference between revisions of "Hector (system)"

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==Garrisoning Military Force==
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===Planetary History===
===3059===
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Controlled solely by [[Clan Ice Hellion]], Hector is the Clan Ice Hellion’s capital world.
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In [[3066]] the Ice Hellions fought a Trial against [[Clan Diamond Shark]] on Hector that won them the right to produce the ''[[Piranha]]'' [[BattleMech]].<ref name="TRO:CIp8">''Technical Readout: Clan Invasion'', p. 8, "Piranha"</ref>
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During the last stages of the [[Wars of Reaving]], after the failure of [[Operation ICE STORM]], the severely weakened Hellions were forced to retreat all their remaining assets to Hector, until their Absorption by Clan Goliath Scorpion.<ref>''Wars of Reaving'', p. 245-248 </ref>
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===Military Deployment===
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* [[7th Attack (Clan Ice Hellion)]]<ref name=FMCRC152>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 152, "Crusader Clans Deployment Table"</ref>
 
* [[7th Attack (Clan Ice Hellion)]]<ref name=FMCRC152>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 152, "Crusader Clans Deployment Table"</ref>
 
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* [[180th Attack (Clan Ice Hellion)]]<ref name=FMCRC153>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 153, "Crusader Clans Deployment Table"</ref>
 
* [[180th Attack (Clan Ice Hellion)]]<ref name=FMCRC153>''Field Manual: Crusader Clans'', p. 153, "Crusader Clans Deployment Table"</ref>
  
==Manufacturing Centers==
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===Geography===
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One of the first worlds colonized after the landing on [[Strana Mechty]], Hector is a frigid world. It is home to the ''Ice Hellion'', a cunning pack predator of the world’s snowy mountains, which preyed on the first Clan explorers. The flightless ''[[Ice Hellion (species)|Ice Hellion]]'' birds found on the planet were admired for its lithe shape and blindingly white fur, prompting [[Nicholas Kerensky]] to use it as a totem animal.
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===Manufacturing Centers===
 
* [[Hector MechWorks Facility Alpha]]
 
* [[Hector MechWorks Facility Alpha]]
 
* [[Hector MechWorks Facility Beta]]
 
* [[Hector MechWorks Facility Beta]]
 
* [[Hector Vehicleworks Facility Gamma]]
 
* [[Hector Vehicleworks Facility Gamma]]
 
==Planet Description==
 
One of the first worlds colonized after the landing on [[Strana Mechty]], Hector is a frigid world. It is home to the ''Ice Hellion'', a cunning pack predator of the world’s snowy mountains, which preyed on the first Clan explorers. The flightless ''[[Ice Hellion (species)|Ice Hellion]]'' birds found on the planet were admired for its lithe shape and blindingly white fur, prompting [[Nicholas Kerensky]] to use it as a totem animal.
 
 
Controlled solely by [[Clan Ice Hellion]], Hector is the Clan Ice Hellion’s capital world.
 
 
== Planetary History ==
 
In [[3066]] the Ice Hellions fought a Trial against [[Clan Diamond Shark]] on Hector that won them the right to produce the ''[[Piranha]]'' [[BattleMech]].<ref name="TRO:CIp8">''Technical Readout: Clan Invasion'', p. 8, "Piranha"</ref>
 
During the last stages of the [[Wars of Reaving]], after the failure of [[Operation ICE STORM]], the severely weakened Hellions were forced to retreat all their remaining assets to Hector, until their Absorption by Clan Goliath Scorpion.<ref>''Wars of Reaving'', p. 245-248 </ref>
 
 
 
===Local Fauna===
 
===Local Fauna===
 
*[[Ice Hellion (species)]]
 
*[[Ice Hellion (species)]]
 
==Notes==
 
  
 
== Nearby Systems ==
 
== Nearby Systems ==
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[[Category:Systems|Hector]]
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[[Category: Clan Planets|Hector]]
 
[[Category: Clan Planets|Hector]]
 
[[Category: Clan Ice Hellion Planets]]
 
[[Category: Clan Ice Hellion Planets]]
 
[[Category: Kerensky Cluster]]
 
[[Category: Kerensky Cluster]]
 
[[Category: Clan Homeworlds]]
 
[[Category: Clan Homeworlds]]

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Hector
Hector (system) 3151.svg
System Information
X:Y Coordinates151.375 : 1769.752[e]

Hector II

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Planetary History

Controlled solely by Clan Ice Hellion, Hector is the Clan Ice Hellion’s capital world.

In 3066 the Ice Hellions fought a Trial against Clan Diamond Shark on Hector that won them the right to produce the Piranha BattleMech.[5] During the last stages of the Wars of Reaving, after the failure of Operation ICE STORM, the severely weakened Hellions were forced to retreat all their remaining assets to Hector, until their Absorption by Clan Goliath Scorpion.[6]

Military Deployment

3059

Geography

One of the first worlds colonized after the landing on Strana Mechty, Hector is a frigid world. It is home to the Ice Hellion, a cunning pack predator of the world’s snowy mountains, which preyed on the first Clan explorers. The flightless Ice Hellion birds found on the planet were admired for its lithe shape and blindingly white fur, prompting Nicholas Kerensky to use it as a totem animal.

Manufacturing Centers

Local Fauna

Nearby Systems

Closest 20 systems (5 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Tranquil 29.1 New Kent 33.9 Sheridan 35.3 Bearclaw 46.3
Tokasha 59.8 Niles 70.8 Tathis 78.1 Glory 83.9
Atreus 87.1 Marshall 94.2 Huntress 102.8 Ironhold 108.1
Foster 113.3 Strana Mechty 119.1 Tiber 123.6 Roche 130.4
Hellgate 133.2 Lum 146.0 Priori 152.5 Shadow 154.7

References

  1. Clan Homeworlds 3052 Poster (Kickstarter)
  2. The Clans: Warriors of Kerensky p. 114
  3. Field Manual Update p. 39
  4. Wars of Reaving, p. 248
  5. Technical Readout: Clan Invasion, p. 8, "Piranha"
  6. Wars of Reaving, p. 245-248
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Field Manual: Crusader Clans, p. 152, "Crusader Clans Deployment Table"
  8. Field Manual: Crusader Clans, p. 153, "Crusader Clans Deployment Table"

Bibliography