Herotitus

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Astrophysical
System position2

(References to Herotitus)

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

X: 58.70 Y: -433.17[e]


Owner History

Planetary History

Herotitus is an independent Periphery world situated between the Taurian Concordat and the Magistracy of Canopus. Settled jointly by the Taurians and Canopians in the later 2500s just prior to the Reunification War, Herotitus is an agrarian world that prospered due of its proximity to Periphery trade routes. Herotitus has never been engulfed in full-scale war.

In 2997, a hedonistic group from the Taurian Concordat, the New Hedons, arrived on planet and overthrew the government. Without touching the agrarian settlements, the Hedons established a large "pleasure industry", providing customers with physical and/or spiritual indulgence, to the point of excess. Taxation from the pleasure industry was reinvested to allow Herotitus to support increased traffic and demand. Concurrently, profits from export of foodstuffs have also remained lucrative. The planet maintains these two distinct industries in strict isolation, and has achieved economic success.

The 3060s have seen a decline in prosperity, due to nascent hostilities between puritanical groups within the agrarian culture of Herotitus and the New Hedons. Though not wide-spread or intense, these hostilities have started to hurt the economies of both the pleasure industry and agricultural trade.[21]

On the 9th of December 3070 the President of Herotitus, Allison Carver, was assassinated by an unknown party. No group ever claimed responsibility for the assassination.[22]

In the wake of the Jihad a number of large and small Periphery nations established hiring halls on Herotitus, including the Magistracy of Canopus, Marian Hegemony, Calderon Protectorate, Filtvelt Coalition and Fronc Reaches. The Fronc Reaches went so far as to guard their hiring hall with a permanent detachment from the Colonial Marshals, something that had a noticeable effect on the local black market. The Taurian Concordat was also going to some lengths to snatch up reliable mercenaries from Herotitus due to the poor standard of those looking for work in the Concordat itself, a legacy of the governing military junta's poor treatment of mercenaries during the Concordat's war with the Federated Suns.[23]

Era Specific Data

3070

Planetary Garrison

3067

3085

3145

  • Second Fronc Air Wing
  • Second Fronc Armor

Nearby Systems

Systems within 60 light-years (distance in light years)
Closest systems first:
Lyreton 9.49 Mandalas 15.89 Huanghuadian 16.45 Untran 17.42
Ward 25.79 Sunnywood 29.66 Payia 33.45 Ryans Fate 34.23
Itrom 35.97 Renown 36.68 Thamel 37.42 Hurik 38.99
Fjaldr 39.17 Appian 39.61 Cavalor 42.69 Linhauiguan 43.19
Detroit 45.56 Bringdam 47.59 Coromodir 49.55 Gunthar 51.15
Kalindam 51.56 Repulse 53.89 Ghorepani 54.14 Rockwellawan 54.25
Zhaomaon 57.33 Tyrlon 59.27 Pojos 59.43

References

  1. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159, "Inner Sphere - 2596"
  2. ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37, "Inner Sphere - 2750"
  3. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 2765"
  4. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 39, "Capellan Confederation after Second Succession War [2864]"
  5. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 40, "Capellan Confederation after Third Succession War [3025]"
  6. ↑ The Periphery (sourcebook), p. 157, "Map of the Periphery"
  7. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 49, "Capellan Confederation after Fourth Succession War [3030]"
  8. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133, "Inner Sphere - 3040"
  9. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 3050"
  10. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23, "Inner Sphere - 3052"
  11. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map [3057]"
  12. ↑ Handbook: House Liao, p. 60, "Capellan Confederation after Operation Guerrero [3058]"
  13. ↑ The Periphery, 2nd Edition, p. 112, "Magistracy of Canopus & Tortuga Dominions"
  14. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29, "Inner Sphere Map [3063]"
  15. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 63, "Inner Sphere - 3075"
  16. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63, "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"
  17. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii, "Inner Sphere - October 3085"
  18. ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  19. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"
  20. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"
  21. ↑ Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 11
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 48, "The Jihad In Review"
  23. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 156, "State Halls"
  24. ↑ Mercenaries Supplemental II, p. 66, "Mercenary Deployment Table"
  25. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 161, "Deployment Table - 3085"
  26. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 203, "Fronc Reaches"

Bibliography

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