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The '''Hyades Cluster''', based on the position of [[Flannagan's Nebulea]], is a cluster of stars located to the rimward of [[Terra]] near the borders of the [[Federated Suns]] and [[Capellan Confederation]]. It contains multiple habitable systems including [[Taurus]], [[Samantha]], [[Jamestown]], and [[Ishtar (system)|Ishtar]]. The planet Taurus is the capital of the [[Taurian Concordat]].<ref name=TP-71>''The Periphery'', p. 71</ref>
  
The '''Hyades Cluster''' based on the position of [[Flannagan's Nebulea]] is a cluster of stars located to the rimward of [[Terra]] near the borders of the [[Federated Suns]] and [[Capellan Confederation]]. It contains multiple habitable systems including [[Taurus]], [[Samantha]], [[Jamestown]] and [[Ishtar (planet)|Ishtar]]. The planet Taurus is the capital of the [[Taurian Concordat]].<ref name=TP-71>''The Periphery'', p. 71</ref>
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==Description==
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The Hyades Cluster is a roughly spherical open cluster of three to four hundred separate stars that share a similar age and origin. From the perspective of Terra the cluster lies in the constellation Taurus, where its brightest stars form a "V" within the constellation. This traditionally forms the Head of the bull that gives the constellation and nation that was spawned within its nebula their names.<ref>[[w: Hyades Cluster|Hyades Cluster on Wikipedia]]</ref>
  
== Planetary Info ==
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==Political Affiliation==
The Hyades Cluster is a roughly spherical open cluster of three to four hundred separate stars that share a similar age and origin. From the perspective of Terra the Cluster lies in the constellation Taurus, where its brightest stars form a "V" within the constellation. This traditionally forms the Head of the bull that gives the constellation and nation that was spawned within its nebulea their names.<ref> wikipedia.org, Hyades Cluster</ref>
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* [[2317]] - No record<ref name="HB:HDp18">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 18</ref>
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* [[2571]] - [[Taurian Concordat]]<ref name="H:MPSp121">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 121</ref><ref name="HB:HDp48">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 48</ref>
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* [[2596]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159</ref>
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* [[2750]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="H:MPSp121"/><ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37</ref>
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* [[2764]] - Taurian Concordat<ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'': "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
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* [[2765]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="H:LoTv1p11">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11</ref><ref name=FR:2765Pp37>''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 37</ref><ref name=FR:2765CCp23>''Field Report 2765: CCAF'', p. 23</ref>
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* [[2767]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="H:LoTv1p96">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 96</ref>
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* [[2786]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="FSWp24">''First Succession War'', pp. 24–25</ref>
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* [[2822]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122–123</ref><ref name="HB:HDp54">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 54</ref><ref name="FSWp112">''First Succession War'', pp. 112–113</ref>
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* [[2830]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="SSWp18">''Second Succession War'', pp. 18–19</ref>
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* [[2864]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="HB:HDp60">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 60</ref><ref name="SSWp78">''Second Succession War'', pp. 78–79</ref>
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* [[3025]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="H:MPSp121"/><ref name="TPp151">''The Periphery'', p. 151</ref><ref name="HB:HDp70">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 70</ref>
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* [[3030]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="HB:HDp72">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 72</ref>
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* [[3040]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="H:MPSp127">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 127</ref><ref name="H:HDp76">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 76</ref><ref name="H:Wo3039p133">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133</ref>
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* [[3050]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="ER3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11</ref>
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* [[3052]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="ER3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23</ref>
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* [[3057]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="ER:3062p11">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11</ref>
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* [[3058]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="HB:HDp78">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 78</ref>
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* [[3059]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="TP2ep111">''The Periphery, 2nd Edition'', p. 111: "Taurian Concordat and Tortuga Dominions"</ref>
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* [[3063]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="ER:3062p29">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29</ref>
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* [[3067]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="H:MPSp127"/><ref name="J:FRp43">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 43</ref><ref name="HB:HDp82">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 82</ref>
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* [[3075]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="JS:TBDp64">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64</ref>
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* [[3079]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="FR:p23">''Field Report: Periphery'', p. 23</ref><ref name="FR:AFFSp21">''Field Report: AFFS'', p. 21:</ref>
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* [[3081]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="J:FRp63">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63</ref>
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* [[3085]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="FM:3085pvii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref>
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* [[3135]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="ER:3145p11">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11</ref>
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* [[3145]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="ER:3145p38">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 38</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref>
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== Planetary History ==
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==History==
The Cluster was explored and settled by the Calderon Expedition in the early years of the 2250's. This expedition was funded and led by [[Samantha Calderon]] who spent her vast fortune buying ships and supplies in an attempt to flee the horrors of war that had engulfed the [[Inner Sphere]]. She led her 2300 followers into the unexplored reaches of the Hyades Cluster in an attempt to go so far from the Inner Sphere and its conflicts that a civilization without war or conflict could be developed in peace.<ref name=IS-103>''Inner Sphere (sourcebook)'', p. 103</ref>
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The cluster was explored and settled by the Calderon Expedition in the early years of the 2250s. This expedition was funded and led by [[Samantha Calderon]] who spent her vast fortune buying ships and supplies in an attempt to flee the horrors of war that had engulfed the [[Inner Sphere]]. She led her 2,300 followers into the unexplored reaches of the Hyades Cluster in an attempt to go so far from the Inner Sphere and its conflicts that a civilization without war or conflict could be developed in peace.<ref name=IS-103>''Inner Sphere'', p. 103</ref>
  
When they reached and explored the Cluster they found a plethora of rich worlds, hidden and protected by a dense gas and dust cloud. While penetrating this cloud an immense asteroid field was discovered, and the expedition lost some of their ships in this dangerous passage. This cloud of danger, named Flannegan's Nebulea, became the first and greatest line of defense for the colonists.<ref name=TP2-10>''The Periphery 2nd Edition'', p. 10</ref>
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When they reached and explored the cluster they found a plethora of rich worlds, hidden and protected by a dense gas and dust cloud. While penetrating this cloud an immense asteroid field was discovered, and the expedition lost some of their ships in this dangerous passage. This cloud of danger, named Flannagan's Nebulea, became the first and greatest line of defense for the colonists.<ref name=TP2-10>''The Periphery, 2nd Edition'', p. 10</ref>
  
In 2253 the colonists made planetfall on Taurus, a resource rich fertile world that would one day become the capital of the Taurian Concordat. In the following years more worlds within the protective embrace of the nebulae were explored and colonized until today more than 3 additional worlds have been settled and are productive and valuable members of the Concordat to this day.<ref name=TP2-10/>
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In [[2253]], the colonists made planetfall on Taurus, a resource-rich fertile world that would one day become the capital of the Taurian Concordat. In the following years more worlds within the protective embrace of the nebulae were explored and colonized until today more than three additional worlds have been settled and are productive and valuable members of the Concordat to this day.<ref name=TP2-10/>
  
The Hyades Cluster is the fortress bastion of the Taurian Concordat and, with the exception of the [[Reunification War]] has never been conquered.<ref name=TP-71/> The Reunification War campaign took four years<ref>''Era Report: 2750'', p. 14</ref> and required troops from the Star League's I, II, III, IV, XI and Star Guard Corps. The VI Corps and Star Guard Corps provided the bulk of the forces used.<ref>''Era Report: 2750'', p. 22</ref> This fighting was the last combat of the Reunification War.<ref>''Era Report: 2750'', p. 23</ref>
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The Hyades Cluster is the fortress bastion of the Taurian Concordat and, with the exception of the [[Reunification War]], has never been conquered.<ref name=TP-71/> The Reunification War campaign took four years<ref>''Era Report: 2750'', p. 14</ref> and required troops from the Star League's I, II, III, IV, XI and Star Guard Corps. The VI Corps and Star Guard Corps provided the bulk of the forces used.<ref>''Era Report: 2750'', p. 22</ref> This fighting was the last combat of the Reunification War.<ref>''Era Report: 2750'', p. 23</ref>
  
During the Reunification War and [[Star League era]] the Hyades Cluster was home to a number of drydocks and shipyards scattered throughout the various systems and operated by [[Concordat Aerospace Limited]]; one of these facilities, located in the Taurus system, was capable of manufacturing [[WarShip]]s.<ref name="FR2765:Pp11">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 11, "Infrastructural Integrity"</ref>
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During the Reunification War and [[Star League era]], the Hyades Cluster was home to a number of drydocks and shipyards scattered throughout the various systems and operated by [[Concordat Aerospace Limited]]; one of these facilities, located in the Taurus system, was capable of manufacturing [[WarShip]]s.<ref name=FR2765:Pp11>''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 11: "Infrastructural Integrity"</ref> At this point in time the population of the Hyades Cluster was estimated by the [[SLDF]] to be more than eight billion people, seven billion of which lived on the eight major inhabited worlds within the cluster, which were spread across just five systems. The remaining population lived on the innumerable moons and asteroids scattered around the cluster, intermixed with the hundreds of uninhabited planets and immense number of asteroids, comments and assorted trapped stellar objects.<ref name="H:RWp92">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 92: "Piercing the Hyades"</ref> The Concordat also maintained at least one active battle station, named Outland Gamma, and attempts by the SLDF to construct their own stations and facilities within the cluster to support their invading forces were blocked by the Taurians, who used a combination of nuclear weapons and asteroids flung by mass drivers to destroy each before it could be completed.<ref name="H:RWp92+">''Historical: Reunification War'', pp. 92–93: "Breaching the Perimeter"</ref>
  
== Stationed Military ==
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==Military Deployment==
Besides the resident militia and noble house forces the Taurian Concordat keeps regiments of front line units stationed to protect the planets of the Cluster. Traditionally these are the [[Taurian Guards Corps]] as well as other front line units that are brought in to rest and refit in the relative safety of the Cluster worlds. <ref>''The Periphery'', p. 77</ref>
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Besides the resident militia and noble house forces the Taurian Concordat keeps [[regiments]] of front line units stationed to protect the planets of the cluster. Traditionally these are the [[Taurian Guards Corps]] as well as other front line units that are brought in to rest and refit in the relative safety of the cluster worlds.<ref>''The Periphery'', p. 77</ref>
  
In addition to the line [[Regiment]]s there are the [[TDF]] [[Special Asteroid Support Force]] or SASF. The SASF is a specialized all-volunteer body of soldiers and naval personnel trained in zero-g tactics that man the defensive platforms located throughout the [[Flannagan's Nebulea]] asteroid belt.<ref>''The Periphery'', p. 80 </ref>
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In addition to line regiments, there's the [[Taurian Defense Force]]'s [[Special Asteroid Support Force]] (SASF). The SASF is a specialized all-volunteer body of soldiers and naval personnel trained in zero-g tactics that man the defensive platforms located throughout the [[Flannagan's Nebulea]] asteroid belt.<ref>''The Periphery'', p. 80</ref>
  
== Political Affiliation ==
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===3025===
* [[2317]] - No record <ref name="HB:HDp18">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 18, "Federated Suns at their Founding - [2317] Map"</ref>
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* [[Taurian Guard]]<ref name=TP1Ep81>''The Periphery'', p. 81: "BattleMech Regiment Deployment Table"</ref>
* [[2571]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="H:MPSp121">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p, 121, "Taurian Concordat after Age of War [2571], Fall of the Star League [2750] and End of the 3rd Succession War [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp48">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 48, "Federated Suns after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref>
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* [[Taurian Velites]]<ref name=TP1Ep81/>
* [[2596]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="H:RWp159">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159, "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"</ref>
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* [[Concordat Commandos]]<ref name=TP1Ep81/>
* [[2750]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="H:MPSp121"/><ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2764]] - Taurian Concordat <ref>''Field Manual: SLDF'', "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2765]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="H:LoTv1p11">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref><ref name=FR:2765Pp37>''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 37, "Taurian Defense Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref><ref name=FR:2765CCp23>''Field Report 2765: Capellan Confederation'', p. 23, "Capellan Confederation Armed Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"</ref>
 
* [[2767]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="H:LoTv1p96">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 96, "Taurian Concordat - [2767] Map"</ref>
 
* [[2786]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="FSWp24">''First Succession War'', p. 24-25, "Inner Sphere - [2786]"</ref>
 
* [[2822]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp54">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 54, "Federated Suns after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="FSWp112">''First Succession War'', p. 112-113, "Inner Sphere - 2822"</ref>
 
* [[2830]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="SSWp18">''Second Succession War'', p. 18-19, "Inner Sphere - 2830"</ref>
 
* [[2864]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="HB:HDp60">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 60, "Federated Suns After Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref><ref name="SSWp78">''Second Succession War'', p. 78-79, "Inner Sphere - 2864"</ref>
 
* [[3025]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="H:MPSp121"/><ref name="TPp151">''The Periphery (Sourcebook)'', p. 151, "Maps of the Periphery"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp70">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 70, "Federated Suns After Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3030]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="HB:HDp72">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 72, "Federated Suns After Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3040]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="H:MPSp127">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p, 127, "Taurian Concordat after modern colonization drive [3040] and after FedCom Civil War [3067]"</ref><ref name="H:HDp76">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 76, "Federated Suns after War of 3039 - [3040]"</ref><ref name="H:Wo3039p133">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3050]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="ER3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3052]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="ER3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23, "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3057]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="ER:3062p11">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11, Inner Sphere - [3057] Map</ref>
 
* [[3058]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="HB:HDp78">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 78, "Federated Suns after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3059]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="TP2ep111">''The Periphery, 2nd Edition'', p. 111, "Taurian Concordat and Tortuga Dominions"</ref>
 
* [[3063]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="ER:3062p29">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29, Inner Sphere - [3063] Map</ref>
 
* [[3067]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="H:MPSp127"/><ref name="J:FRp43">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 43, "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HDp82">''Handbook: House Davion'', p. 82, "Federated Suns after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3075]] - Taurian Concordat<ref name="JS:TBDp64">''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 64, "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3079]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="FR:p23">''Field Report: Periphery'', p. 23, "Taurian Concordat Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref><ref name="FR:AFFSp21">''Field Report: AFFS'', p. 21, "Federated Suns Armed Forces Deployment Map [3079]"</ref>
 
* [[3081]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="J:FRp63">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63, "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3085]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="FM:3085pVii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. Vii, "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3130]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="MotIS3130">Map of the Inner Sphere 3130</ref>
 
* [[3135]] - Taurian Concordat <ref name="ER:3145p11">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref>
 
* [[3145]] - No record <ref name="ER:3145p38">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 38, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref>
 
  
== Military Deployment ==
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==Manufacturing Centers==
=== 3025 ===
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* [[Concordat Aerospace Limited]] - Reunification War/Star League era<ref name=FR2765:Pp11/>
* [[Taurian Guard]] <ref name=P1stedtp81>''The Periphery'', p.81</ref>
 
* [[Taurian Velites]]<ref name=P1stedtp81>''The Periphery'', p.81</ref>
 
* [[Concordat Commandos]]<ref name=P1stedtp81>''The Periphery'', p.81</ref>
 
  
== Manufacturing Centers ==
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==Map Gallery==
* [[Concordat Aerospace Limited]] - Reunification War/Star League era<ref name="FR2765:Pp11">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 11, "Infrastructural Integrity"</ref>
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==Nearby Systems==
 
==Nearby Systems==
Planets within 2 jumps (60 light-years). Closest planets first:
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! colspan="10" | Planets within 2 jumps (60 light-years) <br />Closest planets first:
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! colspan="8" | Closest 48 systems (47 within 60 light-years)<br>Distance in light years, closest systems first:
 
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! Planet
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Taurus]]
! Distance (LY)
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| class="lessthan30" | 1.5
! Jumps
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Ishtar (system)|Ishtar]]
! 2750
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| class="lessthan30" | 3.6
! 3025
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Jamestown]]
! 3030
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| class="lessthan30" | 4.0
! 3040
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Samantha]]
! 3052
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| class="lessthan30" | 4.4
! 3057
 
! 3062
 
 
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| [[Ishtar (planet)|Ishtar]]
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Menion]]
| 6.56
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| class="lessthan30" | 6.5
| 1
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Megaris]]
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
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| class="lessthan30" | 7.8
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Ina]]
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
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| class="lessthan30" | 7.9
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Parian]]
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
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| class="lessthan30" | 8.0
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
 
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| [[Pinard]]
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Jansen's Hold]]
| 7.86
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| class="lessthan30" | 13.4
| 1
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| class="lessthan30" | [[New Ganymede]]
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
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| class="lessthan30" | 13.6
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
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| class="lessthan30" | [[New Vallis]]
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
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| class="lessthan30" | 14.0
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Landmark]]
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
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| class="lessthan30" | 16.4
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Landsmark]]
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Pinard]]
| 8.43
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| class="lessthan30" | 17.4
| 1
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| class="lessthan30" | [[MacLeod's Land]]
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | 22.0
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Illiushin]]
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
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| class="lessthan30" | 22.1
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Midale]]
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
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| class="lessthan30" | 27.4
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Taurus]]
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Flaum]]
| 9.49
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| class="lessthan30" | 27.4
| 1
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| class="lessthan30" | [[Camadeierre]]
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
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| class="lessthan30" | 29.0
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
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| class="over30" | [[Burton]]
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
+
| class="over30" | 31.7
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
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| class="over30" | [[Renfield]]
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
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| class="over30" | 31.8
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Samantha]]
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| class="over30" | [[Desolate Plains]]
| 10.82
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| class="over30" | 32.3
| 1
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| class="over30" | [[Merlin (system)|Merlin]]
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
+
| class="over30" | 32.7
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Bromhead]]
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
+
| class="over30" | 33.8
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Brisbane]]
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
+
| class="over30" | 37.5
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Jansen's Hold]]
+
| class="over30" | [[New Vandenberg|New Vandenburg]]
| 12.26
+
| class="over30" | 38.9
| 1
+
| class="over30" | [[Laconis]]
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
+
| class="over30" | 39.4
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Atreus Prime]]
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
+
| class="over30" | 39.8
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Rollis]]
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
+
| class="over30" | 41.3
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[MacLeod's Land]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Carmichael]]
| 12.87
+
| class="over30" | 41.3
| 1
+
| class="over30" | [[Woogi]]
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
+
| class="over30" | 42.1
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Mithron]]
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
+
| class="over30" | 42.1
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Lindsay]]
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
+
| class="over30" | 42.4
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Jamestown]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Brockway]]
| 13.38
+
| class="over30" | 43.0
| 1
+
| class="over30" | [[Paf]]
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
+
| class="over30" | 46.6
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Diefenbaker]]
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
+
| class="over30" | 48.5
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Non Diz]]
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
+
| class="over30" | 48.8
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[New Vallis]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Spitz]]
| 17.88
+
| class="over30" | 49.5
| 1
+
| class="over30" | [[Horsham]]
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
+
| class="over30" | 49.9
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Girondas]]
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
+
| class="over30" | 50.1
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Aea]]
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
+
| class="over30" | 50.8
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[New Ganymede]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Mas]]
| 20.36
+
| class="over30" | 50.9
| 1
+
| class="over30" | [[Robsart]]
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
+
| class="over30" | 53.4
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Qalzi]]
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
+
| class="over30" | 55.7
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Flintoft]]
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
+
| class="over30" | 56.3
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Illiushin]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Corodiz]]
| 21.93
+
| class="over30" | 57.5
| 1
+
| class="over30" | [[Pyrrhus]]
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
+
| class="over30" | 58.7
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Maldive]]
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
+
| class="over30" | 58.8
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
+
| class="over60" | [[Brinton]]
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
+
| class="over60" | 60.8
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
| [[Flaum]]
 
| 25.45
 
| 1
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
|-
 
| [[Bromhead]]
 
| 25.59
 
| 1
 
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
 
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
 
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
|-
 
| [[Brisbane]]
 
| 28.46
 
| 1
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
|-
 
| [[Camadeirre]]
 
| 28.82
 
| 1
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
|-
 
| [[Midale]]
 
| 29.24
 
| 1
 
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
 
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
 
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
|-
 
| [[Burton]]
 
| 39.62
 
| 1
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
|-
 
| [[Renfield]]
 
| 41.34
 
| 2
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
|-
 
| [[New Vandenburg]]
 
| 47.72
 
| 2
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
|-
 
| [[Laconis]]
 
| 48.09
 
| 2
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
|-
 
| [[Atreus Prime]]
 
| 49.22
 
| 2
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
|-
 
| [[Rollis]]
 
| 50.67
 
| 2
 
| [[Capellan Confederation | CC]]
 
| [[Capellan Confederation | CC]]
 
| [[Capellan Confederation | CC]]
 
| [[Capellan Confederation | CC]]
 
| [[Capellan Confederation | CC]]
 
| [[Capellan Confederation | CC]]
 
| [[Capellan Confederation | CC]]
 
|-
 
| [[Carmichael]]
 
| 51.62
 
| 2
 
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
 
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
 
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
|-
 
| [[Mithron]]
 
| 52.92
 
| 2
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
|-
 
| [[Lindsay]]
 
| 56.33
 
| 2
 
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
 
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
 
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
|-
 
| [[Brockway]]
 
| 59.03
 
| 2
 
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
 
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
 
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
|-
 
| [[Aea]]
 
| 59.26
 
| 2
 
| [[Unknown Planet | N]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
| [[Taurian Concordat | TC]]
 
|-
 
| [[Horsham]]
 
| 59.98
 
| 2
 
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
 
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
 
| [[Federated Suns | FS]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
| [[Federated Commonwealth | FC]]
 
 
|}
 
|}
  
== References ==
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==References==
 
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== Bibliography ==
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* ''[[Handbook: House Davion]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: Major Periphery States]]''
 
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* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]''
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* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
 
 
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
* ''[http://home.ifi.uio.no/~oysteint/btech/maps/IS_3130.pdf Map of the Inner Sphere 3130]''
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* ''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)|The Periphery]]''
* ''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)|The Periphery, First Edition]]''
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* ''[[The Periphery, 2nd Edition (sourcebook)|The Periphery, Second Edition]]''
* ''[[The Periphery, 2nd Edition|The Periphery, Second Edition]]''
 
 
* ''[[Second Succession War (sourcebook)|Second Succession War]]''
 
* ''[[Second Succession War (sourcebook)|Second Succession War]]''
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[[Category:Planets|Hyades Cluster]]
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[[Category:Systems|Hyades Cluster]]
[[Category: Taurian Concordat Planets]]
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[[Category: Taurian Concordat Systems]]

Latest revision as of 09:40, 19 September 2023

Hyades Cluster
Hyades Cluster 3151.svg
Hyades Cluster nearby systems
(Map Legend)
System Information
X:Y Coordinates191.317 : -389.55[e]

The Hyades Cluster, based on the position of Flannagan's Nebulea, is a cluster of stars located to the rimward of Terra near the borders of the Federated Suns and Capellan Confederation. It contains multiple habitable systems including Taurus, Samantha, Jamestown, and Ishtar. The planet Taurus is the capital of the Taurian Concordat.[1]

Description[edit]

The Hyades Cluster is a roughly spherical open cluster of three to four hundred separate stars that share a similar age and origin. From the perspective of Terra the cluster lies in the constellation Taurus, where its brightest stars form a "V" within the constellation. This traditionally forms the Head of the bull that gives the constellation and nation that was spawned within its nebula their names.[2]

Political Affiliation[edit]

History[edit]

The cluster was explored and settled by the Calderon Expedition in the early years of the 2250s. This expedition was funded and led by Samantha Calderon who spent her vast fortune buying ships and supplies in an attempt to flee the horrors of war that had engulfed the Inner Sphere. She led her 2,300 followers into the unexplored reaches of the Hyades Cluster in an attempt to go so far from the Inner Sphere and its conflicts that a civilization without war or conflict could be developed in peace.[42]

When they reached and explored the cluster they found a plethora of rich worlds, hidden and protected by a dense gas and dust cloud. While penetrating this cloud an immense asteroid field was discovered, and the expedition lost some of their ships in this dangerous passage. This cloud of danger, named Flannagan's Nebulea, became the first and greatest line of defense for the colonists.[43]

In 2253, the colonists made planetfall on Taurus, a resource-rich fertile world that would one day become the capital of the Taurian Concordat. In the following years more worlds within the protective embrace of the nebulae were explored and colonized until today more than three additional worlds have been settled and are productive and valuable members of the Concordat to this day.[43]

The Hyades Cluster is the fortress bastion of the Taurian Concordat and, with the exception of the Reunification War, has never been conquered.[1] The Reunification War campaign took four years[44] and required troops from the Star League's I, II, III, IV, XI and Star Guard Corps. The VI Corps and Star Guard Corps provided the bulk of the forces used.[45] This fighting was the last combat of the Reunification War.[46]

During the Reunification War and Star League era, the Hyades Cluster was home to a number of drydocks and shipyards scattered throughout the various systems and operated by Concordat Aerospace Limited; one of these facilities, located in the Taurus system, was capable of manufacturing WarShips.[47] At this point in time the population of the Hyades Cluster was estimated by the SLDF to be more than eight billion people, seven billion of which lived on the eight major inhabited worlds within the cluster, which were spread across just five systems. The remaining population lived on the innumerable moons and asteroids scattered around the cluster, intermixed with the hundreds of uninhabited planets and immense number of asteroids, comments and assorted trapped stellar objects.[48] The Concordat also maintained at least one active battle station, named Outland Gamma, and attempts by the SLDF to construct their own stations and facilities within the cluster to support their invading forces were blocked by the Taurians, who used a combination of nuclear weapons and asteroids flung by mass drivers to destroy each before it could be completed.[49]

Military Deployment[edit]

Besides the resident militia and noble house forces the Taurian Concordat keeps regiments of front line units stationed to protect the planets of the cluster. Traditionally these are the Taurian Guards Corps as well as other front line units that are brought in to rest and refit in the relative safety of the cluster worlds.[50]

In addition to line regiments, there's the Taurian Defense Force's Special Asteroid Support Force (SASF). The SASF is a specialized all-volunteer body of soldiers and naval personnel trained in zero-g tactics that man the defensive platforms located throughout the Flannagan's Nebulea asteroid belt.[51]

3025[edit]

Manufacturing Centers[edit]

Map Gallery[edit]

Nearby Systems[edit]

Closest 48 systems (47 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
Taurus 1.5 Ishtar 3.6 Jamestown 4.0 Samantha 4.4
Menion 6.5 Megaris 7.8 Ina 7.9 Parian 8.0
Jansen's Hold 13.4 New Ganymede 13.6 New Vallis 14.0 Landmark 16.4
Pinard 17.4 MacLeod's Land 22.0 Illiushin 22.1 Midale 27.4
Flaum 27.4 Camadeierre 29.0 Burton 31.7 Renfield 31.8
Desolate Plains 32.3 Merlin 32.7 Bromhead 33.8 Brisbane 37.5
New Vandenburg 38.9 Laconis 39.4 Atreus Prime 39.8 Rollis 41.3
Carmichael 41.3 Woogi 42.1 Mithron 42.1 Lindsay 42.4
Brockway 43.0 Paf 46.6 Diefenbaker 48.5 Non Diz 48.8
Spitz 49.5 Horsham 49.9 Girondas 50.1 Aea 50.8
Mas 50.9 Robsart 53.4 Qalzi 55.7 Flintoft 56.3
Corodiz 57.5 Pyrrhus 58.7 Maldive 58.8 Brinton 60.8

References[edit]

  1. 1.0 1.1 The Periphery, p. 71
  2. Hyades Cluster on Wikipedia
  3. Handbook: House Davion, p. 18
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 121
  5. Handbook: House Davion, p. 48
  6. Historical: Reunification War, p. 159
  7. Era Report: 2750, p. 37
  8. Field Manual: SLDF: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
  9. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11
  10. Field Report 2765: Periphery, p. 37
  11. Field Report 2765: CCAF, p. 23
  12. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 96
  13. First Succession War, pp. 24–25
  14. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122–123
  15. Handbook: House Davion, p. 54
  16. First Succession War, pp. 112–113
  17. Second Succession War, pp. 18–19
  18. Handbook: House Davion, p. 60
  19. Second Succession War, pp. 78–79
  20. The Periphery, p. 151
  21. Handbook: House Davion, p. 70
  22. Handbook: House Davion, p. 72
  23. 23.0 23.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 127
  24. Handbook: House Davion, p. 76
  25. Historical: War of 3039, p. 133
  26. Era Report: 3052, p. 11
  27. Era Report: 3052, p. 23
  28. Era Report: 3062, p. 11
  29. Handbook: House Davion, p. 78
  30. The Periphery, 2nd Edition, p. 111: "Taurian Concordat and Tortuga Dominions"
  31. Era Report: 3062, p. 29
  32. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 43
  33. Handbook: House Davion, p. 82
  34. Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64
  35. Field Report: Periphery, p. 23
  36. Field Report: AFFS, p. 21:
  37. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63
  38. Field Manual: 3085, p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
  39. Era Report: 3145, p. 11
  40. Era Report: 3145, p. 38
  41. Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  42. Inner Sphere, p. 103
  43. 43.0 43.1 The Periphery, 2nd Edition, p. 10
  44. Era Report: 2750, p. 14
  45. Era Report: 2750, p. 22
  46. Era Report: 2750, p. 23
  47. 47.0 47.1 Field Report 2765: Periphery, p. 11: "Infrastructural Integrity"
  48. Historical: Reunification War, p. 92: "Piercing the Hyades"
  49. Historical: Reunification War, pp. 92–93: "Breaching the Perimeter"
  50. The Periphery, p. 77
  51. The Periphery, p. 80
  52. 52.0 52.1 52.2 The Periphery, p. 81: "BattleMech Regiment Deployment Table"

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