Hyades Cluster

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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. The planet Taurus is the capital of the Taurian Concordat.[1]

Planetary Info

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.[2]

Planetary 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.[3]

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.[4]

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.[4]

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[5] 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.[6] This fighting was the last combat of the Reunification War.[7]

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.[8]

Stationed Military

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. [9]

In addition to the line Regiments 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.[10]

Political Affiliation

Military Deployment

3025

Manufacturing Centers

Nearby Systems

Planets within 2 jumps (60 light-years). Closest planets first:

Planets within 2 jumps (60 light-years)
Closest planets first:
Planet Distance (LY) Jumps 2750 3025 3030 3040 3052 3057 3062
Ishtar 6.56 1 TC TC TC TC TC TC TC
Pinard 7.86 1 TC TC TC TC TC TC TC
Landsmark 8.43 1 TC TC TC TC TC TC TC
Taurus 9.49 1 TC TC TC TC TC TC TC
Samantha 10.82 1 TC TC TC TC TC TC TC
Jansen's Hold 12.26 1 TC TC TC TC TC TC TC
MacLeod's Land 12.87 1 TC TC TC TC TC TC TC
Jamestown 13.38 1 TC TC TC TC TC TC TC
New Vallis 17.88 1 TC TC TC TC TC TC TC
New Ganymede 20.36 1 TC TC TC TC TC TC TC
Illiushin 21.93 1 TC TC TC TC TC TC TC
Flaum 25.45 1 TC TC TC TC TC TC TC
Bromhead 25.59 1 FS FS FS FC FC FC FC
Brisbane 28.46 1 TC TC TC TC TC TC TC
Camadeirre 28.82 1 TC TC TC TC TC TC TC
Midale 29.24 1 FS FS FS FC FC FC FC
Burton 39.62 1 TC TC TC TC TC TC TC
Renfield 41.34 2 TC TC TC TC TC TC TC
New Vandenburg 47.72 2 TC TC TC TC TC TC TC
Laconis 48.09 2 TC TC TC TC TC TC TC
Atreus Prime 49.22 2 TC TC TC TC TC TC TC
Rollis 50.67 2 CC CC CC CC CC CC CC
Carmichael 51.62 2 FS FS FS FC FC FC FC
Mithron 52.92 2 TC TC TC TC TC TC TC
Lindsay 56.33 2 FS FS FS FC FC FC FC
Brockway 59.03 2 FS FS FS FC FC FC FC
Aea 59.26 2 N TC TC TC TC TC TC
Horsham 59.98 2 FS FS FS FC FC FC FC

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Periphery, p. 71
  2. ↑ wikipedia.org, Hyades Cluster
  3. ↑ Inner Sphere (sourcebook), p. 103
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Periphery 2nd Edition, p. 10
  5. ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 14
  6. ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 22
  7. ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 23
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Field Report 2765: Periphery, p. 11, "Infrastructural Integrity"
  9. ↑ The Periphery, p. 77
  10. ↑ The Periphery, p. 80
  11. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 18, "Federated Suns at their Founding - [2317] Map"
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 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]"
  13. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 48, "Federated Suns after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  14. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159, "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"
  15. ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
  16. ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
  17. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"
  18. ↑ Field Report 2765: Periphery, p. 37, "Taurian Defense Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"
  19. ↑ Field Report 2765: Capellan Confederation, p. 23, "Capellan Confederation Armed Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"
  20. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 96, "Taurian Concordat - [2767] Map"
  21. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, p. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  22. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 54, "Federated Suns after First Succesion War - [2822] Map"
  23. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 60, "Federated Suns After Second Succession War - [2864] Map"
  24. ↑ The Periphery (Sourcebook), p. 151, "Maps of the Periphery"
  25. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 70, "Federated Suns After Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
  26. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 72, "Federated Suns After Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p, 127, "Taurian Concordat after modern colonization drive [3040] and after FedCom Civil War [3067]"
  28. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 76, "Federated Suns after War of 3039 - [3040]"
  29. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"
  30. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"
  31. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23, "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"
  32. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11, Inner Sphere - [3057] Map
  33. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 78, "Federated Suns after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"
  34. ↑ The Periphery, 2nd Edition, p. 111, "Taurian Concordat and Tortuga Dominions"
  35. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29, Inner Sphere - [3063] Map
  36. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 43, "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"
  37. ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 82, "Federated Suns after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
  38. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64, "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"
  39. ↑ Field Report: Periphery, p. 23, "Taurian Concordat Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
  40. ↑ Field Report: AFFS, p. 21, "Federated Suns Armed Forces Deployment Map [3079]"
  41. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63, "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"
  42. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. Vii, "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
  43. ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  44. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"
  45. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 38, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  46. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  47. ↑ 47.0 47.1 47.2 The Periphery, p.81

Bibliography

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