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Line 11: }} }} The '''Kikuyu''' system was home to at least one habitable world or construct and as of June [[3152]] was located in the [[Vesper Marches]].<ref name=TRp72/> The '''Kikuyu''' system was home to at least one habitable world or construct and as of June [[3152]] was located in the [[Vesper Marches]].<ref name=TRp72/> − − ==System Description== − Kikuyu is located near the [[Mogyorod]] and [[Clermont]] systems. ==Political Affiliation== ==Political Affiliation== Line 45:
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Line 71: ===Planetary History=== ===Planetary History=== ====Founding==== ====Founding==== − Originally discovered shortly after the fall of the [[Terran Alliance]], Kikuyu was first colonized by New Zealanders, Australians, and Tasmanians. They found a world with a large continent (named Queensland) which was home to the Great Victorian Desert. Around this large desert continent were two large archipelagos. The Great Victorian Desert was the reason the planet was settled, or rather, what was under the desert was the reason: large amounts of radioactive ores and rare metals.<ref name=FCCW200/> + Originally discovered shortly after the fall of the [[Terran Alliance]], '''Kikuyu''' was first colonized by New Zealanders, Australians, and Tasmanians. They found a world with a large continent (named Queensland) which was home to the Great Victorian Desert. Around this large desert continent were two large archipelagos. The Great Victorian Desert was the reason the planet was settled, or rather, what was under the desert was the reason: Large amounts of radioactive ores and rare metals.<ref name=FCCW200/> The two archipelagos were set up as independent nation states, one settled by New Zealanders and one by Tasmanians. One is named Auckland Archipelago while the other is named New Tasmania.<ref name=FCCW200/> The two archipelagos were set up as independent nation states, one settled by New Zealanders and one by Tasmanians. One is named Auckland Archipelago while the other is named New Tasmania.<ref name=FCCW200/> ====Reunification War==== ====Reunification War==== − By the end of the [[Age of War]], Kikuyu was a part of the [[Apollo Province]] of the Rim Worlds Republic.<ref name="HB:MPSp18"/> In [[2584]], civil war had been raging within the Rim Worlds Republic for nine years, fought between supporters of [[First Consul of the Rim Worlds Republic|First Consul]] [[Gregory Amaris]] and supporters of the [[Rim Provisional Government]], and Kikuyu was the garrison posting of the [[First Amaris Dragoons]]. The First Dragoons had lapsed into sectarian violence against each other, an internecine conflict sparked by the divided loyalties expressed within the Dragoons; when the [[Star League Defense Force]] launched the second wave of planetary campaigns as a part of [[Operation MAILED FIST]], the [[Star League]] intervention in the civil war to restore Gregory Amaris to power, the internal conflict within the First Dragoons led the SLDF to believe that the conquest of Kikuyu would be a relatively short and easy affair.<ref name="H:RWp154"/> + By the end of the [[Age of War]], Kikuyu was a part of the [[Apollo Province]] of the Rim Worlds Republic.<ref name="HB:MPSp18"/> In [[2584]] civil war had been raging within the Rim Worlds Republic for nine years, fought between supporters of [[First Consul]] [[Gregory Amaris]] and supporters of the [[Rim Provisional Government]], and Kikuyu was the garrison posting of the [[1st Amaris Dragoons|First Amaris Dragoons]]. The First Dragoons had lapsed into sectarian violence against each other, an internecine conflict sparked by the divided loyalties expressed within the Dragoons; when the [[Star League Defense Force]] launched the second wave of planetary campaigns as a part of [[Operation MAILED FIST]], the [[Star League]] intervention in the civil war to restore Gregory Amaris to power, the internal conflict within the First Dragoons led the [[SLDF]] to believe that the conquest of Kikuyu would be a relatively short and easy affair.<ref name="H:RWp154"/> − The SLDF assigned the [[Sixteenth Mechanized Infantry Division]] from [[VI Corps (Star League)|VI Corps]] to the attack on Kikuyu; the Sixteenth landed on Kikuyu in March 2584 to begin combat operations, only to discover that their presence united the disparate elements of the First Dragoons by providing them with a common cause. Aided by irregulars raised from the civilian population, the heavily outnumbered First Dragoons turned the battle for Kikuyu into an extended campaign that didn't end until January [[2585]], almost a year after the initial landings. Casualties were high on both sides; the Rim Worlds losses amounted to thirty thousand people in total, two-thirds of whom were people who had joined the irregular formations that rose up after the SLDF landing. The Sixteenth had suffered two and a half thousand fatalities and another five and a half thousand injuries before the weary division finally secured the planet.<ref name="H:RWp134">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 134: "Helbrent to Nightwish (July 2582 - November 2584)"</ref> + The SLDF assigned the [[16th Mechanized Infantry Division|Sixteenth Mechanized Infantry Division]] from [[VI Corps (Star League)|VI Corps]] to the attack on Kikuyu; the Sixteenth landed on Kikuyu in March 2584 to begin combat operations, only to discover that their presence united the disparate elements of the First Dragoons by providing them with a common cause. Aided by irregulars raised from the civilian population, the heavily outnumbered First Dragoons turned the battle for Kikuyu into an extended campaign that didn't end until January [[2585]], almost a year after the initial landings. Casualties were high on both sides; the Rim Worlds losses amounted to thirty thousand people in total, two-thirds of whom were people who had joined the irregular formations that rose up after the SLDF landing. The Sixteenth had suffered two and a half thousand fatalities and another five and a half thousand injuries before the weary division finally secured the planet.<ref name="H:RWp134">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 134: "Helbrent to Nightwish (July 2582 - November 2584)"</ref> ====Star League Era==== ====Star League Era==== Line 96:
Line 93: ===Military Deployment=== ===Military Deployment=== − {{columns-start|num=3}} + {{columns-start|num=2}} ====2581–2584==== ====2581–2584==== − * [[First Amaris Dragoons]] (Divided in loyalty between Republican rebels and Amaris loyalists)<ref name="H:RWp128">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 128: "Reunification War: Rim Worlds Republic Front Deployments (2581)"</ref><ref name="H:RWp154">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 154: "Rim Worlds Republic Front (Jump-off - 2587)"</ref> + * [[1st Amaris Dragoons|First Amaris Dragoons]] (Divided in loyalty between Republican rebels and Amaris loyalists)<ref name="H:RWp128">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 128: "Reunification War: Rim Worlds Republic Front Deployments (2581)"</ref><ref name="H:RWp154">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 154: "Rim Worlds Republic Front (Jump-off - 2587)"</ref> ====2585–2587==== ====2585–2587==== Line 107:
Line 104: * [[Eridani Light Horse]] * [[Eridani Light Horse]] ** [[Twenty-first Striker Regiment]] (2 [[Battalion]]s)<ref name=OR55>''Objective Raids'', p. 55: "Note of Unit"</ref> ** [[Twenty-first Striker Regiment]] (2 [[Battalion]]s)<ref name=OR55>''Objective Raids'', p. 55: "Note of Unit"</ref> − * [[Second Crucis Lancers]] (1 Battalion)<ref name=OR55/> + * [[2nd Crucis Lancers|Second Crucis Lancers]] (1 Battalion)<ref name=OR55/> − * [[Eighth Deneb Light Cavalry]]<ref name=OR55/> + * [[8th Deneb Light Cavalry|Eighth Deneb Light Cavalry]]<ref name=OR55/> {{column}} {{column}} ====3059==== ====3059==== Line 119:
Line 116: ====3085==== ====3085==== − * [[24th Provisional Garrison (Clan Jade Falcon)|Twenty-fourth Provisional Garrison Cluster]]<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 126: "Deployment Table - 3085"</ref> + * [[24th Provisional Garrison Cluster (Clan Jade Falcon)|Twenty-fourth Provisional Garrison Cluster]]<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 126: "Deployment Table - 3085"</ref> {{columns-end}} {{columns-end}} − − ===Geography=== − Kikuyu has one continent named Queensland with two large archipelagoes named New Tasmania and Auckland.<ref name=FCCW200/> ===Planetary Locations=== ===Planetary Locations=== − * Brandtford Heights: a city near Fort Telemar that has a starport<ref name=THch4>''The Hunters'', ch. 4</ref> + * Brandtford Heights: a city near Fort Telemar that has a starport.<ref name=THch4>''The Hunters'', ch. 4</ref> − * Fort Telemar: a base used by the Eridani Light Horse in 3058<ref name=THch3>''The Hunters'', ch. 3</ref> + * Fort Telemar: Base used by the [[Eridani Light Horse]] in 3058.<ref name=THch3>''The Hunters'', ch. 3</ref> − * Great Victorian Desert: a vast wasteland in the center of Queensland<ref name=FCCW200/> − * Jelto Ran Delta: a fertile basin on the southern coast of Queensland<ref name=FCCW200/> − * New Hobart: capital city of the New Tasmania nation state<ref name=FCCW200/> − * Willington: capital city of the Auckland nation state<ref name=FCCW200/> ==Map Gallery== ==Map Gallery== Line 219:
Line 209: ==Bibliography== ==Bibliography== − {{div col|colwidth=25em}}+ <div class="desktop-3-col"> * ''[[List of Solaris Broadcasting Co. articles#Day Eighteen of Meissner Trial|BattleCorps Solaris Broadcasting Co., 29/10/3070: "Day Eighteen of Meissner Trial"]]'' * ''[[List of Solaris Broadcasting Co. articles#Day Eighteen of Meissner Trial|BattleCorps Solaris Broadcasting Co., 29/10/3070: "Day Eighteen of Meissner Trial"]]'' * ''[[Era Report: 2750]]'' * ''[[Era Report: 2750]]'' Line 250:
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| − | | class = G7V<ref name=FCCW200>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 200: " | + | | class = G7V<ref name=FCCW200>''FedCom Civil War'', p. 200: "Planet Profile"</ref><ref name=TRpm>''Tamar Rising'', poster map</ref> |
| recharge = 188 hours<ref name=FCCW200/><ref name=TRpm/> | | recharge = 188 hours<ref name=FCCW200/><ref name=TRpm/> | ||
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The '''Kikuyu''' system was home to at least one habitable world or construct and as of June [[3152]] was located in the [[Vesper Marches]].<ref name=TRp72/> | The '''Kikuyu''' system was home to at least one habitable world or construct and as of June [[3152]] was located in the [[Vesper Marches]].<ref name=TRp72/> | ||
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==Political Affiliation== | ==Political Affiliation== | ||
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==Kikuyu III== | ==Kikuyu III== | ||
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| name = Kikuyu III | | name = Kikuyu III | ||
| othernames = | | othernames = | ||
| − | | position = | + | | position = 3<ref name=FCCW200/> |
| distance = 21.94 days<ref name=FCCW200/> | | distance = 21.94 days<ref name=FCCW200/> | ||
| moons = None<ref name=FCCW200/> | | moons = None<ref name=FCCW200/> | ||
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| water = 50%<ref name=FCCW200/> | | water = 50%<ref name=FCCW200/> | ||
| life = Mammals<ref name=FCCW200/> | | life = Mammals<ref name=FCCW200/> | ||
| − | | continents = | + | | continents = |
| colonized = | | colonized = | ||
| demonym = | | demonym = | ||
| language = | | language = | ||
| religion = | | religion = | ||
| − | | population = 185,150,000 | + | | population = 185,150,000<ref name=FCCW200/> |
| ruler = | | ruler = | ||
| political = | | political = | ||
| commander = | | commander = | ||
| − | | capital = | + | | capital = |
| hpg = B<ref name=FCCW200/> | | hpg = B<ref name=FCCW200/> | ||
| hpgrep = | | hpgrep = | ||
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===Planetary History=== | ===Planetary History=== | ||
====Founding==== | ====Founding==== | ||
| − | Originally discovered shortly after the fall of the [[Terran Alliance]], Kikuyu was first colonized by New Zealanders, Australians, and Tasmanians. They found a world with a large continent (named Queensland) which was home to the Great Victorian Desert. Around this large desert continent were two large archipelagos. The Great Victorian Desert was the reason the planet was settled, or rather, what was under the desert was the reason: | + | Originally discovered shortly after the fall of the [[Terran Alliance]], '''Kikuyu''' was first colonized by New Zealanders, Australians, and Tasmanians. They found a world with a large continent (named Queensland) which was home to the Great Victorian Desert. Around this large desert continent were two large archipelagos. The Great Victorian Desert was the reason the planet was settled, or rather, what was under the desert was the reason: Large amounts of radioactive ores and rare metals.<ref name=FCCW200/> |
The two archipelagos were set up as independent nation states, one settled by New Zealanders and one by Tasmanians. One is named Auckland Archipelago while the other is named New Tasmania.<ref name=FCCW200/> | The two archipelagos were set up as independent nation states, one settled by New Zealanders and one by Tasmanians. One is named Auckland Archipelago while the other is named New Tasmania.<ref name=FCCW200/> | ||
====Reunification War==== | ====Reunification War==== | ||
| − | By the end of the [[Age of War]], Kikuyu was a part of the [[Apollo Province]] of the Rim Worlds Republic.<ref name="HB:MPSp18"/> In [[2584]] | + | By the end of the [[Age of War]], Kikuyu was a part of the [[Apollo Province]] of the Rim Worlds Republic.<ref name="HB:MPSp18"/> In [[2584]] civil war had been raging within the Rim Worlds Republic for nine years, fought between supporters of [[First Consul]] [[Gregory Amaris]] and supporters of the [[Rim Provisional Government]], and Kikuyu was the garrison posting of the [[1st Amaris Dragoons|First Amaris Dragoons]]. The First Dragoons had lapsed into sectarian violence against each other, an internecine conflict sparked by the divided loyalties expressed within the Dragoons; when the [[Star League Defense Force]] launched the second wave of planetary campaigns as a part of [[Operation MAILED FIST]], the [[Star League]] intervention in the civil war to restore Gregory Amaris to power, the internal conflict within the First Dragoons led the [[SLDF]] to believe that the conquest of Kikuyu would be a relatively short and easy affair.<ref name="H:RWp154"/> |
| − | The SLDF assigned the [[Sixteenth Mechanized Infantry Division]] from [[VI Corps (Star League)|VI Corps]] to the attack on Kikuyu; the Sixteenth landed on Kikuyu in March 2584 to begin combat operations, only to discover that their presence united the disparate elements of the First Dragoons by providing them with a common cause. Aided by irregulars raised from the civilian population, the heavily outnumbered First Dragoons turned the battle for Kikuyu into an extended campaign that didn't end until January [[2585]], almost a year after the initial landings. Casualties were high on both sides; the Rim Worlds losses amounted to thirty thousand people in total, two-thirds of whom were people who had joined the irregular formations that rose up after the SLDF landing. The Sixteenth had suffered two and a half thousand fatalities and another five and a half thousand injuries before the weary division finally secured the planet.<ref name="H:RWp134">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 134: "Helbrent to Nightwish (July 2582 - November 2584)"</ref> | + | The SLDF assigned the [[16th Mechanized Infantry Division|Sixteenth Mechanized Infantry Division]] from [[VI Corps (Star League)|VI Corps]] to the attack on Kikuyu; the Sixteenth landed on Kikuyu in March 2584 to begin combat operations, only to discover that their presence united the disparate elements of the First Dragoons by providing them with a common cause. Aided by irregulars raised from the civilian population, the heavily outnumbered First Dragoons turned the battle for Kikuyu into an extended campaign that didn't end until January [[2585]], almost a year after the initial landings. Casualties were high on both sides; the Rim Worlds losses amounted to thirty thousand people in total, two-thirds of whom were people who had joined the irregular formations that rose up after the SLDF landing. The Sixteenth had suffered two and a half thousand fatalities and another five and a half thousand injuries before the weary division finally secured the planet.<ref name="H:RWp134">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 134: "Helbrent to Nightwish (July 2582 - November 2584)"</ref> |
====Star League Era==== | ====Star League Era==== | ||
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===Military Deployment=== | ===Military Deployment=== | ||
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====2581–2584==== | ====2581–2584==== | ||
| − | * [[First Amaris Dragoons]] (Divided in loyalty between Republican rebels and Amaris loyalists)<ref name="H:RWp128">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 128: "Reunification War: Rim Worlds Republic Front Deployments (2581)"</ref><ref name="H:RWp154">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 154: "Rim Worlds Republic Front (Jump-off - 2587)"</ref> | + | * [[1st Amaris Dragoons|First Amaris Dragoons]] (Divided in loyalty between Republican rebels and Amaris loyalists)<ref name="H:RWp128">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 128: "Reunification War: Rim Worlds Republic Front Deployments (2581)"</ref><ref name="H:RWp154">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 154: "Rim Worlds Republic Front (Jump-off - 2587)"</ref> |
====2585–2587==== | ====2585–2587==== | ||
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* [[Eridani Light Horse]] | * [[Eridani Light Horse]] | ||
** [[Twenty-first Striker Regiment]] (2 [[Battalion]]s)<ref name=OR55>''Objective Raids'', p. 55: "Note of Unit"</ref> | ** [[Twenty-first Striker Regiment]] (2 [[Battalion]]s)<ref name=OR55>''Objective Raids'', p. 55: "Note of Unit"</ref> | ||
| − | * [[Second Crucis Lancers]] (1 Battalion)<ref name=OR55/> | + | * [[2nd Crucis Lancers|Second Crucis Lancers]] (1 Battalion)<ref name=OR55/> |
| − | * [[Eighth Deneb Light Cavalry]]<ref name=OR55/> | + | * [[8th Deneb Light Cavalry|Eighth Deneb Light Cavalry]]<ref name=OR55/> |
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| − | * [[24th Provisional Garrison (Clan Jade Falcon)|Twenty-fourth Provisional Garrison Cluster]]<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 126: "Deployment Table - 3085"</ref> | + | * [[24th Provisional Garrison Cluster (Clan Jade Falcon)|Twenty-fourth Provisional Garrison Cluster]]<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 126: "Deployment Table - 3085"</ref> |
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===Planetary Locations=== | ===Planetary Locations=== | ||
| − | * Brandtford Heights: a city near Fort Telemar that has a starport<ref name=THch4>''The Hunters'', ch. 4</ref> | + | * Brandtford Heights: a city near Fort Telemar that has a starport.<ref name=THch4>''The Hunters'', ch. 4</ref> |
| − | * Fort Telemar: | + | * Fort Telemar: Base used by the [[Eridani Light Horse]] in 3058.<ref name=THch3>''The Hunters'', ch. 3</ref> |
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==Map Gallery== | ==Map Gallery== | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
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* ''[[List of Solaris Broadcasting Co. articles#Day Eighteen of Meissner Trial|BattleCorps Solaris Broadcasting Co., 29/10/3070: "Day Eighteen of Meissner Trial"]]'' | * ''[[List of Solaris Broadcasting Co. articles#Day Eighteen of Meissner Trial|BattleCorps Solaris Broadcasting Co., 29/10/3070: "Day Eighteen of Meissner Trial"]]'' | ||
* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]'' | * ''[[Era Report: 2750]]'' | ||
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* ''[[Shattered Sphere]]'' | * ''[[Shattered Sphere]]'' | ||
* ''[[Tamar Rising]]'' | * ''[[Tamar Rising]]'' | ||
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[[Category:Systems|Kikuyu]] | [[Category:Systems|Kikuyu]] | ||