Les Halles
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System Information | |
X:Y Coordinates | -39.048 : -187.965[e] |
Spectral class | F5II[1][2] |
Recharge time | 176 hours[1][2] |
Recharge station(s) | Both[1][2] |
Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to Terra at (0, 0)
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Contents
Political Affiliation
- 2271 - No record [3]
- 2571 - No record [4]
- 2596 - No record [5]
- 2750 - Capellan Confederation [6]
- 2765 - Capellan Confederation [7]
- 2786 - Capellan Confederation [8]
- 2822 - Capellan Confederation [9][10]
- 2864 - Free Worlds League [11]
- 3025 - Free Worlds League [12][13]
- 3030 - Free Worlds League [14]
- 3040 - Free Worlds League [15]
- 3050 - Free Worlds League [16]
- 3052 - Free Worlds League [17]
- 3057 - Free Worlds League [18]
- 3058 - Free Worlds League [19]
- 3063 - Free Worlds League [20]
- 3067 - Free Worlds League [21][22]
- 3075 - Free Worlds League [23]
- 3079 - Duchy of Oriente [24]
- 3081 - Duchy of Oriente [25]
- 3085 - Duchy of Oriente [26]
- 3130 - Oriente Protectorate [27]
- 3135 - Oriente Protectorate [28]
- 3145 - Free Worlds League [29]
Planetary Info
Les Halles is a frozen world. Only a narrow strip of land around the equator is free of ice, while the rest of the world is covered in glaciers. The soil is filled with rocks and clearing land for agriculture is expensive. Between the lack of soil and low temperature, agriculture plays almost no part in Les Halles' economy.[1]
Les Halles was only settled because of its location. Strategically located between the Free Worlds League and Capellan Confederation, Les Halles has become a waystation and transshipment point for all sorts of cargo shipments. Though the League and SAFE tried to keep an eye on the trade, illegal goods and services proliferated on the world. Nearly anything was available for purchase on the black market.[1] The economy of Les Halles was based around the service industries, specifically maintenance for DropShips and small craft. Les Halles also produced spacecraft fuel as its primary heavy industry.
To protect themselves from the weather, the permanent population resided in underground housing. These structures were similar to ancient Roman homes in that they were typically a series of rooms built around an atrium. Whole towns were built the same way, with residential and commercial buildings surrounding a central courtyard equipped with skylights.[1]
Planetary History
Late Succession Wars
During the brief tenure of James Marik as Captain-General of the Free Worlds League from 2880 to 2882 the Capellan Confederation launched an attempted invasion of Les Halles. The invasion was successfully repelled, in no small part because of the actions of Duke Robin Halas, the commanding officer of the Fusiliers of Oriente; James acknowledged Duke Halas' outstanding efforts in the defense of Les Halles by awarding him with a substantial land grant on the southern continent, lands that would remain in the hands of the Halas family until at least as late as the thirty-first century.[30]
Capellan raiders attacked Les Halles in 3039. During the fighting, an assault company of the Fifth Marik Militia was cut off from their battalion and surrounded by two companies of Confederation BattleMechs. When the Capellan commander issued a verbose request for the Militia's surrender, the commander of the Militia unit, Captain Hubert Glass, issued a response. He opened up his cockpit, stood on top of his command couch, and gave a universally recognized rude gesture with his hand. Almost on cue, the remaining mechs of the Marik Company attacked their adversaries. Captain Glass then calmly returned to the cockpit of his Stalker and then joined in the assault. In the end, the two companies of Capellan machines were completely destroyed with only the loss of five machines on the Marik side. The fighting was so fierce that the Capellan commander was unable to fire upon Glass' mech in response to his gesture.[31]
The Jihad
On the 17th of April 3073 one of the hybrid Thuggee-Manei Domini Warrior Houses controlled by Kali Liao, Warrior House White Tiger, launched a brutal raid against Les Halles. In response, the Duchy of Oriente launched a series of reprisal raids on the 23rd of May against the Capellan Confederation worlds of Boardwalk, Eom and Jasmine.[32][33][34] Six years later Les Halles was raided again, this time by the Word of Blake, who struck at Les Halles as well as Dayr Khuna and Jouques between the 13th and 20th of March 3079.[35] The Blakist forces that struck Les Halles were led by the Blakist Sovetskii Soyuz-class WarShip WoBS Vigilant Guardian, one of a number of ships the Blakists had recovered from the Ruins of Gabriel prior to the Jihad.[36]
Military Deployment
2765
2786
- Second Capellan Chargers[38]
3025
3050
- Fifth Marik Militia[40]
3054
- Fifth Marik Militia[41]
3059
- Fifth Marik Militia[42]
3067
- Fifth Marik Militia[43]
3079
3085
3145
- Fifth Free Worlds Guards (shared with Calloway VI and Hassad)[46]
Manufacturing Center
Nearby Planets
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Handbook: House Marik, p. 65, "Les Halles Planet Guide"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Objectives: Free Worlds League, p. 19, "Les Halles"
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 13, "Free Worlds League befor after at their founding in [2271]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 24, "Free Worlds League after Age of War [2571]"
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159, "Inner Sphere - 2596"
- ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37, "Inner Sphere - 2750"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 2765"
- ↑ First Succession War (Source Book), p. 25, "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 34, "Free Worlds League after First Succession War [2822]"
- ↑ First Succession War (Source Book), p. 113, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 38, "Free Worlds League after Second Succession War [2864]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 42, "Free Worlds League after Third Succession War [3025]"
- ↑ House Marik (The Free Worlds League), p. 169, "Free Worlds League - Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 51, "Free Worlds League after Fourth Succession War [3030]"
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 132, "Inner Sphere - 3040"
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 3050"
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23, "Inner Sphere - 3052"
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 3057"
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 54, "Free Worlds League after Operation Guerrero [3058]"
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29, "Inner Sphere - 3063"
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 56, "Free Worlds League after FedCom Civil War [3067]"
- ↑ ' Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 41, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3067]
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65, Inner Sphere [3075] Map
- ↑ Field Report: FWLM, p. 17, "FWLM Deployment Map [3079]"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 62, "Inner Sphere - March 3081"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii, "Inner Sphere Map - [October 3085]"
- ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 10, "Inner Sphere - 3135"
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 38, "Inner Sphere - 3145"
- ↑ House Marik (The Free Worlds League), p. 38, "The Third Succession War"
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3039, p. 162, "Stalker BattleMech"
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, p. 26, "Timeline of the Jihad"
- ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, p. 31, "Timeline of the Jihad"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 51, "The Jihad In Review"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 69, "The Jihad In Review"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 128, "Captured Ships"
- ↑ Field Report 2765: Capellan Confederation, p. 9, "Regimental Status"
- ↑ First Succession War (Source Book), p. 135, "First Succession War Deployment Table - CCAF"
- ↑ House Marik (The Free Worlds League), p. 108, "Unit Deployment Table"
- ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 56, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 38, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Manual: Free Worlds League, p. 112, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 160, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Report: FWLM, p. 10, "Duchy of Oriente"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 92, "Deployment Table - 3085"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 115, "Free Worlds League Military"
Bibliography
- 20 Year Update
- Era Report: 2750
- Era Report: 3052
- Era Report: 3062
- Era Report: 3145
- Field Manual: 3085
- Field Manual: 3145
- Field Manual: Free Worlds League
- Field Manual: Updates
- Field Report: FWLM
- Field Report 2765: Capellan Confederation
- First Succession War
- Handbook: House Marik
- Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1
- Historical: Reunification War
- Historical: War of 3039
- House Marik (The Free Worlds League)
- Jihad: Final Reckoning
- Jihad Hot Spots: 3076
- Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents
- Objective Raids
- Objectives: Free Worlds League
- Technical Readout: 3039