Les Halles
(References to Les Halles)
Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to Terra at (0, 0)
X: -39.01 Y: -189.31[e]
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Planetary Data[1]
- Star Type (Recharge Time): F5II (176 hours)
- Position in System: 2
- Time to Jump Point: 14.94 days
- Number of Satellites: None
- Surface Gravity: 0.85
- Atm. Pressure: Low (Breathable)
- Equatorial Temperature: 30° C (Cold-Temperate)
- Surface Water: 85 percent
- Recharging Station: Both
- HPG Class Type: B
- Highest Native Life: Microbes
Era Specific Data
3067[1]
- Noble Ruler: Prefect Louis Smit
- Population: 1,250,000,000
- Socio-Industrial Levels/USIIR: B-C-C-C-D
Planetary Garrison
3025 to 3050 to 3054 to 3059 to 3067
3079
Owner History
- 2596 - No record [8]
- 2750 - Capellan Confederation [9]
- 2765 - Capellan Confederation [10]
- 3025 - Free Worlds League
- 3030 - Free Worlds League
- 3040 - Free Worlds League
- 3052 - Free Worlds League
- 3057 - Free Worlds League
- 3062 - Free Worlds League
- 3067 - Free Worlds League [6]
- 3079 - Duchy of Oriente [11]
- 3081 - Duchy of Oriente [12]
- 3130 - Oriente Protectorate [13]
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.
Les Halles was only settled because of its location. Strategically located between the League and Capellan Confederation, Les Halles has become a waystation and transshipment point for all sorts of cargo shipments. Though the League and SAFE try to keep an eye on the trade, illegal goods and services proliferate on the world. Nearly anything is available for purchase on the black market.[1] The economy of Les Halles is based around the service industries, specifically maintenance for DropShips and small craft. Les Halles also produces spacecraft fuel as its primary heavy industry.
To protect themselves from the weather, the permanent population resides in underground housing. These structures are similar to ancient Roman homes in that they're typically a series of rooms built around an atrium. Whole towns are built the same way, with residential and commercial buildings surrounding a central courtyard equipped with skylights.
Planetary History
Capellan raiders attacked Les Halles in 3039. During the fighting, an assault company of the 5th 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.[14]
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.[15][16][17] 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.[18] 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.[19]
Nearby Planets
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Handbook: House Marik, p. 65, "Planet Profile"
- ↑ 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"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Field Manual: Updates, p. 160, "Free Worlds League Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Report: FWLM, p. 10, "Duchy of Oriente"
- ↑ 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"
- ↑ Field Report: FWLM, p. 17, "FWLM Deployment Map [3079]"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 62, "Inner Sphere - March 3081"
- ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
- ↑ 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"
Bibliography
- 20 Year Update
- Era Report: 2750
- Field Manual: Free Worlds League
- Field Manual: Updates
- Field Report: FWLM
- Handbook: House Marik
- Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1
- Historical: Reunification War
- House Marik (The Free Worlds League)
- Jihad: Final Reckoning
- Jihad Hot Spots: 3076
- Objective Raids
- Technical Readout: 3039