Loric
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(References to Loric)
Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to Terra at (0, 0)
X: -230.18 Y: -39.09[e]
Contents
Planetary Data[1]
- Star Type (Recharge Time): K8IV (199 hours)
- Position in System: 2nd
- Time to Jump Point: 3.47 days
- Number of Satellites: 1 (Udo)
- Surface Gravity: 0.98
- Atm. Pressure: Standard (Breathable)
- Equatorial Temperature: 47°C (Tropical)
- Surface Water: 88%
- Recharging Station: Nadir
- HPG Class Type: B
- Highest Native Life: Birds
Era Specific Data
3067[1]
- Noble Ruler: Duke Halcyon Albern
- Population: 1,609,000,000
- Socio-Industrial Levels/USIIR: C-C-C-D-B
Planetary Garrison
3025
3050
3055 to 3062
3025 to 3050 to 3054 to 3061
3079
- - At this point in time the 8th operating at 80% of full strength, with 80% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.
Owner History
- 2596 - Lyran Commonwealth [10]
- 2750 - Lyran Commonwealth
- 3025 - Lyran Commonwealth
- 3030 - Lyran Commonwealth
- 3040 - Federated Commonwealth
- 3052 - Federated Commonwealth
- 3057 - Lyran Alliance
- 3062 - Lyran Alliance
- 3067 - Lyran Alliance
- 3068 - Free Worlds League (from September)[11]
- 3079 - Lyran Alliance [12]
Planetary History
Loric is a pleasant agricultural world. Covered in forests with deep rivers flowing through them, picturesque mountain ranges, and pleasant shorelines, Loric would be a paradise if it wasn't located in the center of the Lyran/Free Worlds League border. Unfortunately its location makes it a strategic point for attacks, whether launched by the Commonwealth or the League. Since the Age of War Loric has been used as either a springboard for Lyran raids or an entry point into the Commonwealth by League forces. The world's only respite came during the time of the Star League.[1]
Succession Wars
In an attempt to reduce it's military appeal, the inhabitants of Loric refuse to allow heavy industry on the world, particularly military industries. Though this has saved them from some of the excesses of the Succession Wars nothing can change their system's position along the border. As a result they have grown to despise the Free Worlds League, and welcome LCAF soldiers.[1]
In 2978 Loric was the subject of a significant battle between Lyran and Free Worlds League forces; two mercenary units in Lyran employ, the 12th Star Guards and the Eridani Light Horse, found themselves in the middle of the battle, with the Eridani Light Horse in urgent need of relief.[13]
The 12th Star Guards had managed to break through the main Marik lines at Digger Pass with the assistance of the 3rd Battalion of the 34th Provisional Dixie Armored Regiment after four months of combat,[14] but stalled at an ad-hoc defensive formation of assorted League units along the Duren River, with the Marik forces keeping the Eridani Light Horse cut off from reinforcements. The 12th Star Guards tried using the Condor tanks of the 34th to breach the defensive line, the 34th having been at the forefront of the breakthrough, without success.[13][14]
The forces from the 34th managed to destroy some of the disorganized Marik forces despite being unable to reach the Eridani Light Horse, and the commander of the 3rd Battalion decided to hold the bridgehead his tanks had established[14] to give the 12th Star Guards a chance to try and break through using their engineering company and their Engineering Vehicles to cut through the river banks and prepare the river bed for 'Mech movement, after attempts to build pontoon bridges failed due to heavy artillery bombardment and attacks from Marik AeroSpace Fighters.[13] While the 12th Star Guards did manage to ford the river and relieve the Light Horse, the action cost them most of their engineering cadre and three out of their four engineering vehicles.[13] The 3rd Battalion had managed to buy the 12th Star Guards valuable time by using the mobility of their Condors to concentrate highly mobile attacks on the Marik ground forces that attempted to attack the Star Guards' engineer forces directly.[14]
The Jihad
Following the invasion of the Free Worlds League by the Skye and Bolan Provinces of the Lyran Alliance in what was termed Operation ÜBERSCHATTEN, Marshall Jeremy Brett took command of the local FWLM and launched a counteroffensive, under the name Operation BROKEN FIST. BROKEN FIST went beyond simply attempting to recapture worlds that the Lyrans had seized, striking into Lyran space at numerous worlds. Loric was one of the worlds hit and was attacked by the League forces on the 2nd of September 3068.[11]
Nearby Planets
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Handbook: House Steiner, p. 79, "Planet Profile"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. 117, "Unit Deployment Table"
- ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 71, "Com Guards Deployment Table"
- ↑ ComStar (sourcebook), p. 85, "Com Guards Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Manual: ComStar, p. 126, "ComGuard Deployment Table"
- ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 27, "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 20, "FedCom Deployment Table"
- ↑ Shattered Sphere, p. 51, "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Report: LAAF, p. 13, "Lyran Regulars Regimental Status"
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 158, "Inner Sphere Map [2596]"
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 45, "The Jihad In Review"
- ↑ Field Report: LAAF, p. 19, "Lyran Alliance Deployment Table [3079]"
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 Technical Readout: 3026, Revised Edition, p. 44, "Engineering Vehicle"
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 Technical Readout: 3026, Revised Edition, p. 52, "Condor Heavy Hover Tank"