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Line 3: The system's sun, as seen from the planet, was described as deep red.<ref name=BoW>''A Bonfire of Worlds''</ref> The system's sun, as seen from the planet, was described as deep red.<ref name=BoW>''A Bonfire of Worlds''</ref> − Luyten was occasionally referred to as "[[Freedom Station]]", a confusion born in the years after [[Operation LIBERATION]] in part due to being just one jump from the similarly top-secret facility of that name. + Luyten was occasionally referred to as "[[Freedom Station]]", a confusion born in the years after [[Operation Liberation]] in part due to being just one jump from the similarly top-secret facility of that name. ==Location== ==Location== Line 13:
Line 13: The SLDF kept the base a secret until the [[Amaris Coup]] when the Star League military's desperate need for friendly ports suitable for [[WarShip]] repairs not in [[Great House]] hands forced them to peel back the mask a little. Even then only a handful of the civilian captains serving in the so-called [[SLDF Secret Fleet|"Secret Fleet"]] were ever allowed access and only after turning control of their nav computers over to an escorting SLDF ship. [[Admiral]] [[Vincenzo McTiernan]] and the other members of the [[SLDF High Command]] in [[Terran Hegemony]] space to survive the initial Coup generally operated from Luyten, and the base itself became vital to maintaining the WarShip squadrons of both [[Task Forces Sun|Task Forces Sun]] and [[Task Force Confederation|Confederation]] during [[Operation CHIEFTAIN]].<ref name=HLoTV1-90/> The SLDF kept the base a secret until the [[Amaris Coup]] when the Star League military's desperate need for friendly ports suitable for [[WarShip]] repairs not in [[Great House]] hands forced them to peel back the mask a little. Even then only a handful of the civilian captains serving in the so-called [[SLDF Secret Fleet|"Secret Fleet"]] were ever allowed access and only after turning control of their nav computers over to an escorting SLDF ship. [[Admiral]] [[Vincenzo McTiernan]] and the other members of the [[SLDF High Command]] in [[Terran Hegemony]] space to survive the initial Coup generally operated from Luyten, and the base itself became vital to maintaining the WarShip squadrons of both [[Task Forces Sun|Task Forces Sun]] and [[Task Force Confederation|Confederation]] during [[Operation CHIEFTAIN]].<ref name=HLoTV1-90/> − The Luyten 68-28 base would remain in active use by the SLDF throughout the campaign against the [[Stefan Amaris|Usurper]], eventually falling into ComStar hands after [[Operation EXODUS]] in [[2784]]. Its existence and location remained a secret closely guarded from the [[Successor States]]. The Blessed Order would eventually use Luyten as the homebase for its small [[ComStar WarShip Fleet|fleet of WarShips]].<ref name=HLoTV1-90/><ref name=FMCS-44>''Field Manual: ComStar'', p. 44, "The WarShip Fleet"</ref> + The Luyten 68-28 base would remain in active use by the SLDF throughout the campaign against the [[Stefan Amaris|Usurper]], eventually falling into ComStar hands after [[Operation Exodus]] in [[2784]]. Its existence and location remained a secret closely guarded from the [[Successor States]]. The Blessed Order would eventually use Luyten as the homebase for its small [[ComStar WarShip Fleet|fleet of WarShips]].<ref name=HLoTV1-90/><ref name=FMCS-44>''Field Manual: ComStar'', p. 44, "The WarShip Fleet"</ref> − In [[3058]], the WoBS ''[[Blake's Redemption]]'' and WoBS ''[[Deliverance]]'' raided the Luyten system as part of [[Operation ODYSSEUS]], suffering heavy damage but successfully preventing the [[Com Guards|Com Guard]] WarShips from interfering with the Blakist invasion of Terra until its final stages.<ref name=FMFWL-116>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 116, "Aid from the Word of Blake"</ref> + In [[3058]], the WoBS ''[[Blake's Redemption]]'' and WoBS ''[[Deliverance]]'' raided the Luyten system as part of [[Operation Odysseus]], suffering heavy damage but successfully preventing the [[Com Guards|Com Guard]] WarShips from interfering with the Blakist invasion of Terra until its final stages.<ref name=FMFWL-116>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 116, "Aid from the Word of Blake"</ref> After the failure of [[Case White (event)|Case White]] during the early years of the Word of Blake [[Jihad]], Luyten fell into Blakist hands and became an important base for them.<ref name=BoW/> After the failure of [[Case White (event)|Case White]] during the early years of the Word of Blake [[Jihad]], Luyten fell into Blakist hands and became an important base for them.<ref name=BoW/>
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The system's sun, as seen from the planet, was described as deep red.<ref name=BoW>''A Bonfire of Worlds''</ref> | The system's sun, as seen from the planet, was described as deep red.<ref name=BoW>''A Bonfire of Worlds''</ref> | ||
| − | Luyten was occasionally referred to as "[[Freedom Station]]", a confusion born in the years after [[Operation | + | Luyten was occasionally referred to as "[[Freedom Station]]", a confusion born in the years after [[Operation Liberation]] in part due to being just one jump from the similarly top-secret facility of that name. |
==Location== | ==Location== | ||
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The SLDF kept the base a secret until the [[Amaris Coup]] when the Star League military's desperate need for friendly ports suitable for [[WarShip]] repairs not in [[Great House]] hands forced them to peel back the mask a little. Even then only a handful of the civilian captains serving in the so-called [[SLDF Secret Fleet|"Secret Fleet"]] were ever allowed access and only after turning control of their nav computers over to an escorting SLDF ship. [[Admiral]] [[Vincenzo McTiernan]] and the other members of the [[SLDF High Command]] in [[Terran Hegemony]] space to survive the initial Coup generally operated from Luyten, and the base itself became vital to maintaining the WarShip squadrons of both [[Task Forces Sun|Task Forces Sun]] and [[Task Force Confederation|Confederation]] during [[Operation CHIEFTAIN]].<ref name=HLoTV1-90/> | The SLDF kept the base a secret until the [[Amaris Coup]] when the Star League military's desperate need for friendly ports suitable for [[WarShip]] repairs not in [[Great House]] hands forced them to peel back the mask a little. Even then only a handful of the civilian captains serving in the so-called [[SLDF Secret Fleet|"Secret Fleet"]] were ever allowed access and only after turning control of their nav computers over to an escorting SLDF ship. [[Admiral]] [[Vincenzo McTiernan]] and the other members of the [[SLDF High Command]] in [[Terran Hegemony]] space to survive the initial Coup generally operated from Luyten, and the base itself became vital to maintaining the WarShip squadrons of both [[Task Forces Sun|Task Forces Sun]] and [[Task Force Confederation|Confederation]] during [[Operation CHIEFTAIN]].<ref name=HLoTV1-90/> | ||
| − | The Luyten 68-28 base would remain in active use by the SLDF throughout the campaign against the [[Stefan Amaris|Usurper]], eventually falling into ComStar hands after [[Operation | + | The Luyten 68-28 base would remain in active use by the SLDF throughout the campaign against the [[Stefan Amaris|Usurper]], eventually falling into ComStar hands after [[Operation Exodus]] in [[2784]]. Its existence and location remained a secret closely guarded from the [[Successor States]]. The Blessed Order would eventually use Luyten as the homebase for its small [[ComStar WarShip Fleet|fleet of WarShips]].<ref name=HLoTV1-90/><ref name=FMCS-44>''Field Manual: ComStar'', p. 44, "The WarShip Fleet"</ref> |
| − | In [[3058]], the WoBS ''[[Blake's Redemption]]'' and WoBS ''[[Deliverance]]'' raided the Luyten system as part of [[Operation | + | In [[3058]], the WoBS ''[[Blake's Redemption]]'' and WoBS ''[[Deliverance]]'' raided the Luyten system as part of [[Operation Odysseus]], suffering heavy damage but successfully preventing the [[Com Guards|Com Guard]] WarShips from interfering with the Blakist invasion of Terra until its final stages.<ref name=FMFWL-116>''Field Manual: Free Worlds League'', p. 116, "Aid from the Word of Blake"</ref> |
After the failure of [[Case White (event)|Case White]] during the early years of the Word of Blake [[Jihad]], Luyten fell into Blakist hands and became an important base for them.<ref name=BoW/> | After the failure of [[Case White (event)|Case White]] during the early years of the Word of Blake [[Jihad]], Luyten fell into Blakist hands and became an important base for them.<ref name=BoW/> | ||