Medellin

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Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to Terra at (0, 0)

Medellin
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Medellin nearby systems
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System Information
X:Y Coordinates-240.96 : 325.14[e]

Political Affiliation

Planetary History

Reunification War

By the end of the Age of War Medellin was a part of the Apollo Province of the Rim Worlds Republic. In 2583 civil war had been raging within the Rim Worlds Republic for eight years, fought between supporters of First Consul Gregory Amaris and supporters of the Rim Provisional Government, and Medellin was the garrison posting of the First Amaris Legionnaires.

The Star League Defense Force had created Task Force MAILED FIST following the decision by the Star League to intervene in the civil war and restore Amaris to power. The Star League had initiated Operation MAILED FIST in mid-2581, but the SLDF plans had been forced to change after a deep raid by the Fourth Amaris Fusiliers had managed to strike at the Lyran Commonwealth interior world of Alarion.[37][37]

The result was the reorganisation of the SLDF forces and their auxiliaries into three battlegroups, each responsible for the pacification of one of the three provinces that made up the Rim Worlds Republic.[38] Medellin and the First Legionnaires were targets of the battlegroup assigned to pacifying the Apollo Province, and the SLDF deployed the Eighteenth Division from VI Corps to pacifying the world.[39]

The First Legionnaires and the other forces on Medellin had prepared in advance for the invasion, and while the BattleMech forces within the Eighteenth Division initially made good progress against the armor forces within the Legionnaires, the SLDF forces soon found themselves bogging down in wooded terrain. Things rapidly got worse for the Eighteenth; the Legionnaires had extensive knowledge of the local terrain that they put to lethal use, luring the Eighteenth into killing zones prepared well in advance. Complicating the campaign yet further for the Eighteenth were the extensive bunkers and tunnel complexes dug into the nearby hillsides, a tactic that would become increasingly common in the defense of worlds across the Republic against the SLDF. The concealed weapons and anti-'Mech infantry frequently launched harrassing attacks against the SLDF from the flanks and the rear, with SLDF losses increasing rapidly. The SLDF campaign took almost a year to complete; the infantry units within the Eighteenth had to clear each and every bunker, a process that wasn't completed until February 2584[39] and that was soon to become commonplace on worlds across the Republic.[40]

Star League Era

Medellin was conquered by the Lyran Commonwealth during the 2773-2775 Republic-Commonwealth war.[12]

Military Deployment

2581-2583

2584

Nearby Planets

Planets within 2 jumps (60 light-years)
Closest planets first:
Planet Distance (LY) Jumps 2750 3025 3030 3040 3052 3057 3062
Adelaide 13.83 1 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Kwangchowwang 15.04 1 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Chapultepec 18.52 1 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Mahone 19.97 1 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Machida 26.27 1 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Melissia 28.15 1 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Gatineau 28.47 1 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Annunziata 33.91 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Zhongshan 34.74 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Timehri 34.75 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Mississauga 34.77 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Jesenice 34.91 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Pangkalan 40.93 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Clermont 41.76 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Arluna 41.89 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Blumenort 43.40 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Ludwigshafen 43.60 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Chahar 45.55 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Kolovraty 47.46 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Brooloo 48.69 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Anembo 49.36 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Miquelon 51.57 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Hood IV 52.88 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Kikuyu 56.14 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Inarcs 56.17 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Mogyorod 59.02 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA
Blue Hole 59.69 2 LC LC LC FC FC LA LA

References

  1. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 13, "Lyran Commonwealth Map at their founding [2341]"
  2. ↑ Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 18, "Rim Worlds Republic after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  3. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  4. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 158, "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"
  5. ↑ Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 25, "Rim Worlds Republic at the Fall of the Star League - [2750] Map"
  6. ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 36, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
  7. ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
  8. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 10, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"
  9. ↑ Field Report 2765: Periphery, p. 38, "Rim Worlds Army Deployment Map - [2765]"
  10. ↑ Field Report 2765: Lyran Commonwealth, p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"
  11. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 104, "Rim Worlds Republic - [2767] Map"
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 37, "The Republic-Commonwealth War"
  13. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36, "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
  14. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, p. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  15. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"
  16. ↑ House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. vii, "Lyran Comonwealth Map - [3025]"
  17. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
  18. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
  19. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 59, "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"
  20. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 132, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"
  21. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 10, "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"
  22. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 61, "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion - [3052] Map"
  23. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 22, "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"
  24. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 10, "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"
  25. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 28, "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"
  26. ↑ Inner Sphere (sourcebook), p. 75, "Lyran Alliance Map"
  27. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 70, "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
  28. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 42, "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"
  29. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64, "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"
  30. ↑ Field Report: LAAF, p. 19, "Lyran Alliance Armed Forces Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
  31. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 62, "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"
  32. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
  33. ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  34. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"
  35. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  36. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  37. ↑ 37.0 37.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 132-133, "Alarion (December 2581)"
  38. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 133, "Island Hopping (2582-2590)"
  39. ↑ 39.0 39.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 134, "Helbrent to Nightwish (July 2582 - November 2584)"
  40. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 134, "Busting Bunkers"
  41. ↑ Historical: Reunifcation War, p. 128, "Reunification War: Rim Worlds Republic Front Deployments (2581)"
  42. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 152, "Rim Worlds Republic Front (Jump-off - 2587)"

Bibliography

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