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Line 11: }} }} − ==Political Affiliation== + == Political Affiliation == * [[3059]] - Independent world<ref name="THp155"/> * [[3059]] - Independent world<ref name="THp155"/> − -------------------------------------+ == Planetary History == − ==Meribah== − {{InfoBoxPlanet − | image = − | name = Meribah − | othernames = Eleuthera − | position = − | distance = − | moons = − | gravity = − | pressure = − | temperature = − | water = − | life = − | continents = − | colonized = − | demonym = − | language = − | religion = − | population = − | ruler = − | political = − | commander = − | capital = − | hpg = − | hpgrep = − }} − ===Planetary History=== The '''Meribah''' system was named by the [[Explorer Corps (ComStar)|Explorer Corps]], a division of [[ComStar]].<ref name="THp191">''The Hunters'', ch. 22, p. 191</ref> The system is located in the [[Deep Periphery]], just over four months travel from the border of the [[Outworlds Alliance]].<ref name="THp155">''The Hunters'', ch. 18, p. 155</ref> The '''Meribah''' system was named by the [[Explorer Corps (ComStar)|Explorer Corps]], a division of [[ComStar]].<ref name="THp191">''The Hunters'', ch. 22, p. 191</ref> The system is located in the [[Deep Periphery]], just over four months travel from the border of the [[Outworlds Alliance]].<ref name="THp155">''The Hunters'', ch. 18, p. 155</ref> − Meribah was a Biblical name for the [[w:Meribah|place in which Moses drew forth water from the rock]]; in the Bible, that same location had another name, Massah, which meant variously "quarreling" and "testing." Meribah would prove to be both for the personnel of [[Task Force Serpent|Task Force SERPENT]] who traveled to the system in November [[3059]] to take on supplies of water during their covert mission to the [[Clan Homeworlds]].<ref name="THp155+">''The Hunters'', ch. 18, pp. 155–190</ref> + Meribah was a Biblical name for the [[w:Meribah|place in which Moses drew forth water from the rock]]; in the Bible, that same location had another name, Massah, which meant variously "quarreling" and "testing". Meribah would prove to be both for the personnel of [[Task Force Serpent|Task Force SERPENT]] who traveled to the system in November [[3059]] to take on supplies of water during their covert mission to the [[Clan Homeworlds]].<ref name="THp155+">''The Hunters'', ch. 18, pp. 155–190</ref> Unknown to Task Force SERPENT, the planet to which they dispatched [[DropShip]]s to gather water was playing host to a settlement populated by a pirate band forged from the detritus of various [[bandit kingdom]]s destroyed during the [[Clan Invasion]] of the [[Inner Sphere]], along with the prisoners they had captured. The pirates had named the world '''Eleuthera''' and were using it as a base of operations for raiding. The bulk of the pirate band was away on a raid when Task Force SERPENT arrived, but the remaining pirate [[BattleMech]]s attacked the guard force from the [[Twenty-first Striker Regiment]] protecting the DropShips gathering water.<ref name="THp155+"/> Unknown to Task Force SERPENT, the planet to which they dispatched [[DropShip]]s to gather water was playing host to a settlement populated by a pirate band forged from the detritus of various [[bandit kingdom]]s destroyed during the [[Clan Invasion]] of the [[Inner Sphere]], along with the prisoners they had captured. The pirates had named the world '''Eleuthera''' and were using it as a base of operations for raiding. The bulk of the pirate band was away on a raid when Task Force SERPENT arrived, but the remaining pirate [[BattleMech]]s attacked the guard force from the [[Twenty-first Striker Regiment]] protecting the DropShips gathering water.<ref name="THp155+"/> Line 50:
Line 23: The Twenty-first Striker 'Mechs swiftly defeated the pirates, and after the pirates captured were interrogated and revealed the location of their operating base, forces from the [[Eridani Light Horse]] attacked and destroyed the base, capturing fifteen pirates and freeing forty-five captives. The execution of four pirate ringleaders proved to be a considerable bone of contention amongst the assembled unit commanders who comprised Task Force SERPENT.<ref name="THp155+"/> The Twenty-first Striker 'Mechs swiftly defeated the pirates, and after the pirates captured were interrogated and revealed the location of their operating base, forces from the [[Eridani Light Horse]] attacked and destroyed the base, capturing fifteen pirates and freeing forty-five captives. The execution of four pirate ringleaders proved to be a considerable bone of contention amongst the assembled unit commanders who comprised Task Force SERPENT.<ref name="THp155+"/> − ==Nearby Systems== + == Nearby Systems == {|class="wikitable" width='800' style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 1px solid black;" {|class="wikitable" width='800' style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 1px solid black;" ! colspan="8" | Systems within 60 light-years (distance in light years)<br> Closest systems first: ! colspan="8" | Systems within 60 light-years (distance in light years)<br> Closest systems first: Line 70:
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The '''Meribah''' system was named by the [[Explorer Corps (ComStar)|Explorer Corps]], a division of [[ComStar]].<ref name="THp191">''The Hunters'', ch. 22, p. 191</ref> The system is located in the [[Deep Periphery]], just over four months travel from the border of the [[Outworlds Alliance]].<ref name="THp155">''The Hunters'', ch. 18, p. 155</ref> | The '''Meribah''' system was named by the [[Explorer Corps (ComStar)|Explorer Corps]], a division of [[ComStar]].<ref name="THp191">''The Hunters'', ch. 22, p. 191</ref> The system is located in the [[Deep Periphery]], just over four months travel from the border of the [[Outworlds Alliance]].<ref name="THp155">''The Hunters'', ch. 18, p. 155</ref> | ||
| − | Meribah was a Biblical name for the [[w:Meribah|place in which Moses drew forth water from the rock]]; in the Bible, that same location had another name, Massah, which meant variously "quarreling" and "testing. | + | Meribah was a Biblical name for the [[w:Meribah|place in which Moses drew forth water from the rock]]; in the Bible, that same location had another name, Massah, which meant variously "quarreling" and "testing". Meribah would prove to be both for the personnel of [[Task Force Serpent|Task Force SERPENT]] who traveled to the system in November [[3059]] to take on supplies of water during their covert mission to the [[Clan Homeworlds]].<ref name="THp155+">''The Hunters'', ch. 18, pp. 155–190</ref> |
Unknown to Task Force SERPENT, the planet to which they dispatched [[DropShip]]s to gather water was playing host to a settlement populated by a pirate band forged from the detritus of various [[bandit kingdom]]s destroyed during the [[Clan Invasion]] of the [[Inner Sphere]], along with the prisoners they had captured. The pirates had named the world '''Eleuthera''' and were using it as a base of operations for raiding. The bulk of the pirate band was away on a raid when Task Force SERPENT arrived, but the remaining pirate [[BattleMech]]s attacked the guard force from the [[Twenty-first Striker Regiment]] protecting the DropShips gathering water.<ref name="THp155+"/> | Unknown to Task Force SERPENT, the planet to which they dispatched [[DropShip]]s to gather water was playing host to a settlement populated by a pirate band forged from the detritus of various [[bandit kingdom]]s destroyed during the [[Clan Invasion]] of the [[Inner Sphere]], along with the prisoners they had captured. The pirates had named the world '''Eleuthera''' and were using it as a base of operations for raiding. The bulk of the pirate band was away on a raid when Task Force SERPENT arrived, but the remaining pirate [[BattleMech]]s attacked the guard force from the [[Twenty-first Striker Regiment]] protecting the DropShips gathering water.<ref name="THp155+"/> | ||
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The Twenty-first Striker 'Mechs swiftly defeated the pirates, and after the pirates captured were interrogated and revealed the location of their operating base, forces from the [[Eridani Light Horse]] attacked and destroyed the base, capturing fifteen pirates and freeing forty-five captives. The execution of four pirate ringleaders proved to be a considerable bone of contention amongst the assembled unit commanders who comprised Task Force SERPENT.<ref name="THp155+"/> | The Twenty-first Striker 'Mechs swiftly defeated the pirates, and after the pirates captured were interrogated and revealed the location of their operating base, forces from the [[Eridani Light Horse]] attacked and destroyed the base, capturing fifteen pirates and freeing forty-five captives. The execution of four pirate ringleaders proved to be a considerable bone of contention amongst the assembled unit commanders who comprised Task Force SERPENT.<ref name="THp155+"/> | ||
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! colspan="8" | Systems within 60 light-years (distance in light years)<br> Closest systems first: | ! colspan="8" | Systems within 60 light-years (distance in light years)<br> Closest systems first: | ||
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==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
* ''[[The Hunters]]'' (novel) | * ''[[The Hunters]]'' (novel) | ||
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[[Category:Planets|Meribah]] | [[Category:Planets|Meribah]] | ||