New Damascus

Revision as of 03:36, 19 July 2016 by BrokenMnemonic (talk | contribs) (Article format update)
This article is undergoing revision as part of Project: Planets, a collaborative effort to improve BattleTechWiki's coverage of planets and systems. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can add your name to the list of volunteers.

This article has completed Phase 5 of the Overhaul effort.

New Damascus

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

New Damascus
System Information
X:Y Coordinates273.99 : -206.60[e]
Spectral classK9V[1]
Recharge time200 hours[1]
Recharge station(s)Nadir[1]

The New Damascus system was home to at least one habitable world, New Damascus VIII, and as at 3145 was located in the Chirikof Operational Area of the Crucis March within the Federated Suns.[2][3]

System Description

The New Damascus system is located near the Dunkerque and Nogales systems[4] and consists of a class K9V primary orbited by at least eight worlds. During the thirty-first century a recharge station was in place at the system nadir jump point.[1]

System History

The New Damascus system was colonised during the First Exodus from Terra.[5]

New Damascus VIII

Template:InfoBoxPlanetStandard New Damascus VIII - more commonly known simply as New Damascus - is the eighth planet in the system, and was home to manufacturing facilities belonging to a subdivision of Federated Industries during the thirty-first century.[1]

Planetary History

The Jihad

In addition to being home to Hurricane Defense, a manufacturer of weapons and various kinds of ammunition, New Damascus was one of two main logistical centers within the Remagen Combat Region (also refered to as the Nunivak Combat Region).[1] Hurricane industries was heavily damaged during the Jihad, losing ninety percent of its staff and taking a commensurate level of damage.[6]

Political Affiliation

Geography

New Damascus has six continents named Amara, Dummar, Jobar, Qassaa', Sha'alan and Tijara.[1]

Planetary Locations

  • Abbasiyyin: the location of the Hurricane Defense manufacturing facilities on Qassaa'.[1]
  • Dakar: the planetary capital city, located on Dummar.[1]

Industrial Centers

Nearby Systems

Systems within 60 light-years (distance in light years)
Closest systems first:
Dunkerque 11.3 Nogales 16.1 Grosvenor 29.9 Waxell 32.1
Notwina 33.6 Semichi 33.8 Nahoni 36.2 Ferrara 38.5
Gruyeres 41.3 Kotzebue 43.4 El Kerak 49.8 Wernke 49.9
Chakachamna 51.2 Susulatna 51.9 Remagen 52.3 Kaguyak 52.7
Hobbs 56.1 Nizina 57.4 Aggstein 57.9

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Objectives: Federated Suns, p. 19, "New Damascus"
  2. 2.0 2.1 Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  3. 3.0 3.1 Field Manual: 3145, p. VI, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  4. 4.0 4.1 Era Report: 2750, p. 37, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
  5. 5.0 5.1 Handbook: House Davion, p. 18, "Federated Suns at their Founding - [2317] Map"
  6. Objectives: Federated Suns, p. 4, "State of the Industry at a Glance (Dec 3079)"
  7. Handbook: House Davion, p. 48, "Federated Suns after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  8. Historical: Reunification War, p. 159, "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"
  9. Field Manual: SLDF, "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
  10. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"
  11. Field Report 2765: Federated Suns, p. 29, "Federated Suns Armed Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"
  12. Handbook: House Davion, p. 54, "Federated Suns after First Succesion War - [2822] Map"
  13. Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, p. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  14. Handbook: House Davion, p. 60, "Federated Suns after Second Succesion War - [2864] Map"
  15. House Davion (The Federated Suns), "Federated Suns Map - [3025]"
  16. Handbook: House Davion, p. 70, "Federated Suns after Third Succesion War - [3025] Map"
  17. Handbook: House Davion, p. 72, "Federated Suns after Fourth Succesion War - [3030] Map"
  18. Handbook: House Davion, p. 76, "Federated Suns after War of [3039] - [3040] Map"
  19. Historical: War of 3039, p. 133, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"
  20. Era Report: 3052, p. 11, Inner Sphere - [3050] Map
  21. Era Report: 3052, p. 23, Inner Sphere - [3052] Map
  22. Era Report: 3062, p. 11, Inner Sphere - [3057] Map
  23. Handbook: House Davion, p. 78, "Federated Suns after Operation Guerrero - [3058] Map"
  24. Era Report: 3062, p. 29, Inner Sphere - [3063] Map
  25. Handbook: House Davion, p. 82, "Federated Suns after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"
  26. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 43, "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"
  27. Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 64, "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"
  28. Field Report: AFFS, p. 21, "Federated Suns Armed Forces Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
  29. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63, "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"
  30. Field Manual: 3085, p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
  31. Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  32. Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"

Bibliography