New St. Andrews
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| System Information | |
| X:Y Coordinates | -513.02:-107.94[e] |
| Spectral class | F4V[1][2] |
| Recharge time | 175 hours[2] |
| Recharge station(s) | None[1][2] |
Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to Terra at (0, 0)
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Contents
Owner History
- 2750 - Unknown Planet
- 3025 - Periphery[citation needed]
- 3030 - Periphery[citation needed]
- 3040 - Periphery[citation needed]
- 3052 - Periphery[citation needed]
- 3057 - Periphery[citation needed]
- 3062 - Periphery[citation needed]
- 3079 - Periphery[citation needed]
- 3081 - Periphery [3]
- 3135 - Periphery [4]
- 3145 - Periphery [5]
Planetary Info
New St. Andrews is an isolated Periphery planet, located anti-spinward of the Circinus Federation. The planet is home to a quartet of Scottish clans, and possesses few natural resources.
Planetary History
In 2293, the Stewart Confederacy, a six-world state, was annexed by the Free Worlds League. Rather than pay fealty to the Free Worlds League, the Brannigan, MacGregor, Sterling and Stewart clans decided to leave League space in 2294, avoiding the destruction of Stewart. The clans resettled on the worlds of York and Lancaster. Shortly thereafter, these Scots and Scots-Irish clans were forced to move again, this time because of annexation by the Protectorate of Donegal. The clans moved to the remote world of Loxley, but again were displaced - this time because Archon Robert Marsden of the Lyran Commonwealth decided to annex the pastoral world. The clans made what they believed was their last exodus, settling Somerset within the Rim Worlds Republic.[6] The clans resided on Somerset for nearly 400 years. At the outset of the Amaris Civil War, all four clans realized the Rim Worlds Republic would be destroyed by Aleksandr Kerensky and the SLDF, so the clans relocated to the remote world of New St. Andrews in the late 28th century.
Succession Wars
As the clans were refugees forced to flee quickly from their homes, the settlers of New St. Andrews possessed precious little technology. The clans decided to establish an agrarian society on part of the northern continent, practicing subsistence farming, including equine and ovine husbandry. As each clan grew, border disputes between clans and quarrels over land and water became more common. Society appeared to be heading for "barbarism".
Before open warfare could begin on New St. Andrews, exploratory vessels from Periphery neighbors discovered the clan settlements on New St. Andrews. Pirate raids and the attention of Periphery neighbors convinced the Stewart and MacGregor clans to end the hostilities. The two clans then crossed the continental divide, traveling to the other side of the northern continent. Separated from the now-warring Sterling and Brannigan clans, the MacGregors and Stewarts established a single settlement and prepared for eventual raids by the other clans. As the MacGregor/Stewart settlement became stable and profited, the Sterling and Brannigan clans crossed the continental divide and began scorched-earth raiding. The MacGregor/Stewart alliance was able to fend off the raiders, and both clans have endeavored to "rehabilitate" their erstwhile friends ever since.
Clan Invasion Era & The Jihad
New St. Andrews was the target of occasional raiding expeditions mounted by its neighbours and by various groups of pirates, some of which were intended to determine whether there were readily accessible mineral resources on the planet worthy of exploitation. In 3058 one of those raids uncovered valuable rare minerals, and by 3059 a mining operation had been established to extract those minerals.[7]
The construction and ongoing presence of this mining operation convinced the MacGreggor clan that it would be impossible to have peace on New St. Andrews unless the clans were able to defend themselves against hostile outside interests. This led to the various clans making efforts to both eject the illegal mining operation and to recruit the appropriate talented people from the Inner Sphere to help provide New St. Andrews with an organic defense industry. Both of these milestones were acheived in 3060 when the mining operation was shut down and the manufacturing company Meridian Manufacturing was officially founded.[7]
Prior to the establishment of Meridian Manufacturing the defense industry on New St. Andrews had been limited to producing copies of the Scorpion light tank and Vedette medium tank, although it had proven impossible to replicate the modern weapons on the two designs, limiting those vehicles produced on New St. Andrews to ancient, pre-Age of War designs such as the Machine Gun and Heavy Rifle. With the founding of Meridian Manufacturing New St. Andrews began to take steps towards the manufacture of BattleMechs for the first time. The development programme was bedevilled with the same problem, however - Meridian couldn't replicate a basic autocannon, leading to the first 'Mech to be produced on New St. Andrews, the armed IndustrialMech known as the ARB-100 Arbiter, being armed with the same primitive weaponry.[7]
Despite the limitations of the Arbiter it proved to be remarkably successful in generating off-world sales, in part because of its ferocious appearance, and New St. Andrews soon had orders pouring in from neighbouring worlds and the mercenary market due to its low price. Despite the unexpected success, a steady stream of hostile raids against New St. Andrews that specifically targeted the Meridian Manufacturing plant hampered efforts to enter full production, and as a consequence full production wasn't reached until 3074, fourteen years after the founding of the company.[7]
The Dark Age
In 3081 it was reported that Meridian Manufacturing, the corporation located on New St. Andrews and which was responsible for the development of the Arbiter IndustrialMech, had begun to not only produce a new variant of the Arbiter but had also purchased the required licenses to manufacture Stinger and Wasp BattleMechs. Whether these 'Mechs will feature RetroTech technology or modern technology remains to be seen.[8]
Planetary Garrison
3145
- - At this point in time the unit operating at 80% of full strength.
Manufacturing Center
Nearby Systems
| Systems within 60 light-years (distance in light years) Closest systems first: | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blantleff | 53.22 | ||||||||
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Periphery (sourcebook), p. 137, "New St. Andrews"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Objectives: Periphery, p. 29, "New St. Andrews"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 62, "Inner Sphere Map - [March 3081]"
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 10, "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 38, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 13, "Lyran Commonwealth Founding [2341]"
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Technical Readout: Prototypes", p. 100, "ARB-001 Arbiter SecurityMech"
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 117, "Lesser Periphery States"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 203, "Lesser Periphery States"