Niles (DC)

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(References to Niles)

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

X: 398.29 Y: 120.76[e]


Garrisoning Military Force

2572-2577

Star League Defense Force garrison[1]
VI Corps detachment consisting of:

2578-2580

Star League Defense Force garrison[1]
VI Corps detachment consisting of:

2581

Star League Defense Force garrison[1]
VI Corps detachment consisting of:

Star League Outworlds Alliance Task Force[2] II Corps detachment consisting of:

3050

3079

Owner History

Overview

Originally a world within the Outworlds Alliance, Niles was occupied by forces from the Star League in November 2572 under the terms of Directive 21.[6] Originally, these forces consisted of a battalion of infantry and a battalion of BattleMechs drawn from VI Corps on a rotating basis, with different battalions assigned each year. When General Amos Forlough was put in command of the forces that would be used to conduct Operation UNION HOLD, the Star League invasion of the Outworlds Alliance, he increased the garrison on Niles by adding another infantry battalion and reducing the rotation time for garrison forces to once every two years[1]

By early to mid 2581, preparations for an invasion of the Alliance had reached the point where Star League Defence Force troops were actively being marshalled on the border, and two full divisions of Star League troops from II Corps, the 4th Division and the 6th Royal Division, were deployed forward to Niles before launching the invasion of Sevon, while the 13th Brigade of the 5th Division deployed onto Niles before attacking Medron. Aided by the local knowledge gained by the garrison forces from VI Corps, the II Corps forces rapidly disarmed the local militia and the Star League assumed actual control of Niles before beginning their attacks deeper into the Outworlds Alliance.[1]

Resistance attacks on Niles were isolated and infrequent during the war, and the planet remained relatively peaceable throughout the conflict.[1] On the 1st of August 2585 Bad News was formally ceded to the Draconis Combine along with 13 other worlds as a part of the terms laid out within the Treaty of Cerberus.[7]

Nearby Planets

Planets within 2 jumps (60 light-years)
Closest planets first:
Planet Distance (LY) Jumps 2750 3025 3030 3040 3052 3057 3062
Groveld III 13.42 1 FS DC DC DC DC DC DC
Valentina 21.92 1 DC DC DC DC DC DC DC
Bryceland 23.60 1 FS FS FS FC FC FC FC
Weisau 25.97 1 DC DC DC DC DC DC DC
Delacruz 27.20 1 DC DC DC DC DC DC DC
Kesai IV 32.07 2 FS FS FS FC FC FC FC
Conroe 35.94 2 FS FS FS FC FC FC FC
Alegro 39.99 2 OA OA OA OA OA OA OA
Latexo 40.31 2 FS FS FS FC FC FC FC
Tancredi IV 41.08 2 FS FS FS FC FC FC FC
Kinkaid II 42.13 2 OA OA OA OA OA OA OA
Anguilla 42.88 2 FS FS FS FC FC FC FC
Budingen 45.57 2 DC DC DC DC DC DC DC
Schirmeck 48.82 2 DC DC DC DC DC DC DC
Cimeron 51.27 2 FS FS FS FC FC FC FC
Lyceum 53.67 2 FS FS FS FC FC FC FC
Waldheim 54.12 2 DC DC DC DC DC DC DC
Sturgis 54.86 2 FS FS FS FC FC FC FC
Lushann 55.38 2 OA OA OA OA OA OA OA
Crestoblus 56.55 2 OA OA OA OA OA OA OA
Dindatari 56.69 2 OA OA OA OA OA OA OA

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Historical: Reunification War, p. 110-111, "Fait Accompli(shed)"
  2. Historical: Reunification War, p. 140, "Outworlds Alliance Front"
  3. 20 Year Update, p. 41, "Draconis Combine Deployment Table"
  4. 4.0 4.1 Field Report: DCMS, p. 18, "Alternate Paths"
  5. 5.0 5.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 147, "Outworlds Alliance after Age of War (2571) and at the Fall of the Star League (2750)"
  6. 6.0 6.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 108, "Something From Nothing"
  7. 7.0 7.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 126, "Year Five: Peace In Our Time"
  8. Era Report: 3052, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - 3050"
  9. Era Report: 3052, p. 23, "Inner Sphere - 3052"
  10. The Periphery, 2nd Edition, p. 110, "Outworlds Alliance"
  11. Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 150, "Outworlds Alliance (3067)
  12. Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65, "Inner Sphere [3075]"
  13. Map of the Inner Sphere 3130

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