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==System Description==
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'''Norn''' is a K2 class star.<ref name=MSc5/> It is located in the border reaches of the [[Tamar Pact]] region of the [[Lyran Commonwealth]] close to the [[Draconis Combine]] border. Three worlds circle the primary, along with the usual collection of asteroidal debris and cometary junk.
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==Political Affiliation==
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* [[2319]] - No record<ref name="HB:HKp18">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 18</ref>
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* [[2571]] - No record<ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25</ref><ref name="HB:HKp31">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 31</ref>
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* [[2596]] - No record<ref name=HRWp159>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159</ref>
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* [[2750]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]]<ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37</ref>
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* [[2764]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="FM:SLDFpvii">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
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* [[2765]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="H:LoTV1p11>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11</ref>
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* [[2786]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War'', pp. 24–25</ref>
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* [[2822]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp36">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36</ref><ref name="HB:HKp43">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 43</ref><ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 122</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p112-113">''First Succession War'', pp. 112–113</ref>
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* [[2864]] - [[Draconis Combine]]<ref name="HB:HKp53">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 53</ref><ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40</ref>
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* [[3015]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name=MSP>''Mercenary's Star'', Prologue</ref>
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* [[3016]] - Draconis Combine<ref name=MSP/><ref name=TSF>''The Swamp Fox''</ref>
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* [[3017]] - Draconis Combine<ref name=TSF/>
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* [[3023]] - Draconis Combine<ref name=WW>''Without Warning''</ref>
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* [[3025]] - Draconis Combine<ref name="HK(TDC)pvii">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. vii: "Draconis Combine Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp64">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 64</ref><ref name="HS(TLC)pvii">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. vii: "Lyran Commonwealth Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp47">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47</ref>
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* [[3030]] - Lyran Commonwealth<ref name="HB:HSp56">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56</ref><ref name="HB:HKp66">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 66</ref>
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* [[3040]] - [[Free Rasalhague Republic]]<ref name="HB:HKp68">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 68</ref><ref name="HB:HSp59">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59</ref><ref name="H:Wo3039p133">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133</ref>
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* [[3050]] - Free Rasalhague Republic<ref name="ER:3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11</ref>
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* [[3052]] - [[Clan Wolf]]<ref name="HB:HSp61">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 61</ref><ref name="ER:3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11</ref><ref name="HB:HKp71">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 71</ref>
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* [[3057]] - Clan Wolf<ref name="ER:3062p11">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11</ref>
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* [[3063]] - Clan Wolf<ref name="ER:3062p29">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29</ref>
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* [[3067]] - Clan Wolf<ref name="HB:HKp74">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 74</ref><ref name="HB:HSp70">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 70</ref><ref name=J:FRp42>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 42</ref>
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* [[3071]] - [[Clan Hell's Horses]] (from April)<ref name="JHS3076p15"/>
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* [[3072]] - Clan Hell's Horses<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 31</ref>
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* [[3075]] - Clan Hell's Horses<ref name="JS:TBDp65>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 65</ref>
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* [[3079]] - Clan Hell's Horses<ref name="FR:LAAFp19">''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 19</ref><ref name=FR:DCMSp21>''Field Report: DCMS'', p. 21</ref><ref name="FR:Cp27">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 27</ref>
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* [[3081]] - Clan Hell's Horses<ref name="J:FRp62">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 62</ref>
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* [[3085]] - Clan Hell's Horses<ref name="FM:3085pvii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref>
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* [[3135]] - Clan Hell's Horses<ref name="ER:3145p11">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11</ref>
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* [[3145]] - Clan Hell's Horses<ref name="ER:3145p39">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. vi: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref>
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* [[3151]] - Clan Hell's Horses<ref name=SFp103>''Shattered Fortress'', p. 103</ref>
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* [[3152]] - Clan Hell's Horses<ref name=TRpm/>
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==Norn I (Skuld)==
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'''Norn I''', named '''Skuld''', is a cloud-shrouded terrestrial planet with a hot and poisonous atmosphere.<ref name=MSc5/>
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==Norn II (Verthandi)==
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'''Norn II''', also known as '''Verthandi''', is the second of three worlds that orbit a K2 class sun in the Norn system. Verthandi itself has one large moon designated ''Verthandi Alpha'' that has a naval base on it.{{cn}}
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In [[3020]], Verthandi was considered a [[Lostech]] world with its people dependent on others for transport and commerce. Primary industries are agriculture and manufacturing which supports agriculture and local commerce. The main agricultural products from the fertile Silvan Basin are lumber and coffee. Verthandi also produces kevla, blueleaf, and garlbean as well as bananas, sugarcane, cotton, and grovacas. Further into the swamps are clearings for rice, rubber, and jute. High along the basin slopes, the steep-sided jungle ridge called Basin Rim, plantations also grow coffee and cacao.
  
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Quiet resort communities exist along the tropical coast of the Azure Sea. Verthandi has also been well known throughout much of the Commonwealth for its university at the capital city of Regis.<ref name=MSc2/>
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* [[2319]] - No record <ref name="HB:HKp18">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 18, "Draconis Combine Founding" - [2319] Map</ref>
 
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* [[2571]] - No record <ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp31">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 31, "Draconis Combine after Age of War - [2571] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[2596]] - No record <ref name=HRWp159>''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 159, "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[2750]] - [[Lyran Commonwealth]] <ref name="ER:2750p37">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 37, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[2764]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="FM:SLDFpvii">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[2765]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="H:LoTV1p11>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[2786]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="FSW(SB)p24-25">''First Succession War (Source Book)'', pp. 24-25, "Inner Sphere - [2786] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[2822]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp36">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36, "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp43">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 43, "Draconis Combine after First Succession War - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="H:LOTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', p. 122, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref><ref name="FSW(SB)p112-113">''First Succession War (Source Book)'', pp. 112-113, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[2864]] - [[Draconis Combine]] <ref name="HB:HKp53">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 53, "Draconis Combine after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[3025]] - Draconis Combine <ref name="HK(TDC)pvii">''House Kurita (The Draconis Combine)'', p. vii, "Draconis Combine Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp64">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 64, "Draconis Combine after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref><ref name="HS(TLC)pvii">''House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth)'', p. vii, "Lyran Commonwealth Map - [3025]"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp47">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[3030]] - Lyran Commonwealth <ref name="HB:HSp56">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp66">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 66, "Draconis Combine after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[3040]] - [[Free Rasalhague Republic]] <ref name="HB:HKp68">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 68, "Draconis Combine after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp59">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59, "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 3039 - [3040] Map"</ref><ref name="H:Wo3039p133">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[3050]] - Free Rasalhague Republic <ref name="ER:3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[3052]] - [[Clan Wolf]] <ref name="HB:HSp61">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 61, "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion - [3052] Map"</ref><ref name="ER:3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HKp71">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 71, "Draconis Combine after Operation REVIVAL - [3052] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[3057]] - Clan Wolf <ref name="ER:3062p11">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[3063]] - Clan Wolf <ref name="ER:3062p29">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29, "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[3067]] - Clan Wolf <ref name="HB:HKp74">''Handbook: House Kurita'', p. 74, "Draconis Combine after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name="HB:HSp70">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 70, "Lyran Alliance after FedCom Civil War - [3067] Map"</ref><ref name=J:FRp42>''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 42, "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[3071]] - Clan Hell's Horses (from April) <ref name="JHS3076p15"/>
 
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* [[3072]] - Clan Hell's Horses <ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 31, "Clan Occupation Zones - [3072] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[3075]] - Clan Hell's Horses <ref name="JS:TBDp65>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 65, "Inner Sphere - [3075] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[3079]] - Clan Hell's Horses <ref name="FR:LAAFp19">''Field Report: LAAF'', p. 19, "Lyran Alliance Armed Forces Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref><ref name=FR:DCMSp21>''Field Report: DCMS'', p. 21, "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref><ref name="FR:Cp27">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 27, "Clan Wolf/Clan Hell's Horses Deployment Map - [August 3079]"</ref>
 
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* [[3081]] - Clan Hell's Horses <ref name="J:FRp62">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 62, "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[3085]] - Clan Hell's Horses <ref name="FM:3085pvii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[3130]] - Clan Hell's Horses <ref name="MotIS3130">''Map of the Inner Sphere 3130''</ref>
 
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* [[3135]] - Clan Hell's Horses <ref name="ER:3145p11">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"</ref>
 
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* [[3145]] - Clan Hell's Horses <ref name="ER:3145p39">''Era Report: 3145'', p. 39, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref><ref name="FM:3145pVI">''Field Manual: 3145'', p. VI, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"</ref>
 
  
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Large mining operations are found in the deserts in the southern hemisphere and at local secondary impact points from a large pre-settlement asteroid strike which deposited the minerals on Verthandi's surface.<ref name=MSc2/>
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'''Verthandi''' also known as '''Norn II''', is the second of three worlds that orbit a K2 class sun in the ''Norn'' system. ''Verthandi'' itself has one large moon designated ''Verthandi Alpha'' that has a naval base on it.
 
  
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At some point in the early 2600s there was a civil war.
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The Norn system was originally settled by colonists of Scandinavian descent who named those planets for the three fates of Norse mythology. At some point in the early 2600s there was a civil war.
  
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In [[3025]], Verthandi held a widespread independence movement. Although Lyran, the world had been conquered and held by the Draconis Combine since [[3015]]. Guerrilla movements, supported by several wealthy individuals, harassed the Combine forces occupying the world. In 3025 the Verthandi rebel movement hired the [[Gray Death Legion]] to provide training for the rebel movement and transport military supplies needed for the guerrilla's. Although the Legion was unable to land unopposed and faced difficulties within the movement as well as Combine opposition, they eventually rallied the guerrilla forces and liberated the planetary capitol, defeating the Combine's main occupation force. After the successful popular uprising, surviving Kuritan forces fell back to Regisport in disarray.<ref>''Mercenary's Star'', pp. 360-361, "Regisport becomes a refugee center for Kuritan soldiers following defeat by Verthandian rebels"</ref>
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In [[3025]], Verthandi held a widespread independence movement. Although Lyran, the world had been conquered and held by the Draconis Combine since [[3016]].<ref name=MSP/> Guerrilla movements, supported by several wealthy individuals, harassed the Combine forces occupying the world. The Verthandi rebel movement hired the [[Gray Death Legion]] to provide training and to transport military supplies needed for the guerrillas. Although the Legion was unable to land unopposed and faced difficulties within the movement as well as Combine opposition, they eventually rallied the guerrilla forces and liberated the planetary capital, defeating the Combine's main occupation force. After the successful popular uprising, surviving Kuritan forces fell back to Regisport in disarray. Regisport's repair yards were sufficient to make the Gray Death's DropShip, the ''[[Phobos]]'', flightworthy enough to leave Verthandi at the conclusion of the [[mercenary]] command's contract.
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Regisport's repair yards were sufficient to make the Gray Death's DropShip, the ''[[Phobos]]'', flightworthy enough to leave Verthandi at the conclusion of the [[mercenary]] command's contract.<ref>''Mercenary's Star,'' p. 367, "Regisport facilities used to make good the damage to the ''Phobos''"</ref>
 
  
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As part of the popular uprising, one [[Frances Marrion]], a former art student at the University of Regis, led a group of rebels in capturing the ''[[Vengeance (Individual Monitor-class Naval Vessel)|Vengeance]]'', a [[Monitor Naval Vessel|Monitor]]-class surface vessel in Port Gaspin. Renaming the ship ''Swamp Fox'', Marrison went on to raid and disrupt Combine control of the Silvan Basin for several months. Because of this, Combine reinforcements specifically target the Swamp Fox for destruction. They used a supply depot stationed near the river as bait and when the Swamp Fox closed to shell the facility, four BattleMechs emerged and attacked Marrion's ship. Despite destroying two Combine [[Marauder]]s and crippling a [[Shadow Hawk]], the Swamp Fox and her crew were sent to the bottom.<ref name=TR3026Rp72>''Technical Readout: 3026, Revised Edition'', p. 72: "Deployment"</ref>
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Verthandi was conquered by [[Clan Wolf]] during [[Operation Revival]] in May [[3050]].  At the time the planet was defended by the Second Battalion of the [[2nd Kell Hounds]] and the Third Battalion of the [[2nd Drakøns]], along with the 4th Verthandi Armored Infantry Brigade.  It was decided that an attempt would be made to gather as much information about these mysterious invaders as possible, and so a number of recording devices were planted all across Prince William Island.  When [[Star Colonel]] [[Athen Kederk]] of the [[16th Battle (Clan Wolf)|16th Battle Cluster]] made his ''[[batchall]]'' to the defenders, the Kell Hounds and Drakøns requested that the small forested island be designated as the battlefield.  The Star Colonel agreed, impressed by their ability to honor the ''batchall'', and attacked with the 16th's [[Supernova (unit)|Supernova Battle]].  Five hours of fierce fighting took place across the island, on Onegin Shore, the Divers Plain and at Aaron Woods, with both sides giving as good as they got.  Eventually the Kell Hounds and Drakøns were forced to retreat, but not before a [[Star]] of [[Elementals]] broke through their defensive lines and destroyed most of their recording equipment.  Defeated the Kell Hounds fled to the [[Federated Commonwealth]] while the Drakøns made their way to [[Rasalhague]].<ref>''Wolf Clan Sourcebook'', p. 59</ref>
 
  
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Verthandi was conquered again during the Jihad; [[Clan Hell's Horses]] launched an invasion of the Clan Wolf holdings in the [[Inner Sphere]] in early [[3071]], acquiring holdings for their own relocation to Spheroid space. Verthandi was seized by the Hell's Horses between the 7th and 14th of April 3071.<ref name="JHS3076p15">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 15, "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref>
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Verthandi was conquered by [[Clan Wolf]] during [[Operation REVIVAL]] in May [[3050]]. At the time the planet was defended by the Second Battalion of the [[Second Kell Hounds]] and the Third Battalion of the [[2nd Drakøns (Free Rasalhague Republic)|Second Drakøns]], along with the Fourth Verthandi Armored Infantry Brigade. It was decided that an attempt would be made to gather as much information about these mysterious invaders as possible, and so a number of recording devices were planted all across Prince William Island. When [[Star Colonel]] [[Athen Kederk]] of the [[328th Assault (Clan Wolf)|328th Assault]] made his ''[[batchall]]'' to the defenders, the Kell Hounds and Drakøns requested that the small forested island be designated as the battlefield. The Star Colonel agreed, impressed by their ability to honor the ''batchall'', and attacked with the 328th's [[Supernova (unit)|Supernova Battle]]. Five hours of fierce fighting took place across the island, on Onegin Shore, the Divers Plain and at Aaron Woods, with both sides giving as good as they got.  Eventually the Kell Hounds and Drakøns were forced to retreat, but not before a [[Star]] of [[Elementals]] broke through their defensive lines and destroyed most of their recording equipment. Defeated, the Kell Hounds fled to the [[Federated Commonwealth]] while the Drakøns made their way to [[Rasalhague]].<ref name=WCS059>''Wolf Clan Sourcebook'', p. 59</ref>
  
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Verthandi was conquered again during the Jihad; [[Clan Hell's Horses]] launched an invasion of Clan Wolf holdings in the [[Inner Sphere]] in early [[3071]], acquiring holdings for their own relocation to Spheroid space. Verthandi was seized by the Hell's Horses between 7 and 14 April 3071.<ref name="JHS3076p15">''Jihad Hot Spots: 3076'', p. 15: "Timeline of the Jihad"</ref>
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* [[Twenty-second Lyran Regulars]]<ref name="FSWp139">''First Succession War (Source Book)'', p. 139, "First Succession War Deployment Table - LCAF"</ref>
 
  
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===Military Deployment===
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* [[26th Rasalhague Regulars|Twenty-sixth Rasalhague Regulars]]<ref>Second Succession War, p. 97, "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery: Deployment Table"</ref>
+
{{columns-start|num=3}}
 +
====2821====
 +
* [[Twenty-second Lyran Regulars]]<ref name="FSWp139">''First Succession War'', p. 139: "First Succession War Deployment Table - LCAF"</ref>
  
−
===3026===
+
====2864====
−
* [[3rd Strike Regiment (Draconis Combine)|Third Strike Regiment]]<ref>''Gray Death Legion (scenario pack)'', p 30 - Company A unit list.</ref>
+
* [[Twenty-sixth Rasalhague Regulars]]<ref>Second Succession War, p. 97: "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery: Deployment Table"</ref>
 +
 
 +
====3026====
 +
* [[3rd Strike Regiment (Draconis Combine)|Third Strike Regiment]]<ref name=GDLp30>''Gray Death Legion'', p. 30: Company A unit list.</ref>
 
* [[Verthandi Militia|Loyal "Blues" Militia]]
 
* [[Verthandi Militia|Loyal "Blues" Militia]]
−
* [[Free Verthandi Rangers]]<ref>''Gray Death Legion (scenario pack)'', p 30 - Company A unit list.</ref>
+
* [[Free Verthandi Rangers]]<ref name=GDLp30 />
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 +
====3050====
 +
* [[2nd Kell Hounds|Second Battalion of the Second Kell Hounds]]<ref name=WCS059 />
 +
* [[2nd Drakøns (Free Rasalhague Republic)|Third Battalion of the Second Drakøns]]<ref name=WCS059 />
 +
* [[Verthandi Militia|Fourth Verthandi Armored Infantry Brigade]]<ref name=WCS059 />
  
−
===3050===
+
====3085====
−
* [[2nd Kell Hounds|Second Battalion of the 2nd Kell Hounds]]<ref name=WCS059>''Wolf Clan Sourcebook'', p. 59</ref>
+
* [[91st Mechanized Assault (Clan Hell's Horses)|Ninety-first Mechanized Assault]]<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 125: "Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>
−
* [[2nd Drakøns|Third Battalion of the 2nd Drakøns]]<ref name=WCS059>''Wolf Clan Sourcebook'', p. 59</ref>
 
−
* [[Verthandi Militia|Fourth Verthandi Armored Infantry Brigade]]<ref name=WCS059>''Wolf Clan Sourcebook'', p. 59</ref>
 
  
−
=== 3085 ===
+
====3145====
−
* [[91st Mechanized Assault (Clan Hell's Horses)|Ninety-first Mechanized Assault]]<ref>''Field Manual: 3085'', p. 125, "Deployment Table - 3085"</ref>
+
* [[30th Mechanized Strike (Clan Hell's Horses)|Thirtieth Mechanized Strike]]<ref name=FM:3145p167>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 167: "Clan Force Deployments - Clan Hell's Horses"</ref>
 +
{{columns-end}}
  
−
=== 3145 ===
+
===Geography===
−
* [[30th Mechanized Strike (Clan Hell's Horses)|Thirtieth Mechanized Strike]]<ref name=FM:3145p167>''Field Manual: 3145'', p. 167, "Clan Force Deployments - Clan Hell's Horses"</ref>
+
Arid Verthandi is a terrestrial nearly the size of Terra. It has an orbit close to the inner boundary of Norn's habitable zone. Here, water remains liquid, but its sun's long days and high percentage of infrared made a desert of most of Verthandi's surface.{{cn}}
  
−
== Planetary Locations ==
+
Verthandi's presettlement history features an impact by an asteroid that struck near Verthandi's north pole forming a large impact crater basin named the Silvan Basin. The impact hurled molten chunks of dense matter for thousands of kilometers into secondary impacts in the southern desert. Mineral surveys on Verthandi in the early 3020's found significant rich economic mineral deposits resulting from the asteroid strike.<ref name=MSc28>''Mercenary's Star'', ch. 28</ref>
−
* Regis, The capital city of ''Verthandi''.<ref name=MSp230>''Mercenary's Star'', p. 230, "Location of the spaceport"</ref>
 
−
** University of Regis, a large walled campus just south of Regis city.
 
−
** Regisport, the planetary [[DropShip]] landing facility, is located ten kilometers north of the city.<ref name=MSp230/>
 
−
* The [[Silvan Basin]], an enormous area within an asteroid crater, lies to the north of Regis.<ref name=MSpVI>''Mercenary's Star'', p. VI, "Verthandi surface map details"</ref>
 
−
** Azure Sea<ref name=MSp114>''Mercenary's Star,'' p. 114, "Gunnar Ericksson describes local geography to Grayson Carlyle"</ref>
 
−
** Fox Island<ref name=MSp114/>
 
−
** The Basin Rim cliffs<ref name=MSp114/>
 
−
* Bluesward Plateau
 
−
* Onegin Shore: The site of a major battle during [[Operation REVIVAL]].<ref name=WCS059>''Wolf Clan Sourcebook'', p. 59</ref>
 
−
* Divers Plain: The site of a major battle during [[Operation REVIVAL]].<ref name=WCS059>''Wolf Clan Sourcebook'', p. 59</ref>
 
−
* Aaron Woods: The site of a major battle during [[Operation REVIVAL]].<ref name=WCS059>''Wolf Clan Sourcebook'', p. 59</ref>
 
  
−
==Industrial Centers==
+
The Silvan Basin is now filled with jungle and is the site of the Azure Sea. Within the Silvan Basin the land slopes down sharply from the encircling high ground plateaus and rugged mountains. At the northern base of the slope, in a narrow circle clear around the world's pole at roughly 60° north, is a fertile zone where erosion from the southern slopes combined with runoff from the spring floods on the high plateaus. The land here was wet, laced with swamps and stretches of tropical undergrowth far more impenetrable than any true jungle. The southern hemisphere is largely desert, rich in petrolium and metal ores such as Chromite, Bauxite and Vanadium.<ref name=MSc5/><ref name=MSc12>''Mercenary's Star'', ch. 12</ref>
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* [[Ericksson-Agro]]<ref name=MSp114/>
 
  
−
== Nearby Systems ==
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Verthandi's largest body of water is the Azure Sea. The sea is surrounded by jungles and swamp. Verthandi's atmosphere is a breathable nitrogen-oxygen mixture.{{cn}}
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! colspan="8" | Systems within 60 light-years (distance in light years)<br> Closest systems first:
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===Planetary Locations===
 +
* Regis: the capital city of Verthandi<ref name=MSc2/>
 +
** University of Regis: a large walled campus just south of Regis city
 +
** Regisport: the planetary [[DropShip]] landing facility located ten kilometers north of the city<ref name=MSc2>''Mercenary's Star'', ch. 2</ref>
 +
* The [[Silvan Basin]]: an enormous area within an asteroid crater, to the north of Regis<ref name=MSpVI>''Mercenary's Star'', p. vi: "Verthandi surface map details"</ref><ref name=WW/>
 +
** Azure Sea<ref name=MSc12/>
 +
** Fox Island<ref name=MSc12/>
 +
** The Basin Rim cliffs<ref name=MSc12/>
 +
** Port Gaspin<ref name=TR3026REp72>''Technical Readout: 3026, Revised Edition'', p. 72: "Deployment"</ref>
 +
** Vannas: a village<ref name=WW/>
 +
* Bluesward Plateau<ref name=MSc12/>
 +
* [[Mountain Vista]]<ref name=MSpVI/>
 +
* Prince William Island<ref name=WCS059/>
 +
* Onegin Shore: the site of a major battle during Operation REVIVAL<ref name=WCS059/>
 +
* Divers Plain: the site of a major battle during Operation REVIVAL<ref name=WCS059/>
 +
* Aaron Woods: the site of a major battle during Operation REVIVAL<ref name=WCS059/>
 +
 
 +
===Industrial Centers===
 +
* [[Ericksson-Agro]]<ref name=MSc12/>
 +
 
 +
===Image gallery===
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Verthandi-Silvan Basin area map.jpg|Illustration of the area around the Silvan Basin from ''[[Mercenary's Star (novel)|Mercenary's Star]]''
 +
Verthandi-Regis map.jpg|Illustration of the area around Regis from ''Mercenary's Star''
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</gallery>
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==Norn III (Urth)==
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==Nearby Systems==
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|-
 
|-
−
| [[New Caledonia]]
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| class="lessthan30" | [[New Caledonia]]
−
| 10.5
+
| class="lessthan30" | 10.5
−
| [[Csesztreg]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Csesztreg]]
−
| 15.2
+
| class="lessthan30" | 15.2
−
| [[Kirchbach]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Kirchbach]]
−
| 20.5
+
| class="lessthan30" | 20.6
−
| [[Chateau]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Chateau]]
−
| 20.9
+
| class="lessthan30" | 20.9
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Harvest]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Harvest]]
−
| 21.9
+
| class="lessthan30" | 21.9
−
| [[The Edge]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[The Edge]]
−
| 23.9
+
| class="lessthan30" | 23.9
−
| [[Lovinac]]
+
| class="lessthan30" | [[Lovinac]]
−
| 26.2
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| class="lessthan30" | 26.2
−
| [[Planting]]
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| class="over30" | [[Planting]]
−
| 31.2
+
| class="over30" | 31.3
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Danli]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Icar]]
−
| 32.5
+
| class="over30" | 33.8
−
| [[Icar]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Liezen]]
−
| 33.7
+
| class="over30" | 37.4
−
| [[Liezen]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Mozirje]]
−
| 37.3
+
| class="over30" | 37.5
−
| [[Mozirje]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Rodigo|Alsace]]
−
| 37.4
+
| class="over30" | 37.6
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Rodigo]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Romulus]]
−
| 37.5
+
| class="over30" | 38.6
−
| [[Romulus]]
+
| class="over30" | [[St. John]]
−
| 38.6
+
| class="over30" | 41.7
−
| [[St. John]]
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| class="over30" | [[Maxie's Planet]]
−
| 41.6
+
| class="over30" | 42.1
−
| [[Maxie's Planet]]
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| class="over30" | [[Kreller]]
−
| 42.1
+
| class="over30" | 43.4
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Kreller]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Seiduts]]
−
| 43.3
+
| class="over30" | 43.8
−
| [[Seiduts]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Ridderkerk]]
−
| 43.7
+
| class="over30" | 45.5
−
| [[Ridderkerk]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Star's End]]
−
| 45.5
+
| class="over30" | 46.0
−
| [[Alleghe]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Alleghe]]
−
| 46.0
+
| class="over30" | 46.1
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Star's End]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Vantaa]]
−
| 46.0
+
| class="over30" | 47.9
−
| [[Vantaa]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Feltre]]
−
| 47.9
+
| class="over30" | 48.4
−
| [[Feltre]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Bruben]]
−
| 48.4
+
| class="over30" | 49.7
−
| [[Bruben]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Persistence]]
−
| 49.6
+
| class="over30" | 52.5
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Persistence]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Evciler]]
−
| 52.4
+
| class="over30" | 56.3
−
| [[Evciler]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Steelton]]
−
| 56.3
+
| class="over30" | 57.4
−
| [[Basiliano]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Basiliano]]
−
| 57.3
+
| class="over30" | 57.4
−
| [[Steelton]]
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| class="over30" | [[Winfield (LC)|Treeline]]
−
| 57.3
+
| class="over30" | 57.6
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Treeline]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Svarstaad]]
−
| 57.6
+
| class="over30" | 57.8
−
| [[Svarstaad]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Iron Land]]
−
| 57.8
+
| class="over30" | 59.8
−
| [[Iron Land]]
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| class="over30" | [[Trell]]
−
| 59.8
+
| class="over30" | 59.8
−
| [[Trell I]]
+
| class="over30" | [[Hohenems]]
−
| 59.8
+
| class="over30" | 59.9
 
|-
 
|-
−
| [[Hohenems]]
 
−
| 59.9
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
−
|
 
 
|}
 
|}
  
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== References ==
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==References==
 
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== Bibliography ==
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==Bibliography==
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* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''  
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* ''[[Era Report: 2750]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 3052]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 3062]]''
 
* ''[[Era Report: 3062]]''
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* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: 3145]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
 
* ''[[Field Manual: SLDF]]''
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* ''[[Field Report: Clans]]''
 +
* ''[[Field Report: DCMS]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report: LAAF]]''
 
* ''[[Field Report: LAAF]]''
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* ''[[Field Report: DCMS]]''
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* ''[[First Succession War (sourcebook)|First Succession War]]''
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* ''[[Field Report: Clans]]''
 
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* ''[[First Succession War (Source Book)|First Succession War]]''
 
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* ''[[Second Succession War (Sourcebook)|Second Succession War]]''
 
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Kurita]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Kurita]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]''
 
* ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]''
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* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''  
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* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1]]''
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* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]''  
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* ''[[Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
 
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]''
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* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3076]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad Hot Spots: 3076]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
 
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
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* ''[http://home.ifi.uio.no/~oysteint/btech/maps/IS_3130.pdf Map of the Inner Sphere 3130]''
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* ''[[Mercenary's Star (novel)|Mercenary's Star]]'' (novel)
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* ''[[Mercenary's Star]] (Novel)''
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* ''[[Second Succession War (sourcebook)|Second Succession War]]''
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* ''[[Shattered Fortress]]''
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* ''[[Technical Readout: 3026, Revised Edition]]''
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* ''[[The Swamp Fox]]'' (short story)
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* ''[[Without Warning]]'' (short story)
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Verthandi (Norn)
← 3135
3151
Norn 3151.svg
Verthandi (Norn) nearby systems
(Map Legend)
System Information
X:Y Coordinates-54.816 : 395.97[e]
Spectral classK2[1]
Recharge time193 hours[2]
Planet(s)3[3]

System Description[edit]

Norn is a K2 class star.[1] It is located in the border reaches of the Tamar Pact region of the Lyran Commonwealth close to the Draconis Combine border. Three worlds circle the primary, along with the usual collection of asteroidal debris and cometary junk.

Political Affiliation[edit]

Norn I (Skuld)[edit]

Skuld
Astrophysical
Also known asNorn I
System positionFirst[1]

Norn I, named Skuld, is a cloud-shrouded terrestrial planet with a hot and poisonous atmosphere.[1]

Norn II (Verthandi)[edit]

Verthandi
Astrophysical
Also known asNorn II
System positionSecond[3]
Jump Point distance3.3 days[50]
Moons1 (Verthandi-Alpha)[20][3]
Geophysical
Equatorial temperatureArid[1]
History and Culture
Demonym(s)Verthandian[3]
Government and Infrastructure
Political LeaderFirst Councilman
Planetary Governor
CapitalRegis[3]

Norn II, also known as Verthandi, is the second of three worlds that orbit a K2 class sun in the Norn system. Verthandi itself has one large moon designated Verthandi Alpha that has a naval base on it.[citation needed]

In 3020, Verthandi was considered a Lostech world with its people dependent on others for transport and commerce. Primary industries are agriculture and manufacturing which supports agriculture and local commerce. The main agricultural products from the fertile Silvan Basin are lumber and coffee. Verthandi also produces kevla, blueleaf, and garlbean as well as bananas, sugarcane, cotton, and grovacas. Further into the swamps are clearings for rice, rubber, and jute. High along the basin slopes, the steep-sided jungle ridge called Basin Rim, plantations also grow coffee and cacao.

Quiet resort communities exist along the tropical coast of the Azure Sea. Verthandi has also been well known throughout much of the Commonwealth for its university at the capital city of Regis.[3]

Large mining operations are found in the deserts in the southern hemisphere and at local secondary impact points from a large pre-settlement asteroid strike which deposited the minerals on Verthandi's surface.[3]

Planetary History[edit]

Star League era[edit]

The Norn system was originally settled by colonists of Scandinavian descent who named those planets for the three fates of Norse mythology. At some point in the early 2600s there was a civil war.

Third Succession War[edit]

In 3025, Verthandi held a widespread independence movement. Although Lyran, the world had been conquered and held by the Draconis Combine since 3016.[18] Guerrilla movements, supported by several wealthy individuals, harassed the Combine forces occupying the world. The Verthandi rebel movement hired the Gray Death Legion to provide training and to transport military supplies needed for the guerrillas. Although the Legion was unable to land unopposed and faced difficulties within the movement as well as Combine opposition, they eventually rallied the guerrilla forces and liberated the planetary capital, defeating the Combine's main occupation force. After the successful popular uprising, surviving Kuritan forces fell back to Regisport in disarray. Regisport's repair yards were sufficient to make the Gray Death's DropShip, the Phobos, flightworthy enough to leave Verthandi at the conclusion of the mercenary command's contract.

As part of the popular uprising, one Frances Marrion, a former art student at the University of Regis, led a group of rebels in capturing the Vengeance, a Monitor-class surface vessel in Port Gaspin. Renaming the ship Swamp Fox, Marrison went on to raid and disrupt Combine control of the Silvan Basin for several months. Because of this, Combine reinforcements specifically target the Swamp Fox for destruction. They used a supply depot stationed near the river as bait and when the Swamp Fox closed to shell the facility, four BattleMechs emerged and attacked Marrion's ship. Despite destroying two Combine Marauders and crippling a Shadow Hawk, the Swamp Fox and her crew were sent to the bottom.[51]

Operation REVIVAL[edit]

Verthandi was conquered by Clan Wolf during Operation REVIVAL in May 3050. At the time the planet was defended by the Second Battalion of the Second Kell Hounds and the Third Battalion of the Second Drakøns, along with the Fourth Verthandi Armored Infantry Brigade. It was decided that an attempt would be made to gather as much information about these mysterious invaders as possible, and so a number of recording devices were planted all across Prince William Island. When Star Colonel Athen Kederk of the 328th Assault made his batchall to the defenders, the Kell Hounds and Drakøns requested that the small forested island be designated as the battlefield. The Star Colonel agreed, impressed by their ability to honor the batchall, and attacked with the 328th's Supernova Battle. Five hours of fierce fighting took place across the island, on Onegin Shore, the Divers Plain and at Aaron Woods, with both sides giving as good as they got. Eventually the Kell Hounds and Drakøns were forced to retreat, but not before a Star of Elementals broke through their defensive lines and destroyed most of their recording equipment. Defeated, the Kell Hounds fled to the Federated Commonwealth while the Drakøns made their way to Rasalhague.[52]

The Jihad[edit]

Verthandi was conquered again during the Jihad; Clan Hell's Horses launched an invasion of Clan Wolf holdings in the Inner Sphere in early 3071, acquiring holdings for their own relocation to Spheroid space. Verthandi was seized by the Hell's Horses between 7 and 14 April 3071.[38]

Military Deployment[edit]

2821[edit]

2864[edit]

3026[edit]

3050[edit]

3085[edit]

3145[edit]

Geography[edit]

Arid Verthandi is a terrestrial nearly the size of Terra. It has an orbit close to the inner boundary of Norn's habitable zone. Here, water remains liquid, but its sun's long days and high percentage of infrared made a desert of most of Verthandi's surface.[citation needed]

Verthandi's presettlement history features an impact by an asteroid that struck near Verthandi's north pole forming a large impact crater basin named the Silvan Basin. The impact hurled molten chunks of dense matter for thousands of kilometers into secondary impacts in the southern desert. Mineral surveys on Verthandi in the early 3020's found significant rich economic mineral deposits resulting from the asteroid strike.[58]

The Silvan Basin is now filled with jungle and is the site of the Azure Sea. Within the Silvan Basin the land slopes down sharply from the encircling high ground plateaus and rugged mountains. At the northern base of the slope, in a narrow circle clear around the world's pole at roughly 60° north, is a fertile zone where erosion from the southern slopes combined with runoff from the spring floods on the high plateaus. The land here was wet, laced with swamps and stretches of tropical undergrowth far more impenetrable than any true jungle. The southern hemisphere is largely desert, rich in petrolium and metal ores such as Chromite, Bauxite and Vanadium.[1][59]

Verthandi's largest body of water is the Azure Sea. The sea is surrounded by jungles and swamp. Verthandi's atmosphere is a breathable nitrogen-oxygen mixture.[citation needed]

Planetary Locations[edit]

  • Regis: the capital city of Verthandi[3]
    • University of Regis: a large walled campus just south of Regis city
    • Regisport: the planetary DropShip landing facility located ten kilometers north of the city[3]
  • The Silvan Basin: an enormous area within an asteroid crater, to the north of Regis[60][20]
  • Bluesward Plateau[59]
  • Mountain Vista[60]
  • Prince William Island[52]
  • Onegin Shore: the site of a major battle during Operation REVIVAL[52]
  • Divers Plain: the site of a major battle during Operation REVIVAL[52]
  • Aaron Woods: the site of a major battle during Operation REVIVAL[52]

Industrial Centers[edit]

Image gallery[edit]

  • Illustration of the area around the Silvan Basin from Mercenary's Star

  • Illustration of the area around Regis from Mercenary's Star

Norn III (Urth)[edit]

Urth
Astrophysical
Also known asNorn III
System positionThird[1]

Norn III, named Urth, is a glacial terrestrial world of frozen ammonia seas and methane gales.[1]

Map Gallery[edit]

Nearby Systems[edit]

Closest 32 systems (32 within 60 light-years)
Distance in light years, closest systems first:
New Caledonia 10.5 Csesztreg 15.2 Kirchbach 20.6 Chateau 20.9
Harvest 21.9 The Edge 23.9 Lovinac 26.2 Planting 31.3
Icar 33.8 Liezen 37.4 Mozirje 37.5 Alsace 37.6
Romulus 38.6 St. John 41.7 Maxie's Planet 42.1 Kreller 43.4
Seiduts 43.8 Ridderkerk 45.5 Star's End 46.0 Alleghe 46.1
Vantaa 47.9 Feltre 48.4 Bruben 49.7 Persistence 52.5
Evciler 56.3 Steelton 57.4 Basiliano 57.4 Treeline 57.6
Svarstaad 57.8 Iron Land 59.8 Trell 59.8 Hohenems 59.9

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Mercenary's Star, ch. 5
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tamar Rising, poster map
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 Mercenary's Star, ch. 2
  4. ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 18
  5. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25
  6. ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 31
  7. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159
  8. ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37
  9. ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
  10. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11
  11. ↑ First Succession War, pp. 24–25
  12. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36
  13. ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 43
  14. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, p. 122
  15. ↑ First Succession War, pp. 112–113
  16. ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 53
  17. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 Mercenary's Star, Prologue
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 The Swamp Fox
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 Without Warning
  21. ↑ House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. vii: "Draconis Combine Map - [3025]"
  22. ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 64
  23. ↑ House Steiner (The Lyran Commonwealth), p. vii: "Lyran Commonwealth Map - [3025]"
  24. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47
  25. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56
  26. ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 66
  27. ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 68
  28. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 59
  29. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 Era Report: 3052, p. 11
  31. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 61
  32. ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 71
  33. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11
  34. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29
  35. ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 74
  36. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 70
  37. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 42
  38. ↑ 38.0 38.1 Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, p. 15: "Timeline of the Jihad"
  39. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 31
  40. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65
  41. ↑ Field Report: LAAF, p. 19
  42. ↑ Field Report: DCMS, p. 21
  43. ↑ Field Report: Clans, p. 27
  44. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 62
  45. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
  46. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11
  47. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39
  48. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. vi: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  49. ↑ Shattered Fortress, p. 103
  50. ↑ Mercenary's Star, ch. 6
  51. ↑ Technical Readout: 3026, Revised Edition, p. 72: "Deployment"
  52. ↑ 52.0 52.1 52.2 52.3 52.4 52.5 52.6 52.7 Wolf Clan Sourcebook, p. 59
  53. ↑ First Succession War, p. 139: "First Succession War Deployment Table - LCAF"
  54. ↑ Second Succession War, p. 97: "Draconis Combine Mustered Soldiery: Deployment Table"
  55. ↑ 55.0 55.1 Gray Death Legion, p. 30: Company A unit list.
  56. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 125: "Deployment Table - 3085"
  57. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. 167: "Clan Force Deployments - Clan Hell's Horses"
  58. ↑ Mercenary's Star, ch. 28
  59. ↑ 59.0 59.1 59.2 59.3 59.4 59.5 Mercenary's Star, ch. 12
  60. ↑ 60.0 60.1 Mercenary's Star, p. vi: "Verthandi surface map details"
  61. ↑ Technical Readout: 3026, Revised Edition, p. 72: "Deployment"

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