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| − | | class = F5III<ref name="TPE1p149">''The Periphery | + | | class = F5III<ref name="TPE1p149">''The Periphery'', p. 149: "Oberon VI"</ref> |
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| − | The '''Oberon''' system was home to at least one habitable world, '''Oberon VI''', and as | + | |
| + | The '''Oberon''' system was home to at least one habitable world, '''Oberon VI''', and as of [[3145]] was located in the [[Periphery]] region known as [[The Barrens]].<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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| − | == System Description == | + | ==System Description== |
| − | + | Oberon is located near the [[Blackstone]] and [[Sigurd]] systems<ref name="HB:MPSp25">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 25: "Rim Worlds Republic At the Fall of the Star League - [2750] Map"</ref><ref name="ER:2750p36">''Era Report: 2750'', p. 36: "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"</ref> and consists of a class F5III primary orbited by at least six planets.<ref name="TPE1p149"/> | |
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| + | ==System History== | ||
| + | Oberon was either settled by the [[Rim Worlds Republic]] during the [[Star League era]] at some point after the end of the [[Reunification War]] or was an already-settled system that became significant enough during this era for [[Inner Sphere]] nations to record its location on maps.<ref name="H:RWp158"/><ref name="HB:MPSp25"/><ref name="ER:2750p36"/> | ||
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| + | ==Political Affiliation== | ||
| + | {{div col|colwidth=25em}} | ||
| + | * [[2571]] - No record<ref name="HB:MPSp18">''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 18</ref><ref name="HB:HSp25">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 25</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2596]] - No record<ref name="H:RWp158">''Historical: Reunification War'', p. 158</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2750]] - [[Rim Worlds Republic]]<ref name="HB:MPSp25"/><ref name="ER:2750p36"/> | ||
| + | * [[2764]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="FM:SLDFpvii">''Field Manual: SLDF'', p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2765]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="H:LoTV1p10">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 10</ref><ref name="FR2765:Pp38">''Field Report 2765: Periphery'', p. 38</ref><ref name="FR2765:LCAFp25">''Field Report 2765: LCAF'', p. 25</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2767]] - Rim Worlds Republic<ref name="H:LoTV1p104>''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1'', p. 104</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2822]] - Independent world<ref name="H:LoTV2p122">''Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2'', pp. 122–123</ref><ref name="HB:HSp36">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 36</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2864]] - Independent world<ref name="HB:HSp40">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 40</ref> | ||
| + | * [[2972]] - [[Oberon Confederation]]<ref name=GB>''Godt Bytte'', p. ??{{cn}}</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3025]] - Oberon Confederation<ref name="HB:HSp47">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 47</ref><ref name="TP1Epvii">''The Periphery'', pp. 156–157</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3030]] - Oberon Confederation<ref name="HB:HSp56">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 56</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3040]] - Oberon Confederation<ref name="HB:HSp59">''Handbook: House Steiner'', p. 59</ref><ref name="H:Wo3039p133">''Historical: War of 3039'', p. 133</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3049]] - [[Clan Wolf Occupation Zone]] (from September)<ref name="ER:3052p14"/> | ||
| + | * [[3050]] - Clan Wolf Occupation Zone<ref name="ER:3052p11">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 11</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3052]] - Clan Wolf Occupation Zone<ref name="ER:3052p23">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 23</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3054]] - Clan Wolf Occupation Zone<ref name="ORp32">''Objective Raids'', p. 32</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3057]] - Clan Wolf Occupation Zone<ref name="ER:3062p11">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 11</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3059]] - Clan Wolf Occupation Zone<ref name="TP2Ep115">''The Periphery, 2nd Edition'', p. 115: "Greater Valkyrate, Oberon Confederation & Elysian Fields"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3063]] - Clan Wolf Occupation Zone<ref name="ER:3062p29">''Era Report: 3062'', p. 29</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3067]] - Clan Wolf Occupation Zone<ref name="J:FRp43">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 43</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3070]] - [[Clan Hell's Horses Occupation Zone]] (from December)<ref name="J:FRp48"/> | ||
| + | * [[3072]] - Clan Hell's Horses Occupation Zone<ref name=JS /> | ||
| + | * [[3075]] - Clan Hell's Horses Occupation Zone<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 65</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3079]] - Clan Hell's Horses Occupation Zone<ref name="FR:p27">''Field Report: Clans'', p. 27</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3081]] - Clan Hell's Horses Occupation Zone<ref name="J:FRp63">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 63</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3085]] - Clan Hell's Horses Occupation Zone<ref name="FM:3085pvii">''Field Manual: 3085'', p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3086]] - [[New Oberon Confederation]]<ref name=IEISP3p43>''Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3'', p. 43</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3135]] - The Barrens<ref name=ER:3145p11>''Era Report: 3145'', p. 11</ref> | ||
| + | * [[3145]] - The Barrens<ref name=ER:3145p39/><ref name="FM:3145pVI"/> | ||
| + | * [[3152]] - New Oberon Confederation<ref>''Shrapnel Issue #9'': "Voices of the Sphere: The Hinterlands"</ref> | ||
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| − | + | ==Oberon VI== | |
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| − | = Oberon VI = | ||
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| + | | population = 43,000 (3025)<ref name="TPE1p149"/> | ||
| + | | ruler = [[King of the Oberon Confederation]] | ||
| + | | political = [[Hendrik Grimm]] (2885){{cn}} | ||
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| − | | | + | | hpg = B (3025),<ref name="TPE1p149"/><br>None (3052)<ref name=MWe2>''MechWarrior: The BattleTech Role Playing Game, Second Edition'', p. 152: "Hyperpulse Generator"</ref> |
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| − | Oberon VI is the sixth planet in the system | + | Oberon VI is the sixth planet in the system and has been the capital world of several small interstellar nations at various points from the late [[twenty-eighth century]] onwards.<ref name="TPE1p149"/> |
| − | == Planetary History == | + | ===Planetary History=== |
| − | ===Downfall=== | + | ====Downfall==== |
| − | After it was colonized Oberon VI became a valued member of the Rim Worlds Republic and the people of the planet saw with horror the end of their parent nation. Therefore they pledged to continue the Republic's traditions and together with the neighboring worlds of [[Sigurd]] and [[Crellacor]] founded the [[Oberon Confederation]] in [[2775]]. But the tiny alliance suffered from the downfall of technology and numerous pirate attacks and two decades after | + | After it was colonized, Oberon VI became a valued member of the Rim Worlds Republic and the people of the planet saw with horror the end of their parent nation. Therefore they pledged to continue the Republic's traditions and together with the neighboring worlds of [[Sigurd]] and [[Crellacor]] founded the [[Oberon Confederation]] in [[2775]]. But the tiny alliance suffered from the downfall of technology and numerous pirate attacks and two decades after its inception the ill-fated Confederation was unable to exist any further.<ref name=HB:MPS>''Handbook: Major Periphery States'', p. 37: "The Republic-Commonwealth War"</ref> |
| − | ===The rule of the Grimms=== | + | ====The rule of the Grimms==== |
| − | In [[2855]] the remaining people of Oberon were totally unprepared for the arrival of [[Hendrik Grimm]], a | + | In [[2855]], the remaining people of Oberon were totally unprepared for the arrival of [[Hendrik Grimm]], a deranged but capable [[Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces]] [[Colonel]] who deserted with his unit feeling their superiors had sent them on a suicide assignment. They chose the lost planet as a new home, started to recruit bandits and to raid the neighboring systems.{{cn}} |
At around this time, early mining efforts caused an ecological disaster which led to famine on Oberon VI. The [[JàrnFòlk]] (the Jespersen clan) brought food at cost to Oberon VI in this time which established trade connections that lasted until 2972. In that year, Oberon VI began another attempt at developing and industrializing their world and exploit its natural resources. In this endeavor, the [[Hanseatic League]] undercut the JàrnFòlk prices for goods and long-term services, allegedly because they would use slave labor and the JàrnFòlk would not.<ref name=GB/> | At around this time, early mining efforts caused an ecological disaster which led to famine on Oberon VI. The [[JàrnFòlk]] (the Jespersen clan) brought food at cost to Oberon VI in this time which established trade connections that lasted until 2972. In that year, Oberon VI began another attempt at developing and industrializing their world and exploit its natural resources. In this endeavor, the [[Hanseatic League]] undercut the JàrnFòlk prices for goods and long-term services, allegedly because they would use slave labor and the JàrnFòlk would not.<ref name=GB/> | ||
| − | The region suffered from bandit rule until [[Hendrik Grimm III]] came to power. He was not satisfied with a life as mere bandit king and in [[3012]] rekindled the [[Oberon Confederation]] as a viable state. Although still technically a pirate realm it constantly grew stronger, not only by bandit raids but also by trade, industrialization and colonization | + | The region suffered from bandit rule until [[Hendrik Grimm III]] came to power. He was not satisfied with a life as mere bandit king and in [[3012]] rekindled the [[Oberon Confederation]] as a viable state. Although still technically a pirate realm it constantly grew stronger, not only by bandit raids but also by trade, industrialization, and colonization efforts. Hendrik Grimm III even started diplomatic relations with the [[Great Houses]] of [[Steiner]] and [[Kurita]] (including hiring out troops and shipyard services) and led the Confederation into a future as a more respectable power.<ref name="TPE1p149"/> |
| − | ===The Clan Invasion=== | + | ====The Clan Invasion==== |
| − | + | [[Clan Wolf]] arrived on 18 September [[3049]] and quickly swallowed Oberon along with its entire Confederation, destroying Hendrik III and his outmatched [[Oberon Guards]] in the process.<ref name="ER:3052p14">''Era Report: 3052'', p. 14</ref> The battle was short, with the [[11th Wolf Guards (Clan Wolf)|Eleventh Wolf Guards]] of [[Delta Galaxy (Clan Wolf)|Delta Galaxy]] defeating the [[First Oberon Guards]] at first Black Canyon, then Dao Sing Plain and finally at Kennedy Beach. King Hendrik III was captured alive, though with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his head, and later publicly executed.<ref>''Shrapnel'', Issue #1, pp. 6–27: ''Grimm Sentence''</ref> The victory also gave Clan Wolf the chance to analyze the fighting style of the Inner Sphere, which they used to great success during the rest of the invasion.<ref name="CWSBp56">''Wolf Clan Sourcebook'', p. 56</ref> Because of a purported breakdown of the world's [[hyperpulse generator]] in [[3045]] (in truth Hendrk III had secured himself the allegiance of the local Precentor) at first only rumors reached the [[Inner Sphere]] of the nation's demise. | |
| − | + | {{ApocryphalContentStart}} | |
| − | + | On 6 December 3049, a group of Bondsman pirates of Oberon's Raiders and mercenaries escaped a Clan Wolf-occupied pirate base. They commandeered a [[Pegasus (Combat Vehicle - Hovertank)|Pegasus]] hovertank and a hover truck for their getaway, possibly after sabotaging the base's [[fission engine|fission]] power plant and destroying their pursuers in the ensuing explosion. After rendezvous with some gone-to-ground lancemates, the escapees lifted off on the pirate DropShip ''[[FireStalion]]'', departed the system on a waiting JumpShip, and were finally "rescued" by [[Free Rasalhague Republic]] forces on 13 February 3050. The mercenaries' stories of the Clan Invasion were not believed at the time. On the other hand, the escaped pirates were all executed.<ref name="MW2:M">''MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries''</ref> | |
| + | {{ApocryphalContentEnd}} | ||
| − | + | Oberon VI spent over twenty years as a property of the Wolves until [[Clan Hell's Horses]] conquered their entire Periphery holdings during the early [[Jihad]].<ref name=JS>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 31: "Clan Occupation Zones [3072]"</ref> Oberon itself would be conquered by the Hell's Horses during the last two weeks of November [[3070]].<ref name="J:FRp48">''Jihad: Final Reckoning'', p. 48: "The Jihad in Review"</ref> | |
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| − | == | + | ====Dark Age==== |
| − | === | + | In [[3083]], the Ferris Rebellion caused the Clans to withdraw from most of their Periphery holdings. The Hell's Horses had used Oberon IV as an administrative world, and when the Clan left the area in [[3086]], the administrators of that world formed the [[New Oberon Confederation]]. Oberon became the capital of the new polity.<ref>''Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3'', pp. 42–43</ref> Technicians from [[Clan Ghost Bear]] arrived on Oberon to refurbish Grimfort, a fortress first built by Hendrik Grimm. These renovations turned it into a modern [[Castle Brian]]. Why the Bears were willing to do so wasn't known in [[3095]].<ref name="ISP3p42">''Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3'', p. 42</ref> |
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| − | === | + | ===Military Deployment=== |
| − | * [[ | + | ====3049==== |
| + | * [[First Oberon Guards]] | ||
| + | * [[Oberon Militia]] | ||
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| − | * | + | * [[Oberon Keshik]]<ref name=IEISP3p43/> |
| − | == | + | ===Geography=== |
| − | + | Oberon VI is a pleasant world, warm and temperate, with rich deposits of gold and coal.<ref name="TPE1p149"/> Whilst pleasant, the ecosystem is sensitive, and in the mid-[[twenty-ninth century]] early mining efforts poisoned the delicate water table, causing an ecological disaster.<ref name=GB/> | |
| − | == | + | ===Planetary Locations=== |
| − | + | * Black Canyon: site of a notable battle during Operation REVIVAL<ref name="CWSBp56"/> | |
| + | * Dao Sing Plain: site of a notable battle during Operation REVIVAL<ref name="CWSBp56"/> | ||
| + | * Grimfort: a major fortification, extensively expanded by Clan Ghost Bear in the late [[thirty-first century]]<ref name="ISP3p42"/> | ||
| + | * Kennedy Beach: site of the final battle of Operation REVIVAL on the planet<ref name="CWSBp56"/> | ||
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| − | == | + | ===Companies and Industries=== |
| − | == Image gallery == | + | ===Image gallery=== |
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| − | == Nearby Systems == | + | ==Map Gallery== |
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| + | ==Nearby Systems== | ||
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| + | {|class="wikitable nearby-systems" style="background: #gray; text-align:center; border: 1px solid black;" | ||
| + | ! colspan="8" | Closest 24 systems (23 within 60 light-years)<br>Distance in light years, closest systems first: | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Sigurd]] | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | 9.9 | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Blackstone]] | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | 12.5 | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Butte Hold]] | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | 15.2 | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Placida]] | ||
| + | | class="lessthan30" | 18.6 | ||
|- | |- | ||
| − | | [[ | + | | class="lessthan30" | [[New Ålborg]] |
| − | | | + | | class="lessthan30" | 25.7 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Zertarum]] |
| − | | | + | | class="lessthan30" | 27.4 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Crellacor]] |
| − | | | + | | class="lessthan30" | 28.7 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="lessthan30" | [[Drask's Den]] |
| − | | | + | | class="lessthan30" | 29.5 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Bensinger]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 33.5 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Iron Land]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 36.1 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Beowulf (system)|Beowulf]] |
| − | | 36. | + | | class="over30" | 36.3 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Paulus Prime]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 39.0 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[The Rock]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 39.9 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Toland]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 42.1 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Apollo (system)|Apollo]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 44.7 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Gustrell]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 45.3 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Cryfder]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 46.7 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Here]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 48.1 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Last Chance]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 48.5 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Dirkel]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 49.2 |
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| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Star's End]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 49.8 |
| − | | [[Steelton]] | + | | class="over30" | [[Steelton]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over30" | 51.2 |
| − | | [[ | + | | class="over30" | [[Ichmandu]] |
| − | | 59. | + | | class="over30" | 59.3 |
| − | | | + | | class="over60" | [[Taran's World]] |
| − | | | + | | class="over60" | 60.8 |
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| − | == References == | + | ==References== |
<references/> | <references/> | ||
| − | == Bibliography == | + | ==Bibliography== |
| − | * ''[[Era Report: 2750]]'' | + | {{div col|colwidth=25em}} |
| + | * ''[[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]]'' | ||
| − | * ''[[Field Report 2765: | + | * ''[[Field Report: Clans]]'' |
| + | * ''[[Field Report 2765: LCAF]]'' | ||
* ''[[Field Report 2765: Periphery]]'' | * ''[[Field Report 2765: Periphery]]'' | ||
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* ''[[Godt Bytte]]'' | * ''[[Godt Bytte]]'' | ||
| + | * ''[[Grimm Sentence]]'' (in: [[Shrapnel (magazine)#Issue 1|''Shrapnel'', issue #1]]) | ||
* ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]'' | * ''[[Handbook: House Steiner]]'' | ||
* ''[[Handbook: Major Periphery States]]'' | * ''[[Handbook: Major Periphery States]]'' | ||
* ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]'' | * ''[[Historical: Reunification War]]'' | ||
* ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]'' | * ''[[Historical: War of 3039]]'' | ||
| − | * ''[[Interstellar Players 3 | + | * ''[[Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3]]'' |
* ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' | * ''[[Jihad: Final Reckoning]]'' | ||
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]'' | * ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]'' | ||
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* ''[[Objective Raids]]'' | * ''[[Objective Raids]]'' | ||
| − | * ''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)|The Periphery | + | * ''[[The Periphery (sourcebook)|The Periphery]]'' |
| − | * ''[[The Periphery, 2nd Edition|The Periphery, Second Edition]]'' | + | * ''[[The Periphery, 2nd Edition (sourcebook)|The Periphery, Second Edition]]'' |
| + | * [[Shrapnel (magazine)#Issue 9|''Shrapnel'', Issue #9]] | ||
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| − | [[Category: | + | [[Category: Systems|Oberon]] |
| − | [[Category: Clan Hell's Horses | + | [[Category: Clan Hell's Horses Systems]] |
| − | [[Category: Clan Wolf | + | [[Category: Clan Wolf Systems]] |
| − | [[Category: Independent | + | [[Category: Independent Systems]] |
| − | [[Category: Oberon Confederation | + | [[Category: New Oberon Confederation Systems]] |
| − | [[Category: Rim Worlds Republic | + | [[Category: Oberon Confederation Systems]] |
| + | [[Category: Rim Worlds Republic Systems]] | ||
Latest revision as of 08:29, 23 April 2024
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| System Information | |
| X:Y Coordinates | −111.419 : 473.251[e] |
| Spectral class | F5III[1] |
| Recharge station(s) | None[1] |
The Oberon system was home to at least one habitable world, Oberon VI, and as of 3145 was located in the Periphery region known as The Barrens.[2][3]
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System Description[edit]
Oberon is located near the Blackstone and Sigurd systems[4][5] and consists of a class F5III primary orbited by at least six planets.[1]
System History[edit]
Oberon was either settled by the Rim Worlds Republic during the Star League era at some point after the end of the Reunification War or was an already-settled system that became significant enough during this era for Inner Sphere nations to record its location on maps.[6][4][5]
Political Affiliation[edit]
- 2571 - No record[7][8]
- 2596 - No record[6]
- 2750 - Rim Worlds Republic[4][5]
- 2764 - Rim Worlds Republic[9]
- 2765 - Rim Worlds Republic[10][11][12]
- 2767 - Rim Worlds Republic[13]
- 2822 - Independent world[14][15]
- 2864 - Independent world[16]
- 2972 - Oberon Confederation[17]
- 3025 - Oberon Confederation[18][19]
- 3030 - Oberon Confederation[20]
- 3040 - Oberon Confederation[21][22]
- 3049 - Clan Wolf Occupation Zone (from September)[23]
- 3050 - Clan Wolf Occupation Zone[24]
- 3052 - Clan Wolf Occupation Zone[25]
- 3054 - Clan Wolf Occupation Zone[26]
- 3057 - Clan Wolf Occupation Zone[27]
- 3059 - Clan Wolf Occupation Zone[28]
- 3063 - Clan Wolf Occupation Zone[29]
- 3067 - Clan Wolf Occupation Zone[30]
- 3070 - Clan Hell's Horses Occupation Zone (from December)[31]
- 3072 - Clan Hell's Horses Occupation Zone[32]
- 3075 - Clan Hell's Horses Occupation Zone[33]
- 3079 - Clan Hell's Horses Occupation Zone[34]
- 3081 - Clan Hell's Horses Occupation Zone[35]
- 3085 - Clan Hell's Horses Occupation Zone[36]
- 3086 - New Oberon Confederation[37]
- 3135 - The Barrens[38]
- 3145 - The Barrens[2][3]
- 3152 - New Oberon Confederation[39]
Oberon VI[edit]
| Oberon VI | |
|---|---|
| Astrophysical | |
| System position | 6th[1] |
| Jump Point distance | 14.93 days[1] |
| Geophysical | |
| Highest native life | Mammal[1] |
| History and Culture | |
| Population | 43,000 (3025)[1] |
| Government and Infrastructure | |
| Noble Ruler | King of the Oberon Confederation |
| Political Leader | Hendrik Grimm (2885)[citation needed] |
| HPG Class | B (3025),[1] None (3052)[40] |
| HPG Representative | Precentor Damien Hope (3025)[1] |
Oberon VI is the sixth planet in the system and has been the capital world of several small interstellar nations at various points from the late twenty-eighth century onwards.[1]
Planetary History[edit]
Downfall[edit]
After it was colonized, Oberon VI became a valued member of the Rim Worlds Republic and the people of the planet saw with horror the end of their parent nation. Therefore they pledged to continue the Republic's traditions and together with the neighboring worlds of Sigurd and Crellacor founded the Oberon Confederation in 2775. But the tiny alliance suffered from the downfall of technology and numerous pirate attacks and two decades after its inception the ill-fated Confederation was unable to exist any further.[41]
The rule of the Grimms[edit]
In 2855, the remaining people of Oberon were totally unprepared for the arrival of Hendrik Grimm, a deranged but capable Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces Colonel who deserted with his unit feeling their superiors had sent them on a suicide assignment. They chose the lost planet as a new home, started to recruit bandits and to raid the neighboring systems.[citation needed]
At around this time, early mining efforts caused an ecological disaster which led to famine on Oberon VI. The JàrnFòlk (the Jespersen clan) brought food at cost to Oberon VI in this time which established trade connections that lasted until 2972. In that year, Oberon VI began another attempt at developing and industrializing their world and exploit its natural resources. In this endeavor, the Hanseatic League undercut the JàrnFòlk prices for goods and long-term services, allegedly because they would use slave labor and the JàrnFòlk would not.[17]
The region suffered from bandit rule until Hendrik Grimm III came to power. He was not satisfied with a life as mere bandit king and in 3012 rekindled the Oberon Confederation as a viable state. Although still technically a pirate realm it constantly grew stronger, not only by bandit raids but also by trade, industrialization, and colonization efforts. Hendrik Grimm III even started diplomatic relations with the Great Houses of Steiner and Kurita (including hiring out troops and shipyard services) and led the Confederation into a future as a more respectable power.[1]
The Clan Invasion[edit]
Clan Wolf arrived on 18 September 3049 and quickly swallowed Oberon along with its entire Confederation, destroying Hendrik III and his outmatched Oberon Guards in the process.[23] The battle was short, with the Eleventh Wolf Guards of Delta Galaxy defeating the First Oberon Guards at first Black Canyon, then Dao Sing Plain and finally at Kennedy Beach. King Hendrik III was captured alive, though with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his head, and later publicly executed.[42] The victory also gave Clan Wolf the chance to analyze the fighting style of the Inner Sphere, which they used to great success during the rest of the invasion.[43] Because of a purported breakdown of the world's hyperpulse generator in 3045 (in truth Hendrk III had secured himself the allegiance of the local Precentor) at first only rumors reached the Inner Sphere of the nation's demise.
On 6 December 3049, a group of Bondsman pirates of Oberon's Raiders and mercenaries escaped a Clan Wolf-occupied pirate base. They commandeered a Pegasus hovertank and a hover truck for their getaway, possibly after sabotaging the base's fission power plant and destroying their pursuers in the ensuing explosion. After rendezvous with some gone-to-ground lancemates, the escapees lifted off on the pirate DropShip FireStalion, departed the system on a waiting JumpShip, and were finally "rescued" by Free Rasalhague Republic forces on 13 February 3050. The mercenaries' stories of the Clan Invasion were not believed at the time. On the other hand, the escaped pirates were all executed.[44]
Oberon VI spent over twenty years as a property of the Wolves until Clan Hell's Horses conquered their entire Periphery holdings during the early Jihad.[32] Oberon itself would be conquered by the Hell's Horses during the last two weeks of November 3070.[31]
Dark Age[edit]
In 3083, the Ferris Rebellion caused the Clans to withdraw from most of their Periphery holdings. The Hell's Horses had used Oberon IV as an administrative world, and when the Clan left the area in 3086, the administrators of that world formed the New Oberon Confederation. Oberon became the capital of the new polity.[45] Technicians from Clan Ghost Bear arrived on Oberon to refurbish Grimfort, a fortress first built by Hendrik Grimm. These renovations turned it into a modern Castle Brian. Why the Bears were willing to do so wasn't known in 3095.[46]
Military Deployment[edit]
3049[edit]
3080[edit]
Geography[edit]
Oberon VI is a pleasant world, warm and temperate, with rich deposits of gold and coal.[1] Whilst pleasant, the ecosystem is sensitive, and in the mid-twenty-ninth century early mining efforts poisoned the delicate water table, causing an ecological disaster.[17]
Planetary Locations[edit]
- Black Canyon: site of a notable battle during Operation REVIVAL[43]
- Dao Sing Plain: site of a notable battle during Operation REVIVAL[43]
- Grimfort: a major fortification, extensively expanded by Clan Ghost Bear in the late thirty-first century[46]
- Kennedy Beach: site of the final battle of Operation REVIVAL on the planet[43]
Map Gallery[edit]
Nearby Systems[edit]
| Closest 24 systems (23 within 60 light-years) Distance in light years, closest systems first: | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sigurd | 9.9 | Blackstone | 12.5 | Butte Hold | 15.2 | Placida | 18.6 |
| New Ålborg | 25.7 | Zertarum | 27.4 | Crellacor | 28.7 | Drask's Den | 29.5 |
| Bensinger | 33.5 | Iron Land | 36.1 | Beowulf | 36.3 | Paulus Prime | 39.0 |
| The Rock | 39.9 | Toland | 42.1 | Apollo | 44.7 | Gustrell | 45.3 |
| Cryfder | 46.7 | Here | 48.1 | Last Chance | 48.5 | Dirkel | 49.2 |
| Star's End | 49.8 | Steelton | 51.2 | Ichmandu | 59.3 | Taran's World | 60.8 |
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 The Periphery, p. 149: "Oberon VI"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Era Report: 3145, p. 39: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 25: "Rim Worlds Republic At the Fall of the Star League - [2750] Map"
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Era Report: 2750, p. 36: "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 158
- ↑ Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 18
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25
- ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 10
- ↑ Field Report 2765: Periphery, p. 38
- ↑ Field Report 2765: LCAF, p. 25
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 104
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122–123
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Godt Bytte, p. ??[citation needed]
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47
- ↑ The Periphery, pp. 156–157
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 59
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 Era Report: 3052, p. 14
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 32
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11
- ↑ The Periphery, 2nd Edition, p. 115: "Greater Valkyrate, Oberon Confederation & Elysian Fields"
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 43
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 48: "The Jihad in Review"
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 31: "Clan Occupation Zones [3072]"
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65
- ↑ Field Report: Clans, p. 27
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii: "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
- ↑ 37.0 37.1 Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3, p. 43
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11
- ↑ Shrapnel Issue #9: "Voices of the Sphere: The Hinterlands"
- ↑ MechWarrior: The BattleTech Role Playing Game, Second Edition, p. 152: "Hyperpulse Generator"
- ↑ Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 37: "The Republic-Commonwealth War"
- ↑ Shrapnel, Issue #1, pp. 6–27: Grimm Sentence
- ↑ 43.0 43.1 43.2 43.3 Wolf Clan Sourcebook, p. 56
- ↑ MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries
- ↑ Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3, pp. 42–43
- ↑ 46.0 46.1 Interstellar Expeditions: Interstellar Players 3, p. 42
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