Proserpina
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Proserpina | |
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← 3135 3151 | |
System Information | |
X:Y Coordinates | 158.215 : 34.295[e] |
Spectral class | K2V |
Recharge time | 193 hours[1] |
Recharge station(s) | Zenith, Nadir[1] |
The Proserpina system was the location of at least one habitable world, Proserpina IV, and as of 3151 was capital of the Proserpina Prefecture of the Benjamin Military District within the Draconis Combine.[2]
Contents
- 1 System Description
- 2 System History
- 3 Political Affiliation
- 4 Proserpina IV
- 5 Notes
- 6 Map Gallery
- 7 Nearby Systems
- 8 References
- 9 Bibliography
System Description
Proserpina is located near the Scheat and Alnadal systems and consists of nine planets. It is located Spinward of Terra. As of the thirty-first century, the system had Recharge Stations at the Zenith and Nadir Jump Points.[3][4][5]
System History
The Proserpina system was settled sometime prior to 2317.[6]
Political Affiliation
- 2317 - Independent world[6]
- 2319 - Independent world[7]
- 2571 - Draconis Combine[8][9]
- 2596 - Draconis Combine[10]
- 2750 - Draconis Combine[11]
- 2764 - Draconis Combine[12]
- 2765 - Draconis Combine[13]
- 2786 - Draconis Combine[14]
- 2822 - Draconis Combine[15][16][17][18]
- 2864 - Draconis Combine[19][20]
- 3025 - Draconis Combine[21][22][23][24]
- 3030 - Draconis Combine[25][26]
- 3040 - Draconis Combine[27][28][29]
- 3050 - Draconis Combine[30]
- 3052 - Draconis Combine[31][32]
- 3057 - Draconis Combine[33]
- 3058 - Draconis Combine[34]
- 3063 - Draconis Combine[35]
- 3067 - Draconis Combine[36][37][38]
- 3075 - Draconis Combine[39]
- 3079 - Draconis Combine[40][41]
- 3081 - Republic of the Sphere[42]
- 3085 - Republic of the Sphere[43]
- 3130 - Republic of the Sphere[5]
- 3135 - Draconis Combine[44]
- 3145 - Draconis Combine[45][46]
- 3151 - Draconis Combine[2]
Proserpina IV
Proserpina IV | |
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Astrophysical | |
System position | Fourth[3][5] |
Jump Point distance | 4.85 days[3][1] |
Moons | 1 (Taikata) |
Geophysical | |
Surface gravity | 0.98[1] |
Atmospheric pressure | Standard (Tainted)[1] |
Equatorial temperature | 25°C |
Surface water | 67% |
Highest native life | 10% Reptile |
Landmasses | 5 (Amerigo, Bragadin, Darwan, Greater Harpago, Lesser Harpago)[4] |
History and Culture | |
Population | 1,872,000,000 (3025),[3] 2,173,050,000 (3067),[4] 2,001,723,000 (3130)[5][47] |
Government and Infrastructure | |
Noble Ruler | Duke of Proserpina |
Political Leader | Planetary Governor |
Military Commander | Legate Mikhail Stanislokov (3130)[47] |
HPG Class | A[1] |
HPG Representative | Precentor Todd Marx (3025)[3] |
Proserpina is a mineral-rich and industrialized world that serves as a prefecture capital within the Benjamin Military District. Its factories produce everything from children's toys to military equipment for interstellar shipment. This concentration of wealth made it a frequent target during the Succession Wars and it bears the scars of the centuries of fighting. Its strategic location also ensures it is usually heavily garrisoned.[4]
Planetary History
Star League
During the final years of the Star League, Proserpina was the host to a Star League Defense Force garrison.[48]
Early Succession Wars
After the fall of the Star League the world faced nearly constant raids by the Federated Suns. During one of these raids, the defending DCMS forces used a nerve gas to destroy the invaders but also killed approximately 60% of the planet's civilian and military population. As a result the planet's surface is mostly poisonous after combat during the Succession Wars; in fact two of its five continents (Amerigo and Greater Harpago)[49] are totally uninhabitable.[3]
In 2840, the Deneb Light Cavalry launched an assault on the world, which failed in part due to strategic employment of the Combine's Stinger LAMs.[50]
Late Succession Wars
In 3024, the Black Widow Company would achieve a notable victory defending Proserpina against a Federated Suns assault.[51]
By 3025, the planet had been the object of seven major battles between the Draconis Combine and the Federated Suns.[5]
In the (apocryphal) 1996 video game MechWarrior 2: Mercenaries, Proserpina is the location of a homegrown rebellion against the Draconis Combine in 3045. Backed by House Davion in the form of Mercenaries and covert arms supply, the Free Proserpina Mutineers successfully force the First Amphigean Light Assault Group off planet in early November that same year. If events at large are considered true to canon, the Proserpina rebellion was a short-lived component to a destabilization effort along the Combine-FedSun border in the interim between the Fourth and a possible Fifth Succession War.
Civil War
In 3066, despite the years that have passed since the wars both the air and water on planet surface are still contaminated. Yet the rich minerals of the planet and well-developed industry bring prosperity to its inhabitants, even if they do need to wear environmental suits and breathing masks.[5]
The location of Proserpina on the Federated Suns border insures that the DCMS has kept a strong defensive force in place on the world, as well as establishing an extensive network of refit and rearm points for defending troops. In addition to the military forces on world, the planet also hosts the University of Proserpina, a military academy that has consistently turned out high-quality graduates for the DCMS.[49]
Dark Age
The Ryuken-san were stationed on Proserpina in 3087 when the Robinson Rangers launched a raid against the planet, looking to hit the Bulldog Technologies factory. The raiding force fell afoul of a defending Ryuken-san force that included a pair of the new Pegasus (X-Pulse) hovertanks. The two hovertanks were able to savage the raiding force, forcing them to abort the raid, but a Rangers Locust managed to hit one of the lift fans on one of the two hovertanks with a lucky shot; the damaged Pegasus made contact with the ground briefly before tearing itself apart in the resulting cartwheel through the air, destroying the vehicle and killing the crew.[52]
Military Deployment
2764
2786
2821
3025
3038
3040
- Ninth Benjamin Regulars[54]
3050
- 321st Division[56]
- Ninth Benjamin Regulars[57]
3054
- Ninth Benjamin Regulars[58]
3059
- Ninth Benjamin Regulars[59]
3055–3067
3067
3079
- - The unit was operating at 30%strength, with 60% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.
3085
- - The unit was at 75% strength, with 68% of their equipment featuring upgraded technology.
Geography
Proserpina has five continents named Amerigo, Bragadin, Darwan, Greater Harpago, and Lesser Harpago.
Planetary Locations
- Amerigo: landmass, uninhabitable area that can only be visited via environmental gear due to lingering toxins from the Succession Wars[5]
- Bragadin: landmass, main inhabited continent[5]
- Conqueror's Pride: Planetary Capital located on Bragadin[5]
- University of Proserpina - military academy during the years of Kuritan rule on Bragadin[5]
- Ceres: ruined city by 3025[66]
- Darwan: landmass, inhabited[5]
- Greater Harpago: landmass, uninhabitable wasteland[5]
- Hanser's Ford: site of a noted 2840 battle
- Lesser Harpago: landmass, inhabited[5]
- Orleans Province:
Companies and Industries
Local Flora and Fauna
Image gallery
Notes
- The database of the (apocryphal) 1989 video game MechWarrior, set around the year 3025, gives a population of 1.872 billion for Proserpina and describes the environment as "desert" (out of only three impressions of planetary environments given in the game, these being "desert," "ice," and "tropical").
- It is stated in Wolf's Dragoons that the Dragoons made another raid on Proserpina in 3026 to harass Davion forces. However, there is no evidence that the Federated Suns controlled Proserpina at that time. This information is considered incorrect until such time as corroborating information can be found.[70]
Map Gallery
Nearby Systems
Closest 44 systems (43 within 60 light-years) Distance in light years, closest systems first: | |||||||
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Scheat | 12.8 | Alnadal | 14.1 | Klathan | 17.3 | Homam | 21.3 |
Sadalbari | 22.2 | Matar | 22.3 | David | 23.6 | Raman | 25.3 |
Xhosa | 25.4 | Fellanin | 26.2 | Tallassee | 32.4 | New Mendham | 32.7 |
New Sumatra | 35.5 | Cussar | 35.9 | Paris | 36.1 | Breed | 37.6 |
Clovis | 38.2 | Olancha | 41.8 | Ludwig | 42.9 | Tannil | 42.9 |
Mara | 44.5 | Tripoli | 45.3 | Dobson | 46.7 | Doneval | 47.9 |
Cartago | 48.1 | Lapida | 48.3 | Kentares | 48.3 | Okaya | 49.4 |
Reisling's Planet | 49.5 | Junction | 50.2 | Le Blanc | 51.4 | Exeter | 52.0 |
Elbar | 52.8 | Galtor | 52.9 | Cylene | 53.1 | Aldrecht | 54.4 |
Mallory's World | 54.8 | Marduk | 56.3 | Hildaman | 57.3 | Johnsondale | 57.4 |
Celebes | 57.8 | Kurhah | 58.4 | Waycross | 59.6 | Markab | 61.6 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Dominions Divided, poster map
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Shattered Fortress, p. 103
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 184: "Proserpina"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Handbook: House Kurita, p. 87: "Proserpina"
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130), p. 62: "Proserpina"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Handbook: House Davion, p. 18
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 18
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 31
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 48
- ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 159
- ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 37
- ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. xi: "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 11
- ↑ First Succession War, p. 25
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 43
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 54
- ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, p. 122
- ↑ First Succession War, p. 113
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 53
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 60
- ↑ House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), foldout: "Draconis Combine Map - [3025]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 64: "Draconis Combine after Third Succession War - [3025] Map"
- ↑ House Davion (The Federated Suns), foldout: "Federated Suns - [3025] Map"
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 70
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 66
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 71
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 76
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 68
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11
- ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 71
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 78
- ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29
- ↑ Handbook: House Kurita, p. 74
- ↑ Handbook: House Davion, p. 82
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 42
- ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65
- ↑ Field Report: DCMS, p. 21
- ↑ Field Report: AFFS, p. 21
- ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 127
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11
- ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39
- ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI: "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
- ↑ 47.0 47.1 Dark Age: Republic of the Sphere, p. 8: "Prefecture III"
- ↑ 48.0 48.1 Field Manual: SLDF, p. 256: "SLDF - Draconis Combine Military Command Map"
- ↑ 49.0 49.1 Objectives: Draconis Combine, p. 22
- ↑ Technical Readout: 3025, p. 126
- ↑ Wolf's Dragoons, p. 32: "The Sun and the Sword"
- ↑ 52.0 52.1 Technical Readout: Prototypes, p. 38: "Pegasus (X-Pulse)"
- ↑ 53.0 53.1 53.2 First Succession War, p. 137: "First Succession War Deployment Table - DCMS"
- ↑ 54.0 54.1 Historical: War of 3039, p. 138: "Deployment Table"
- ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 139: "Deployment Table"
- ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 70: "Com Guards Deployment Table"
- ↑ 20 Year Update, p. 42: "Draconis Combine Deployment Table"
- ↑ Objective Raids, p. 107: "Unit Note"
- ↑ Field Manual: Draconis Combine, p. 134: "Draconis Combine Deployment Table"
- ↑ ComStar, p. 84: "Com Guards Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Manual: ComStar, p. 125: "Com Guards Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 98: "Com Guards Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 116: "Draconis Combine Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Report: DCMS, p. 17: "Ryuken Regimental Status"
- ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 186: "RAF Deployment Table - 3085"
- ↑ 66.0 66.1 Tales of the Black Widow Company, p. 34
- ↑ Spotlight On: Nakayama's Blood, p. 3
- ↑ 68.0 68.1 68.2 68.3 Marsh Owl
- ↑ Classic BattleTech Companion, p. 134: "Creatures - Blood Limpet"
- ↑ Wolf's Dragoons, p. 35: "Turning Point"
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