Rigil Kentarus
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(References to Rigil Kentarus)
Note: X and Y are coordinates (light years on XY plane) relative to Terra at (0, 0)
X: -2.85 Y: 2.56[e]
Contents
Overview
Previously known as Alpha C, Regil Kent or Rigil Kentarus was also one of the Prime or First Circuit A-Class Hyperpulse Generator stations of the SLCOMNET and ComStar HPG Network.
Planetary Data[1]
- Star Type: G8V
- Position in System: 2 (of 5)
- Number of Moons: 1 (Riken Minor)
- Days to Jump Point: 6
- Surface Water: 66%
- Atm. Pressure: Standard (Tainted)
- Surface Gravity: 0.85
- Equatorial Temp: 28°C
- Highest Native Life: Mammals
Era Specific Data
3130[1]
- Governor: Adrianna Polaski
- Planetary Legate: Kamala DeLaurel
- Population: 315,000,000
Garrisoning Military Force
3050
3055 to 3062 to 3067
3067
Owner History
- 2271 - Terran Alliance [7]
- 2341 - Terran Hegemony [8]
- 2571 - Terran Hegemony [9]
- 2596 - Terran Hegemony [10]
- 2750 - Terran Hegemony
- 3025 - Lyran Commonwealth
- 3030 - Lyran Commonwealth
- 3040 - Federated Commonwealth
- 3052 - Federated Commonwealth
- 3057 - Lyran Alliance
- 3062 - Lyran Alliance
- 3067 - Lyran Alliance [6]
- 3130 - Republic of the Sphere [11]
Planetary Info
Rigil Kentarus was settled early on during the Exodus. The world had an inhabitable moon, and it's position near Terra insured it would be one of the first worlds settled.[1] Rigil Kentarus was one of the worlds that remained a part of the Terran Alliance following the Outer Reaches Rebellion and the Demarcation Declaration of 2242,[7] and became one of the worlds within the Alliance Core region of the Terran Hegemony.[10] As part of the Terran Hegemony, Rigil Kentarus received several SLDF bases to bolster Terran defense. These bases included several Castles Brian and SDS systems on both the planet and the moon, Riken Minor.[1]
Unfortunately, during the Amaris Civil War Rim Worlds troops drove the defending SLDF forces off Riken Minor. From the moon, they blasted the surface of Rigil Kentarus with the massive lasers and particle cannons available to them. At such ranges the fire was wildly inaccurate, and the Rim Worlds attacks inflicted massive amounts of damage on the world's surface.[1]
During the Succession Wars Rigil Kentarus started to recover with help from the Lyran Commonwealth government. These efforts weren't hampered by the occasional Draconis Combine or Free Worlds League raid. All that recovery work was undone however, during the Jihad. The Blakists wanted Rigil Kentarus to secure Terra, and would stop at nothing to get it. After deploying nuclear and chemical weapons of mass destruction on the world and moon, nearly half the cities of Rigil Kentarus were destroyed and the atmosphere was tainted.[1]
Nearby Planets
Planets within 2 jumps (60 light-years). Closest planets first:
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Dark Age: Republic Worlds (3130)], p. 246, "World Profile"
- ↑ 20 Year Updage, p. 71, "Com Guards Deployment Tabel"
- ↑ ComStar (sourcebook), p. 85, "Com Guards Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Manual: ComStar, p. 126, "ComGuard Deployment Table"
- ↑ Field Manual: Updates, p. 98, "Com Guards Deployment Table"
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Mercenaries Supplemental, p. 68, "Mercenary Employment Table"
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Handbook: House Marik, p. 16, "Free Worlds League Founding [2271]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 13, "Lyran Commonwealth Founding [2341]"
- ↑ Handbook: House Marik, p. 24, "Free Worlds League after Age of War [2571]"
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 159, "Inner Sphere - 2596"
- ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130