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

Sigurd
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Sigurd nearby systems
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System Information
X:Y Coordinates-103.89 : 479.71[e]

The frigid world of Sigurd is a moon of the gas giant Odin[1] which is orbiting a brilliant but distant F4-class sun in the coreward Periphery.

A Sigurdian year is roughly 1.7 standard years.[2]

Political Affiliation

Geography

Sigurd is the cold moon of a glowing gas giant, described as a striped sphere that fills a third of the sky.[1] Only a small crescent is lit by the far, bright sun which was described as an arclight in the deep blue sky while the rest of the gas giant glowed in a sullen red,[1] suggesting it is in fact a Brown Dwarf.

The surface of Sigurd is completely made up of an ice mantle several hundred meters thick, with liquid water below; it is unknown if there is anything but water in the core, or if there is perhaps a core of rock a hundred kilometers below the surface.[1]

The very small population (only some 2,000 inhabitants as of 2972, at least some of whom are of african descent) live in caves in the ice, and used to extract valuable ores from meteor impact sites by tunneling through the ice instead of digging out the ores which would have required moving substantially more ice, and would not be economically feasible. Other methods such as lasers were not feasible because raising temperature was to be avoided, and because of the dangers of cracks in the ice mantle.[1]

Planetary History

Star League

Sigurd was originally part of the Rim Worlds Republic until the nation's downfall that accompanied the end of the Star League. Unlike many of the former Republic systems the world was not absorbed by the Lyran Commonwealth but instead founded the Oberon Confederation with the neighboring worlds of Oberon VI and Crellacor. Together this little alliance hold on to the Republic cause for at least two decades, but finally succumbed to the numerous pirate attacks.[13]

Succesion Wars

In the late 29th or early 30th century (in the days of his great-grandfather, in the words of a Sigurd native as of 2972) Sigurd used to trade with the JàrnFòlk, specifically Lars Heyerdahl and his son Liam, but for reasons unknown the contact was lost.[1]

By 2972 Sigurd was still part of the Oberon Confederation in name, but in reality the Sigurders paid hardly any attention to their supposed vassal status, meeting their supposed rulers only twice per year for trading exchanges. Sigurd had to import fertilizer, soil and almost all raw materials for their limited manufacturing, exporting valuable heavy metals. In that year, JàrnFòlk trader Bjørn Jespersen and his son Olaf found that one Alma had recently invented a simple ore extractor that separated the ore from the dross with little energy. The keen traders determined this device was at the same time a water purification system (purified water being considered dross on Sigurd), and they established a lucrative trade between Sigurd and Botany Bay in which the latter would receive much sought-after water purification devices in exchange for their obsidian sand which was, as it turned out, a curse on Botany Bay but a valuable industrial asset for ice mining on Sigurd.[1]

In ca. 3013 the government used military force against dissidents on Sigurd to reassert Oberon Confederation control of the moon; Lori Kalmar was orphaned when her parents were killed in that action.[2]

Clan Invasion

Sigured was invaded on September 3049 by Clan Wolf's 37th Striker Cluster. The Clan forces made short work of the defending Sigurd Guards at the Ewell Graveyard, most of whom surrendered at the first sight of their OmniMechs and Elementals.[38]

While quickly swallowed up by Clan Wolf in the opening moments of their campaign, the world was conquered by the Hell's Horses during the Jihad.[39]

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. Sigurd was one of five systems to join the new polity.[33]

Military Deployment

3025

3054

Nearby Systems

Systems within 60 light-years (distance in light years)
Closest systems first:
Oberon VI 14.0 Butte Hold 20.4 Placida 24.8 Blackstone 26.2
Drask's Den 26.7 Crellacor 30.9 Paulus Prime 31.3 New Ålborg 40.5
The Rock 42.4 Beowulf 47.7 Dirkel 49.0 Iron Land 49.8
Zertarum 50.0 Gustrell 50.3 Last Chance 58.5 Steelton 59.2

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Godt Bytte
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Decision at Thunder Rift, p. 208
  3. ↑ Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 18, "Rim Worlds Republic after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  4. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War - [2571] Map"
  5. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 158, "Inner Sphere - [2596] Map"
  6. ↑ Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 25, "Rim Worlds Republic At the Fall of the Star League - [2750] Map"
  7. ↑ Era Report: 2750, p. 36, "Inner Sphere - [2750] Map"
  8. ↑ Field Manual: SLDF, p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [2764] Map"
  9. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 10, "Inner Sphere - [2765] Map"
  10. ↑ Field Report 2765: Periphery, p. 38, "Rim Worlds Army Deployment Map - [2765]"
  11. ↑ Field Report 2765: Lyran Commonwealth, p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth Armed Forces Deployment Map - [2765]"
  12. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 1, p. 104, "Rim Worlds Republic - [2767] Map"
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 37, "The Republic-Commonwealth War"
  14. ↑ Historical: Liberation of Terra Volume 2, pp. 122-123, "Inner Sphere - [2822] Map"
  15. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36, "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War - [2822] Map"
  16. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War - [2864] Map"
  17. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War [3025]"
  18. ↑ The Periphery (sourcebook), p. vii, "Map of the Periphery"
  19. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War - [3030] Map"
  20. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133, "Inner Sphere - [3040] Map"
  21. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3050] Map"
  22. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 23, "Inner Sphere - [3052] Map"
  23. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3057] Map"
  24. ↑ The Periphery, 2nd Edition, p. 115, "Greater Valkyrate, Oberon Confederation & Elysian Fields"
  25. ↑ Era Report: 3062, p. 29, "Inner Sphere - [3063] Map"
  26. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 43, "Inner Sphere - [3067] Map"
  27. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 31, "Clan Occupation Zones [3072]"
  28. ↑ Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 65, "Inner Sphere [3075] Map"
  29. ↑ Field Report: Clans, p. 27, "Clan Wolf/Clan Hell's Horses Deployment Map - [August 3079]"
  30. ↑ Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 63, "Inner Sphere - [3081] Map"
  31. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. vii, "Inner Sphere - [3085] Map"
  32. ↑ Interstellar Players 3: Interstellar Expeditions, p. 43
  33. ↑ 33.0 33.1 Interstellar Players 3: Interstellar Expeditions, pp. 42-43
  34. ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  35. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere - [3135] Map"
  36. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  37. ↑ Field Manual: 3145, p. VI, "Inner Sphere - [3145] Map"
  38. ↑ Wolf Clan Sourcebook, p. 57, "Periphery Actions"
  39. ↑ Era Report: 3052, p. 14
  40. ↑ Objective Raids, p.32

Bibliography

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