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(References to Steelton)

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

X: -105.76 Y: 422.33[e]


Notable Planetary Locations

  • Cregan's Bluff - Planetary capital of Steelton, which is situated north of Lear Mountain mining works.

Planetary History

Founding

Steelton was settled by a mixture of artists and craftsmen from Kufstein and Predlitz, technicians from St. John and engineers from New Bergen. This eclectic mix of settlers were refugees fleeing from the Rasalhague Principality as a result of Shiro Kurita's campaign to try and annex this nation during the 2330s-2340s.[1]

Rim Worlds Republic

Steelton was one of the worlds targetted by Maxwell Rowe during his efforts to build up the Rim Worlds Republic, beginning in 2330; Rowe began by negotiating a series of trade and barter pacts with worlds like Steelton, carefully avoiding any suggestions of a military alliance, defensive or otherwise. Rowe added offers of social and technological favours including access to new Rim Worlds Republic university facilities over time, and through guile and slow but steady progress persuaded the natives of Steelton to join the Republic.[2]

Reunification War

By the end of the Age of War Steelton was a member of the Apollo Province of the Rim Worlds Republic.[3] Civil war erupted in the Rim Worlds Republic in 2575, with the factions polarised around those loyal to First Consul Gregory Amaris and those loyal to the Rift Republican Army and the Rim Provisional Government.[4] Stationed on Steelton at the time were elements of the Fifth Amaris Fusiliers, who remained loyal to Amaris and who would remain on the planet for more than fifteen years.[5][6]

The Star League eventually decided to intervene in the civil war in support of Gregory Amaris, and in 2579 assembled Task Force MAILED FIST to help secure Amaris' control over the Rim Worlds Republic. A multinational force headed by the Star League Defense Force, Task Force MAILED FIST was responsible for executing Operation MAILED FIST, the name given to the military intervention. The first wave of attacks focused on securing significant worlds near Apollo,[7] until a destructive raid on Alarion by the 4th Amaris Fusiliers in retaliation prompted the SLDF to alter its initial strategy for the campaign, the focus shifted to reducing Rim Worlds Army concentrations throughout the Republic and the capture of key worlds.[8] It was during this stage that the detachments of the Fifth Amaris Fusiliers stationed in Star's End and Persistence were neutralized by Star League forces, leaving the detachment on Steelton as the last active contingent from the Fifth.[6]

In late 2584 the SLDF changed tactics again; a number of major RWA units had been destroyed or captured, and the focus for the campaign shifted to capturing worlds of strategic importance, but the campaign was slowed by the greatly increased resistance offered by the RWA and local civilian populations, prompted by atrocities performed by the Draconis Auxiliary Corps when they captured Nightwish in mid-2584.[9]

General Nathan Isaacson assigned two divisions to the assault on Steelton in mid 2595, a much larger force than the surviving elements of the Fifth Fusiliers; in one of the few actions where divisions from different corps fought alongside each other, the Eleventh Royal Division from IV Corps and the Sixteenth Mechanized Infantry Division from VI Corps landed on Steelton.[10] With the defeat of the Fifth Fusiliers and the capture of Steelton Task Force MAILED FIST had secured the last world controlling the approaches to Apollo[11] although military operations continued; the Sixteenth remained on Steelton until the end of Operation MAILED FIST in late 2596, but the Eleventh redeployed in 2596 to capture the Vulture's Nest system.[10]

Star League Era

Steelton was conquered by the Lyran Commonwealth during the 2773 - 2775 Republic-Commonwealth war.[12]

3rd Succession War

Steelton was one of the diversionary raids launched by the DCMS in 2866 in order to divert Lyran forces from the Federation of Skye. [13]

Clan Invasion of 3050

In April of 3050, Clan Jade Falcon dispatched the 8th and the 12th Falcon Regulars Clusters to take Steelton. The world's defenses were lead by Colonel Francis "Crab" Carranza, commandeding the planet's militia force and the 1st Regiment of the 12th Star Guards. Colonel Carranza bluffed the Jade Falcon forces by making it appear he had brigade of forces defending the planet. The inflated number of troops forced the bidding Jade Falcon commander to call in reinforcements which ultimately led to the Colonel's demise. The Falcons targetted the planet's capital city of Cregan's Bluff as the main objective; in course of the battle the 12th Star Guards positions were overrun by Falcon forces, but the 12th managed to hold their positions long enough for elements of the Star Guards and the surviving militia forces to evacuate the planet, but couldn't prevent the death of Colonel Carranza.[14]

Jihad

During the Jihad, Clan Hell's Horses launched a invasion of the Clan Wolf holdings in the Inner Sphere, acquiring holdings for their own relocation to Spheroid space. Steelton was one of the first worlds targetted, and was attacked in the opening wave of attacks that fell between the 21st and 28th of February 3071.[15] The acquisition of Steelton by the Hell's Horses wasn't unopposed; between the 7th and 14 of April 3071, Clan Jade Falcon launched an attack against the Hell's Horses forces on the world.[16] Despite the efforts of the Jade Falcons, the Hell's Horses managed to recapture Steelton by the end of June.[17]

Planetary Garrison

2581-2595

2595-2596

3038

3040

  • Twelfth Star Guards[19]

3050

  • Twelfth Star Guards[20]

3079

3085

Owner History

Nearby Systems

Systems within 60 light-years (distance in light years)
Closest systems first:
Persistence 16.5 Toland 19.1 Winfield 23.0 Icar 30.8 New Ålborg 31.6
Star's End 32.3 Apollo 33.9 Iron Land 40.7 Maxie's Planet 42.2 Trell I 43.6
Butte Hold 45.0 Bensinger 45.2 Wotan 50.3 Derf 52.7 Oberon VI 56.6
Chateau 56.9 Somerset 57.1 Romulus 58.9 Sigurd 59.2 Twycross 59.7

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Periphery, 1st Edition, p. 17, "Inner Sphere Politics"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Periphery, 1st Edition, p. 18, "From Rim to Tamar"
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 18, "Rim Worlds Republic after Age of War (2571)" Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "HB:MPSp18" defined multiple times with different content
  4. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 130, "The Spark"
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Historical: Reunification War, p. 154, "Rim Worlds Republic Front (Jump-Off - 2587)"
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Historical: Reunification War, p. 155, "Rim Worlds Republic Front (2588-2596)"
  7. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 132, "Case Apollo"
  8. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 133, "Island Hopping (2582 - November 2590)"
  9. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 134, "Arlina to Viborg (December 2584 - September 2588)"
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 Historical: Reunification War, p. 153, "Rim Worlds Republic Front (2588-2596)"
  11. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 139, "Bitter Harvests (2591-2596)"
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 37, "The Republic-Commonwealth War"
  13. ↑ House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 74, "Is War the Natural State of Man?"
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Jade Falcon Sourcebook, p. 37 - Steelton - Brief info the battle for Steelton.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, p. 12, "Timeline of the Jihad"
  16. ↑ Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, p. 15, "Timeline of the Jihad"
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Jihad Hot Spots: 3076, p. 16, "Timeline of the Jihad"
  18. ↑ Historical: Reunifcation War, p. 128, "Reunification War: Rim Worlds Republic Front Deployments (2581)"
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 Historical: War of 3039, p. 141, "Deployment Table"
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20 Year Update, p. 25, "Federated Commonwealth Deployment Table"
  21. ↑ Field Report: Clans, p. 13, "Clan Hell's Horses Deployment Status"
  22. ↑ Field Manual: 3085, p. 125, "Deployment Table - 3085"
  23. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 25, "Lyran Commonwealth after Age of War [2571]"
  24. ↑ Historical: Reunification War, p. 158, "Inner Sphere Map [2596]"
  25. ↑ Handbook: Major Periphery States, p. 25, "Rim Worlds Republic At the Fall of the Star League [2750]"
  26. ↑ Field Manual: SLDF,Map: Inner Sphere 2764
  27. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 36, "Lyran Commonwealth after First Succession War [2822]"
  28. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 40, "Lyran Commonwealth after Second Succession War [2822]"
  29. ↑ House Kurita (The Draconis Combine), p. 71, "Is War the Natural State of Man?"
  30. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 47, "Lyran Commonwealth after Third Succession War [3025]"
  31. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 56, "Lyran Commonwealth after Fourth Succession War [3030]"
  32. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 59, "Lyran Commonwealth after War of 39 [3040]"
  33. ↑ Historical: War of 3039, p. 133, "Inner Sphere - 3040"
  34. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 61, "Lyran Commonwealth after Clan Invasion [3052]"
  35. ↑ Field Manual: Crusader Clans, p. 154
  36. ↑ Handbook: House Steiner, p. 70, "Lyran Commonwealth after FedCom Civil War [3067]"
  37. ↑ Field Report: Clans, p. 25, "Clan Hell's Horses Deployment Map"
  38. ↑ Map of the Inner Sphere 3130
  39. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 11, "Inner Sphere Map - [3135]"
  40. ↑ Era Report: 3145, p. 39, "Inner Sphere Map - [3145]"

Bibliography

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